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i ; 16 The New Oregon Statesman, Salem," Oregon. Sunday Horning, November 18. 1928 , FAMOVSF,OR FLA OR,.ARE IMPORTANT CROP Epicure Holds Nothing Is Better to Eat Than Apple From Fine Oregon Orchard In His Youth Henry T. Finck, Worfd-Renowned Mu- sical Critic and Author of Books, Lived . "1 In Midst of State's Orchards - Henry T. Finck. perhaps the -world1 beat and most extensively know musical critic, editor of the department of the New York Evenlag Post's department on " music', for years, and author of bout twenty, book and writer ot many; magacine articles,- told about the excellence of Oregon -afcplee In his last book, entitled "My Adventures in the Golden Age of Music," which was bis autobiography, finished about two years ago, Just before his death. - He wrote two books on subjects relating to epicurean J8?' -Food and Flavor" ana -Girth Control and was a world trav elr, so his Judgment was author- tlve. " The following are some ex cerpts from the pages of Mr. Finek's last book: "It Mka always been a matter of special satisfaction and pride to me that my early life, from my eighth year to my eighteenth, was associated inseparably wit Ore gon apples. , " "It there is anything in all the wide world better to eat than an Oregon apple I bare not found it thought I bare been an Indefatig able traveler on four out of tire continents of this globe of ours. "The term 'Oregon apples in eludes, of course, those K"wn. the state of Washing wWch formerly was a part of Oregqji territory, the grandest corner or the United States, because of its glorious snow peaks and forests. "When once a foolish notion is spread abroad It is fl08 Im possible to annihilate It. All my .life 1 have been fighting the out 'rageous lie that the highbred Oregon apple, while large and beautiful to look at. are Itferif to the underbred, puny eastern apples. During every one of the 43 years I spent In New Tor City the greatest apple market in the world, I compared the Oregon fruit with the eastern, and almost Invariably found the western better. m . "My testimony is of exceptional weight because I have always been an ultra epicure,' almost like a dog In the keenness of my ol factory sense, upon which our dis criminating enjoyment of fruit and all food depends chiefly. (Mr. Finck had explained this in two , of his former books. "Food and Flavor." and "Girth Control." - VNor Is this superiority ot Ore gon fruit due chiefly to the great er and more scientific "tare be stowed on orchard culture .on the -Pacific coast. It is largely due to soil and climate. Just as the quality and aroma of choice wines like Chambertin, Chateau Yquem, Barolo or Budai'are dependent on climatic and soil peculiarities in France, Italy, and Hungary. "Oregon apples can be grown only In Oregon. Hence my afore said pride. My youth was spent in the midst of a large orchard - which supported our family and, later on. paid for my education at Harvard. It came about in this way: "When we came from Missouri via New York and Panama to Portland, situated some hundred! miles up the Columbia and Wil lamette rivers, we did not stop at this metropolis of Oregon, which, wfth its view of five giant snow peaks, is undoubtedly the 'most fcieturesquely Bltuated city in the United States, but took the stage tor a village named Aurora Mills, 29 miles south of Portland. Here Dr. Kefl had made hia home ap parently because he could buy -there a floar mill and a saw mill and was gradually Importing his - colony from Missouri. We did not exactly belong to this colony, but we shared some of its socialistic advantages, while the colony benefited by my fath er -musical endeavors to help make life worth living. "By rare good luck, which 1 shall never cease to chuckle over, , he was able-to bay & house with m fine apple orchard on a hill on ly half a mile from the village, it was, as I have since discovered, one of the very first and .best of the' many commercial orchards ! for which Oregon soon became famous. I find from-my-diary that -we harvested up to 2,000 ; bushels in one year. "What did we do with them? My first impression Is that we ate most of them ! but there were . plenty left to ship to San Fran cisco. There they were sold, at aactlon, and the proceeds paid our living expenses, with a mar gin for other 'things. (In 1853 U fonr bushels of Oregon apples were sold in , San Francisco for $500 The following year forty bushels brought fz.SOO In the same market. Ia 1881 the ship-' ments of apples from Oregon amounted, to over 76,000 busheL) "., .V-, .- " "Of course we had the luscious Gravenstetns, . . wlnesaps, ex cellent .Newtown pippins: with KV yr Uen.y hi Onm By NmimmU If t RaUst, Orvms CAKTAX. KOVTTMEVTAL WOBJU . -' ; O- ttnm ft o. Pntitatm jo All Kinds ml Kramatoi Wrk - - Tmtimj m4 Of Dm: . ittO & Coa'l.Oppt I. 0.0.7. p li t o q d j - Saks and Service -;-irrBROS.i. High Street at Trade other favorites of our time, llkj Baldwins and greenings. . . ." We doted on white winter pearmains and on the russets, both goldeu and Roxbury which, alas, have become so scarce.' -We had green Newtowns which were even more Juicy than the yellow. What has become of Jhem and what of the mealy bellflowers, and the unique western seek-nl-further and oth- rers worth perpetuating? . . . There were rambos, too; you can never get them now. . . . : "You may not : bellere It, but it Is a positive fact that we never needed to spray against pernicious insects and we never had it plow ed. No need of these things. . T Surely, Oregon is the natural home of the'apples." , New Plant In West Salem Is Now Turning Out a Large Amount of Cider The largest eqmmerclal j plant in that lice here Is the Puritan Cider Works of West Sajem, front ing on the Salenr-Dallas highway. It was built and is owned and operated by Robert Crawford. The building, erected this year,, is 40 by 56 feet, with two floors and a full basement. The equipment is quite up to date, and the process es are all sanitary. This plant this year pressed a considerable tonnage of loganber ries, also of grapes, the Juicee of which have been disposed of lo cally, with a Bupply of each left over. Since the apple picking sea son opened, the plant has been op erating steadily to capacity, mak ing sweet cider for th general trade, and vinegar stock cider for the makers of that product. Orchard run supplies of apples are bought and the best of them are taken for the sweet cider, which is turned out in a much more sanitary condition than is possible in a smaller plant or with Inferior facilities or the employ ment of less careful methods. The sweet cider la put up In bottles and kegs and barrels of various sixes, and it is demand by the trade. Mr. Crawford has In mind fur ther expansions in the turning out of additional apple products that will have a ready demand. He has built up a good business that gives promise of a prosperous future. Cider making will last till about the first of February. THE Tl WORKS m This Week's Slogan DID YOU NOW, that Salem has ever been, is and will always be an apple center; that this is a natural apple country; that it will always be one of the best apple markets in the Pacific Northwest because of the jrreat demand for the small and cheaper grades and the culls and by-products used in manufacturing here; that for the fancy varieties and grades it is as good as any, and in a few of the fancy varieties our growers excel those in the best advertised districts; that for these reasons, Salem will maintain her lead and some .of the greatest commercial apple orchards of the future will be located in the Willamette valley, because we produce the best flavored apples in the world; and that there is room for more intelligent and painstaking apple grow-, ers here? We should have a slogan for our apples, like this: "It's the Flavor." - vv OO-MTIC ! WHAT IS IT? '; SEE : THEO. M. BARR . Phone 192 Oregon Pulp , Maaafactarern BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Tour Office Stationery Capitol Bargain ;and 105-145 Center - Tel. 398 All Kinds of Junk Bought and Sold Anything from a Needle to a Steam Engine - -. CASH PAID FOR RAGS, BOTTLES, BARRELS, .OLD PAPER, CARPET3, IRON," WOOL, PELTS, GRAPE ROOT, CfilTTAM BARK, PEPPERMINT OIL, ETC. APPLE PRODCtrntUI BEIIIG STABIUZI The Peak Has Been Reached . In Boxed Apple Dtstrleta of the Northwest . (Ed. S. Biehn of Salem -to one of our apples experts.- He .baa lnr of our apples. . He has always contended "that In point of flavor the Willamette Valley produces the best" apple known, and has predicted that in due course this district will "come - back"' in its renatatlon as a great apple coun try, through the production of the proper varieties and the carrying on of the right cultural methods. Mr. Blebn gives the. statesman tne following facta concerning the present status of the apple indus try Jn this country:) . While the noxed apple tonnage of the Salem district has no ma terial effect on world markets, a large portion being , handled through local channels, it is in teresting to note some facts and figures which are shown by gov ernment reports regarding the northwest boxed apple and gener al production over the United States. , la the 1927 report, It was stat ed that the apple Industry as a whole was gradually approaching a more stabilised condition, bat that commercial plantings would hardly be Justified except under unusually favorable conditions. It is probable that commercial apple production for the country as a whole will continue to Increase gradually during the nextjlve or ten years. ; The rata Jpfi Increase, towever. is likely te'btjldfes than during the last decade, for pro duction in the northwest appears to have about reached its peak, and only moderate increases are expected - In most other sections. There is nothing In the apple outlook to discourage nnduly the commercial growers who are fav orably located and who produce high- quality fruit of desired va rieties at a low cost. This ap plies particularly to growers who can count upon a local demand for a particular quality or variety or who are so located that they can often produce a crop in -years when the total crop is below av erage. On the other hand, there is little reason to expect profit able production in orchards where returns have been disappointing because of lack of care and poor location with rsnect to markets or growing conditions. Excepting reasons of adverse weather conditions, heavy mar ket supplies of apples have been produced in recent years and the commercial crop of 1926 was the largest on record. This is true In spite of the fact x that the num ber of apples trees in the United States has been declining.- ' In 1920 the number of trees in the country, was 70 per cent of ''the number in 1910. and In 192R it was "64 per cent of the number in 1910. according to the United States bureau of the census. In other words, from 1910 to 1926 there was a decrease of 79 mil lions of trees out of a total of 217 i millions reported in 1910, Thisi BRING IN v YOUR NEW WHEAT JLnd exchange it for hard wheat patent flour or any of our long; list of milling specialties. Ws do' custom grinding: We sup ply, what yon seed for what yon have. CHERRY CITY UXLLXXO CO. , ' Salem, Oregosu 481 Trade St. FbosellS & Paper do. Garcia? fecpeqt - - 'Coming U America to make a fresh start after bis astomobOs business went bankropt, Ludwif Jfartel,' :a.f wner baron ef Ger many and captain In the German navy, has Inherited a book of color sketches which; have been attrib uted to tat brush of the great artist Eubens and are valued at $100,000. Ifartel is now engaged In superintending the building of a church fat Richmond, Va, decrease in the number of trees has been mainly in the less fav ored producing areas and In the family orchards which are well scattered over many of the states. Concentration of orchards in the more favored districts, and im proved cultural methods, have in creased commercial jBrodflpn. Stabilised Production ; In the boxed apple region, the apple industry: has developed rap idly during the last 15 yeais but has now reached a position of more stabilized production. From 1910 to 120 the number of trees of bearing age in this region in creased 75 per cent, but frora 1920 to 1925 there was a decrease of 14 per cent. The prospect of more stabilized conditions of pro duction In the boxed apple re gion is further indicated by the fact that in 1925 only IS per cent of the trees in this area were not ot bearing age, compared with 55 per cent In 1910. Heavy production ot other fruits will contlntj a to fUimish keen competition for all apple districts. A favorable factor, is the tendency toward ai increase in the quantity of apples exported. The exports of the last fiyejjetop years averaged approximately 12 ter cent of the commercial ycrop ana were aoQut two and one-half times the exports of the five, sea sons preceding the World war. It seems probable that the foreign demand for United States apples especially of the better grades! will Increase somewhat. Tha for eign demand Is mostly . for the medium and small sizes. Ton.. sumers both at home and abroad are demanding higher quality than formerly; in market saphllei of apples, and successful grower i generally will find it necessary U give more attention to supplying ;Tt . . 18 W1UI Mb grade. o aesirea varieties. lla m -sj-Lf-r-w r i i -! . ImQIH 1111 Ji WIM U W 1111' FOR THANKSGIVING DDU i l The NewjOreffon Statesman New Order Blank ! f v - .. - ' l i This coupon, when accompanied byone new Two-month 'subscription will entitle the bearer to One pound of Turkey.! Ten new orders will secure -a. ten pound Turkey, etc ! I am not now a subscriber to the New Oregon Statesman by mail or carrier, but agree to subscribe for Two Months and until ordered discon tinued. I will pay the regular subscription price of 50 cents per month. Signed Town Secured by IL Bring all new orders to the Statesman office as soon as secured. Turkeys wfU be delivered at this office not later than 6 pan- Nor. 28th. mm mm r a 1 m m m -; a m .1 i T I xoau orocrs musi oe AO orders wffl be verified fit you are now a subscriber do not slum this blank. when new jrabscnpiions are secured, Stoltz .Vinegar.Plaiit Has Productioii of More Than i 12000 Barrels Annually When America ; Entered Was 2700. Barrels; Rapid Pace; Hew The Gideon Etols A Co. plant In Salem was when America, went into the world war making 2700 barrels of vinegar a year. That seemed a rood deal of vinegar; 138,000 gallons of it; enough; to add seat ' and flavor t to a good many mfUlons of salads. -i ' That plant Is now on a basis of over 12,090 barrels of vinegar annual ly; over 100,000 gallons; enough to make up a train of over 100 cars, with plenty left over; for lo cal shipments and for supplying the trade of Salem and vicinity. This plant Is doing a lot of use ful service In supplying a ready market for small and! cult apples and other apple products that go into vlnegar stock" ciderr Itj Is helping build Salem, with a pres ent payroll of S2 people. With the soft drink beverage business Of the same concern, an all the year payroll contribution is pro vided. I The present growth1 of the vin egar making part of the plant Is large. Two new 00 barrel tanks for vinegar are now being ! In stalled. They are 20 feet high and 20 feet in diameter. They are go ing Into an, additional building, just finished. The materials for the tanks are being; assembled and put together in. haste, and they will have their finishing touches within a week or so; be ing hurried to keep ahead of the supply of vinegar stock that is being hurried to keep ahead! of the supply of vinegar stock that is being made up, on account of the rush in harvesting and deliv ering applet some of them com ing from eastern and southern Oregon and eastern Washington, and a considerable supply locally. There were already 20 tanks at the plant, each 16 feet high by 16 feet In diameter. As this is written, the last two of these i are being filled. These 20 tanks have! a combined catiarlfv nf QnfiA bar rels. There are in addition a; lot of smaller tanks and barrels, which will provide enough cap acity to keep the plant going till the first of thewo big new tanks are filled. The total capacity will be over 12,000 barrels, when! the two are finished. A few hundred barrels of the present year's man ufacture have already been ship ped so the total storage and out put capacity of the whole plant Is 4 considerably above 12,00 gal lons a year. The office of the concern, in a new brick building, Is at Mill and Summer streets, and the plant stock will keep on coming t&l af Everything in Building Materials Cobbs & Mitchell A. JJ. Kelsay, Manager J 849 8. 12th St. Phono SIS ft ft ft f 'i ft fi wi ii rm TURKEY COUPON ' !!-: I. -. ,i Address ..Address paia m Aavance i ri ' - J B World War Plant Capacity .Expansion Continues at Markets Open ter the first of the year. : This Is the largest vinegar mak lng plant In the Pacific northwest, with the exception of the one at Yakima,' which may have a slight ly larger capacity. - The vinegar all ' goes ' to the shipping markets In barrels; 50 gallon barrels..,. One. concern In Texas last Tear took 2000 barrels. Some of the supply goes to the Dakotas and Minnesota, and some through ..the Panama . canal ; for eastern consumption! The market is growing. Eastern shipments are j a 'new development. Alaska and , Hawaii shipments have been' go-j ing xor a numoer oi years. i It Is all good vinegar; all made from cider. It is a little better in quality than the best from the ave-, rage vinegar factory. This has) come about through long exper ience and experimentation. Orln Flagg, a Salem boy, who has grown up in the business, has be come an outstanding vinegar spe cialist. He has been trained in vinegar making chemistry. He keeps on studying its problems. He has the use of a chemical lab oratory that Is complete In the equipment necessary for this spe cialty? Mr. Flagg is recognized in his field as a high class specialist. leal production through constant! tests and study. He gets a larger; vinegar content from the apple than the average. That's how he, helps in earning his salary. The barrels for all this vinegar are made in Oregon. They go to market and never come back. So a new supply is constantly being made. Gideon Stolx started this fac tory away back in the early 80's. He is still interested, though the more active part of the manage ment now devolves upon his son, Walter T. Stolz. Antiques & Cabinet Work Genuine Antiques or Copies a Specialty. "If we can't buy the antique you want, we can copy It." TEXT ANTIQUE 8HOP Phone 1476J. 2360 State St. GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone SO Ore. Custom Sawing Soft and, Hard Wood SALEM WOOD MANUFACTURING CO. ! Phone 754 River Street Between Front and Coni'l. s This offer good only :.-'V""'' . ' V " ft 7 I . -j . i U Phone No. Washington Folk Visit Relatives Pioneer. Ore.. Nov. 17 (-See ciail Mrs. .Sarah E. Jones spent the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Harper. jars. Harper has been ill follow ing the extraction of two teeth. She. had a bad hemorrhage of the gums and swoolen Jaw. After treatments from a specialist, the condition Is Improving. Mrs.' Harriet Brvson and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Munsey of Kicniand. wash., motored to Sal em with Charles Darland who was returning after attending the runerai or Levi Hutton? wealth? philanthropist of Spokane. Wash. Both Mr. Darland and his sister, Mrs. Bryson are cousins of the late Levi Hutton. ' ! Our Apple Industry was the first apple center of the Oregon coun O try; in the Salem district were the first commercial orchards of the Oregon territory and state And this will always be an apple industry center For the Salem 'canneries and other manufacturing .concerns take the culls and by-products, and Salem is for the central Willamette valley the banking, marketing, shipping and merchandising center of the industry. The conditions precedent for making Salem an out standing apple center are that we grow the varieties in which we can excel, and make our product of the very highest quality, and get the largest possible production tot the area, which makes for a low per bushel cost. Quality is the first thing; it does not pay to raise scrubs; scrub trees ought to be grubbed out or grafted over to the varieties in which we excel This and the spread of the knowledge that our ap ples excel in flavor will result in a great and stable ap ple industry here ; stabilized ; built on solid foundations. Dates of Slogans in (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 1928. Prunes, October 14. Dairying. October 21. Flax, October 28. Filberts, November 4. Walnuts, November 11. Strawberries, November 18. Apples, Figs, etc., Nov. 25. Raspberries, December 2. Mint, December 9. Beans, etc., December 16. Blackberries, December 23. Cherries, December 30. Pears, January 6.' 1929. Gooseberries, January 13. Corn, January 20. Celery, January 27. Spinach, etc., February 3; Onions, etc., February 10. Potatoes, etc., February 17. Bees, February 24. Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. 3. City Beautiful, etc., March 10. Great Cows, March 17. Paved Highways, March 24. Head Lettuce, March 31. Silos, etc., April 7. Legumes, April 14. . Asparagus, etc., April 21. Fairinnis aire Record ul never made a cent on my farm until I got a Gterpsfot'3ractor," says an owner FARMS that were formerly good grow better. . Farms that did not pay jump into the profit column. . new records constantly result. Power for deeper tillage, for wider sets qfplowSydisksplantei harvesters; more acres covered daily; timer saved when conditions urc just right.L.work when work is &eded soil is wet or dry. . .those tilings which "Cat erpillar'' accomplishes make the rec ord farms. "lilM" I ggers & PORTIiAWD to Mrs. Bryson expects to spend the winter with her daughter and son-in-law, , Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lasch. Mrs. Munsey is visiting relatives-at Pioneer and Mission Bot tom. She expects to return to he home this week-end. Crimson clover as a seed croi In parts of the Willamette val ley and southwestern Oregon might well be taken into consid eration by farmers in these sec tions. The demand for thla sead is strong and annual imports are larce. No soedal michlnarr is required. O. A. C. . Meetings will be held Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights this week at the Glad Tidings Mission. 343 Court street. C. 8. Johnson is pastor. Oregon Statesman Grapes, etc., April 28. Drug Garden, May J. Sugar Industry, May 12. Water Powerr, May 19. Irrigation, May 2 6. Mining, June 2. Land, Irrigation, etc., June 9. Floriculture, June 16. Hops, Cabbage, etc., June 23. Wholesaling, Jobbing, June 30. Cucumbers, etc., July 7. Hogs, July 14. Goats, July 21. Schools, July 28. Sheep, August 4. Seeds, August 11. National Advertising, Aug. 18. Livestock, August 25. Grain & Grain Products, Sept. 1 Manufacturing, Sept. 8. Woorworking, etc., Sept. 15. Automotive Industries Sept. 22. Paper Mills. Sept. 29. (Back copies of the Sunday edition of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current topics, 6 cents. Pairinnis Contractors any SATXt imam : i-. . j. . , . ., .... ., ...... .. .. .. ... . .......