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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING," JUNE 4,1925 ' t NDUSTElAL ORE j I) PRODUCE .QUALITY PRODUCT GON It it ' i 4 !: J : y j Vi V ' I1 -ThJa cut is used by courtesy of tb Associated Industries, of Oregon,' Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (la Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Day) (With a :f ew possible changes) Loganberries, October 2 Prux.es. October 9 v Dairying-, October If- V I- Flax. October 23 j - -. ; Filberts, October 30 ; h j Walnut, November f ! Strawberries, Noyember 13 Apples, November' 20 i Raspberries, November ; 2 t Mint, December 4 I . Great Cows, Etc., December 11 Blackberries. December IS i J Cherries, December 25 . 1 Pears, January 1, 1925 i - " Gooseberries, January 8 ' H Corn, January 15 j: pi; Celery, January 22 f ! .Spinach, Etc., January 29 1 Onions, Etc., February 5 Potatoes, Etc., February IS Bees. February 19 I ' ! Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc.. March 5. Beans,' Etc.. March 12 Pared Highways. March 19 Head Lettuce. March 2f Silos. Etc.. April 21 , Legumes, April 9 ' f U 1 Asparagus. Etc., April 16 !-i Grapes. Etc., April 23 j i t Drug Garden, April 30 IIUE1I0REDS OF THOUSMDS OF ACHES ! OF LB HERE CAPABLE OF BETTER ' USE; OF PRODUCING MORE Ji MORE What the Salem District Producers Need Is to Study What ; ' Crops Are the Best arid Most Profitable, and to Prepare to Make Their Holdings Bring Larger and Larger Re-r-i turns; to Get Above the Dead Level of Competition, on v an Equal Basis - There are 750.000 acres of land - -ia- Marion - county, of which ap 1 proximately 500,000 acres are on f the assessment rolls. The balance Is state and forest : reserve , and t other. coTcmment i and church land. .-v :: ! j -i," : ; Of. the 500,000 acres of land on the assessment rolls. It is safe to say. that at least half is timber andpasiure, most of which fright Ih lrought into cultivation. r The "same is true of Polk 'crfun ty, n about the same measure as total acreage and cs to pasture and timber land ;i j i , And tho same may be said tm- cernin? the land that is tributary to Salem as a i market center In Linn. Benton, Yamhill and Clack amas counties. . ;h -! The average assessed valuation of land in Marlon county Is $35 an acre. 1 j: jj '!:;'!; .' ; Vast Opportunities ; It is plain to be seen, from' the above, that there are-vast pppor tuniUesot development herej The land ,In the Salem . district j has been only?.ticratched over so far. I i An Oregon Agricultural college .authority said :.:recently ithat all 'Ihc land in this whole state i that 1s"used with proper crop rotations might be included in a strip less - than three miles wide running Jrom Corvallis: to Portland. He might have added that a very creditable proportion of such land. , under proper crop rotation, is in the Salem district -creditable t from a comparative standpoint ; Hut still ; there are oceans of room for improvement here; Im provement that' will finally; mean a dense population; and the most , prosperous section under the shln ' ing sun. " i ' V Wltat MiIit Bo 4 There is a man down at Wood burn who makes $5000 net profit ? every year on 17 acres of land, .lie produces -bush berries and strawberries, filberts and walnuts, most of the vegetables, honey, etc. He sells bis products largely on the Pacific; highway to the travel , ing public. Any neighbor with .thsit much land may do as well. There are strawberry growers all over the Salem district who ; are making this year; and may , , make eTery year. Interest on their 5 land, were it valued at $500 an ,;: -acre or more,; ' -1 , r. , ; ,i ; There are poultry breeders all I over this section who are doing as well or better and especially the ' poultry breeders who have three etory farming, with tree and bush fruits and poultry. And they are keeping -up the fertility of their f soil. They have a solid jrosper- ity, that . will last and grow. There are; celery growers who 1 are paying $0 an acre rent and better annually for their n land. 5 ;and they are making prpfits of $300 an acre or more; from their f crops. The same is true of, some of our head lettuce growers. ' There are onion growers who . fcrcJ22X5n '.themselves high sala Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc, ! May 7 ' ! Water Powers, May 14 " -Irrigation, May 21 Mining, May 28 Land, Irrigation. Etc.. June 4 Floriculture. June 11 ' Hops, Cabbage, Etc.. June 18 Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 25 r'!.;:4 :V' M jr :j Cucumbers, Etc.,! July 2 1 ! ' Hogs. July 9 j- i ' Goats. July 16. i Schools. Etc., July 23 ! Sheep? July 30 ' National Advertising. Angust 6 Seeds. Etc, Angust 13 j Livestock. August 20. Grain and1 Grain Products, Au- guet 27 . Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive Industries, Septem- : ber 10 - l ! r j Woodworking. Etc;, Sept. 17 -1 Paper Mills, hits Sept. 24. (Back ccplej of the Thursday editions of The Daily Oregon Statesman are hand. They are for sale at 16 cents each,' mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) H -;U I j ; ' . ; ries each year. .That isr- they-ore making as mnch as if they drw high salaries, as much as $6000 a year or more,? from small tracts and they are .as independent as hogs on Ice. WThey do not fear losing their jobs. ; m' There is a dairyman east of Sa lem who has never failed to lay up money every ' year. With either low priced or high prized butter fat, lie psrys ! nothing for feed. He. raises it all. and rotates sv as to keep up his soil fertility. There is always a net profit, every month l and every year, t i There are flax growers, mint growers, heel keepers, and many others,: who are j making good mo ney,'and many of them big money, here, year after year. We have potentially the most valuable lands ' In the world; the most valuable 1 i for the ; money crops they can ! be made to pro duce year after year; In dry years and in wet years. ? j But there must be study; there must be comparing of notes. There must be more diversifying; more intensive cultivation. : j Our country is ail right. But we. must prepare to help;the pro cesses of nature, every, season. FLAX BULLETIN OF .Hi Some Other .Bulletins 'That 'Are Ne wr Have Been Issu - ed, Ready for Public - Two . popnla' agricultural bul letins and one of a techincal na ture have just been Issued by the Oregon Agricultural 1 1 college ex periment station and are ready for free distribution ! to residents of Oregon Who rexfnest them. "Flax j; in fOregonJ:', by G. R, Hyslop. agronomist i the subject of station circular No 60. "Pre liminary studies 'Relating to the Harvesting and Canning: of Sweet Cherries,!" is! treated j In natation circular Noi 6t by Henry Hartman associate horticulturist, j "A Study of the Biological Activities In Cer tain Acid Soils' Is contained in station bulletin No, 211 byJWil liam V. Halverson, associate bac teriologist. ; I ; f r': iM " In the flax! bulletin Professor Hyslop describes the Bpil and clim atic requirements for' this crop and gives the portions - of this state suited to its growth. Flax culture : is discussed in j detail, methods and cost of harvesting are given, ajd average returns under varying conditions are men tioned. The bulletia is Ui- reality a handbook ' for ; the prospective flax grower in this state, contain- DREG H..-Hr (Coaiianei oa pas 10) '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 :f arms produce a wider variety of profitable crops of . Oregon Quality food than any, other GRHT FUTURE IS SEEfJ FDR FLAX Hi Willamette Valley Particularly Adapted to Crop Advent of Pulling. Machines Boosts Acreage The Oregonian Discusses the Flax and Linen Industries Editorially (The Oregonian in its issue of last Sunday contained, the follow ing editorial article, ; under the heading. "Future of Flax in Ore eon:") : ; ; Proponents of the growth ; of flax fiber in Oregon are making? a strong case1 fer'their product, with the ;helpVof a historical ; back ground which furnishes'; indubit able proof that flax prospers na turally in! the hospitable climate and aoil of the region, and also of more i recent developments which have removed the economic obstacles which caused the indus try to lapse for a time. .The cir cumstances favoring development of the flax - enterprise are far- reaching and permanent; the inhi bitions chiefly arising from the great hand labor involved in har vesting, have; been ; overcome by the successful introduction of ma chinery which not only ; replaces manual work but results In a bet ter staple. It has been shown, moreover, by authentic tests, that flax does not impair soil fertility. as it has been mistakenly supposed to do, and that it Is well adapted to an intelligent agricultural pro gram. . - . - It is interesting to recall that certain varieties of the plant were found toy the earliest explorers to be Indigenous to the region, being gathered and used by the abori gines, and hat as far back as 1814 a Yamhill-county pioneer produced a useful fiber which was manufac tured into linen in 1845 on a crude, home-made loom. Domestic linen-weaving was indeed an im portant and significant occupation of the pioneer mothers of Oregon and nearly Indispensable in a tinu When the territory depended on its own resources for the necessi ties of. existence. The fact here sought to be emphasized ia that, in its purely agronomic, aspects, flax-growing, is beyond ' the em pirical stage in Oregon, that cer. tain requisite and fundamental principles may be regarded as hav ing been established, aad that il remains only to be shown that it fits into present conditions. ; ",It Is shown by Colonel Bartram, In an article elsewhere in The Oregonian, that flax-fiber produc tion has been virtually inhibited in North America only by considera tions which no longer prevail. These were that "the flax required to be first pulled up by the roots,. by hand, then threshed by hand; and the subsequent operations throughiwhtrtCt-hr straw passed 4n its couversinotntd kf iber and tow were mainfy' hand operations." Not on!ywajihtcost of labor des tructive of the margin between cost of material and the price re ceived for it, but the problem of seasonal help was always, vex atious and sometimes unsolved. It is now believed that this final ob jection has been overcome by the introduction of mechanical substi tutes for hand labor, and this "s the basis of the promise; held out by optimistic; advocates of flax growing that the business of pro ducing the fiber, spinning the yarn and weaving the finished ' cloth may In a not-distant day become one of the most profitable in the state. , ! ;' ;; ; ; i ' j There are other reasons for con fidence, and other factors which enter into the prospect of success. The doctrine that economic self containment is profitable when ever the article produced is well adapted - to the particular locality is undeniably sound.' It is shown, for example, that: some 40,000 acres, by comparison with this year's planting ; of r abontj 4500 acres, would be required to sup ply the raw material represented by current Importations. The margin is therefore enormously more than a safe one if only local markets were regarded; but the prospect is even more encouraging when it is viewed I in - its larger relations. It is true that v;hile our own ; state possesses certain natural , advantages both for growth and manufacture, others are not so favorably situated. This peculiarly applies to the .water supply free from mineral contami nation. "Western Oregon," as Colonel- Hartram says, Mis the nat 11ml district to supply the linen requirements of the United Sta ges." ... .... .. . ... ;.: .. : OREGON Three-quarters of a century of small-scale production having test ed the elements of the problem, a new stage ha 3 been entered upon which seems to be on the verge of producing important re-nulHThttea-ZbMZjSny":. -present demand ijo tJe crunteytjjqn'but that of an fncr'ea'sed "population, which will improbably " te -adequately supplied-' with cotton, since , the cotton-liiroduing area Is definitely circumscribed and is likely rather to diminish 'than to Increase. It is said that "linen is superior. to cotton and is produced in prefer ence to it where the spread in price is not too wide." Side; by side with its chief rival, flax in all likelihood would maintain its posi tion for reasons so fixed in the circumstance of production as not to be subject to, change. . Col, RartrunVs Communication (The communication of Col. Bartrum was printed by the Ore gonian under the heading: ''Great Future Is Seen for Flax in West ern Oregon; Willamette Valley Particularly Adapted to Crop; Ad vent of Pulling Machines Boosts Acreage." Also the following in troductory words were printed over the Bartrum article: "Col. W.-B. Bartrum, writer of the fol lowing article, has been actively Interested In the development, of the flax industry in Oregon since 1923 in cooperation with the fhamber of commerce at Salem. He also has been assisting the state In its part in the promotion of the industry on request of Gov ernor Pierce. As representative of large flax machine Interests of Canada. - he introduced the first flax pulling machines In the state of Oregon.") . ; . . ;,? f BY COLONEL, W. B. .BARTRAM. Western Oregon has excellent climatic and soil conditions for the production of high-grade fiber flax. Since 1876 fiber flax has been grown from time to time: in western Oregon, th .quality of the fiber comparing most favor ably with that grown in the flax producipg countries of Europe and the United - Kingdom. The acreage or fiber flax in western Oregon has been limited, due'to the fact that the flax required to be pulled, up by theoots by hand, then threshed by 'hand; and the Vubsequen-t r. .operations through which. tbe'jBtraw passed jin Jits con version , into--fiber, and tow were mainly haa4 operationsXJhia band pulling lSOTg-Sh trxpeSRtVKand reliable! tolabojr tiUt, prac tically made flax growing econ omically impossible Inearth ?Amt erica. - ; - ' - ' " During 1923, however, a me chanical flax pulling, machine, manufactured by the Perfection Flax Pulling Machine Limited, of Toronto, Canada, operated suc cessfully in the Willamette valley, pulling from five to seven acres a day at a cost of about $5.29 an acre (as against hand-pulling costs of as high as $28' an acre). During the season of 1924 12 more of these machines were shipped into the Willamette valley, with results entirely satisfactory to the flax growers. . - i-.; "... These 12 flax-pulling machines were made available due to the generous action of the Portland Chamber of Commerce joining hands with the state government !n advancing the required funds to purchase the machines. The ma chines then were issued on repay ment to the flax growers of the Willamette valley. The advent of ; these machines opened up great possibilities for the production of fiber flax in Oregon and it now appears that western Oregon will become one of the greatest fiber flax producing districts of the World.:.'-; - .y i In 1923 this state was growing only about 800 acres of flax. Due to the introduction of mechanical nnllinz machines the -aereage jumped in 1924 to about '4000 acres. This, year about 4uu acres have been planted.-With the successful development of the spinning and weaving- mills now under consideration the. acreage for 1926 should not be less, than 1 acres of flax to furnish sufficient line fiber and spinning tow , to take care ot present - iojioriation. spot on earth. I This has no reference to linen 3'arns or woven clothj. It , is re ported that there are over 200, 000 acres of land available Land suitable for growing Jflax in - the Willamette valley. This acreage would produce enough flaxij to keep at least 25 spinning and weaving mills running' continuous ly throughout the year. Flax Easily tirown ; A crop of flax which lends it self to almost any type of soil, is extremely profitable to farmers, being hary, easily grownr requir ing little attention and not; sub ject to the ravages of insects (un like cotton, ; which has been so detrimentally affected by the boll weevil; -or wheat or, other cereals by -. ruatrrMM"""t':u"il'' The- eftnrmotts -area of cotton grown 1 n-fieson f hern states esti mated at ""40.000,000 acres)! has been attacked by the bdl-weevll and the area Is increasing ;'each year so that the average yield of cotton per acre is aid . to (have decreased from about 300 pounds to I.0 or 150 pounds raising the cost of cotton production to the nresent high figures, and 'It is evident that the high price of cotton will continue, as no method has yet been evolved successfully to check the ravages of this pest. Linen is undoubtedly much su perior to cotton and is produced In preference to ijt where? the spread in the price isjnot too ; wide. The ordinary wearing life of; linen is several times that of cotton of similar grade. !- ' . Up to the present; only a Bmall acreage of fiber flax has been grown in the United States and practically all of the; linen or flax used there has been imported; from foreign countries, such importa tions of flax productions being said to exceed $90.000,000' annual ly, much of which could be easily "manufactured in the United States from the fiber flax -produced in western Oregon. 1 - j , .' District Well Adapted Not only,; however, are the con ditions existing in western Oregon particularly: favorable for the growth of the fiber Jflax. but also for the- spinning of the fiber into linen yarns, and the weaving of the finished linen r commodities. One of the prime essentials for the production 1 of high-grade i fiber flax "and its manufacture into yarns and linens, is an ample sup ply of fresh water, free from min erals. The rivers of Oregon that are fed from, the ice and -snows of the mountains are suitable for the retting of the flax straw and the spinning of yarps and bleach ing and finishing ' of the ji linen goods. In fact, the natural con ditions in western Oregon, par ticularly in the Willamette valley. are considered as (favorable as those that have made. Belfast the great spinning and weaving center of the linen j industry; and western Oregon is .the, . natural district to J supply the Jinen re- q u trejnen is. Mjiaa. 1 n 1 1 an .urates. "The ,taJff prevailing on flax straws rAeV-a.n(f -towand particu Iarly llnn. yaTshs and finished linen commodities is amply suffi cient to, protect any spinning and weaving industry established in the state. The duty on linen yarns is from 25 per cent to 35 per " cent- and on manufactured good 40 per cent on non-competitive and; up to 55 per cent on eompetftive linen products., 'Profits Assured Plant. Wiu an ample supply of raw material of excellent quality now assured and at figures that com pare favorably with pricesi paid by foreign competitors, a modern spinning and weaving plant estab lished in western Oregon, with ample tariff protection and a gTeat wealthy purchasing market should pay handsome dividends !; to the investors, provided it is managed and operated by experienced men who are known to the people 'of Oregon as having been commer cially successful in that line on this continent. f h North America is the greatest market for linen Ini the world, thU market consuming annually about half the output of Europe and the United Kingdom. ( ? This textile industry is the old est Industry recorded in history, Jt dates back more than 6000 years and ? was developed ' in the first Instance by the Egyptians on the bank of the Nile. - When the Egyptians were conquered by the Romans the art of manufacturing linens was Introduced into Europe by them. Since that early date the industry has gradually moved westward until today It is on its last, trek, where it will find Its greatest domestic market and fall into the hands of people who have become the greatest trading and Eanulacturiiig nation of the earth. LID CHEAPEST 1 ' EARTH IS PROVED The Tail of a Kansas Cyclone Started Mr, Harris West ; ward to Remain J (R. A. Harris, Salem realtor, was among those asked by the Slogan editor to help prove that we have here the cheapest land on! earth, when -comparative po tential values are taken into con sideration. He'Was'too busy with Salem Chautauqua 'work to re spond yesterday, excepting o re fer to the following article Which he wrote for the Slogan number of The Statesman of one year ago:) j ' V.'. '''- j Editor Statesman!: ., "; - You want anj article proving from my standpoint that our land is the cheapest and best on earth considered from the basis of po tential value -what it will pro duce. J ! You ask for proof where; proof Is unnecessary. It Is, of course, impossible to prove to many who do not wish to be convinced that our land lis the best, and yet I think that, oy every fair cmparison, and from a pre ponderance of investigators, our land will readily be pronounced the equal of any to be found any where. ! ..... -.' But since you ask for j proof from my standpoint, I shall have to make it personal. I i From Personal Experience fl was born on a Kansas' sand hill and for the first eighteen years- of my life I roamed the prairies of Kansas where winters freeze and summers roast J When I waa about, ten years of ' age I was awakened one night by rain spattering in my face to find that our house had been reduced to kindlingwood and scattered over the prairie by one of the zyphers that, thrive in that, country. Fin ally the extended drouth sa shriv eled me up that a breeze blew me west to a land of such: fresh ness and mildness that my suscep tible nature could not withstand inoculation 0 sudden and thor ough as to make it impossible for me to go further or - turn back. Between the Oregon climate and the family budget I was deeply impressed with the potential value of Oregon soil,, and the? proof grows stronger every day. ; r fiome Wild Fancies To. lovers of sensation find ad venture I suppose the cyclones, blizzards, floods, drouths snow, ice, fire, hail; and other experi ences too numerous . to mention and too interesting to - he ignored make it difficult, for (' facta from a country so mild&adLdocile. so safe and secure, so" stfre and stead fast, to secure lodgiAgit:-' ami d the rush. and ; road: of, middle-western sensation and natural phenomena. I wonder why the boosters of those sections have so signally overlooked the high lights of sen sation that must appeal to those who seek the new and strange. Fancy, for example, the plaudits that would be showered upon the genius who would harness up a Kansas cyclone, hitch it to some sort of a flying machine and go on a tour of inspection as to what eventually becomes of a Kansas cyclone! Think: of the advertising value of a man, or even a woman, frozen in a cake of ice and duly in scribed in loud colors with the in formation that the example waa one of Nature's own, not artifi cially produced through the medi um or machinery as in Oregon, for instance. " Or,- ponder on the probable propriety of a human be ing, encased in. a. transparent in closure with mean-ve'ry mean- temperature of about 190 in the shade but no shade vigorous fires on three sides and dressed in full army uniform with Jacket buttoned up to the chin, traveling around in a circle in full march ing equipment, the whole loudly labeled as an example of endur ance frequently experienced and happily borne in the central and eastern states. 1 C ; t i The Proof of It -To prove the potential value of Oregon soil from what it will pro duce, from my standpoint, I have but lo summarize: ' ., Oregon soil and you can't sep arate it from " the , climate pro duces, none of. the sensations re ferred to. It produces results dif ferent in every 'way. And no fine spun figures are half so effective In convincing the multitudes who are fed-up on the experiences just -This cut Is usfd by courtesy of the Associated Industries, of Oregon. V THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that the cheapest lands on earth are here in the Salem district; that you can buy good farm lands here for less than $100 an acre; less than it costs to provide for irrigation in many projects; lands that are as rich as those of. the Nile valley; that, you can buy lands here, and, by the best farming methods, make them pay their original cost every year; and, with nut culture, you can make them pay. several times their cost, each year, in time can make one walnut tree as valuable as 60 acres of land at present prices; that if the truth can be fully known, the land hungry will flock here from every direction to put every idle acre to use, and help to feed the hungry world and clothe the naked world with our products? " ' j 2000 PEOPLE WILL DE Mill , ID BARjELIiiG STRAWBERRIES If the Weather Is Favorable From Now ta End of Harvest, the Pack of Strawberries Here Will Be Double That of , Last Year, Giving Oregon a Still Longer Lead as a Great Strawberry State A leading strawberry grower said yesterday that the recent rains have so far made more straw berries in the Salem district than they have destroyedj that. In fact, few have ; been destroyed, and practically none in the yards and patches where the pickers have kept up with the ripened berries. What the growers need from now on to the end of strawberry har vest, however, is less rain and more sunshine; but not too much hot-'weather. Continued hard rains would do much damage J ' All Canneries Working" r " All six Salem canneries are re ceiving strawberries, including the West Safem cannery. !' " The Hunt cannery . is working about 400 people, and the Oregon Packing company over 300. The Hdnt cannery is using some1 goose berries, but canning mostly straw berries. , ; I All the other four canneries are canning strawberries, with the ex ception of the new West Salem cannery, which is taking the straw berries of stockholders and barrel ing them, and will begin canning strawberries on Monday. This West Salem cannery, be longing to the Pacific Fruit Can ning and Packing company, is now fully equipped. The pew macbin-i ery i3 being- run on gooseberries now; getting limbered up and in fine working order. There was some delay, owing to slow arrival of some machinery, but this is over now and Salem's sixth - cannery is now a going concern i ; Itarreling and Shipping baker, Kelly & Mclaughlin; in their plant on Trade street, front ing the alley .back of the Marlon hotel, have already 250 barrels of strawberries packed. With favor able weather from now on they should put 1,060 'to 1,200 barrels of strawberries for the season put of tneir Salem plant.' Thejy have put upC350 barrels in.-their Wopd bnrn plant already. They started enumerated and whose adventur ous natures simply demand a change. . . But I have about overlooked one important point. I am i to prove that our land is not merely the best, but also the - cheapest. This is a matter, for demonstration alone.. Thousands have demon strated. - Thousands more are de monstrating. It is hardly necessary to go through all the harrowing experiences. Logic and psychology win suffice. Logic is the science of correct reasoning. Psychology is the exercise of the mind. Sim ple as an bid shoe. Try; em like this: 'Land anywhere else than in Oregon must either Include the risks incident to the pranks of Nature as heretofore hinted at, be so isolated by location as to be "out of the world." so to speak, or be in a country Vso old as to be devoid Of any chance to be possessed at any price. Wherever else than I In Oregon it may be secured, add to the original cost the reasonable toll levied by Nat ure on - her vacations or seasons off duty ag compared to a country like Oregon where she is on dress parade every day in the year, and you will inevitably find as thou sands have found and thousands more are finding, that land in Oregon is undeniably the cheapest on earth. S :T ; - : 1 It. A. HARRIS. Salem, Or.t JUn 4,192i, their Lebanon plant on Monday, and should have a total of 1500 barrels at Albany add Lebanon. This m?ans that favorable weath er will- result for. this firm in around 3500 barrels of strawber ries for the season more than double their pack of last year. The have about 100 womefl working in the hulling department of their Salem plant. LIbby, McNeill & Libbey, receiv ing; strawberries at the .Fruit Union building for shipment to The Dalles, to. their cannery there, reported very light receipts for yesterday, owing to the, rain. They expect for the season here, however, at least 100 tons. The barrelers and shippers are paying from 6 to Yz; cents a pound for strawberries, owing to quality. Oregon Away Abend Oregon has already become the leading strawberry state in the Union, in barreling pack and in canning pack. Michigan is sec ond. " 'H The present year, which will see the total crop in the Salem district doubled over last year, and per haps more, with favorable weath er from now on, will put Oregon still further in the lead - And the bulk of the pack is in the Salem district; in the terri tory of which Salem is the trading and banking and shipping center. Even with, such a prospect, tho total this year, will be only a starter of -what Tnay be done in the future; with increasing acre age, with improved varieties and methods, and with irrigation in dry seasons such: as that of last year. Thero are about 1500 people now working in the Salem canner ies and barreling houses. Thero will be at least 2,000 people work ing on strawberries alone at the height of the season, which .will tome next week, with favorable weather. H10RE SETTLERS ' i TUMJ IFJ B YEARS That Is Result.of Advertising in the East for Right Kind , of. People (The following news item was printed in the Portland-Oregonian of .yesterday) : . More than 19.000 Inquiries from prospective ' settlers in the Pacific northwest have been re ceived by ! the Northern 'Pacific since January 1, A. 11. Smith, pass enger traffic manager of the com- (Continued on pg 9) Extra well located Restaur ant; -doing; good business, priced right for quick sale; also - confectionery store with extra nice location, priced right ; also a grocery store, well located on corner priced right. IKE. BROWN ' and MELVIN JOIXNf-QN 109 S. Commercial Zt. V ?' A'