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ADISi: T!IE DEST C'lDIJ DISTtllGT
!J TIE IVOnLO,
It Is the Largest Qnion Producing Sector of the Pacific
fiorthwest-rOne of the Earth's Oldest; Vegetables
All Caravans Crossing the Deserts Carry Along Onions
to Munch, to Quench ThirstThe Reason Labish Is
Very Dry
Kditor Statesman: ,'
I am lad lo see The iStafepman
Is taking tin Interest inl an Indus
try! that will very ftopnT bobst' Sai
leni. notably, the onion ferbins at
lake Labish. , 1' - ?":'' '
Now generally the ' ientlon 'of
onions always brings sniile and a
sreafdeal of the merrjh raaz.' On
the other hand. I belieV 11? "Wool
wortK'a i would sell onlonk say three
for a" quarter some people- might
; buy 5 them,, thinklns. hey, were
some Tery fancy imported jflower
bulbs-:. And eren after " thjsy :bad
set them la fanby flower. p4ts and
taken, good care and. watched theni
grow and bloom into 4 . ehr ' fra
grant .and , pretty , flower, much
like a 'snowball, they w'puld nerer
realize; their mistake, j : 1 --;
But an onion Is an onioja still.
It isnT a hybrid, t it is jjust an
onion, "rery coramon.f " Webster
says. ' Onions are one pt tie old
est vegetables grown.- jThej Chal
deans and the ancient Egyptians
; cultivated ihem extenslyely And
yet today all. caravan crossing
the deserts carry 'aloni a jsapply
of onions to munch on! to Quench
the "thirst. (Volsteaders, please
noteJ " The reason Labish js very
dry.) J , " i '
There are about 40,000 car
loads of onions consumed jby the
people of the United States each
year. ;Of this about SO.joOO jto,S5.
000; cars are grown in this coun
try. " The balance, are! imported.
'mostly from Spain,' Portugal and
Egypt. , ' j I -
" New Tort "state.! Illlnolsj Ohio;
Texas and California are the.prin-
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THE ONION BEST CROP
- ON BEAVERDAM LAND
(Cootlaued from p3 8)
make
L them.
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" & problem . ta get
-' Oh such-carrotsl
rid of
.They.
surprised the natives, ana espe
cially they surprised Mr. Ajllen.
- SIO.OOO Gross In leap
One year ago,'-Mr.' ! All si a sold
$10,000 worth o" : prouctk from
s his tract. That year h"hfd only
' 12 acres' of his land in; onions. .
Mr. Allen was asked by the
Slogan ' editor what wias his net
profit that year;. wtjhe.Imself
had lcit to represent his $alary"
la working fOT-himseK.'-lie said
it was close 10.6000-4 " -
-. Mr and' Mrs.! Alleii .hive 'no
children with them. They, have
two daughtersiin. CaIifornaV and
Mrs. Allen's father is j a member
of the household here-S ' j 'KZ:'
jThey. I of .course 'haVe , sime of
their land " devoted , to pasture;
keep a cow or two, and J horses
and other farm animals, and pro-
duce the feed for, them, besides
the usual vegetable,,' brx kitchen
garden for their own use. j ,' '
;They find enough tojkeep them
busy, on their 25 acresj wtth. sea-
sonal employment for lother help
.which they must hire t times.:
, Mr. Allen has no regreis .over
tranferiag his home ifrom Cali
fornia to Oregon:.'IIe; is jin fact
an Oregon booster; and especially
has he ' always :a good . wird- for
the great things that njay e done
on the Labish beaverdant land.
Constant experiments jein made
will no doubt shor up pssiblll
J ties that hare not, yet beeri count
ed upon. That is a great district,
and growing greater every year.
: 1 All Make Money.
I The case of Mr. Ajlenj is not
peculiar. All the onion growers
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cipal onion states each , producing
approximately 6000 car loads per
season or year. Oregon.1 Iowa.
Utah.jiv'a'shington and Idaho each
produce in - quantities..' Of 'tpese
Oregon has the reputation of grow
ing the best quality of any state in
the uMon-f The onions from Ore
gon; bring the. best prices in; the
markits all. over the country.:
. Lake. Labish is now the largest
onionj producing section; f the
northwest. The soil of Labish is
the. best for onion culture-to be
found, anywhere, also for calory or
most, "jany vegetable grown ;. .
7 "The season of 1924 the growers
of LabiBh shipped 425 cars of on
ions produced on about the same
number of acres. ; The gross re
turns' of this crop brought' theta
about 1200,000.' . . S ! ' '
5 Therefore the onion growers are
doingj a great deal toward jth de
veloping of Labish and their com
munity. : - f ;v 'i-: 4-4
"Wei can't make a fair gtimate
of the; returns of the 1925 fcrop as
yetj as ; there is some of the crop
yet in the growers handai which
will be sold during this and next
month. , --!..
As Salem is situated about 10
miles from the best onion -district
of the: world, the city also comes in
for it share of the prosperity of
Lake Labish. ,
In Bhort,'the onion growers ex
pect to make .Labish the 'biggest
and best garden-of the northwest,
near the outskirts of Salem.' i i
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Salenii, Ore., lit. 9. "
February. , 1926. .. i
of the Lake Labish section have
j - T- j - - I' . .t-.:
mads money. All of. them are
enthusiastic boosters for their' dis
tricts for their "Million lollar
Highway." That Is their project
ed :. county" market : paved roadi
along which, they" proposed!, a few
years ago, that they would eventu
ally produce crops worth annually
a' million dollars. They are more
than doing' this now; perhaps two
millions each "year. , And the time
will come, and before very long,
when they will turn off ten ; mil
lions 'in cash crops annually.
the;
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ONION GROWER
MUST BE PROTECTED
iConuaned tna ph ! ,
90 per cent of the cost of i raising
pickle
onions is paid out ,;for the
labor which grows, peels and pxeks
them; j The American grower, v w-ing-
American wages for - labor
which works American hours,' can
not 'compete with the European
grower, paying European wages
for, 1 abor which works E lkropean
hours,' without the protection of a
high tariff. : As a matter bf fact,
say the growers, a 35 per cent tar
was. ljw enough: a, 50 percent
tax would have-been fairer
The Hpn.Elsle.Mackay,i daugh
ter of Lord incheape, the shipping
magnate, is the "only., woman ap
pointed on the pilots committee
of the Air League in England. She
has had an "air Pilot's certificate
for three years and Is, regarded as
one of England's pioneer j women
in aviation.- Miss Mackay was on
the stage for a 4 time where she
went- by the name of Poppy' Wynd-
ham.-; . i ':":' v'
Silverton Linen mill, box fac
tory . pickle , factory are prospec
tive new industries. -n r
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Vv'e are willlrj to back up cur
:nowIeiIje of welding1 acquir
ed by many years of. practical
experience," with a money back
qnarar.tce. "' '
1 cene3 In Lcibish Onion Fields
Vppcr "scenes In tTie windrows anJ
scene:' AVeedins tbo srowinz onions. U '' .
MHO FOR 1 CROP 0F1KK
. Fl ACRES OF UIBISil BFJFJD1 LQ
Growers Get as High as 600 Sacks, ! or Two Car Loads,
f ;of Onions to the Acre From the Labish Onion District
North of Salem Greatest f
Brand, and . Better Grading
Markets ?
Editor Statesman: ' .1
The onion industry ia'tbe La
Dish beaverdam district' is far
enough advanced now so that . it
brings ' in prbbably jnore ' money
"than eny other crop in' this part
of the- country. The onion crop
this ytai amounted- tOj ab-ut 500
cat, and sold fon from between
5250,000 and $300,O0V ' ,
pnlons will -bring' a' hl?hr re
tii'n for a smaller amount of cap
ital, invested, than 'any othfr big
tnoiKy crop that can be grown on
bt-averlam lands. In a yirar like
tl.e Piesent, with seed viry high;
the cctt of seed amounts to. only
$10 per "acre," and. to grow an or
dinary acreage of onions, no. ex
pensive equipment is; necessary,
the main Investments being in on
ion houses, where onions are to
be : stored after ,: harvesting. '
yi . Two Cars To Acre ' - ,
In a reasonably favorable year,
onions should average at least 300
sacks .(one-carload) per acre. The
ordinary price-at time of harvest
ing these onions runs from 31.25
to i per sack, and anyone going
into the onion" growing business
Should-f igure on-being -able to
raise onions and put them on the
market for 31 per sack, thus leav
ing a fair margia of profit in at
Transformation of ; Italian
Art Under MussolmtPeign
MILAN. Italy Fascistizatlon of
Italian art; with Benito Mussolini,
national director, is the next step
In the? process I of transferring j
Italy into a Fascist state. .. ' '..-A
Artists and. Intellectuals ia the
ranks of the dominant party," seek
ing" for a means pf reawakening
the nation's moribund cultural' ac
tivity and ot creating a truly Fas-
Cist artistic movement,, have de
cided to: entrust the task to their
leader, confident he can succeed
where others have failed. .
f A formal requt-st to this effect
has been made by the Directorate
bf the Corporation -of Intellectual
Professions and by the ' National
Fascist SyndicateVof Fine Arts,
j MWe-desire, thcso ' artists told
the premier, to collaborate di
VALLEY GRILL
' Good Ccf fee
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I50 South Commercial
; -IT .Varieties
Eaby Chicks
Custom Hatcllins
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JIATtltKUT
Phone C2T21 '
Salem - - Orcjon
xors '. '-. : '-. s
1U4 Oa Good c.fy TTrpt.-'f '
Xou iv, eif y pnynui t .a; iui S'-i
ty to! or ycr.
Tt.ru lrttm..T. or msH trct.-"
fn-. r -nry. i -.j j t:..j ICS
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in acks in ltaryesf ttwy. . Lower
eed Now Is a Common
of -the Onions" -for: the
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leasj: fourf out: of every five years
accord ing ; to the way our " markets
hav4 been Jin the past.' ' ''. , ,
' Itjis not' much out of the ordin
ary o get a yield of 400 sacks per
acre and ; there . have been yields
in the Labish district of . 600 sacks
per .cre..! , lknow of one grower
receiving J 34,500 for hia , crop,. tf
five acres',, and - handling- it direct
frpm the field to! the market with-
out j'the necessity of putting the
onions in an onion house.
Profitable Crop Every Tear ,-
. As the growers get more accus
tomed to ' the "land, and conditions
her4 theyi are able to apply ferti
lizer where needed' and get a con
sistent, profitable crop every year
Thire was a time, about five years,
agoj when any. onewho had La-,
bishj oniohs for sale was at a dis
advantage, as. they had the black
eye all through the trade, but this
disadvantage is being rapidly re
moved and turned into an advan-
tagej; as ' the growers are learning
to grow a better grade of onions
every year. . r ' '."".', '
-Probably the thing that Is need
ed most to, help the onion business
in this district, is the use of some
common: brand name, and a better
grading of onions before shipping.
X-.RONALD' E' JONES
Brooks, Ore., Feb? 3," 1 9 2 6.iJ
rectly with you ' in nourising new
forms and creating the new style
of Italian beauty." ; . . ;.' '
-t Council woman Mrsi Helen I H.
Green of Cleveland. O., is the first
wonian In - that. city to be made
chairman jof an important council
committee.- ilrSi Oreen was re
cently made chairman of the com
mlttee on rivers and harbors. -
. Reedsport Construction begins
on: jjmpqua mills railroad .spur.
Mills are to oten about March 1.
PUBLIC MARKET
; i Cifjar Store
' Clears - Cigarettes - Tobacco
I Soda Fountain Soft Drinks
L - - Candles ;
W. B. Ifolromb
Electric Store
" SotPotnt and
V Universal....
Appliances
2020 HT. Capital
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STATE CHAMBER
ILPiil 1EGI
Coordination : of Indutsria!
-ancLAgricultural Develop-
. . m'ent Reported ! .
, PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. i 1.
(Special.)- Co-ordination of 'Ore
gon's . ind ustriat ,' and : agricultural
development:, was the keynote . of J
the 'Ahnuar Meeting of the Ore
gori '.State Chamber .of.. Commerce
held Jn Portland on Thursday.
' That business leaders of Port
land' have united wfth'. business
men , of. the state,, in a practical
working .. agreement was- j an
nolaaced by.jlrying . E. VIning. of
Ashland;, president "of the Oregon
Stat, Chamber. Liberal f, alioca
tlotf'jqfj money, from; the. Oregon
Development Fund" and ah ar
rangement of committee harmony,
Mr. Vlntng declared brings.; Ore
gon, to the -front more than any
oth4ihing that baa taken j place
since the organizaUos of the State
Chamber. .: ;!-. ; iri' "i
ijLand settlement' ahd Industrial
development were equally stressed
on the program, speakers agree
ing - that new v industries j; would
open ' up - new - agricultural oppor
tunities, and " agricultural .development-would
offer: additional
opportunities to invite' pew indus
tries. . . , V
, W P. LaRoche of the industries
committee of .the Portland Cham
ber was the principal speaker on
Industrial " growth. He " declared
that Oregon Is annually purchas
ing 325,000,000 worth.- of prod
ucts more than are being manufac
tured, and urged particularly 'the'
establishment of new ' woodwork
ing and textile plants. Mr. La
Roche' outlined the work that the
Industries committee is doing and
declared the industries department
was glad to co-operate through the
&tate Chamber' with any 4 of Tit
constituent organizations ia solv
ing their, problems . In .bringing
new industries to the state.
Whitney L. Boise,' chairman of
the land settlement committee.
told of i the results ? obtalhed; ' in
bringing : hundreds '.ot farrp err to.
Oregon. .Satisfied .-settlers on-dae-
Xamily farm's .are being obtained
fn; iaU ,the counties which are
qttUzIng -"; their v- opportunities1: to
participate in tne iana settlement
program ot the Portland and State
Chambers... v . : F'-'.U-i.':.fi
Marketing is the chief prob
lem In Oregon's agriculture,'! said
iV E.?jFaville,: "chairman lot the
marketing .committee, "We do not
desire at any,time to promote any
particular plan of marketing, but
whenever the ' farmers are desir
ous of being Informed as to order
ly; marketing; "or: are desirous of
proceeding wit hit. we are ready
at all -jtimesrtO work.: with , them
and are" in accord with the. views
qf the "farmer, as well, as the .stu
dents of cooperative marketing.
-! Thrt . AiarkrAtinr fommlften ha
assisted In the formation ot 22
Electric Supplies
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V- - WIRIXO . ! '
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VIBKERT & TODD
.Ferry- and High Sts.
RADIO v'- '"'
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GIDEON-STOLZ CO. f
- Manufacturers of" 1
VINEGAR SODA WATER
X'i Fountain Supplies ! ?; ,
Salem Phone 20 ' " brt.
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DUNSIOOR BROTHERS
221S etata - TeUphoae 8230
5 Painters and Decorators
Interior or Exterior Work
Wo specialize oa Interior work. Let
Ba shoir yoa some work we kave dene.
- AlIz Ycur Grcctr j-" ,
local marketing units and, four
federations of units In ""various
parts of the state. ' ,
1 "Extension ' of agriculture ' in
Oregon; depends largely upon rec
lamation through irrigation or
drainage 'said Wllford Allen of
Grants Pass, President of the Ore
gon, Reclamation Congress. "Three
things are needed in reclamation
land settlement, refinancing of
existing projects and new proj
ects. . - t ;
, 'Directors to serve two-year
terms were elected as follows: W.
S. Kelson of The; Dalles. J. D.
Falrman of Il"arjen It oy T. Bishop
of Portland, R. C. Grbcsbeck of
Klamath Falls"!!. E. "Waiter "of
Cbrvalli, John F. Daly of Port
land.1 L. 5 D. Drake of Astoria and
T. IL Ness of Roseburg
The directprs re-elected Irving
E. Vjnlng of'Ashiand, president,
tind elected for , secretary-manag
er. W G. Ide of Portland, and for
treasurer . Charles II. Stewart cf
Portland. t - .'-
Representatives rom Albany,
Arlington. . Ashland. Astoria, Au
rora. Baker,. Bend. Coryallis. -Cot
tage Grove. Coquille; ,- .Eugene,
Falls CUy. Forest ; Grove, , Grants
Pass, " Harper, t Hillsboro,' Klamath
FalL La Grande, Medfofd," Mil
waukle. North' Bend, ' Redmond,
Roseburg, Salem, Silverton, and
The Dalles attended! the meeting
and spoke at a noon luncheon. V
Wooden Vessel Called Best
' for- Resisting 1 Arctic Ice
. SEATTLE-Whether It Is possi
ble to build a steel vesel that can
withstand the pressuro' of ice
packs in the Arctic. Ocean suffici
ently to replace the cutter Bear Is
a lively topic among Coast Guard
. ALWAYS BUY
Independence Brand ...
Butter
; ' Makes Good
Bread Better
' FRESH 1TRK AXD CLKA.V
EstabliHhe 1IMK, Independence
! v Inloicftdcilce Crpaincry '
Keew j Tour - Money " ta OTegen Bny
Monentents Made at Salem, Oregoa
OXFITAZ. MONUMENTAL WOKKS
, 3. O. Jones Jt Co, Proprietors
: AU Kinds of lUnamontal Work "
Factory and Office:
2210 S. Com'L, Opposite I. Oi X. t.
- .." Ceaeterv, Box 21' ;
Pbopq . SALEM, OSEOOIT
ORDER NOW
FRUIT AND SHADE
TREES, SHRUBBERY
From our. splendid assortment
of varieties for spring planting..
SALE5I. XCRSERY CtIIAXY
S1G Oregon IJIdg. -'
. . I'hone 2;03 . " '
SepticTanlis
that save more dirty '
work and doctor bilIs-77
ready to install, proper
: ly designed,, and reas-
onably priced. We make
; this kind. ; '
Oregon
Gravel Co.
: flood at Front tree
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OrERATTMG ON A RKGULAR SCIICDUL Handling Ift rrlian
, '. Between
Ix.no 1'OItTLAXD 0:0
Leave SALLI
1 1 " -NT- V f ' i
men on he;Pacirie: this winter. ; ;
The Bear, wintering In San
Francisco after her 37th summer
cruise ,into jthe Alaskan Arctic in
the Coast duard, was constructed
of thick oak : iu Greenock, Scot
land. In 1874. : - f '' ( ';
With $923,000 appropriated , by
CongressTt ha3 been proposed to
replace the; Bear, foUowins;' pextj
summer's cruise with a twin-pro-;
pelled steel vessel. "V ; -j: f
The doubters declare no steej
vesel can stand heavy Ice pressure,
because the metal will first' bend
and .then-, breaks . They, also Pre
dict. that the Ice will qatekly rip
of f , one or. both cf
twin propellers.
the
exposed
Buy a VVant Ad-!t Pays Bfc
parker; I
v, prosperity ; i
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Phone 725
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Is the Crying Need j,
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..Salem, Oregon. 1
Phone 2122 '
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Chiropractic s methods eeJ yc
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