Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-13

so,r Salem commercial ana
o..on organizations are doing
1sat practical work ever under
'Dsor Wv 70 bring this country TO the
..,on Of easten people. The
,1 of trade, Boosters, club, Busi-
-. - Mems league and Willamette
v.nsv development league are work
'.s unltedly along lines that are
s.,..,ng "a results, BECAUSE BASED
,poy FACTS. The literature sent
~, from Salem shows what the soil
iii produce, and what the products
an hiring. We challenge the world
=, chow the equal of 1t from the
coIn PRACTICAL DOLLARS AND
CENTS STANDPOINT. Letters are
-oca,vea by this office daily which are
.hsr turned over to the board OF
eode which Is the headquarters for
landing out literature about Salem
.ra tho Willamette valley continuous
thereto, and following are a few sam
pies.
Campaign in Linn and Benton.
I r. Shepard, corresponding sec
retary OF the Willamette Valley De-
velopment league, spent the past
week in Linn and Benton counties.
and met with hearty cooperation. He
came back loaded with several hum
dred additional facts of production
that are eye-openers TO the eastern
man ne 10 THE WONDERFUL VARI-
ETY.. THE TREMENDOUS YIELDS,
AND THE GOOD PRICES BROUGHT
nv THE PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL.
The newspapers Of the valley coun-
ties are doing grand work in helping
gather the facts.
A Few New Samples.
Following are a few OF the new
facts Of production gathered by the
valley development league. and which
are coming in by the hundreds in our
campaign for 1000 facts OF similar
character\ Note the showing OF
SPECIFIC STATEMENT OF CROP,
YIELD AND PROFIT, the three
points that home-seekers are vital
ly interested in knowing about
Roasting ears continuously from
July IS TO November s, 1907.
Two cows net S12 per month each
Tor the year.
Shipped east 100000 pounds red
and alsike clover seed In 1907.
Cheat hay brought sS1 per acre
for 1907.
Six months Old Cotswold lambs
sheared nine pounds each.
Potatoes averaged 175 bushels per
acre on prairie land.
l.. L. Brooks, Corvallis. sold 80
cars yetch seed raised there.
Threshed 700 bushels wheat from
20 acres.
Threshed 1000 bush Is oats from
70 acres, sold for $1,000.
From 45 sheep sold $500 worth
wool and lambs in 1907.
Marketed 1881 pounds berries
from 2A acres in 1907.
Sold butter fat from seven cows In
November, $59.lO.
-Four acres oats in 1907 produced
472 bushels.
In 1907 II acres OF wheat yielded
~ bushels to the acre.
On 40 acres prunes and cherries
and some green prunes bought OF
neighbors, realized $4,000, of which
90 per cent was clear profit.
My 50-acre hop yard produced co.
600 pounds dried hops last year.
Three pear trees 81 years old bore
80 bushels last yearee good fruit.
Grow l6 varieties peaches. Last
tree November yielded 21 boxes 20
pounds each.
How TO Help the Campaign.
All who read this statement are
urged TO help in ehis campaign 70
gather 1000 facts about the produc-
uons OF the eight counties in the
willamette valley. EACH FACT
MUST BE OVER THE NAME AMI
fosrOFFICE ADDRESS OF THE
PRODUCER so 1T CAN BE VERI.
fiED BH THE HOME SEEKER
NOT air and general statements like
iamhill county against the world,
are not wanted. There has been toe
much hollering and not enough OF
cold hard facts Of production. Every
statement must be SO PLAIN AMI
80 CLEAR AS To YIELD. PRICE
AND PRODUCT, and by whom made
ana where grown that there can be
no controversy about Ii. The ava
lanche OF facts IL placed before the
home-seekers OF the east who are