The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-09-20
A BIG
SUIT
BEGUN
Aliens Versus the HOlcOmbS
For the Possession of the
Salem Cannery.
A Valuable Industry Involved
In Expensive Litigation
That May Tie up the BuSi-
ness.

Inat May lie up Tne BuSl-
ness.
The Salem caunery and evaporating
plant that has been successfully oper.
ated by the Allen brothers and their
father for the past few years is threat
ened to be tied up with litigation and
perhaps closed down indefinitely by a
controversy that grows out Of letting its
management fall under the control OF a
Portland firm that seem to doing be what
they can to close it's doors and transfer
its business to Portland. For some time
instead Of running on the usual fall pear
and plum pack the firm has shipped
what little stuff came in to Portland and
refused to run the plant here on the
ground that there was not enough fruit
in this vicinity to justify operations,
when it is we'll known that the fruit
crop lie larger than for years and that
the Allen Canning Co. did a large and
profitable business for several seasons.
This is the Allen side OF the case and
The JOURNAL will give the other side of
the story when the lawyers for the Hol-
( combs make their answer in court to
the complaint that has beef filed before
Judge Boise OF the circuit court by
Brown, WriIhtman and Myers, attor-
neys Tor the Aliens.
The people OF Salem are very much
interested in having this plant operated
as il pays out thousands Of dollars to the
producers of this vicinity from the straw
berry season until the latest fall apples
and pears are canned. There are two
sides to the case and the people are in.
terested in settlement Of the matter 80
that whichever side wins the plant will
be operated and continue to distribute
money to the working people and farm
ers OF this city and surrounding country.
Both the Aliens ::and lthe Holcombs are
competent enterprising people and it is
to be regretted that they have pot been
able to get along without resort to the
courts.
What the Aliens Claim.
The complaint states that the Allen
Packing Company is corporation with
a capital stock Of $50, 900, with $4,000
paid up unreasonable stock, OF which
| W. V. Allen owns AZ shares. The plant
consists Of the cannery and eVaporator
built by the Wallaces. and in the COM
pany o. V. Allen owns eight shares Of
paid up stock, so that the Aliens own so
shares OF stock and that g. w. Hol.
comb, S. Il. Holcomb aud f. f. Doolay
own 80 shares Of stock, and w. X. Allen
and the last named other stockholders
constitute the board Of directors of the
aforesaid Allen Packing Company. g.
w. Holcomb is president S. .E. Holcomb,
secretary, and f. E.Dooley, treasurer, OF
another concern located at Portland
called the Oregon Packing Co., and yet
s. f. Holcomb is secretary OF the Allen
Packing Co., OF Salem, and G. w. Hol-
comb is managing agent OF it. Since
the sixth day of June the Allen
Packing Co. Of Salem has been under
the control and management,oi the Hol-
comb firm Of Portland. The complaint
then alleges;
THAT the said g. w. Hole omb, s. e,
Holcomb and F. f. DOoley have Tor a
long time prior TO the commencement Of
this suit wrongiully, fraudulently and
unlawfully and without the consent Of
said corporation or Of these plaintiffs,
or either OF them, connived, Solluded
and conspired with each other and with
the said Oregon Packing Co., TO wrong
and deiraud thslsaid Allen Packing Co.
and these plaintiffs"
IhP complaint then charges that
Holcomb for the Allen Oregon Packing
Co, has pretended loans charged TO the
Allen Packing Co, amounting to $780,
600. That during the last thirty days
the Holeombs have caused the Allen Co,
10 use money credited to the Oregon
Packing Co., and bought fruits at Salem
and other points along the line and
shipped to Portland, and have moi
charged the Oregon Packing Co. for the
work Of buying, Grating, shipping, load
ing or caring for the frnit.
That on Sept. 2 the Holcombs had ex'
ecutsd the notes and mortgage Of the
|, Allen Packing 90, to the amount of $45,
900 to the Oregon Packing Co., y hen th'
Allen Co. did not owe them more thar
/, $4,000. That for a number OF Gay
prior to issuing this mortgage the AlleI
4 Co. shipped carloads Of canned goods t,
the Oregon Packing Co., amounting il
value to Sl5, 900, aud the Holcombs hav
JAILED or refused to make such charge
against the Oregon Packing Co.
! That the Allen PacKing Go. was il
successful and in continuods operation
\ until August LIST when the Iioleomb
closed it down and shipped the fruit tina
shodld have been canned here at I. prof
TO Portland to the loss and detriment Q
the Allen Cannery Co.
That on August 20 the Holcomb
a leased the EySporstor plant 10 tn
: ALIENS but when they took possession 9
= harrassed and annoyed them that the
q have been unable to operate the sam