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I 18 The Slogan Pages Are Yours; Aid in Slaking Them Helpful SALE THE STATESMAN dedicates several pages each week in the interest 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 section. Help make Salem grow. I AURORA PICKLE FACTORY HAS BEEN A SUCH Hill START AND IS NOW DN A BASIS DP S10U.UUU ANNUAL OUTPUT, WHICH MJSYDMLE IN THE PRESENT YEAH Started Only a Year Ago, the Enterprise Has Progressed to a Point Where It Is an Es tablished and Going Concern; With ah Expanding Trade, and With Prospects for Doubling Its Operations the Coining Year, and With a Future That Looks Bright Has a Force of 25 Employees Working the Year Through, and This Is Likely to Look Small in the Years to Come Is a Community Enterprise, Deserving Well of the Peo ple of This Entire Section Contracts With Farmers All the Way From New Era to Jefferson for the Growing of the Cucumbers and Dill and Onions and Cauliflower Aurora is justly very proud of her pickle factory. Only a year old, it has become one of the out standing industries of this district. Joining up the industries on the land with the manufacturing plant in the town. The Stafford Pickle company is the torporation name. It is a name that harks back to 1869. to the time when II. W. Stafford, father adding salt. Mr. statrora nas of J. J j. Stafford, manager of the handled cucumbers after they had Aurora plant, established his first been six years in brine. , pickle factory in Chicago. Wheni The processing tanks are In the he retired, in 111. having sold) main factory buildins? in front, his business, he had 17 factoi ies, ;There are four of these. The in Illinois, Indiana. Michigan and Wisconsin. The finishing facto ries were in Chicago and Mcllenry, Illinois, and Winamac, Indiana. The rest were salting factories. So J. L. Stafford grew up la the pickle business. He has work ed in pickle factories ever sinceibers go into vinegar or Into dill he was a small boy. He had charge of a salting station when he was 13. He was in charge of the Michigan plants belonging to his father in 1506. Work in Oregon He entered the service for the World war in Illinois, and after he was mustered out came to Oregon and had charge of the plant of the Sterling Food Prod uct company In Portland, mak ing pickles and Jellies. He was with that company for two years, when he organized the Oregon Pickle and Canning company at Gresham, Oregon, which he operated for. two years, his father being associated with him there. He sold that plant in June, 1923, to the California Conserving com- .pany, and his father died in Oc- ' tober of that year Mr. Stafford remained aa man ager for the California Conserving . company till he came to Aurora, and during that time he built for that company the plant at Moni tor, Marlon county. ' j Im Aurora m Year The Aurora plant was started a year ago. The nrst cucumbers .were received on July 13 of last yea. The construction of th.e first! building had been started, but the first cucumbers were' put - iatq barrels, housed ia a .tempora ry building, the initial factory ; building ef the new plant not be- . lag ready. - This building. Is 64 by 74 feet and contains the salting tanks. The main factory build- -.ing is 50 by 100 feet, joining onto the first building in front.' The -latter building was not finished THIS WEfiK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That Salem has become the headquar ters and market center for a great encumber industry; that, more cucumbers ought to be raised under glass here, for the local and outside markets; that an increase ing, acreage js being derpteet tVthe fiehf cultiration of cucumbers, for pickles;- that our-pickling works here-' abouts will grow in size; with additional salting sta tions at various points; that there Is money in the rais ing of cucumbers here, either under, glass or in the op en; that, in fact, this is the best cucumber country on earth, and only awaits the right men with the right methods to push it further to the front in this field? Dates of Slogans in (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October , 1927 Prunes, October 13 Dairying, October 20 Flax, October 27 Filberts, November S Walnuts, November 10 Strawberries, November 17 Apples, Figs, Etc., Not. 24 Raspberries, December 1 Mint, December 8 Beans, Etc., December IS Blackberries, December 32 Cherries, December 2f Pears, January 0. IMS Gooseberries, January 12 Corn. January It Celery, January 28 Spinach. Etc.. February t . Onions. Etc., February 12 Potatoes, Etc.. February, it Bees. February 28 Poultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 4 City Beautiful, Ete March 11 Great Cows, March 18 Paved Highways. March 28 Head Lettuce. April. l . .. . i6Uos, Etc, April I, . Legumes,: April. 18- j -Asparagus, Ete.r April 32 M DISTRICT n.fa9 sn m till in February of this year. There 000. Surely not a bad showing and are 20 tanks of 5000 gallons ca-t poor prospect for the future , w'ln the way of community benefits. pacity each in the first or tank Vmr w-y huildine. The tauks hold 17 tons! Tll ain nf .,- iP-t nt the of pickles each. Some of tfiem are new this year: not used yet. Last Indefinitely The cucumbers In the brine in the tanks may be held indefinitely, with occasional skimming off, n.' water in Ihese. in which the cu cumbers are being processed, is changed according to a regular system. It Is heated with steam with a siphon system, and the cu cumbers are cooked. After being processed and cooked, the cucum- brine. They are sorted according to size. Some are shipped in bulk, after going through the finishing processes. Some go in glas Jars,' neatly labeled. The Aurora fac tory puts up attractive looking Jars, and the quality Is high. The flavoring is right. Buying; the Cucumbers Contracts are made in advance for the growing and delivering of the cucumbers. The company con tracts with the farmer for his en tire crop. The price runs from $70 a ton down to 58 a ton. The small cucumbers command the higher prices. The largest sizes bring the lower prices. The larger the size, the smaller the price. The prices of pickles to the con sumer run the same. The smaller the sizes, the higher, the prices. It all goes like the grading of prunes. The little prunes bring the small prices. The Organization J. L. Stafford is president of the company. Arthur Kraus Is vice president, and Zeno Schwab, sec retary-treasurer. The two other directors are Dr. B. F. Giesy and George Ehlen. They are all Au rora people. The stockholders are nearly all residents of that city and section. . In fact, all but two The capital stock Is $50,000.00. The output of manufactured ar ticles, from the crop of last year will run, when all disposed of, to about"! 100,000.. . There should be a bumper crop this year and it Is possible that the output may .about double fn value. Tkat Is, for the second year's operations, the. vol ume of business may run to 1200, Oregon Statesman Grapes, Etc., April 29 Drug Garden, May C Sugar Industry, May IS Water Powers, May 2d Irrigation. May 27 Mining, June I Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 10 Floriculture, June 17 Hops. Cabbage. JCtti June 24 Wholesaling. Jobbing. July 1 Cucumbers, Etc., July f Hogs July li Goats. July 22 Schools. July 29 Sheep, August Seeds. August 12 National Advertising. Aug. 19 Livestock.' August if Grata Grain Products, Sept. 1 Manufacturing, Sept. Woodworking. Ktc. Sopt. It Automotive Industries. Sept It Paper Mills. Sept. SO ' (Bach copies of the Thurs day edition of The Dally- Ore gen , Statesman are . on hand... They are for .sals nt It cents ash," mailed to any address. Current topics I cents. THE OREGON sesiinttuve ni sat un mm fin8ned products began last fall, with dill pickles. The sale of the finished products in the other lines did not begin till in March of this year. There are now 25 people on the payrolls. The number, will be in creased in harvest time; when the new crop of cucumbers is coming in . This will begin the middle of the month. The season is late. Ordinarily the first cucumbers will arrive about the 5th of July in this section. Besides cucumbers, dill, onions and cauliflower are contracted for, to be grown by the farmers. The contracts for the Aurora plant run with farmers all the way from New Era to Jefferson. Some of the small onions for the present pack came from last year s crop grown in the Lake Labish district near Salem. Nat urally, the growers are mostly in the Aurora section. . Of High Quality The whole pack is of high quali ty. There is a reputation to sus tain, and there is a future to con sider, so nothing but the best, in the most attractive shape for mar keting, is sent out. The sizes of the glass containers are varied, of course. There are many kinds of pickles. The Aurora factory makes all of the stndard kinds, and spe cializes on attractiveness as well as quality. There are two men on the road selling the output of the factory. They often come Into con tact with people in the trade who knew about the Stafford pickles In the Chicago trade field. In these cases the selling is easy.. The Stafford name in the pickle trade Is a good name. It stands for cleanliness .and. quality and proper flavor. That Is what the writer . means by the statement above that there Is a reputation to sustain. ' . v ' - . As to the statement about the future to, consider, this la a per manent business It ia a communi ty enterprise. It hae been, from the first and is now an Important community, asset, and there are possibilities of making it a great Community aaet at rnarlnr l such" an outstanding indus'try as to make Aurora one of the best small city communities in' the whole country. It has always been a clean and thrifty town and sec tion. The class of help In the fac tory la of the highest. It Is healthy and. sanitary. . All the operations are spotlessly clean. Good For V All The Willamette Grocery com pany, Salem's pioneer and patrl otic wholesale grocery house. ha taken on the line of the Staf ford Pickle company. The line is beln pushed by this reliable and enterprising concern, along with other locally grown and manufac tured -product.- This Is a- real help. It la In the line with com munity service that la god for this whole section. And the products of the Auro ra pickle factory are being "ad vertised by their loving frineds." The fame of the excellence of the quality of the products is being passed from neighbor to neigh bor. On Friday, while the report er was at the factory gathering the information contained In this article, and securing the photo graph for the cut there wUh. lady tourist came, seeking to buy a large Jar of the sweet pickles. The quality had been recommended to her by a neighbor In a distant town While the managers do no retail ing, selling only to the trade, an exception was made and the lady accommodated. This shows how the fame of the pickles turned, out at Aurora Is being heralded. That is the best kind of advertising, Every one In Salem and this whole district, will profit from the growth and prosperity of this in dustry. Everyone should help In the way of patronage. Each one who may buy any of the Aurora factory product will -become a booster for the quality and flavor and attractiveness of Che articles. They are truly good. Leeks Like Winner - The -whole ".atmosphere around the factory makes the enterprise look like a winner. The picture herewith gives a front view of the faetory bunding, shewing also the force cl employees working there on- Friday.- - :- STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. to Your Wonderful City and Section MDU5TRI There la an air of order and contentment and solidity about the whole enterprise. The company owni five acres of land In its fac tory site. There is ample room for expansion. If the bumper crop of cucumbers that ia expected comes this year, there will have to be - ..im.. .-v. nrn-iAmA .mi a Toof to shelter them. This wlllj people employed the year through probably mean more building this a Aurora in making pickles, there year. Almost, "the sky is the lim-jmay be hundreds within a few It," on what may happen fn the Tears; and this would stimulate way of expansion In the future, the growth of the town and the The people of this country are j well being of that section as few eating more pickles. Women who other influences could. enOHG CUCUMBERS FOR PICKLES ACGQRDHJG TO THE OAC BULLETIN Proper Soil and Its Preparation, Fertilizers, Varieties, Seed ing, Thinning, Harvesting, Yields and Profits, as Outlined by College Expert for the Growers " " . ("Growing Cucumbers for Pick- Ies" is the subject of Circular 211 of the Oregon Agricultural col lege, the author being A. G. B. Rououet professor of market gar- denlng. The full text of this bul-J" letin follows) : In view of the fact that a set contract price ie paid for the ton nage of pickles delivered, k is Important that the grower be able to deliver as high a tonnage as possible to the factory. The fol lowing suggestions, therefore, are made In reference to Important factors which affect the yield of cucumbers In the field. SOIL. Cucumbers will grow on . ., 1... . . V A 1 1 a variety, oi sons, dui mc jm will vary according to the charac ters which each kind of soil pos sesses. Land that Is Inclined to be sandy and light la usually defi cient In humus or organic matter, and also dries out more quickly during the dry months, with a re sulting short yield. On the other hand, a clay loam soil may be come more packed and hard from heavy late spring, rains or because, of being tramped while picking. It may. for that reason, be some what unfavorable. A medium hea vy sandy loam or a clay loam with plenty of humus In It are eoll types that ordinarily produce the larg est yields. Peat and Beaver dam soils on account of their being able to hold moisture ' well pro duce large quantities of pickles per aere. : Lahd that.has been previously well farmed, oir new land entirely. are the tvpes of soil best capable of delivering good yields. Cucum fcra tr trou feeders and will prove to be a losing proposition on any land that,.U showing symp toms of being worn out.. The moisture holding capacity of soil for cucumbers is one of the factors . that., determines whether the crop will be short or otherwise during the. dry months. Strong growing vines are ' necessary, for big yields and continuous produc tlon. Fitting the Soil: Any soil .in tended for cucumbere should be plowed early and kept well worked up until planting time. This Is nec essary In order to kill weeds, eon serve moisture, to keep. the. soil loose and pf event packing, and to make plant food in. the soil, and a fertlllxer applied more readily available for the use of the plants. A finer and richer seedbed Is also thus obtained. The land should be thoroughly . worked, down until it Is ae near.ee possible similar to an aah mile, so that there may he quick germination of the seeand the moisture be" held well .during the dry months. Fertilisers j No fertilizer gives better results for cucumbers tban well rotted stable manure. If it Is plentiful it may be spread broad cast and plowed under, or If the manure is fine and short it can be utilized to better advantage by be ing throughly disked In. If ma nure le scarce It will have fo be used by applying a fork full in each hill. In some cases, the ma nure Is distributed In a furrow. which Is plowed out fepy five or ix feet, but this is ordinarily not so common a method as the broad casting or the application of ma nure to each hill. Commercial fertilisers may of ten be profitably used, either mix ed toe-ether bv the grower or bought already mixed In the form of the complete fertilizer, averag ing possibly S per cent to 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phos phoric arid, and 10 per cent po taeh. Such a formula would re quire an application of about 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, 2 pounds of blood meal or dried blood, S00' pounds of superphos phate or bone meal, and 200 toi 2S0 pounds of 'potash, either no rlate or sulphate. Of tula mixture 500 to 700 pounds could be used per acre, broadcasted over the cu cumber area la late March or ear ly April and lightly harrowed In. If the grower does not desire to home-mix these materials ha can purchase a complete : '-fertiliser made ap of similar simple fertil- Ixers' In' a somewhat like pTOpor tion. . ES wait to, reduce are taking more of them than ever befqre. The mar- (get possibilities are nil but un- limited. The marketing outlet is not confined to Oregon and the rest of the coast states. It may spread to the whole country, and to other countries. Instead of 25 A most successful grower of pickles who has raised a very large yield per acre, manures well, and, (before planting applies tuu pounasbany and did for a time up to of good fertilizer per acre, works In well, and levels the ground varieties), vukhsu rnnniis Is mostly used, alao Boston Pickling. and Snow'B Perfection. Seed is us ually supplied by the company. About three pounds of seed are used per acre. Seeding. There are two definite ways of seeding. First, drilling the seed in rows five feet apart; and second, planting the seed In hills three feet apart In rows placed five feet apart. There are several advantages in the drill method.! Pftrst, there Is less labor In seed ing; second, the plants are better distributed; third, there Is a chance of a better and more even stand; fourth, more moisture is available for the Individual plant during the dry season; fifth, the rows are narrower for cultivation. and again there is more room be tween the individual plant for hoe ing, rather than when they are standing close together in the hills. Growers use both methods, with a stronger tendency toward the drill method. One grower who has raised a very large amount of pickles per acre sows his seed with a seed drill, using about three and one-half pounds per acre, having the ground furrowed out every three and a half feet. After these furrows are worked well with a fine toother cultivator the. seed is sown. As soon as convenient, the young plants are cultivated, so that the .furrows are filled up. thereby making the cucumber plants deeply rooted. This would be a very desirable method of seeding where there might be a tendency for the soil to dry "out considerably during the summer lime. Dusting plants for. insect: The striped cucumber beetle Is active on the young plants soon after they show up well following germ ination, zperlments in controlling this beetle show that nicotine sul phate dust la effective, especially when put on early In the day while the air Is stlU. by means of a cheesecloth sack, or a small bel lows hand duster. It may be nec essary to repeat this dust two or three times, according to weather conditions prevailing. It Is espe cially desirable to put "this dust on the young plants soon after they are through the ground. It is not advisable to thin all of the plants .In the row at one. time. . Another harmful Iseect Is the twelve-spotted, bean weevil, which fan ajso be controlled by using the same dust mentioned above,', or there may be an addition to the nicotine sulphate of some arsenate of lead powder, so that the grow er would be hi a position to use a combined dust, which is on the market ready for application. Thinning Planter If the drill method of seeding has been used. it is advieable to thin the plants to a distance of about 12 inches apart In the row. If the hill me thod of seeding has been used there would usually be about three plants left to each hill, placed as far apart as possible, so that each plant may have as much moisture as It is poreible to get, and also so that the plants can be hoed In be tween. Harvesting: Picking is the chief item of expense. Vines must be picked clean In order to prevent formation of large unmarketable cucumbers. The highest price is paid for the smallest cucumbers. so a constant regular picking ia necessary. The area can conven lently be divided Into two or more parts, one of which Is harvested each day. -Yields: These vary according to Individual farms and different soils. An analysis of farms produc ing pickles shows that an average of ten best growers In a district was eeven tons per acre, the varla-J tion being between five and ten tons. Of these yields there Is or dinarily about one third of each (Tads, with a slightly smaller nura er of No: 2 grades, and the oth er! when the fields are properly picked; The average ef seven teas would be divided aomewhat aa fol- JULY 8, 1928 lows:'. No. 1 2 8-4 tons; No. 2. 1 tons; No. 3. 2 tons. From eueh yields as above mentioned there would be an Income of about $225 per acre. Success in growing pickles may be summarized as follows: 1. Soil well fertilized and thor oughly fitted. 2. Strong vlgoroydy growing vines necessary, made possible by ample fertilization and good mois ture holding capacity of the soil. J. Control of Injurious beetles. 4. Clean picking, to prevent for mation of larve cucumbers. Publications dealing with the control of garden insects: Exten sion Bulletin 325, Insects Affect ing GsMefr and Truck Crops; U. S. D. A. Farmers Bulletin 1282, The Use of Nicotine Duests in Con trol of Garden Insects. Publications Relative to Veget able Gardening in General: The Market Growers . Journal, Lewis- ville. Kentucky; National Veget able Growers Paper. PICKLE INDUSTRY IS GROWING HERE Salting Stations and Pickle Factories Extend Their Scope Rapidly Salem baa for some time been the center of a cucumber growing industry. It Is increasing, and the pickle industry has been added, and that outlet is also growing and bound to keep on expanding. The Oregon Packing company. 'rm its headquarters In SaTem. I nnnrotno twrt SflttfnsF Stiff nlflvlf - WnnAhnrn and at Al- M - two years ago, operate a similar plant in Salem, in the 13th etreet building of that company.' The Salem plant is not now operated, because the room it occupied Is needed for storage and canning operations: especially for the can ning of beans and pumpkins, and for the preparation of fruits for the 12th street cannery of that concern. Far Flung Operations The Oregon Packing company Is la memDer oi me iar uuug tau- nery and packing family of the Del Monte brand people, reaching around the world. The Oregon Packing company managers contract each year for a large acreage of cucumbers, in several districts of Marlon" and Linn counties, where cucumbers may be grown to advantage and at a profit. Besides the cucum bers, they contract with certain of our farmers for the growing of dill, for the making of dill pickles. The salted cucumbers here are made up Into pickles, mostly, at the California pickling plants of this big concern, where they go into many kinds of pickles In all sorts of packages, for the general trade, and for the fancy trade al! over the country, and in fact all over the world. Forees are heeded the year through at the salting plants, in order to keep everything in order; for -the stock must be kept just right all the time, and be ready to send forward in car lots to the markets and to the finishing plante. A great deal of space Is needed by the salting vats and a ' visit to one of the stations fills a per son with wonder as to who 'eats ali the "pickles; veritable ; moun tains of them. . But the country and the . world are big, and the use of plcklee is very old and the appetite for them very general. and It Is Increasing now, in order to satisfy .- the desire of a large share of the women of the coun try 'to "reduce their figures to the desired school girl appearance. The West Salem and Woodburn district farmers are responsible for; a considerable portion of the raw supplies, for these salting plants. Two Others Now The Monitor plant of the Cali fornia Conserving, company also contracts for a considerable acre-' age of cucumbere and other- pickle supplies, to be grown arpund that point and Mount Angel and Wood burn. - - As told elsewhere In this num ber, the pickle factory at Aurora has come to be a large and grow ing factor in this Industry. my clem m $500 TO THE ACRE (S. P. Crenshaw of Scio, writing to The Statesman last year, said, I among other things:) The cucumber is relatively a; cheap crop to grow la thla section. I It ia planted about May 10 and! needs little attention until harvest ' time, which is from July 15 to I the middle of September. In order to achieve the beet re sults, one should pick his cucum bers every two days so aa to keep down the larger grades. The grades of cucumbers marketed arss : Grade 1 2 4 Bite. All nnder I inches 2 to t inches I. to 5 inches I inches and over Grade No. 1 Is sold for 110 per ton Grade No. 2 Is sold for $40 per ton Grade No. Is sold for S20 nerton Grade No. 4 is sold for III per ton If the crop is kept picked close. It will avoid most of the grades t and 4, making your crop mostly No. 1 and 2 trades at $10 and $40 per ton. . . : . ... . It requires ena pound of seed EDITORIAL A GREAT CUCUMBER AND PICKLE INDUSTRY Salem is becoming the center of a great and expanding cucumber and pickle industry We are growing an increasing acreage of cucumbers for tht salting plants at Woodburn and Albany and for the picklinp and preserving plant at Monitor and the new pickle factory at Aurora; and we are producing also the cauliflower and small onions and the dill needed for the pickle factories And we are growing considerable tonnage of cucumbers under glass for the fancy early trade. AH these branches of the industry are capable of vast ex pansion. We have the most favorable soil and climatic condi tions. Especially is this true in the irrigated districts such as the one in the West Stay ton section. Quality crops may be made the rule there, especially. Cucumbers make a splendid cultivated rotation crop. The; are good for the land. They are a profitable and interesting crop to grow. They give a lot of work to laborers in the pick ing season, and to workers in the factories. It is good to think of the expansion that is no doubt coming rapidly in this industry. SUCCESSFUL FARMER RAISES GOOD Sv. rr SEGARCEA, Rumania, July 7. (AP) Since the death of King Ferdinand, Queen Marie of Ru mania has turned her attention to horse breeding and cotton grow ing. ! Devoted since childhood to horseback riding, the widowed queen understands horses. She al so is a farmer and gardener ef no Bean note. With samples of Amer ican cotton ' seed supplied by Sproull Fouche, American com mercial attache In Rumania, the queen has planted a considerable acreage of cotton, which she finds superior to the Rumanian variety. . With the assistance of expert horse breeders of the Rumanian army, the queen has established on her royal estate here model studs, where . blooded draft and trotting horse are raised. Many Rumanian horse owners have lent the queen some of their finest specimens of stallions and maret for breeding purposes. Several of the horses "bred on the queen's es tate have won blue ribbons at state and county fairs. "I am Intensely fond o( horses, dogs and animals of all sorts." the queen told visitors at the royal es tate, here. "Whenever I have an duties, I go into the' country on per acre at 11.50 per pound. The seeds are planted in. hills four feet apart with three seeds in a hill. As the vines are trained along In rows, becoming more easy to pick The prod uctto'n'of the cucumber crop la a paying and interesting crop to handle. It may clear from S0 to 1500 per acre for the pro ducer. - . V A -good .agricultural country dotted with many smokestacks of industry makes a combination for future prosperity that has no equal. That is the picture of the Klamath country. Klamath Falls Herald. A Detroit policeman, raiding a wild party, was knocked out by a ukelele. Maybe that's the well known blunt Instrument the cub reporters talk about. Roseburg-News-Review. 'We bu King, Rock Spring Coal and G&sco and Diamond Briquets Also coal special designed for chicken brooder use. TELEPHONE 930 QUEEN MARIE HORSES ID ALSO C0TT1I oue oi uiy Uvoiue noitoa. 1 like riding better than any other diver sion In the world, and today, at 50, I ride just as vigorously ae I did at 20. I like going fast and far. I always take Princess Ileana or some other member of the generation with me. but before hand I take good care to know if they can stand as hard riding as I can. "I once had a thoroughbred named 'Grill-Sander, ' and I rode him 12 years. During the dark days of the war, when we were driven to Jassy by the Germans, my greatest consolation was to ride occasionally on 'Grul-Sanger' into the hills, far away from all the horrors and sadness. Another noble horse I had was a thorough Bred animal presented to me by Mr. Peter Augustus Jay, formerly American minister to Rumania." " ' Visited in A merle A few years ago. Queen Marl paid a visit to the United States, and en this trip she spent some time In Oregon. She speaks perfect English and is most democratic in her attitude,' OIU-MATIC WHAT IS IT? U-SEE THEO. M. BARR Phone 192 Pout i o c Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street at Trade i