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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
MONDAY, JULY 21, 1930
CapitalAJournal
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Byron
Spurning a Payroll
If the city council declines to grant the vacation of a
strip of Trade street 41 feet wide adjacent to the paper mill,
the Paper Company states its contemplated expenditure of
$100,000 in building and equipment for enlargement of the
Salem plant, involving the permanent employment of an ad
ditional fifty people, will be abandoned and the expenditure
made instead at its Vancouver VVu., plant. Machine No. 2,
which has not been in operation since the reconstruction ex
cept occasionally for cheaper grades of paper, will be moved
and rebuilt and operated on higher grades of paper at Van
couver instead of Salem.
The vacation was asked because of its geographical
location, there is no other way for plant expansion in Salem,
production already being greater than its finishing and stor
age capacity and additional output unless the new building
Is constructed involves an expense in handling that eats up
the small margin of profit in manufacturing at present mar
ket prices.
That portion of the street for which vacation is asked is
now utilized for a railroad track and for auto parking by
paper mill employes. It is not used for traffic and the re
maining 58 feet will afford ample facilities for traffic, the
bulk of which is by the paper mill itself.
We venture to say that if any new manufacturing plant
applied for the vacation of a portion of a stub street to make
a $100,000 investment and a steady payroll for 50 new men,
not only the council would speedily grant it, but that the
community itself would demand it. While the vacated por
tion of street may have a theoretical value, the benefit of
' additional investment and payroll would offset it and the in
creased taxation resulting reimburse the city many times.
Such vacations are customary in all cities, especially
those seeking industries. It is by such encouragement that
industries are secured and kept. Yet the obstruction senti
ment in Salem, which is quite vocal now among a small
coterie of those who have never done anything constructive
themselves and whose efforts at community building consist
in hampering those who do, has caused the filing of a pro
test. An unusable portion of a stub street has suddenly ac
quired great value despite the fact that the city could
profitably vacate many such portions of streets providing
similar investments and payrolls followed.
The worst feature about the protest is the advertise
ment Salem gets for hostility to industry. If this is the
cooperation extended to our largest established industry, we
may rest assured other needed industries will keep away
and Salem has enough handicaps in freight rates, high tax
ation, etc., in securing industries, without adding community
hostility.
The Paper Company has had a hard time under Hoover
prosperity in keeping up operations. Only by increased pro
duction, thereby lowering the ton cost of production, has it
been able to meet the repeated drops in paper prices, that
have closed scores of paper mills in- other sections. Within
the past few weeks, the new Ze'lerbach mill at Bellingham
closed down indefinitely and the Tacoma mill went into bank
ruptcy, while nearly all others have curtailed instead of in
creased production, let the Nilem plant nas Kept up iiigni
and day operations and only asks for reasonable cooperation
to increase investment and payroll.
Pioneer Women and Descendants Help Dedicate Cutoff Road
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Courtesy Oregon Journal
Eleven women, pioneers la their own rich! or by desoendeney from t he first settlers of the region opened by the new read. Saturday par
ticipated In the ceremonies attendant apoa dedication of the new Sal mon river highway. In the center (above) la Mrs. Rhoda Quick Johnson
of Tillamook, the ftnt white child to travel over the route of the road, who was crowned queen another of the celebration. Others In the top
row are Mrs. Ellen Grans, 93 year old princess V presenting Sheridan; Mrs. R. A. BenseU, aides! pioneer from Newport; Mrs. Lacy Metealf, 04,
princess from the Silets reservation; Miss Ann Whiteaker, Eugene, who was Miss Oregon. In the bottom row ars Mrs. Mary A. CUkey, Dayton
princess; Miss Jeaano Joo.es of Newport. Princess Yaqoina; Mrs. Alice Palmer af Dayton, daughter-in-law of the lata General Joel Palmer;
Mrs. Margarie Graham Alexander, daughter of the founder at Toledo; Mr. Mary Case, Newport pioneer, and Mrs. Nellie Mackey Gaiiher, prln
eess for Lincoln county.
Brown Rot Bugaboo
Calculated to Injure
Oregon Prune Export
While packers say they know of no Oregon prune pack
ers who have received complaints from outside buyers as to
brown rot in Oregon prunes nevertheless it is called to their
attention that Oregon prunes are
receiving a large amount of unfav
orable publicity from the campaign
Cause of the Slump
The experts of the Department of Agriculture figure
that it cost farmers an average of $1.24 to produce a bushel
of wheat in 1929 and that the cost for 1930 will be about the
same. Wheat is now selling for about 80 cents, the lowest
since 1914, while the things the farmer buys cost about 50
percent higher thnn in 1914, thanks principally to the taritt,
"Other agricultural commodities are also off sharply, says
the Department. And all this in spite of the half billion dollar
Farm Relief Board.
While not much faith can be placed in government sta
tistics as to cost, for the production of wheat does not cost
the efficient farmer anything like $1.24, there is no question
but that the average farmer, paying more for everything he
buys, is losing money with 80 cent wheat.
When the farmer doesn't make money, he cannot spend
it. He will not be buying autos, radios, furniture and other
things. And because he cannot spend, the market for these
products slumps and workers are laid off. Nearly every in
dustry is sooner or later effected, in spite of preferential
special legislation designed to foster the industries at the
expense of agriculture, for manufacturers must curtail to
continue existence.
The farmer is better off in hard times than the indus
trial worker, for the farmer and his family can live on the
products of the farm, whereas the laid off factory employe
is helpless. He is forced to secure work at any wage or join
the brand line.
No form of political farm relief, under our present na
tional policies of isolation and restriction of trade by tariff
embargoes, which react by closing foreign markets, will help
the farmer. His remedy lies in removal of preferential legis
lation favorable to industries but against agriculture which
places agriculture on an economic inequality with industry.
Only by restoring the markets of the world can permanent
prosperity be restored, for we need outlets for our products
and to get them must exchange for the products of other
nations. Otherwise, business will slump along with farm
prices.
JOINT PASSENGER
SERVICE TO SEATTLE
The public service commission was
Informed Monday that the inter
state commerce commission has re
newed authority for the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Na
vigation company to furnish joint
passenger train service between Se
attle, Tacoma and Portland, and to
apportion the earnings.
Thia arrangement has been In ef
fect for about two years. The order
foUowa an interstate commerce coot I
mission hearing held recently In
Portland. Tills is the first renewal.
It was said .since the original order,
the time covered by the first order
having expired.
CRAPI'IKS At (HIT
Independent Drs; Knott and
MrConnell, accompanied by Justice
Mcintosh, tried bass fishing at
Hum bug lake & in day morning, but
too much wind for good basa fishing
caused them to be content to fill
their baskets with crapptes. This Is
Dr. McConnelU first attempt at
crapple fishing and he holds the
record for the morning catch. He
has satisfied himself and others
that one can't catch flan without a
hook and Use. bait and bobber.
now being: carried on ostensibly
under the name of the federal gov-
ernment but having as one of Its
most active factors, if not its mast
active factor. Prof. E. H. Weigand
of the state college staff. This pub
licity has as one of Its culminating
features a meeting here Friday
night with state col leg?, state and
federal officials as speakers and a
number of prospered changes in
dricr3 were outlined covering vari
ous factors causing added expense
to operators.
This campaign of v-hlch the
meeting here was only one or a ser
ies called in prune producing sec
tions, was prefaced by a four page
bulletin apparently emanating from
Washington. D. C, under date of
June 20, 1930, giving, as its head
ing stated, "notice to growers, dry
ers and shippers of Oregon and
Wa5hington prunes."
The pamphlet itaelf stated that
it was 'being distributed cs widely
as possible to the trade in hwpe
that the industry itself will at once
tafce steps necessary to correct cer
tain objectionable practices." That
this distribution may be accelerated
tnrougn the east by California
sources to give a black eye to the
Oregon prune wai mentioned as a
possible result of the propaganda
opened up in the present campaign.
The mailed fist behind the move
ment is revealed in a declaration
in the pamphlet that ' it is expect
ed, however, that where adequate
steps have not already been taken
to accomplish .It the growers and
packers will promptly apply thim
selves to the problem of removing
objectionable material from the fin-1
ished product so as to render un
necessary formal regulatory action
during the season of 1930 and there
after." Some of the things outlined as
necessary in Oregon prune driers
in Uie pamphlet are as follows:
"In oroT to perform sorting ef
ficiency sorting belts are most val
uable. In small driers plain sorting
tables may be used though for sort
ing an equal volume of prunes thia
system is enough to allow three peo
ple, if needed, to work comfortably
on each aide. To this end they
should be 8 to 10 feet long and about
21 inches wide, never wider than
will allow each worker to reach
comfortably across the entire width.
To insure elimination of all rot-infected
prunes the belt should travel
at a rate sufficiently slow to permit
of turning the prunes 63 as to ex
pose all sides to view. For this pur
pose it should move not faster than
15 to 18 feet per minute, and the
prunes should be spread in it so
close as to allow ample room for
turning the individual fruit3. If
they lie too close together this is
impossible.
"In order ta obtain the best re
sults the b?lt must be well lighted.
The inverted trough light si much
in use in seme lines of food manu
facturing is strongly advocated as
the best we know for this purpose,
On request the administration will
be pleased to furni&h specifications
for making it. It is utter folly to ex
pect good results if the workers are
not furnished with good light so
they can see quickly and clearly the
appearance of the prune surface
The naturally dark color of the fruit
only serves to make this require
ment more important.
"Many of the plants visited are
found to be dark and dingy. In some
cases they had been brightened up
oy tne use or paint or whitewash
but such Instances were very few.
'In the matter of lye dipping great
care can well be exercised to avoid
Injury resulting from too severe
treatment The adoption of means
by which the process can be more
accurately standardized both as re
gards the strength of solution and
length of application as well as tak
ing into consideration the character
of the prune with respect to ripe
ness would contribute to producing
aproduct of more even quality. The
excess lye should be thoroughly
rinsed off with clean, fresh water.
The fact that a certain amount of
lye frequently is carried over Into
the rinsing water by each batch
demonstrates the importance of re
placing the water with a fresh sup
ply.
"Each drier should be provided
with an adequate supply of clean
water not only to meet the needs of
proper rinsing but also for general
cleaning purposes about the plant.
very lew plants were suitably sup
plied in this regard with the result
that very dirty conditions were al
lowed to prevail. Floors and equip
ment should be maintained in f
clean sanitary condition by .suitable
cleaning methods.
The temperature and humidity
in driers should be better controlled.
Laxity of indifference in these re
spects may result In reducing the
plant efficiency to such an extent
as to Influence considerably the
matter of profit or loss on the crop.
Some instances were noted where
apparent carelessness in this regard
reduced the drier capacity 25 to 50
per cent. This amount on a season's
run is a very serious item and one
which should net be left ta rule-of-tluimb
methods.
"Buyers in receiving deliveries
should inspect closely for evidences
of decay of any kind, since failure
to do this will necessitate greater
caution in packing to remove all
decayed fruit.
"Great care must b3 exercised to
MOTOR CARAVAN
IN SHERIDAN'S STEPS
(Continued from page 1)
in by scores of descendants of the
pioneers who followed Sheridan
down the river and of the Indian
tribesmen he subdued. Miss Jeanne
Jones, granddaughter of the late
Ben P. Jones (father of the Roose
velt highway) in the role of Prin
cess Yaquina, clipped the tape
which formally opened the new
highway, and the dedication cam
van headed by Governor Norblad,
members of the highway commis
sion and of the Salmon River high
way improvement district board,
Mrs. Rhoda Quick Johnson, queen
mother of the celebration, and her
attendant princesses and other rep
resentatives of participating coot'
muni tics on the coast and inland
moved westward toward Otis, the
junction of the new road with the
Roosevelt coast highway.
Upward of 3000 people were mass
ed about the platform erected at
New Grand Ronde for the dedica
tion ceremonies, presided over by
Major-General U. G. McAlcxander,
the Rock of the Marne, who now
makes his home at Newport. The
speakers were Governor Norblad,
H. B. Van Duzer and C. E. Gates
of the highway commission, who
forecast that the new road would
soon be taken over and made a part
of the state highway system: Coun
ty Judge P. C. Robinson of Lincoln
guard against condition which will I county, chairman of the day; John
y
The responsibility for keeping
up the appearance of Belcrest
Memorial Park properties
rests entirely upon the endow-
ment fund.
Individuals who own property
in Eelcrest pay nothing but the
first moderate purchase pace.
Belcrest
MEMORIAL PARK
3 i miles South on
Browning Avenue
"ONK HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW
favor development of blind mold.
This condition is liable to develop
on fruit carrying too high a precen
tage of moisture. A few lots of
prunes of this kind in which an at
tempt has been made to clean them
up showed that the real trouble was
being only in part alleviated since
in some cases there was only a par
tial removal of the mold while in
others the treatment has served
principally to make the conditions
less visible in a casual inspection."
In touching on brown rot the
pamphlet says in part that
Boyer, father of the new highway
project; Seuator E. P. Bailey of
Junction City; Colonel Robert A.
Miller and B. P. Irvine, who gave
the historical address of the day.
Siletz and Grand Ronde Inaians
rot or other kinds of decay should
by all means be removed. Prom a
practical standpoint It would appear
that the proper time to remove it is
before dipping or traying ... A very
warm moist condition Is conducive
to its development which is very
'brown rapid.
to the full tribal garb of their fore
fathers )ed the parade to the. re
viewing siana at nuy umnu jwuiu;
and were followed in chronological
sequence by groups representing the
historical periods of development of
the country which has fought for
and made possible the new road. Pi
oneer pack trains, covered wagons,
Sheridan and his troopers and their
"block house" in faithful replica,
stage coaches, hunters and trappers,
and interspersed through it all were
the descendants of the pioneer
woodsmen and settlers and their
wives and families dressed in the
coon skin caps and crinolines of the
period they sought to picture,
At the rear the modern automo
biles with guests from far and near
to participate in tlie event which
meant realization of the dreams of
more than half a century: the Cher
rians from Salem, Rosarians from
Portland and other well -wishers
from most every city in the Willam
ette valley and all coast points
Prom a covered wagon drawn up
In front of the stand an escort as
sisted Mrs. Rhoda Johnson of Tilla
mook, the first white child to travel
the Salmon River route, and she
was conducted to tlie platlorm by
Dr. Francis Marion Carter, pioneer
of the Salmon River district who
impersonated Abioham Lincoln. Sit-
on the first chair made in Oregon,
fashioned by hand by Wcbiey Haux
hurst at the old Jason Lee Mission
in Salem, Queen Rhoda was coro
nated with a crown of selected Lin
coln county beach agates. Surround
ing her was her court of princesses.
Among the latter were Princess
Yaquina, Miss Jeanne Jones of New
port, Princess Lincoln county, Mrs.
Nellie Gaither. first white child born
in Lincoln county; Princess Sher
idan, Mrs. Ellen Graves, pioneer of
1851; Princess Alsea, daughter or
Chief George of the Hood River
tribe; Princess Siletz. Mrs. John
son of -Siletz, daughter of Chief Ya
quina ; Princess Medford, Mias Mar
jorie Skeeters, one of the Hillman1
party which discovered Crater lake,
and Princess Milwaukee, Miss Pran
ces Plimpton.
From start to finish the event
was a grand historical pageant ex
tending from Sheridan through WU-
lamina and Grand Ronde, all along
the route of the new road and down
the coast to the southernmost of the
Lincoln county beaches. At intervals
by the roadside were exhibits de
picting various historical events.
Everywhere were the costumes of
the '40s and '50s. Beside the road
at one place stood the toll gate of
the old Salmon river toll road and
the plow used in grading that first
road, both tended by men of an age
that enabled them to "remember.'
There was a replica of a ship that
was wrecked at the mouth of Siletz
bay 60 or more years ago.
Above all there was Jubilee and
rejoicing. From Sheridan through
to Newport it was evident that the
people were celebrating "an event."
Every settlement and bgach resort.
almost every cottage was gay wiui
flags and banners. Bands played
throughout the day and on into the
evening at every beach resort, and
over it all rang the echo of the slo
gan that the Lincoln county
beaches had "come into their own.
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WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES
Taft, Ore. ( inrte men and a
woman swam to shore when the
trolling boat Yakanan capsized while
leaving the harbor here Sunday
They were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Da
vis of Wood burn, and C. R. Shaner
and Dan Bhven of Taft.
The boat, carrying a heavy load
of fish, was leaving the harbor at
low tide with a heavy swell running.
Hazel Green Mrs. 'Richard Towe
spent the past week in Waconda as
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hall. During her ab
sence Mr, and Mrs. Knute Towe,
parents of Mr. Towe, remained In
charge of the home place while Dick
was employed on the Kuenzl baler.
FURNITURE MEN
CLOSESESSION
The second annual session of the
Oregon retail furniture dealers as
sociation closed late Saturday with
the election of Alfred A. Rosa of
Marshfteld as president, and the
naming of Portland as the 1931
convention city. Other officers nam
ed were Morris Dai ton of Dallas,
first vice president; Adolph Hansen
of Baker, second vice-president; Ben
Gadsby of Portland, secretary -treasurer;
and J. King Bryon of Port
land, managing director.
The principal theme of the con
vention, that of the national style
show to be put on by retail furni
ture dealers throughout the nation
the latter part of September and
the first of October, was discussed
by J. W. Moore of Chicago, western
director for the campaign. In a
speech late Saturday. Moore stress
ed the change in furniture style and
the ensemble idea, together with the
individual customer's problems.
Monmouth The company of Gra
ham & Calbreath, who have a gar
age have moved their office and
supply rooms from Main street to
the Red Top service station on Knox
street.
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