Pase 20 



BETTER FRUIT 



November, 1920 



ported to be holding off in buying apples for 

 canning purposes. Prices last year for apples 

 for canning ranged from $16 to $20 per ton. 



Much alarm was felt by apple growers 

 throughout Oregon during the month of Oc- 

 tober through the inability to get the crop 

 harvested, due to bad weather. Continued 

 rain caused pickers and packers to leave the 

 orchards, and the wet weather made it diffi- 

 cult to get those who stayed to attempt to 

 work. Where no provision was made for 

 housing help the situation was particularly 

 bad, and the schools were closed to allow 

 students to assist in the work of gathering 

 the crop. 



It is generally accepted now that the Oregon 

 prune crop in some sections of Oregon, Clarke 

 County and Washington was injured by the 

 wet weather to an extent ranging from 25 to 

 65 per cent. The exact extent of the damage, 

 it is stated, will not be known until the final 

 prune deliveries are made. 



A general inspection of the orchards in the 

 Roseburg district is being made under the 

 auspices of the Extension Department of the 

 Oregon Agricultural College. The work is 

 being done by Professor Long, who recently 

 took a position with the college as horticul- 

 tural specialist, and is being taken up to de- 

 termine the correct combative measures to be 

 used for tree diseases that may exist in that 

 section. 



The Phez Company, one of the largest inde- 

 pendent companies handling fruit products in 

 the state, and the pioneer organization in plac- 

 ing on the big markets of the East the fruit 

 juice drinks manufactured from loganberry 

 and apple juice, announces that it has in- 

 creased its capital stock to $4,000,000. One 

 million dollars of the preferred stock of the 

 company has been placed on the market with 

 a 7 per cent guarantee. The company has 

 plants both in Oregon and Washington and 

 ships its products to all parts of the world. 



Oregon Malaga grapes grown at Grants Pass 

 were marketed this year at good prices, the 

 shipments bringing around $3 a crate. 



The Oregon Growers' Co-operative Associa- 

 tion plans an expenditure of $50,000 this year 

 to advertise the fruit products it will handle. 

 The largest part of this amount, it is stated, 

 will he used in advertising the merits of the 

 Oregon prune, which will be marketed under 

 the new trade name of "Mistland." 



A chemical factory, to be operated under 

 the trade name of the San Francisco Chemical 

 Company, is being established in Portland. 

 The company, which, it is said, will be owned 

 and controlled by the Stauffer International 

 interests, has announced that its total invest- 

 ment in the new plant will be over $1,000,000 

 when it is fully completed and in running 

 order. It is to be erected in the Linn ton 

 district. 



WASHINGTON. 



Spokane, Whitman, Lincoln, Ferry, Stevens 

 and Pcnd Oreille counties will ship about 

 1,500 cars of apples and probably 50 cars of 

 pears and other fruit this year. The leaf 

 roller pest in the vicinity of Otis Orchards, 

 east of Spokane, made inroads on the com- 

 mercial output of some of the leading orch- 

 ards. Stevens county's production will exceed 

 last year's considerably. 



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Two of the most homelike hotels in Portland, located in the 

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All Oregon Electric Trains stop 

 directly in front of 



The Seward Hotel 



The House of Cheer. 



The Hotel Cornelius 



The House of Welcome, 

 is only two short blocks from 



The Seward Hotel 



Excellent Dining Room Service at Popular Prices is managed in 

 connection with The Seward Hotel, the House of Cheer. 



Rates, $1.50 Up 



Our Brown Busses Meet All Trains. 



W. C. CULBERTSON, Proprietor 



What Are You Doing for Next Year's Apple Crop? 



"Wood -Lark" 



will get the GOPHER this winter 

 under the snow 



You cannot afford to have your trees thrown out of bal- 

 ance by loss of roots by Gophers. You know this affects 

 their bearing, and sometimes even kills them. 



Now is the time to plant "WOOD-LARK" well 

 down in all gopher runs before snow flies. 



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Clarke -Woodward Drug Co. 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



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