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SALEM IS ONION CENTER
of this yarn than our mills can spin. And it is his opinion
that the time will come when there will be room lor iuu or
more such linen mills as we now have. The flax and linen
industries will be the greatest single growing and manufac
turing line in Oregon for all time, eventually. And there
are many signs of big developments in this field soon.
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ID BLUED BY TIE DID OF NATURE
But There Is a Note of Wist fulness in the Following De
scription of the Scenes Around Boyles Lakes Near Rick
reall in Childhood Days; Onion Beds Now Take the Places
of the Lakes That Were There in Pioneer Times.
Salem is the onion center of Oregon and the onion set cent
er of the region west of the Rocky mountains
And the onion industry has become stabilized here ; made
stable on quality and quantity. Our growers produce an on
ion that sells often on the eastern markets at as much as 75
cents a hundred pounds above the market price, and some
of our growers get 600 hundred pound sacks or two cars of
onions to the acre. These advantages make for stability in
the industry.
"Onions wlil bring a higher return for a smaller amount
of capital invested than any other big money crop that can
be grown on beaverdam lands," declared a leader of the in
dustry a couple of years ago. One grower of onions on the
Labish beaverdam lands received $4500 for his crop of five
acres, and handled it direct from the field to the market.
We havfe an onion cult here. Our growers have been learn
ing; are learning all the time. They find that the superior
keeping qualities of the onions grown on the Labish beaver
dam lands is due to the sulphur in the soil. They are learning
the best methods of fertilization. They grow each year an
onion of higher quality and with greater per acre tonnages.
There is a vast tract of land in the Santiam irrigation
section that is good onion soil. There is a big acreage of
beaverdam land in this district that has not yet been cleared
and drained
So there are possibilities of great expansion
In fact, Salem may well look forward to the time when
she will likely be the center of the greatest onion industry
in the United States; the shipping, banking and merchandis
ing center.
ON ON MM
B BEAUTY COMBINED
The annual Slogan subject for the Farming and Industrial
Magazine Section of The Statesman of next Sunday is pota
toes. We can build up a great potato industry here. There
are prospects of securing a potato starch, flour and dextrine
factory in Salem, with feeder factories all over this district.
This would certainly put our potato industry on the map,
permanently.
Editor Statesman: j turned into an onion bed. Itf was
Yesterday as I stood on the brow a reminder of the time wheji the
of the Boyle hill two miles west of j lakes were tho renter of winter
Riekreall I was attracted by a j sports in the Rickreall valley. In
body of water, caused by the; ice-time crowds would come from
recent rains, that covered a spot j the nearby village and town and
j from which a lake had been : the surrounding country, dj ins-
drained to prepare ground for ing skates, bob and hand sjc-q.
onions. ; The woods would ring with shouts
On tho crest of the hill at my , and laughter all day and unti
rirhf ik than a onarter of a mile i long after midnight. At night
away the old home of Dr. James j when the bonfires were kindled on
Rnvi Ktiii stnnft Tt wA built! thn hanks the trees and Rmall
75 years ago but shows its ad- growth festooned with snow and
vanced age only bv the style of icicles around thp old lakes were
the architecture. At the foot of glorious in their beauty. Not lees
the hill and Immediately in front ! beautiful, hut more, tranquil, was
of the spot on which I stood is a i the springtime when the children
large clump of ash, cottonwood. i would run down from the Boyle
oak and a sprinkling of fir trees. home to pick wijd-flowers. Each
and various kinds of undergrowth ' day at the lakes was a wonderful
which cover nearly 10ft acres. At! day a day never to be forgotten,
one time these trees surrounded Why this sense of desecration?
three lakes mere lakelets com-j The onion bed is a spot of gTeen
pared with Crater, Fish. Odell and j with which no other green can be
many other Oregon lakes. Rut in likened to" add a speck of color to
this vale they were real lakes, j the dry grass and ripened grain of
About these lakes there in an the summertime. It looks like the
Indian legend that, was carried j gold of summer combined and
down for ages. But realism ha blended by the hand of nature with
long since blotted the legend from ' the deep blue of the Oregon hills
the mind of the Indian, as com- and mountains.
is essentially rich in organic mat.
ter the vital constituent of pro
fitably producing soils. The nit
rogen content also is high, but
the phosphorus and potash com
paratively low. The moisture
holding capacity i unusually good.
Such arc tho characters of the
Lake Labish onion lands. Further
more they are practically virgin,
and unexhausted by years of pre
vious cropping, for the Industry
of onion growing is comparatively
young in tho Labish distrlff. A
carload of onions per acre is the
Labish slogan and it is in some
cases being exceeded.
Oregon onion markets are in
creasing gradually in widenets of
distribution and possible increase
in volume of shipments. While
there may be no unusual Increase
in planting for a few years to
come, yet the business of onion
production under the favorable
conditions of the Labish country
is a stable one that will continue
to bring, year in and year out.
profitable returns to growers and
the community at large.
mercialisro has drained the waters
from the lakes. Now in the place
of the bodies of water are onion
beds, carrot fields and gardens.
Menioriew of Beauty
As I viewed the scene I waa
charmed by a childhood vision
mirrored from the great body of
water that filled the basin of one
of the beloved lakes that was
Each generation must live its
own life. Hence the things en
joyed by the preceding generation
are pnshed out by accumulated
circumstances. Yet sometimes we
marvel as to wha,t will be left of
nature in the way of beauty and
thrills for them that come next.
M CAROLINE F. BURCH.
Rickreall. Ore., Feb. 6, 1928.
BUSINESS OF III PRODUCT DN ED
During the past week, a good deal of progress has been
made in the flax and linen industries of the Salem district.
The largest buyer of linen yam in this country has been here,
and he has told our people that there is a demand for more
Dates of Slogans in Oregon Statesman
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 6, Is 27
Prunes, October 13
Dairying, October 20
Flax, October 27
Filberts, November 3
Walnuts. November 10
Strawberries, November 17
Apples, Figs, Etc., Nov. 2 4
Raspberries, December 1
Mint, December 8
Beans, Etc, December IS
Blackberries, December 22
Cherries. December 29
Pears. January 5. ,192
Gooseberries, January 12
Corn, January 19
Celery, January 28
Spinach. Etc., February 5
Onions, Etc.. February 12
Potatoes. Etc., February 19
Bees. February 26
Poultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 4
City Beautiful. Etc.. March 11
Great Cows, March IS
Paved Highways, March 25
Head Lettuce, April 1
Silos. Etc.. April 8
Legumes, April 15
Asparagus, Etc, April 22
Grapes, Etc, April 29
Drug Garden, May 6
Suerfr Industry, May 13
Water Powers. May 20
Irrigation. May 27
Mining. June 3
Land, Irrigation, Etc, June 10
Floriculture, June 17
Hops. Cabbage, Etc.. June 24
Wholesaling, Jobbing. July 1
Cucumbers, Etc., July 8
Hogs July IS
Goats. July 22
Schools, July 29
Sheep, August 5
Seeds, August 12
National Advertising. Aug. 19
Livestock, August 26
Grain & Grain Products, Sept. 2
Manufacturing, Sept. 9
Woodworking. Etc.. Sept. 16
Automotive Industries, Sept 23
Paper Mills. Sept. 30
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IS A STABLE ONE A! WILL INCREASE
Lake Labish Seition Near Salem Has Become An Onion
Growing Region That Now Has the Largest Acreage in
the State The Early Slogan of a Car Load to the Acre Is
Being Exceeded Prof. Bouquet, College Authority, Tells
of the Industry Here
(The following article on the
onion growing industry of the
Labish district near Salem was
written for the annual onion
Slogan number of The Statesman
of last year, by Prof. A. O. B.
Bouquet of the Oregon Agricul
tural college. Mr. Bouquet is
professor of market gardening of
that institution:)
Comparatively few states in the
Union have as largo an area of
peat land as Oregon 'possesses.
Many thousands of acres in the
state are as yet undeveloped, but
already there are several districts
in which th producing rower of
the "organic" types of soil are
amply demonstrated.
The commercial growing of on
ions is very closely associated with
tho development of peat lands in
the state. Some 75 years ago the
low lands of the Tualatin River
valley were prepared for onion
growing and an industry started
in Washington county that became
one of the most stable and valu
able branches of the horticultural
business of Orepon.
In the past few years the exten
sion of the onion industry has
naturally followed those area;-
that have many acres of rich peat
bottom and thus a few years ago
tb hitherto undrained and unre
claimed Lake Labish section be
came an onion growing region that
has now the largest acreage in
the state.
t'nusual Advantage
This section has unusual advan
tages for onion growing, the type
of soil in the area being, of course
the chief reason for the onion
growing development.
New peat or drained lake land
BARRELS AND MOR
E
AND MO
E
BARRELS
The Steamer Northwestern
Brings Big Shipment of
Empty Ones To Salem
When the steamer Northwest
ern of the Salem Navigation com
pany docked at Salem early this
week it had the appearance of a
spirit ship from the land of the
moonshiners. Barrels, empty bar
rels, and more barrels were in
every available space on the decks
of the boat. More than 300 of
the oak containers were unloaded
at the navigation company's dock
for the Gideon Stoli company.
This shipment, which is one
car load, will be filled with gin
ger and shipped to distant mar
kets soon from the Stoli factory.
The vinegar output of the com
pany has grown from a few har
rels a few years ago until now
carloads of the product arc ship
ped each year.
The horse that bolts grain fed
to him does not get from it th
same supply of nutrition he would
if he ate it at a moderate rate.
He can be I forced to seat less
rapidly by spreading the grain
over the bottom of a large flat
box. by placing several smooth
stones about three Inehes in di
ameter in the box, or by mixing
the grain with bran, cut hav or
some similar feed.
Good barley seed rs hard to ob
tain unless ordered early. Be
cause of high feedrnr value the
best varieties of barley are some
times gone by seeding time. Hann-
cnen is the best variety for wes
tern Oregon, finds the Oregon ex
periment station.
GIDEON STOLZ CO.
Manufacturer of
Vinegar, Soda Water,
Fountain Supplies
Salem Phone 30 Ore.
W. V. ItOSKURAl'GH
COMPANY
Manufacturers of
Warm Air Furnaces. Fruit Dry
ing Stoves, Smoke Stacks,
Tanks, Steel and Foundry
Wrk. Welding a Specialty.
17th & Oak Sts. Salem," Ore.
i. b. cmr shook
Salem Wicker Furniture
Manufacturing Co.
W rir-
Onalne TUtUn Kmtui QaJity
Fnrnitur . "
Kplrlnr. Rfini,hinr. rphn1itriftr
22 1 St.te St.. Slcm. Otcob
DEPENDABLE
WELDING
Electric and Acetylene
C. D. OPPEN
Phones: 372; Res. 20S5-J
05 Mill St. Salem, Ore.
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