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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1926)
. ; f-. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY li 1926 W&Mi W Territory Passes Six Million mark Capitol Buildings ail State Enterprises in This Section, Aid City in Maintaining Reputation as Cultural and Intellectual Center Educational Opportunities. Unsupassed for Diversity of Training, With University, Business College, Academies, Strong Public School System Art Colony Keep Salem's Name Before Nation's Readers and Critics Advantages of Largest Population Centers Here ilcm Students and Writ - -. ( Continued Crora page Oar Beim Industry We produce itffe in the district a superior canningiean. and can grow ' a, larger tpage than-ran be turned off Irfmost sections. Cur growers -understand the production of eans and hate the right locatlo are doing well; especially tho; ,wbo ran hare . borne irrigati vfor their canning beans, Wcrould build up a 'great, business rre in Stowing - ana canning sperior alad beans. We also growkeans for' the dry bean market.1! and ran profitably Increase or lout- put. I ' do Hills farm a black Tartarian cherry tree that is perhaps 8 years old, and it has never missed a crop since it began to bear. The ihree greatest sweet cher ries in the world were originated 0 i Oar Blackberry lndattr Our blackberry industr: is among our great and prom ring ones, owing-tothe Eef g :sen, which we may call he. Oegbn blackberry of commerce. I Is not a natiTe. But itscomlnt was accidental; perhaps1 the' ieeds were carried hither by birds The Evergreen Ja the great pie perry of commerce. It is the onljfberry that stands up in the can-4-abso-lutely. It takes little sugr. It is the ideal blackberry pi berry, and is so regarded. , J It has two great virtues for the grower. It produces great crops; as high as 1$ tons to tie acre; perhaps may go to 25 , tons or more- The vines persist. They do not seem to grow old. Salem - ' - k 'I - 4 L - ; ' i '"t'-'l'.." ' J-V- v. v . v - . ::.; V 1 " ; A ',' . ... '- York market in 1919 and 1920; at $6.85 in 1919 and $7.38 in 1920. Our Anjou pears topped the Chicago market at $4.71 a box and $4.54 in car lots in 1920. Our Winter Nellis topped the London market at $7.10 a box in 1920. Our pears made top price scores in the Engusn ana big eastern markets last year. There should be 20 times the present acreage of pears, and they should be principally the Bartlett. Bosc and Clairgeau varieties, and all nondescript varieties should be grafted to these. even at the rate of 25,000 pounds to the acre on small plats of ground; selling as high as 15 cents per pound, or at the Tate of $3750 to the acre. An experienced grower says 8000 pounds to the acre is a reason able average expectation. This Is the leading gooseberry center landing Corn District Our best farmers have conclud ed that the Saleui district, and in fact, the whole Willamette val ley, is a verv good corn country. in the United States; will remain that it depends upon the selec WALTER SI. PIERCE Governor of the State of Oregon. in the Salem district the Bings and Black Republicans and Lam berts; and the other great sweet cherry, the Royal Ann, has been brought to perfection here and one of the most useful of them all. the Long Stemmed Water- - The Gooseberry Industry j 'From the standpoint alike of the profits they may have on these bush berries on their own account, and because they mesh Into the scheme of succession which is very important for the Salem fruit district: and because there is no other locality in the world so favorable to the produc tion of the highest quality of canning gooseberries, with large average yields, the fruit growers in the Salem district ought to raise still more gooseberries. Growers here have produced 9000 to 16,000 pounds to the acre; and ! Iff' - f - t v so.. Oregon Is the Kreatest goose- 1 1 ion and acclimatiiatlon oC seed, berry state in the Union, in point I and upon the preparation of the of tonnage canned. seed bed and cultivation to noici moisture during dry Feasors - And under the leadership of these men. and through other agencies, there has been a won derful increase in corn growing here in the past few years Until Marion has become the first Oregon county in the pro duction of corn, and Polk county is a close second to Marion. The Salem district is the leading corn section of the Pacific northwest There are reports of production as high as 75 ami more bushels to the acre, and Rood farmers say 50 to CO bushels ouclit to be common.- Jesse Uuber, an outstanding authority, has raised corn in Ohio and Oregon, and lie says that, with proper seJl selection. a yield hs high as the average crop of eastern corn can be ma tured here. ' He has raised 80 bushels to the acre near Saleui. The fiverage yield for the whole of the" United States is around 24 bushels to' the acre. There is no agricultural inter est in the Salem district that will (Continued on page 6) New Year Greetings i " ; . ',.- ..... : C. Lachelc, Proprietor The Angora Rug and Fur Co. Tanners of Furs and Leathers , f , Mountings and Manufacture of Fur Rugs and Itobes, -Angora Skins for Chaps a Specialty Old Furs Dyed and Remodeled 1233 Ferry Street SALEM, OREGON mmm 'MM ? CIPITOI BUILDING 4Tters "for Oregon, in th grow ing, canning and barrel iig of them. I' j , . 1 Tlc Cht-rry City of the M'orld " Salem was named 'The Cherry City of , the World." years ago tqe writer believes it was by A F. Ilofer at that time the secretary , i - . '- ' a. 7 t TIIO.MAS li. KAY State treasurer, and public spirit- ' ed cltisen. . of tbe Salem Commercial club, now the Salem ;Cbamberi,of Com merce. Anyway she. waa entitled to that distinction and. has worn well the title And deserved th honor and earned . 4 the. emolu ments. Tbe cherry industry here had early beginnings. County Jadge J. T. Hunt haa-on his Wal houses, is of Salem origin: useful twwa.iao it In the oollenizcr of all weet cherries. Jvhile itself, a cherry almost equal in quality to the Royal Ann. .(And add the honev bee. for the cherry pollen is not carried by winds; it must J be carried on the winga and legs nf insects.) Given the proper pollen izer and the honey bee, and the sweet cherry industry is a re liable industry in the Salem flts- Xxict given also ample manufac turing and shipping and cold storage facilities. Then there is the sur cnerry ; the Montmorency cherry which adds to .the .value of the industry here. Nature has by election made Salem the "Cherry City of the World," and man is doing more and more t6 confirm the title. Maraschino plants are here now. i . u mBrinfaptiirinr nlants ftOU Will. u. r-, . ar fomlns. and the whole wide world will come to acknowledge: Salem's premiership in the cherry ind list rv. The Salem canneries make big narks of cherries; and there are Jurge shipments of barreled cher ries for the maraschino trade making lip about the same quan tity of the fruit besides large consumption In other ways. is the v The Pear Industry The Saleta" district world's near paradise. 3artlettr are partly If not wholly self-fertil here and no- where else. Pears are free irom Wight here and nowhere else. We have more pear friends ana less pear enemies than any other dis trict in the world, we nave me BAnnt near land in the world. Our Bosc pears topped the New RELIABLE 'jywi. J"" "' i I ' ' ' '.-. 4 FOUNDRY ROSEBRAUGH MACHINE WORK Furniccs, Tank Y 'Boiler Work Fruit Stoves J Electric "and Gas Welding Telephone 886 t. - M ! - Mil. r 's.. - . . r -r -'..AJ.4 I bushels to- the acre. II i j Pftnne : : -i - " " 1 ,, , The Oregon State Library is also located in this building. (Continued on page 6) . . ; ' ri-J.i'; I ) , : : :t X ! ffL' 0 ) D j (J: rl 0 o n V i VJ n V I y I I i LsJ I J I ! it I Salem's New Lumber Yard and Builders' Supply House 8 i iff v " - r I-.;:-.... 1.-5 -fc ' ' ' " M "fti' . -: --' - . , "" .' " ,'; "-.. v---. HMiftiuwM ..'I. . . . i -j '!' , . ; -Hi". ;-" . Jy- PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE NEEDS OF BUILDERS, WITH A COMPLETE LINE OF LUMBER -.- CEMENT- LIME' PLASTER LATH SHIN GLES..--PAJNTS- VA'kNISHES Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating IN FACT EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS i rn ttp NA TIONAL LINES WE HANDLE Samuel Cabot a Double White Paint ,U. S: Gutta Percha Paint Co. (Barreled Sunlight) V " ' Pratt & Lambert f Built-in Fixture Co. Murphy Varnish Co. . Pittsburgh Plate Glass Bridge-Sullivan (Driftwood Stain) Ccrtainteed and Pabco Roofings E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.! Giant, Powder Co. r Western Wall Board Co. Standard Gypsum Co. Duplex Hanger Ox Clinton Wire Cloth Co. E SOLICIT THE 0 1 LUMBER YARD - ,f -:;'. ! North Capitol and Union Telephone 2248 ! IPO PAINT SHOP AND STORE 1 75 Commercial Street. ' Telephone 728 f: ii ! gl,,l. " " ". ". " " ' "1 f V '.:: " " ,11 '7H 22tt f e CC!Tfl rood Gsrrf. ? ;., II fi! li : 'r' " ' t tpet--R I'a ;;e 2 ; 17th and Oak Streets - " 1