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WIRELESS PHONE
C0NNECTSHAVAI1
. WITH NEVV y
DISTANCE GREATER THAN PROM
NEW YORK TO CAPITOLS
Of EUROPE.
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situs of (Kirn ibis
Wlr and Wlrle Sytf a JJd
thr In Achlavamtnl 0n
ral Us of Invention It
Doubled by Engnr
HAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Htpl. 'J - ;
Wrelea telephony fn.iu !! Atlantic j
ea hoard l Hawaii, a uita' Ql
4HOO miles, la an atconiplliihed fad
nd apodal wlrrlcsa Ulrl'lmn d
telupmenla hlrh liai liern mail y
lh nglnre of lb AuwrUau Tl
phono Telegraph cmniiy and of!
Hi Western Electric company apecch j
was transmitted lonlithl from Wash
Irntton lo wlreleae atatlon near Hon
olulu.
If anything further waa needed I"
show lh wonderful rapacity nt lhi
new discovery by lh engine ra of Ihe
11.11 ayatpm Ibla laM triumph coming
tun a fw hour after Mr. Vail, lh
president of lh company bad talked
br wind from Washington 10 Mr
Carty. chief engineer located at Mar
aland nar Ban Francisco, la ctinnu
iv. Tha dlalanc ovr which thin
irlc communication w-a held Is
reater lhn lh dlatanro from Now
York to l-codon, New York lo Pari
or from New York to many other Ira
IMirtant polnta aurh at Rome, Vienna
nd Hrlln,
Thla wonderful wlrla telephone
from Waahlngton to Hawaii had to
(O over lh whole of l'nltd Slate
dlatanro of bout Jf00 mile before
II encountered th wore simple wire
less rondltlon which exists bn
andln ovr Ure hodli of .walrr.
ttT thi purpo of thlar lnt tha abid
ing dona from lha navy lrala
alallon at Arlington Jnat oulald of
Waahlngton. Th rrclvlng wa don
at amall atatlon apclally )ulppd
for th pnrpo by th anglnwra of
lh llphon company which by pr
mlmilon of tha naval authorities waa
bwatod at the Unltrd Btatfa naval ata
tlon at I'oarl Harbor. Hawaii. ,
Th mnaaga of Itonoliili' r-
rrlviNl by Uoyd Kudeniirhlrd, an ngl
r of th American Tflepbone ft
Telegraph company, who h,ad been
sent there by J. J. Carly Ita chief en
gineer to take chargo of the observa
tion or the successful results of which
w are now able to report. - It
learned from llancroft (Iherardl, who
Is on Mr. Orty'e ataff thai the results
obtained In talking by wlreleaa tele
phone from New York and Washing
ton lo Ban Franclhco and Hawaii were
a 'combination of long and very Im
portant Invert Igut lone and discov
eries which have been made by the
engineer of the Hell system. Then
Investigation have extended over a
considerable period during the early
spring of thla year aa a result of the
work already done.
The engineer of the telephone com
pany talked of a distance of about
2.r.0 mllea, using for the purpose au
experimental tower which thoy had
erected near Montauk Point. l.oi)g Is
land, and a small tower borrowod for
the purpose from private owners at
Wtllmlngton, Delaware. Boon afU'r
that thoy talked over 1000 mill's. In
thla case using experimental tower at
Montnuk Point and an experimental
tower erected for the purpose ut fit.
Simons Island, (leorgla.
The results of these tests mo con
clusively demonstrated the correct
liens of their vAirk mid Its possibilities
that steps were Immediately taken to
try distances comparable with those
Involved In' Trans-Atinnno uMcpmw.
uml Indued, ever looking to Trans-Pa-
clflo telnnhony. What Ihe results of
thuso further tests have been la shown
by tho talks today to flan Francisco
and Hawaii.
Another Interesting feature of the
tent today Is that In a practical way
the ability to connect wireless tele
phone system with wire telephone
systems was shown. At Washington
by the special moans Invented and de
veloped by the engineers of this com
pany tha wires were connected to the
fipeclal wireless apparatus and to the
navy'a iroles tower where the mes
sages went wlrelessly to Its destina
tion. Mr. (Iherardl when aslted what was
the place of wireless telephony on the
peroral scheme of communication
stated that he expected that It would
form a most Important adjunct and
cxtcnUon of the existing achemo of
communication but Its meana of com
munication can be established be
tween points where It Is Impracticable
to extend wires. For many reasons
wireless telephony can never take the
place of wire systems, but it may be
expected to supplement them In a use
ful manner. Wireless telephone sys
tems are subject t aerloua Interfer
ence from numerous conditions, at
uiospherlc and others.
For many uses the fact that anyone
suitably equipped can listen in on the
wireless, talk would be a serious lim
itation to Its nee.
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COMMISSION VIEWS
LOCAL flSII UDDER
An Invrallgelloii of lli Improvo-
iiikiiii si Hi ()rrun city fihy
mad Friday by K. M. Warren, Jr . ud
I. N. FteUt liner, mniilirri of Hi Or
nn Flh and (;in coiiiiiiImIob, and
II. I Kelly, fUb warden. Tli row
niUaloiiers viewed Ilia mill rk l
ready atarted ly Warden Kelly, and
recommended other Improvement
Tb n-rl of removing acverel remain
I UK ol,laiie In lb way of easy pa
fur lb flub and th feasibility of
opening several Mind rhauiisi also
wer studied.
IGREAT CRISIS OF
ciinnncMiui
LI
KINO OF CHIICI HOLD! AL-
ANCI OF POWIR IN THE
' IAITIRN ITATf
GRAVITY OF SITUATION SEEN .
BY ALL THE ALLIED POWERS
Opan Way From Barlln and VUnna to
Conatantlnopla ma to ba Car
mania Plan Roumanla la
Ballavad Nautral.
MNIM).V. (Vt. . Kfit Ihc grral
rat Ultlra of lh war may pruv to
hav had li-aa wrlght In dividing tbv
future of Europe than the rvrnla of
lb pat few daya In tho aoulbraateni
klnKdmna.
King CotiKlautlii of Grwxc. broth-
rr In law of lh Crrman riuror, ap-
para to hold the balanr of power of
tha Ni'ar Kant In bla hand for lh hour.
In lh atrond rrlala, whr Orc
awmrd on Iho brink of nti'rlng Ibc
mar by tha aide of tbo ntrnt pow
rr. n naa virnmiiy aiamiMm id
forvmoat Crfck aUIman. EIulhrloa
Vrnlirlua, from the prvtuiprahlp and
haa aaiid personal control of tb
govrrnment
King Ferdinand of Ilulgarla baa re
jected Riiaala'a ultimatum dcmandlug
that abo break with tha central pow
er and iiei Herman nrncera wno
have taken charge of IlulgarU'i army
staff and. at the same time, according
to several correipondenta, haa oent
tan ultimatum to 8erbl. allowing 14
hour limit for the ceaslon of Mace
donia to liulgarta.
The program of the Germanic em
pires apparently Jncludes the consoli
dation of their field operations with
their Turkish allies by sweeping clear
a channel from Herlln and Vienna to
Constantinople. For the accomp'lsh
ment of this program the? have af
ready secured the ro-opcratinn of liul
garta. They need the neutrality of
Greece and Roumauln and then must
crush Serbia.
Today's developments lend to con
firm the statements of the German
press that the Gorman emperor has
guaranteed lo llulgarla both Greek
and Roumanian -neutrality. Thus the
crucial field of warfare has shifted
from the French and Ilussiun fronts
to tho Halkln peninsula, where Her
man success would meun the realiza
tion of Emperlor William's ambitions
to expansion toward India and Asia.
. Tho people of the entente nations
fully appreciate the momcntousncss of
tho crisis. The Hrltlsh newspapers
Impress on the public that If the Gor
man emperor hns secured tho friendly
neutrality of the king of Greece, en
ormous military efforts will be need
ed to check the combined German and
Austrian advance toward a Junction
with the Turks and Pnlgars.
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T
WASHINGTON MILLS WILL FUR
NI8H 2,500,000 FEET MILLMEN
SAY MARKET IMPROVES.
ABEHDEEN, Wash., Oct. 2. Eng
lish orders for approximately 1,000,
000 feet of spruce and fir lumber have
been received by Grays Hurbor mil's
within the past 10 days.
The orders are the largest of many
which have been dispatched to Eng
land within the rust 90 days. Forty
cars will be needed to carry the ship
ment to 8eattle. According to ad
vices received by lumbermen hero the
Minnesota will carry upwards or 2,
00,000 feet of lumber when she leaves
Seattle for England, to be auctioned
off there to the highest bidder. The
cargo will consist largely of spruce, a
part of which will be used In aero
plane stock. '
Lumbermen here generally admit
that markets have Improved consid
erably, and they look forward to a
comparatively good winter and to. a
better spring. Farmer are said to be
buying besvlly and the new European
trade la helping. : -
ID 10
jfiurLHinfrinio
NEAR IN BALKANS
2 HUNTERS 10
BEAT FARHER ARE
COUNTY
AIL
DAVID WftlOHT AND JOHN IT AM
FACI ASSAULT CHAROK-R.
B. HAYHURIT INJURIO.
VERSIONS Of fICHI W HELD
ARE rOUND TO DUTOt WIDELY
TrtipaiMr Claim Farrnar Flrad that
Whlla Lattar tayi Attack Waa
fntlrtly Unwarrantad Haar
Ing Coma Monday.
It. II. Ha burnt, a farmer lilng
aljout three mile from town, la auf
hrlng from uiany'brulM-a, a aalp rul
and othur uilnor Injuries, and David
Wrlrlit aud John tttarr, two bunlera.
are In the county Jail today aa the
result of a fix lit following th farm
era attempt to put the taller two off
of bis farm Friday mfrni,..
Wright and Htarr, who live alove
two inilra aud a half from Hay'
hurst farm, were brouahl to Oregon
City by Sheriff Wilson, and Deputlea
l lira and Treinliath to far a charge
of assault. They appeared before
Justice Hlevera and will Imi given a
preliminary bearing Monday morning
They were unable lo raise 1200 bonds.
Hayhurst and the two hunters dif
fer widely In lb "I r versions of the jf-
falr. The farmer claims that he waa
oul In hla field after a horse and took
a gun for use In ran he saw a plicae
nt. He Diet Wright and Starr and
ordered them off hla platv, he aaya.
Th men started to leave, then re
turned and attacked bim. be claims.
He aaya be wai hit over the bead with
the stock of a shotgun In the course
of the fight and atunned.
Btarr acknowledges that h struck
Hayhurst, and claims that the latter
made many threats against him. Be
fore the fight, the hunters claim. Hay
hurst fired a shot, but they were not
bit aa Starr la aald to have grabbed
Uia weapon In time to make tho obols
wild. '
Ikvth Btarr and Wright are married
and have families. They offered no
resistance to the officials.
JOHN STARR, DAVID
WRIGHT BOUND OVER
EVIDENCE AT THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING SHOWS R. B. HAY
HURST DID NOT SHOOT.
Jonu Starr aud David Wright, the
two hunters who are charged wtt,h
beating up K. II. Hayhurst. were giv
en a preliminary hearing Monday and
held to Ihe grand Jury by Justice of
the Peace Sievers. Starr, who Is be
lieved to liuvo lead the attack on Hay
hurst. was unable to raise 2.r0 bonds
and Is now In Jail and Wright was re
leased to go to hla family who are
said to be In need.
Answering the assertion of the de
fendants that Hayhurst fired a shot,
the state Introduced Mrs. Hayhurst aa
a witness. She said that she examlnod
her husband's gun after he Btaggcred
into the house and found both barrels
clean.
Hayhurst, still carrying many re
minders of his fight in the field, was
on tho stand and described the alleged
attack. Starr and Wright also took
the stand.
IN STATE PLANNED
EIGHTY BILLION FEET OF TIMBER
WOULD HAVE OUTLET IN
PROPOSED COAST LINE
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1.--U tenta
tive plans of tho Portland ft West
Coast Railroad & Navigation company
are carried to completion, the distance
between thla city and Newport by rail
will be shortened about G3 ml'os and
much virgin territory will be tupped.
In connection with this plan is a coast
line from Hay Ctty in the north to
Newport In the south, and several
branches, moat Important pf which
will be one up the Wilson river from
Tillamook.
The proposed project Is the largest
announced for some time in the Pa
cific northwest, rivaling In interest
the announcement of the Southern Pa
cific company when It started con
struction of Its line from Eugene tb
Coos Hay. And It Is Tooked upon as ol
event greater importance to the de
velopment of a large section of coist
country, for at present many sectlot.
aro pnn'.ithlly Iso'ated because of
luck of Jranrortiilon facilities.
If carried cut In accordance wl.n
present plans, the system would f'
nlsh outlet for 80,000.000.000 ftfet of
tlrobe'
EEGHTH OFMILLION
III TAXES: PAID TO
COUNTY1 IN ONE DAY
PORTLAND RAlfwAY, LIGHT A
POWfR COMPANY SENOI
chick rfn mooo.
T
On hundred aavil laenly liv thou
sand dollars were paid into the treat
ury of (lackaina ruuuty yesterday,
according to tb Ji nates uf Tax Col
lector George liarf inKtun. It will b
10 daya, he aald. be'or hie of fir la
caught up with the mall retelvH In
IImi last I tore, days
Tli Portland Hiljy, Mghl ft
l'or company beaded Ihc list of yes
terday's taxpayer sit h a (beck for
f,S.430. The abater part of lh
balance waa made, sp o.' small pay
ments. Tbo power company's check
tame through tbW mall and before
the county could evcure the $fi,0"0
check. Mr. Harrington waa forced to
affix two-fenl ataiop. owing to poat
sge due.
The amount of d-lliueiit taxes lu
Clackamaa county will not be known
for about 10 days. Ur. Hurrlngton
sad I. when bo expected to catch up
with th flood of woik on bla hands.
A 10 per cent penalty and a 1 per
cent monthly Interv-M charge la col
letted on taxes after today.
IS II CASE
TELLS TROUBLES
ERNEST CASE IS KILLED BY SAM
CASE NEAR HOME IN PARK
PLACE B'JNOAY.
BAD FEEL&.G EEB'2H TWO KEH
.DAmraiwora
aea0
Sacrifices Mads So That Wain Man
Could Beeur Advantages of Ed
ucation Brownall and
Hayes Retained.
A story of family troubles trial be
gan on a pioneer. lann in roia couuiy
and ended Sunday nlgbt at Parkplace
in tho murder of one of the brothers
by another was told Monday by Cas
sias M. Case, brother of Ernest Case,
the dead man, and Sam Case, who is
now In the county Jail, pending a pre-
I'llmlnary examination. For the last
I year and a half, Casslus Case has been
living with Sam and be graplilcauy
described the events which lead to the
crime.
Tho murder of Ernest Case came,
Casslus said, after a loug series of
threats against both he and Sam. A
plot had been completed, Casslus
claimed, to hang Sam and leave bis
body for others to find, with the idea
that suicide would be suspected.
The trouble between ErnCBt, on one
side, aud the rest uf the fumlly of sev
en girls and four boys, began when
they lived at their home in Polk couu
ty. Ernest was the youngest of the
boys and, Cassias declared, was al
ways taking advantage of his brothers
and sisters.
Sacrifice Mads for Erneat .
"Sum aud I stayed on the farm and
worked so that Ernest could go to
school," he said. "Sam was a good
boy and we were willing to sacrifice
our own time so that our brother could
got a schooling. We believed that aft
er truest had gone through school, he
would help us with hla education. That
was all we expected for reward.
"Hut when Ernest came from school,
he used the learning we had helped
him secure to get the best of us chil
dren. Ho has cheated us time and
time again."
Polk County Pioneers Their Parents.
Laboit Case, an early pioneer of
Polk county, was their father. He took
up a donation land claim of 640 acres
and a timber claim of 300 acres in
early days.
"Ernest wanted to leave the farm
as soon as he was of age and go to
town," 'Casslus said. "When he was
21 years old he met a divorced woman,
whom he married against the wishes
of my parents. Ernest, his wife and
Dnd went to Lebanon to ive. After
a few months, the first husband of
Ernest's wife came to Lebanon from
Eugene, where he ran a saloon, and
the two began to speak to each other
aa they passed on the street. Ernest
aud his wife were divorced Boon after
the arrival of the Eugene aaloonman.
. Second Wifo Found.
"Ernestthen opened a restaurant
ill Corvallis and lived with one of his
waitresses. They lived together al
most 20 years, and were married about
seven years ago, a year before her
death at Parkplace. Sometime after
his second wife died, he married again,
this' time a sister of Sam's wife."
For several years the ill-feeling be
tween 8am and Ernest, has been stead
ily growing stronger. Even their wives
were forbidden from speaking, e ven .
though they were sisters, according to
Casslus Case. - Threats were common
on the part of Ernest, who often swore
(Costlanod a Pago .)
CASS
OF HIS BROTHERS
BER OF ROAD
DISTRICTS COT
FROM 60 TO 57
COUNTY COURT ON LAST DAY AL
LOWED BY STATUTE DROPS .
THREE DISTRICTS.
SECTIONS WITH TIMBER NOW TO
HAVE ROAD TO Mm POINT
ThaortM of County Judgo Andsrson
Ar CaerUd Out Near Molilla
Many Ml no.1 Chanjs Mad
In All Parts of County.
In line with County Judge Ander
son's theory thst all road districts
should bave roads leading to market
ing polnta and hi belief that Clacks
mas county bss loo many districts.
the county court Thursday cut the
number of districts from 60 lo 57, and
minor revisions were made In several
other district. The- change were
made on the last day of September,
the last a'lowed under the new atate
law. The dlatric'a discontinued are
&, o and 20. J
District CO la south of Mololla and
waa divided between districts 21 and
21. The latter two districts have a
heavy awnaed valuation, owing to
timber lands, but those living In the
districts were forced to use roads In
district 0 to get to market. District
60 was much poorer than the .10
mountain districts and unable to keep
Its roads In as good condition although
much more heavily traveled. Hy the
change, both district 22 and 28 now
have roads leading Into Molalla. a rail
road and market center.
Somewhat etmllar conditions were
faced In the two other districts which
were discontinued. District 20 Is In
the Clerks neighborhood and waa di
vided between i5, 21 and 19. District
59 was absorbed by district 14.
Judge Anderson, who hss made a
be.
careful study of road district.
lleves that the changes made thla year
are the beginning of. a more logical
and satisfactory division of the coun
ty. He is of the opinion, however,
that it will require several years to
put his ideas Into practice completely.
PENITENTIARY HEAD
BROTHER OF SLAIN WADEN WILL
ALSO BE MEMBER OF STATE
PAROLE BOARD.
SALEM, Ore, Sept. 30. John W.
Mlnto of Portland, brother of the late
Harry p. Mlnto, was today unanimous
ly elected his successor as warden of
the state penitentiary here by the
state board of control. Slate Treas
urer Kay made the motion, which was
seconded by Secretary of State Olcott,
and Governor Wlthycombe acquieaced.
There was no discussion of the propo
sition. The new warden was sheriff of Ma
rlon county a number of years, served
as Portland postmaster, nnd has been
prominent in politics for many years.
When Harry R. Mlnto was chosen. as
warden a number of the friends of
John suggested his appointment, and
it was said that he would have beeu
named had not Harry sought th
place.
The appointment meana that the
new warden will also be a member of
the Btate parole board, which consists
of George P. Putnam, the governor's
secretary: Parole Officer Joe Keller
and John F. Logan, the latter of Port
land. The fifth member has never
been named by Governor Wlthycombe.
The parole officer, secretary of the
governor and warden hold office by
virtue of their office.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
TEST SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1. The
success of the American Telephone 4V
Telegraph company In transmitting
speech by wireless telephone from the
Arlington wireless tower near Wash
ington to Hawaii, a distance of 4900
miles, was repeated tonight Late
this afternoon a cable dlBnatch was
received at the office of the chief en
gineer, J. J. Carty, of the American
Telephone & Telegraph company,
from Lloyd Estenschled, his represen
tative at Honolulu, stating that in fur
ther tests last night he waa able to
recognize clearly the voice of R. A.
Helslng from the Arlington tower. Mr.
Estenschled oreported further that the
hearing was loud and very clear, and
that Rear Admiral Dousch, Lieutenant
Commander Purer and Lieutenant
Lando, of the United States navy, who
took part In the tost, and listening in.
was highly pleased.
There is an opening for a state
bank at Tlgardviile.
ADVANCE OF $5 FOR
HA I. KM, Or., Oct. I. The state
pulillc service roinnilstoln tlay Is
sued an order aoollrhlog tb I ad
vanie di-po.lt required of certain pa
Irons of Hi i'siiflr Telephone & Tele
graph company. The $S roniellatton
fee was also abolished. Tb only re
quirement la payment a month In ad
vene. Except for tiu-tercA ut measured
service, no deposit shall hereafter be
required from any customer for serv
ice. NAVY WILL ASK
PLANS TO BE LAID BEFORE CON
GRESS ARE NOW BEING PRE
PARED BY DEPARTMENT.
SWIFTEST AND HOST POWERFUL
CRAFT AFLOAT API PLANNED
President Wilson and Scrcury Dan
llta Outline Plan for Vessel
Mr. Daniels Compares
Train and Ship.
WASHINGTON, OcL 4. Super bat
tle cruisers, bigger, faster and more
heavily armed than any war craft now
afloat or building and which will cost
$15,000,000 each to construct and
equip, will be recommended to con
gress as a part of the navy-building
programme for next year.
Thla decision waa reached today at
a conference between President Wil
son. Secrets rr Daniels and Kepresen-
! tative Padgett, chariman of the bouse
naval altalra committee.
- "Plans foT suck a typo of ! aa Is
contemplated already bar bea pre
pared under the direction of Rear Ad
miral David W. Taylor, chief con
structor of the nsvy. and now are be
ing considered by the secretary and
members of the general board.
Just how many of the new type
ships will be asked for tnla winter has
not been determined, Secretary Dan
iels said. Cost of construction of navy
craft has risen since the outbreak of
the European wsr, with the conse
quent enormous demand upon Ameri
can resources, some recently steel
contracts for the navy showing an in
crease of 30 per cent over previous
prices.
Dreadnoughts which also will be
recommended for construction this
winter will cobI 118,000,000 each. It is
estimated, as against (15.000,000 for
those now building. Part of this in
crease, however, Is due to new hull
construction to provide for greater
protection against torpedo attack.
The number of ships of each class
to he urged probably will be agreed
upon within a few days. Secretary
Daniels continued tonight his confer
ence with Representative Padgett, and
he will see President Wilson again
probably this week. The estimates, by
law, must be in the hands of the secre
tary of the treasury by October 15.
Plans for the battle cruisers, Mr.
Daniels said, contemplated a Bpeed of
33 knots an hour. They will be fast
er than any but the swiftest destroy
ers. In land terms, they will equal
the speed of railway trains making
more than 40 miles an hour. In size
they will equal the largest American
dreadnoughts now building and far ex
ceed any now afloat.
SAILS EOR HIS HOW
DR. CONSTANTIN DUMBA WILL
HAVE NOTHING TO SAY UNTIL
HE ARRIVES AT VIENNA.
NEW YORK. Oct. 5. The United
States today stamped "finis" on the
career of Dr. Constantln Dumba, as
Austrian ambassador to this country,
and sealed the incident of his machin
ations to bait American munitions pro
duction, which resulted in his recall
at the admiplstratiou's request.
.Dumba sailed at noon aboard the
liner Nieuw Amsterdam, bearing with
hUn the usual diplomatic courtesy ol
a safe conduct from the enemy. He
left the country without any message
of parting, declaring merely he would
have not comment to make until he
reaches Vienna.
He and his wife have been busy d.ir
ing the past few days entertainging
friends and attending faiewell func
tions for despite his diplomatic faux
pas, be was regarded as one of the
most popular of the Washington diplo
matic corps.
Military Attache von Papen. of the
German embassy. Involved in the
Dumba Incident, denied that he in
tended to aall with the ambassador.. . 1
$18,000,000 FOR
. SHIPS III WINTER
f
PLANT III SIGHT
SAYSJ.V.LODER
MILL COSTINQ BETWEEN 100,000
AND X)0,000 TO BE BUILT
NEAR OREGON CITY.
SOIL CUMATE AND MARKET ARE
CONSIDERED PERFECT FOR CROP
Contracts With Foemere For Use
10,006 to 20.000 Acre For Flaa
Crowing Sought Prtosnt
Concern Open Field
A flax mill rotting between t loO.WW
and ISO0.0O0 wilt be built within a
radius of 40 miles of Oregon City, de
clared John W. IOder, attorney and
city recorder, who Wednesday out
lined the accomplishments and plana
of th Willamette Valley Flax com
pany. A certificate of Incorporation
was Isaued Tuesday by Corporation
Commissioner Si-hulderman to lb
company.
William Hasaeldln. superintendent
of the Oregon City Woolen mills; Roy
R Cox, one of the owners of the Ore
gon City Ice A Cold Storage company
and member 'of the city council; E.
8. larnen. merchant, and W. C. El
liott, Portland coatractor. are asao
tlj'e! with Mr. LooVr. The company
la capitalized at $20,000. -
Plant to B Nar Oregon City.
The present company will do only
the preliminary work, such as secur
ing acreage contracts from farmers of
Clackamas, Marlon, Multnomah and
Washington counties and securing a
site for the plant. Mr. Loder said that
the location of tbe factory would de
pend upon tha location of tho acreage,
but be waa certain that It would be
within 40 milea of Oregon City. ,
'There will be no trouble securing
capital for the new enterprise." Mr.
Loder ikld.. "We iave now at this
early stage of the game, assurances of
any amount' of capital we desire," bo
declared. 'Those who bave money to
invest in this project are only waiting
for us to complete the preliminary
work." Mr. Loder said that the work
had reached such a stage that there
was small chance of failure, to com
plete the present plana.
' Conditions Perfect for Industry.
'Conditions are perfect for the es
tablishment of a big flax Industry in
the north Willamette valley," he con
tinued. "The soli and climate of west
ern Oregon are perfect for the culti
vation of the plant and there is a
strong demand for the products.
Strangely enough, the present war In
Europe has done much to encourage
Investment In such a -project as this
In Oregon, for tbe Belgian factories
cannot equal their former output for
at least seven years. The fields and
factories In Europe bave been de
stroyed and there is plenty of oppor
tunity for the Pacific coast flax Indus
try to be- firmly established before the
Belgian Industry thoroughly recov
ers." The company will begin at once a
campaign of education for the benefit
of valley farmers. Lecturers will go
through rural districts spreading the
good word that flax growing is a new
and profitable crop for the Willam
ette valley."
"We want between 10 000 and 20.000
acres of northern Willamette valley
farm land signed up to raise flax,"
said Mr. Loder. "We will supply seed
and fertilixer and send out full direc
tions how to raise the crop. It will
be part of our contract with the farm
er that he must follow our instruc
tions. Flax growing is a new Oregon
Industry and we must educate the
farmer in the best ways of raising it."
He added that after the first crop had
been harvested, he believed there
would be no trouble ' in securing al
most any quantity of acreage as the
large profits to the farmer in the crop
would be apparent.
Organization Soon Completed.
Fifty per cent of the capital Btovk'
must be subscribed before the organ
ization of the company can be com
pleted. The promoters will endeavor
to secure 40 men willing to Invest $2.r0
each. Five men have already been se
cured to buy five shares at (50 each,
making a total amount of stock sold
now $1000. Mr. I-oder believes that
there will be no trouble in marketing
the rest of the stock. Judging from the
Interest displayed.
. C. D. Charles is assisting in promot
ing the Industry. He was recently In
Salem, but was unable to make satis
factory arrangements with the Com
mercial club in the capital city. The
home office of the Willamette Valley
Flax company is given as Oregon City
in the articles of Incorporation. The
preliminary work here has been done
quietly, there has been no meeting of
the Commercial club to arouse enthu
siasm over the project and the matter
has been kept out of tbe press.
SLATON RETURNS TO GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, Ca., Oct 5. Fulfilling
his promise to return to Georgia de
spite the threats against his life fol
lowing his action in commuting the
sentence of Leo Frank, forme Gov
ernor John M. 81aton today was at
his borne after a three months' trip to
the Pacific coast
CAPITAL
OR BIG