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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1929)
5 s If I ! i t , i - r v PAGE SIX Th OREGON STATESMAN; Salem, Ore-on, Thmreday Morning, August 8, ISO- Eight Large Canneries in City; Output in 1928 Goes I- To Peak of 1,400,000 Gases . .. - 4000 Persons Employed in These Industries During; Season's H eighth; Reid-Murdock Will be Large Operators Organization Not Out to "Grab" From State is Repeated Stand Starting in 1911 with nn small Mnnorv vehlnh muAa a L B7 OIJVE M. DOAK total Dack of 30.000 casea. th rnniiir inrinafrv in Kalom V.Vi Tbe manner In whleh Capital developed to the present day toeight large canneries which handle a third of the entire fruit and vegetable pack made in Oregon. Including canneries in Marion county towns close to; Salem, the number moves up to 12. The entire pack of seven big-canneries in Salem in 1023 reached 1,400,000 cases, i the highest in packing history here. During the height of the straw-a that are grown here and fed Into berry, pear and prune seasons, ap proximately 4,000 persons were i employed last year, and with each of these making from $2.50 to $1.50 a day for piece work. Can neries paid daily to help alone $12,000. That in, averaging $3 a day a person. Old Plant Purchased The latest addition to cannery row In Salem, and the one which makes eight, Is the Reid, Murdock company, which has rented, the old West Salem cannery and will pack 150,00 cases this year at the same time work 4s being carried forward to reconstruct and en large the plant jm that it will be vthe first one" here to work throughout the. entire year. Pur chase of the King" Foods and Pro ducts company by Reid, Murdock has made the year-around pro gram possible. i With the "newest cannery lead ing In the 12-month pack, loeal observers believe other canneries here will be stepping in line short ly and that all will store vegeta bles and fruits to work, on such a basis. v The enormous pack of fruit in the largest canneries would not be possible without the floating sys tem which is in use for conveying fruits and vegetables within the cannery. Whether Salem folks or visitors know it, this system is re garded as the most tip-to-date method of handling, and because it baa been so thoroughly studied out and employed here, no can nery In the country has such an efficient system in this line as one of the local ones. Canal Kates Low With climate, land, and can neries all dovetailing to produce tbs biggest single-town pack in the atate, another favorable thing has worked to the advantage of the industry here. That is the very reasonable shipping charge. Lnual blackberry crop. The seven The greatest market for local packs is the Atlantic seaboard cities, chiefly because freight charges per hundred pounds via the Panama canal are only 55 cents a hundred on dried prunes. When dockage, insurance and oth er expenses are added. It means that goods from Salem are laid down for three-fourths, cent a pound the same figure which In dianapolis, Ind., pays for freight charges to the Atlantic coast. European markets are being con stantly opened up. with shipping rate there only 60 cents a bun s' red. As for fruits and vegetables the local canneries, chief among them are strawberries, pears, prunes, black raspberries, goose berries, loganberries, cherries. Vegetables are only beginning to be developed for canned ' goods, with the most emphasis placed on pumpkins and beans. The best pumpkin pack in the world is claimed right here, with one can nery making a specialty of put ting up the Del Monte brand pumpkin. Not only does this can nery pack, but )t experimented un til a pumpkin was "bred" which would produce the best canning qualities. This cannery maintains its own dryer Xo take car of the seeds, which are sold to its con tractors. - Strawberry Output Huge Approximately 1 2,0 0 0,0 0 0 pounds of strawberries were handled by the Salem canneries, half of them the Etierburg canning- and the other half the Mar shall type .used for cold pack and preserves, Jams and jellies. Cold packing of berries has developed within the last five years and has opened up a wide field and brought means of increased acre age. This county ranks first in Oregon in production of straw berries, with approximately 6,000 acres in the Salem trading area. Not enough pears are grown In the county to satisfy the demand! of the local canneries, and large shipments are received each sea son from Yakima and other north west districts and as far south as Medford. Loganberry growing and can ning, like strawberry, has reach ed its highest development here, with the canneries packing fully 75 per cent of the country's out put. Blackberries Canned Salem canneries furnish a mar ket for a 3,000,000-lb. average an canning plants here last year put up around 40,000 cases of rasp berries. The canneries draw from 3, COO acres of apples in this section for their packing of this fruit, and last season they operated up to January 1, making one of the heaviest packs In the 18 years of operation. More prunes are grown in the Salem district than in any other section of the northwest, which gives canneries a busy season in the late summer and early fall and swells the; volume of packing done here materially. More than 20, 000 acres are planted to prunes. Post No. 9. of the American Legion of Oregon went about the task of organization to put over the largest state convention yet to be held is an Interesting story. It was" n post problem. To car rr on" with a convention tn size J of the one scheduled for 1929 meant the expenditure o'f a huge sum of money and the expenditure of unlimited time and labor on the part of those upon whom the re sponsibility for "putting it over" was to rest. How to adj ist the matter of money, time and labor was a perplexing question. The plan finally adppted by the post was that similar to the com mission form of government found In many cities. This plan had the advantages of dividing work to be done and making eacn One given a share clearly respon sible for its execution. The group of men appointed to carry out the convention plans was termed a "commission." Carl D. .Gabriehson was appointed as general chairman of the commis sion and H. G. "Fod" Maison was made executive secretary. Douglas McKay, post commander, acted in an advisory capacity. The work of the commission was divided and a general chair man was placed at tbe head of each. J. J. Elliott, was made housing chairman; Brazier C. Small, finance chairman. Lewis P. Campbell, entertainment chair man Willis E. Vincent, registra tion chairman; Frank M. Moore, publicity chairman; C. B. McCul lough, civic cooperation chairman, and H. E. Shade, drum corps and bands chairman. This commission as named met for the first time February 8. The first and most crucial issue facing it was the matter of finance. Af ter deliberative calculations the conclusion was reached that $10, 000 was the least possible figure which could safely be considered to finance the three day conven tion. With 110,000 as the actual lia bility it was decided by the fi nance committee to underwrite the whole project for $15,000 then in case of loss the propor tionate loss of each backer would be lighter. Before anything was said to the merchants of Salem for support an opportunity was given the members of Capital post to pledge amounts of $100 each. Sixty-five of these $100 pledges were given. Salem Well Canvassed Then the canvassing of Salem WELCOME and Ladies of the Auxiliary H. Vacununcm 2. acsaip extraction oS water Give Easy Owners Value in their No other washing J and drying principles give such a WIDE RANGE OF USEFULNESS. Phone for full details on the EXTRA Easy features that per mit yott to WASH and DAMP DRY Bulky Pieces that you would not trust to a wringer Blankets CoirSoirtcffC .: lias rinse EvcrytMns! VIBBERT & TODD High and Ferry . " Tel. 2112 ' i- - Welcome From Douglas McKay Welcome Legionnaires: Capitol Post No. 9 extends to all visiting legion naires a most cordial welcome to the state capitol of Oregon. " ' ' ' . . - . Eleven hundred and seventy-one members of Cap itol Post No. 9 are individually anxious thatjevery min ute of your stay in this city be a pleasant one. Every one of the members is pledged to do his best that every courtesy possible be extended to the visitors from the 94 legions posts in this state. Our post has labored hard to provide entertain ment which will make your visit to the city one long, to be remembered : we hope youll make whoopee but re member that we have institutions to take care of the unruly. DOUGLAS McKAY, Commander Capitol Post No. 9. nlgbt under the blase- of electric lights and say display, ana wnien will be followed by the most spec tacular display of fireworks ob tainable -any place mil theee speak for themselves. -Bit; Barbecue Planned In addition to all this enter tainment there, is the barbecue and bean roast both free and planned to serve at least 6000. The bargecue will be the con cluding celebration of-the dedica tion of the Salem Airport, a cere mony which will be perhaps the most impressive of anything of its kind ever held on the Pacific coast with airplanes of almost every type and description from the navy, tbe army and from com mercial concerns all performing on the field and in the air. Two big parades have also been planned and arranged for. 'The t housings committee - of which J. J. Elliott la chairman, has worked In conjunction with the woman's auxiliary to the Legion. They hare Inspected tbe rooms, arranged display cards for those places boosing legion guests, md in all wavs made the handling of the enormous crowds a smooth working matter. lThey are. ready to care for 5000 people if neces sary. The registration committee whose chairman Is Willis E. Vin cent, worked out plans that will quickly and scientifically care for all the incoming visitors. Badges according to the place occupied in the convention is given each" per son after he has registered and been presented with a schedule ef the convention , activities, a map of the city-and a. roster of plac- where legion people are welcome in the city. Transportation has been arranged so that no one ae 1 be embarrassed by long distant? rooms and no way to reach them. Much Publicity Out While all the rest of the com mittee were' getting plans work-d out for convention activities, the publicity committee under Frank M. Moore, was sending out regu lar publicity sheets beginning witn April. Mimeographed stories of what was going on were sent to the 200 leading newspapers of Oregon. These were kept up as regular chronicals of convention (Turn to Pag 7, please.) business began. Since the-invita-tlon to meet In Salem was ex tended principally because of the insistence ot the Salem business men it was logical to suppose that they would come forward with ready support. This supposition was correct. Within a very short time the full $15,000 was pledged. Then the amount for which the project was to . be underwritten was increased and at the present time with the convention at hand $30,000 has been pledged and still more could have been got but the amount of liability had been so divided, and the possibilities of making the convention more than self-supporting through the many program activities seemed so plausible that no effort was made to push the amount over the $31, 000 mark which it had reached by August 3. The entertainment committee headed by Lewis P. Campbell has an array of attractions -which is quite the best presented in the 11 years that marks convention his tory. There 1 are concessions; dancing; the famous Junior league baseball game the results of which might put the West oa the way to win the world champ ionship in this field; drum corps contest with from 12 to 14 corps competing on Olinger field at i GREETINGS Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members Salem Golf Club This is where you play the tournament Saturday morning. . nrtatisiw fi Vf VS 4 -CEN$EA DOWN THE SalAWKJENCE EQJDKDEPEE Sail on a magnificent . Canadian Pacific liner down the mighty water boulevard to Europe -just four days open sea before, you reach the connent. Ask expe rienced travelers about C. P. R; service, cuisine, accomodations . . . then .sec your agent and arrange passage for this season. Sailings" reg- . ularly from Montreal - snd Quebec. Canadian Paeific Travellers Chtquts Good the Wortd Or.tr. C&AIAIKAN PACIFIC WJLDEACCM MAtnt PASSU DEPT. MS ABSMIMtAWCtrUNB ACitay US3 AMtftKAN UMt KK, We've ROOM for the LE GION'. AU the Scotchmen in tows began eating here so we're serving the Mine good meals at TWO restaurants. Argola and Home Restaurant 222 223 N. Com'l ! Greetings to Legion and Auxiliary from c ROSS MARKET Established 1852 Government Inspected Meats BAILEY'S GROCERY Groceries Fruit Vegetables Both at 265 N. Liberty Ifmmdd, Smfkad SHINGLES Telephone 487 WELCOME Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members I?udiG3i? EL2uca3 S. 170 N. Front St. egionnaires A. B. CHRISTENS3N, Manager Authorized Application Agents If ; ... c.; i i:a a bed, come to us. We will rent you one and you can set it up on the sidewalk. Chambers & Chambers Furniture Dealers . 375 N. High Tel. 593 . WELCOME - i - W ra ii -.11 Make Your, Camp - at - " Phone 1606 " ' . j - Salem, Ore. ' Just Around the Corner from Doc Lewis '"," TTTTTP W etome to Mem Visiting Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members ' .. r 370 State Street " Next to White House Restaurant The Stores Where You Serve Yourself and Save s . i -