Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-14
ARE BUSY
JUICE PLANTS START
Every Plant In the City Work
ing to Full Capacity In
Fruits and Berries

The Loganberry season is here. Work
began at the Phez plant this morning
with the first few hundred crates Of
the season. The plant, remodcled, and
shining from the free use Of mop and
brush, presented an up to date appear
ance Several labor and time saving de-
vices have been installed, notably the
new automatic conveycr for the empty
crates. At one place on this conyeyor
lis crate sterilizer, which file the
boxes with live steam as the crate pass
es.
| Phez plants are ready for work in
Gresham and Forest Grove, and work
began this morning at the Woodburn
plant. The plants at Gresham and For
i est Grove prepare only the raw Juice,
(which is shipped to the Salem plant Sos
lbottling.
A tourney through the plant reveals
1.-THE greatness of the industry. Com
lmencfnq on the second floor, tier after
liter of bottles Is the most noticeable
Feature. The bottling and labelling ma
Ichines are on this floor, as well as the
cartons and the packers. Down stairs
| is the pressing machinery, with ,the
hydraulic presses. The warehouse and
lby.product rooms are also on the first
floor.
With the coming OF the Loganberries
the Fruit Union begins to take on an
active appearance For some ten days,
Roval Anne cherries have been coming
into the local plant TO be sent to Cali
fornia for the making of marlschinoes'
With the cherry season drawing TO
close. the Loganberry growers are tax
ing out crates by the truck load, IN an
ticipation of bumper crop. Especial
lv around Marion viii the crop be above
the average, both in quality and quan'
tity.
Eyerything is ready for the great
press. The Loju plant is awaiting lts
first supply of berries for the wore
Co. Paul Schmidt, manager OF the
plant said yesterday that with the nm
provements which have been made
since last year, they were ready to 40
the most efficient work possible. All
the changes in machinery and space
have been with the idea of increasing
efficiency. Their watchword is uniform
itv of product, and Mr.. Schmidt de-
elared that one bottle of each day ;
run for a year would analyze the same
AZ that for any other days run. rms
goes to show how uniform the qualty
of their product Is.
In the factory, cleanliness Is the
watchword, and the greatest Of care IS
taken in all branches of the industry TO
keep everything as spotless as Possiple'
Twenty eight tons of Royal Annes
were taken in at the Hunt Brothers 20
cannery Thursday. The crop is OF ex-
cellent quality this year, and is com
ing in great quantities. Canning or 10 |
began yesterday with quite
a nnmber of crates coming in. The Lo- |
ganberries are of fine quality and are
exceptionally large.
with thirty five tons of Royal Annes
coming in daily, the 300 odd workers
AZ the Oregon Packing Cos. eannery
arc making every minute count from
daylight to dark. Some OF the tines.
cherries ever seen in Salem are gong
info the cans. The store room IS piiea I
fnIl of strawberries, and cherries, when
will soon be on their way to the con
SINNERS. Manager Quinn is very opium,
istic over the season, and says that aii
frnits are coming out better than was
at first expected. Loganberries VIII oe
the order of the day at the eannery l
with most of the crew at WORK
an fhatn