Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-25

machines. sacking, twlne, and ever
the naughty printer gets a rake of
in the shape OF hop tickets.
The prune crop is another tha
brings a shower OF coin back to tn,
Marion county farmer.
There were shipped from Salem, oil
the crop OF 1905. nearly 200 car.
loads Of the best dried prunes on
earth-two hundred carloads, S,000,.
600 pounds, freight train a mile
and half long, destined to tickle the
palates OF people in every civilized
country. The prune, like the hop,
gives employment to hundreds. The
trees must be cultivated, pruned (no
Joke intended) and sprayed. Then
when they cover the ground With
purple lusciousness, hundreds are
given employment. and here is where
the boy is better than his dad for
once. for they are picked from the
ground. Then they must be dried.
processed, packed. labeled; all the
time furnishing work for busy and
willing hands. Marion county re-
celved from her prune orchards trlb-
utary to Salem In 1905, about sl2O.-
600
OF the wheat crop OF the county no
statistics available. and II they were.
the proportion actually tributary TO
Salem would be hard 20 approximate.
1t may be noted. however, that the
Salem FIGURING mills, one OF the best
equipped on the coast with capacity
OF 320 barrels a day. shipped out 12,-
16S barrels OF -four In 1905. Wheat
once the only crop has given way
TO diversified farming. This plant.
the Salem mills, upon the compile
ton of a railroad across the Cascades
viii be able to run continuously on the
product of that great inland grain
belt the grain passing Salem being
only stopped to be made into -four, /
and the hy-products will prove a
boon TO the dairy men
There were Al carloads OF green
apples sent from Salem last fam and
winter /
SeVenty-nlne carloads Of hogs.
'attle aud sheep went out. their
equivalent coming back in yellow
'oin. Two carloads OF wool one of
lax seed and probably 30 OF pota.
oes brought good round sum.
Four fun carloads OF cherries be.
ides large quantity shipped in
mailer lots added a small riyulet "a
he larger stream, Half a million
'ounds of canned goods are shipped
nd this amount would have been
oubled had not the cannery burned
Is now rebuilt, however. aud gives
mployment directly TO 200 Young
eople' and this unmber will be In.
reased before the season is over. II
III ship this year 260 tons OF green
ears 50 carloads OF other stun
nd It's canned products will total
iore than sSo,Oo0.
There are dosen OF other products '
l'h as straw. vinegar butter, eggs. N
heese, chickens. etc. an swelling the Id
olume OF exports. aud correspond. Ii
'sly ineroasing the Income. "a
Another crop impossible to esti. Z
ate but running up into the hun. a
reds OF thousands OF dollars. is hay q
imothy. clover, wheat. alfalfa. cats
'd Neteh--thousands and thousands In
tons.
The Oregon Nursery, one OF the y
fses' aud best on the coast. whose d
e0s are In demand from British ia
''ambla 60 Los Angeles employees a q
rse force OF men. aud It's proAuets
inS 10 salem a continuous stream
Nealth.
Besides the farm products, Salem q
= quite tin bucket BRIGADE.
'ere Is the eannery. as already men.
med the Kay Woolen mills the a.
est In the state, with its innumer. .
le employees, and its splendid pro. 81
etsi . foundry and machine shop v
. Irwin shoe factory. Just fairly Al
'r,ed. but already having an en-. o
ole reputation that win soon cause g
ealarsement. A brick yard ship. o'
= last year 80 carloads: and a tile ca
tory farnlsAing employment 20
n.y..