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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
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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
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extraction
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Give Easy Owners
Value
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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
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- 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
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GREETINGS
Legionnaires
and
Auxiliary Members
Salem Golf Club
This is where you play the tournament Saturday
morning. .
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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.
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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
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Greetings to Legion and
Auxiliary
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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
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Phone 1606 " ' . j - Salem, Ore.
' Just Around the Corner from Doc Lewis '","
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Visiting Legionnaires and Auxiliary
Members ' .. r
370 State Street " Next to White House Restaurant
The Stores Where You Serve Yourself and Save
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