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GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925
AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIES
FLOURISH IN THE GRESHAM TERRITORY S
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CANNERY H E A D (JIVES
.331.96 and a paym ent to m em bers of com ing overly anxious, a fine rain
H IST O R Y DE O PERATION $251,858.96; and th e overhead expense cam e along in A ugust follow ed by ex ­
of o p era tin g including investm ent, de trem e h eat, w hich w as Ju st th e c li­
G resham , Oregon, Dec. 8, 1925.—
I p re d a tio n and sa la rie s to heads of de- m atic condition th a t w as needed to
E ditor O utlook:— In response to your
p artm en ts was 1-7 10 per cent or 2-% produce an u n p reced en ted crop. The
invitatio n to give you some copy for
per cent on th e net cash paid to mem- pickle o u tp u t th ro u g h o u t th e United
th e C hristm as num ber of th e O ut­
, hers for th e ir products, and a t th is S tates d u rin g th e p ast season w as th e
look, we are pleased to subm it th e fol­
tim e we w ish to offer a ch allen g e to la rg e st in th e h isto ry of th e business.
low ing brief sum m ary of th e p rog ress
the w orld to m ake a show ing of m ore
T he season ju s t closing n etted the
of th e industry.
econom ical o peration. W hile Dame g ro w ers in and aro u n d G resham the
D uring th e w in ter of 1914 th e re was
Humor brin g s us echoes of criticism neat sum of $35,423.87. T his w as d is­
a m ovem ent sta rte d to encourage the
by_ th o se in q u isitiv e Ja n e s of w hat trib u ted am ong 278 g ro w ers w ith a
building of a can n ery by th e late W.
they find for six people to do a t the to tal acreag e of 315. T his av e rag e of
W. Cotton, w ith the object in mind of
ca n n ery a fte r th e h arv e st is over, a trifle over an a e re apiece does not
stim u la tin g th e fru it and p a rtic u la rly
p lease explain to them th a t we have hold good in all in stan ces, as som e
th e b erry in d u stry in the G resham te r ­
a m em bership of 430 th a t o u r cooper­ g ro w e rs 'h a d in m uch m ore th a n th is
rito ry . T he response w as generous
ative plan of m ark etin g involves m ak ­ acreage. One g ro w er alone handled
and the ca n n ery w as built and o p e ra t­
ing m any paym ents d u rin g th e year six ac res and it is rep o rted Is th in k in g
ed in 1915 by Jam es S terlin g and H. E.
and an im m ense am o u n t of detail of p lan tin g five tim es th is am ount th e
Davis. T hese gentlem en could be i
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w ork in book and record keeping in com ing season, if a su itab le location
called th e p oneers of th e p resen t 1
handlfng th e v arious pools. And to can be found. T he p atro n s of th e
project.
the stre e t co rn e r c ritic w ho says co G resham pickle facto ry a re scattered
T he season's experience did not
o p erativ e sellin g is no good because w ithin a rad iu s of 20 m iles, alth o u g h
prove very profitable but it m ean t a
it tak es so long to get a settlem en t th e re is one g ro w er a t Cascade Locks,
sta rt, and w hile th e balance w as on
you, o u r m em bers, can rep ly th a t we a d istan ce of 50 m iles. N inety per
th e w rong side of th e ledger, w hich
can afford to w ait w hen it m eans a cent of the cucu m b ers are raised w ith ­
w as probably to be expected, it w as a
gain of from 25 to 40 per*cent in price. in ten m iles of G reshum ; th e re a re a
s ta r t at least.
T his being tru e , we are: not so all-ftred num ber of g ro w ers at E stacada.
New Officers Appointed.
anxious to g et th e cash , as w hat we r e ­
Plant Shows Rapid Growth.
F or th e season of 1916 H. E. Davis,
ceived la st y ear th a t we w ould not
Ja m es E lklngton and D. E. Towle
W hen th e pickle e n te rp rise sp ru n g
have had com ing only for pooled se ll­
up In G resham ab o u t five y ea rs ago.
w ere delegated to operate.
They
ing, tides us over, and we can w ell a f­
but 75 ac res w ere co n tracted for and
m ade a stock sale drive, sold $2500
ford to w ait for a p a rt of th e sale
27 ta n k s w ere in stalled . On acco u n t
w orth of stock, paid th e m ost pressing
price of o u r products.
bills, and w ith a loan of $5000 made
of being unable to sell th e first y e a r's
Company’s Assets Satisfactory.
crop, b u t 50 ac re s w ere co n tracted for
by D. E. Tow le to the association and
T he asse ts of our com pany co n sist th e second year. H ow ever, u n d er th e
a packing c o n tra c t m ade with Mr.
Cotton, th e fru it crop w as handled of a 51 p er cent eq u ity in th e old c a n ­ efficient m anagem en t of th e elder
w ith m ore or less success. Some 10,- nery. o w n ersh ip of ^11 of th e equip­ Stafford and th e p re se n t m an ag er, J.
000 cases of berries and p ears w ere m ent, th e receiving shed and field L. Stafford, th e p la n t h as p ro sp ered
packed and the season would have equipm ent and fe rtiliz e r shed and m ill, un til today th e p lan t a t G resham is
show n a sm all profit, but d uring the office building an d lot, and (th re e ad ­ the la rg e st In th e sta te of Oregon de­
m onth of November the cannery ditional lots w est of th e old can n ery voted exclusively to th e m a n u fa ctu re
burned, with considerable loss over site. And we hold a p u rch ase c o n tra ct of pickles. T h ere a re 86 ta n k s and
th e insurance, w hich w as quite am ple on th e b alance of th e can n ery stock at every ta n k is fu ll th is year. The
b u t not enough to cover. So th e asso- par, w hich in su res th e o rig in al Invest­ buildings a t G resham cover two
elation had had two bum ps and the o rs th e ir money back, plus all th e ln- ac res of ground and th e com pany
m em bers becam e som ew hat disco u r­ I vestm ent earn s u n d er th e lease r e ­ ow ns an additional th re e ac res a d ­
aged, but concluded to rebuild and ferred to, and we look fo rw ard to the joining th e p rese n t facto ry site. The
used th e ir cash balance to build the tim e when we can say to th o se people payroll for th e G resham p la n t a v e r­
p resen t cannery building, but w ere who g en ero u sly subscribed to th e en ages betw een $2.000 and $2,500 a
sh o rt $1500 of cash to puy for it, and te rp rise back in 1914 th a t we re tu rn m onth and th is is to be m a teria lly in ­
no m oney to buy equipm ent. So a you h erew ith th e d o llars you loaned creased in th e fu tu re , acco rd in g to
deal w as m ade w ith Mr. Cotton to pay the lndu stry * an d In doing so w ill es p resen t plans.
T he b u sin ess has also b ran ch ed o ut
th e association $600 ann u al ren ta l and tublish a record for one G resham en
he would put In and own th e eq u ip ­ te rp rise of a com m unity n a tu re th a t and in addition to th e facto ry a t
G resham , w hich, by th e way, is th e
m ent and loan the association $1500 paid in full.
In ta k in g stock of th e asse ts of our only m an u facto ry of th e Oregon P ickle
at 6 per cent and o p era te the cannery
for two years, and would buy the e n te rp rise we w ish to say we have * C anning com pany in th e state, th e
[ m any m illions invested th a t a re pay
com pany has 225 ac re s at M onitor,
gro w ers' fruit, and pay cash for It,
the red rasp b e rry price being fixed at ing daily dividends in g ra titu d e ex Oregon, in cu cu m b ers and a p lan t
5c per pound w hich w as half cent b et­ pressed by at le ast 90 per cent of our th e re co n tain in g 57 ta n k s. T he p ay ­
te r than the price paid in 1916. (In n u m b e rs re p re se n tin g at least 2000 ro ll th e re d u rin g th e p ast geason
those good old days th e picking price hum an souls who a re d irectly an d as am ounted to $45,065.59. T his is sim ­
for red ra sp b e rrie s was 1%C per m any m ore who a re Indirectly bene ply a sa ltin g statio n , th e pickles to be
liter! by th e sp irit of h elp fu ln ess th at b ro u g h t to this* p lace from th e brine
pound).
Mr. Cotton operated th e cannery in co o perative w ork develops, resu ltin g and m an u factu red into salab le p ro d ­
1917, but passed on into .th e G reat I In a use of th e C h ristm as sp irit uct.
Beyond early in 1918, when a new | th ro u g h o u t th e y ea r of "P eace on
T he com pany has handled cu cu m ­
lease w as made w ith the A. R upert e a rth , good will tow ard m en" and on bers from about 100 a c re s a t M olalla,
com pany on the cannery for a period behalf of o u r m em bership we extend and is p lan n in g th e erection of a p la n t
of 10 years, at $500 p er year,. T his to all th is ex p ressio n of th a t sp irit.
th e re th e com ing y ear. T he cu c u m ­
T his expression is ten d ered by the bers a re received th e re in th e g reen
lease expires in May, 1928, and Is
owneil by the p resen t association, board of d ire c to rs and o th e r officials sta te and b ro u g h t to G resham for
which was organized in F ebruary , of th e com pany, who a re as follow s: b rin in g and la te r m an u factu re.
W. D. F ra ley , p resid e n t; C. T
1919, as a protest ag a in st the fellow In
J. L. Stafford is th e m an ag er at all
th e city dividing the cro p w ith the Ryan, vice p resid e n t; E. P. Schedeen th ree places. He is assiste d in the
grow er on a 50-50 basis w ithout doing d ire c to r; C. M. La F o llett, d irec to r;
resham p la n t by R. H. L uethe who
any of th e pruning or hoeing or tax D. E. Tow le, m a n a g e r-tre a su re r; C. 1! cam e th e first of Ju ly from C alifo rn ia;
G reen, s e c re ta ry -c a sh ie r; J. J. F ish er Jo h n L ovegren, who is forem an of th e
paying.
T he R u p ert in te re sts operated the a s sista n t m an ag er and su p e rin ten d e n t facto ry ; Miss G race S tilg er, of P o rt­
May Nelson, g eneral land, ste n o g ra p h er, and six women
can n ery d uring th e y ea rs 1918, 1919 of c a n n e ry ;
and 1920, but could not w ithstand the bookkeeper; Ruth Schedeen, g ro w e rs' and eight m en em ployed in th e m a n u ­
cru el deflation th a t was forced on the bookkeeper; Mrs. F ra n k Gibbs, fo re­ factu rin g d ep artm en t. It is expected
co u n try by the W all stre e t banking lady, of c a n n e ry ; Roy B urton, fo re­ hat the force in th e facto ry w ill be
in te rests. T he R upert business, along man. of cannery.
Increased soon. Also from all in d ica­
with thousan d s of o th e rs in all w alks
In th e m a tte r of len g th of tim e in tions th e acreag e w ill be increased
of life, w as closed out by its cred ito rs. service. Miss G reen. Mrs. Gibbs. Mr. th is com ing year, ca llin g for co rres
I Incidentally, w ars a re a good thing F ish er an d Mr. B urton w ere m em bers ponding expansion. T he sh ip m en ts of
for th e financial u n d e rta k e r in m ore of the R u p ert staff and have been em ­ m ateria l from th e G resham facto ry ex-
w ays Otan one).
ployed alm o st continuously-«! th e c a n ­
nd to all p a rts of th e U nited S tates
Courage Saves Industry.
nery for seven years.
and a re m ade only in carlo ad lots.
Rut g etting back to the cannery
T he C ooperative B erry G row ers
Mr. Stafford h as trav eled 18.000
topic, w hile the p resent association were o rganized n early eight y ears ago m iles since th e first of A pril of th is
had operated In 1919 and 1920 by se ll­ by C h arles I’. T allm an , II O. Andrew , year, ca llin g on in dividual g ro w ers
ing th e ir prod u cts to th e highest bid­ Ed. Spatli. 1). E. Tow le and W alter F. and visitin g o th e r p la n ts. T he trip s
der, th e price had Jumped to 15 cents Robinson, who applied for a c h a rte r w ere m ade in his reliab le Dodge to u r
and 25 cen ts in 1920 for the ra s p b e r­ In F eb ru ary . 1919.,
ing car, th e o rig in al se t of balloon
ries. They approached tin' berry h a r ­
I). E. TOWLE.
tire s being still in use.
vest of 1921 w ithout a buyer in the
H rite-u p of In d u stries eontlii lied
field, but they had a little cash and I’ ll K I.E I’ l. A N I GROAA IN G
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lots of courage, w hich Is usually d e­
IN D I S I RA D E G R E S I I A M
veloped when th e necessity Is great
G re s h a n G range E lects Officers.
A visit to the p la n t of the Oregon
enough, and by som e h ustling and
At th e m eeting of th e G resnam
stra in in g of every nerve, bought front P ickle A- C unning com pany a few days gran g e S atu rd ay the follow ing officers
th e b an k ru p t court the R upert eq u ip ­ ago found them so busy down th e re it were elected for th e ensuing y ear:
m ent and got an assignm ent of the was h ard to a rra n g e an interview , J. C. Hodge, m a ste r: J E. G ates, o v er­
lease. (T his w as a sh o rt tim e afte r w hich in Itself sp eak s well for an y In­ se er; Mrs. M. E. P arso n s, le c tu re r;
the stra w b e rry season had opened and dustry.
G eorge S leret. ste w a rd ; G eorge F.
In Ju ly of th is year an addition of
II. O. A ndrew s ha 1 sta rte d to receive
Honey, a ssista n t ste w a rd ; Mrs. Em m a
b erries in th e back room of the Rank 50 x 200 feet was m ade to the factory
M anning, c h a p la in : G eorge Leslie,
of G resham , w hich K. A. Miller, ca sh ­ on the w est, the front 50 feet of w hich tre a s u re r; Mrs. T heodore B rugger,
ier. generously donated th e use of). on tiie low er floor w as added to the se c re ta ry ; G eorge Sit ret. g atek eep er;
T he association m em bers heaved a canning room, and on th e second floor Mrs. W illiam llo rn e c k e r, C eres; Mrs.
sigh of relief and th a n k fu ln ess and a b ­ sto rag e room was provided, also th e
H W. S n ash a ll, P om ona; Mrs. F Vol-
sorbed a lot of the S an ta Claus sp irit office w as moved from d o w n stairs to b rech t. F lo ra ; Mfs. A rnold Ituegg,
New
early In Ju n e 1921, and. Incidentally, com m odious q u a rte rs above.
lady a ssista n t ste w a rd ; Mrs. F. C.
w hile th e best offer we received front m achinery has also been in stalled , last Hodge, p ia n ist; Mrs. Eutla Niblln.
rek w itn essin g the finishing up of
o th e r c a n n e rs was 4'nc, we did pay
from the Evening S ta r gran g e, was
th e g ro w er 9>4c for the red rasp b e rry tills work S ealing m achines are now e le c t e d in stallin g officer for the of­
being used w hich seal a full gallon of
and saved th e Industry.
ficials elected S atu rd ay who will be
T he developm ents since have been ph kies The pickles, eith er sweet or
duly In stalled w ith a p p ro p ria te c e re ­
very g ratify in g as we have m ade a sour, arc placed I I I lacquered tin t ans m onies a t th e J a n u a ry m eeting
steady a n n u a l grow th in m em herahip which p re se n ts any d an g er of in fec­
The session of th e g ran g e on S a tu r­
and volum e of business .md m this tion from acidity. The work recen tly
day was in te restin g anil in stru ctiv e.
o u r se v en th y ea r we ai inclined to has been confined to th e packing of George P alm iter, s ta te m a ste r, was
look track and polnt^w ith p r i d e t o t h e sours anti dills The v arious sizes are presen t, also J. O. Kelly, m a ster of
g ro w th and p ro g re ss m ade. And while packed w ith th e n um ber of pit kies in Pomona g ran g e an d o th e r visitors.
It ia too ea rly to rep o rt on the 7th year each ta n co rrec tly stated on th e label.
a s it does not close u n til th e 3 1 s t d a y The ,»peräti >us of th e factory at
All Wool.
of M arch. 1926, we expect to make a I tino s a re mi tie to conform specific
",Mv d ear s ir,” said th e salesm an ,
fa ir show ing co n sid erin g th e had to the exact) o ils of th e p u re food
co urteously, as he handed his cu sto m ­
latlona 1 amt state.
w eather conditions of th e past year
er his package an d no change, "you
1925 1 Ickle ( rop L am est.
w ith th e w in te r Injury and u dry s u m ­
will rtnd th a t y * ir su it w ill w ear like
mer.
The 1925 cucum ber crop wan
Iron.”
1921 Si Iisan > ucces»lal.
hump W. alt tough it did look fo
And su re enough it did. T he tuan
T he season of 1924 w as closed tim e is though It would be a deci
. hail n't w orn it tw o m onths w hen it be-
show ing an ann u al tu rn o v er of $407.- failu re. J u s t as the farm e rs w ere
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Our C hristm as S tock is m ore co m p lete than ever b efore
ou will find in our store GIFTS for every member of the family from the
youngest to the oldest.
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c e rie s— th e k in d e x a c tin g h o usew ives de­
m and. O ur g ro c e rie s a re a lw a y s fre sh . W e
give th e sa m e c a re fu l a tte n tio n to p h o n e
o rd e rs th a t we g iv e to th e m o st e x a c tin g
h o u sw ife— w ho sh o p s p e rso n a lly .
H o u sew iv es a r e u n a n im o u s in th e ir a p ­
p ro v al of th e q u a lity a n d v a rie ty of o u r
g ro ce rie s. W h e th e r fo r a bou n teo u s, h o li­
day fe a s t o r a lig h t a fte rn o o n te a , h e re
you w ill find th e e a ta b le s to s a tis fy th e
m o st fa stid io u s a p p e tite . T h e re is no ex ­
tr a c h a rg e fo r q u a lity . L et us h elp you in
p la n n in g th e m en u fo r y o u r C h ristm a s fe a st
HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR DINNER
Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Lemon and Citron Peel Celery
Lettuce, Cranberries, Nuts, Sweet Potatoes, Dates, Mince Meat’
Figs, Raisins, Fig and Plum Puddings, Etc., Etc
M any things besides these listed above are offered for your Christmas Dinner
A Good Meal Deserves Good Coffee
l or your Christmas dinner we suggest you try OUR BULK Coffee.
It is a
perfest blend and really good. T ry it and learn what coffee reallv tastes like.
Get our prices on Christmas Candies and Nuts
Do Your Shopping Early to Avoid the Rush
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