DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, BALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1008. J. L. STOCKTON The Old White Corner ' . UNDERMUSLINS Tho Stoclclon" values In muslin un derwear havo always an Interest for tho shonper who Hkea daintiness. Tho assortment. of BtylOB, too, Is pno w:hlqh will surely satisfy tho groat majority; of .vwomen. . The rnakors excel In producing muslin underwear ueauty at a 'hiod erato cost.- 25c to $2.50 75c to $4.50 - $1 .00 to $8.00 - 25c to $1 .50 - 50c to $2:50 Corset Covers Ladies Gowns ladies' Skirls . Ladies' Drawers Ladies' Chemise Ladies' Short i Skirts, Children's Gowns and Drawers, Infants Dresses, Etc., Etc. IIGITY WORK ON A LARGE SCALE ipitaf City Board of Trade Sets a Con- tract To Advertise This City to Mlll- ioas of People Salem Placed On the Iq the Heatt of the Valley That Gows Red Apple of the Would advertising concern, wanting Infor mation regarding tho Pacific north west. Tho tremendous effect this pro dlgloitB advertising will havo on Sa lem can bo surmised from tho re 8-ults following tho boglhnlng of tho advertising campaign by tho boost ers, which compared with tho ad vertising to result from tho contract lot yestorday Is puny and Inslgnin- cant. Tho enquiries received by tho board of trado havo Increased day by flay Until now thoy number woll ovor tho 10;000 mark per month. The numbor of dal'y strangers visiting iho board of trado rooms to receive Information nhd literature regarding this city and surrounding country is Increasing dally. At first tho board of trade wns but little vis ited, thoao seeking Information, reg istering at tho hotels and trusting to bo ablo to got their Information about town, but these Interested porsbns aro now going direct to tho board of trado as tho result of tho stupendous amount of literature bolng sont broadcast ovor tho country- by that body. Thoso who havo registered at the board of trado during. tho past day are: L. E. Peterson, Woodburn; Thomas P. Hardy, Wllwnukoo, Wis consin; s. P. Carlo w and E. E. Perry, Spokane; W. H. Dudworth. Now Mexico; A J. Wordsworth, Knn- Bas City; W. F. Ritchie nnd C. M. Ritchie, Nevada, Mo.; Carl Adams and Tony Goza, Seattle; Warren Cooloy, Maplo Valloy, Wisconsin; Tony Stlnson, LoRoy, Kansas; 0. E. Potorson nnd A. 0. Poterson, Law rence. J. H. HnBs hnB turned ovor to tho board of trado n postal card sont out In Its early history, and wan practically tho first attempt nmdo nt uooating Salem. This Interesting postal rends ns follows' "Ofuco Sn- lem board of trado, Salonl, Or. May 3. 1888. Dear Sir: Tho pnmphlot doscrlptlvo of Oregon, nnd Marlon county, will bo published nbout tho lfith Inst., when wo will tako pleas ure In forwarding you a copy." Salem will probably bo ablo to boast tho luxury of a ladles' tailor tlllo tmrlntr ntl.t nn- ... nil Map of the World As the Cherry City nt thnt- 0no thoso to whom tho """""" oui "i oy mo uonra or trado was C. T. Manhnrt of Chicago, and It Ib ho, who In roply to tho lltornturo, statou lio will ho horo within n very Bhort time nnd If con ditions aro ns roprosontod, ho will bo propnrod to establish at loast a branch of his largo Chicago establishment. A great numbor of Inqulrlos nro being recolvod by tho bonrd of trado from Cnnndlanp, ospoclnlly thoso nt Albortn. who claim tho wlntars there nro too sovoro and that thoy aro do- slroiiH of moving Into this country.' Thli may bring a wholosnlo Itnnil- f gratlon of Uioho fnrmr Into this country. Tho mighty shout of tho boosters a short time ngo roaehod tho oars of P. J. Laflcy In Oroton. South Da kota, nnd ho, in an article published in tho indopondont or that city, wrote on March 12, as follows; "Anmti'tii' OlifervntloiiH on Pacific Coast Horticulture." Oregon's rod npploi supplied Cali fornia during tho gold excitement nnd brought fabulous prices. Arter Cnllfornln ralsod Its own fruit thoso orchnrds wore neglected. Somo Wjoro cut down, somo ronovated, and some i hoary old mosabnoks havo wonthorod ' th storms and posts for forty years j or mora, and'moro recently have do-' flod p.ubllo sontlment. tho law and inu 4iu iiiajiuuiur. Thoro Is, howevor, an awakening In favored 'localities of limited nroas and in oasls-llko spots in the Wil lamette valloy, the applo has again como into favor. Its bid for royal favor at thp courts of London, Ror Hn and St. Petersburg, not to men tion New York and other centers, has crowned tho Oregon applo king. The favor with whjoh Orogon apploa woro received has been the means of securing large returns to tho Ore gon grower. The 190C orop brought tho growers 11.50 to $2 por bushof box f. o. b. Tho eastern and Euro pean consumers paid $3 to ?r per bushel box, or five to fifteen cents apleco retail for Oregon apples. About tho saino results were ob tained in 1907. Tho Wallace or ohard near Salem sold 16,000 bushel boxes at $1.60 per box In tho or chard In 1906. This was off 45 acros. Nothing but otitis can bo bought for lass than one dollar at any time. Even cider apples brought $8 to $10 per ton and the cannery bought low grades, windfalls, and euob as havo bleralshos on the outalde at $10 to $12.50 per ton. Pears do well In the Rogue and Willamette valleys. Cornice pears solds for $7 to $8 per bushol box in I Now York last fall. Tho Wallace orobard had a ear of Cornice pears bring over $4000. Tholr returns from 70 acres pears In 1907 were $15,000. Tho Willamette valley Is the chief grower of sweet cherries. Kentish, Early Richmond and other sour cherries of tho east aro raised to somo extent for family uso, but aro not profitable. They are known ns plo cherries and are sometimes used to feed birds to kedp them away from tho sweet cherries. Tho sweet cherries aro Royal Anno. Ding, Lam- bort, Dlnck Republican, Hosklns, etc. au dark okinnod but tho first. Tho four wires Is erected ono way. On found Its way Into tho garden lawn this tho vinos aro trailed. Thoy often grow 20 foot long and tho borrles aro often so thick that at no placo botweon tho ground nnd flvo feet above can a finger bo pushed to tho wlro fonco without touching a berry somowhore. In roply to a query as to crops, Mr. La Pollotte, a distant rolativo of tho Wisconsin senator, said that his best patch would ylold a solid mass Royal Anne is the favorlto canning lof berries one foot wldo and flvo foot cherry. It brought flvo cents per high and tho length of tho rows for pound last year. Tho Paclflc Coast Nurserymen's association, which met nt Salem last year at tho tlmo of tho cherry fair, named Salem tho "Cherry City." Tho cannery at Salem, In 190G, every row. Prouontly a ylold of ono 24-quart crato Is obtained from ono hill. Tho picking eenson lasts four to six wopks. , Gonorally speaking, Oregon does not produco peaches. Thoro aro. largest contract yot ontorod pnges of Interesting writing mnttor lr the board of trado wns con- concornlng Salem nnd tho surround- tK mterday, nnd an a result, Ing country. Tho mngnxino will scud F'eu amount of advertising their own experienced wrltor hero Itoikeo iy tho boosters has bo- and iho grand conditions abounding "his mntr.irt covers sovon In this valloy will bo sproad all ovor t adv.'tisinn and rending tho country through tho columns of "' m the Sunset magazine: tho tho mngnzlno. which Is sold In nil of a s ..rial wrltor to this parts of tho United Stntos. In nddi- ' I writ, manuscript for a two- tlon to the wrltor, tho magazine 1 bookh" 64 paKett long, of manngors will send tholr clunoru ox- re wi'j be 20.000 dtatrlb- perts horo and tako views, whloh will 'he distribution of 20.000 be published in conjunction with tho of 'One Thousand Pacts of artlclos. rwimt.. valley"; an adver- .Sketches and colored drawings ft jribilshpj n tho book will bo snroad throuKh nil tho litora- Abroad.'' which ttt nnhllulirut turn unit nrlvnrt lunmnntn nnd will 'he distribution and pub- glvo a good Idoa to tho strangor of lot io.ooo copies of tho "Por- tho oxcellent conditions abounding factor nnd innnn nnni imri "'onb Folder," both do- This lltornturo will bo scattered ' DS'eni hrnnilnnsr nvni- tlio nnllrn onnntrv nml lUion to th.. abeve, tho con- a groat proportion of It will bo sent FOtldej With the idvnrtlKlnsr tn t.lift nponnlna nt ihn nrlvArtlnlncr Oil lQ"Y Will dlatrlllllt A nil- nnnnnin Min nllnnlnn1 ttrnnnhna nf S matter and literature nil whloh aro located 'at San Franolsoo. laltej the Paclfln nnjmt T.ns Anmlna Nnu Vnrlf Phlmifd iiTl'1' ,fafej a,ul tne eo8t- and and In many eastorn and central ' mm m Europo. states. 'M'-act Wtn he Sunset Mil. Pnrtlonlnr nttnnttnn will lin nnlrt ro.dj that there will bo to onqulrers, who apply of tho In- in" "'""'"""roent and elx formation bureaus maintained by tho bought 400,000 pounds of Royal however favorod localltloa In south Anno and nearly as many others, lorn Orogon and along tho Columbia Ono company shipped 125,000 and tho bottoms of tho Wlllamotto pounds Royal Anno and 50,000 1 whoro they aro succcsssfully pro pounds others. Mr. Presnall Bold duced. Mission Bottom, near Sa ,34,000 pounds Royal Anno off 525'lem, fttrnlshod ponchos for tho trees on flvo acres for $17000. HoiLowls and Cark fair that weighed bought the orchard In tho spring for .23 ounces npleco and ono that $1G00 and la reported to havo Bold weighed 20 ounces. Tho best young two acres or It for $2000. Mr. For- peach orchard In tho world la Just guson sold $1400 worth oft 143 15-'coming Into bonrlng on Mission Rot- year old trees. Soveral single trees torn. Mr. Egnn picked his early aro reported to havo produced $50 pooches by July 1, and tho Inst of worth of chorrlos last season. ibis Into poaches Novcmbor 0th, Cherries aro gaining In favor. PIuiub do well. Many nro ship Nurseries nro already sold out of pod green and some aro canned. Rut treos. Tho ennnery was ovor work-.thoy can't stand competition with cd. One firm kept nn outaldo can- prunes. Italian, Pronch nnd Pctlto, nlng firm supplied. Tho oxpross and Sllvor prunes hro raised. Tho shipments during tho four weeks Itnllnn docs tho best In Orogon while picking season nbout swnmpod tho tho Pronch only enn bo ralsod In railroad companlos. Ton minutes to California. Orogon prunos aro nr.tl ono hour for loading chorrlos wns tho ficlally dried In rtrorH( Thojf lit'0 doiny for every train north through! dipped In hot water to olennuo nml Salem, Tho traveling public and soflon tho skin and thon put In 6n ratlway employes used strong nnd j closed stacks nnd warm nlr forced plcburosquo English, tlmo tables .through nnd nround them. This wore smashed, wlillo HnrHnmn find ina.k,QS ft cleflnor nnd sweeter prtlUO tho fools who oolitlhUO to rnUo flo than tho open alf OVapOralod nrtlclo much fruit woro cotis'Idorcd fit siili-.TllCfd MQ 4000 nUrea of prunos In Jocta for1 mlsslflfiftfy efforts. Thoro bonrlng In lllo Lilioriy (ilalHct near will bo rollof Itf tills lino ns tho now Salem. About as tllhhj more" Ufd intorurban to Portland Is nrranglng coming Into bonrlng. Nurseries nro ror nn Oxpross sorvlco to tnko caro about sold out or trees and prices of this fruit business, of troos havo gono up rrom flvo to Lognnborrlos aro n cross botweon twenty cents par troo. Snlom ship Anghlubaugh dowborry nnd tho Rod pod nbout 300 carloads of prunes Antworp raspberry. Tho Phonomo- thla year. Tho prunes soil ror 4 to nnl Is a cross botweon California 0 conts a pound, and not tho owner dowborry and tho Cuthbort rnspbor- $100 to $175 por ncro Tor hla'work. ry. Those aro vigorous growors. Peoplo who oxporlmont boiuo havo Thoy aro planted eight root npart plantod English walnuts and ocoa both ways and a fonco or thrco or elonnlly a troo rrom a nursery hns or tho grass plats between sidewalks nnd curbs In Salem. Somo wcjre enrly blooming nnd novor boro. Some woro Into blooming Pronch nuts und nro showing fine crops of nuts. Many being Boedllngs of course thoy don't como up to stnndnrd. Prince hns an orchard of 100 acres, part In bonr lng, thnt yielded 13 tons last year. Thoso sold at 18 conts por pound at tho orobard. Ho expects 30 tons next your ns thoy doublo In output until In full bearing. Ono treo noar Snlom yielded 10 bushola which Bpld at 18 cents por pound, notted $54 Mr. Stump hns JttBt planted 175 . ncres. Soveral 40 and 20 ncro or chards havo boon sot out. Many Blnglo troos nnd small groups aro now growing throughout tho WIN lnmotto valloy. Irrigation Is practiced by tho or chardhUs of Hood River and aouUi orn Orogon. No irrigation In tho Wlllamotto valley 1b practiced; "but many orchards aro In urgent no d of tiling. Thoro aro many.nursorles tn this vnlloy. Tho Oregon Nursery com pany or Snlom havo a, pay roll of ovor 100,000 por year and tuso 400 acres at Snlom, most or 800 acres at Hlllsboro and havo many trcoa grown on contract. Many or the neglected orchards havo become Infested with scnlo and codling moth. Spraying Is tho ordor or tho ' dny. Wlntor spraying for sent", Bummor ror moth, scab, rugtr nn,tjracoBo blight, etc, Wmp and, sulphur s.Qem JjUt HOW tho nrcaorln Moil for- all Ilia, (1o trgoa b holr to, Mvin tlio codling moth goto Us Urao and sulphur plus arsonlo to mnko lfT good add romaln bo. This provonts tho planting or largo orchardu thn$ can not ho onrod for, Small rrults abound nnd nro easily growfi. Thoy arO not spoclally nlch4 ttoiicd becnuao tho now orchard ai ways has Its Bmnll fruit or vogo tables botweon tho rows. Strawber ries, raspherrlcH, currants, goose berries produco hbuddnntly and. tho roturns nro good. Tho catlnoryon traota for thoso, giving i derltsiior pound for strawbcrrlos, for InstancOi crontoH returned. Lands In tho Wlllamotto valloy aro hold nt $35 to $125 for grain ItiudB, $5 to $40 for stock farms, nnd (Continued on pngo six). 1 I HHUMt- K- jfe Are Hunting For You w, aat to tell you that we aro huntlnc Tor your watoh repalr- why repairing, epeolul order work, optical work and on- htit 9 yo Ni hutted ror us and railed to find us; got into tho Wm uaskUled werkman: had- your work rulnod and uur work win pleage you, as It has and is plonslng Hi of satt.R, .. ' ot skillful and efflolent workman In aharcre of our tiu .. ..--,. S. and In walrr mnkliur nnd renairlntr wa are r a ?' . Prtd t0 cg wHh U)0 slm,,Jest or mo3t dlffloult job 388 STATE ST. EXCLUSIVE MEN'S SHOP PHONE MAIN 355 Spring Suggestions THE PLYMOUTH'S NEWEST OFFERINGS IN MEN'S WEAR PRESENTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL 01 fi. BARR COMPANY The Store of Quality K l5nr State and Liberty Salem. Oregon l1 th fl .-.- - ..i,-., j wauBL stinnr Ar nAxm Mirainn nr I'nrrniiin hiiii & Vl. bUUU. ..VU.-W W. , t4 I iwieei N'o trouble to show goods or quote prices. Trousers Por this sonson aro shown In browna, tana, grnya Hnd ollvH with wide and hair lino strip In peg und half-peg stylw; Snllor and RnglUh waists In worsteds, velours. ca&slmorvK. Priced$2.50to$7.50 Negligee Shirts in Soisette, Pongee and Jap Silks. . . . Neckwear Rod, gruon, brown and tan ure tho moment's colors In nook wear. Tho materials are pur silk and the now woodfibr In Superba cravats. Priced 50c to &00 K.B. WASH VESTS MEN'S TWO-PIECE OUTING SUITS Half Hose noautlful nro tho now ahndos In hair bono. Gray, hollo, garnet, auro, tan, poarl, gun motnl and old roao in llslo nnd balUrlgan. Por dross, or course blaok silk Is tho thing. Priced 25c to $1.50 Fbwnes English Gloves H. & P. Leather Belts Underwear Union milts aro tho lendord In popular favor this soason. Wo show them In balbrlgan end pure llnon, both knoo und full longtlu). Also regular two piece nuitB. . Priced $1 to $8 & m Men's Shop ffijM i m r - Sfr Oscar M. Johnson. CLOTHIER--HABERDASHER ' m I f lea's I Stap I Ul I , l ft, I Hki XI ;t ii J '4 J. si V. ' in 5i si 'd "Ui I! 3MI UI hi 0.1 ti