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The Slogan Pages Are Yours; Aid In Making Them Helpful to Your Wonderful City and Section ALEM C SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THE DAILY STATFQMA1M rlorl.Vnfoo to a hundred basic industries of the Salem district Letters and articles from people with vision are solicited This is your page. Help make Sal em grow. DISTR N D UBT M E S FtVE WflMES IN STUDEEIT MID . Three weeks ago it was announced that The Statesman would pay $5 a week, till further notice, to the high school or grade school boy or girl in Marion or Polk county who would submit the best article on the current Slogan subject. The articles are to be in the office (or mailed) by noon of Tuesday of the week of the Slogan subject. All articles submitted to belong to The Statesman. The editor to judge as to the best, in deciding who shall receive the $5. The idea is to furnish an opportunity to make the rising generation acquainted with the many and great advantages of the district in which they are to take active part in the future. They are to be the leaders as they grow into manhood and womanhood. There was one contestant the first week; seven the last week; there are five this week and all the five are to get prizes. The $5 goes to Lloyd Girod. The sernnrl given by Director's Department Store, and it goes to Raymond Claggett. Each of the other three,. Carl Yungen, Fred Dick son and Jean Lucien Graham, is to have a ticket to a moving jjiciure snow ana moving picture show selected, at either me vapuoi or uregon or Ulsinore theater. The $5 and theater ticket prizes will stand till further notice. There will likelv De surprize prizes each week. One other thing. The States man wants the photograph of the first prize winner each week. If the wrnner has no Dhoto. nlease o-n tn the TCptitipI. Ellis studio, 429 Oregon building, Salem, and have one taken, at the expense of The Statesman. VJh hand, cuts will, be made of pnniea in ine statesman; and j.uiiuwinjf are tne articles ior SALEM MIGHT BE A BIB POTftTO CENTER Editor Statesman: Many different kinds of potatoes are grown in the Salem district; but the best selling potato is the Burbank. This variety has long cylindrical tubers, and kind ot white skin which is smooth. It is slightly flattened and has many eyes. It is a late potato, not be ing ready to dig until the middle of October. The yield it very good. It is planted in late spring. The Karly Ones The Early Rose, Irish Cobbler and Early Ohio are potatoes that are grown for the early market The farmers around Salem hardly ever grow more than enough to supply the different stores of this city, plus their own use. While Marion county is not world center for the growing of potatoes, it does grow enough po tatoes to supply most of the state Portland included, and also to . ship some to other states. Some Good Advice A good reason why potatoes are not grown more extensively around Salem is due to the fact . that many people grow potatoes one year and then the price will go down. They will then swear , off growing potatoes. The result will be a high price for the grow er "who grew potatoes long enough to realize that if he wished to make any money with potatoes he must grow them year after year. Growers Should Organize Perhaps the best reason for the low price of potatoes when they are in aounaance is the poor or ganization of the farmers. The farmers will be getting a cent or less per pound for their potatoes while you can read every morning the advertisements of the Ore- gonian that the Portland stores are selling potatoes for as high as two cents per pound. How does that happen? Why can't the xarmer soive tnisT The answer might again be because of the lack .of organization. The potatoes go through too many hands before they ever get to the market. Soon er or later the farmer will realize this and then maybe we'll be able to think of being a world center for potatoes. I wish to finish by saying that It isn't because we can't grow more potatoes, but it is because the farmer don't make any money with them when there is a good crop that they are not grown more extensively. Lloyd Girod. RL 6. Box 73, Salem, Ore. Junior at Salem High School. is r us WTO GROW THEM Editor Statesman: , History of' Potatoes The origin -ofjthe Irish potato has been traced to- South America; from there to Js'orth America, and then to Eu rope and all other places of the world. ; , "v . Importance It Is the most im portant vegetable of the world, an 4 is; so universally grown that EACH GETS PRIZE THIS WEEK the first prize winners, to be perhaps m other papers. The this week: - - - m .. . - . no one section can claim to raise the majority. Use of Potatoes The Irish po tatoes are used for human food, food for animals, used to manu facture starch and to make alco hol. Kind of Soli The best kind of soil is the sandy loam, well drain ed, and well supplied with vege table matter, or a heavier soil than this may be used, if it is im proved by green manure or sul phur. Barnyard manure should not be used unless it is well rot ted, because it will cause the pota toes to have a scab. Need of Moisture The pota toes require a large supply of cap illary moisture. I have read a statement that said that for every pound of potatoes harvested the plants use nearly five hundred pounds of water taken from the soil during the growing season. Plowing The plowing should be done in the spring not long be fore planting time. It must be deep and thorough, as the pota toes require a loose bed for growth. Cutting and Selecting Seed The best kind of. a potato is a long, round and smooth and of medium size. The best results are obtained by cutting. them into halves. Planting The ground must be loose and free from all weeds. The distance between the rows is three feet and the distance between the plants in the row is twelve to six teen inches apart, and about four inches in the soil. Cultivating After the planting is done the field should be har rowed frequently until the pota toes show above the ground, and then cultivate frequently until the vines. are so large that they can shade themselves. This is to hold moisture in the ground, but the cultivating alone without the help of the vines does good, too, that is to prevent the potatoes from com ing out of the ground. The Pests The pests are the potato beetles and the flea beetles, but these can be killed with one pound of Paris green and one pound of lime with fifty gallons of water. The potato blight is often a se rious enemy. To a certain extent with Bordeaxu mixture with five pounds of copper sulphate and five pounds of unslaked lime with fifty gallons of water this can be reme died. Scab The potato scab, is an other serious trouble in nearly every district, but this can be cured by soaking them before cut ting in a solution of one pint full strength formalin in thirty-two gallons of water. Harvesting Large potato fields are usually dug by the use of a potato digger, but small ones by the use of hand tools. The aver age production is about two hun dred and fifty bushels per acre. Raymond Clagett Salem, Ore., Rt. 8, Box 257. Kiezer School, Dist. 88, 8th grade, 15 years old. THEM POLK COHY BOY Editor Statesmna: " The origin of the '' potato has been traced to South America. hen it was brought to North America and from there it was taken to Europe by the early ex plorer. This kind cf potato is known as the Irish potato, because it was so extensively grown in Ireland after its Introduction to Europe. The soil best suited for potatoes i3 a rich sandy loam and a well drained patch. The chief types of potatoes are the early and late potatoes. The early varieties are planted as early as the soil can be prepared. The late varieties are planted late in May. The soil should be plowed a short time before planting. When cutting potatoes for seed, there should he two or three eyes left on each piece. This should be done very carefully and not cut any eyes in two. Potatoes are often affected by diseases, such as scab disease and potato blight, .or the potato beetle. These diseases can be conquered by spraying the potatoes with" arsenate of lead or Paris green. Large fields are usually dug by use of machines drawn by horses, and small patch es are dug by hand. Carl Yungen. Age 14 years, Salem. Rt. 1, Spring Valley School. THE POTATO HP T Editor Statesman: A potato crop is very important around Salem. There are many acres of pota toes grown in this fertile valley. About fourteen to fifteen bush els of cut potatoes are planted to the acre. The yield is from one hundred to two hundred bushels per acre The demand for potatoes al ways equals the crop. The Varieties mere is a special Kind or a po tato called the Garnet raised here for California seed. Then there are other early po tatoes for home use, such as the Early Rose and the Earliest .of All and later ones-, the Burbanks, the Irish Cobbler, Yakima Gem and many others. There is always a market for potatoes, either at home or in other places, as they are nearly a national daily food. The good ones may be shipped or stored at home, while the poor ones are cooked for stock. There is very little waste. Fred Dickson. Gervais, Rt. 3. Parkersviile Dist. S2. THE POTATO CROP IS NEXT TO WHEAT Editor Statesman: One thousand, thirty-eight and three-tenths bushels of potatoes were raised on a measured acre of ground, in California, so why not Oregon, in short, Salem? An average yield of 1001 bush els on nine acres would have been possible if only the same quantity of seed had been planted by the above mentioned firm. Of course quality of seed is agreed upon by every commercial grower, but too many of them, I think, overlook the quantity. The growers mentioned above consider ne liberal use of seed a good in vestment; in the production of this phenomenal yield, seed nota toes were planted at the rate of 4 0 bushels an acre, or more than twice the quantity used generally Next to wheat the potato crop h the most important crop grown from the soil: as food it is an ab- Salem Chickerie 268 North Cottage Telephone 400 J Salem X Hunt's Quality fruits Hunt Brothers Pacfiing Company f Canned Fruits aid Vegetables V Main Offtorf 2 Pine Street, San Francisco ! Callforr'J Cannerf California Hay fg gj j Los Gatos. Exeter Oregon Salem, tcMUxnTffle.' Albati , Washington Pnyunp, Sumner MPOffl (gOOOS . i Dates of Slogans (In Weekly (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 1920 Prunes, October 14 Dairying, October 21 Flax, October 28 Filberts, November 4 Walnuts, November 11 Strawberries, November 18 Apples, November 25 Raspberries, December 3 Mint, December 9 Beans, Etc., December 16 Blackberries, December 23 Cherries, December 80 Pears, January 6, 1927 Gooseberries, January 13 Corn, January 20 Celery, January 27 Spinach, Etc, TVbruary 3 Onions, Etc., February 10 Potatoes, Etc., February 17. 'Bees, February 24 Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. 3 City Beautiful, Etc., March 10 Great Cows, March 17 Paved Highways, March 24 Head Lettuce, March 31 Silos, Etc., April 7 Legumes, April 14 Asparagus, Etc., April 21 Grapes, Etc., April 28 THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the marketing and ship ping center of a considerable potato industry; that we can grow here at a big profit the seed stock for neigh boring states, especially for the California growers, who want seed not grown on irrigated lands; that, with proper seed selection, planting, cultivation, rotation, storage facilities, grading, and packing, we can compete with any market in the United States; that part of the surplus may in some years be taken for dehydration here and we will surely soon get starch and potato flour and dextrine factories; thai no farmer can make a mistake in growing in this territory the right kind of potatoes? solute necessity; no other article of food appears on the table as often as the potato, except bread and butter. The potato crop is not a difficult one to raise, as there isn't much hand cultivating to it, nor does the soil have to be prepared so care fully as it so happens fn planting many other crops. Breaking the ground, harrow ing and dragging once, prepares the soil for planting, then a good quality and good quantity of seed planted; two plowings, for cultiva tion, one hand hoeing, then dig ging your crop, and you have greater returns for your time and money expended than you can get from raising any other crop, I be lieve. Jean Lucien Graham. P. O. Box 209. Salem. Ore. Par rish, 8th grade, age 14, Feb. 14, 1927. H. T. Love, the jeweler, 335 State St. High quality jewelery, silverware and diamonds. The gold standard of values. Once a buyer always a customer. () POTATO MARKET IS WEAK SAYS THE OAC An Oregon Agricultural iiecro buletin says the potato market is inclined to be weak with nncpa somewhat lower, and with con siderable stocks in storage on farms and In warehouses in the northwest. Idaho has shipped but a little over 900 cars more than last year, whichstill leaves a large Air Painting DONE WITH A GUN M. B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage O ak I and P o n t i a c Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street at Trade SEND A COPY EAST in Daily Statesman Statesman) Drug Garden, May Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc., May 13, 1927 Watr Powers, May 20 Mining, June 3 Land, Irrigation, Etc, Jane 10 Flori culture, June 17 Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 24 Wholesaling and Jobbing, July 1 Cucumbers, Etc., July 8 Goats, July 22 Schools, Etc., July 29 Sheep, Aug. 5 National Advertising, Aug. 12 Livestock, August 26 Grain and Grain Products, Sept. 2 c Manufacturing, September 9 Automotive Industries, Sept. 16 Woodworking, Etc., Sept. 23 Paper Mills, Sept. SO Summary, Oct. 7 (Back copies of the Thurs day edition of The Dally Ore gon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5 cents.) surplus. The United States has shipped only 10,.00 cars more than last year, whlo does not nearly take up the increased production over 1926. The same report says little change in wheat prices is noted and it appears that the carry over from this year s crop will be greater than that, of a year ago. Also that barieyhas strengthen ed slightly for best grades, but freight rates are too high for much export business. Wholesale seed prices remain firm, particu larly for red and alsike clover. Alfalfa sales are f.iir with little changes in price. Grass seed prices are strengthening with the rye irrasses being offered at $9 to 10.50 for Italian, and $13 to SI 4 a hundred for perennial. Turf seeds, while quoted firm, are low because of increased shipments from southern Germany. The for eign seed is not so gooi a.s the Oregon grown bent. Hairy vetch continues firm with some dealers anxious to contract at as high as 10 cents a pound for the 1927 crop. The seed corn supply for Oregon appears good. Statesman Ads Bring Results C. J. PUGH & CO. Manufacturers of Canning Machinery; Grad ers, Trucks, Etc. 550 S. 21st St., Salem, Oregon I Keep Tour Money In Oregon Buy Kiuuuiueuii uui at B&iem, Oregon CAPITAL MOKUMEKTAL WORKS 3. O. Jones ft Co.. Proprietors All Kinds of Monumental Work Factory and Office: 2210 S. Com'L, Opposite I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Eox 21 Paon 689. SALEM, OEBOON SIDEON-wfOLZ CO. Manufacturer! of VINEGAR SODA WATER Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 26 Ore. DIXIE BREAD DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer ' 1926 WAS WOT GOOD YEAR FDR HIGH QUALITY SEED PflTATDES. BUT 25 GARS WERE SENT SOUTH BY 01 SALEM Fll The H. A. Hyde Company Managers, Are Develop; to Large Proportions, Kind of Seed Potatoes Salem District H. A. Hyde Co., with Salepi warehouse and headquarters.it 3090 Portland road, is developing a potato seed business here th&t will lead to big things. W. tl. Weeks and L. I. Pearmine are the Salem managers for this conceri. They ae well known here, be cause thy were Salem boys, arid more so ainong the farmers of Jhlis district, beiause they started tie strawberry plant and asparagus plant busines here, which is now carried on through H. A. Hy3e Co., on a very .large and continu ally growing sv'-ale making car load shipments to California grow ers. H. A. Hyde Co. was originally sonville, Cal., and that city is stjll their headquarters, but they hafe a House also at Portland as wqII as at Salem, and they are nojw large dealers in berry hallccks and boxes and growers and shippers of many products besides nursery stock of all kinds. This firm bought and shipped from their Salem house from the 1926 crop 25 car loads of seed po tatoes. The shipments were all south, mostly to California. That is they have all gone but two cais, one being loaded yesterday and the last one to go out within a few clays. 1020 Poor Potato Year They expected a larger business for the 1926 crop, but it was a poor year for high quality seed potatoes, and they do not ship any other kind. Their contracts for growing seed potatoes are already all made for the 19 27 crop have befn made for a month or more. They ship only contract potatoes. Thfey do not risk any other kind. Thty hope to have a greatly increased The Marion Automobile Co. Tie Studebaker, the world's greatest automobile value. Operating colst small. Will last a lifetime, with care. Standard coach $1510. () Capital Bargain House, Capital Tire Mfg. Co., Mike's Auto Wreck ing. Three in one. Bargain center of Salem. Thousands of bargains. H. Steinbock, 215 Center. () W. W. ROSEBRAUGH COMPANY Manufacturers of Warm Air urnaces, Fruit Drying Stoves Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel and r'ounary Work, Welding a Sneclaltv 17th and Oak StsM Salem, Orel F. G. LUTZ NURSERY We plan aad plant (free of charge), for homes, large or small, all kinds of ornamental shrubs, perennials and rocker plants. Landscape work. I 1 809 Market St. Phone 1608-R CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BUTTER-CUP BUTTER "Known for its QUALITY Buyer of Beat Grade Cream Our Method: Co-operation Our Ideal: The Best Only 137 Sooth Commercial Street; Phone 299 SHIP BY SALEM NAVIGATION CO. STEAMER "NORTHWESTERN" OPERATING ON A REGtIlaR SCHEDULE Handling Merchandise and Carload ShlpmenU Between SALEM and PORTLAND and Way Landing! JXTO r?Jl.TAND Care SUPPLIES DOCK PORTLAND "Phoa EAST S87J, Weeks and Pearmine Salem ng an Industry That Will Grow Because California Needs the That Can Be Produced in the supply from their 1927 contracted acreage. They expert to develop this line to very large proportions here, for there is a, demand in the south, "especially in California, for such seed potatoes as we can pro duce here on our sandy river bot tom loam soils, and on our best hill lands. The southern potato growers want to avoid seed grown on irrigated lands, as far as possi ble and practicable. This makes a very alluring prospect for the Sa lem district. The reason this firm takes con tract seed potatoes only is that they may be grown in the right way and pn the proper lands, to render them disease free and of high, value for seed. Jhe Varieties UsimI The varieties they are contract ing for are mostly Burbank and Garnet CliiH, with a few Earliest of'All, Early Rose, American Won der and British Queen. The grower for this concern knows what he is going to get for his product:." The price is. specified in the contract. There is no gamble. H. A. Hyde Co. does not specu late. From the Salem branch, thev also buy and ship in considerable quantities, spagnum moss and flor 1st s moss. - The contract for seed Dotatops were confined to Marion county farmers up to this year. For 1927 some Pclk county acreasre has been taken on. A Warning A considerable number of growers in the valley are nuttintr out Garnet potatoes without con tract. They are running a bie risk, because there is no r'alifor- nia demand. for. these potatoes ex cepting for seed, and the growers of that state will not buy anything but strictly first class and accred ited stock, with guarantees behind it that are binding. The 'Hyde people are improving OIL-0-MATIC What Is It? SEE . THEO. M. BARR Phone 192 L. B. DTJNS.UOOR Salem Wicker Furniture Manufacturing Co. We Sail Direct- nnta Sttua Kk4 Quality Fnrnltuit Impairing, BaflnisUlng, UpholiUrto 2218 State St., EaJ-ma, Oregon Oregon Pulp & Paper Co Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Your , Office Stationery WATER, and SAVE THE DIFFERENCE t:0 Sunday, Tuesdays ROUTE; YOUR SHIPMENTS jthe quality of their seed j...-. fiorn year to year, as they Ki,,A this is the only way to coun ........ a certain expansion. H. A. Dakin, govern met;: ;;. spector, examines every car, .,.f, as to grade and as to disease. ne is now in Salem, lie also , . ines apples, broccoli, etc.. shij ; , out of the state. He is an or graduate and World war v. n : The strawberry plant shipm. u;, from Salem by this firm are nr .: way now. The planting in "..:: fornia is a little latter than n- i this year. The strawberry i.!.,: shipments are larger than v. r this year running from 4. nun -0t0 to 5,000.000 plants. Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Co . lumber and building material- The bests costs no more than in ferior grades. Go to the big Sa lem factory and asve money. ( The Midget Meat Market never fails to give you the finest meats and fish. There is but one nl.i, , in Salem to get the finest fish. Tli Midget Market has it for you. ( i J..v i.n;i;KiKs approvki less than 1 00.000 population was i proved by the senate yesterday. The creation, of these libraries is 1 ion a I wit tithe county courts. Y Giant and ImPont explosives f fuse blasting caps). Lumber) and all building materials. Gab riel Powder A: Supply Co., 610 N. Whe-Ta-Lon A Superior Breakfast Food A Trial Will Convince You Whe-Ta-Lon Cereal Co. M. A. BUTLKR, Manager Telephone lODO-W Dear Friend : It is our mo-t sincere wish that during tli. coming year you may enjoy Health as you never have in previous years. We -would .. strongly advise you, however, not to run any risk, but to all at our office at the earliest j.ossible opportunity so that we can give you a XeiirocaloiTi-ter reading and thus ascertain beyond the ques tion of any doubt that you are entirely free from Nerve Pres sure. As the means of ascertaining the condition of your human mai'hiri' -we know of no .other invention which is so accurate as this same N'eurocalornetr and we are very plad that dur ing the coming year we are able to give you such a wonderful Ileajth Service, a service which is indeed a boon to mankind. Remember that the Neurocal ometer has nothing to do with the adjustment but simply lo cates the pressure and adjust ments given according to a N'eurocalonieter reading remove that pressure which is the cause of at leas eighty per cent of the disease of today. Very sincerely yours, Di O. L. Scott, D. C. STtflJN'orth High Street Phone 87 or 1471-1: and Thursday SALEM DOCK and WAREHOUSE FOOT OF COURT STREET Phone ! 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