THE OREGON STATESMAN. SAIEH, OREGON,- THURSDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1927
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NINTH; CONSECUTIVE' YEAR
THE DAILY STATESMAN de&catea two or m interests of one of the fifty-two to a hundred basic industries of the
, Salem District Letters and artideaj from
SMI EDW IS 1 PEPPE1IIT OIL
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Here Is Something Potentially So Blflr, and Full of Possibil
ities for the' Development of the Salem District, and the
Upbuilding ff Salem and the Other Cities and Towns of
This Section, That One Is Fairly Thrilled With the Pros--pact
The Beginnings of a Gigantic Drug Garden Indus
try for This Valley J t
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- Her Is something potentially one roof. And ft will refine all
"bo bir. so full of possibilities for oar essential; oils. It will be the
-the development of the Salem dia- rallying point of a great drug gar
trict, and the upbuilding of Salem, den business;, a business that, un
and of the other cities and towns der some auspices, will eventually
of this section, that the Slogan bring millions of dollars annually
editor, la thrilled by the prospeet, to the Salem district, to the Wll
and the reader will be likewise lamette valley. f ; "
moved to enthusiasm If he will Bow It Looks Now '
get the true Tislon of the thing ; Without the knowledge (or con
that is before us. 1 sent) of Mr. Herrold, A. E. Hutch
- The annual Slogan number of inson, who la- emplByed by him in
The Statesman on drug gardens, his public work, in the repairing
published in May, in the series of of his machinery and equipment.
62 such articles In the Slogan cam- and in hie refinery, took the Slo-
ualen that is now in its ninth year,' ran man for a Tiew of operations.
has called, repeated attention to- On 14th street,' " near B, they
the wonderful possibilities of drug found a refining still, with the ne
gardens In this section. Attention cessary appliances for refining
has been called to .the fact that peppermint oil. It will put through
Prof. A. Zlefle. dean of the achool
' of pharmacy of the Oregon" Agri-
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
v (Also in Weekly Statesman)
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October ,6, 1127
Prunes, October 13 " ; '- , - f
Dairying, October 20 1
Flax. October 27 ;i i
Filberts, November 3. i I ; .
Walnuts, November io.
Strawberries, November 17
Apples, Figs, Etc, Nov. 24 .
Raspberries, December "1 -';
Mint December 8 . :
Beans, Etc., December 18 1 1
Blackberries, December 22 '
Cherries, December 29
Pears, January 5, 1928
Goose berries, January i 12 1 '
Corn, January 19
.Celery,: January. 28 . :
: Spinach, Etc, February 2 .
Onions, Etc., February S ;
Potatoes, Etc., February 16 '
Bees, February 23
Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar H
City Beautiful, Etc, March 8
Great Cows, March 15 ;
Paved Highways, March 22
Head Lettuce, March 29 r
ilos. Etc, April 5 s
Legumes, April 12 ; '
Asparagus, Etc., April 19
Grapes, Etc., April 26 .
Drug Garden, May 8
Sugar Industry, May 10
Water Powers, May 17
Irrigation, May 24
Mining, May 31
Land, Irrigation, Etc,-June 7
Floriculture,-June 14 .
Hops, Cabbage, Etc., Jnne 21 "
Wholesaling, Jobbing, June 28
Cucumbers, Etc, July 5
Hogs, July 12
Goats, July 19
Schools, July 28 . ;
Sheep, August 2
Seeds, August. 9 : .
National Advertising, Aug. 16 -
Livestock, August 2 S
Grain & Grain Products. Aug.SS
Manufacturing, Sept. 6
Woodworking, Etc, Sept. 13
Automotive Industries, Sept. 20 .
Paper Mills, Sept. 27
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They are for sale at 10 cents
each,' mailed to any address.
Current copies 5 cents.
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OF MIHT, PRODRUG IU0 POUNDS
Half of the Amount Is Produced in Marion County Our Oil
- of Peppermint Gives Nearly a Half Million Dollar Crop,
Based, on Present - Generally Low ; Prices Salem Needs
' the Additional Industry of An Oil Refinery, Giving An
other Payroll,' Concentrating Marketing Here, and Furn
ishing Fanners Top Prices
cultural college, has asserted re
- peatedly that this district can pro-
J lira em Atk drnrsat a tenth the
ixpense and with twice the" yield
: if Michigan and Minnesota grow
i irs. where the great crude drug
tardens of this country are Jocat-
to. iiere is a eiaiemeni oi rrui
" F. . A. Gliniian, assisiani proies
. tor of pharmacy of the 'Oregon
, Agricultural college, maae two or
' ihrPA vmm ait a. and repeated
-.liter- V" OREGON MUST EVEN-!
TUALLY UEUUMIS -.thb .-jujkuu
: : GARDEN OF THE WORLD.
Pror. GUrilian says: - jn uregou,
more than anywhere . else in the
"vorTd. is found that happy com-
x 'hlnation of soil and climatic con-j
- itlons which is prooucuve oi oem
i results in drug cultivation.
i:ry- .- Ousht to Be Enough
T- That ought to be enough. The
Quoted words are" not those of
, , tyro and mere dreamers. , They
. are the words of men who know
by actual experiments and experi
mentation.. The facts are ae slm
;" pie to them as the weight of a
pound oi potatoes sou uj jiwh.
r But. the process of getting men
' ' with foresight and the command
U of capital to realize these things
'sci plain to the experts haa been a
slow on. There have been some
? try-oute by several persons in the
Salem district, but with lndUler
; ent success and persistence, owing
; to various causes.
5 " Now comes L. O.' Herrold. old
time Salem resident, contractor for
paving and other public work,
mint grower on a large'acale, su-
V' per farmer. - V
. (Mr. Herrold has no knowledge
- jot the writing of thte article. He
T-Tb "a modest man, and a cautious
- cse. He is afraid the Slogan man
Js over enthusiastic Mr. Herrold
himself ; believes there are tig
things ahead, but ha wants to be
" -certain. . He waaU to feel his way.;
' lie want to experiment. ILike
Henry Ford, with hie atandard
cars, ' who took 1 2 years to plan
, them before giving them to the
' world,- Mr. Herrold wants to he
sure he "la right before he under
. takes too many things, or advises
others So much for that.)
Modest Beginnings
But It is so secret that Mr. Her
rold Ttaited ; the east; i went to
.Washington, where he consul ted
" the highest authorities in the gov
ernment service, and Jo New. York,
where he conferred with the big
- users of peppermint oil and other,
essential oils, and of drugs; went
to the taint fields and drug gar
dens of the different state. Con
sulted with the refiners and mak
ers of refinery machinery and ap-
pi lances.-" "-"' " '. ; v'v-'v-'
lie cams back- horn and made
, the beginnings of a peppermint oh
refinery. He has now a refinery
' and a chemical laboratory in full
oDeration but under three roofs.
In good Urn. U will all b tinder
25 pounds an hour of peppermint
oil, and take"out all foreign sub-:
stances, like weed oils and flavors,'
rust from the improper storing of
the oil In tin cane, etc. The steam:
so far used Is from a boiler that!
In the summer season is employed!
In running, a road roller. . j
At the home of Mr. Hutchinson.;
1910 North Capitol street, the po
lariscope, refractometer and bal
ance for getting the specific grav
ity are kept and used.- The latter
appliance is a delicate Instrument.!
The work waa formerly done with
a glass bulb,' but this did not give
the specific gravity with sufficient
accuracy. Hence this new balance
apparatus for getting the .specific
gravity. 7 It is aeewrate to the last
limits , i : - x - t
In the King's plant, on North
rent street is the' chemical lab-1
oratory, well equipped. ' It is in
charge of Grant Schalf ner, a com
petent chemist, with marked re
search ability. '.'-'v.
There is the refinery of the
present, under three roofs. But
Mr. Herrold has bought another
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOWahat in the nffcsing of mint for the
manufacturing- of oil of peppermint there are decided
adrantages to the growers of the Salem district; that
our farmers have what amounts to a franchise; because
they produce the best mint oil in the world, besides the
highest in percentage of menthol and the best and purest '
in quality, consequently the highest in price; that this
industry has already assumed considerable proportions
and is growing fast, and will without doubt grow here
much faster from now on, and be better organized and
stabilized; and that there is now a fully equipped pepper
mint cil refinery in Salem, in operation, and being in
creased to nine times its present capacity?
refining still, j This one has a ca
pacity of 200: pounds of pepper
mint oil an hour. That will give a
total capacity 1 of 225 pounds an
hour. And the building that will
put the whole; refinery under one
roof will come later.
Now for the Vision .
Mr. Hutchinson says there are
at leaet 69 vegetable drugs" that
are" adapted to : our climate and
soil that are. susceptible to distilla
tion ' ; "
- And a "whole drove" of drugs
coming from roots and barks and
herbs and seeds,' some of which
are subject to extraction, some to
use in dry and powdered form.
- ProL John W. Thompson, prin
cipal of the ' Salem senior high
school,' is a student of drug gar
den vegetables, etc., and Is ready
to help in this field. He has found
an important new ; one, growing
wild here.
-"r '-.'T! Another Great Field
Mr. Hutchinson says there la an
other great ) field ; 1 great beyond
dreams. It la the perfumery field.
This all comes In with the rest
W can grow th fioweTs: espec
ially the roses! Perfumery runs
Into big money. Attar of roses
sells at hundreds of dollar an
ounce. We' can make attar of
rosea here. I We have the soil and
climate. It is understood that the
peopl of the district of France
where attar of roses is made, raise
pigs and butcher them young, in
order to renderlard jaet right for
getting the. ' proper , consistency in
aiding in the extraction of attar of
roses using thousands of flowers
for an ounce of the precious ma
terial. What can b done in France
can be done tn Salem. .- ; -
V; In Aetna! Operation ;
The peppermint oil refinery, of
L. O. Herrold, the pioneer in this
respect for this section, is: actually
at work, v oil that wa dirty and
of no value, in many cases, . h
been refined, and sent on to the
markets and sold at . the market
price ; r thus turning- a Worthless
thing Into a pro J-ci. of much val
ue. s; .: ; . -ri-j -V I',
Mr. Herrold haa testedl literally
hundreds of samples of peppermint
oil. ; He wante to know. He wants
to have accurate information con
cerning the content of oils grown
In different localities and under
different , conditions He ' blends
some oils.. He puts them Into
marketable shape, for the differ
ent kinds of trade: ' ; '
He certifies to the contents of
every shipment. He knows what
he la eending; to the last fraction
of an ounce of menthol, ester, etc
This has inspired., such - confidence
that the. big buyers hare sent their
checks for shipments upon certi
fied samples, long before the ar
rival of the oil from which the
sample were taken. Thousands of
dollars. K ' . :
Heretofore, shipper were
obliged to shut their eyes and send
what they regarded as peppermint
oil, from the Salem district, and
trust to luck. The buyers did not
know, what they were getting till
they got It. In some cases, it
wae of Utile worth. - And the'ahip-
pers had. to take the word of th
buyers."' -
With the business of Mr.' Her
rold, this time Is past. : It will be
past tor every other grower, with
the operation of the Salem pepper
mint oil refinery.
Mr. Herrold has not sent : to
market a pound of oil of the 1827
crop, or any crop, since he started
refining, excepting refined oil. He
know what he is sending."
And another thing. I He vends;
the peppermint oil as Oregon oil,
and Oregon oil is becoming the
standard of quality. Mr. Herrold
haa accounts with- some of the big
gest buying concerns In this coun-4
try, whor tames are fiuiliav He
'' !,' & big, foreign ac
crv- i. ; :J '. - .: v a--
yow for Bigger Things '
Again, Mr. Herrold Is modest.
He is ; trying out several other
drug vegetables. Raising the veg
etable, or having them raised. He
Is distilling and refining their es
sential oils. - He will not eay what
vegetables. That is his secreU He
does not want to raise false hopes
In othors. But he would perhaps
not regard It as a breach of contl
dence for the Slogan man. to aay
that he le encouraged. ' He In
tends to keep on experimenting. :
He has put In a " number of
thousands of dollars in buying ma
chinery and appliances, and other
sums" In growing and experiment
ing. HewiH'not say how much.
That Is his business. Hie money.
Hi gain or loss.
Finally, If he makes a great suc
cess, his success vrfll be one of the
biggest things that ever happened
or, will ever happen to Salem and
the Salem district, . s
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Editor-Statesman: v - '
-f- The discovery that a fine qual
ity of peppermint oil could be sue
cessiully grown In the Willamette
valley gave our' farmers a splen-j
did opportunity to profit by diver-
slfled crops; howeyer the market
ing process In the early years was
slow, because most of the oil we
produced was shipped to Michi
gan and Indiana and there blended
with, a lower grade and sold as
Michigan or Indiana oil,: thus los
ing to the Oregon producer the
Identity of his oil and a share of
the profits to which he was en
titled. " i
Widening Markets .
About ten years ago the first
shipments of Oregon natural oil of
peppermint were made direct to
the New Tork market. : Analysis
of the same proved eo satisfactory
it found a ready eale, and as a re
sult the demand for our oil in
creased, from year to year. Manu
facturers and dealers from all over
the United States and Canada are
now specifying Oregon oil of, pep
permint and looking to us to- sup
ply their wants, and we have an
excellent opportunity for export
business. ! ,
A Big Increase
Six or seven years ago there
was less than 500 acres of pepper
mint growing In the state of Ore
gon distilling about . 15,000
pounds. This year, it is estimated
the total acreage in1 Oregon is over
3500, yielding a distillate of over
130.000 pounds. Half of this
amount is .produced: in Marion
coucty. All of the above, If sold
at present market Including, con?
tracted oil, would bring to . the
farmers of the state nearly half a
million dollars for one year's crop.
- Various growers have figured a
total coet of 1. 50 per pound to
produce peppermint oil, and with
a yield of SO pounds to the acre at
S2.50 per pound the crop nets the
farmer f 30 profit to the acre.
In 19Z5 and 19Z6 growers re
ceived from five to fifteen dollars
and upwards per pound. This may
be repeated if weather conditions
In the east are not favorable.
' Is Profitable Crop "
From these figures my conclu-'
sione are that ' the farmer who
owns suitable land and will prop
erly care for the crop can profit
ably raise peppermint In Oregon.
Recently a large" manufacturer in
Seattle has put in a refining plant
and expects in the future to han
dle a quantity of Oregon oil of
peppermint.
It may not be generally known
but is a fact nevertheless that na
tural oil of peppermint varies In
quality which may be caused by
(1) early distilling before plant te
fully developed, (2) cutting and
distilling in rainy weather, (3)
Teneral unfavorable weather con-.rrom tne oegmning oi its produc
tion here. He is president of the
First: National Bank of Salem.
titions. Best market prices for!
peppermint oil cannot be obtained
.'or oil that will not test U. S. P.
strength, theref ere It la necessary
In a locality like Marlon county,
that has brought about this Im
portant industry, to establish a re
fining plant which will furnish to
the consumer and manufacturer
nil of uniform aualitv and enable
the nroducer to realize the bestf
price obtainable. - ; . : -
It is xto be hoped that In the
near future this additional indus
try of an oil refinery will come to
Salem, : which will add another
payroll, concentrate the marketing
and give to the farmers the top
price for their product.
' ' DANIEL J. FRY.
Salem, Ore., Dec, 6, 1927.
(Mr. Fry is one of the largest
buyers of crude drugs in Oregon,
and has bought peppermint oil
Ed.)
Nights are likely to be cold in
the desert because the dry air of
the desert lets : ground heat es
cape much faster than does moist
air, , according to an answered
question In Liberty. '
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patent flour, or any of our long
list of milling specialties. We
do custom grinding. We sup
ply what you need for what
you have.
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Salem, Oregon. .. .
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Buttercup Butter is for sale at
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MINT STlEiiS
About 90 per cent of the mint
stills in use in the Norhwest are
manufactured by Eastman Bros.
We have been manufacturing
these stills since 1 9 1 9, and
through these years of experi
ence we believe we have per
fected a still unequalled for pep
permint distillation.
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This Bank is constantly on the lookout for any new crop that will add to the wealth and comfort
of its customers. Among the more recent crops Peppermint Oil Productiontakes a very high
place. TTie United States National Bank is the pioneer in financing Peppermint growers, and
those who belong to this Bank Family have made a very creditable success with their crop3.
iWe do not consider Peppermint Growing any. longer as an experiment, and we are constantly
making a study of it and comparing the progress of our different growers, and are always ready
and willing to impart this, knowledge to any bid or prospective customers.
The faciiiies of this Bank are at your disposal, and expert advice will be freely furnished for ev
ery problem iri connection with the production of Peppermint Oil. " ;
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