Thura., Nov. SS,
Herald t Stmt
19fl Paee 11
Klamath Falls
Yule Holly
Fashioned
In Oregon
By RICHARD H. SYRLVG
Newspaper Knlf rpris Assn.
PORTLAND. Ore. iSEA' -Christmas
always comes early
to hundreds of women in pack
ing sheds in western Oregon.
About mid-November, these
nimble-fingered workers start
packing red-berried holly, fash
ioning wreaths or putting up
bouquets for shipment to a 1 1
parts of the United States.
The moist rolling hills pro
duce about 75 per cent of the
nation's English holly. That's the
variety so popular with Ameri
cans at this time of the year.
Oregon grows approximately !.
500 acres of holly. Washington
about 250 acres, with Northern
California orchards accounting
for the rest of the West Coast
production.
By Chritmas time, some 1.200,
000 pounds of holly will have
left tliese Oregon packing sheds.
This is equivalent to 150 rail
cars, although truck and a i r
freight now are pressed into
service.
An extra heavy crop, with all
boughs well berried, has caused
some price cutting. Holly grow
ers complain that this doesn't
make them very cheerful, with
labor and boxing costs conlin
uing going upwards.
However, there's no lack of
buyers. Corporations and other
business Christmas gift givers
si ill present holly.
Ambrose Brownell of Brow
nell Holly Farms near Portland,
who has been in business a hnlf
century, explains with a grin,
"Once a fellow starts giving hol
ly for Christmas, he's pretty
much stuck with the procedure.
Once a woman, or a man for
that matter, starts receiving hol
ly each season, they begin to
expert it each year!"
Holly is trimmed from trees,
many 30 feet and higher, which
grow in orchard-like rows. It is
then brought into dipping sheds,
where a solution keeps the ber
ries and foliage fresh for the
entire Christmas season.
After a dip, the holly then is
dried and ready for packing or
being made into wreaths, etc.
English - type holly is the
American favorite because it
has a spiny, ruffled edge. Also,
the holly must have lightweight
stems. Smooth hollv leave. viM
pale berries attached to heavy,
course stems, never brings a
premium price.' '
Holly selling continues to be
a Christmas season procedure.
Attempts have been mnde to
make holly popular at Easter
or Thanksgiving, but Americans
slick to the traditional Christ
mas season. The American Hol
ly Society has been making
some headway, though, in hav
ing holly trees planted in parks,
cemeteries and along roadways.
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Rangers
Aciive
In Texas
AUSTIN. Tex. 'ITU - "V'-j
had a little shooting match, and
they lost."
Times have changed since thisi
to-the-point rejMirt was turned in j
many years ago by a Texas
Ranger assigned to clean out a j
gang of cattie rustlers. !
.1 But the Texas Ranger of to
day. as a member of one of the
world's most famous law enforce
ment bodies, is very much akin
to his predecessor.
He's still over six feet tall,
wears the traditional white Stet
son hat and cowboy boots, save
very little and acts a lot when
tlie chips are down.
The fi2 - man Texas Ranger
squad is headed by Col. Homer
Garrison, who is celebrating his
25th anniversary as chief rang
er. Garrison also is director of
the slate highway patrol and its j
entire public satety division.
Rich In Tradition
Texas Ranger history is rich
with lore and tradition, and 99
per cent of it is based on fact.
Garrison's favorite Hanger
story is about the 1955 riot at
the Rusk Slate Hospital for the
Criminally Insane. Sixteen in- j
males were noieo up ana were
threatening In kill anyone who
came near them.
Garrison dispatched a single
Rancer. Capt. Rob Crnwdrr o!
Dallas, tn the scene. Five min.
utes after his arrival the riot
was over. A-ked what he said to
them. Crowdor answered. "I ju.-t
told Ihem tn cut out this stutf."
Garrison also relates and be
heves the story of a sincle Ran
ger who was sent to an east
Texas town tn prevent a ! nett
ing about the turn of the centurv.
When be stepped off the tram,
leading citizens of Ibe town de
manded tn know where his men
were
"Tliere's only one mnh. isn't
there." replied the Ranker.
Never Hark Out
"Tnere's an unwritten rede m
the Rangers." Garrison sa.d
"You don t back out of situations.
If you do. you're through"
About Id months ago Garrison
fired one Ran;er who let himself
get kidnaped by a bank robber.
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