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PAGE TEN I Ihe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning January 4, 1931 I !' . Oi GREAT HIKE IDE Scio Area Takes Place With Others in State Where1 Berries Mean Cash . '' SCIO, Jan. 2 Berry - growers present and prospective, of-tho Scio region will be interested and encouraged to learn that Oregon sow leads the nation in the out put of canned berries. ith Wash ington a close, second, and the two states together are responsi ble for 74 per cent of the berries canned in the United States to day. These facts hve been de termined by a close study of the situation by George Suierua ana Dr. Milton N. Nelson of the agri cultural economics department of the Oregon experiment station, who have just completed a com prehensive i survey of the small fruit Industry In this state. ' The 1930 crop of berries In the Scio locality was a means of bringing in many thousand dol lars to this community which oth erwise would have ; gone else- where. These berries were pro cessed elsewhere. Operation of a cannery' or-a barreling plantain Scio would have doubled the amount; of money handled here. It is believed by those who have given serious thought to the sub ject. - I Money Circulated Lebanon, Lacomb, Stayton and other neighboring towns hate concentrated their efforts; In es tablishing and maintaining can neries, wun toe resuii; mai muua ' ends of dollars are placed in cir culation every season during small-fruit and canning time. With this idea In view, Scio bus iness men and berry growers a few years ago undertook to es tablish a co-operative cannery in this city, but owing to asserted 1 Initial handicaps the ! proposition has" not attained the success de sired. The matter is still under consideration and the present winter is to be devoted largely to ' resurrecting the moveemnt in the hope of putting it on its feet again 'and creating a market in Scio for hundreds of acres of berries. i The B. P. Emery company of Portland, through Its local field man, W. J. Turnidge of Scio, an nounces It will build a processing plan here as soon as berry pro duction in the immediate vicin ity will -van-ant. Turnidge , is stimulating berry growing by means of contracts with the Em ery company, .which is ' desirous of securing pledges of at least 300 acres tn the Scio region. Four-year contracts ; are being solicited and Turnidge states the prospective acreage for 1931 Is gradually increasing. ; Evergreens Make Money While the Emery eompaay spe cializes in cold-packing soft strawberries,, other varieties are said to have a splendid future, as the recent state experiment sta tion investigation seems to indi cate. Raspberries and loganber ries grow without cultivation or other attention. The evergreen crop in 1930 was the financial re demption of many a family In the Scio region. .Upwards of $10,000 was put In circulation here from the evergreen crop alone - Figures revealed In the recent study by Oregon experiment sta tion experts- show that in 1929 the acreage of raspberries, lo ganberries, blackberries, straw berries and gooseberries-totalled 19.300 acresj with an estimated value of $3,800,000. The increase since 1919 has been rapid, ana . ,erry production now constitutes one t of the most j important branches of Oregon horticulture. Linn county has j contributed largely to these figures, and Scio has had a share In the total. Eo- cal berry growers are said to be "pepped up to Increase produc tion and financial returns. Berry Quality High The superior quality of the berries grown in Oregon, togeth er with the fact that -much of the berry output of other districts is consumed in the large population centers as fresh fruit, are advan ced as factors to account for the leading position of Oregon In the canned-berry Industry, A definite and continued shift in the canned berry: production from other states to the Pacific : northwest has been noted, andxnothing has been: found to Indicate . that the Industry will move elsewhere in the near future. The asserted stability of the Industry is a strong point in favor of increas ed production in the Scio local ity and the establishment of a processing plant In this city. Foxes Multiply So Fast Their Owners I Make Goo& Return MARSHFTELIV Jan. In 1024 Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Huntley, Coos county resi dents, secured two pairs of Alaskan bine fox from "Alas ka. Today . the - Huntley have' 73 pairs; Many of the animals are shipped to Europe. Huntley says,' for breeding pnrpoees, bringing about 300 pair pward. Of recent, ship meat of 84 shipped Jto . Eu rope, together with 15 pairs eat to other markets, more than S60OO wae cleared they report. The for bear ers do well along the coast of Oregon, the growers state, the far being beavy doe to the salt moisture ia the air, along wUh m mild climate DUIGKLY Lisads Na . - I. i n i .ii ii i i ' 1 ! 1 ' ! . i. . , .. . .. 11 , .i I. -., ".,.! ..1 -. '.. -' ... i .... .. . ., . . .... ..j. i. ,.- ,c. .r----, t f . I L L' i Results Prove Irrigation Money-Maker for Farmer; Yields Up By M. It. LEWIS, Agricultural Encrineerl O. S. C. i Much interest in the irrigation jot farm crops is found throughout i the Willamette valley at present, resulting part ly from a series of dry summers. Many farmers who hive had properly designed irrigation systems and have used these systems on the right crops have expressed themselves asi being very unwilling ever to go back to dry farming.! j Those who plan on having" irrigation systems for the first time next season will need to start soon, as it takes a long time to make all the. plans. It may be necessary jto drill a well, and equipment must be purchased and set up. And with an irrigation system, new plans for farming oper ations will be necessary. j jU ; ExceDt for lawns and flower gardens, irrigation, la the Wil lamette valley or elsewhere, is used only because it will increase the production. of farm crops suf ficiently to return a greater yield than the cost of irrigation. The two questions, to be considered then, are how much irrigation will increase the yields and what the cost of irrigation will be. Experiments on the state col-: lege farm at Corvallls show that yields of truck crops can be in creased by about; one-half, ana that the yield of (berries can be approximately doubled. Other ex periments have Bhown that irri gated pastures may be used throughout the season and that by their use the flow of milk from dairy cattle and the growth of lambs or other young stocK can be kept up throughout the summer to the same high level that is reached during spring and early summer. In considering the increased income to be expected from Irrigation, it is evident that an increase in yield of 50 or 100 per ; cent will mean an equal in crease in gross return. Aside from the cost of irrigation the cost of , production will be only slightly increased. Nearly all the increased return, therefore, is available to pay irrigation costs and for profit. . The cost of irrigation is made up first, of the cost of installing the irrigation system, whether it be a gravity system or a pump- Frozen berries are rapidly coming Into demand, and It- is stated that Oregon and Washing ton pack 85 per cent of the na tion's frozen strawberries. The statement also is made that even a higher per cent of other frozen berries is handled by these two states. A continued growth In the cold-pack berry industry la con fidently predicted, and Scio land owners are said to be giving the subject more serious thought than ever before. m.m MEET IS LARGE ONE 1000 People L at Annual Gathering; Mickle Main Speaker at Banquet MT. ANGEL, Jan. 3. The largest patrons meeting In the history of the Mt. Angel Cooper ative efeamery -was held Tuesday at St. Mary's school. It la esti mated that 1,000 patrons were present at the annual banquet Business men of Mt. Angel were waiters and proved effi cient ones. The long tables ! in the basement were filled and emptied five times before the crowd was fed. j i i An address of welcome was given by R. J. Berning, president of the creamery, at 10 a. m. In his talk Mr. Berning stressed the need of cooperation, and thanked - the patrons tor their support In the past. Frank Hett wex, manager, gave a summary of the year's business. O. M. Plammer, manager I of the Pacific International Live stock j exposition, and a well known radio speaker, gar a very Interesting talk, In which he stressed the need of keeping the children on the farm and bringing them up as good farm ers. : J. D. Mickle, state dairy And food commissioner, gave his own views on the financial depres sion, its cause and cure. . "One fact -stands out in the present situation." he declared, "and that is that the dairy ) in dustry is stable. While other! In dustries are demoralized the per capita consumption of dairy products is increasing." j A number of factors have operated to bring about the pres ent depression, Mr. Mickle be lieves. One is that war-torn pu rope could not bay 'America's product because of the differ ence in monetary values; the ex odus to the city from the coun try with the Increase in manu facturing goods, until we, as a nation, went into the luxury business. ? Thirdly, he believes "credit was too : doggone easy'", to get. '"We have to get back to a sensible basis again,' he de clared. ' i ' - ' ii Governor-elect Julius Meier, who was to be present, was un able to do so,' because of press ing engagements. He sent his regrets.-- . -J . l STRAWBERRIES INCREASED ! GRANTS PASS, Jan. 3 Grow ers of strawberries la Josephine county expect to add approximate ly $225,000 to their annual pro- 1 duction of berriet this year; It was revealed at a meeting of the growers association . here. Bar reling contracts and increase j in acreage will 1 represent the i in crease, members of ; the associa tion declare, ; A, k . -: j Approximately ' 7M00 Indian children are tn schools in the JJalted States this year, EL CREAM emit by 50 Per Gent lng outfit with or without well: and second the annual cost j of keeping the system going and! of applying the irrigation water. On a "gravity system the annual cost for maintaining the ditches will ordinarily be very small. This; la especially true of such small ditch systems as are likely tojbfll constructed in the Willamette valley within the next few years. In the case of some of the very large irrigation systems in east ern Oregon and other states, the cost of maintenance j becomes quite a factor. Where water mttst be pumped for irrigation the the cost of power must be consider ed. In every case the water must be applied to the land and this, of course, costs something in time or. money. j The cost of irrigation Will vary tremendously in different instances.-The total may be as low! las $3 or 1 4 per acre per year, and may be as high as 10 times that amount. Probably in the Willam ette valley the average cost per acre will vary from $10 to 1 15 a year. These costs apply to sys tems where all the water used for Irrigation is pumped. j The I extreme range in cost shows the need of careful plan ning. The pump, motor, and pipe line must be of proper size and design for the Job. Investigations show that some systems will de liver three times as much water for the same power as will other systems:, everywhere water ji is lifted to the same height. If ghe power piu is going to be, say $100 a year for a good Outfit and $200 a year for a poor outfitii it will certainly pay to spend -sever al hundred dollars more for the good outfit. In addition to the lower power cost of a good outfit the greater reliability of such an outnt is ,a big factor in the suc cess of the project. j jj The most common faults j in poor Irrigation pumping systems, too small pipe; the wrong speed for thei pump;, (this is especially true or centrifugal pumps, and probably 95 per cent of, the Irri gation systems are and should be equipped with centrifugal pumps), the water is lifted tun necessarily high; there! are too many short bends In the pipe line; or the , wrong design II of pump is used. All these are faults which may be found In a pump ing system and which may ac count for its using three times the power it should. j I j Taking the irrigation system as a whole a much more impor tant cause of loss is Improper use of the water itself. The land fray not be properly leveled, or J the water may be held on the land for too long a time. A soil aufcer may be used to find but when the water has penetrated j far enough; Into the sub-soil. Most Irrigated soil will only hold maximum of li or 2 inches water per foot depth of soilj general a 4 or 6 inch lrrigat a of In on Is ample. A stream of 450 gallons per minute or one cubic foot j per second -win cover an acre toj a depth of one inch in One hour. From this relation the area! j of land which may be covered ach day with any given size of stream can be figured out. CAiiG BIGGEST in in m The largest line of industry j In Salem is the fruit canning indus try. When one adds to this al lied lines of barreling fruit, shipping fresh fruit, and dried prunes, the fruit business stands out as i the largest single line of enterprise for this immediate community. I f The ; Statesman Is able to re port the figures for this produc tion of the Salem canneries in 1930, The total for the canner ies operating be-e for as follows: 1930 lis Total cases packed; lj,500.000. Amount paid growers 000. i "1 00,- Payroll to workers lp canner ies $900,000. These are based on actua ports, assembled from the re- ican- neries.,1 The pack Includes dates of fruits, berries and vegetables. This shows the importance ! of this line of Industry. KThel$2,- 000.000 paid to growers is all expended locally in hiring i of packers and for the growers their families. The j nearly and $1.- ooo.ooo more paid jto; cannery workers ls another big item in the Salem income and most i of this goes back into lines of trade in Salem. Thirty four thousand acres in this district are devoted to fruits and berries. j I The continued development lot the fruit industry' holds mujh jof promise. Salem has ; demonstrat ed that it. is a premier I producer of quality berries, j tree fruits and certain vegetables; land fwith the great canneries noyr located here the volume will j increase just as fast as markets j open up.. More than. : 100,000 reindeer are in Alaska now. as compared .with about 1,300 40 years ago. 1 (Lanne LIB POOL IS GOAL OF GO-OP Douglas County Growers j In I Roseburg Group; Early Shipping Planned -i - r ROSEBURO, "Jan. J--Orgam!z-ation of the Douglas Livestock association; has been, completed here witn ,' 1 B. Goodburn j of Roseburg, president; L. E. Sulli van, Myrtle Creek, vice-president; Willard Smith, Glide; J. A. Fenn, Canyonville; John R. Stan dley, Tenmlle; Cecil Fealer, Umpqua; and Alva j Manning, Oakland, directors. County Agent J. C. Leedy, is serving as tem porary, ehalrman. , The association is formed pri marily to arrange lamb pools for the early market. - In the past many of the smaller! growers have found difficulty in securing top prices for their early lambs, due to their small flocks, and it is believed that the pools will en able more frequent shipments. Can Ship Earlier Lambing season la the Ump qua valley starts as early as Thanksgiving, and tinder normal conditions rainy lambs are often ready for market by the last of March or first of April. The mar ket at that time is high, but us ually breaks the latter part of May or first of June when ; the supply becomes abundant. As It takes about 200 lambs to make a shipment that can be handled ec onomically, the growers with small flocks' have been forced to hold their lambs until enough were ready to make up a car. Un der the proposed plan, it is be lieved that shipments can be started earlier and a larger per centage of lambs placed on the market while prices are high. The association will also spoil- sor protective legislation: and! will conduct advertising projects, I improve quality through proper I breeding and engage in disease and predatory animal control. The association is already planning to ask the coming ; leg islature to appropriate a larger sum for a state study of disease control. At present the stater ap propriates $1,000 anuually i for that purpose. The sheep Indus try, it is reported, amounts to about twenty millions of dollars annually in the state of Oregon, and the lose from disease is about 10 percent. It is believed by the growers that disease losses ; can be reduced to four or five per cent by proper study, and it is thought that the size at the in dustry warrants a larger fund for this purpose. Gophers Are Raiders; Way To Kill Told DALLAS, Jan. 3 Pocket gophers have been making in roads Into the clover and alfalfa fields of the county, due to the dry ran weather, in mixing bait for these pests, J. R. Beck, county agent, suggests that parsnips and carrots be used as a substitute for the fresh clover and alfalfa which is not now available. The direction for mixing may be se cured by writing the office and how best to put the baits in the run ways will also be explained. Poisoning is the most effective way in which to get rid of this pest, and records indicate that 105 farmers have been doing con slstant work along these lines. Present weather is still good for doing this work. I I JUST A FEW OF OUR USUAL LOW CASH PRICES MILL RUN, 80 lb. bags, 80c. BRAN 60 lb. bags, 70c. best Dairy feed, so n. bag $1.40 BEET PULP, 100 lbs. $1.65 WHEAT, 100 lbs. $1.35. OATS, 100 lbs. $1.30 CORN, i 100 lbs. $1.75. CRACKED CORN, $15 FREE DELIVERY IN THE CITY. PROMPT SERVICE. D. A. White & Sons Phone 160 Oregon Pulp and Paper Company I . . Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE : r GREASEPROOF, TISSUE i : : - r .: -j " " ' : j " . ! j i. j. . i: , .. . ! " ! Support Oregon Products i i Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Your Offiee Stationery T7 : rp II II II 1 US ernes COUNTY QUOTA AT D. S. C. Variety of Activities En gaged In by Students; I Names Usted :T Every district in Marlon coun ty is liberally represented try students at Oregon State college, a check of registration ' list i at OorvalDs reveals. The names of the students and the extra-curricular activities in which they ex cel, follow: ' : L J Silver ton: George Abel is a freshman in engineering and Raymond Ashburry a freshman tn chemical engineering. Lowell Brown is a Junior in engineer ing. Mabel DIgeress, sopho more In home economics, ' Is a. member of Gamma Phi Beta son ority, and Irene Goyette, sopho more in home economics. Is a member of Alpha Delta PI soror ity. Orrle Hanson is a jnhior in forestry and Edward Hynes is a freshman in engineering. George Lamb, freshman in agriculture, ts a member of WInema club. Ches ter Loe is a freshman in agricul ture and Florence Merryman, Junior in home economics, is a member of the Cosmopolitan club. Harold Merryman is a fresh man in engineering and Rith Minor, junior in vocational edu cation, is treasurer of Wyoma chee club. Rex Russell is a jun ior in chemical t engineering and Victor Sather, senior in phar macy, is a member of Prokyon club. Lucille Scaife, junior in home economics, is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Te menlds. Eastern Star organization on the campus. Jack Stranix, sophomore in engineering, is a member of Alpha Tan Omega fra ternity, and Frances Thompson, sophomore in commerce, is . a member of Alpha Delta Pi soror ity. - 1 Aurora Vernon Eilers, senior tn agriculture. Is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and of Sigma Alpha, west coast honor fraternity for men in physical education, and the Varsity "O" association. Alvin Knorr is 4 freshman In engineering and Elisabeth Kraus a freshman in home economics. Robert Powers, freshman in engineering, is a pledge of Kappa Sigma fratern ity. Roland Wurster la a sopho more in vocational education. i Jefferson Lorene Hart, sophc omore in commerce, is a member of Xantippe club. Marion Looney is a freshman general; Verna Me Kee, junior in home economies, is a member of Kappa Delta soror ity and Folrence Thomas if a freshman In commerce. ' Woodburn Real Butterf leld, sophomore in agriculture, la as sistant manager of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. . Helen Gulss is a junior in vocational education and Zoe Lowthian, freshman lit commerce, is a member of Phil lion club, Kenneth Rodgers, Jun ior in pharmacy, is a member of Delta Upsllon fraternity. ! Mt. Angel Dale Blair is a freshman in commerce, Gordon VanCleave and Howard Van Cleave, seniors in electrical en gineering, are members of Theta XI fraternity. Dorothy Rowe, Freshman Stayton Dorothy Rowe is a freshman in home economics and Eugene SpanloL senior in indus trial ' arts is a member of Lamb- da Chi Alpha fraternity. . Beulaa Weddle, freshman in home eco nomics, is a member of Xantippe club. i Turner Elsie Crall, senior in home economics,' is treasurer and manager of Beta Phi Alpha sor orlty and a member of the Mar dzigal club. Thelma . Delxell 1 a freshman optional and Cecil Miller a freshman in engineering; Gervals Celia Bump is a sen ior in vocational education and Edwin Harper a senior in agrt- 261 State St. t - . -r - TT TT ' l I ', -TJ:'- ,g , -'.- - ''I l u Wheat Reduction by Big JTCrCClIUtliClS V UlUIlWlXiV: I Undertaken by Farmers Growers of Dayton, Wash., have undertaken a plan In tended to reduce the production of wheat, by mutual agree ment to hold 25 per cent off the market If or the next three years. A temporary sign-up is beinr undertaken to test out the proposal and if the results are highly favorable lo cally, the plan will be advanced to all growers of the United States, it is contemplated. i I I ; An association is being formed with an iron-clad con tract to nermit nnlv 75 twr cent f ad i usted according to need) of each farmer's average production to be marketed commercially, it is suggested that the secretary oi agri culture allot each state its proportionate! amount of wheat that can ' be grown to make. . up the domestic needs of; the country. County committees would then! be called. upon to allot the production of each farm to fit the total production requirements, with 5 per cent - o culture. j j ' Scotts Mills Arerltt Dunagan is freshman la engineering and John Oeren a sophomore in en gineering. , , Msrlon Kenneth Gray and Ernest Lafky, both graduates In agriculture. . -, Monitor Donald Glllanders, senior In electrical engineering. Is a member of Sigma Phi Epsllon fraternity ahd Walyo is a fresh man tn home economics. Chemawa Mary : Llpps, fresh man In commerce, is affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Hubbard Charles Garland, sophomore in commerce, is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsllon fraternity and is assistant mana ger of the Bearer, t St. Paul Lester Ernest is a freshman In engineering. West Stayton Charles Darley, freshman in agriculture, is a member of Pi Kappa Phi frater nity. Huge Acreage as ; Yet in Need oi Proper Drainage The Willamette Valley has ap proximately three-quarters of a million acres of land that would benefit greatly from proper drain age, acocrding to soil surveys con ducted by the Oregon experiment station. The average cost of pro Tiding outlets for the large wet areas of the valley has been found to be about $10 per acre, and the estimated Increase in crop value resulting from drainage Is from $10 to $29 per acre. Efficient methods of drainage and Improving wet soils have been developed by the experiment sta tion, and during the past biennl urn assistance has been given to a number of districts. Including the Coquille valley, i the Scappoose drainage district and the Wapato lake project, in designing satisfac tory drainage systems. Station records indicate that during the past 16 years more than 33 S miles of the tile lines have been design ed according to plans worked out by the station, largely as exten sion work. OUR LINE OF U. S ROYALS IS COMPLETE 1 ALSO THE NEW HEAT-RESISTING ROYAL AND PUNCT UR&SEALING TUBES THE i i - i I l i l a i i r . DA Y and NIGHT ChQvzotiQta and High FREE SERVICE clearance. Feed! Some Wheat j Certificates would be Issued giving the grower the right to market his j allotted amount of wheat for commercial use, The rest could be used for feed or be disposed! of; on the farm the purpose! being that eventually this surplus land would be used for other crops or for pas ture, thereby cutting production down to . the; amount needed in this country and eliminate an ex portable surplus, r "Under this circumstance it is assumed that? the price would rise to 'the world level plus) the tariff of 42 cents, giving ! the grower more net income from three-fourths of a crop than he now gets foif the whole. ( ' P. J. "WBmer, president of the North Pacific Grain Growers, inc., is supporting the plan in an experimental way to test' out the willingness f farmers to signup for the restriction of production. "In ordinary favorable times the plan would jbe utterly impossible to put into ! force," he declared, lut with 6j0-ent; wheat driving us to, extreme measures of self preservation; farmers may sign up out of a spirit of desperation. We all realize that our foreign market for wheat Is gone. Col lective action to reduce our pro duction to our own requirements seems the only certain way of restoring wheat prices, perman ently to profitable leveE" Home jflfter 8 j Years in Navy ' WACONDA, Jan. 3 Clarence Keene who has been In the navy the past eight years, has returned home with his wife and small daughter, and are the house guests of Mr. Keene's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Keene. Eight years ago the 22 of December, Mr. Keene enlisted in the navy, and on that! date this year he re ceived his discharge. He la a ba ker by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Keene were overjoyed at having their son and hie family : home Uft the holidays. . U. 29 30 2a 30 31 31 4.40 4.50. 4.75- 5.00. 5.00. 55. f 30 23 30 31 31 x x X X X 4.50. 4.75. 5.00. 55. 6.00 DIG SWlttG IS TO U. S. I -i; TRIPS TO ANY PART OF THE CITY STEADY PR GES HOLD FOR WEEIC Eggs up Cent; Livestock Is ; Strong; Wheat Still at ; 1 Its low Mark ! PORTLAND1, Jan. 3 (AP There were few significant Taovt ments AOS 'the general markets here this week. Cattle advanced a trifle, eggs Improved one cent butter was off two cents., and hops and prunes fell fractionally. Good steers advanced about 25 cents to 8.75-9.16 for top grade 0 0-9 00 pound stock. Cows im proved In price the same amount to e.25-6.75 and vealers were un changed at .10.00-11.00.1 ! The hog market prices held the same as last week at these quo tations: heavies, 250-290 pounds; 7.50-9.00 ; mediums, M 200-220 pounds, 8.25-9.50; lightweight. 160-190 pounds, 9.25-9.50; feed ers and stockers, 8.50-9.60. Sheep prices were unchanged at C.5 0-7.00 for good lambs. Big Bluestem 70c There was no change in grain prices over last week's close. Bif? Bend bluestem was 70c, aoft white and western white, 6c, and hard winter, northern spring and western red, ; 3 cents. Oats was unchanged at 24.50 for 'o. 2, 38 pounld white, and 25.00 for No.1 2 gray, -n - v , Hay prices, too, were un changed at these quotations, biiy i ing price f. o. b. Portland: alfal fa 17.50-18; valley timothy 17.- . 50; eastern Oregon timothy $9 20: clover 14: i oat hay 14; ofits and vetch, 13.50-14. " Eggs were up one cent to j cents for fresh extras. Butter Ex tras were-30c, down twb cents. Hops, 1930 Oregon Trop, were 18 cents, narrowed down from i 18-17 cents. - Prune prices were 5H-8 fcr Italians,, and 5-6 for petites. ! :'lf. '.v: 'I i Date Prune Mart Opened in Florida By Roseburg Man ROSEBURG, Jan. 3 - Fike J. hundred pounds of Umpqua Val ley date prunes have been tent from Roseburg to St. retersmirg, Florida, to be served In one p? the restaurants catering tor tie high class trade of that city. j Ted Post, adjutant of the Ore gon Soldier's home, recently spent some weeks In Florida and while there he .- obtained permission , from the ' restaurant manager to j send a sample of Oregon prunee. He received a return order for 500 additional pounds following his sample of 100 pounds, with information that if such quality can be assured, a new prune mar ket has- been established.. IP. S. PEERLESS 4-PiY . . 5 eS 5 035 naMs 7SS 8.15 m mm mmm e 84 0 ' . 9.75 5-PLY .-.$8.25 ... 9.40 .1105 .-.11.60 12.S0 TIRES SERVICE XcIcpEicno 472 rs