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THE OREGON STATES
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The Slogan
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EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
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.
PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS WHO
i i THEIR LETTUCE 10 LETTUCE LOBE
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' - Nine weeks ago it was, announced that The Statesman
would pay $5 a week, till f urthermotice, to the high school or
grade school boy or girl in Marion or Polk county who would
eiiVrmlf the nrtirlp nn trip r-urrent Sloeran subiect. The
articles are to be in the office
of, the week of the Slogan subject. All articles suomuxeu u
belong to The Statesman. The editor to judge as to the best,
in.deciding who shall receive fthe $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 contentant the first week, 7 the second, and 5, 7, 11,
3. 4 and 5 respectively the following weeks. There are three
this week." The $5 goes to Geraldine Porter. Helen Burk and
Jean Lucien Graham are each to have a ticket to a moving
picture show any moving picture show selected, at the Ore
gon, Elsinore or Capitol. The special surprise prize for last
week is to go to Willard Claggett, and to be a ticket to any
moving picture show in Salem.- There will likely be surprise
prizes most weeks. One other thing. The Statesman wants
the photograph of the first prize winner each week. If the
winner has no-photo', please go to the Kennel-Ellis studio, 429
Oregon building, Salem, and have one taken, at the expense
of The Statesman. Whn la few photos are in hand, cuts will
be made of the first prize winners, to be printed in The
Statesman; and perhaps in other papers. The boys and girls
will please write on only one side of the paper. The follow
ing are the articles for thi3 week :
THIS GIRL BIS
HER HEAD LETTUCE
Editor statesman:
In preparing ttae land lor the
crop it is customary "to plow rathr
deep and then harrow down thor
oughly. Just before the last har
rowing, broadcast three hundred
pounds of Swift's Red Steer let
toe fertilizer per acre and har
row in well.
- Growers as a rule consider the
"New York" variety of lettuce the
best Fall planting usually takes
place about July 25. As soon as
planted a thorough watering has
proTen beneficial, care being tak
en"ttot to flood. When the plants
are: up about one-half Inch, in
height most, growers thin t,he
plants to twelve to fourteen Inch
es apart. If two plants grow to
gether, neither will head. Culti
vation may commence immediater
ljr after the thinning has been
done, using a cultivator with a
fertilizer attachment, and side
dress the" rows on each side with
the same formula as above. putT
tlng on about one hundred and
flftypounds per acre. Make this
side dressing about four inches
from the plant. ; About ten days
after this, cultivate and side
dress with the same formula and
the 'same amount, this tjme about
six Inches from the plant.
; , Irrigation Methods
. Irrigatiaon is usually depend
ent -upon the character of the
BOllJ fail of land, weather and
wirff: Growers as a rule aim to
maintain a uniformly adequate
but loot excessive supply" of mois
ture available throughout the
.growing season, and are govern
ed 6r the appearance, of th
plants, the degree of dampness in
the soli, and the general knowl
edge' of irrigation in Tthe locality,
It should be recognized that Iet
tueejs composed largely of water,
and ,that an ample supplyTshould
always be giyen to the roots of
the 'plants. As a rule, moderate
-. butfrequent irrigations are recV
omraended byvgrowers ini prefer
ence to excessive And infrequent
- Eoakings, the , soil being kept
damp and mellow throughout the
growing season.; Too much water
is considered dangerous, as it will
har a tendency to-sun-scald the
plants. ; ' ' '- . .
; ast as ; the plants begin to
head, side dress six Jnches from
the ? plant with one f hundred
pounds of sulphate of ammonia
- per acre. This will ktiinulate new
growth tn the ribs of the leafs.
, which are on the "under side, c'aus
ing'the leaf 'In cup' upward, thua
, aiding the- plant .AIo head -light
and vhardf This-will, give the
plants a fresher and greener color
and a firmer texture. Irrigation
U3uaily follows Immediately after
-each application of fertilizer.
. ' Geraldine Porter,
Salem, Ore., Route 9. Box 123.
" age II.-5th grade, Hazel Green
School, Lake Labisb.
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FAilTXV KEEPS PASTORATE
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- Samo rtAstorate .has been kept In
.the ikme family-for 350 years at
Kristdala, In northern Smaiand.
Since 1708 fathers and sons of the
Moerling family have been elect-
d to- the office., .
ROW
(or mailed) by noon of Tuesday
E
iE IN LETTUCE
Editor Statesman:
Though perhaps seemingly rath
er uninioortant. head lettuce
is
really one of the most satisfactory
crops grown on the Pacific coast,
and as there is always a demand
for it, because it supplies, neces
sary food elements as well as add
ing to the appearance of other
foods. A very profitable business
In this vegetable should ovop
here.
Seeds may hf sown from early
spring throughout summer and
winter, thus insuring a constant
supply. Where the early spring
is very .cold or the rainfall heavy,
it is customary to sow the seed
first in a raised bed or under
glass.. Where it is neither rainy
nor cold the seed is merely sown
in rows, thinned out and trans
planted. Jf some shade is provid
ed by planting along the shady
side of tall vegetables or by means
of lath screens, the heads will not
burst so soon.
Head lettuce thrives in a great
variety of soils, provided it is mod
erately cool and has plenty of
moisture. Frequent cultivation
often overcomes a lack of fertility
in some soils.
Head lettuce is naturally of a
spreading habit of growth and
should not be crowded in rows.
Nearly air failures to obtain heads
in head Ifettuce are due to lack of
proper thinning.
Lettuce seed should be sown in
rows two feet apart and covered
about one-fourth to one-half inch
depth with soil. It should be
sown very thinly about two or
three seed 3 every inch.
The one phase of lettuce grow
ing that is more important than
any other is thinning ou the
young plants. Within three weeks
after planting the seedlings should
be thinned out to stand about two
inches apart. A week later this
first thinning every other plant
should be removed, leaving the
remaining plants four inches.
The pulled up plants may be trans
planted. This thinning should be
continued so that the plants at
no time touch each other. A final
distance of about a foot apart in
the rows should be about right
for .the majority of "head lettuce
but some varieties may require as
much as 18 inches.
There are two main varieties of
head lettuce: the "crisp heads."
and the "butter heads." The
"butter heads have a rich, smooth
"buttery" taste and feel, and are
excellent for spring and earfy
summer. - - y
iThe leaves of the "crisp head"
lettuce are very heavy and rather
course. Each leaf has. a heavy
midrib which is strongly 4curved
toward the center. Home varie
ties of this are particularly valua
ble for fall because of their" frdst
resistance.
"v Helen Burki; '
Salem. Ore., 1625 Lee St., , J
Grade 10A, S. It'. S. ' " :
March 28, 1927.. r . ,
Columbia City -Western Spar
company mill may he ; reopened
with large force,' j -
NEEDED
MS
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Weekly states man)
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 7, 102O
Prunes, October 14
Dairying, Octoler 31 ,
Flax, CKHODer za
Filberts, .November 4
Walnuts, Kovfmber 11
Strawberries, November 18
Apples, November 25
Raspberries, December a
Mint, December 9
Beans, Etc., December 1
Blackberries. December 23
Cherries, December SO
Pears, January , 1927
Gooseberries, January 3S
Corn, January 20
Celery, January 27
Spinach, rite, FVTruary 8
Onions. Etc.. February lO"
Potatoes, Etc., I'ebruarjr 17.
Bees. Fcbrirarv 24
Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. S
City Beautiful. Etc., March lO
Great Cows, Irch 17
Paved Highways, March 21
Head Lettuce, .March 31
Silos, Etc., Aprjl 7
Legumes, April 14
Asparagus, Etc., April 21
J rapes, Etc., April 2i
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
Din YOU KNOW That Salem is t&e'cenAfcr of an increas
ingly important head lettuce industry; that we produce
here a head lettuce of superior quality as to size and
flavor, and are able to get it into the market at a time
when there is a demand for the product; that experi
ments are being made constantly with a view to putting
out a still higher quality of hearj lettuce, wjth more
uniformly tight heads, and that' with that consumma
tion the industry here will take first place in the whole
country and will be due for enormous expansion on lines
yielding big profits forthe growers and bringing an
nually lirge sums of moiey front long distances, adding
materially to the prosprfcrity and upbuilding of country
and city alike .
LETTUCE IS FIRST
RAIS
fMitor Statespnan:
Lettuce is a solid plant of Brst
rank. It is extensively forced in
green-houses in winter and hot
bpds suid cold framos in early
spring Out of doors it is plant
ed from spring until faJI. It
grows best in clay loam soil. The
nlants should be set 12 inches
apart each way. The crop should
be grown rapidly, if crisp, tender
lettuce is to be secured. Tha large
head lettuces are best for. early
summer and fall crops. The soil
should be very rich. A quick
growth i sometimes secured by
the application of nitrate of soda,
scattered broadcast among the
rows at the rate of; 200 , to 300
pounds per acre and "well raked
in.
White Tennis Ball or Boston
Market is, a very good variety for
early spring.
Hanson is a solid head lettuce
and a splendid variety, as is the
Salamander and Prize Head Let
tuce. Ordinarily a greenhouse crop
will mature In six or seven weeks.
Sometimes the crop is hastened
by use of electric lights.
Lttuce is subject to several
diseases, such as leaf rot, downy
mildew, anthjacnoso and also bac
terial stem rot. Drop and leaf rot
may be entirely checked by cov
ering the soil to a depth to two or
four inches with sterilized sand.
ilXiOX
Salem Chickeries
268 North Cottage
Telephone 4 OO '
, , Salem j ,
Hunt's Quality Fruits
Hunt Brothers Packing
Company -. v ,
: OannedT Fruits and f ,
Vegetable f'
, Main Office:
9 Una Street, Ban Frandfco
California
- - - Canneries:
California -Hay-ward. San Jom,
Los Gatoa, Crater
i Oregon Salem, McMumrQlc, .
. Albany
Washington rurmllnp, Sumner
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IDmg Garden, May
Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc,
May 13, 1D27
Watr Powers, May 20
Mining, June 3
Land, -Irrigation, Etc., June lO
Floriculture, June 17
Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 24
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
July 1
Cucumlters, Etc., July 8
Goats, July 22
Schools, Etc:, July 2
Shet-p, Aug. li
Seeds, August 12
National Advertising, Aug. 19
w ' , a . , .
(rH.ii and Grain Products,
September 2
Manufacturing, September O
Automotive Industries, Sept. 1G
Woodworking, Etc., Sept. 23
Paper Mills, September 30
(Back copies of the Thurs
day edition of The Daily Ore
gon Statesman are, on hand.
They are for eale at 10 cents
each, mailed to any address.
Current copies 5 cents.)
Lettuce grows vigorously at best
at higher tenipcraf ures.
There is plenty of money to be
narie from early green honne
crops, but it is not confined to this
by any means, but is an excellent
acreage crop, and the results in
most cases are pleasantly surpris
ing. Jean Lucien Graham. -Salem.
Ore., P. O. Box 209, . -March
28, 1927. P
?NEW INCORPORATIONsT
O o
The Clarno Basin Oil company,'
with headquarters in Portland, has
been incororated by G. G. Kesling,
T. B. Kesling and N. II. Cottrell.
The capital stock is $200,000.
Other articles filed in the state
corporation department here yes
terday follow:
ilfltan Investment company,
Portland, $5000; p. W. Gillette,
L. C. Woodruff and Wilber Hen
derson. Alford-Stevens Service com
pany Portland, $5000; A. C.
Stevens. E. E. Alford and A. V.
Stevens.
Wonder Millinery, Portland,
410,000; L. Sprague, Dorothea
Lewis and R. A. Nielsen.
United Tire stores. Ohio corpor
ation. $5000; permit granted to
operate in Oregon.
Edward3 Mining company, Sa
lem; capital stock increased from
$25,000 to 150.000. .
Woodbnrn Itay-Brown com
pany will build cannery this year
to employ 800 people.
Air Painting
DONE WITH A
GUN
M. B. Sanderson
1144 North Cottage ;
O a k 1 and
P ontiac
Sales and Scrrice
VICKBROS.
High Street at Tradi
SEND A COPY,EAST
LAOISH GROWERS SHIPPED 21 GARS
HEAD LETTUCE TO MARKETS LAST YEAR
With the Proper Weather Conditions, the Spring Crop Is
Very Profitable, for a Fall Crop of Celery May Be
Grown on the Same Land, and in Some Seasons a Fair
Crop of Head Lettutfe What We Send to the Markets
Is Only a Drop in the Bucket, Though5 We are the Larg
est Oregon Shippers
Editor Statesman:
In line with your request for
lettuce letter for your Slogan page,
I will write more particularly
about the marketing and distribu
tion than the growing end of the
business.
We have only been able to grow
lettuce for the May and June mar
kets. In order to ship lettuce we
must have good solid heads and
during the hot summer it is im
possible to get good solid shipping
heads from this district.
Some years we can grow very
good lettuce for September and
October, but this is not always the
ca.se. Lettuce seems to depend
more than any cither crop on
weather conditions.
Owing to the fact that it is
grown in nearly every section of
the country at some time of the
year and the fact that At is rela
tively an inexpensive crop to
raise, there is usually an abun
dance of poor lettuce on the mar
kets. Good solid heads free from
slime and decay will practically
always bring good market re
turns, but if your market is any
distance from the growing center
it is useless to ship poor lettuce,
as the freight charges will more
than cat up the returns of poor
quality lettuce.
We Are Largest Shippers
Lettuce grown in this district
in May and June for the past three
years has been of very good qual
ity both in flavor and appearance
of good solid heads. Last year
we shipped 2 1 cars of lettuce from
Quinaby and records show we are
the largest shippers in the state
of Oregon. , So that shows Oregon
has not had much success in cap
turing the lettuce market. Our
lettuce is handled largely in Min
neapolis and St. Paul, which mar
kets we find to be the best at the
time we ship. They being a little
farther from California were not
flooded. Larger markets, such as
Chicago and New York fluctuate
very fast, so that we have found
ftie smaller markets a little more
steady and reliable.
40,000 Cars Shipped
The following figures will give
you an idea of the consumption
of lettuce in the United States
and how little effect our lettuce
crop has on the market:
About 40,000 cars are shipped
from various parts of the United
States, of which California ships
nearly two-thirds. Arizona is the
next heaviest lettuce Shipping
state, and their production is es-
C. J. PUGH & CO.
Manufacturers of
Canning Machinery; Grad
ers, Trucks, Etc.
550 S. 21st St., Salem, Oregon
Kep Tear Money in Oragon Bay
Monuments Mad M Slem, O rag-on
CAPITA!. MONTTMEHrTAL WOXXS
J. C. Jones a 0w Proprietors
All Kindt of MonumentjJ Work
Factory and Office:
22 IS g. Cora'L, Opposite X. O. O. F.
Ccsetery, Bex 81
Fmm 089. 8AXJSM, OKBOOV
GIDEON-wfOLZ CO.
Manufacturers of
VINEGAR SODA WATER
Fovataia BarppUea
Salem Phon 24 Ore.
DIXIE
BREAD
DIXIE HEALTH BREAD
Ask Your Grocer r
timated at over 6000 cars. Col
orado, New York and Washington
are the largest shippers during
the summer. Washington, from
around the Seattle district, ships
from 500 to 1000 cars every
year.
At the present time the Arizona
crop i3 just commencing, and
they are shipping about 5 0 cars a
day and shortly after the first of
the month this will increase to
100.
Going to Kngland
The lettuce market has been
very poor this winter, as the large
shipping districts in California
were shipping about 250 car3 a
day, which was about 50 or 60
cars too many for the country to
consume and pay fair returns to
the growers.
In efforts to widen the market
some of the Imperial Valley ship
pers shipped lettuce in carloads
to New York and then by boat to
England. This experiment work
ed so well that they shipped sev
eral cars later and hope to de
velop it in the future to be a larg
er outlet.
The Growing KncI
Before we close, just a word
about the growing end of this
crop. Lettuce is" a short season
flop, and growing this early
crop in the spring gives lis a
chance to grow another crop later.
The same ground grows a celery
Top after the lettuce, is removed.
Because of this most of the
growers can figure their lettuce
crop as profits
An average spring lettuce crop
yields about 300 crates per acre.
Whe-Ta-Lon
A Superior Breakfast Food
A Trial Will Convince You
Whe - Ta - Lon
Cereal Co.
M. A. BUTLER, Manager
Telephone 109O-W
W. W. ROSEBRAUGH
COMPANY
Manufacturers of Warm Air
Furnaces, Fruit Drying Stoves,
Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel and
Foundry Work, Welding
f a Specialty
17th and 'Oak Sta Salem, Ore.
F. G. LUTZ NURSERY
We plan and plant (Ires of
charge),. for homes, large or
small, alt kinds of ornamental
shrubs, perennials and rockery
plants. Landscape work.
1809 Market SU Phone 1608-R
Say to
Your
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virutcr
Send Me
Nothing
But
BUTTERCUP BUTTER
, "Made in Salem
By the - '
Capital City
Cooperative Creamery
13T8. Commercial St.
PHONE 20
SHIP BY
SALEM
OPBRAT1NO ON A
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BALiEax
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These crates are usually sold so
as to net the grower between' a
dollar and a dollar and a halt per
crate.
These figures are for lettuce
grown on beaverdam soil. I have
no figures for upland soil, as we
have nojt used any of this type.
However, I understand good re
sults can be obtained on the up
land whef! soils are rich and hea
vily fertilized.
RONALD E. JONES.
Brooks, Oregon,
March 28, 1927.
(Mr. Jones is manager for the
Labish growers of head lettuce
and celery, in the shipping and
merchandising of these crops.
The following are some excerpts
from the article he supplied to the
Slogan columns last year: )
"Head lettuce has been grown
in this vicinity for only two years
prior to this year, in any commer
cial acreage. In 19 24 we shipped
two carloads out of the state and
in 1925 we shipped six carloads,
and we hope to have 10 cars this
year. (Note that this was ex
ceeded by 11 cars.)
"The lettuce grown in the La
bish district is of a very high i
tjuajtij'. x lie iMuj uuiii uiijr iiiai
we have experienced is in getting
a solid head. Some of the ground
seems to be too rich and the let
tuce grows too fast, so that the
best quality of lettuce is that
which is grown on the ground
that has clay mixed with the bea
verdam. The lettuce that we have
shipped oirT has been graded very
carefully in order to build up a
very high quality for this district.
"The following is a paragraph
taken from a letter dated June 16,
1925, from our Minneapolis bro
ker: 'Referring to the two cars of
lettuce that we have handled for
you. This was the best lettuce
we have seenthis spring from
anywhere, in fact, I do not believe
we have ever handled any of bet
ter quality and pa:k.'
"The weather has a good deal
to do with making a good quality
head lettuce, as warm days and
cold nights tend to make firm
heads, and rainy weather makes a
loose head, and sometimes makes
the lettuce slime.
"Lettuce is usually a very easy
crop to grow, but is very highly
perishable and almost overnight a
good field of lettuce can be ruin
ed by slime or other causes, de
pending on weather conditions.
"It has a short growing season,
the crop maturing , in about 90
days, so that if. conditions are fav
OIL-0-MATIC
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THEO. M. BARR
Phone 192
Z. B. DtnrBMOOB
, Salem Wicker Fnrmltara
Manafactariax Oo.
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Mn nlns Battaa Bd Qullty
roiDttus
JUpalrtng, SatlaUMnr, TphoUUrlaa
8211 8UU St, sJrd, Ortfoa
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 !
NAVIGATION GO.
STEAMER "NORTHWESTERN"
jSgSSf9Sl CMto.4
" SCHEDULE '
6:00 A. MBIondaya, Wednesday and FrMaji
ROUTE YOUR SHIPMENTS
-. - ,-1, SALEM
orable and the market in r i f4 1 1 1 it
is a great money maker.
- "Lettuce is the first crop that
brings us a monetary return in
the spring, it usually cominc in
ahead of strawberries by aliout
two weeks.
"In order to avail ourseiv.s of
the best market conditions it ,
best to have lettuce here as iarly
as possible, until about the I5;h
of June or sometimes the first of
July, and then to have another
crop come on in the fail tlurinq:
September and October. Last
year was the first time we havf
had any fall lettuce, and it koIiI
very well in mixed cars with our
celery."
LAYMEN OF CHURCH
TO MEET AT ALBANY
Willamette Presbytery to
Launch Campaign to Raise
Share Pension Fund
EUGENE, March 30. The Pres
byterian laymen of this section are
making preparations for an un
usual event when they gather at
Albany on Friday evening of this
week to hear Dr. Mosea Breeze of
New York city present the Presby
terian pension plan. The Willam
ette Presbytery launch a campaiun
on Monday, April 25, to raise $o0.
000 as their share of the 116.000,
000 pension fund being rained
throughout the United States to
provide pensions for retired min
isters. ur. jireeze is saiu io ue me iihlsi
eloquent speaker in the Presby
terian denomination and is ad
dressing similar groups across t ho
continent. The supper will be hehl
in the Albany Presbyterian church.
un h.
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I lai. fV
Dr. A. K. Caswell of the state
versity, chairman of the Willa
ette Presbytery, will presido
C. Bryant, a member of the execu
tive committee, is in charge t
local arrangements. About 73
laymen are expected to be pres
ent. That Twinge
of Pain
The little twinge of pain
you feel today may be the
fore-runner of a chronic
case of Disease, which will
develop if the cause is not
adjusted in time. Remem
ber the Neurocalometer lo
cates nerve pressure. Chiro
practic Adjustments re
move nerve pressure.
NEUROCALOMETER
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
DR.0.LSC0lif,D.C
236 North High Street
Phone 87 or 14I1-R
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