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Associated . Industries, of Oregon.
' Dates jof Slogans in Daily! Statesman
(In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day)
(WIthV few possible changes)
loganberries, October 2
Prunes, October 9
Dairying, October Xt -Flax,
October. 23 ..'
Filberts, October 30
Walnuts, Nbvember 6
Strawberries, November 13
Apples, November 20 1
Raspberries, November 27
MinTSecember 4 -
"eat Cows, Etc.December.ll
Blackberries, December 18
Cherries December 2 5
Pears, January 1, 1925
Gooseberries, January 8
Corn, January 15
Celery, January 22 -Spinach,
Etc., January 29.
Onions, Etc., February 6
Potatoes, Etc. February 12 l
Bees, February-19
Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 28
City Beautiful, etc., March E.J
Beans, Etc.. March 12
Paved Highways, March 19
Head Lettuce, March 28
Silos, Etc., April a .
Legumee, April 9
Asparagus, Etc April 16
Grapes, Etc., April 23
Drug Garden. April 30
Tl IE I IEAD LETTUCE I WDUSTfl V OF HIE
. SJILEf.l DISTfllCT PROMISES VERY WELL
It May Be Developed Into a Great Industry, Bringing Cash
Heturns from Vide Distances The Pioneering Is Still
Going Forward, Wity Perhaps Thirty Cars to Be Ready
.for the Markets During the Present Season
. There is being developed on the
Labish ileadows beaverdam lands
north of Salem what will no doubt
within r fewveara "hrnTn bl
lead lettncejndastry.;
- The ;eelery rrowers om those
3ands, members of th Labish
3Ieadows Celery Growers union,
mostly Americanized Japanese
.farmers, have been experimenting
with head lettuce for some years.
The outstanding leader among this
group is Roy K. Fukuda, the
pioneer celery grower; who, has
; been ? and is constantly carrying
i tn experimental work with pros
pective crops adapted to that loc
amy. -: y , -
! Fair Start Last Year ?'--'v"
: They made a fair start in the
Industry last year, when they ship
ped aix cars of lettjuce to outside
markets, and sold a bout ten cars
in. the markets of Oregon and
Washington cities. -
They hope- to hs about twice
many cars ior saie iois spring
if all their plantings make good
heads.. They are putting about
20 acres in lettuce, and they hope
jto market about a car to the acre,
or better " There are some 25 of
the celery growers (of that district
, who are also growing head lettuce
aad It is likely that they wiU all
-produce lettuce as well as celery
as the industry develops. There
are some 40 of the celery growers
now, and the number is increasing.
; The Methods I7sd! : '(:,
The La bish Meadows growers
nse the New York variety of let
tuce. On the market the product
-is known as. the I .berg. .
They plant the seed in ; green
houses about the 1 )th of January.
About the last of January they
transplant into cold frame hot
beds. About the -1 0th of March
they begin planting on the out
. side. v -y ..7
S About the 10th of May, they
advantage of the ! early market,
tjid tiey can sell all they can
Bupply, up to the middle of June.
After that they, have competition
from other districts. :t So far, our
head lettuceindustry looks like
an early crop proposition. The
prices are J- to j $8 - a crate In
Chicago; two to three dozen heads
fn a crate. "Where the heads run
large, they go about two dozen tp
the crate. The ! Labish lettuce
heads do run: large,: . ,
Fine for Quality
Ther Is no -: doubt as- to the
taste of the Lablsh Meadows let
tneev -Th- flawr is- fine; . There
is no better . lettaca.. . . There t Is
some difficulty, so far, in produc-
tight heads, according to the trade
designation. The trade ' wants
tight heads, v , ; . ; .
The distant' shipments have so
far all been of jthe tight heads.
Experimenting 'will - likely bring
about conditions that will produce
uniformly tight heads. -'The La
ilsi Ileadowa- gifo -ers . ' will get
uniformly tlht heads, If. any one
caa. . :'" 1
It 3 Latlh T,rc2i3W3 growers
if V:.7 ."3 to'caie a Uz
Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc.,
- "May 7'. . ... ...
Water Powers, May 14
Irrigation. May 21. .
Mining, May ? 8
Land, Irrigatl6n. Etc.. June 4
Floriculture, Jane 11 . '
Hops, Cabbage, Etc.; Jane 18
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
' June 25 :? - . . , -Cucumbers,
Etc., July 2
Hogs, July 9
Goats, July 16. - . .
Schools, Etc.. July 23
Sheep, July 30
National Advertising, August 6
Seeds. Etc.. August 13 - '.
Livestock. August 20
Grain and Grain Products, Au
." gnat 27.1 i- ;
Manufacturing, September 3.
Automotive' Industries, Septem
ber 10 -
Woodworking. Etc.. Sept.. 17
Paper Mills, Etc.. Sept. 24. .
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success; just the same as they
have done with their celery, till
they have gained nation wide
favor. , ; - . ;
The Competition y
The head Jettace, groTrer?rtliere
in the Salem district have some
competition from Troutdale grow,
ers, who have river bottom lands
and put out a somewhat different
product. .There are other com
mercial . growers, mostly : In late
lettuce, in . Oregon. ' The number
of cars of lettuce shipped from
Oregon last year was 127. Idaho
shipped 537, cars last year, and
Washington 648. The Idaho ship
ments of lettuce went- forward
mostly in October and November,
and the Washington shipments in
June, July and August. California
is an immense head lettuce-shipper
and Utah produces a great deal.
There has been a very great' ex
pansion of this Industry all over
the country In the past few years,
and there are Indications ; that it
will keep on expanding. Lettuce
is used in the dietary of the nation
more and more generally, and the
saturation point is evidently a
long way off yet.: - 1 -
IV0HLDG1DI1
IS II HI
The world's champion dairy
cow among junior three-year-oldB
for the production of butter in a
seven-dayt official ' test is ow
Stellacoom - Prilly Ormsby Blos
som, a purebred ' Holstein. In the
dary herd of the Western State
Hospital, at . Fort " Stellacoom,
Washington, this cow . completed
a test recently under the constant
supervision 'of ; representatives of
the Washington and .Oregon state
Agricultural colleges with a record
of. 645.7 pounds milk - containing
32.705 pounds butterfat, equiva
lent to- 40.88 pounds -iutter ac
cording to 'the advanced registry
department of ; the Holstein-Fref-sian
association of America. The
former world's champion in th is
class was. the Holstein heifer Lou
ise Alcartra Prilly, owned by the
Bridgford Holstein .company at
Patterson,' California. . : .
The care and feed, given Stella
coom,' prilly Ormsby, Blossom' wat
similar to that received by her
barn-mate, ' Canary Snowball Get
tie, the world's ; champion junior
three-year-old for ten months'
production r et batter. During her
dry period she was placed In a fit
ting barn where she was. fed a
grain ration , made Lup of . ground
cocoannt meal and 'cottonseed
meal. During the official test she
received a grain ration consisting
of the sama feeda, with ti.e addi
tion of flaxseed meal. LThis ration
was supplemented : wlth all the
alfalfa ' hay she .would 4 consume
together with liberal amounts ct
mangel3, cortr IIae3ard toaked
beet pulp, s 5ie was fed from 24
to r - ';nda: of grla:,a day. and'
er " -.arty ap-etlte tlr:
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"OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make
our pay rolls they build our cities; they attract new capital and new people; they provide a
market for the products of our farms. Oregon farms" produce a wider variety of profitable
crops of "Oregon Quality food than any other spot on earth.
A Pierrot Telephone Screen
This unique telephone ' screen Is
made of cardboard, bits of grey,
yellow, white, fclack and orang-e
UK and a strip of cold ribbon edg--ing.
The cardboard is first cut and
folded to the ... desired shape.
(Fig. 1) Then . grey silk Is glued
over it. CFlT.Z) A moon of orange
silk, spray ot leaves of black silk,
the rocky foreground of black silk
and the Pierrot of black and white
silk are next cut out. (Fig. 3)
When they are glued into place a
rold binding- is attached at tne
bottom of the screen.' Best quality
liquid slue . should .be used .aad
daughter of Cascade Blossom, one
time holder of the . world's ; high
est butter record for ten months'
production as a full age cow.
HREFIB
FI11TI COLLEGE
(Following are excerpts from a
current bulletin of the department
of Industrial journalism of the
Oregon Agricultural college) : i
" " A good colony of bees at the
beginning of the main honey flow
should consist of one selected
queen and 75,000 to 100.000
workers. Ther eshould be as few
drones as possible, advises, the
uregon Agricultural college ex
periment station. -
Ordinary straw contains as much
plant food material as does barn
yard-manure, bur this material Is
not as readily available : to, the
plants as it manure." 'One ton of
straw contains nearly 10 pounds
of nitrogen; 5 pounds of phosphor
ic acid, and 10 to 12 pounds of
potash, says the Oregon Agricul
tural college experiment station.
Heavy pruning of winter in
jured fruit trees should be delayed
until the extent of the damage has
been determined, says the Oregon
Agricultural college .experiment
station. Promiscuous pruning or
cutting back, now "may remove
some of the best wood in the tree,
which cannot be told from - the
damaged wood until later in : the
season.
Getting spray outfits In shape
before the season starts la advised
Go ' F.'- BrasieF
Caterer to the
Public-Demand for
.
should be applied sparingly with
the spreader in the top of the tube.
If desired, oilcloth may o vised oa
the screen in place of silk. It is
easier to clean but not quite so
colorful aa the silk. If difficulty
la encountered In cutting out the
figure of Pierrot, it is well to re
member that Pierrot or some sim
ilar little silhouetted figure may be
purchased in - the art department
Of any store,; '. ... : "' '
An interesting variation of .this
idea . can be obtained by using;
cretonne or say Cowered chint to
cover. the, cardboard foundation..
by the Oregon Agricultural college
experiment station. .Some or
chardists will have to increase
their spray outfits due to the
growth of the orchard to prevent
serious trouble. Jf they cannot
get over the orchard in time, the
insects may get' a start en them. ..
Wood ashes contain about 5 per
cent potash and 30 per cent lime.
The potash supplies the plant food
element potassium, and the lime
can be used to neutralize acidity
in our soils. " Wood ashes that
have been exposed to the rains are
leached and are not as valuable as
unleached ashes, ' advises the Ore
gon Agricultural ' college experi
ment station.
MAXHART HELD GUILTY
SEATTLE, March 24. Elmer
Manhart was convicted tonight of
first degree murder for killing
Mrs. Lillian Helen Morlej of Vic
toria, B. C, in a taxicab here on
Feb. 1, .The Jury, composed of
four women and Ight men, re
commended life imprisonment af
ter deliberating two hours and 20
minutes. ,
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW That Salem is the center, of an increas
ingly important . head lettuce industry; - that w produce
here a head lettuce of - superior Quality as "to size,; and
flavor, and are able to ?et it into the market; at a time
when there is a demand for the product; that experiments
are beingr made constantly with a view- to putting out a
still higher quality of head lettuce, with mere uniformly
tight heads,, and that with that consummation .the Indus
try here will take first place in the whole country and will
be due for enormous expansion on lines yielding profits for
the growers and bringing annually large sums of money
from lenjy distances, adding, materially to. the prosperity
and upbuilding of country and city alike?
Oil"! 11 0 Hi
STORE OF P0THJT1AL flESDURCES
'! ' ' - V i - i
The Exhaustless Reservoirs of Flamejess Fuel and Poten
tial Horsepower of Oregon Streams .Lie' Waiting to Be
Capitalized By Human 1 Industry Into High 'Voltage
Activity Hitched to Industry THEY WILL Build an
, Empire
7 (By EDWARD ,T. BARBER) -
J Man's mastery ' of ' electrical
energy, primitive aa it more- than
likely is at present, among his
most masterful conquests over , the
forces of nature.
It is marvelous to consider bow
from the icy cold waters of the
far-distant cataract - we conduct
oyer tiny wires stretching across
deserts, ; mountains and forests,
that .mysterious something"
which we may convert into heat,
light and power 'by . the simple
turii of a switch. What the future
holds in the form ' of 5 electrical
development no one "dare predict!
Enough has been learned to
enable, us to take a sort of Inven
tory of our -potential possibilities
measured from our present under
standing of the baffling subject.
Doubtless . the . next generation
will be as free to criticise our
ignorant wastefulness in our des
Ire to ! develop this mysterious
force as we are today to criticise"!
our fathers for their great land
grants to the railways of their
time to encourage building over
vast trackless and desert places
through and to whajt seemed to
them to be valueless sections of
the . country. .They , faced the
pretoea- f capitalizing those- po
tential resources with human In
dustry of permitting them to lie
as useless as ..they had . been
throughout all the preceding ages;
Without their vision and courage
and assistance the-western half of
the continent would still be a wil
derness except' a fringe along the
Pacific coast. -
Federal authorities tell us that
72 per.cenVof the potential hydro
eleetrical energy of the United
States lies wet of the crest of the
Rocky mountains. . Oregon, with
a credited .onota .of 6,013.000
horse power stands third in the
list of possession of this mighty
force, . Washington and California
alone exceeding It.
Of J this 6. 613.000 potential
horse power but 200,000 has al
ready been developed. This leaves
33 times its present development
still open for the future.
There is .Small need far the'
young man of the present to sit
down j aQd bewail "his after-; of
having been born at a time when
the great, work, of the world had
already been done. . There never
was time in all history .when the
future held as much possibility for
the rising generation as the pre-
All Standard makes cl cigars and tobaccos.
Jahke's Oregon Blade Chocolates, best in . the
market. Bulk or box.
Imperial candies have no superior.
A Bler and Better UUk Shake made ct pure
wholsratlk.
Bottled Carbonated Water front the Star and StoLz
factories in Salem. ...
Weatherly Ice Cream, a food' product of high
value.
Left of Ccnimc:.
Eat privitely owned and pers
sent, and right here in Oregon.
The germs of future towns and
cities are carried in every seething
cataract and waterfall " in every
stream in the state.
'The white horses in these po
tential 'power sites are running
wild as any horses ever found on
the Oregon' plains, j
' The deserts, of eastern Oregon
will be made to. blossom as the
roses of the Willamette thorugh
the irrigation waters of her
streams and the same water will
release millions of horse ' power
of electrical energy v which will
reach every line of industry In its
activities.
.Electric furnaces will smelt the
ores from the mines of Oregon;
will operate the machinery of the
mines and the transportation of
the metal to the markets of the
world. '
Already the cheapest power in
the United States is the hydro
electric power In Oregon. Its av
erage cost is placed at 1.81 cents
per kilowatt.
Oregon has " no ' extensive coal
fields. So far no oil deposits
have been "discovered. But sup
pose coal were discovered, and ei'
in as great quantities as in Cali
fornia, It is but a short., span of
life until these -sources, of power
are, exhausted. When once ex
hausted they can' never be replac
ed. Not so with our hydro-electric
power. It goes on forever
as long as the 'rain falls and the
rivers flow.
The population of Oregon is in
creasing five times faster than
that of the rest of the country.
Manufacturing for the loca1
population alone would demand, s
like rapid increase In our manu
facturing Industries.
The world' markets are opening
before us more rapidly than our
own local market demands. This
will Induce still more rapid deve
lopment of our manufacturing In
dustries. This, . in turn, will de
mand a still greater development
of our 'potential water power.
In the development of the state,
however, it must be- ever carried
in mind that the ability to supply
the raw materials for manufactur
ed articles Is a far larger factor
In productive Industry than that
of power. Oregon, fortunately,
has such vast stores of other" re
sources, in mine, farm, forest and
stream, that she may with confi
dence anticipate a development in
the near future vastly ,'beyond any
thing that has yet occurred in her
ilstory. . ; v . ;
GET MORE WOOl.
- With Oregon wool at a . good
price -it.-U impqrtant to, get as
heaw a- f leeea as nessiblu from the
flock. The buck will be one means
of increasing tne rieece weigui. -, tn
selecting a buck to head the hock,
the-mutton conformation should
be the first - consideration," Next
comes the wool. A dense fjeece
with a good length of staple cov
ering - the . entire body evenly
efaould be selected. Care Is taken
not to get ram with bjack fibres
in- tne woov ausises . itja vureaon
Agricultural college experiment
station.'
' trcet Elntrance .
dueted by'xir:: r-d .family .-".
This cat is used by courtesy of the
Associated Industries, . of . Oregon.
Beginning about January. 1, 1935, The Statesman will tiv'l
ment its slogan articles on, this page with a series of storiss
of Industrial Oregon from., the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber
who Is one of the most accomplished writers along these lines
in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Barber is a painstaking and
careful Investigator. His articles will be based upon the meet
reliable information obtainable and written, from a construct!?
optimistic viewpoint. . The following subjects will be Included
in these articles:
The Willamette Valley, Its Physical. Historical, Geographical
and General Features. ; j
Lumbering and Forest Products. ;
Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities.
Market at Home and Abroad. ". -
Fruit Growing -Conditions and ' Opportunities.
Commercial lIut Growing.
.Poultry and It Opportunities.
General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities.
Labor Conditions. ' j "
Irrigation. .".'k' .'.i-A -.'....."
..Xucational and Religious -Resources. . I
Tourist Trails, and Scenic , Attractions. .
Taxation and Financial ' Conditions. - -General
Living Conditions.. V .
Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products.
Mineral-Resources. ' .'', .- . C ' .
Commerce. . ' ' r ;
Hydro-Electric Development and Possibilities. iV V ,
PD WEB. THE KEV OESTI RED TO OPEfJ
""""""S"SSl---1" 1 11
Qrfegon l.1ay Safely Challenge the Vor!d to Duplicate Her
Potential Factors of Power, Raw. Material and Trans
portation Essential o Commercial and Industrie Eu-
premacy Safe, Sound and Profitable Field for U.ztq
Men and Money
By EDWARD T. BARBER), :
Desire 1 to -win in the, mad
race for Industrial supremacy
plunged Germany and .the , "whole,
sorld into war.. The temporay loss
-t the military feature of that mad
race has in' no wise changed or
altered the German desire to
control the industrial activities of
tne woria. The race .is sua on
and going strong.
. But the contest has adjusted it
self along commercial and indus
trial lines. -
Chemical laboratories and scein-
tific research workeYwere never
so active or so potent as . today.
Their entire efforts are centered
on trvinr to discover better snd
rmore economical processes for
producing the commodities re
quired by i modern civilized man
kind; to discover, new uses for old
producta or to discover useful
things lying hidden in the waste
matter of Industry or in the hid'
den corners of nature's . store
house. . ; ' - a : v :
We are at the, dawning of a
new . era , in buman industrial
development. ; , s i
. The world Is weary oC attempts
to , settle Its controversies - by
physical force and is turning from
Its warriors to its industrial lead'
ers. f.i
Industrial leadership replaces
the armaments and tools of war
with the machinery and tools of
productive-industry. guided by the
power radiating from pur research
: laboratories . and using for - am
mnnitlon the stores of undevelop
ed resources nature-ha placed at
our command. ." ... - .
, In this contest the state of Ore
gon finds ; herself occupying " a
most favorable ; and advantageous
position. . , -.;':: . ". i
She possesses three commercial
weapons of the "big Bertha"! type;
UnUmited cheap . everlasting
power. . ,- -
Vast' stores of resources from
which to draw her raw materials.
Transportation .facilities, by
land and sea, which give .her ac
cess , to the markets at home and
abroad. ,
These are the three mightiest
factors essential tp success, and
Oregon possesses them each in the
superlative degree. . - v
A hundred Niagaras. and Xnacle
Shoals thunder from her mount
ain streams and challenge -the
skill of engineers to harness them
to th .wheels of Oregon progress.
Already the challenge hasjbeen
accepted by , numerous organiza
tions, and 200,000 horse power of
this challenging Giant have been
harnessed. "Oregon uses five, times
the . amount. .. ml ; ; hydro-eleetrle
power per . capita of the average
for : the United; States. Bat this
development is sovsmallr. sach.a
tiny attempt as compard with the
possibilities ot the situation, that
the Giant smiles In contempt at!
our.pany efforts. . , ;
' '-. Uore nea'asd mora ncz:, z.X
still more men and more icze;,
are neeJii'ts meet tla cLallsre
cf th Cls-t power ge-Ii Ur:j.s
in Cr 'r-iT.'.i. - ..... i
Oregon towns and cities art
among the best lighted in thS
world. ' .
Scarcely a hamlet ot any t'.i
Is" wMffat'tti'powef' cosalctU::3.
6o abundant is this mssia "Jics"
that hondreds of Individual pla.nU
are found where farmers, miners
and mill men own their Enall
plants and harness the tireless
Giant to .the wheels of industry.
So cheap is this power that
most of our larger eities use it la
what to the outsider appears a
most extravagant manner in street
lighting.
It is- made the chore hey .of
every -industry end perhaps cl
more families in Oregon than acj
other place. 4'.
It churns the batter, separates
the cream, hatches the chlckerj
and broods them afterwards, cocks
the food, warms the- bedroom and
office, hauls the produce to mar
ket, crushes the ore in our mines
and aawe the logs in, our cIIIs. ,
Oregon may safely ehallensa tia
world to duplicate the conditioss
and factors within her -borders
which are essential to an in Jus
trial development whose zna.2it
ude will be beyond the conception
of the wildest dreamer. "
J. And. thakty io .thU great era
of development is PO WE It,
BAHAMA riEWS I
MEHAMA, Ore.. March ..25
Real farming weather-r every k 3
is busy putting In gardens. - -
A." A, Martin had the xzlzt:
tnae to-tut a finger of his r'..
hand . Monday. The wouc i w
dressed - by r. BeaucI-ar:p
Stayton. .
oiy
It
a
. The small son of R. Chant c
-t
off the little' finger of hla 1:
hand Sunday while playing v, 1
an awl.- ,
- Elmer Taylor killed a larsa w!
cat last Week. That makes a tct
of -eight .cats .in- the last t
months. - 't : - '
f. The Oakdale' school, is del:
nicely with .Miss i:. Criffea f
teacher and - we. hope 1 tefcra f
other. term of'scliool the- baillL
can be made larger.
Mrs. Eilva . Chasada Ld
a
new. sewing machine.
Charley Paulson, of Jir.l' C
was a visitor. la .town T!:-:r ..!:..-.
.'Mr. ..and. Mrs.; I'cTuI! -Gauch
motored to. SlaytDa. , I
day on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tajlcr c : .3
and It. Criffea atttiiJ t" :
at. Gates Caturday .
reported a good -tir:?...
Myers "Erotfcera fro:! I"
were busIneEs visiter 3 i . t
week.
;BiU McMullIa tts.rt f' ! '
last week tut 1 3 ill :
the. streeoer" -t
Grandda.d.Tiylor lit"
ed on tie tick Hit.
depsrt-: t. ' I 1 - r
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