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8 THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM OREGON THURSDAXJORNmOiCKOTBER?;;1926 ;.V,K:;iV, ;.f 'Trra in ni SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR -V .. . THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicates two or more pages each week in the interests of one of the fifty-two to a hundred basic industries of the Salem district. Letters and articles from people with vision are solicited. This is your page. Help make Salem grow. r7 Y THE HISTORY OF THE L0BAI3BERRY. THE WORLD S GREATEST BUSH FBUIT Its Birth Was Accidental; But It Has Remained Absolutely . True to Its Original Type-7-lt Is Something New and " Distinct in the Rubus Family; Is a Cross Between the Auginbaugh (Texas Early) Blackberry and the Red ' Antwerp Raspberry, But It Has an Appearance and a Flavor All Its Own fair. The industry had to get much worse, up to this year, be fore it could get much better. "Now it is about down to rock bottom, and there will likely be steady progress -and it is to be hoped lasting stability and steady growths along the right lines. Pomeroy & Reene, Jeweler, never fail to give you 100 on the dollar. Watches, clocks, pins, charms. Standard high grade stock in all departments. () The story of the loganberry has been -written many times; with correct and Incorrect statements concerning its birth, as is the case '"" with history In general. It has den in the rear of his residence at the corner of Chemeketa and Church street, now occupied by the Kappa Gamma Rho fraternity of Willamette university; then been ;printed in many newspaper! from this garden State Senator A . a . a- . ' M V 11.11 J k a h 1 dh. and - magazine ' articles, and in flaming advertising pages. But it was perhaps best told In 1922 at a i banquet in his honor at the Oregon state fair grounds, by the discoverer himself, .'Judge -J. H. Logan, then, ' aY the . time of the discovery.). of Santa Cruz CaL, and now, oi Oakland. 'Cat., who will reach hls 87th year in the I coming December. ; The telling of j the story"by. Judged Logan was printed ,iriv4theSlogan' number ' 6f .The Statesman at that time, and 'that article was the one used by the Literary Digest of last year in a page devoted to the loganberry InrinaffT and Its befinninra. Re duced to its greatest possible brev- Ity. the story is as follows: Judge Logan was making some experiments in . his garden at Bants, Cruz (the Literary Digest article erroneously said it was at -Oakland), with the idea of pro ducing an improved strain of gar den blackberry. This he did by crossing the local wild berry, whose flavor he had - always - ad mired, with the Texas Early (or Auginbaugh). a cultivated black berry. 'But ha had also planted some. Red; Antwerp raspberries in the same garden, and his experi ments In .cross-fertilization pro--duccd an entirely unexpected re !. suit. . . - i So the discovery was accidental. This was hi 1881. , ; It was ? something absolutely ' new in the Rubus family, and in all the 44 years since the logan berry was discovered it has re mained absolutely the same, nev er reverting in the smallest par ticular to either parent berry, but 'keeping its own Identity. ; There have been attempts to improve upon the loganberry; but they have all failed. Even the great Burbank, the plant wizard, tried it. and brought out the Phenomenal, which had some vogue in the beginning; but time proved the loganberry to be su perior in many ways. Greatest Bufth Fruit The Statesman has told many times of the beginnings of the industry here; the first plants be ing brought from California by Dr. J. A. Jtich'ardson, once mayor of 8alcui,-and setbut. in his gar- 1925 Buick Standard Sedan looks and runs like new. Don't fail to see this before you buy a car. Otto J. Wilson, 388 North Commercial. () M. La Follette': tried the new ber ry on his farm north of Salem and from that beginning the in dustry grew and grew and finally became a great industry. It was a 82,000.000 -industry' in 1922. That is. the crop was a two million dollar crop. It Will Persist It is not conceivable, that -the greatest bush of fruits will fail to persist, though there was much discouragement in the industry In 1923, and a nuraber-of yards were plowed up. Some men in the in dustry have called it an over pro duction. It was not so. It was an under distribution. Tf a few nnnlA Rrnttprpri tn - r . . many cities in sections of the United States would take 82,000, 000 worth of loganberry products in 1922, more people in those and other communities, in still more sections and countries, would take 810,000,000 worth, or several times that tonnage, if theey were only told of the merits of the lo ganberry, and it were put before them in attractive and merchant able shape in the various ways in which this is possible; even in the ways that have already been tried. The experiences of 1924 and 1925 and of this year have brought enrraftemettt to those engaged In the 4iHfwstryj Y i Better and Better During 1924 the canners took all the first class loganberries that were offered and the markets ab sorbed them all. The English markets took nearly half of the Oregon pack. In 1925, with a larger crop, there were not enough loganber ries produced. The canning and barreling concerns took all they could get. and their managers would have been glad to have more. The same thing happened this year. There are many indi cations of the stabilizing "of the industry. The following are the conclud ing paragraphs of a Slogan article in The Statesman of two years ago, which is reproduced, to show that the Slogan editor must have had the right slants on the indus try then: "All in all, the outlook is very ;. ' THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That Salem is the loganberry center of -'the world; that 50 per cent of the loganberries of the , world are grown almost within sight of the Oregon cap itol dome; that the great canning and drying and barrel ing and jam and jelly and juice concerns and the ship-"' ping plants for loganberries are and must be tentered - here; that stabilizing influences are at work that will finally make the loganberry industry permanently re pliable and profitable for the growers and all others engaged in it; that the loganberry is the world's great est bush fruit and when all the world realizes this fact there will be an immensely increased acreage in the Salem district? " " - Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Weekly Statesman) (Wiyi a few possible changes) loganberries, 'October 7, 1020 Prunes, October 14 Dairying, October Si . Flax, October 28 Filberts, November 4 .Walnuts, November 11 I Strawberries, November 18 lUapberrtes, December a , Mint, December tt . Beans, Ktc December 16 . Blackberries, December 23 herries, December 30 " -lVnrs, January O, 1027 -Gooseberries, January 13 Cora, January 20 Spinach, Ktc, February 3 - " j Onlou, Ktc February lOf (Back copies of the Thurs day edition of The Dally Ore- f gon Statesman are on hand.' : They are tor sale a 10 cents each, mailed - to any address. Current copies S cents). 2 Hi- ? S 0 VANTRUMPQNTHE . LOGANBERRY CROP The County Fruit Inspector Cautions Against a Too Rapid Expansion S. H. Van Trump, Marion coun ty fruit inspector, was out in the field n his work, down Wood burn way, when the Slogan editor called at his office at the court house, and at his home, yesterday. So the liberty is taken of revamp ing what he said about the logan berry Industry last year, which is probably about what he would say this year. He said that a considerable acreage ofoganberries in the Sa lem district was fallow for several years, and his advice is for the growers to not pjjt out more acre age, but to take care of what they have. He believes they should feel their way, for a few years. He said he was aware of the fact that, the past season, the de mand was good, and the canners could have used more loganber ries, and that they were able to market their canned packs lol good advantage, tmt he is ron-1 servative and Would not like to again see more loganberries pro duced than could be disposed of at a profit. About the Winter Kill Mr. Van Tramp said we have been having, unusually severe freezing weather here the past five years, and loganberries cannot stand much zero weather when trained high. He has heard a good deal about covering the vines with straw and other things. He advises against training them high. He says that as much Injury (or more) may result from covet ing the vines as from winter kill. The covering is all right, he says, for bush fruits for a dry climate. But here it is likely to cause sour sap (or die-back.) i , He advises ridging up in the fall, giving good drainage, and spreading the vines o nthe ridge. Except for possible zero weath er, he would recommend that the vines be strung up in the fall- in November. Whatever can be done should be done to get the vines dry and hardy for the win ter. Another good way is to plow two furrows against the row of cane on each side, throwing the dirt to the rows of cane. This gives good drainage and protects the vines against excessive mois ture. Dr. Beechler. north of Sa lem, has practiced this system, and saved his vines from winter kill while the vines of his neighbors have suffered. Mr. Van Trump repeated that he has no confidence in the cover ing of the vines to prevent winter kill, because It will tend to In duce a worse trouble, the die-back. He repeated this, because some growers are advocating the cover ing of the vines as a sure pre ventive of winter kill. WELDING EIjECTRIO ACETTLENE TRACTOR SPROCKETS firSW i .. 1. . . r Tracks etc.. bnilt up good as new fdr less than half price. General welding of all kinds Uteel, cast. Iron, aluminum etc An Oppent Weld ' " Uum . Always "Held jjTraarBist tub 'txagsi : ' v, oas tmr.T t, , r - a 0. OFPEN : THE LEGEND OF THE LOGANBERRY (From "The Seamy' Side of - Yejcetablo Difc") AROSE once bloomed in a garden, - White and dainty and fair, By the garden wall at evenfall It dreamed and nodded there; And a raspberry bush climbed over the wall And hung in a rakish pose; "Haven't we met somewhere, my pet?" The raspberry said to the rose. t The pure white rose turns whiter, And trembles upon its stalk ; One of its petals slowly settles Down on the garden walk; "I'm not the kind of a rose,' she said, "That blossoms in studios; You're wicked, very, you red raspberry !" To the raspberry said the rose. "Be mine, be mine, O maiden rose !" The wicked raspberry cried ; But the rose was brave and cried, "Behave! Begone to, your raspberry bride ; The fose may only woo the rose, The cherry espouse the cherry, The gypsy maid gets the gypsy blade, The raspberry gets the berry !" "Rose, you have torn in tatters A raspberry heart today ; To make you share my own despair , I'll throw myself away ; And maybe you'll be sorry And cease to be so merry When it is said that I have wed A horrid black blackberry !" j I And just to. pain' d ISweet little rose Lovers are very, queer He made a rnatch'fo;the blackberry patch And ruined hissjrh career; And from that shameful mating 'Twas only temporary Was born that wild, aHuring child, The lovely loganberry ! Morris Bishop, in Saturday Evening Tost. ALLEN SAYS LOGANBERRY SITUATION APPEARS TO BE IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE He Is Willing to Admit That, at Present Prices to the Con sumers, It May Stand a Little Gradual Expansion on the Part of the Growers, Meaning New Acreage nr More Per Acre Tonnage for the Crop LOGAN INDUSTRY SHEALTHYnOW Bob Paulus Thinks It Can Be Maintained at the Pres- ent Basis Robert C. Paulus, of Robert Paulus & Co. (very much better known as Bob Paulus), fruit brokers and cannerymen and dry era of fruit, said yesterday that he believes the loganberry indu'stry can be maintained on the present basis. That is, the 1926 basis" as to production by the growers, and prices paid to them, and sales to the market by the canneries and barreling plants and dryers. ' The canners this year took the great bulk of the berries. The barreling demand was' heavier than in former years, but it took up only a small proportion of the whole crop. The dryers put up about 250,000 dried pounds, equivalent o about TOO green tons. The market would have broken towards the last but for the demand of the dryers. Canned Market Weak The market for canned fruit generally is now weak and unsat isfactory, but Mr. Paulus expects it to clear up before very long. The price paid the growers for loganberries this year was 5 cents a pound. The price paid to the pickers was generally 2 cents a pound. There are eight canneries in Sa lem, and five dried fruit packers and three barreling concerns, two of the latter being also canners; besides canneries at Hillsboro, The Dalles and Woodburn this year sent trucks to Salem and hauled away a great many tons of logan berries. The KnRlish Demand Mr. Paulus said the demand from England for first quality canned loganberries is larger 'this1 year than last year when that country took about half the Ore gon pack. The indications are that this is a stable market, ' at present prices. ' ; The dried loganberries are prac tlcally cleaned up. Mr.' Paulus LOaklan d -v. ' . Pontiac f V Bales and Scnrlce 1 VICKBROSP f High Street at Trade- "knows only one packer here who has any dried loganberries un sold. The market for th dried J product is mostly in the northern states and in Canada. He thinks the demand for this year is about the limit for the dried market. About Prices Mr. Paulus said that, for the present, 5, cents a pound is about all that can be paid for loganber ries to the grower. There is a very steady market from the con sumers for canned loganberries at about 25 cents a can. A big chain store manager told him re cently that if they had to put the price up to 26 cents, the consum ers would switch to peaches and other fruits, and so lose for lo ganberries a certain prestige, or cumulative advantage that would be difficult to regain. The Juice Demand A large business In loganberry juice might put up the prices. But that, too, might entail a loss to the concern or concerns putting up the juice, for there is a very stiff competition from many other soft drinks; many of them mostly sweetened water, which is rerj cheap. The grape juice manufac turers of the United States are now seriously feeling this compe tition. As to cultural methods, Mr Paulus says he is somewhat rusty. But he thinks we cannot always expect a winter, like the last one. without snow and freezing weath er, and he thinks growers should guard against winter killing of their vines- V. G. Allen, who has charge of the very extensive canning iter osts of the Hunt Bros, company in the Salem district, with head quarters at the large cannery of that company in Salem, which,' during the height of the season puts out 10,000 cases' of fruit in 24 hours, the equivalent of 240, 000 family size cans in a day which represents a doubled ca pacity in three years has seen the canning output of Salem in ciease since 1911 from 30.000 rases to a good deal above a mil lion cases in the present year nd that is surely going some. a?r. Allen is a pioneer of the can ning industry. He has not only seen but has been a prominent part of this enormous grown. Mr. Allen is very shy of the in terviewer. He prefers to act rath er than talk. loganberries AH Kiglit But he did taik a little to the Slogan man yesterday, on the situatirn of the loganberry indus try. He said the loganberry sit uation appears to be in fairly good shape. He said we had a normal crop this year, and it was all cleaned up, so faras the grow ers were concerned. He put it this- way : There was no consumer demand that was not satisfied, and no ber ries that there was not a market for. so far as he knew. But he said that, even with a reasonably low priced berry and lovv priced sugar (probably lower than it will be again i, the can neries made no money on logan berries this year; .it least no nion- y commensurate with the apitai r.nd plants and labor employed. He Kaid the loganberry market here depends largely on industrial conditions in Europe. With good labor conditions in Europe, it is reasonably certain that the con sumers over there will take the tonnage of loganberries they have been using, at the present prices, and new markets might be open- Keep Tour Money la Ortfon Bay Monumtnu M4e at Salem. Oregon CAPITAL ICOHTOTEHTAI -VTOKKS J. O. Jones Co., Proprietor! AH Kinds of HoaamoBtsl Work Factory and Office i 221ft Com'L, Opposite T O. O. T. Cemetery, Box 21 Pkoao CS9. , SALEM, OXZOOH GIDEONtSTOLZ CO. , ManufActurer of. VINEGAR SODA WATER Fountain B applies Salem ; Phone 20 Ore. DIXIE-BREAD DIXIE HEALTH BREAD ''i' - Ask Your Grocer 1 !ne canneries and other packing concerns in handling the crop, and putting it into marketable form, and forwarding1 it. Quite an in dustry. ? . ' ' ' ' "- . Mr. ' Allen - would neither con firm nor deny the making of plans ! for further enlarging the big Hunt cannery in Salem for the 1927 crop. They are4 busy down there -now, with apples canning a large tonnage of them, "wnicb,. will -go on for a month ytt, and perhaps ranch longe-. . - e.d up under these conditions. And they might stand a slightly high er price, allowing the canners here to get by with a small rise In sugar prices. . But a much stif fer price might tumble down the whole market structure, which might be disastrous here. He thinks that, for the immedi ate present, it would be a mistake to put up the prices to the con sumers of eanned loganberries very much higher. It might de crease the demand. Forty Per Cent Increase There was a 40 per ; cent in crease in the loganberry crop this year, -over 1925, Mr. Allen esti mated. The fact that they, were all absorbd showd a good sign for th Industry; though there was a considerable dried tonnage, the first of any consequence since 1922. Some Expansion Needed Mr. Allen was very guarded in the statement that the-writer is about to make, as coming from him. He said that the indications now are that our loganberry in dustry will stand a little expan sion, if present prices can be held, as to both the grower and consum er and if sugar does not get too high in price. This means that a little new acreage may safely be put out. But not too much. Or, still better, a larger per acre ton nage may be produced with safety. Not a great increase in tonnage, but a little, and perhaps a steady increase from year to year. Mr. Allen estimates (hat the Sa lem market absorbed la bout 6000 tops of loganberries this year, mostly grown near this city. That meant about ff-GO.OOO paid to the growers, and about $240,000 re ceived by the pickers, to say noth ing of the pay of the laborers in F. IL - Wood and Geo. F. Peed, real estate, J 44 State. Farms and city property They bring buyer and seller together, for the bene fit and profit of both. . () H. L. Stiff Furniture Co., lead ers in complete home furnishings, priced to make. you the owner. The store that studies your every need and is ready to meet it, absolutely. WHY? It may be hard' for jrou to understand why a pain- In the head can be. associated with a Vkink" in the- spine. Wave . a talk-v with your Chiropractor. He will soon prove to- you the common sense of the Chiro practic theory. ' Headache is but an effect. 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