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- f. ..... . t c ' . r - i 10 THE OKEGQN STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, ;THURSDAY, MORNING OCTOBER 13&27i'J j$$;S Aid In Making Ttierri T Helpful to' Your - Wonderful i City and Section M. TR 4 fliiiiiii - -; - - ' TT-TOT f S-STT i iv jy NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR 1 , the i umi ucuidics i wo or more pages; eacn weeK m tne interests or one or tne nrty-two to a nunarea oasic in a !"c?r Letters and articles from people With vision are solicited. This is your page. Help make 3?Jcm grow. LIGHT IS DREAKIHC OF Out Of a Period of Discouraernent and Unfavorable Ccndi. -VUons 0?er. Which Growers Had No Control, Comes Much Encouraging News, at 1 1 r Uptakes,' in :fclfnnn.; - (Rf KH MfMnnii) H.Wlth tl largest prone packing plat ta tba IrotM opening tta doort ' for Jtuioees last week, in Portland, and (00 tons of dried proitie makinc the bulk of two steamir od going, to tbe United Kingdom nd New York reepec itlTely, tocetber.with te appoint ;xneo( of Joeepb M. Malone as spec jiat trade coram 116 ner with bead jquarters in Rome, Italy, to assist jla tn&rketlng our ' annual Amerl j can' SI 0,0 00.0 00 crop, the outlook of Willamette valley pruie grow lert ;was nrer brghtsr. i ; Llk lb proTerblal, cloud with a ;sllTar lining, abd the equally jwll- known saying that it Is al- ways; darkest before dawn, out of a period. ofducouragemcut . and unfatdrable conditions over which growers Had no control, cornea all this ncoiiraglng news at one full tfwoop. tf bere be a fly in the ointment, it iaa reiry small fly of no consequence, and deals with (. Mltrtta Af Ik. mn this va.p febi vhlthi means that ihr will be a clean up of all past hold overs. ahd thaVln future tfiere will be- no holdoTers under the new process . of, caring for the pranes and; the marketing system that will bft a network as well worked out-ks Uncle Sam's Rural Free Dellysfy, aaya the experts who hate looked into the matter. r Soma. of the Mistake i Thftj? this i gbippifir of greea prunes was ihe biggest fool thing we ever did fs appareoCto all who gojL avtittl4 iarly money, and, lost 4 let 'of liter money by the ven- ltare,ortaVpnine;ria enough of ;a I pi urn ithat;4t la neither palatable . nor wholaaome until it has ripened joVh. tree and falla off of its own tripepeea " find no consumer sever bought' "f reen prunes twice. I jThen 0me grejpers Were not care ltu to, plow under such prunes as ffel.anripe pefore picking, and ' these,'i fathered t nd - dried with I the good onsr was another. pro- into cause ;tor eompiaiat ftno worked hardshiy on tnose who : did , gather onl' good fruit. A ; third complaint has been the in- competence of drier telp. who made prunes like marbles with too Idhg' and too hotf Ires.' and if it I la true thai "a little leaven leavens 1 the whole," so also do a few hard, sour .prunes' ppoll' your enjoyment 'of I dish of -gooCones Z I V ' ; Vorkinx IVUley PninM I V The 'Portland plant referred to ; Is working oa Willamette Valley ! pmnes, and '. Is iorning out' two 'and a half carloads daily of the 'packed and processed (steamed): jigood. which: i figures .we can ! understand Is 150,000 pounds, and ' that the ; company Rosenberg - & I company) ; looked to the future f may be noted when they selected i a eita. where .K3teamsip lines and four transcontineniai rail road line meet, and tbU season the onjers booked are for shTp- menu to tm to Vienna. . Finland. -Iuly.t Spain. Cuba, .Canada,! Nr- '' way, Sweden, Denmark. Germany. England and . the Mediterranean all pt which are going out lo Ora gon made boxes, of Oregon grown lumber and under Oregon labels, thank the Lord!. ; . '. f- : f FUI Vacant frlace i ; j ; r Jind now that our; prunes may be cared for it la proper that we ahould plant ft few more ho take thej place of those we believed to hare been wViler killed., although they, looked more as If suffering from "auaatrokeA a?tt "widen it . turn out died .from a . remote nd unsuspected .cause field mice. Many planted "retch in their- or chards to plow" nnder for tertllia er, and ta this th field mice led when 1t suited them, and also It served as a hidlns place for them while they dug: hole about the1 roots of the tree-3. and finished, up hr 'skinning tbe ' bark. ' from the roots , so that the tree; died 4n a way . that bafned growera until, they took out the dead trees for."8 icb . uij m iub examination, v- ; There may hare been and no off doubt were .m?nyinsiancea , Air, tm; ni.l when -the wicter had bean i aufficiently warm to cause " the eap to ; flow and consequently hurst the bark open, but there is no good reason whv ilf trunks of youngt trees tliulJ not have tome sort of an FOB IDE PRUNE THE SULEM DISTRIET One Fell Swoop Some of the Her Opinion, Are Given by Miss . Ella "orerooat," something like an in ner tube split and wrapped around theli-or a four-foot joint of fire hose, the rubber turning water as a straw cover might not, and af fording tbe needed protection. j Fertilizing the orchards mmt go on. but the rtch would be al most as heneficial to the ground if grown eltewherft and then scatter ed and , plowed under, but there should be andno doubt will be an Inspection of iners an; dryinjtr methods and an inspection of the fruit before it goes to local driers, for while prisons, hospitals and boarding bouses are regarded a dumping place,- for "bad p'rnjies. there is a world wide demand for good prunes, fre::h. -drJe.T. cainrd and preserved, and . thej' are all good if properly cared for.. "With 15.600 acre.s of bearing prunes and 6,000 area of young prunes that, are on the verge of bearing in the Salem district (which is an increase of $.000 , vi lu tut; iaoi cigim 11. would seem that a pretty good snce or tne ?10, 000,000 "purse offered for American prunes is going to be distributed- here at horn this fall. PRUHE DISCOVERER Mr, Andrews Believes ' a ;Prun0rchard,WtllBe v . - .A.Gald MiheAgain -7 Editor Statesman! Aa next Thursday. October IS, is .the Slogan number date for prunes, when every one who really feels that he has something worth while to offer for the prune grow er can do so on this special date Noble Andrew$ . 1 fixed and arranged by the Slogan editor of' The Stateeman, I, would Uke to say that I am sure that many farmers and fruit growers regard, the Slogan campaigns as one of the greatest' value which The Statesman or any other 'news paper eould give them: taking up the diveralfJed fruits, - -vegetables and grains and handling them one by one, making a specialty of each, Betting accurate knowledge -from those directly Interested ; V Now -: back to hef. -subject. Pruned' . -r.; irV ? -,:;.t' Odly a Vfew. iyears ago every, prune orchard was called by. the other fellow a gold mine, because many of us ware making' good money, - The many ' thousands of acres of prune i tree now Cgrow lng.anA the many" large and. costly buljdiaga to. care for. and handle the' prune prove (the state ment- V; Conditions Have "Cfcangrd v - j I&twfc are all aware of the-fact-that conditions; hare changed; but" I' am 'iglad 4o note Vthat- present conditions - have brought forth - Kreat efforts from our. beat bus!- situation, and I firmly believe that with the ability of these ardent workers we will bring- the prune back to Its own- i Then with the. business end ad justed, and a better prune for the ( market, the prune orchard will j again contitu; a gold mine. j : ? ' . Tlx . Met French " - ' The French prune L TH NOBLE U " - J - - '- - - L Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (Also in Weekly Statesman) (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October , 1927 Prunes, October 13 Dairying, -October 20 V Flax, October 27 Filberts, November 3 Walnuts, November 10 Strawberries. November 17 Apples. Figs, Etc., Not. 24 Raspberries. December 1 Mint, December 8 Beans. Etc.. December IS Blackberries, December 22 : Cherries, December 29 Pears, January 5, 1928 Gooseberries, January 12 Corn, January 19 Celery, January 2. Spinach, Etc.. February 2 Onions. Etc.. February 9 Potatoes. Etc., February 16 Bees. February 23 Poultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 1 City Beautiful. Etc., March 8 Creat Cows. March 15 Paed Highways. March 22 Head Lettuce. March 29 Silos. Etc.. April 6 Legumes, April 12 Asparagus. Etc., April 19 THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That Salem has been the largest pri mary prune market in the world for Oregon ("Italian") prunes, the tart-sweet prunes of quality; that her lead as a prune center will be maintained by our packing, canning, and ofJier concerns, and by improvements in the m-rwing of fine, large aizs; that new and more profitable varieties are coming fin; that, new marketing outlets, among them manufactured products from prunes, are constantly being opened; that prunes for the grower ought to be "as good as wheat," as reliable, and much more profitable; and that there is plenty of cheap land yet-to be had in this district for the growing of prunes, and new growers who will prcduce quality fruit and quality fmit only will be made welcome? very promising; " a large eweet prune,, tested at the Oregon Agri cultural college at fifteeen and two-tenths sugar. It dries extra well, looks fine when dried. It sold last" year, also this year, for 25 cents a pound. I hare, about 4000 of tbe Noble French prune trees now for sale. For further information. I refer you to J. O. Holt of Eugene; to Professor Brown, Long ' and Schuster f the Oregon Agricul tural college; also to Max Gehl har, the man who dried my prunes this year. L Noble Andrews. Salem. Ore.. Oct. 11, 1927. j The address of Mr. Andrews is Rt. 6, box 67, Salem. .Noble French History - The Noble French prune was discorered fire years ago, at Myrtle Creek, Douglas coiinty, Oregon. The fire original trees are now eight years old. .They hare - borne fire crops of fruit. The fire original trees are exnctlr . alike. They are'growing close toH gether I . . I They are grafted; tree from the; bummerruie nursery- near land. ' They are an accidental dlsifnas a great future. Mr. West is corery. The. Summerville nursery their" brigln. and eare un 1 the search. The five trees were fouml on the farm of Fred Wearer, three and a half miles south of Myrtle Creek. As soon as he was. sure that he had a new rariety Mr. Wearer wrote to Noble Andrews, who had been - his neighbor in Douglas county and had moved to Salem. . - ; ; " Mr. . Andrew now has 4000 Noble French trees for ;oale. They are going fast, fn a year or two more there will likely j be Sj. b. otntsuoox Salem WtckerFwrfrav ManafactHrlBg Co. , . GUn atua Km4 Qamt l - ' ranUtara Plna. avflnlakHic. 1Ty1ilator!aj( ssia sum aw ttin. onm7 Hunt's Quality FruiU Hunt Brothers Packing : .;- Company - Canned Frulta and i ' :. Vegetables. ( w Main Office: 2 Pin Street. Ban Francisco California Cannerle -California Hay ward. aa Jose, ' - " , Loa Oatoa, Exeter Oregon Salem. McMianrtUa, 1 " - Albany . ; , . . rimblngtntt Pnyallap. ftnmaer Grapes. Etc., April 28 Drug Garden. May S Sugar Industry, May 10 Water! Powers, May 14 Irrigation, May 24 Mining, May 31 Land, Irrigation, Etc, June 7 . Floriculture, June 14 Hops. Cabbage. Etc., June 21 Wholesaling, Jobbing, June 28 Cucumbers, Etc., July 5 Hogs.. July 12 Goats, July 19 Schools. July 26 Sbjep, August, 2 Seeds; Augufet9 National Advertising. Aug. 16 Livestock, August 23 Grain! & Grain Products. Aug. 30 Manufacturing., Sept. 6 Woodworking. Etc.. Sept. 13 Automotive Industries, Sept. 20 Paper Mills. Sept. 27 f Bark copies of the Thurs day edition of The Daily Ore gon Statesman, are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5 cents. enough for all comers. Mr. Andrews' farm la about thi?ee and a half miles east of the state hospital (insane asylum), Salem. He has lived there since October 25 1920. He has grown sweet prunes for more than quarter of a century. He believes in the prune industry. He knows pranes are good , for the diet ; health giving. The Noble French prune tree appears to be hardy, a rigorous grower, a profitable bearer, with a fruit that will make a splendid shipper and that will dry 37 pounds to the box, going in the 20 to 30 else; j is rery sweet,, and ripens in the early part of August. Things Made From J Prunes Popular There are getting to be a good many things anade from prunes. PrunPort. described elsewhere in tW paper, is one. B- F- West of Salem fe making a j confection composed mostly of prunes, walnuts and chocolat. which he calls Prun-Wal.; It ha Port-"attained a considerable sale. It iPlan!ne sereral different forms. J .A. ml,Q? -doUar company in ; California b making prune cof j 'fee. It has made" a good start; is going over welK The promoters expect to make it a world-wide product. ;,There'are other prune confec tions. There will no doubt be more. All thesewill help to make new outlets for the marketing of prunes; for popularizing the fine qualities of and the taat for prunes.- -r . ; Tout Monay ia Owaoa Buy &Coaant ic4 at Slia. Oron. CANT AX, HOWOXSVTAT. WOBKS 1. O. Jnxt a o, Vrriteri AH Ktaaa f MoaamaoUJ Work j : Factory saa Offlea: ''V 1 saiO .S. Carn'l. OppMtta v. O. O. T. . : j. OnaKirj, Box e.. SAXB1C OKBOOW O a k fa n d ;sj Sales and ServlceT . Dish' Strt at 'TititV. t - . MHMBaaaaaaMM ' - m m a a POLK COUNTY AGENT TOR LKR PRIES ID MORETO ACRE The Matter of Size and Yield Are Important Factors in Stabilizing the Industry Experiments in Cover Crops and Commercial Fertilizers Are Being Carried on in Polk Some Definite Results fiven. (J. R". Beck, county agent of Polk county, noting that this is the annual prune Slogan number of The Statesman, was kind enough to forward the following, under date of the lith: On the Wes Elliott orchard near Dillas and cm the Fred Ew- , ing orchard at Brush College the second year of fertilizer demon strations on cover crops Is under way, and in addition some new cover crop trials hare been start ed this fall on these and the C. L. Crider orchard mentioned above. The , fertilizer on cover crops has been for. the purpose of determin ing what fertilizer was .the most effective In securing a rank early growth of the oats and vetch seeded in the fall, so that the larg est tonnage possible would be, available for turning under In early April. On nearly opposite conditions the results hare been nearly opposite. On the Wes El liott orchard, which Is rather low, heary ground ammonium sulphate applied in February secured the best results, while on the Fred Ew ing orchard, which is on red hill ground, phosphates showed the biggest return. These trials will be continued for the season of 1928. ' Trying Out Rape The new cover crop work that was started this fall, has to do wjjth the use of Dwarf Essex IRgje-seeded' in the fall in the miree orchards referred to abore. as It has been extremely difficult to" grow a satisfactory oats and retch corer crop. Rape offers a possibility -of a green tonnage where these other crops hare not made the early rapid growth. Rape can be seeded at a seed cost of about 30c to 60c an acre, while oats and retch will cost from $2 to $3 and sometimes more per acre for seed, leaving a decided margin which could be used in the . purchase of commercial nitro gen to offset the non-leguminous rape which does not fix. nitrogen in the soil. ' Another trial that is under way on the C L. Crider orchard, which is more or less of an experiment, is in a seeding of an annual burr clorer that was. discorered grow ing along the Southern Pacific tracks .near M,cCoy where it has made an extraordinary growth in the spring of 1926 and again in 1927. The outcome of this is purely problemmatical. About erery rlew and opinion regarding " the Italian prune game" has been expressed ver bally and written during the past year. Almost without exception in nearly erery meeting, 'or similar place where it has been discussed, the matter of size and yield has been acknowledged to be an im portant factor. , ,-. , If reports that are h published from time to time thla fall-are true.Jhe size of the prune is eren a greater factor thta year than in some years being paid for prunes BIJING IN YOUk NEW WHEAT And exchange fwr hard wheat patent flour, or any of our long list of milling specialties." We do. custom grinding. We sup ply what you need for what you hare. - uuciOir, CITY MILLING CO. i. Salem, Oregon. 4SI Trade Sti .Phone Sift DIXIE HEALTfTDREAD 'Ask Your Grocer l . ' ' il l -tilt ; . . - ill TELLS OF WORK th&l ran better than 30's and even better for the few that ran 20's. This was concerning a rar iety that is being raised . in the West Salem area of this county. Increasing; the Kizes A good many of the Polk county prune growers hare shown per sonal interest in the matter of in creased yield per ace and also in creased size of the dried prune. There are a good many orchardists who are planting corer crops this year who hare not done eo for years past, and others are improve ing their cover crop practices with the idea of thus stimulating their yield and increasing the size of their prunes. C. L. Crider of the Dallas area Is one of the prune growers who is taking such steps. Early last; spring Mr. Crider se cured a 'considerable supply of limerock from the state peniten tiary and applied it to his orchard near the Salem-Dallas ""highway. Then about the last of August or first of September Mr. Crider had a mixture of oats and retch seed ed in this orchard, which-, by the way, had no crojj on it this year. That corer crop Is about four Inch es high at the present time, this is only one of numerous such in stances where the best of corer crop practices is being followed in the prune orchards of Polk county this fall. Fertilizer Demonstrations In cooperation w(th various prune growers in the county the county agent's office has some definite . demonstration projects under way with these same ob jectives in mind; . Commercial Fertilizer One of tihe commercial fertil izer trials In the county that gare outstanding results was started in tbe spring of 1926 on the Jos Elsie orchard near Buell. Coopera ting with the-county agent s office Mr.' Elsie put on different applica tions of nitrate of soda on April 6, 1926. Ereryone remembers that aa extremely dry spring and summer followed that date, and no results were obserred in 1926, but they showed up in the crop of 1927. On Thursday, the 22nd of September, the writer 'shook and picked the entire crop from the fertilized and unfertilized trees that were used as checks with the following results: check trees, average yield, 17 pounds of green fruit; six pounds of no trate of soda per tree, average yield, 87 pounds of green fruit. This is a rather extraordinary in crease, and prune growers in vari ous sections should not expect that everyone's . orchard would respond in the same manner. In fact. It is rather doubtful whether r GIDEON STOLZ CO. , Manufacturers of . Vinegar. Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 20 Ore. W. W. ROSKBRAVGH v iCQMPANT ' Manufacturers of Warm , Air .Furnaces. Fruit "Drying Stores, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel, and Foundry Work. Welding a Specialty. 17th mad Oak 8ts Salem, Ore. F. C. LUTZ NURSERY We : plan and' plant (free of Charge),' tor homes, large or small, all kinds of ornamental Shrubs, perennials and rockery plants Landscape, work. 18O0 Market St, Phone 1608-R When you order butter ask for ' BUTTERCUP BUTTER Tou will get thai finest that cream from the best Tierds in Marion and Polk Counties can produce.. ' Capital CItj ; Cooperative ' Cr can cry t x-nons Z99 a rery large percentage of the or chards would. But it does indi cate that some orchardists could rery probably do likewise. I To check! up on these- results and to gain further information, Mr. Eisle made further applica tion of nitrogen in the form of am monium sulphate in the Spring of 1927, and these trees will be ob serred in 1928. The objective of all this is. to try to gain a larger yield of fruit per acre, keeping It coming erery year, and increasing the size of the fruit, and results In other or chards all over western Oregon have indicated that such 'steps should meet with a fair degree of success. 1 - T GIVE BIG OUTLET The -Plan Is to Locate the 'Plant at Salem, Near Source of Supply ' The Major Fruit Products com pany, makers of PrunPort, Prun- i Ale, PrunO'Marmalade, Prun Krest PrunPulp, Prunju and other prune products, with the plant located 2408 East' 43d street, Portland, has a number of Stockholders In Salem, and it is (expected that the plant and head quarters will be moved to Salem in due course of time, in order to be. near the raw materials supply. The products of this company are expected eventually to take up a large amount of the production of prunes and prune splits in the Willamette valley. The Slogan editor asked the managers of the company to gire full , information concerning . their operations and prospects, and the date when the removal of the plant to Salem is to be made. They were too busy to send more than the following matter which was recently prepared for broadcasting: ' A Tour of the Plant "I. want to tell you of my. risit to the plant of tHe Major Fruit Products company, manufacturers of that wonderful, prune beverage, PrunPort, which j you are hearing so much about. : In .fact I only wish that it were possible for me to tell the whole world of Just what I found out there. . "I was afforded the opportun ity to look into some of the intrl- cate 'working of PrunPort making through the courtesy of Mr. Mul lineaux (Mull-ln-o), the plant su perintendent,, who rery kindly avoided technical references when describing the different processes. The company is - baying prunes Whe-Ta,Lori A Superior Breakfast Food A trial Will Conrlnca Ton - Whe-Ta-Lon Cereal Co. - H. A. BUTLER, Manager ; Telephone iOOO-W " OIL-O-MATIC What I It? SEE . THEO. MBARR Phone 192 n Pulp IP SHOULD Oregb 4 Manufacturers of -- ' BOND LEDGER GliASSIND l GREASEPROOF TISSUE ' fisprcrt Oresca Prcdcrta Specify "Cr.lzsx llade Pc-cj- fcx Tc Of flee SUlicstrj: from all over the ; prune growing area in Oregon. . J j : ' ' "Mr. Mullineanx showed me the workings of! the big glass lined pressure cooker through which, the prunes Pass in j the process. This machine was 'produced by special arrangement with the manufacturers at : Euclid, Ohio, and was made according to the specifications as prepared by the Major Fruit Products . company chemist. It Is literally 'covered with safety, appliances, gauges, ralves, -thermometers, etc., which are necessary to-the control of the process. - : j . :.- ; ! .l" ,- "You will! be Interested to learn something of the ' precaution the Majbr Fruit Products company take to protect the drinking pub- lie from' Imperfect and Impure ) i : products. , They Make Itj Clean "The bottles before being filled with delicious PrunPort are first washed thoroughly in a vat of hot caustic lye .solution. This re moves all the impurities and germs and destroys all substances that may be detrimental to the drink or the consumer!. Then the bottle goes , into ' a vat of Fresh. Bull Run water, where they are soaked until the caustic . is com pletely remored. After this the battles are j thoroughly rinsed -upside down in good old Bull Run under force. ,The -clean bottle passes from, here to the-filler and crowning machine where Prun Port iis run into the container without being touched by hands. Another precaution!, j which the company is. taking to) gire the con sumer a more perfect; beverage is that "of pasteurization, which PrunPort-; undergoes f after v bot tling. Pasteurization- of . Prun Port, which is exposed, to 175 de grees for 15 minutes,: assures the public of 4 fruit drink which is utterly clean and entirely free of bacterial r germ contamination.- It eeemed to me that this is a mighty fine example of cleanli ness, . and j I was told . that the great consumption .Tof ; PrunPort indicates the appreciation of con sumers for a genuinely clean her erage. I Was impressed that the manufacturers are making a rery sincere effort to produce for the thirsty public a good,! wholesome. (Coatmaaa oa para 12.) C. J. PUGH & CO. . Ulannfactnrcrs of Canning Machlnexy; v; Gradere, Tracks, Etc 850 8. 21st St Salem, Oregon Air DONE WITH. A GUN M B. Sanderson -1144 North jCottasre Prepare For the Winter 'Mak up your mind that dur ing tbe coming winter you will keep-yourself fre from cold. To do this you must I be free from - nerre pretwure which Chiropractic adJuKtments will remove. Remember that the eurocalometer 4 accurately lo cate the nerre pressure while Chiropractic ; Adjustments remove- Jt." ' ; j I j Xeurocalofueterj readings by apMintmenta onlyi j r Dr. 6. L. Scott, D. C. 250 A'orth nirh Street " 'rhoBe87orl471.il & Papsr. Co. Painting - 1 A v I- ft ft 1 f A- J ' ,3g a if . . i S r. t t " '