PAGE FIFTEEN
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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 28, 193?
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Berry Crops Are Short in
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By C. GENEVIEVE MORGAN
With Salem's 1937 trait ad
vegetable packing s season at Its
dead end, pencil sharpening Is in
order to get a picture of what this
industry means to the city and the
A ahnnt : A lid that
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picture will reveal a bread and
:. butter industry of; major proper-:
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It may be said I at : the outset,
that figures on the 'canning Indus-
try are almost as hard to dig out
as gold in the Marion county
courthouse lawn; the chief reason
being .'that canners (here and
elsewhere) ..hover over their re
spective figures jat 1 reasonable
length of time so 'every possible
can of , prunes or berries or cher
ries can go to market, in the most
favorable light. , ; f.--: ;
In short, the figures,' offered
here are unofficial, but just-the
same probably will hit the mark
pretty accurately! when actual
pack figures are officially given
to the public. v
" Salem canneries this season
have packed 2,030,000 cases of
fruits and vegetables!
, Not Much Decline -
That figure U 200,000 cases'br
-less under the.l9JG pack, and is
Something of a revelation in view
Of gloom which dominated-the
canning situation as most of the
fruits neared the ripening stage.
Some there are who hold this
figure is way too high for the 1937
pack. One veteran icannefy operat
or here holds that only 1,250,000
cases of fruit and vegetables were
put up in the Salem plants this
year, or only about half the nor
mal pack. I
These two million plus casej,
handled 'by nine tanneries,' don't
. tell the whole fruit story, either.
For between 15,0,00 and 24,000
barrels (2 SO pounds to the barrel)
of brined cherries were handled,
not to mention increased opera
tions In bottling; beverage fruit
juices. I ,
Bullions Paid out
If you don't think the Salem
canneries are a bread and butter
industry for Salem,, open your
eyes at these figures ( based on the
pack of 2.030.009 cases):
Approximately j S 1 ,6 4 2,2 1 4 was
paij. . here for fruit which went
into cans alone during the. 1937
season: t
About 22,400,000 (enough to
buy a $200 refrigerator for every
home in Salem and then some)
was paid or labor on frultsLand
vegetables that went lnto.tbe cans
In Salem cannerie! : - - y
Nearly J 1,035,500 was paid for
tin cans in which to pack the
fruit. While cans are not man
ufactured in Salem, they, come
from Portland and Washington
state, and so this money went into
northwest channels.
And sugar cost around the halt
million dollar figs re.
Eleven Plants Here
(And right here, while those
figures take effect, is as good
place as any to list the names of
the Salem canneries and barrel
ing, plants: California Packing
company, : Hillm&n Packing com
pany. Hunt Bros., Oregon Fruit
Products company, Paulus Bros.,
Producers Cooperative, Reld Mur
doch A company, 'Starr Fruit Pro
ducts company, Jory Packing com
pany, W. G. Allen Fruit company
and Willamette Cherry Growers
association, the latter dealing in
cherries alone).
- The figures outlined above are
only for the pack which went Into
tla cans, and do n6t include money
for fruit, labor or other Items on
barrelled cherries, pitting oi brin
ed cherries, dried prunes or Juice
operations. f .
The cannery industry, as repre
sented In these figures, was vir
tually a B'i month industry here
this year, operations getting un
der steam generally in late May
and closing late In October and
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scene, hist a corner of th tinm
wait to go to market. Below, just
hereabouts the past season.
early November. Some plants have
worked on fall vegetables until
early this past week, j
And theraja still some work on
pitting br&ed cherries, as some of
the handlers here enter this mar
ket with the pitted product in or
der to afford additional payroll
for Salem people, and at a-season
of the year when canning opera
tions generally have slackened
and even through part of the per
iod when the canning equipment
is idle.
Outlook not Rosy
The brined cherry outlook, by
the way, is not so rosy due to high
labor costs and high cost of the
fresh fruit this year forcing the
price to the trade so high" that the
Italian brined cherry can again
compete, in spite of a: stiff tariff,
with the product of this country
la the major United States mar
kets. For reasons already indicated,
it is not possible to present a
breakdown of the huge pack here
Into quantities of varieties packed.
As is already well known, an
berries were a poor" crop, quan
titatively speaking, and as a con
sequence producers realized prices
which sounded like . the halycon
days ot the pre-depresslon era.
Cherries Surprise
Cherries, decried as a small
crop due to severe weather condi
tions which attended their matur
ing and ripening days, finally
turned out to be. the largest crop
from a local orchard standpoint.
Ready With a Tempting Array of
STATIONERY COHIPANY
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Hunt Bros, storaee SDace where berries. Drones, cherries and pears
a handful of the 15,000 or more
A virtual freeie-out In the other
large producing cherry orchards
of the -state saved., the situation
somewhat from the packers and
barrellers-' standpoint. :
: But while the crop was making
up its mind what proportions to
take here, canners forced the mar
ket up to the. point that it's still
a pain in the neck when prices
paid for that fruit are mentioned
in cahner quarters.
Pears, largely brought In from
Medford and Yakima, were the
largest item packed In local can
neries, with cherries next. There
is some dispute as to how large
the canned prune deal went, with
figures running it from 40 to
about 65 per. cent on. the canned
deal last year. . '
Due chiefly to a $10 increase in
the price of fresh prunes over
193S, or a $27.60 price per ton for
1937, and to the short crop,, bulk
of the prunes locally went into
the cans with a resultant- small
deal on the dried commodity.
Peaches Advancing
Canned peaches are coming to
the fore in 'this section, with
slightly larger packs handled than
last year and this fruit being eyed
for larger acreages. Oregon grown
peaches, until recently ignored
from the cannery picture due to
favorable position of the Califor
nia cling, are gaining reputation
as ot finer flavor than the cling.
As a result the peach stands alone
as about the only fruit tree go
ing into commercial orchards.
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barrels of brined cherries handled
Beans, asparagus, pumpkin
tomatoes and carrots represent the
bulk of the vegetable phase of the
canning industry, but with acreage
of sweet cern greatly increased in
this valley in the last year, it is
considered likely that corn will
enter the canning line of more
than one local plant.
Apple Pack Fewer
The apple pack this year, go
ing into large tins for the rest
aurant, hotel and bakery trade
branched out some but the total
pack was considerably short of
last year when only one plant
canned apples.
Apple canning locally is hinder
ed by two important factors: First
the labor schedule here is so much
higher than in east coast apple
canning sections; and secondly,
freight costs put the Oregon can
ned product at a disadvantage.
Canned stocks have enjoyed a
good movement from here until
recently when the usual seasonal
lull came on. Canners, however
seem optimistic about prospects
for next year and expect to see
shelves cleared of their stocks
well before the 1938 season.
Of the individual fruit prospects
for next year,, canners have noth
ing to aav and that, too, is the
usual situation at this time of the
year. Figures ot the U. 8. bureau
of agricultural economics Indicate
that the strawberry picking ac
reage next year will be 17,000
acres, or 22 per cent larger than
the 14.000 acres picked last
spring. .
Scioans Enjoying
Southern Journey
SCIO "Having a glorious trip,
says a card from Mr. and Mrs
Ed Bilyeu, Scio farmers, who have
been . touring western California
for three, weeks. They visited at
Fresno, Sacramento, Los Angeles
and other . points of Interest in
California, and later at Baja Call
fornia, Mexico.
Alice Davis has returned to her
work in Albany after spending a
week at the Scio home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Davis.
Sage of Salem
Speculates
By D. R. TALAIADGE
(Continued from page 14)
Istration comes in for an "impu
dent, irreverent ribbing, some
times kindly, sometimes brutal
often very funny, and all delight
fully goofy."
There is a real "kick" in the
Irene Dunn - Carr Grant film
Th Awful Truth. which has
been showing at the Grand thee
tr since Wednesday. I liked "The-
adora Goes Wild better, possibly
because of its theme, perhaps be
cause Miss Dunne's "Theodora
was so delightfully unexpected
But Miss Dunne, engaged in bring
ins a Jealous husband, who
childishly silly in his Imaginings
and actions, and whose own rec
ord is not above some slight re
proach. IS as entertaining j as
three-ring circus. And the dog in
the east. Mr. Smith,'" helps a
heap in the way of making the
film one to be remembered pleas
Amelia's Final
Book Prophetic
Volume's Title Changed
to
"Last night"; Is
Issued Thursday
By HAROLD K. MILLS
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.
Through the gay pages of Amelia
Earhart's last book a narrative
of her globe-girdling attempt
runs a tragic thread of prophecy,
born out by the dlsannearance
which changed the volume's title
from "World Flight" to "Last
Flight."
Last Flight" as published to
day (Harcourt. Brace A Co.) pic
tures a life of bright adventure
against the darker backgrounds
ot ubiquitous hazard. It was com
piled by Amelia's husband, George
Palmer Putnam, from the cables,
the telephoned reports, the crib
bled log-books, and the letters
she dispatched as the unfinished
trip progressed.
The book ends, as abruptly as
did the ill-starred flight, with this
portion of a letter she left for her
husband as she started an earlier
aerial adventure: ,
Please, know that I am quite
aware of the hazards. .
I want to do it because I want
to do It. Women must try to do
things as men have tried. When
they fail, their failure must be
but a challenge to others."
"Because 1 want to - - -." That
was the explanation Miss Earhart
gave for attempting to fly around
the earth near the equator, when
she first announced her plans in
New York less than a year ago.
Saw First Airplane
At Age of 10
The book skips swiftly from the
time she, as a girl ot 10, saw her
first airplane at the Des Moines.
Ia., state fair, through the ocean
flights which made her the
world's No. 1 airwoman, to the
beginning ot her world flight.
The first attempt, westward,
ended In a takeoff crash at Hon
olulu, and Miss Earhart wrote, "I
think it was not more than two
minutes after we emerged from
the crack-up that I knew exactly
what I wanted to do If ways and
means could be devised for doing
it.
'My own desire, I am sure, was
set almost before the slithering
slide along the concrete ended.
" 'If we don't burn up, I want
to try again.' Something like that
flashed through' my mind. Mirac-
uously, fire spared us . . ."
Miss Earhart did try again, and.
"Last Flight" tells of the rebuild
ing of her twin-motored plane, of
weeks spent in careful checking
of plans, and equipment, before
thesecond takeoff: this timeeast-
ward from Miami.
"I have a feeling there is just
about one more good flight left in
ray system," she fold a close
friend, as she prepared to leave
Miami. "And I hope this trip is it
Anyway, when I have finished
this job, I mean to give up long
distance 'stunt' flying.-
Off on her last flight. Miss Ear
hart dispatched one note which
said:
"Push through. .1 find myself
writing these words almost resent
fully. We're always pushing
through, hurrying on our long
way, trying to get to some other
place Instead ot enjoying the
place we'd already got to."
Chapter by chapter "Last
Flight" takes the aviatrix and her
navigator, Capt. Fred Noonan.
from Brazil to Dakar, South Af
rica: across Africa, and on to
Singapore.
The last completed flight of the
tousle-haired woman and the ;
plane of which she was so proud
was to Lae, New Gaines, reached:
June SO.
"Denmark's a prise n." she .
wrote on July 1, "and Lae attract-'
ire and unsusual as it Is, appears
to two flyers just as confining, as
the Electra la poised tor its long
est hop, the 2,6 56 miles to How
land Island !b mid-Pacific . . . a
wind blowing the wrong way con
spired to keep her (the plane) on
the ground today.
"In addition, Fred Noonan has
been unable, because of radio dif
ficulties, to set his chronometers.
Any lack of knowledge ot their
fastness or slowness would defeat
the accuracy of celestial naviga
tion. Howland island is such a
small spot In the Pacific that ev
ery aid to locating it must be
available."
The next, day they took off on
the jump that was never com
pleted from Lae to Howland is
land, which she had described be
fore as 'a fantastically tiny tar
get." ,
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How iDoes Your Garden Grow?
Complaint "Against Parasitic Diseases in Lawns
'; Start With Fall; Remedies Given
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Last week I was reminded that
t had promised to list a few of the
lower growing rhododendrons and
had not done so.
The R a e m o
sum is consider
ed one of ! the
finest of "the
roek garden
group. It Is an
ever green - and
has pink flowers
in early spring.
Chrysanthemum,
listed by some
growers, is also
a dwarf one in
yellow. '
The Ferrngin
eum grows from
tflUl MldMB .
18 Inches to two feet high and has
pink or carmine flowers.
Hirsutum is one of the excep
tional rhododendrons in that it
does, not object to limestone. To
most rhododendrons lime in any
shape is ' anathema.
The Keiskei Is variable, but us
ually stays below three feet, tls
flowers are yellow.
Lawn Diseases Appear
The fall has brought a strong
revival at parasitic diseases to tha4
lawn it would seem, to Judge from
inquiries reaching me. Fairy Ring
has the largest number of com
plaints against it. This is a fung
due to mushroom, toadstool, and
cuffballs. The grass immediately
outside the ring of mushrooms is
likely to be stimulated fhd be
come darker, while inside or over
the ring there will be a zone of
dead grass. As the ring increases
year by year, tweeds grow in the
dead zone and grass dies. The
roots of the fungi live in the soil
perennially.
It is a difficult -disease to erad
icate if it gets a firm hold in the
lawn. Treatment has to be per
sistent. First carefully pull up all
fungi and put them into a 6aek or
paper box to be burned. Next,
perforate the soil to a depth ot
about eight inches and apply bor
deaux mixture Immediately over
and In advance of the ring. You
must apply enough to penetrate
the sell thoroughly.
Organic Mercury applied at the
rate of two ounces to five gal
lons ot water is also recom
mended.
Advice of SUte College
Another suggestion from Ore
gon State college is to drench the
perforated soil with a solution of
Potassium sulfide, one ounce to
two gallon ot water. Make sev
eral applications- at two week in
tervals. This same treatment wil
care for Brown Patch.
But do not. mow over these fun
gi growths and scatter them
about.
In response to request for
names of flowering trees for the'
smaller lawns:
Prunus Blireana; double pink
flowering cherry.
Spray Peach Trees Soon
The double flowering peaches
they must be sprayed for leaf curl
and other diseases if they are to
thrive. Remember in December
spray your peach trees, both the
flowering and the fruiting varie
ties, with lime-sulphur.
Pyrus floribunda and PyruSj
eleyi are the bettter of the flow
ering crabs. The first has pink
buds to recommend It and the oth
er has a rosy red flower, bronzy
foliage and deep red little apples. ,
The laburnums grow to only
about 20 feet in height and bloom
when very! young. It must be re
membered ! that all parts ot the
plant, including the fruit, are poi
sonous.
Good flowering shrubs for the
small lawn would include the Jap
anese quince, spirea prunif olia. Of
course, V. Carlisll and the laurus
tinus, the welgellas, the deatzias.
the lilacs., and the azalea and
rhododendrons are all suitable.
Ferns which seem to be dying
should be examined tor mealy
bugs, small scale-like affairs that
adhere to the fronds and along
the "ribs"! of the ferns. Those
should be removed either by a
tooth pick or they may be touch
ed with a tooth pick dipped In al
cohol.
Birds Bobbins Shrubs
I have I had complaints about
birds robbing berried shrubs, . I
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was really of the opinion that the
berried shrubs were as much to
keep the birds in the garden as
for any other reason. However, if
in your garden, you have a ber
ried shrub you want to protect
for some other use, yon might
take the - tops and bottoms of
shiny tin cans, punch holes ' in
them and hang them on the
shrubs just as we Used to decor
ate Christmas trees when we were
children.' Hang the discs on eight-
inch strings about two feet apart.
If you use . a green string, the
sight won't be quite as unattract
ive. -
A newcomer from the midwest
tells me she has a lily pond in her
garden and wants to know how
she can protect, the water lily
roots during the winter. I suggest
ust leaving them where they are.
Unless they are the very tropical
ones, and few people plant them
here, they will winter in the pond.
Complains About Ivy
Mrs. J.- M. of Stayton com
plains that her ivy dies in water.
She wants to grow the small-leaf
ed variety.
It should grow very well. Do
not have it in too hot a place, at
least not for all the .24 hours of
the day. Run fresh water over the
roots occasionally and wash out
the container' thoroughly once a
week. Some, suggest placing a
piece of charcoal in the water to
keep it sweet.
Creeping Charley is a perennial
weed which is difficult to eradi
cate. Sodium' chlorate will kill it
but will also kill other vegeta
tion. Dig up as much of it as you
can. It pulls up comparatively eas
ily right now.
Do you remember the rock salt
advocated for lawn by W. S.Jack
of Silverton? Well. I notice that
he" has neither , creeping Charley
or any of the fungi growths in
bis lawn. Rock salt may be added
to the lawn now. Mr. Jack said,
you may . remember, to throw It
over the lawn in about the thick
ness of a light hail storm. This
rainy weather is ideal for the
treatment.. Give, It another treat
ment in about two weeks and re
peat again in March.
Keeping Up Window Boxes
When the window boxes be
come unsightly, and some of them
have already become bo, pull out
the plants and put in their steam
small evergreens from 10 to 18
inches high. They will be nice all
winter and will especially add to
the holiday appearance of the
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home. An assortment ot IS little
evergreens,' it you don't Insist on
the fancier sorts, won't cost yon
any more than you put out for
window ibox plants in the spring.
Approximately five or SH months
will pass before you again set out
porch plants. Evergreens suitable
include ' Norway spruce, Mugho
pine, Douglas fir, Pyramital Ar
barvitae.
To estimate the number of trees
required, figure about one tree
per foot of window-box length.' If
the box is quite wide, two rows of
trees should be planted.
Plant in fertile soil and keep
well watered. .i
To Keep Plants Healthy T
Things you should do to keep
your houseplants healthy: ;
Air your-rooms thoroughly ev-
rery day but do not allow a direct
cold draft to strike the plants.
Remember a temperature above
70 degrees is not conducive to
good plant growth or your own
health.!
Provide proper humidity by
placing the flower pots on the new
water mats or put sand beneath
the pot. -
Keep the foliage ot your plants
clean. ! Spray foliage with water
frequently and keep dead or dam
aged leaves picked off.
Watch your plants particular
ly ferns and coleus for mealy
bugs. ;
Water your plants Judicially.
Remember some take more water
than others.
Thanksgiving Day
Hosts Entertain
LYONS Mrs. L. C. Trask had
as Thanksgiving day guests, Mr.
and Mrs. V. D. Scott and two
sons Guy and Keith, . Mr. and
Mrs. Scott, sr., all of Union Hill
and Mrs. Jessie Pendleton of
Mill City. Mrs. Pendleton and
Mrs. V. D. Scott are Jlrs.
Trask's daughters.
Mr. I and Mrs. G. F. Johrfston
entertained at dinner Thanks
giving day Mr. and MrS. Donald
Huckabee and three children of
Stayton and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Johnston and two daughters,
Carroll and Shirley of Lyons.
Mr.! and Mrs. Clair Humphreys
and their daughter, Betty, left
early Friday morning for a trio
to Longvlew, Wash. Their small
Bon, Leland, remained with' his
grandparents Johnston.
To Entertain Club
HAZEL GREEN Mrs. Charles
Zielinski, jr., . and Mrs. Virgil
Perrene will be hostesses to the
Sunshine Sewing club Wednesday,'
Dec. 1, at Mrs. 2ielinski's home.
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