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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1928
the Pear Industry
ITSillfSEiOGHeEllRSPJJfffEO"-
t ffli PRWHC COUST FOR THE PRESENT
11 the Heads of the Oregon and Other Northwest Canneries
Are This Week Attending the Annual Meeting of Their
Association at Seattle This Coast Packs Most of the
Country's Canned Pears
"Ought we to grow more pears?"!
hat was one of the questions
sked of the canners to whom the
'.logan editor wrote last week,
a soliciting Information coneern
ng our pear industry from them
or tins annual near Slogan num-
er of The Statesman.
All the canners of this section,
nd all oyer the Pacific northwest,
re this week attending the an-
ual convention of their cannery-
ien's association at Seattle. So no
ne replied to the letter; and none
f them was arailable for an in-
erriew this week all excepting
O. Holt, the big man of the
ruit world at the upper end of
lie valley. He found time to write
rom Eugene headquarters In this
hare been planted on the Pacific
oast for the present."
In general, that is good advice
t is surely good advice to the Cal-
fornla growers, where they pay
'800 or more an acre for raw
ear land, no better than our pear
and here in . the Salem district
hat may be had at $50 to $200
n acre; and where we do not
tare to fight the pear blight and
ther pests like they must do in
snipping fresh about as many
tons. California must be far .ex
ceeding that pack; did far exceed
it last year; packed around five
to six million cases; and Califor
nia ship-around 60 per cent 'of
her tonnage, and dries five to ten
per cent.
What Mr. Holt Said
. At the Medford meeting of the
Oregon State Horticultural soci
ety, in 1925, Mr. Holt, said
among other things, speaking of
the pear industry:
"If the situation is bandied in
telligently I do not see any cause
for alarm, but we must do a few
things better than we are doing
them now. Our grades for packing,
canning and drying should be na
tionally standardized, rigidly en
forced and done with the utmost
economy possible that the consum
er may get the product at a price
that she can afford to pay and
a price that will incline her to re
peat her purchases.
"While it Is not possible to dis
regard the law of supply and de
mand, I believe the growers, pack
era and canners are becoming well
enough organized, sufficienty ac
lion gathered by the experiment
station and the Oregon committee
on electricity In agriculture. Ec
onomic application of electric
power to farming operations will
be taught in lectures and demon
strations. j
Oregon bankers will " be there
only two days, Monday and Tues
day, but during that time they
will take part in a comprehensive
program designed to give them
the latest information on the ec
onomic aspects of farming opera
tions in the state as found in all
branches of the Industry.
The seventh annual canners'
school will be. February 6-25
when the usual Intensive course
covering fundamentals as well as
new developments will be given by
the division of horticultural pro
ducts. This course annually at
tracts large numbers of commer
cial canners and their employees.
FARM REMINDERS
FROM THE 0
.1. C.
.-.Morula; and era i l WuMu- ?"i,ed 10 P-
tiu auu viuau tuuuga iu flew
on and sections , of Oregon out
ide of the Willamette valley.
8 Are Doing It
And S. H. Van Trump, fruit in
pector of Marion county, finds
he people of this section are put
Ing out more pears mostly Bart-
ets. In one section, they are put-
ing out luu acres or more. Ana
done winter pears are being put
ut here; mostly Boscs. Some oth-
r varieties are being budded to
loses.
Mr. Van Trump says that, if he
rere planting tree fruits now, he
henries. He shows his faith by his! 6"'"U1C
the industry in its entity and re
alize that no part of the industry
will function properly when an
other art is in distress. These
things being admitted is it not en
tirely feasible to standardize pri
ces as well as grades? If the prices
of canning pears, for Instance,
could be held at not over $10
above or below $50 per ton for
first grade and the canned prod
uct held within similar limitation,
consumption would increase enor
mously and pear growing would
become a business rather than a
vorks, , for he grows Bartlett
ears; good ones, and makes a
irofit on them. He grows little
ut Bartlett pears on his land near
IL Angel, excepting Fram wal-
mts.
; Coast Cans More Pears
The Pacific coast puts up near
y all the canned pear pack for
he whole country. The Pacific
northwest must now be packing
I
war above a million and a half
ases or. canneauuaj"amwiTTraz car crane
T
'It is the very big price caused
by short crops which are respons
ible for our grief. What does it
profit us if we get $100 a ton
for a short crop if we must take
$30 or less for the bumper crop
which follows? The surplus o( a
bumper crop should be canned and
carried over to take care of the
short crop which is sure to come.
"We repeat that price standard-
IzationwiH, go a long wav.f
ed produc
(From a curren bulletin of the
department of industrial journal
ism of the Oregon Agricultural
college, the following farm re
minders are gleaned:)
Spraying with oil emulsion In
February, or to the time apple bud
PIPED FIRM BROWS
CONVERTING COMPANY
SHOWS INCREASE IN TEAR
The "Western Paper converting
company, a new Salem Industry,
which completed its second year
of business, January 1, la making
rapid advances, according to Man
ager Lloyd Riches who spoke to
the Rotarlans at the luncheon yes
terday Sales showed an Increase
over 1926 of 30 per cent, and even
during the latter half of the year
when businesses generally were
slowed up.
.Ruled filler paper for the use
of school children is one of the
principal items of manufacture at
the plant, said Mr. Riches. School
tablets are antedated.
Business men on the Pacific
coast are too progressive any
longer to use the old style bill
heads and statements, bat such is
not me case in me east, several
carloads of these- Items are ship
ped annually to New York city.
The local firm manufacturers
all kinds of paper cups for kitchen
use, and curtains for use in pack
ing fruit.
A total of 55 people are employ
ed the year around and the 1927
payroll will approximate 75,000,
Mr. Riches declared.
So greatly has the business
grown that the building of a new
warehouse will be necessary. Four
State. Teacher's association to set
aside one period during depart-.
ment sessions at the next conven
tion for a conference of the of
ficials of the various county di
visions. I -
That each year the county su
perintendents write; the secretary
of their group suggesting some su
perintendent for some office in
the state teachers' association;
that these names be sent In ballot
form to all the superintendents;
that each designate first, second
and third choice and return the
ballot to the secretary, and that
the recipient of the: lowest score
be given support at county insti
tutes. i it
Mrs. Jean K. Porter, I superin
tendent of Gilliam county, wasto
day elected president, and Mrs. C.
E. Mulkey of Coos county secre
tary of the association for 1928.
w hIih in
SEEK COMPROMISE
HI INSOLVENT BANK
Petitions Filed By Schramm
Would Remove Direct
ors' Responsibility
WAR ON DISEASE SUCCESSFUL.
SAYS REPORT i
tips show green, controls Euro-!
pean red spider mites in Oregon hundred thousand pounds of paper
says Don C. Mote, entomologist
of the experiment station. An 8
per cent oil emulsion is the stand
ard spray. When commercial mis-
cible oils are used dilutions are
made according to directions on
the can.
are handled monthly, all of it pur
chased from local mills.
The strawberry root weevil can
be controlled by poison bait, says
the entomologist of the Oregon
experiment station. This bait is
made up by mixing 95 pounds of
dried apple refuse with 5 pounds
of calcium arsenate, or by a bran
bait developed at -the experiment
station.
WoiuMllffSHORT COOBSES
1 11E0 MITE HKfTOIC
il (The following bulletin from The Oregon Agricultural col-
Many seasons of the year are
suitable for clover seeding. Feb
ruary plantings usually give the
best results. About 12 pounds of
red clover ; or 8 pounds of alsike
are the recommended seedings.
i The most common practice and a
good one is to seed the clover on
fall sown grain, particularly bar
ley.
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Newpjc of Talk
Rather Than Liquor Mart
i. --.. ..m.nf f nn.r!ii iniir-l lege features in a bulletin the
iact mat larmers. Dangers, cream-
erymen, cannerymen, and rural
electric service men are the bene
ficiaries? of a series of five short
alism of the Oregon Agricultural)
Allege, dated last evening, gives
-ews of an interesting function.
Commemorating the date of the
' joining to that institution of Pres
ton t Kerr:)
j Dr. W. J. Kerr, who has justjshort courses are scheduled this
courses scheduled there in the
next three months which cover a
wide range of subjects. More
fonipleted 20 years service as
resident of the Oregon Agricul
tural college, was honored by a re
ieptlon tonight, which members
If the faculty, Governor I. L. Pat-
brson and members of the board
f regents attended. It started January 3 and contin
ues for 12 weeks; though later
registration is permitted. Class-
winter by the school of agricul
ture than in any recent year.
A farm mechanics course which
runs concurrently with the second
regular term of college is the
longest one Of the short courses.
Dr. A. B. Cordley, dean of agri
lulture and one of the few niem
ere of the faculty who preceded
President Kerr here, headed the
'eruption line, while Professor
iredrick Berchtold. present head
r the English department who
ven preceded Dean Cordley. made
brief persentation speech follow
kijr the receDtion proper. i
J Two of the finest watches ob
tainable, nurchased with the vol
untary contributions by the facul
ty, were presented to President
nd Mrs. Kerr. A 2 3-jeweled mae-
ser movement white gold watch on
hlch was inscribed "To Dr. Wil
iam Jasper Kerr president, from
he faculty of Oregon Agricultural
ollege In recognition of his 20
'ears of dynamic leadership," was
resented Dr. Kerr. A white gold
liamond set bracelet wrist watch
Kngraved, "From the faculty of
Pregon State, to Mrs. W. J. Kerr,
for 20 years first lady of the col
lege family," was given to Mrs
iCerr.V
Jn 19 07 President Kerr came to
lids college from: the Utah Agri-
uitural college, taking over the
t Management here .when the col
ege had but few buildings and a
total student enrollment of only
1833 In all grades. Under his per
sonal guidance the Institution has
become one of the three most out
standing etate colleges in the coun-
try, with a total enrollment ex
ceeding 5000.
President Kerr 'was recognized
Ias a specialist in. and an exponent
of the land grant type of practical
education even before .coming to
Oregon. At the land grant col
lege convention in 1905, he advo
cated ' three basic principle! since
established In the Oregon educa
tional system. .,. These Included
elimination of unnecessary duplt-
cation of courses between state In
stitutions of higher learning;
i tablishxnent of a board of higher
curricula to maintain such differ
' entlatlon of courses, and the prin
ciple of mfllage tax support. for
state higher education.
Instead of the market value and
relative merits of bootleg whiskey.
the new Ford automobile was the
prevailing topic of conversation
in smoking compartments of Pull
man cars and hotel lobbies, ac
cording to Lloyd Riches, manager
of the Western Paper converting
company who returned recently
from an eastern trip.
So zealous was the Ford com
pany to prevent definite know
ledge concerning the Ford car be
fore the official announcement
came out, that armed guards were
placed around the room in the
Donnelly press at Detroit to pre
vent any one from seeking the
Ford catalog which was being
printed and assembled there.
PIONEED DIES IT 85
Ralph E. Williams, republican
national committeeman for Ore
gon, and six other stockholders of
the insolvent Tillamook County
bank will be absolved from all
claims by depositors, creditors and
stockholders of that bank if two
petitions filed Wednesday with
Circuit Judge Bagley of Tillamook
by A. A. Schramm, state superin
tendent of banks, are accepted by
the court.
One of the petitions embodies
an agreement between Schramm,
as representative of the depositors
in the liquidation of the bank, nd
MRS. AUGUSTA WARNER RESI
DENT HERE SINCE 1802
The death occurred yesterday of
Mrs. Augusta Warner at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Caroline
Hixon, 176 North 25th street.
Mrs. Warner had celebrated her
95th birthday December 6. Mrs.
Warner was one of the Salem pi
oneers, having come to Salem in
1862. She was born in Germany.
Five children survive her. They
are Mrs. Hixson, of Salem; Albert
Bowman, of Sclo; Edward Bow
man, Canby; William Warner, Al
bany; and John Warner, of Seat
tle. Funeral services have not
been announced pending word
from distant relative
-Ml
IISPECTOR FAVORED
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
PASS RESOLUTIONS
An organization knownas the
Eastern Clackamas Business Men's
Credit association was recently or
ganized at Estacada and a meet
ing was held in the city hall last
Friday evening.
room and laboratory instruction
will be given In operation and rerfc-
pair of gas engines, automobiles,
trucks and- tractors; water sys
tems, pumps and electricity; sol
dering babbitting, pipe fitting,
harness repair, knots and splices;
and machine shop work or black
smithing. The dairy manufacturing short
course, of interest principally to
creamery workers or those con
templating such positions, extends
from January 9 to February 3.
It affords opportunity for cream-
AN EASY WAY
TO LOSE FAT
Instead of abnormal exercise or diet,
they combat a cause of excess fat. Thev
supply an element Natue employs to
turn food into fuel and energy. This
method was discovered by research men
some two decades ago. It has for 20 years
been embodied in Marmola prescription
tablets. Millions of boxes have been taken,
and almost every circle shows the results
in new beauty, new health and vitality.
The formula comes in every box, also
the scientific reasons for results. So users
have no fear of harm. Go learn now what
t . i. .v. 'Marmola does for czceu tut. nA ad
io-the minute Information In lb. tS,jS&
oi cream grading and cutter mak
ing.
. The rural electric service men
and bankers are due the week be
ginning January 23. The former
will have a six day session in
which will be given the informa-
Establishment of the office of
state high school Inspector in
connection with the state depart
ment of education is urged by the
State Association of County School
Superintendents in resolutions ad
opted Wednesday prior to final
adjournment. This is based on the
increase in the number of high
schools and the need of closer su
pervision. Other resolutions include:
Favor change in method of dis
tribution of county and state:
school funds to make practicable
greater emphasis on county and
state un'its of taxation.
Favoring passage of Curtis
Reed bill, providing for federal
department of education.
Revision of crippled children's
law urged so county shall replace
school districts in supplying funds
for education of cripples.
Requesting board of trustees of
Health conditio ns generally
throughout the world were better
during the year ended June 30,
1927, than for any previous year
on record, according to the sur
geon general's report j recently
transmitted to congress, a copy of
which has reached ; the Marlon
county health demonstration
here.
The first half of the year was
characterized by unusually low
death rates in foreign countries.
The most serious condition that
Interposed to prevent even, lower
mortality rates in Europe: was the
epidemic of influenza which af-
Jfected a considerable area of that
I part of the world. ; j
Bubonic plague, which, by rea
son of its wide geographic distri
bution and the method: of its
spread, remains one of the major
quarantinable diseases, continued
to be pandemic, but was less prev
alent than in other years.
The health of the People of the
United States was generally good
during the year, as compared with
preceding years. The death rate
for all causes for the calendar
year 1926 in 28 states was 12.1
per 1,000 population; This was
slightly higher than the rate for
1925, which was 11.7. The in
crease was probabjly.; je.Y'
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juratory
Williams whereby Williams agrees
voluntarily to pay into the assets obJections to the agreement must
ously asserted that they were li
able because of their official con
nection with the bank.
While the six were directors
when the bank failed, Williams
had not been a director for some
time prior to that. At one time
he was president of the bank. The
voluntary contributions are of
fered to satisfy all the disputed
claims.
Since the bank was operating
under the old banking law the
stockholders are not subject to
double liability.
In the liquidation of the bank's
asset? the state banking depart
ment has paid dividends amount
ing to 35 per cent on savings de
posits and 18 per cent on com
mercial deposits.
The petitions were filed by
Schramm through W. L. Taylor,
deputy superintendent of banks in
charge at Tillamook, and after
they had been submitted toi H. T
Botts, one of the directors and
their attorney, and to II. H. Ros
enberg, chairman of the deposit
ors' committee. Botts and Rosen
berg agreed to this compromise.
Judge Bagley ordered that any
of the bank the sum of 17625
The other contains an agreement
between Schramm and the six oth
er stockholders who were directors
of the bank when it was closed
last March. Under this agreement
the six voluntarily offer to pay
a total of $7625, the same amount
offered by Williams, making $12,
250 in all, or about 4.6 per cent
of the bank's deposits when it
closed. This was $325,000.
The six men' signing this agree
ment are D. Fitzpatrick, T. W.
Lyster, M. Abplanalp, William
Maxwell, James Williams, and H.
T. Rotts. Wililams and these six
denied that they were liable to the
bank. But some of the depositors.
creditors and stockholders vigor-
be filed with the court by Febru
ary 6. If any are filed a date will
be set for their hearing.
LOSERS WILL TREAT
FINAL EPISODE OF ELKS CON
TEST FRIDAY NIGHT
winning team, under R. N. Mac-
uonald, to a banquet.
Time for the banquet to begin
has been set at 6 p. m.
MacDonald's team secured 331
members during the recent cam
paign, Gingrich's team getting on
ly 255. The losere were required
to carry the winners in wheelbar
rows at the time of the Elks' par
ade Monday evening.
The Bert Mulllns confectionery
in Heppner was robbed and about
$70 taken from the safe, which
may have been unlocked.
Sour Stomach
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"Phillips Milk of Magnesia"
Better than Soda
The final episode in the recent
Elke membership campaign in
which over 500 new members were
taken into the local Elks lodge
will take place at the lodge rooms
on Friday evening of this week,
when the 30 men on Oscar Ging
rich's losing team will treat the
Instead of soda hereafter take
little "Phillips Milk of Magne
sia" in water any time for indi
gestion or sour, acid, gassy stom
ach, and relief will come Instantly
For fifty years genuine "Phil
ips Milk of Magnesia has been
prescribed by physicians because
it overcomes three times as much
acid In the stomach as a saturated
solution oi bicarbonate of soda,
leaving the stomach sweet and
tree front all gases. It neutralizes
acid fermentations In the bowelt
and gently urges the souring waste
from the system without purging
Besides, it is more pleasant to
take than soda. Insist upon
"Phillips." Twenty-five cent and
rifty cent bottles, any drugstore.
"Milk of Magnesia" has been the
U. S. Registered Trade Mark of
The Charles H. Phillips Chemical
Co. and its predecessor Charles II.
Phillips since 1875. Adv.
ge numiof deaths from. resLJ,: V' '' I
aiory aiseases. i r" " ww
SPAN PLANS APPROVED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP)
Plans submitted by! the county
clerk ef Clatsop county, i Oregon,
for a bridge over Lewis and Clark
river, seven and a half miles south
of Astoria, Ore., were approved by
the war department today.
Aspirin Gargle
in Sore Throat
i or Tonsilitis
Prepare a harmless' and effec
tive gargle by dissolving two
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" in four
tablespoon fuls of water. Gargle
throat thoroughly. Repeat in
two hours if necessary.!
Be sure you use only the genu
ine Bayer Aspirin, marked with
the Bayer Cross, which lean be had
in tin boxes of twelve tablets for
few cents. Adv.
A SMOOTH RUNNING CAR
CANNOT BE OBTAINED
WITHOUT LUBRICATION !
Monroe S. Cheek i
Complete Automotive Lubrication
Court at Capitol Phone 2295
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'At the first sign of
r cow cougmng.sneex-
ins or discharge from
the nose go right to a
asr store and set a box of
KILL'S. Take a couple at once
and cold breaks up. HILL'S knocks
a cold in 24 hours because it does
the four necessary things all at
ooce stops the cold, checks the
fever, opens the bowels, tones the
system ' . - ' ' --"
HILL'S Stop Colds
in Qne Day
DMlarantlvwMi
to rrmorn or So. Tka
oat sim end the cold in m day. Be
tt'sbuxkaUMteasoa. i cents
W; HILL'S
any cold, n bst md
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Gone Together
For the New
Year Is Here
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MILK RAW
OR PASTEURIZED
Delivered in cream top bottles you pour off the cream, the milk
stays in the bottle. Cream and milk distinct and separate fo'r
the price of milk alone. -
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