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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1926)
THE:0REGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ! .FRIDAY MPRNIG. JANUArHY. 1, 102G: i 6 A J 7 Giving to the Fact 11 on Farms in Oregon During the Past Season and the Generally Good Prices Received for Farm Products, 1 Was rk$ aiO'Rar.CejntJhcrease m Crops Would Not Be An Inflation For the Coming Year Statement of State Labor Commissioner, Dated Dmfcr 2 J5?5r fclose Contact Between Producer and Consumers, With Increased Market Facilities Speak of New Day for Farmers Spring Wheat Acreage Witt No Ppubt E(e Invested NexVSeasoii 'Mute mrr Mmmu & A (Continued from page $)- not benefit rirow 'S tbe -5if enaction of still more corn, which will mean more cows, more hogs and more livestock , in general, - and therefore a' better ''nanceto' keep up and improve the fertility of the land devoted to tree' and bush fruits and all other product $r the soil.-. ...The Salem district grows the best celery in the world; tEIuge'he celery in -1921 took second prize at the national celery contest; and Prof. Bouquet ot the Oregon, Agricultural 6ttegays tfee tre gon exhibitors gained a greater victory than the .taking ot the first prize in 1522.at-tb national conteiC at thdlahhpolia "by 'a Troutdale, Oregm- tnaa and It Was Taken with 'celery 'thai was grown by a man who was a celery grower before-coming tar Oregon in the fairftfU KaUmaiboV SlIfE igan, district. The Labish Meadow's district, last north of Salem produces as good celery as that grown at Eu- The Spinach Industry j - A"better quality $t spinach can to proauaeanpre. xnan eisewnere, best in the At : the "Louisville national con vention eof market gardeners, Ore gon "took' first second and third prizes on celery, and an Oregon boy won the - contest as junior gardener, againet ail comers in the United States. in the dietary as milk; and every up to date man and woman now knows that a virile race cannot be sustained without milk,- nor healthy !childrenv raised,- nor old people lpt iu proper condition. One of the greatest arguments in favor of spinach growing com mercially in the Salem district is the fact that the spring crop fur .- f y ,t ! i .5 gene or Troutdal ""Produces the wcrld- - ' . - tProduces about 300 to 400 car loads a year- ' " . i-There "mro-thousands of acres"F of good cfclery larrff-Mn 'til tTii-" i :So there is a possibility of a S 5,000,000 annual crop; or . a tlia.OOOjOOror ftoriiP f Ifrbe-,worI4 Is the market; al most it is the marftetrtwill be, for: the celery rrhridi the fields, ,wlth the-ffflpro?ment of Eliipping facIlitlea5Trbt"S de hydrated celery therfefc" tip' limit nder the shinlnV ehn 3 : r ' .fThe pioneering :Wk been done. The proofs are atr-bartd.-ft Is bo wleg done. 0nr celeryIa'ferdmg to c all iparta tB.t?ntteiSfate8. i4pujrgro'wera "can kr dtlce xtolor? " and mature &ttMtiJtf cfob on ?wide araa-ftqvfiVltit 'tHmore UnportaaU-thecaif. pVodVP cel ni ; of ,the4esVqajay -it the - -United States;, which means the ieat in the world. - . jThey can beat even; Kalamazoo on icelery. Thy nisw selling thei? -best at 1 a.tfate against Calif or ta's bet-celafy. 1 m r s f Tlie Potato Industry The Salem ; district leads Ore-; gon in potato growing. Our growers should pay less attention to the thousands of possible new varieties. They should confine; their growingl to Burbank, Gold Coin and Peerless for late, and Early Rose and Earliest of All for early varieties. And they should L attend to seed certification. Wash ington. California and some other nearby states cannot -grow--their-own seed Block. Oregon 'growefsj can double their income byrgfow4 tag seed lot - these states. "With! good -seed and proper- -cultivation .grading and $aklttg our gt6vtTB( can ompete. with- amy :mftPket tnt the United. tatei-' Inafaet, we may lead) the iw'orld in the' potato! laduatry. I Ti.i ' ;. -m-'f rU"'?; ' " RED RASPBERRIES k - ' f This is a t-pical patch. Many' 'similar tllustrationpr could-hf Jur nlfihed"by growers tn the Salem territory. and Salem, is due to become the Hrorki' enter 'xjf ' a kreat- ispinaoh 'tnaostry?.' 1 . iizr& othe iron in it, and for the yiCaftlnsfi and'-other requisf te to, dietary NBhemes pinach?lBcoia lngintdiartfrr" andJmor'e general use 'hpt-' falt la 4he hospitals ou also Irf 'the bomes of- thi country; of- the wholiS EWorld. Our sptltach has'arflhie- rfc' much "iro as carrots. t ; "jfn6ro is no , question whatever of-Th supplying - here. ' hjr' t--ni growers--bT ,all the spinach that fkTmanufacttarefra f and 'backers rviadjciitfoj. it. .it yTpna of our best crops, taking Into ac count that it may be followed by another profitable! vegetable crop, or even a ChlrSroif the same land the . same year. ' v ' " Spinach Is nearly as important nishes a cash return early iu. the, season when? mdttey tatteeded tor? te cuflVatfofffi6irop4 And. t h'e jme H hdds rnaterlally to tbe'net returnB 4x0at any given bumbevfof tfcref tf .land under cultU'jstlon.- i-T;;t i :A : The Onion Industry Salem 4ls hcf Wrfrktrtrnd mann ufacturing center n6f a gteat "tra'fou indttstfrf ihf world doii irot'grow better onions." " Oti oureiaverdatn lands, 400 -and ;tnore sacks;-! lilO pounds 'to the' sack pe3 acre, . can be raised. crThe i martet' pr - ten years has averaged $1.75 a sack. A net profit of $100 an acre and upward can be made. We grdw the onion sets here for practically the whole region west of 'the Rocky 'mountains. Bee Keeping j Salem is-thbTieenier; of a poten-; , i ... i. . ' i i mil , "iff ., t II i til r . if tially great bee keeping industry. Average -yields of "the Wfllamette valley will exceed' those of any known region excepting southern Oregon. This can be made a-veritable bee paradise; by. providing bee pasture for the late summer, which ' can be done, by raising more sweet clover,' and seatteririg more Scotch broom . every where. Every farmer here ought to have bees; every orchard ist must have bees, to be sure of proper poUina ttt& And' tbtfre wiir i ig'modey IV bees'; fotf themselves alone, wheft' felentf of fate" "bee fpast hre is 'prbviaedl The - early" te pafct U r e AablAAlairVnowYVto bttefn'ie woridi'1- : - - t '-;. ... Our, Booming -Poultry Industiiy tricT in1 the world"' fheM first 300 gg ben 'In the" Hvorld rwas : pfodnc "'oBtinhea' oh' tfige'lY1 TT Tl VV SherWinAVilliams Paint Lead and Oil tillers' Hardre ift and Buildmg Paper We hantlle "EveVhing; in Builders laterials." Ca1f'anmsrcf dur stock. ' . Service lis one" of our main aims jrvitcr ijv o::t , !. .:1HIU uu - AH our lumber comes from our own mills at Valsetz, Oregon. The very best of both high .and low grade. : ' ' 5 ' .Gobhs & Mitchell Cp. EtSAY, Manager M9 S. 12th Street Phone 813 and we will call and see you. ijicmt-.H! as wr? Wiiw wcniLBMiiEiNW i W! ffli 'lis ' iiin:n B;riHiLiiii.:ii!:ira uiflii wwis ai-us w v,mwi iiEiinua ciRiaaiiniiBfliiaiimiifiiiajmi.) 'SKspwKwrMCWi.w.iir U!lWWIWt'1ilV'W 3 3 NEW YEAR GREE' t r ilMt; KliUM til !llH:l!'!!il SSTIH )rn;:i . mmtmit m-mmm an wt . I m iiniii nw;ij w.' wiintu tsejurni tw'i.-t.uiu ... s- . T.-.. . C . I'.i.j.TTf i - . ''mr j' f?i'l"" " j'i--'t '- ""' .nr-'-"' ' j 'e U - CIIEMEKETA STREET AT COTTAGE Telephone l83 , A r C i. " .r. hu ii'i ); : ! i lit ! ri a ' ri-W,!J'!lf!.wr!aiW1Hi-l :!I!'S!I ft; ; ;) wni;' mi ia:iiuiii.iiaiMroMVi ax an muaumj.xi'MH ani:i.(susr-ar!i.i:iS4a' ' i . ' j n ' ' .ii,. ii, I, , . ; . i ; 1 : : - .- r -f- , ' i. 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A this company devejopa and expandsr so will your investment 'increase in stability; its safety is . beyond question. v Ask yourself where you can find-a better, afer and more attractive Investment for your money than to put it into Oregon's Greatest Public Utility and be sure of getting this high rate of interest. Why You Should Bi lis Stock We Pay Dividends Monthly Qr Quarterly, As You Prefer We urge you now to investigate our Easy Pay ment Plan under which you receive 7 interest on your payments until you own the stock. Shares $ 1 00 each, cash or on easy Terms; 10 down anjl 10 monthly Every dollar you invest in First Preferred. Shares of this Company helps to increase the Titrosperity of Oregon. ' The money you invest is safe because it is employed in the expansion of a great, rapidly growing and well-managed-business. " - The total assets of this company approximate $80,000,000, and the gross earnings last year were nearly $1I;000,006 We .are serving over 50 communities with a total population of nearly 400,000. ; Because of the greatly diversified character of our business this investment enjoys unusiial stability. A A . We invite you today to become a profit-sharing partner in this great industry by subscribing for tne or more Stares of our First Preferred Stocjc to yield 1.2', . i 1 ' : Dividends paid monthly or quarterly, whichever you desire. Under our Easy-Payment Plan, you earn T,', interest on all money paid in till the shares are yours. - Then come the regu lar dividends of 7.20 . 54 1 i-Our biisiness is firmly established, we'll managed and "permanent; ' 2 It i.i Supervised by Federal and State Commissions.. ' A 3 Your savings will bo safe. , -A ' i 4 rYour income , will Bfc k regular and . dependable. . 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