The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-20
HOME CANNERY
CLOSES SEASON
Splendid Record Made as to Quantity
and Quality OF Output of Canned
Goods this Season.

The local cannery closed the season
Saturday after having been in steady
operation since August IA, and the out
put is one that reflects credit upon the
management. While a comparatively
small plant, Oroville is exceedingly
fortunate in having this cannery, and
it is safe to predict that in the course
of time large and important enter
prise will grow uparound this nucleus.
1t has made a cash market for pro-
ducts that otherwise would have found
no market, given employment to
large number Of men, women, boys
and girls. and spent considerable mon
ey for material And this benefit to the
community has accrued through the
enterprise Of few residents of Oro-
vile and the immediate vicinity, who
have backed the project financially.
The figures of the business done
will be interesting reading The can
merry received 1926, ,425 pounds of to-
matoes, for which the growers were
paid $6,627.02. This sum was distrib-
uted among a large number of land
owners. Seventeen tons of apples were
consumed. The cannery packed 1,1O0
cases of apples and 1886 cases of
tomatoes. Cash was paid out as fol-
lows: Labor $7,5S5.S7; salaries, $1,000
boxes and lumber, $4,000; fuel and
drayage, SLIPS; hardware, ETC., 5000:
tomatoes and apples $6.627.02. Total
paid out $21,140.s9. Not SO bad for a
two months run.
Naturally, the excellent record made
at the cannery this year is due to the
management of the plant, and that re-
sponsible position was held by l.. p.
Watson. Mr.. Watson came here we'll
recommended for his efficiency as a
packer and organizer, and he has full
filled all the promises held out by
those recommendations. Mr.. Watson
has been engaged in the canning Dusi-
ness for years and thoroughly UNDER
stands every angle of that industry.
The results Of his administration,
even II only for 4 brief period, shows
that the company operating the plant
has secured the right man for the
job. Mr.. Watson was fortunate In Sc
curing a reliable corps of immediate
assistants, and among them he drew q
prize in the person of Frank Polak,
the painstaking and competent book
keeper. Every night during the run
Mr.. POlak had balance sheet out
showing just what was delivered In
the way of raw material, just how
many cases were turned out and ex.
actly what the operating expenses had
come to for the day. At the close OF
each days run the company knew
exactly what had been accomplished
and the cost of operation. Tie record
made by the plant is due to the Coop
GRAFTON of the two gentlemen Upon
whom the responsibilities rested. Mr..
Watson and Mr.. Polak.
Again we desire to emphasize how
important the cannery is to Oroville
and how the public is under Obliga-
tions to those public spirited citizens
who voluntarily pledged their cash
and credit to make the cannery a pos
sibility. They took long chances in
ever getting back the money that they
invested. After the first two years run
the company was left in debt. Many
men would have charged up the loss
to experience and refused to go deeper
in the hole, but the hackers Of the
Oroyille enterprise are made of diff
ferent stuff. They pledged their credit
for several thousand dollars and
through that willingness to take a
chance, and what looked like a long
| chance, the cannery was continued in
commission this year. The cannery
made profit this year, but that profit
goes to pay outstanding accounts and
those who furnished the sinews will
have to depend upon the future for
reimbursement. No dividends could be
paid this year.
Look at the figures and see the
amount of real ready money that has
! been put in circulation during the
past two months through the public
spirit and enterprise of the small
| group of citizens constituting the can
merry company. The sum does not loom
big in these days when people talk in
millions. yet $21 900 distributed among
many people in small community
within few weeks were a material
help in keeping the wheels of business
revolving. Had 1t not been for the can
merry that sum Of money would not
have been put in circulation, and in
these quiet times the cutting out of
$21, 900 in a town the size of Oroville
would mean that quite number of
people would have had to do without
many things that the pay roll of the
cannery permitted them to buy. All
praise to those who have made the
cannery possible and may they finally
realize handsomely on the investment
they made at time and under circum-
+, stances which gave little promise of
returns.