GRESHAM OUTLOOK, HOLIDAY NUMBER
Friday, December 15, 1922
MANAGER OF BERRY GROWERS TELLS
OF PROBLEMS CONFRONTING FARMERS 3
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We h av e a n o th e r m ethod of saving
F o llo w in g is a le tte r receiv ed from
D. E. T ow le, m a n a g e r o f th e C o o p era th e b e rrie s th a t we look upon w ith
tiv e F r u it G ro w e rs' a sso ciatio n , in m uch favor. T h is is th e b a rre lin g
an d freezin g of th e raw fru it w hich
w h ich h e d isc u sse s som e o f th e p ro b h a s p assed th e e x p e rim e n ta l sta g e an d
lem s now c o n fro n tin g th e fa rm e r. is ad a p te d to th e h an d lin g of all
Mr. T ow le is to be c o n g ra tu la te d on k in d s of b e rrie s. T h is p lan is sim p le
th e sp len d id su ccess of th e w o rk u n an d ch eap an d is receiv ed w ith fav o r
by th e jam , p re se rv e , jelly , ju ice, e x
d e rta k e n by th a t o rg a n iz a tio n th is tr a c t a n d pie m a n u fa c tu re rs an d w ill
y e a r fo r it w as la rg e ly th ro u g h his m ak e th e h an d lin g of a la rg e r a c re
u n tirin g effo rts th a t th e fr u it w as age possible.
In sp e c u la tin g on th e fu tu re of th e
ta k e n c a re of an d a good m a rk e t se
b e rry b u sin ess w e a re fo rced to ad m it
c u re d fo r it. T ho se w ho w o rk ed side th a t th e n e a r fu tu re is n o n e to b rig h t
by side w ith him . w hose n am es a re ow ing to m an y cau ses, chiefly am ong
too n u m ero u s to m en tio n , sh o u ld also w hich is o u r n a rro w fo reig n n a tio n al
Come in and hear this machine play. Bring in your old favorite record. Hear each word, every note reproduced
b e given s h a r e of th is p ra ise . Mr. policy of try in g to live u n to o u rselv es
T ow le p re s e n ts very c le a rly th e p re s an d let th e re s t o f th e w o rld go h an g
with
a clarity accomplished only by Brunswick. The time when the idea was to give anything with no thought as to
w hich h as d ep ressed v alu es in farm
e n t an d fu iu re ou tlo o k of th e fa rm e r p ro d u c ts esp ecially in th e m iddle
its usefulness has passed. Now a gift must be one that will last. Here’s one that will never wear out—will be ap
a n d e sp ecially th e b e rry g ro w e r in th e w e ste rn sta te s, w h ich w as one of o u r
preciated as much next year as this—and will improve the appearance of your home. Let us deliver one for a
b e st b e rry m a rk e ts, to su ch a n e x te n t
follow ing a rtic le .
Christmas present.
th a t th ey c a n n o t afford to buy o u r b e r
In co m p lian ce w ith y o u r in v itatio n . ries. T h is co n d itio n w as also m ade
I h ereb y subm it a few th o u g h ts r e la m o re a c u te by w a rtim e ' fre ig h t an d
tiv e to th e ra s p b e rry in d u s try in w e st ex p ress ra te s , w hich is a v ery keen
e rn O regon.
tw o-edged sw o rd th a t c u ts both w ays.
In a g e n e ra l w ay I w ish to say th a t
I could also m en tio n th e fact th a t
th e p ro d u ctio n of th is to o th so m e fru it th e fr u it d e a le r h as n o t b ro k en aw ay
h a s a b rig h t fu tu re in c e rta in sectio n s from th e h a b it h e fo rm ed d u rin g th e
of o u r s t it e .
T h e re a rc , how ever, w a r of d o u b lin g th e p rice betw een th e I
m an y lim itin g fa c to rs to th e p ro fitab le facto ry an d th e co n su m er. T h e re a re
p ro d u ctio n of Ihe red ra s p b e rry , an d ; g re a t econom ical p ro b lem s, b u t th e
am ong them is su ita b le soil.
1 fa c t is ev id en t th a t th e fa rm e r m ust
T h is fru it m u s t have good soil pave im m ed iate re lie f o r go o u t of
A useful a rtic le
t will
d ra in a g e Io ta k e c a re 'o f th e ex cess I b u sin ess. T he tr u th is th e a g ric u l- ;
w a te r of th e w in te r seaso n as w ell a s tu r a l h o rse h as been sto len in th e
find in s ta n t fav o r
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a soil w ith good c a p illa ry q u a litie s to ,,a st tw o y e a rs an d it is a little late to
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seaso n in re sp o n se to fre q u e n t c u ltl- j never. If fo reig n ex ch an g e could be |
will b rin g p leasu re
tim es
v atio n s. T he soil m u st {»e w ell fer- stab lized an d s ta rv in g E u ro p e could
a year. On d isplay now
tilized and. p re fe ra b ly , a lig h t san d y ta k e o u r s u rp lu s food p ro d u c ts at a
loam w ith a n open, p o ro u s su b so il to p ro fitab le p ric e to o u r fa rm e rs, it
afford, d ra in a g e .
| w ould su re ly h elp o u r b e rry m a rk e t
A n o th er d e sira b le co n d itio n is a io- aa w ell a s th e m a rk e t fo r all o th e r
c a tio n th a t is fav o red by th e a v a il pi'oduots both d o m estic an d foreign.
ab ility of a high sea fog th a t th e Ju ly
Prosperity of Farmers Necessary.
su n does not p e n e tra te u n til 10 or 11
I m ay be o v er-co n cern ed b u t have
Our record stock is constantly growing, selections by the most renowned musi
o 'clo ck in th e m o rn in g d u rin g th is
h a rv e s t m ontii. T h is co n d itio n s h o r t a lw ay s figured th a t a g ric u ltu ra l p ro s
cians
are being added and we are confident that you will find just what you want
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records
here. Brunswick, of course, the best record for any phonograph. Come
p re v e n ts excessive e v a p o ra tio n a t th is fa rm e r p o p u latio n of 32,000,000 people
c ritic a l period of p ro d u ctio n (th e h a r w ere p ro s p e ro u s a ll o th e r in te re s ts
in
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T he G resham d is tric t fo rtu n a te ly h as p e rity w ould be g e n eral.
You w ill p a rd o n th is d ig ressio n
all of th e se n a tu r a l a d v a n ta g e s to
w h ich we a ttrib u te o u r su ccess in from th e su b je c t of ra s p b e rrie s , but I
g e ttin g la rg e r y ield s of ch o ice fru it. am su re th e r e is a v ery sy m p eth ic
T h e h a rv e s t seaso n h e re co v ers a s e a co n n ectio n betw een th e p ro s p e rity of
son of from 30 to 40,days an d th e fr u it o u r m id d le w est fa rm e r an d fr u it m a r
of th e la s t picking’ is as la rg e an d k et. 1 w ish to say in c lo sin g th a t we
have b u ilt up a p u re ly co -o p erativ e
lu scio u s as th e first picking.
A n o th er lim itin g fa c to r in ra s p b e r a sso c ia tio n of b e rry g ro w e rs in th is
r y p ro d u ctio n Is h a rv e s t heft). W e d is tric t th a t is now fo u r y e a rs old and
c a n n o t keep pace w ith o th e r in d u s h a s been of m a te ria l benefit to its 275
F la k e n a p h th a lin e p laced in w a rd
ning. T h ese should be soaked in th e
tr ie s a s th e only h a rv e s tin g device we m em b ers w ho have in b e a rin g n e a rly robes, u n d e r ru g s or in th e folds of
sta n d a rd c o rro siv e su b lim a te so lu tio n
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know of is th e th u m b an d tw o fingers
and p lan ted in g ro u n d as fre e as pos
of th e h u m an h an d . Of co u rse, o u r aged to p re v e n t th e slu m p th a t h as g a rm e n ts th a t a re to be placed in s to r
sib le from p o tato d iseases. T h e p atch
b u sin e ss of b e rry h a rv e s tin g is like b ro k en th e p rice of o th e r tru c k farm age w ill p re v e n t th e a tta c k s of clo th es
th e ra g p ic k e rs w hich is n ev er d e p ro d u c ts to a p rice little above th e m o th s an d b eetles.
should be gone over th o ro u g h ly sev
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L ooking a fte r th e o rc h a rd sp ra y iy g
A q u a r te r of a c e n tu ry and m ore low est sa le iu th e la s t live y e a rs p re son an d all p la n ts w hich a re diseased
lem w ill te n d to c u rta il p ro d u ctio n be ab le to pay a fa ir p ric e fo r th e h a r
an d m u s t add m a te ria lly to c o sts and v estin g of th e b e rrie s an d have e q u ip m en t is ad v isab le a t th is season. ago e a s te rn M ultnom ah had a re p u ta ceding th is y e a r am ounted to $902 o r off ty p e should he dug, an d p o ta
toes, vines an d all c a rrie d from th e
w ill have a ten d en c y to confine th e en ough left to p ay th e ta x e s and buy C lean th e s p ra y e r w ith w a te r and oil tio n for th e p ro d u ctio n of a fine q u a l from th re e acres.
in d u s try to te r r ito r ie s n e a r la rg e c e n th e baby shoes.
I p atch .
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plot a re rip e th ey sh o u ld be dug by
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w ell to d ra in th e en g in e to p rev en t and seed from th is lo cality w as m uch A m erican W onder potato, as Im proved
a b le not only for th e h a rv e s tin g of
H av e it F re n c h d ry clea n ed , R e- d am ag e fro m freezin g an d s to re th e In dem and. W hile th e q u a lity is still by him th ro u g h th e p a st 17 y e a rs of h an d and c a re fu l se le c tio n s m ade
th e fr u it b u t also fo r th e can n in g
for
T a ilo rin g
w h ich re q u ire s m an y h u m an h an d s to p a irin g n e a tly d o n e.
eq u ip m en t in a p ro te c te d p lace read y good and th e dem and fo r g e n e ra l p u r liill selectio n , Mr. I.asley does not ag a in from th e v ery b est h ills fo r
s o rt in to th e fo u r g ra d e s th a t th e a d ie s a n d m en.
a n o th e r m u ltip lie r plot th e su c c e e d
fo
r sp rin g sp ra y in g .
pose sto c k fa ir, it is becom ing m ore recom m end g ro w e rs to sp ecialize
P E T E R L E N A R D , T a ilo r.
tr a d e dem ands.
I and m o re c le a r to th o se w ho a re h eav ily in th a t v a rie ty a t p re s e n t on ing y ear. T he re m a in d e r of th e p o ta
to es from th e plot c an be used fo r
| stu d y in g th e s itu a tio n th a t sev eral a cco u n t of th e lack of dem and fo r th is
' th in g s a re n e c e ss a ry if th e p o ta to In- v a rie ty . It w ould seem ad v isab le to g e n e ra l p lan tin g . T ills m ethod should
he c a re fu lly c a rrie d out each and
I d u s try in th is sectio n is to rem ain a w ork on v a rie tie s m o re in dem and In
every y ear. Ity It an y c a re fu l g ro w er
C alifo rn ia fo r seed p urposes. He em
( p ay in g in d u stry .
can c o n sta n tly In c re a se h is p ro d u c
Som e of th e th in g s to be acco m phasizes, h ow ever, th a t th e g ro w er
tion p er a c re an d nt th e sam e ‘ line
p lished a re , first, to c u t dow n th e should se le c t a v a rie ty am i stay w ith
ra ise th e q u a lity of h is p o ta to e s atid
a creag e. S econd, to in c re a se th e p 'o - It long en ough to develop it to its
th u s h elp to solve h is m a rk e tin g
| du ctio n p e r ac re . T h e second goal h ig h e s t p o ssib le p erfection.
p roblem s.
It h a s been d e m o n stra te d , a c c o rd
m ay be re a c h e d by a tte n tio n to fo rtil-
[ ization, p ro p e r seed in g and by I lie ing to Mr. L asiey , th a t th e g ro w er
FA R M E ltS MUTUAL
best p o ssib le c u ltu ra l m ethods.
il er w ho is ra isin g seed in a co m m ercial
NOW is YEARS OLD
n e c e ssa ry im p ro v em en ts w ill h th e w ay can n o t w o rk w ith m ore th a n one
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T h e F a rm e rs M utual F ire R elief a s
I ra is in g th e s ta n d a rd s of th o se v a rie th e d a n g e r of m ix in g v arieties. He so ciatio n h a s ju s t c e le b ra te d its 18th
m u st know fe r c e rta in w h at he 1 h o f b irth d a y w ith a reco rd of 10,000 m em
ties.
fe rin g for sa le anti m ust he ab so lu tely b e rs and m ore th a n $15,500,000 of In
H ill S electin g th e F o u n d atio n .
A n u m b er of p o tato g ro w e rs in th is h o n e st in I lls w ork. T h e re m ay have s u ra n c e on Its books.
v icin ity hav e been p ra c tic in g h ill se been cases w h ere m iddlem en have
T h e com pany hud Its b eg in n in g In
lectin g fo r se v e ra l y e a rs w ith good r e b o u g h t one v a rie ty of seed an d have 1 1904. a t a m eetin g of O regon fa rm e rs .
s u lts. T h is is co n sid ered th e very k n o w in g ly deliv ered it as a n o th e r v ar of w hich m any w ere from th e G re sh
fo u n d atio n of su ccess in th e b u sin ess lety, hut th e tro u b le is th o u g h t to he am d is tric t, a t w hich tim e th e y d e
of ra is in g seed fo r th e m a rk e t o r fo r a s o ften w ith th e g ro w e r as w ith th e cided to found an asso c ia tio n an d In
th e g e n e ra l im p ro v em en t of stock. F. buyer. One th e o th e r hand, ru m o r has s u re th e ir p to p e rty on th e c o -o p e ra
N. L asiey of C o rb e tt h a s w orked along it th a t a la rg e o rd e r cam e to P o rtla n d tiv e p lan . In N ovem ber of t h a t y e a r
th is line fo r 25 y e a rs an d h a s sp e c ia l re c e n tly for d ro p seed p o tato es of th e a c h a r te r w as o b tain ed and th e a ss o
ized on th e A m erican W onder fo r 17 llu rh a n k v a rie ty , sp ecifying th a t th ey cia tio n s ta rte d w ith a little over
y e a rs. H e h a s e a rn e d th e re p u ta tio n should be grow n in .M ultnomah co u n ty $300.00(1 in su ra n c e .
of being an a u th o rity on th e su b ject. e a s t of th e S an d y riv e r. A lthough th e
T h e b u sin e ss h as been a su ccess
P ro f. G. R. H yslop of O. A. C., h as o rd e r w as fo r ten tim es th e to tal nnd d u rin g th e 18 y e a rs ft h a s paid
said th a t Mr. L asiey h a s done m ore a m o u n t of th a t v ariety raised th e re , o u t over $150,000 In fire losses.
to im p ro v e th e A m erican W onder po it w as said to hav e been filled.
G resh am is w ell re p re se n te d on th e
Unsls of Potato Improvement.
ta to th a n an y o th e r m an he know s.
b o ard , w ith H. W. S n a sh a ll a s p re s i
W hen you buy e le c tric globes, ap p lian ces o r m otors, do you know if you a re g e ttin g
T he m u ltip lie r p lo t is sta te d as the d en t and A ndrew ilru g g e r as d ire c to r.
Mr. L asle y 's reco rd s show th a t d u r
them in th e rig h t vo ltag e to in su re th e longest an d m ost efficient service? In o th e r
ing th a t tim e he h as In creased th e b asis of p o tato im p ro v em en t. To th e T he m a n ag e m en t of th e asso ciatio n
w ords, do you know w h a t v o ltag e you h av e a t your lam p sockets. I t is supposed to
p ro d u ctio n p e r a c re from ab o u t 75 u n in itia te d th is is ex p lain ed a s being h as d u rin g Its life tim e been In th e
he 110 volts, but as a ru le it is not.
b u sh els to a n a v e ra g e of m o re th a n th e p ro cess by w hich a p ro d u ct of a h a n d s of th o se connected w ith it in
W hen you buy flash lig h t b a tte rie s o r bulbs, do you alw ay s g et th e rig h t ones to
■100 b u sh els. T h is y e a r, w hich w as c e rta in sta n d a rd Is discovered and th e beginning. T h e sta n d in g of th e
give th e lo n g est and m ost efficient service?
c o n sid ered an off y e a r fo r p o tato es, m ain tain ed . O ne m u s t go to th e field a sso c ia tio n Is held so high th a t its
h is p o tato es p la n te d In A pril w ent for mid dig th e m a tu re p o tato es tiy hand, policies s r e accepted by th e F e d e ra l
90 days w ith o u t ra in b u t in sp ite ot ; ta k in g for n ext y e a r ’s seed only th o se L an d R ank, th e s ta te o t O regon and
th is h a n d ic a p th e y p ro d u ced m ore from h ills p ro d u cin g e ig h t o r m ore th e la rg e farm loan a g en cies on loans
Do you know how to te s t your fuse plugs to find th e defective ones. If n o t, call
th a n 414 b u sh e ls p e r ac re . On a c m a rk e ta b le p o tato es, w ith no sm a ll or m ade by them .
a t th e E le ctric B uilding and I will show you, and w ith every five d o lla rs of electric
co u n t of th e e x tr a q u a lity ra ised , the d eform ed ones. T h is Is th e begin-
T h e e stim ated sav in g to m em b ers is
goods p u rch ased here, I w ill give you a te s t socket, a n d show you how to use it to find
$40,000 a y e a r to th e fa rm e rs In su red
defective fuse plugs alm o st in sta n tly .
and en ab le s m any to c a r r y in s u ra n c e
w ho o th e rw ise could n o t afford it.
I do Hiring for light and power at as reasonable a price as it can he done perfectly safe.
T h e asso c ia tio n is w ell know n in
th is te r r ito r y an d no one h a s o th er
I th a n a good w ord fo r th e p lan.
T h e a n n u a l m eetin g w ill he held a t
I have a good line to choose from and will gladly get anything you may want
■ th e S w iss h all, in P o rtla n d on J a n u -
that I do not have in stock.
I a ry 17 next.
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The many electrical conveniences that I carry in stock, for the home, office,
store or anywhere that electrical current is used, are to numerous to be mentioned
here. Possibly I haven’t as large an assortment as some of the Portland stores, but
with your co-operation it will Be increased.
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I run give you the best of service, in flashlight batteries and bulbs.
new stock of batteries alw ays on hand.
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Gas Prices.
T h in k of g as a t $6, «7, $8 an d $9 a
'th o u s a n d cubic feet! T h a ts w h a t th e
h ousew ives in m an y A m erican c itie s
! had to pay a little o v er 60 y e a rs ago.
H ere a r e th e " c h e a p ” ra te s c h a rg e d
j In th o se d a y s: M em phis, $5.50; St.
L ouis. $4 50; Mobile. $5.90; N ash-
1 ville. $4.50; A tlan ta, $5.50; S av an n ah .
$6 00; N orfolk, $6.00; V icksburg. $6;
, New O rlean s, $4.00; C h arlesto n , $7 00;
J M ontgom ery, $8.00;
Macon, $8.00;
¡G alv esto n , $8.00; S an F ra n c isc o ; $6,
; and S acram en to , $9.00.
Few in d u s trie s can show a s ste a d y
a d eclin e In th e p ric e of th e a rtic le
i th ey sell a s can th e g a s In d u stry .—
i T h e M a n u factu rer.
Want aas. add to your profit.
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