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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
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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
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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
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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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