The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-06-04
NEW CANNEI,I
NEEDS HELP
But FEW GIRLS RESPOND TO CALL
Local School Girls May be Induced to
Help with Strawberry CrOp-Can-
ming Process Interesting

Although hampered because Of lack
Of labor, the Cloud-NewtOn cannery
has been one Of the busy places Of the
city this week. Although room has
been provided for 1870 girls, but about
80 have responded to the call. These
are busy stemming the large perfect
Strawberries that growers have been
bringing to the city this week.
I'VE were not expecting this condi-
tion, says +. B. Cloud, who with his
partner, j. r. Newton is actively in
charge of ,he canning operations.
with the light force we can not near
ly run the plant at capacity, and az a
consequence much of the fruit that we
could use here is necessarily being
shipped out of the city,"
The cannery, which pays a cent a
pound to those Lulling and stemming
the berries, offers an opportunity to
local girls to make neat incomes this
summer. Last summer, as will be re-
membered. many of the high school
girls of the city and valley made pin
money packing cherries. The cannery
offers similar occupation, cleanly and
in one of the best ventilated and
lighted buildings in the city. In Cali
fornia and the Willamette valley high
school students spend the summers
working in the canneries. The en-
ployment Of preparing berries will last
through the season. Help will then be
needed in preparing cherries and
peaches, which will follow the straw
berries. MIR. Cloud thinks that as soon
as the people Of the city and valley un.
derstand the nature of the work and
the need for the help, the ranks to a
great extent will be filled. Monday
morning a woman who had come from
california to work in the White Salmon
cannery, which had not begun opera
tions, applied for and was given work.
The cannery is packing four grades
Of berries, each can containing IA
ounces of fruit Every pound of fruit
is worth six and half cents to the
valley" says Mr.. Cloud, the "the sum
of two cents being paid out in labor"
1t is an interesting sight to watch
the berries as they pass through differ
ent stages of the canning process.
From the crates of the growers they
are are taken to the tables, where the
girls "husk" them. They are then
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of the girls who place them In the cans,
each can being weighed. Next the
sugar cylinder is placed over the can,
each can receiving the same amount.
They are then placed In cabinets. where
the sugar is forced by steam uniformly
through the fruit. The cans are taken
from the cabinets, the cylinders are
removed from them and caps palced on
them. They are then run through the
Gaping machine and placed In large
vat, where they undergo heat that
cooks and steriizes the fruit.
| Experts who have seen the new can
merry building say that 1t is one Of the
best arranged in the state. Skylights
in the roof give plenty of light and
ventilation. 1t is equipped with rest
room for the girls. One hundred and
thirty-two lockers have been construct
ed there. The building is 50xl00 feet.
The basement will be used for storage,
having a capacity for 10000 cases Of
canned fruit.
The benefits of the cannery will be
most felt in the valley when the peach
crop is ready for harvest. Heretofore
peaches have been a drug on the mar
ket. The cannery will use the entire
output this summer at fair return to
the grower.