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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY. PKOBMPKR 85, 1P08,
PACIFIC ISLAND PINEAPPLE
RECORD CROP OF IRIS YEAR
Reports from Hawaii indicate a
record pineapple crop for 1908 far
In excess of any production yot re
corded. Conservative estimates place
the shlpmont, chiofly to tho mainland
of tho United States, at moro than
400,000 cases of sliced, crushed and
grated Hawaiian pineapple, or about
0,000,000 cans. Six years ago, at
tho tlmo of tho beginning of tho
practical, systematic development of
tho plnoapplo Industry in Hawaii, the
output was barely 3000 cases.
Importers, Jobbers and retailors re
port a steady, rapid growth In de
mand and the prediction In tho Now
York market is that all of that por
tion which reaches that city will bo
disposed of In this country. Corre
spondence from othor canned fruit
markets shows a gonoral similar con
dition throughout tho United States.
Littlo of tho Hawaiian pineapple goes
Into export because, whllo thoro Is
a market for it abroad, tho produc
tion so far is not moro than ndoquato
to supply tho American domand. Tho
industry is growing rapidly, however,
nnd whoro In 1901 thoro woro only
about 40 ncros In Hawaii under pine
apple cultivation thero aro now moro
than 6500 acres.
A groatly improved .regular weokly
servlco of fast freight steamers from
Honolulu to San Francisco and tho
uso of tho now routo across tho To
huantopec isthmus, a couplo of nun-,
dred mllee north of tho Panama Isth
mus, litis groatly facilitated douvoncs
in point of time and tho possibility of
larger cargoes.
James Dole, president of tho Ha
waiian Pineapple Growors Associa
tion, 1b onthuslostlc not only about
tho record crop of Hawaiian plnenp
ples for 1008. but also tho prospects
for tho noxt row years.
"Tho pineapple Booms to havo .its
natural homo in Hawaii," said Mr.
Dole. "Tho progross of pineapple
growing and canning industry In our
part of tho globo Is ono of the most
rcmarkablo In commercial history.
Sovon yoars ago what fow pineapples
woro grown in Hawaii woro grown
undor tho nntlvo system which really
wasn't any system at nil. At about
that tlmo Amorlcan monoy, brains
nnd scientific agricultural oxporlonco
wore injoctod into tho plnoapplo
buslnwa, with the result that today
tho Hawaiian plnoapplo is not only
as woll known ns any of tho fruit
from longer established producing
confers, but it ranks highest in qual
ity and flavor.
i process of canning tho Ha
waiian plnoapplo Is purely mechani
cal. After they aro picked aud do
llvorcd to tho cannlg factories no
man's hand touches tho fruit, nnd
oven thoso who havo touched them up
to this point woar nibbor gloves.
They aro pared, cored,' sliced, grated
or crushed ontlroly by machinery nnd
they aro also put Into tho cans and
sealed b machinery.
"The investigation of impurities in
canned fi -Its had no fretful effects
upon Hnwailan plnoapplo canners for
the slmplo reason that thero Is noth
ing put into tho cans with the pine
apple but tho purest of grnnulatod
Btigar. It is unnecessary for us to
uso any acids in tho canning process,
either for tho presorvntlon of the
fruit or to help In nn artificial ripen
ing process. Tho reason of this Is
that wo allow our fruit to rlpon ab
solutely before picking. This system
Imparts to tho Hawaiian pineapple
a sweetness and delicacy of flavor
that It Is imposslblo to got by any
process In fruit that Is picked greon
or oven partially green. Tho starch
In the plnoapplo becomes sugar in
the ripening process but when the
fruit 1b not pormlttod to rlpon on tho
plant no process yot discovered will
turn that starch into sugar.
"Reports received from growors In
Hawaii and from agents In tho can
nod fruit markets of tho country in
dicate a production nnd domand
which cannot but bo pleasing to us."
ONION GROWING IN OREGON
Uy A. J. FANNO, President Confed
crated Onion Growers Assn.
A enroful examination of tho onion
crop of tho presont season shows it
to bo about ono-third less than tho
full crop of 190G. Killing frosts dur
ing September reduced tho remain
der to about ono-hnlf tho usual
amount nvallablo at this tlmo of tho
year. For thin reason growors aro
asking top prices. It was impossible
to make a satisfactory cstlmato of
tho crop at Sherwood, tho largest
onion growing section, ns at tho tlmo
of my visit tho plants woro backward
and green and would requiro two or
thrco weeks of fftvorablo weathor to
develop thorn. Tho frost was particu
larly destructive at that placo, ns tho
onlotiB woro still out in tho flold and
took tho nltornnto frost and sunnhlno,
and tho damngo ovldontly wns vory
gront.
Tho onion growors of California
havo no organization, nnd nro UBlng
tho old plan of ovory man for hlmsolf
and no syBtomatlcal effort Is made
by thorn to ascortaln tho bIzo aud
condition of tho onion crop In that
state. Tho only cattmntos made are
by buyors and speculators and nro
Inclined to bo bearish. According to
tho most rollablo reports obtainable,
tho crop of oarly onions grown in
Callfornin tho paBt season 1b very
largo and holders aro in hnBto to got
rid of them at any price, as they
havo boon grown by Irrigation and
will soon becomo unfit for market If
not conBumod. Thoy nro bolng of
fered at 50 and GO conts per cental,
which Is a loss to tho growors, and
any ono buying a car will find that
tho lattor part of tho carload will
bo a loss to him before ho can dis
pose of them.
Regarding the subject of Irrigating
onions'. Tho onions grown In the
Wlllnmotto valley, which will practi
cally keep from ono year to tho othor,
nro produced almost ontlroly without
Irrigation and tho rcnlly good crops
aro produced in seasons whon the
showers contlnuo during tho growing
season nnd no Irrigation 1b needed.
Irrigation means poor and watery
onions, nnd whon employed at all
should bo dono by means of under
drains nnd not by permitting the
wntor to flow over tho surfaco of the
ground. Tho reason Is appnront
.Bummor ahowors aro accompanied by
cool nnd cloudy wenthcr which pre
vents tho forced and unnatural
growth Incidental to Irrigation. Five
months nro required for tho onions to
como to mnturity from tho tlmo qf
tho planting of tho seed, and any pro
cess which shortens this period of
growth will impair tho keoping qual
ity. What tho onion growors of
WeBtorn Oregon nocd Is a keopor, na
early in tho senson thoro Is always
an, abundance of tho othor sorts, nnd
ho must dopond on cultivation and
not on irrigation. Dy adopting a fow
of tho principles of tho dry fnrmlng
mothods a good crop can bo grown
any season without wnter. To got
best results tho hooing of the flold
Bhould contlnuo at Intervals of ton
dnyB or two wooks up to tho Inst two
weeks of tho growing season.
ALFALFA IN OREGON.
Thoro Is a good deal of milk in
tho ground thnt was not spilled and
crlod over, but it is thoro neverthe
less. At cortnin sonsons 6f tho yoar
tho Thousand-Headed kalo pulls tho
milk out of Mother Earth nnd tho
c6w pulls It out of tho knlo and puts
it in tho bucket. Thoro Ib a porlod,
howovor, during tho summer whon
tho cows go hungry nnd tho milk
languishes in tho ground becnuso
thoro Is no groon thing to pull It out
nnd coax tho cow to fill tho milk
bucket.
Western Orogon Is ono of tho best
dairy soctlonB of tho Union. With
mild opon winters In which kalo
flourishes nnd furnishes groon buc
culont food, tho dnlry business thrlvos
all tho yoar around with tho excep
tion of a short period during tho sum
mer. During this porlod tho lnnd Ib
out of commission, tho cows barely
Btibslst on tho pnBturo flolds and
tlioro Ib no profit to tho farmor.
Forty-cent butter nnd a scarcity of
good fresh milk Ib tho ovldonco of a
lack of green food.
What Ib needed In tho vnlloy Is a
forago crop that will utilize tho soli
and furnish green food and pnBturo
during tho dry season. Will nlfalfa
fill tho bill? If alfalfa could bo rais
ed oxtonslvoly and successfully it
would change tho faco of nature and
add Immonsoly to tho valuo of the
farms In tho Wlllnmotto valloy. It
would Incroaso tho dairy products and
tho poultry products; It would cheap
en tho production of pork and hoof
and mutton. A good Bummer forage
crop Is tho ono thing needful.
Alfalfa has been grown for two
thousand yoars in the Moditorrnuonu
region. It has boon grown success
fully In arid America for half a cen
tury. A gontloman travollng over
what was then regarded as a laud un
fit for settlement In Western Ne
braska by reason of Its aridity, dis
covered a thrifty green alfalfa plant
growing whoro no other groon thing
could be found for miles nround.
That was a demonstration that sat
isfied tho gontloman nnd he pur
chased a large tract of land- for n
trifle. On tho satno land ho has
slnco fed fifty thousand sheep In ono
season on alfalfa. Alfalfa goes down
Into the dopths of tho soil for molRt
uro and through wireless communi
cation with tho ntmosphoro brings
down from above food which feeds
the plnnt and enriches tho soil.
Slnco 1891 tho ncroago of alfalfa
in Kansas has increased from 34,388
to 016,000 in 190G. A rocont bullo
tln from thnt stato sayB of alfalfa:
"Tho otoor feeders nnd mutton feod
ors of Kansas, Colorado and Nobraska
would bo lost without it."
At'tho Kansas station it is stnted:
"A gnln of 800 pounds of porK wns
nindo from n ton of alfalfa, nnd a
littlo loss than that amount of gnln
wns mndo from nn ncro of alfalfa."
Again: "Wo found thnt 100 pounds
of nlfalfa hay Bavcd 9G nounifc of
corn." Figuring on tho hauls of
thoso experiments it Is stntod that
"with green alfalfa producing ten
tons por ncro (20,000 pounds) It
would produce 2000 pounds or pork,
which, nt 4 cons por pound, would
bo worth 80 pouncro."
Director Uurkett of tho Kansas
station sny8: "By promoting tho sue
cossful production of alfalfa tho sta
tion has not only extended tho do
minion of nn Imperial forago crop,
but in so doing litis- discharged its
own ontiro oxponso, nnd in ndditlon
has added millions of dollars to the
wealth of tho stato."
At tho Onfnrln Atr-1,.,.1. .
logo In ton yoars thirty piVihI
yielding over five tons aft cCro wft
ntndo. An oxporlmont showed it
groat ho enriching qualities. Whont
..... u. uii.mil yiUlUCU Ul.G jllRll.
els por aero nnd after tltnothv , i
42.1 bushels, in tho two sX.lK
years tho alfalfa sod produced o?
bushels of barloy and 24 bushels of
corn, whllo tho timothy sod produce
10.7 buBhols of barloy and 17 9 El
OB of corn. Tho three crops on th0
alfalfa sod woro -worth about Jon
while those on tho timothy sod wore
worth about $58.
At tho Oregon Agricultural College
alfalfa has boon growing successfully
for sovoral yoars, and tests aro being
nmdo by tho agronomists with differ
ent varieties to dotormlno which will
best Bttlt tho conditions in this stato
Tho Btntlon mon aro glad at all tlios
to answer questions In regnrd to Its
cultivation
A fow miles from Corvnllls Mr. W
II. Hamlin cut thin yoar 200 ton
of nlfalfa hay. It yielded about two
and a half tons to tho ncro In two
cuttings. Doforo needing to alfalfa
tho lnnd hnd boon "cropped out." in
fourteen years rourtoon grain crops
had been taken frmn Mm In mi .....i
pit-. Hnmlln oxplnlnB that on richer
mmi mo yioiu is mucii heavier. Ho
further oxplnlns that tho oldest stand
yields tho boBt, showing that It takes
sovoral years on certain classes of
soil for the alfalfa to mnko a good
growth.
It looks as though an alfalfa cam
paign would bo worth millions to this
state. James Drydcn.
CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDINGS
IN THE COMING SEASON
Tho city of Snlom for tho pitBt yenr
as shown by tho record published
olsowhero In this paper, has mndo a
romarkablo growth, and tho prospect
for tho coming yenr Ib oven bettor.
Thoro will bo a larger oxpondlturo
for Btroot improvomonta, In tho way
of various kinds of pnvlng. Thoro
will bo hundrods of now Iioubcb and
thousands of foot of sidewalks. In
tho rosldonco districts wnlks nro
mostly built of wood owing to cheap
lumber. In tho business district nnd
down-town rosldonco streets concrete
wnlks nro put In. At n recent meet
ing of tho Donrd of Trade the follow
ing action wns taken:
RcNolutlonH Adopted.
"Whorons, iho unprecedented emi
gration to Oregon's Cttpltal City dur
ing tho past year resulted in tho
building of over tltroo hundred new
houses, and tho conceded fact thnt
1900 will require the building of
from flvo to olght hundred moro new
dwellings to nccommodnte tho Incom
ing pooplo, nnd
"WhorottB, Tho largo amount of
stroot Improvements mndo during tho
past year, and tho much larger
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BANKING HOUSES
STABILITY AND HMi
Tho Capital N'iUm.IwS
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mar instuut ons. ttun,
In 188C, but IU head, thtlti
it. Albert, tins hadombi,
continuous cimHuim hu
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hert. has hadoTcrtvtitiw.
tlnuotiR connection ttl &
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us to its interior iu m
bio nnd mahogany foluii
of about $4000. Tb drtotkA
bank nRgregate oitr hit
and It Is conducted ot ctks
nnd liberal policies.
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OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY
AN
Active Factor In Developing the Willamette Valley
This Company invites the earnest attention of the Home Builder, the Business Man, the Farmer, the Manufacturer, and the Merchant to the great
development and progress that has taken place, in the Garden Spot of the Willamette Valley, along its Salem-Portland line, since the opening of this
line loss than a year ago,
New communities have sprung up, where none were in evidence a year ago; old communities have became instilled with new life; owners of single
or combined lots of large acreage are beginning to realize the great pecuniary advantage to themselves, and the impetus toward development of the
valley, occasioned by disposing of their holdings in small tracts,
It would be difficult to define a limit to the extent of development that will take place along this line during the coming year, its is self-evident that,
with the known productive possibilities of the soil as a basis, its reasonable cost per acre considering fertility, frequent and cheap transportation
and proximity to city and market, future development will be stimulated to a degree that will surely result in greatly increased population, greater
production, and consequent full measure of prosperity for this justly named and famed "Garden Spot of the Willamette Valley,"
The Home Builder and the Business man may find here ideal locations and conditions for a home'away from the cityj yet within easy distance
for Business, Social or Educational inclinations,
The Farmer may find here soil capable of producing any variety arid quantity of Fruit, Cereal or Vegetable, active markets almost at the door,
transportation that will reach these markets quickly and cheaply, and Social and Educational advantages of the best, either locally or in the near y
city,
The Manufacturer and Merchant may find here in the great progress of development opportunities without number for profitable financial re
turns from an investment in manufacturing plants, general stores and warehouses,
The Traffic Manager solicits correspondence or a personal interview from interested persons,
PORTLAND,
GEO. F. NEVINS,
Traffic Manager
OREGON