THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OOTOBEE 13, 1916
ting Polk's Prune Crop
''',4"1
, ago when you ate the
and much ridiculed
,'t care whether it was
gunnysack or a box,
been handled in a san
lether it had just been
s container full of dirt
I? you liked prunes you
.hem and if you didn't
von didn't eat them. May-
L they were put up for you
i. I...J ....ifliirx tn
& fiery siore iiuu Buwiumg
kj.li the fact you didn't eat thein
fcse most of you today consider
djjrune a very delectable and ap
fruit. .The many ways of
lluliimry department of your home
'Sparing this fruit may be partly
ilnsible for your liking it now.
Sow can't get away from the fact
J.the way the prune is put up for
t the present, that is the sani
way in which it is packed and
Wd, has a whole lot to do with
lit eating it. Like Uneeda biscuits
-fereen olives and baked beans, the
Je today is better than "the kind
et used to make."
.'in- the nasi ten or twelve years
i men have been studying the
,1 of American people, and they
i found that Americans want the
jf of foods, and want them put up
Jean, sani' ry, tasteful packages.
here is where the prune man
n into 1 i own. He decided that
people v..Jn't want to eat prunes
jiuse i'.-sy were packed into any
&ind of container, and when the
iSt sold them over his counter, he
bis oistomer a sticky, dirty mess
something that didn't look -good
IgD 10 Cat. Ami lire piunc
Bdiately set to work to devise tiie
of irettini? Drones to the ultimate
burner in such a way that they
"ild appeal to his appetite and cre
! a demand for a product that was
rug on the market.
be succeeded. The packing
"k tni-iiinir nut n clfinn. (ll'V fi'llit.
(roughly sterilized and free from
lamination or any son, pui ui in
jtandard package, neatly labeled,
i.the work for him, and today the
He find favor over all the civilized
49.
fyiur years ago, through the activi
st the Pallas Commercial euro, tne
jC. Armsby packing company was
r -4 to put in a plant at Dnllas
e care of the county's fast in
a ' g! crop of prunes. This plant
! n a pronounced success. It
' j d several hundred thousands
foWira t prune -raisers in Polk
mty for their fruit, and has made
I raining off prunes in this section
moat important industry. It has
id thousands of dollars to labor in
i plant and has given the city a
fetation that a great deal of money
)ct for advertising could not have
tae4 for if., '
Eie purr e of the packing plant
,to a?ord the grower a place to
n "y dispose of his product and to
jv a means of getting the fruit
U ' eonsumer in a clean, sanitary
ai a. In this respect the Dallas
HH nks among the foremost of its
d i i the coast, When the dried
i him into the plant from the
J : o. " ards in 100 pound sacks,
r, . . at weighed and a test made
lnu-h f.'th sack, to see how the
ait ia f iding. The frrade of the
lit, t'. i is the variation in size.
the 1 i for ravins: the grower.
mm the i ales the fruit goes into
kvatora a, 1 is carried to the third
fcr where it goes through a grader
dU anvto ai, iha various sizes.
lis machine sorts in sizes from ai
rage of 30 prunes to the pound.
n to 13) 'a. Eight different sizes
handled and the fruit is automati
lly dropped into its respective bins.
M Italian prunes (the most common
nrniertsal variety raised in Polk
unty) this year run from 30'a to
', about 60 per eent of which are
TVnm the snulinip bins the fruit is
ken in carta to another scale where
is niMiin weicrhed. and a record
a." of eh class. This record is
mt in eh k nn an estimate which is
hv Cm eomtanr early in the
ill v hen the fruit is still green. The
.r- nv'i rales are based on ttira es-
After the second weighing
in ? are dumped into bins on
n 1 floor where they remain
are wanted for packing.
m t important operation in
e t is the processing, for which
i t- 9 processors are used. The
are elevated to one of these
s rhieh contain clean water
m temperature of 212 de
t require four minute for
I to pass through this
h is a succession of 12 per
Vets. dumninr one into the
other, and which allows the hot water
to circulate freely among the prunes,
thoroughly sterilizing them, ridding
them of all germs and making them
perfectly clean. These machines are
automatically controlled, and are of
the latest design having been put on
the market but three years ago. The
Dallas plant is the only one in Oregon
equipped with them. From the small
er of these two processors the fruit
is sent to a hopper nom wlnctt it is
taken by girls who are employed to
face the boxes.
The facing operation consists of
neatly laying two layers of prunes in
the bottom of the box container. In
tliA fm-ins room nearly sixty sills
and women are employed and they are
able to average 75 boxes per day. for
this work they are paid 3 cents per
box. After the boxes are faced they
nra nilod nn trucks and taken to an
other hopper which is kept supplied
with primes trom the larger processor.
Here the boxing crew fills these fac
ed boxes with prunes, presses them
down and nails on a lid. This lid,
however, becomes the bottom of the
box, as it was turned upside down
when it was faced by the girls. The
local plant adopted a new plan of
frtjMiio' Inst veftr which was declared
by New York jobbers to be more sat
isfactory than the former method, and
whinh mure the Dallas mimes the rep
utntion of being the best "pack" of
V.n.t. This same packing mi'tnod is
being used this year. Knch box holds
2"i pounds of the fruit and those that
are shipped to American markets are
only end nailed. On the export box
es, nearly all of which go to England,
the fruit' is branded "Oregon Plums"
instead of the usual "Oregon
Primes." Ordinarily speaking the
English consumer does not know what
a prune is as the fruit is called
"iilnms" tlirnnsliout the British
Isles. The boxes going to England
are also edge nailed to withstand the
Imvil K'ks flf distant shinning.
From the packing crew the plums
'are taken to the. storage rooms on
'he first floor where they are again
weighed and piled lip to cool. The
piles are air spaced, and after 24
lu.iira thpv can be loaded into cars. In
shipping a minimum number of 200(1
boxes is placed in a car. the floor of
liiidi has been spread with a thin bed
of straw to keep the boxes clean. All
boxes for domestic shipment are
branded on ends. 30-40. or otherwise.
according to the. grade of the fruit
therein, whi!') ihe export boxes have
the grade bra-id on the side. The
faints are also marked with the var
ious brands the company turns out.
which include "Columbia," "Quail."
"Snn-Kist." "Argo." and "Arms-
hv." Of these brands the "Colum
bia" and "Quail" are most popular.
A ten-pound box is also packed, un
der the "Sun-Kist" brand, for use
of the holiday trade.
This season the plant will handle
4.1)1.11 u nounas oi prunes.
which will fill approximately 100
freight cars. It will require from now
until the first of the year to com
plete the pack, and if care are avail
able they will soon be going out oi
Dallas at the rate of two carloads per
dav. Of the season's pock 30 cars
will be shipped to English jobbers in
Tendon, one car will go to France,
seven to Canada, and about 00 cam
irill he marketed in eastern United
States markets. The woces paid em
ployees for packing this rrnit will av
erage more than 2f00 per month
while the plant is in operation, and
the irrowers in this immedi
ate vicinity will receive $75,000 for
their dried fruit, the price at pres
ent in t tin nrchn rdists beine ahout
cents per pound. Over one-fourth of
the prunes packed are raisen in me
immediate vicinity of Dallas, the bal
ance of the fruit coming from Sher
idan and other Willamette valley
points.
Wnr the financial return the on
ly benefit that Dallas receives from
this big industry. Each and every
box is branded on the end with the
following wording "Packed by the i.
K. Armsby Company, Dallas, Ore
.n1 h Dflllnx nnine has al
ready become a household word in
many markets of the eountry. The
1- n.aflmj nf lie in I hiflllV color-
1UI tun urei"! ' -
ed box labels has been discontinued
because of the fact that pasted labels
the boxes.
The local plant is managed by A.
C. Peterson. J. C Tracy is superin
tendent. These men are operating one
of the most efficient of the entire
string of Armsby packing houses in
n. W.aliiniHon and California
a thair nmoTMiRive methods have
been responsible for making the Ore
iron prune standard food for the
Aiwprican consumer.
of the employes at each of the var
ious institutions is skilled in operat
ing the projector. The films are ee-
eured from a Portland agency and
go the circuit each week and in this
way afford entertainment for the in
mates. The subjects of the pictures
embrace animal lite and comics ana
about three reels are given in each
evening's program. The pictures are
enthusiastically received and the priv
ilege of seeing them is a reward for
good behavior.
(EIitrrff?0
Evangelists Draw Good Crowds.
The Kellems Brothers company,
"Sunshine Evangelists," are opening
a splendid meeting at the First Chris
tian church. The meetings started
last Sunday morning with a good
crowd and the audiences have been
growing nightly. Already, Mr. Homer
Kellems, director of music end solo
ist for the company, has from thirty
tive to fifty in his chorus and each
evening sees more of the Dallas sing
ers joining this splendid organization.
Mr. Kellems expects to have at least
a hundred by next Sunday evening
nnd and is invitinar evsrv singer in
Dallas to come and sing with the al
ready great chorus.
The Kellems Brothers company is
acknowledged to be the finest evange
listic body now working on the Pacific
coast and during the past year have
led more people to Christ i an any
comnanv in the west. They are evan
gelists of the consei-vntive type and
do not believe in sensational methods
of pvnnsrelism. Mr. Kellems' sermons
arc of the highest order and are
worthy of the great amount of praise
neenrded them.
These popular young men have just
finished a splendid meeting at Minny-
side, Washington su arc billed tor
the biggest churches on the Pacific
coast this season.
Both of the Kellems spent their
summer vacation in New York City
taking special education along the
lines which they are following. Ho
mer Kellems specialized in music
while Evangelist Jeese R. Kellems
studied for his Ph. D. degree. These
young men carry their own pianist
with them and deem themselves for
tunate in having Prof. C. Blnnchard
Smith, n graduate of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music, Boston.
Mr. Smith is known ns the finest
evangelistic nianist on the coast and
is certainly a wonder at getting mu
sic out of a piano. Both Professor
Smith and the song leader, Mr. Kel
lems, are composers of exceptional
ability and have written a great many
songs which have become very popu
lar. Among some of their best known
ongs are "Memories." "When flod
Turns on the Lights," and "Shall We
Know Our Friends in HeavenT" Al
so their gospel hymns have attained
wide prominence wnd among their
hnst ones are: "When we meet the
King." "Glory in His Cross." "War
riors for the King," and "We'll Ral
ly 'Round the Throne." All of these
and many of their other songs will be
used in thi meeting and already the
great chorus is practicing some oi
them.
The nennle of Dallas need no rec
ommendation of the work of the Kel
lems Brothers for many in this city
know Mr. Kellems personally and
know the high order of his messages.
Mr. Kellems is a wonderful speaker.
having studied oratory ever since
childhood and holds his audiences in
n.n !mn irrin nf interest from the
heirinninff of his sermons until he de
the very last word.
With the aid of Howard McCon-
noll the efficient nastor of the church.
it ; evnected that ereat results will
attend the efforts ot this company oi
earnest workers.
ercise, "The Three Unices, ' Dy tne
primary graduating class; song, "We
Kally Today," by the school; exer
cise. "Jesus Loves Me," by the be
ginners; song by the primary depart
ment; exercise, "Jesus Keigns," by
Sarah Toev's class; song, "Honor
Bright Band," by Mrs. MacKenzie's
liis: evarciste hv intermediate erirls.
"Holy, Holy, Holy," by Mrs. Bick-
nell's class; graduation of baby roll
to heo-inners: eraduation oi begin
ners to primary; graduation of prim
ary to juniors, with presentation oi
certificates and testaments; song by
the school, "The Royal Banner;"
message by the pastor; offering and
notices: closing song by the school,
The Light of the World is Jesus."
0. E. Society Met Monday.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society of the
Christian church was held Monday
night at the church. Supper was serv
ed tit six and then the committees
were addressed by Evangelist Jesse
Kellems, Rev. McConnell and Blan-
clmrd Smith. Miss Ethel Van Nort-
wick presided at supper and the gen
eral meeting.
of confirmation of such sale- when
made, and other relief in said petition
prayed for, to-wit:
Northwest quarter of Northeast
quarter and Southeast quarter of
Northeast quarter and Northeast
quarter of the Northwest quarter of
section li in Township 0 ftoutn,
Rnnce 4 West of the Willamette Me
ridian in Polk County, Oregon, con
taining IliU acres or land.
This citation is sewed uoon you
by order of The Honorable J. B.
Teal, Judge of the above entitled
County Court, said order bearing date
the 14th dav of Setember. 1916. di
recting that this citation be publish
ed in the folic county uoserver, a
newsnaner of general circulation
printed and published in said county,
for tour weens, tne date oi tne nrst
nnhlication of this citation being the
15th day of September, 1916, and the
date of the last publication thereot
being the 13th day or uctoner, -isuo.
Witness The Honorable J. B. Teal.
Judge of the County Court of the
State of Oregon for the County ot
Polk with the seal of said Court affix-
n,l this 14th dmv nf SentnmltAr. 1916.
BS15-013 A. B. ROBINSON, Jr., Clerk
Evangelical Church.
Fnreiini Mission dav will be observ
ed at the Evangelical church next
Sunday morning. "A Day of Good
Tidines" will be the theme of the
nastor's sermon in the morning. In
the evenififr the subiec.t will be
"Shirking Responsibility." Rev. Ers-
kine will also preacn at tne nriage
port appointment at three in the afternoon.
Rev. Wall Has New Church.
Rev. Orin Wall, for the past two
years pastor of the Buena Vista
Methodist Episcopal church is now in
charge of his new church at Sheridan.
The Wall family left Buena Vista
Mnndnv Rev. Atkins. Mr. Wtell's
successor, is now in Buena Vista.
Rev. Brown Expected.
Rev. J. M. Brown, new pastor of
the Dallas Methodist Episcopal
church, and family will be at home
here shortly, Mr. Brown will preach
his first sermon Sunday.
Sava Coast Is Tor Hughes.
William A. Gilmore, a delegate at
the last Republican convention, has
rennrted to western Republican oltic
inls at Chicago that the coast is for
TTnu-lins nnd Fairbanks.
"I have just returned from a trip
throuirh Oreeron. Washington ami Cal
ifnrnia." said Mr. Gilmore, "and I
am ftprtnin that the old breach of
1012 has been practically ihealed and
that the Rcnubhcans and J'rogres
nives will cntnusinsticaiiy support
Hughes and Fairbanks. " '
pom Sella Prunes,
lapman has sold his 1916
ae to Mason, Ehrmaa eonv
artland.
Tohnioa Operated On.
imson, 80 years eld, was
upon Wednesday by Dr.
t toe Dallas hospital.
"Vni." far State Institutions.
Movinar rrictore show for the pa-
.t h. ttr institutions will
faxrin next- Monday night and eon
thmn4wint the winter season
There are projecting machines at the
jnitentiary, asylum I arm. luuenu
i . ..Mtnnm the reform school
..J th fohla minded school. One
Presbyterian Church,
At the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, a grand rally of all the de
partments of the church will be made
with snecial emphesis upon Sunday
school work. The service will open
t 10:30 o'clock. The pastor will
speak on the subject, "lyal to your
own eburch school. A. second ser
vice will be held at 7:30 p. m., at
which time the pastor will give an
undress on the theme. "Go to school
is training for real life." The choir
will furnish special music.
The value of the tall rally day in
the Sunday school is universally rec
ognized. It revives the enthusiasm.
Hpvelnna new interest, and gives an
impetus to all the activities of the
school. The missionary department
of the Presbyterian Sunday school
board has published an order of ser
vice entitled, "The eight ot i,ne,
containing a choice selection ot songs
which are familiar to pupils of the
local school. The program commit
tee announce the following outline of
exercises, to be given at the Presby
terian church Sunday at 10:30 a. m.
Opening song. "Steppinir in the
Lieht:" scripture reading from Old
and New Testaments; prayer, follow
ed by the Lord's Prayer in concert:
song by the primary department; ex-
Notice I
To whom it may concern:
Whereas, the Chinese (torquatus)
nheasants of and in the State of Ore-
iron are beine threatened with ex
tinction from excessive shooting and
otherwise, and
Whereas, the State Board ot risli
and Game Commissioners of Oregon
is desirous of protecting the Chinese
(torquatus) pheasants oi ana in me
f!tn.tA of Oregon,
Now. Therefore. Notice is Hereby
Given bv said State Board of Fish
and Game Commissioners of Oregon,
that the open season for the shooting
of Chinese (torquatus) pheasants is
hemhv elosed to shooting of any kind
in the said State of Oregon on and
after sundown, October loth, A. L.,
1916.
And it is and shall be unlawful to
hunt or shoot Chinese (torquatus)
pheasants anywhere in the said State
of Oregon on amd after said date.
Anyone found violating the provis
ions of this order will be proseduted
as by statute provided.
Dated at Portland, Oregon, this
30th day of September, A. D., 1916.
State Board or run ana
Game Commissioners,
By James Withycombe
By C. F. Stone
By I. N. Fleischner
By Marian Jack
F06-013 By F. M. Warren
CITATION.
In the County Court of the State
of Oregon for the County of Polk.
In the Matter of the Estate of Isa
bel Alderman, Deceased.
To Wesley Alderman, William Al
derman and Winnifred Morris, and
all persons unknown interested in
the above estate, Greeting:
In the Name of the State of Ore
gon, You are hereby cited and re
quired to appear in the County Court
of the State of Oregon for the County
of Polk, at the count room thereof at
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, on on
A.v the 30th Am of October, 1916,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that
day of the October, 1916, term of
said court, then and there to show
cause, if any there be, why an order
of sale should not be made by said
court in the above entitled matter
..lUnnnr James K. Sears, adminis
trator of the above-named estate, to
sell the right, title and interest ot
the estate in the following described
real property as in the petition of
said administrator on me in saaa
matter prayed for, and for a decree
SUMMONS
Tn the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for the County of Polk.
Denartment No. i.
The Chas. K. Soauldin? Lodging
Co., a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. B.
Goldberg, Anna Gumbert, Celia Gold
berg, Bernard Gotdberg, Eva Gold-
hersr. Samuel Uoldbersr. Harry Uold-
hnrir. and Abraham Goldbere. being
all of the heirs at law of Rosa tiold-
berg, deceased; C. L. Tice and L. A.
Whitcomb. co-nartners doinz business
under the firm name and style of Tice
& Whitcomb; Hawthorne Bracket Co.,
a corporation : Fred Oberson and Ed.
Oberson, co-partners doing business
under the firm, name and style ot
Oberson Bros., Defendants.
To the above-named defendant,
Bernard Goldberg.
In the name of the State of Oregon,
You are hereby notified to appear and
answer the complaint mea against
you in the above entitled Court and
cause within six weeks Irom the date
of the first publication of this siuiu
mons and if you fail to appear and
answer said complaint, plaintiff will
apply to the Court for a judgment in
the sum or sj'h.KU with interest
thereon at the rate of 6 Der cent per
annum trom tne drd aay or may,
in l :i. mitirniiHi and ror t ie sum oi
1 SO for fllinp- and recording? a notice
of a lien against the following de
scribed land wnicn you are lnterestea
in tn-wit: Lots Nos. 3 and 4 in frac
tional Block 4 in E. A. Thorp's town
of Independence, Polk County, Ore
gon, as the same is shown by the plat
thereof nn file and of record in the
County Recorder's office of said Coun
ty and State and the building thereon,
nnrl for the sum of $75.00 attornev's
fees for foreclosing said lien in the
case the proceedings terminate in tne
nhnve entitled Court and $100.00 in
case it is necessary to prosecute said
suit to the supreme court or tne
State of Oregon.
For the smin of $152.05 together
with interest thereon at tne rate oi
fi ner cent per annum from the 20th
day of April, 1915, until paid and
tor the sum or $z.ou ior nung ai ueu
for said amount against the above
nnsnrihen nrnnertv and a decree fore
closing said liens and $50.00 attor
ney's fees for foreclosing said lien in
rasa the nroceedinsB terminate in the
above entitled Court and $100.00 in
case it is necessary to prosecute said
suit, tn the Supreme Court of the
State of Oregon, and will apply to the
Court for the relier prayed ror in
Plaintiff's said complaint.
n.
An shown hv plaintiff's complaint
the above claims have been incurred
on account of labor performed and
material furnished for the construc
tion and repair of a dwelling house
upon the above described premises
and the construction or a cement side
walk thereon and in connection there
with and that liens have been duly
filed and recorded as provided by
law and subject to be foreclosed. The
plaintiff asks that the above lands
and premises be sold by the Sheriff
of Polk County and that the purchas
er be put into immediate possession
thereof and that plaintiff have judg
ment for any deficiency that may re
main after the proceeds of said sale
are applied as provided by law, and
for such other, rurtner ana ainerent
relief as to the court may seem equit
able.
Von art. notified that on tihe 29t
f fientemher. 1916. the Hon. H.
H. Belt, judge of the above entitled
Court made an order at the City of
Dallas. Oreron, authorizing and di
recting this summons to be served up
on yon by publication tnereor once
a week for six successive weecs in
The Polk County Observer, a newspa
per published at Dallas, Oregon and
tht the first oublication oi mis sirm-
nuina wu ma He nn the 29th dav of
September, 1916, and that the date of
the last publication thereor win De
made end the same will exnire on the
10th day of November, 1910.
WALTER L. SPAULDINQ,
FS29-N10 Attorney for Plaintiff
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