THE MORNING OREGONIATC. -WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST S0. 191C
FLAX PROJECT AT
EUGENE IS PRAISED
Federal Official Says Much
Has Been Accomplished
First Season.
HANDICAPS ARE OVERCOME
.Results Deemed Satisfactory by
' Frank O. Miles, of Department
of Agriculture, Considering
! Late Start Obtained.
Indications are that the first year of
the flax culture project at Eugene will
he a comparative success, notwithstand
ing the newness of the venture and. the
handicaps under which any beginning;
enterprise must work, according- to
Frank C. Miles, representative of the
office of fiber investigation of the
United States Bureau of Agriculture.
Mr. Miles was in Portland yesterday
after a Visit to the Eugene project and
other flax projects in the state.
"Whether it proves a financial suc
cess the first year or not," he said, "it
appears to give pretty good proof that
flax growing can be conducted success
fully as a commercial enterprise in Ore
gon. "The fanners who co-operated, with
the Eugene Chamber "of Commerce and
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
worked against the handicaps of un
familiarity with the crop and the late
etart that they had.
Enterprise Has Late Start.
"The enterprise was put on foot so
late that many of the farmers had
already planned their Spring planting
for other things and could not give
over their best land to the flax experi
ment. They worked against an un
favorable season and various other
drawbacks.
"Yet I am informed by Mr. Bosse,
their agricultural adviser, that the flax
-traw from the project will run about
13 tons to the acre and the seed yield
will be very heavy. The average yield
of straw is about 10 tons to the acre."
Mr.. Miles left yesterday for Montana,
where he is to Inspect some of the
flax plantings that have been made.
He was in Oregon last March to help
launch the Eugene project and his
present trip enabled him to see how
successful the enterprise had been.
, Mr. Miles' testimony has been strong
vly supported by Dr. Henry Deimel. i
a letter written August 22, which has
been sent to Dr. E. A. Pierce, chair
man of the flax committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Offer to Bay Made.
Dr. Deimel, who is one of the fore
most experts on the commercial aspects
of flax culture, declared that the enter
prise at Eugene has been far more suc
cessful than was expected and that
the committee should not have been
disappointed even if the venture had
gone deeply behind the first year.
In closing his letter he made an of
fr for the product of $450 a ton of
flax good enough to be spun into Nos.
60 and 80 warp, and said that he would
amplify his offer by agreeing toiremit
in addition . whatever - amount . his
spinner may consider the flax to bo
r t 1 1 i n. u u v r , idv a go.
The members of the committee from
the Chamber of Commerce who have
been handling the Portland end of the
enterprise at Eugene are: Dr E. A.
Pierce, H. B. Miller, William McMurraj
and Will Lipman.
PRISON WILL BE TOPIC
BOARD OF COXTROL TO DECIDE OX
QUESTION OF" PROBE.
Whether Women at Penitentiary Will
Bo Allowed Clorarettes May
k. Be Debated.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 20 (Special) Ar
xion on the resolution introduced by
uuvernor witnycombe, calling for an
investigation of the Penitentiary, is
expected at the meeting of the board of
control tomorrow. The Governor, at
the last meeting, asked that a fhor
rough probe, both of the administra
tion and of the plant Itself, be made
by a committee of three citizens, act
ing without pay. Secretary of State
Olcott and State Treasurer Kay voted
to defer action. A substitute may be
offered In place of Governor Withy
combe's resolution.
During the past week Mr. Olcott and
Mr. Kay have been conducting an in
vestigation of their own and their find
ings may be made known tomorrow.
The removal of restrictions on prison
chaplains and the permission for con
victs to have cigarettes have already
resulted from their suggestions.
The question of cigarettes for the
women prisoners will probably be de
bated tomorrow. It is understood that
some of the women have already made
requisition for cigarettes on the ground
that- if the men were entitled to them
the women were.
INTENT TO WED SURPRISES
Kelatives Say They Didn't Know of
Sirs. Vena Walcli's Plans.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
Ci. J. Slavin and Vena Walch. both
of Portland, obtained a marriage license
here today.
The taking out of a marriage license
by Mrs. Vena Walch and G. J. Slavin a
clerk, of Portland, at Tacoma yester-
was a. surprise t
surprise to Portland rela -
lives- ol jurs. walch. Including her
stepson, who lives at the home of C. F
Walch, 663 East Sixty-sixth street
Jsorlh. Portland.
"Mrs. Walch Is my' stepmother, but
I didn't know she waa going to get
married." said Mr. Walch last night.
"I do not know Mr. Slavin. Mrs. Walch
went to Tacoma to live ..more than a
year ago on the death of my father."
Mrs. Walch is between 25 and 30
years old, it is said. Mr. Slavin'a ad
dress is given as 1176 Belmont street,
lie is not known to the membera of
C. Fl Walch's family.
ANSWER UNLIKELY SOON
Defendants in Cement Suit Scattered
In Country.
An answer to the suit against an al
leged cement combine for $1,500,000
damages, filed in the Federal Court
Monday, is not expected for a number
of weeks, since legal papers must be
served on a large number of defen
dants who are scattered throughout
many states.
The suit was brought by Aman Moore.
Ice-president and treasurer of the Ore
gon Portland Cement Company, of this
city, in the name of the concern.
. It is aUeged by Mr, Moor, that com.-
pUte control of the cement business
in the Pacific Northwest is sought by
the defendants, with the wrecking of
the Portland company as a possible
alternative, sHould the plan fail.
The cement plant at Oswego, the
property of the corporation, will 'be
closed down next Friday, It is said, for
two weeks at least, And perhaps indefi
nitely. The cement company was first pro
jected in 1907 by C. W. Nibley and oth
ers, but the plans did not materialize.
In the following year Aman Moore ef
fected its reorganization.
The Oregon Portland Cement Com
pany was incorporated August J8, 1915.
The construction of the Oswego plant
was under the direction of Mr. Moore
until last January, when the defendants
took charge of the work and the former
efficient management of the work. It
is charged, was replaced by wasteful
practices calculated to bring the con
cern to ruin.
Officers of ihe company are: Presi
dent, B, P. Butchart; vice-president and
treasurer, Aman Moore; vice-presidents,
M. J. Ballard and Paul C. Bates; secre
tary, George McDonald; directors. Dr.
Andrew C. Smith, James G. Wilson,
Wirt Minor, AVilllam Johnson, B- P.
Butchart, Paul C. Bates, L. C. Rowlands,
Aman Moore and M. J. Ballard.
LOST WOMAN IS FOUND
FRED PATTERSON IS RECOG
NIZED FROM PICTURE.
Woman Who Disappeared Friday
Portland Son She Slept lea
der Trees One Kight.
In
KEWBERG, Or.. Aug. 29.(SDeclal.)
Mrs. Fred Patterson's picture in The
Uregonian and the story of her disap
pearance in Portland last Friday, to
day was the means of bringing her
wanderings to an end and of reuniting
her with her familyat Newberg.
Mrs. Patterson, who is 22 and pretty
cauea at tne nome of a Airs. Hayes at
Sherwood this morning, after a 20-mile
tramp- from Portland. She asked for a
drink of water. Mrs. Hayes recognized
her from her picture, gave her 'food
and talked with her. She then put her
in an automooiie and brought her to
.new berg. .
Airs. Patterson said that she sleptt
under the trees somewhere near Port
land; that late one night she partly
recovered from her lapse of memory
and started on a night walk home.
She has been married three years. Her
husband'is a bookkeeper.
Since Mrs. Patterson's disappearance
the Portland police and her husband
had been combing the city and a re
ward of 50 was offered for her dis
covery. Mrs. Patterson came to Portland with
her husband Friday. That afternoon
Mr. Patterson left her with friends and
went to transact some business. When
he returned he found that she had
gone, leaving word that she would meet
him at the Young Woman's Christian
Association. When he. went to the
association to meet her he found that
she had been gone about 15 minutes.
hughehlobTormed
COTTAGE GROVE MEETING MARKED
BV MUCH ENTHUSIASM.
Elbert Bede la Elected President and
Mr. Clara A. Burkbolder Vice
PreIden,Speeche Stir.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Anir 29 .
(Special.) At a rousing meeting last
night a Hughes Republican Club was
organized with a membership of 145.
This will probably be Increased to 200
or 300. Elbert Bede was elected presi
dent, Mrs. Clara A. Burkholder vice-
president, and Worth Harvey
tary-treasurer.
s.ecre-
J. H. Foster, of Eugene, delivered
tne principal address of the evening.
He did not mince words in showing the
deficiencies of the present Administra
tion. He named the things for which
a good citizen should stand and said
mat tne party in power had fallen
down on all of these. He was fre
quently applauded, especially in his
references to Charles Evans Hughes,
the Republican standardbearer. Mr.
Foster referred to the tariff question
in detail and cited figures presented
to prove that but for the war thou
sands of men would be walking the
streets begging for work under a free
trade tariff. He castigated the Ad
ministration for bragging of prosper
ity that is the result of the misfor
tunes of Europe, and roundly assailed
the policy of vacillation and sidestep
ping in dealing with the Mexican prob
lem. Fred E. Smith, also of Eugene, made
a short talk along much the same lines
and paid a glowing tribute to the Re
publican nominee, whom he charac
terized as "the kindliest, most intelli
gent, most warm-hearted, most cordial
man in politics today, and the onlv
man since the days of Washington ac
tually called to serve his party."
Colonel W. G. D. Mercer, of Eugene,
had charge of the organization work
of the club. Walter I Tooze. of Sa
lem, who made a stirring address, rep
resented the National Hughes Alllani-
and as the result of his talk th lncul
club voted to affiliate with the Na
tional organization.
WORK ON HARBOR SOUGHT
Eugene Chamber Wants Improve
ments at Siuslaw Mouth.
EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 29. (Sneclat
Efforts by the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce to secure further improve
ment of the harbor at the mouth of th
Siuslaw River, with a view of obtain
ing lower freight rates for Eugene.
were advocated at a meeting of the
trade and commerce bureau of th
Eugene chamber last night.
u. Hi. loran, chief of the bureau.
said: "This will put us In a conltlnn
to get cheaper rates than we could
U3? "hipping by way of Coos Bay or by
way oi me Loiumoia.
RAILWAY SURVEYORS MOVE
Strahorn Party Begins1 Work In Fort
Rock Valley.
BEND, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) The
Strahorn surveying party which has
been engaged in running lines in the
vicinity of Burns has moved to Fort
Rock Valley, according to reports
brought In today, and will complete the
only unsurveyed portion of the pro
posed lines at once.
The party, has begun work at the
head of .the valley, near the timber
line, and will work south toward Silver
Lake and to a Junction with the sur
veys already completed In that neighborhood.
. Hoppickers Start Out.N
LEBANON. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
The usual exodus of hoppickers from
Lebanon and vicinity for "the Polk
County hopflelds has' begun and hun
dreds of families who make the hop
picking season their annual vacation,
as well as taking in some surplus
money for Winter, are now on their
way. By next week all the yards will
be, In f uU operation,
By
PART OF ROAD STOLEN
SLICE IS CUT FROM CENTER OK
HIGHWAY TO SELLWOOD.
Theory la Advanced That Oppoaents of
County Paving; Have Taken
Sample for Teat.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Clackamas County authorities
ar. hunting for the person or persons
who stole a part of the new county
laid Milwaukie-Sellwood hard-surfaco
road. A piece of the surface about five
inches square was cut from the middle
of the road near the Milwaukee Ceme
tery. "If we can catch the person responsi
ble we will prosecute him to the limit."
said Deputy District Attorney Burke
today. "The statute providing for a
fine and Imprisonment for destroying a
public highway will teach such as he
that roada are not laid, merely to be
cut up."
The theory that soma paving com
pany, anxious to obtain a test of the
county-laid paving, is responsible is
advanced by local authorities. The
plan of a county laying Its own hard
surface has encountered decided oppo
sition from the camps o( some paving
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Up
to midnight August 15, a period
of 7 months, we sold and delivered more
United States Automobile Tires than we
sold during the entire twelve months of
1915 last year.
By August 16, we had passed, by. several thousand casings, the sales
total for 1915, itself a year of steady sales increases.
And day by day these phenomenal 1916 increases are heaping up.
Besides there were still left of this year 115 selling days four and
one-half months.
This almost unbelievable feat of equalling, in 7) months, the sales rec
ord of last year, proves the unequalled merit and actual economy of
W GD Ok
'Nobby' 'Chain'
Wise automobile owners demand
much of their tires.
What tires do yoii demand?
Demand that your Tire Dealer supply you with
. ' United States Tires or go to another dealer.
contractors, who are said to be anxious
to tes out the paving.
Recently an unsuccessful attempt
was made to drive a steel rod through
one stretch of county paving-.
LUMBER FIRM LACKS CARS
Hlllsboro Company Appeals to Pub
lic Service Commission.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Appeal for relief has been made to the
State Public Service Commission by the
G.- H. P. Lumber Company, of Hllls
boro. Lack of cars to conduct logging
operations and to take care of ship
ments is alleged. The company orig
inally had 13 cars for its logging de
partment, but the Southern Pacific
took six ot-tliem, hampering the work.
The present tract the company is
working on must be logged off before
January 1, 1917, or 'the firm will lose
stumpage rights. Docks are crowded
with unshipped, orders and the firm's
capital is tied up in orders which It
cannot deliver, it is asserted.
. Valuation Attorney Named.
SALEM, Or, Aug. 29. (Special.)
Seth E. Tracy, attorney, connected with
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
has been made valuation attorney of
the Paclfio District, says a letter re
ceived from Washington by. the Public
'Usco'
Service Commission. Mr. Tracy will
have headquarters in the Wells-Fargo
building, Portland. ' He will be in
charge of all land appraisals, legal
adviser of the engineering- and account
ing departments and will represent
the Commission in appraisal matters.
LIBRARY BODY FORMED
Permanent . Institution at Lebanon
Now Assured.
LEBANON. Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
The library of Lebanon, which has been
conducted for several years by the local
W. C. T. U., has become a permanent
public, library by the organization of
a library association. The association
haa been incorporated by the follow
ing persons aa trustees: Frances 1 1
Millsap. Alice B. DePew. D. A. Reeves.
Dr. J. G. G11L Sigurd Landstrom and
Alice Stucker.
Articles of incorporation were sigsf-d
at a' meeting of the board of trustees
last night, and will be filed with the
Secretary of State in a few days.
Linn Grain Growers Hold.
LEBANON. Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
The active selling of wheat and oats
in Eastern Linn County was cut short
today by the announcement that the
local market had dropped from $1.10
to il for wheat and had declined Irom
or
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'Plain'
3 to B cents for white oats. Those who
did not sell at the former prices are
now
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