Newberg graphic., May 20, 1920, Image 3

T he Fruit Industry o f Y amhill County, Oregon
The present modern and splen­
didly equipped candery located In
Newherg le the result of years of
labor and effort on the part of
those, Interested In the develop­
ment o f the fruit Industry In this
section of the country.
'While It is a weu anqgyn fact
that fruit In quantity and of ex­
ceptional quality baa been grown
to perfeotlon In this territory
since the earliest daya. It never­
theless has been but in recent
years that the Industry has been
on a sound paying basis.
It Is needless to rehearse the
upe ' aivd downs
(principally
downs) through which the In­
dustry paused white the moat
practical and profitable way of
taking care of fruit crops was be­
ing evolved.
A new era may.be noted from
the time the late Arthur Rupert
came here and began to make
friends and to make hie influence
felt. -
He had the vision of what
were possibilities here end he* al­
so had the wisdom of experience
to aid him and those associated
with him In establishing the
fruit industry on a basis whqreby
It would grow and thrive and all
connected with It could prosper.
For, after all. a business of any
kind cannot prosper and grow he
It otherwise might If nll^ connect­
ed with It or« not interested in
Its success and prosperity as well
as In their own Individual suc-
osne and prosperity. Mr. Rupert
desired that all associated with
him should prosper, for he well
knew that If all associated with
him were prospering and succeed­
ing that he. \oo. would succeed
and his business would grow.
When he organised the A. Su­
pers Company Inc., he did not
desire to mate It a one-man com­
pany but on the contrary he
brought to hts assistance In his
enterprise end had placed on his
board of directors men who well
understood the pecking of fruit
and also the distribution of It ty five feet by two hundred and
seventy-five feet, concrete con­
when packed.
struction, with overhead lighting
He placed on his board of d i­ by what Is known as the saw
Under this
rectors such men ss Walter A. tooth construction.
Frost, head of the company which building is a basement seventy-
five feet by one hundred and sev­
bears his name, one of the best enty-four feet which will be used
known distributors of canned for storage of fruit and for ripen­
fruits In the whole country. Not ing pears, of which the company
satisfied with but one large con­ expects to pack a considerable
cern to see that his output was quantity this season. Tha new
addition will be used aa a prepa­
properly distributed but to Insure ration room, canning department
against any unforeseen contin­ and cook room and the old onlt.
gencies, he secured Mr. C. C. Vir­ 'sixty-three feet by one hundred
gil. manager o f the Letts-8pen- and eighty-seven feet, which has
formerly been used as à prépara­
eer-Smith Company, of Mason tion and canning room will now
City. Iowa, and Mr. E. EL Wilcox, be used for the storage of empty
vice president of the Sprague^ cans, boxes, crates, etc,, and the
Earner Company, of Chicago, old cook room Is being remodeled
bojh widely known distributing Into a preserve and Jam room.
The company
is spending’
companies.
eighty thousand dollars In New-
Then to have one of the hest berg this year in. buildings and
known Oregon fruit men On hts equipment. They now hare four
board he was successful In enlist; complete automatic lines whieh
will enable-them to increase their
ing the services of Mr. H. F. Dav- output over any previous pack,
Idsoft. president of Davidson Fruit providing the prices on fruits and
Company, of Hood River, who is sugar this year Justify.
also a nationally known figure in
The company exepets to start
operations about June 1st an#
the business.
will continue packing until, per­
The company 4a now complet­ haps. January 1st. Gooseberries
in g a new addition to the local and strawberries will be the first
plant; this addition being seven- fruits to be handled this yqar,
then the early cherries and about,
July 5th the run on loganberries.
Royal Anne cherries, red and
black raspberries will start. Ow­
ing to the heavy pack of fruits In
Newberg districts no vegetables,
with the exception .of a small
quantity o f carrots, will be pack­
ed this season, other districts. In
whieh the company operates can­
neries, handling this part of the
pack. Among the fruits to be
handled this year at the local
plant are apples, apricots, black­
berries, black cherries. Royal
Anne cherries, white cherries,
red sour cherries, red currants,
gooseberries, strawberries, peach­
es. pears, green gage plums. Y.
E. plums. Renteord plums, silver
prunes, Italian prunes, black
raspberries, red raspberries, lo­
ganberries, quince and cranber­
ries.
The company expects to employ
in the neighborhood of three hun­
dred women and probably one
hundred men this season. Thin
payroll alone amounts to. a large
source of Income to the people of
Newherg and vicinity and tends
to make business better for other
Institutions located here.
The
amount expended for labor in the
m i season Was approximately
one hundred •'thousand dolors.
The growers or farmers before
ibis plant was atarted did hot
have much, if any. market for
their fruits but since the cannery
has been started here and has
made a success these same grow­
ers now have a ready market for
everything which they grow and
receive the top price for same.
The company last year paid in
the neighborhdbd of $300,000 to
the growers for produce. This
hgs helped greatly to increase the
value of land and good soil well
located and adaptable to grow­
ing fruits in this district Is very
hard to get and when obtainable
brings a very high price. The
growers hi this district are add­
ing to their already large plant­
ings of berries and within the'
next three years there will be
three times the amount f t fruit-
grown in this district as at the
present time.
The company employs two field
men in this district. P. F. Stan-
dish and R. L. Parker, and they
are willing at any and all times
to give grower» any advice on
plantings or cultivation and they
may be located here by phone or
personal call at the company’s
o ffid . The management is ready
at all ttmes to counsel with the
growers and will assist them in
any way possible. They are will­
ing at all times to extend. every
courtesy to. the grower and those
interested In the success of the
enterprise and will be pleased to
show them through the plant In
order that they may be in touch
with the plans of operation of
their local Institution.
As an Indication of the Intense
Interest and loyalty of the board
of directors, upon Mr. Rupert’s
untimely death early In the yeas,
the company continued to carry
but his plans and go occording to
the plans he had outlined.
Now, recently as a further
tribute to his friend and as an in-
*dicatlon of his faith in the fruit
industry of this section and tbe
soundness of the policy of the
A. Rupert Company Inc.. Mr.
Frost has accepted the position of
president of the company, has
left his own company in the
hands of his associates who have
operated with him for 25 years,
has moved out to Portland and
will devote all his time and en­
ergy to continuing to balld up
the business founded by Mr. Ru­
pert.
Mr. D. J,- Matthews, who has
been th ro u g h every department
of the fruit canning business has
been advanced to the important
position of genera) superinten­
dent and they now have a compe­
tent corps of men as managers of
tbe eight plants, as follows;
. C. B. Spencer. Newberg plant.
C. J. Pugh. Falls City plant.
J. Fisher, Gresham plant
George Walker, Lebanon plant.
C. E. Newhouse, Spring brook.
A. J. Geddes. dtoseburg plant.
D. H. Gibson. North Puyallup.
J. C. Cranford, McMinnville.
They have a total of fixed in­
vestment now of abput $460,000
distributed as follows:
Newberg. ........................$*10,000
Lebanon.. ...................... 80,000
Falls City......................... *6,000
Gresham........................... 26,000
Puyallup.............*0,000
Sprlngbrook..................... 10.000
McMinnville.................
30,000
Roseburg........... ...........
40,000
No institution has come into
the territory and displayed such
a spirit of ce-operation as has the
A. Rupert Company In«., and the*
growers will do well to be quick
to recognise this and appreciate
the result. With a proper spirit
of co-operation
between
the
growers, business men and can­
ning company, there is a combi­
nation that is surely hard to beat
and such an association is bound
to remain and grow and prosper
to the mutual benefit of all con­
cerned.
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Insure thé Fruit Industry of Yam hill County
Owns and
Operates
Fruit Canneries
at:
N V E S T in the Preferred Stock of a home institution that
has been successful since its organization and has done
more than anything else to bring about the prosperous
conditions that prevail in this territory.
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NEWBERG, OREGON
Rupert Com pany, Inc.
SPRINGBROOK, OREGON
M clIIN N VILLE, OREGON
FALLS CITY, OREGON
7 % C U M U L A T IV E PREFERRED S TO C K
Fully Paid
Non Assessable
LEBANON, OREGON
ROSEBURG, OREGON
NORTH PUYALLUP, WASH.
PREFERRED AS TO BOTH ASSETS AND DIVIDENDS.
DIVIDENDS PAYABLE EVERY 3 MONTHS.
S H A R E S $ 1 0 0 .0 0 EACH
AN OREGON CORPORATION AIDEN G IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF'OREGON INDUSTRY.
W ITH A TOTAL FIXED INVEST­
MENT OF ABOUT
$ 450,000
Banks and business men generally recognize the value of the Cannery to
the community and also the real worth of its stock as a good investment
as evidenced by letters received by them.
The
company is
exclusive sales
agents for
Eugene Fruit Growers’ Associa­
tion. Eugene. Oregon.
Eugene Fruit Growers’ Associa­
tion, CresweU. Oregon.
Eugene Fruit Growers’ A ssocia­
tion, Junction City. Oregon.
Tillam ook Ice A Cold Storage Co..
Tillam ook. Oregon.
B. A. Seaboiy Co., Gold Beach, Or.
Burke Fish Co., Portland, Oregon.
J. W. Young. Mossy Book. Wash.
Small A Urie. Noyo. California.
Moore Parking
dova. Alaska.
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Cor­
George Inlet Packing Company.
K etchikan. Alaska.
ALL FREE OF DEBT ,
OF ANY KIND
Company.
ASSETS ARE A ^pU T THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PREFERRED STOCK TO BE ISSUED
Dividends
quarterly.
payable
March
1,
June 1, September 1.
December 1.
AND QUICK ASSETS A RE OVER ONE AND | ONE-HALF TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PREFERRED STOCK
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SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE BEING RECEIVED AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY AND BY
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MERTON R. D e LONG
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