The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 29, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Image 49

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Newspaper Page TextWoman's Section Special Features SECTION FIVE Pages 1 to 12 1 mftr iimrM ffiwit ! ' Y ' . .2 - . -- - - - ' 1 TQI XXXIV rORTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORMXG, AUGUST 29, 1915. Powers August Clearance Sale Creates Wonderfully Low Prices Broad Price Reductions on Sample Pieces. Discontinued Patterns and Matched Suites overy Grade 6 U i 0 O O O 5 J o J This Clearance of Library Tables Offers Great Values 4J-Jorh quartered effect Library Tablo j-"", TJi Solid Oak Library Table, bow .U- 95 11.71 Kolld Oak Library Table, now sell- QJ 85 IIJ.7S Bolld Oak Library Table, now eUl- Solid Omk Library Table now 10 OC Mlllnv for O 1 J,0J !; olld Oak Library Table, now J- j- .ltln for J lOWJ 3S.( S"ltd 0k Library Table, now 85 I4J7J Solid Oak Library Table, now j0 0 AC s.UIng for Ja?ie'T IH.7J Fumed Oak Library Tabla. now J- rs Qf selling f.r SloiiU $?. Tumod Oak Ubrary Table, now TQ QP riling for , J0iJ i::.T rumed Oak Library Table, now JJ 40 tj Fumed Oak Library Table, now !? 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America should be treasthenlBf her defenses, building op her Navy, even wht'.e she works for world peace." declared Governor Ar thur Ca?Pr. of Kansas, shortly after ats arrival In Pasadena. As to Germany. Governor Capper approves the stand taken by presi dent Wilson, and asserts ti.al If Ger many persists in tskinc lives of Amer irm in e-jbmartn warfare, dlplo- n.iu- rrtattons s.lou.d t. severed. He adds thai tMs would not mesn war. tsid the Governor: "I don t tMnk we are Justified at all In entertns- the Kurorean war. I don't believe we will ever reach that point. -v ..k me. "lo you think the risats of neutrals should be defined by arbitration, aa Germany sucseets. ar by a conference of neutral nations, r should tMey e defined bythel nlted ltate. alone. -. .tromlr In favor ef a eon J sr. ace c seutral aatloaa. The fatted States should take the lead In this! movement. North Amerk-a and South I America should unite in this. "I think that If Governors of states other t:ian Kansas were to rail stale peace conferences such as we had there It might serve as the start of a bis; peace movement. We found that our convention attracted a s;reat deal of attention. Letters were received fruSJ prominent persons far and wide. "Still I fl that we are now In an emergency and that this emergency must be met and so met as not to leave the Cnlted States embarrassed. -Ye have our homes to protect yow Is not the time to disarm. Amer ica must be protected. We should be strengthening our Navy.. We should have more battleships, more torpedo boats, more naval craft of almost every kind. But at the same time we should work for and foster peace." 'U-BOAr DISTURBS YACHTS Pl.lladolphian IVclarcs Submarine Poked Its No Xp. rHIlAPEUTHI-V. Auk. 24. A for eign submarine poked her nose among the boats st the achorage oq the River side Yacht Club at Csslngton the other night, and failing to find the enemy dived like a scare! duck and was not seen again. Probably she has gone to her station In the Irish Sea by this '"The censors of this dispatch will not permit the name of tbe submarine to be published. Nor will he grant the privi lege ot using tbe Riverside Yacht Club officer's name, for he was the only wit ness of the submarine's visit. Yachtsmen from most of the ctubs on the IVlam-are had gathered at Esslng ton to bo prepared fur a race. Of course fuel for man and boat had to be put aboard. In several Instances both were below the load line. Before a sufficiency for some had been put aboard It was about midnight About 1 A. M.. when all was still along the Delaware, a shrill, piercing; cry of terror caused some of the sleep ing yachtsmen to tumble rrom tneir berths, while those ashore at the hotel thought a storm had broken. The cries had come from the afterdeck of ono of the cruisers In the fleet. There a gentle man could be seen. He waa bellowing: -For the love of Mike, take 'em offl Take "em off. won't you. please? There he scoots!" When all the lighters of the fleet, swarming with men. expecting the worst, csme to board the cruiser, they found a woebegone-looking Individual sheepishly glancing first astern, then sft. then skyward and bottomward. then landward and finally seaward. He was looking for something. "Say. fel lows." he walled, "did you see It? Did you see that darn sneaky thing creep In here like a cat looking for its preyt I saw It! I swear It!" None of his would-be rescuers had seen It. and they were Inconsiderate enough to yell: "Say. you old rarebit (lend, go to sleep!" But that Individual initd that the sea be scoured for the German submarine which most assured ly had hove In sight and tnen naa racea here, there, everywhere among the Riverside fleet. No sign of a submarine could be seen. There waa a huge log awash under the stern of tbe dreamer's vessel. Affection for Stenographe" Explained to Applicant. State Representative Wygant Needs No Other Asslstaace While Daugh ter Has Job. NEWPORT. Or, Aug.' 28. (Spe-; clal.) A young woman accompa nied by Frederick Wygant entered the office of Samuel G. Irvln. State Repre sentative of Lincoln and Polk Counties. In Newport a few days ago, and, after being introduced, asked permission to use the typewriter in Mr. Irvln's office. The request was granted: and after writing several letters the young woman said that she liked Newport and would like to be employed as a steographer. Mr. Irvln replied that he could not give her employment because he had a good-lookine stenographer with whom he was In love. "She lets me kiss her when I want to," he added. "What better could a man desire?" "You must, pay her a big salary," responded the new applicant for the position. "Not any more than any good stenog raDher would earn." Mr Irvln replied. "But don't tell the Wygants what I told you because they know my wife.' The young woman made a hasty exit and three minutes later asaea Jir. Wygant whom Mr. Irvln employed as stenographer. His daughter Ina." replied Mr. Wy gant. Then he wondered wny nis rair companion looked so surprised. MINT INDUSTRY IN LINN COUNTY DEVELOPED ON COMMERCIAL BASIS y . Acreage Near Albany Now 41 From Which Growers Figure Net Profit of $98 to Acre With Ready Demand for Product and Outlay for Cultivation and Distillation Insignificant. J. r i I yx. : '-It ITi i -f Llf fxuZ - JzxZr&ciz'nGr Oil froxn TJii Tfn-L. Ji'i Fant. HJyjZ Oregon. Its, ft - X -saw v rcu. .. . .. .j. .vu jj v ti 'T S"- wa mi S v ,., :....:....... sT CI W - s fc. sa S2ovs'r J4fier3 flower ALBANY. Or., Aug. 28. (Special.) From the end of a condenser of a still located eight miles east of Albany mint oil. of a quality unexcelled In the world, has been dropping the past few days. It marks the develop ment of a new Industry in Oregon, an Industry more profitable than the growing of any grain or vegetable now raised in this section of the state. Three years 3go some farmers resid ing near the South hantlam River, eight miles east of this city, began ex perimenting with commercial mint growing. These experiments proved that it would be a success here. Two years aso they had four acres of mint, last year the amount planted grew to 12 acres. This Summer 41 M acres are being harvested. That shows the rapid progress of the new industry in Linn County. Next year, they say. they will have 100 acres of mint. The oil which Is being distilled near here now is being collected in 21-pound cans and will be shipped to Eastern and foreign markets. It will be used in the manufacture-of confections and drugs. From much of It the menthol will be extracted for various medicines and some of it will be utilized to flavor candy and gum. , Profit Pat at sss'to Acre. The mint growers have estimated after careful figuring that they can make an average profit of 98 an acre net each year. This means that mint growing may be a big thing for Ore gon. Of course, only river bottom, bea verdam or second bench land will pro duce the mint well. It is not a suc cess on the prairies, but there are thousands of acres in the valleys of Oreson which are capable of being utilized for the purpose. Mint growing Is a new thing In Ore gon. Besides that grown In this county there are only two other patches in the state. Thert- Is a 15-acre tract at West Stayton. in Marlon county, ana a 10-aere patch near Eugene. These two patches Were developed about the same me u luuao cmioi j . Ninety per cent of the mint produced . . J f ...... n Mloht. tne uniiea ci ln r " " " . - gan. lnaitni pruuu. . remainJer. The Oregon oil tests about 15 per cent higher than the Michigan and Indiana oil and contains 25 per cent more menthol. In the three years It has been produced In Oregon it has established a reputation on this ac count and la more sought after than the Eastern oil. Plant Grows Like Hay. The mint grows from roots which look much like a hop root. These roots are planted In a continuous row, the rows being about three feet apart. The ground is prepared as for potatoes and furrowed out with a shovel plow. The roots are then planted three to four Inches deep and covered lightly, with dirt. The plant grows up to a height or from four and one-half to five feet and a patch of mint looks much like a hay Held. In the fields on the farm of O. B. Marshall the highest Btalks meas ured five feet three inches. The mint is harvested and cured just like hay. being cut with a mower and raked up. It is then hauled to the still, where the straw is placed in a large vat, through which steam is forced from the bottom to the top. The steam comes out of the vat through a series of condensing pipes on which cold water Is flowing, and with the water from the condensed steam the oil flows out and is skimmed oft. At the still near the city there are two vats, each six and one-half feet deep, five feet in diameter across the bottom and Ave and one-half feet in diameter across the top. It requires about 50 minutes to extract all the oil from a vat of mint straw. . While one In vat is closed and being steamed the other is filled, so that no time is lost. After the oil Is extracted the straw is taken out and dried and stored away in the barns for use as feed. It takes the place of ordinary hay. mak- ing an excellent feed for horses and young stock. It is not given to milch cows, but all other stock eats it with apparent relish. Four years crops are harvested from the same roots. Then it is necessary to replant. But there Is no expense to the grower for roots after the initial planting, for in their first year the young root plants will produce enough roots on one acre to plant about seven acres. . It requires about 20 grain sacks full of roots to plant an- acre. This year the old mint, that which was planted more than a year ago, is averaging 40 pounds of oil to the acre and the young mint, planted last year, is running 45 pounds to the acre. The young mint always yields a little heavier than the old. ' In other words, the plants produce more oil their first year. The price for mint oil runs from about 2 to $5 a pound. It Is low now, because the best market for it is in Germany. "The average price which we have received for the oil thus far," said E. B. Wallace, who was one of the pio neers in the industry in this county, "is 2.75 a pound. Taking 40 pounds as the average yield to the acre, this gives us a gross profit of $110 an acre. The cost of growing young mint is an acre and old mint XI an acre. Using the former figure and adding the cost of harvesting and distilling, which is J10 an acre, the cost of production is fig an acre. This would leave a net profit of $92 an acre from the oil. But the hay is worth $3 a ton for feeding purposes and averages two tons to the acre. This gives us a net income of $98 an acre." "How much does that beat wheat or potatoes?" he was asked. "Wheat will average say 20 bushels to the acre and the average price is 80 cents. That gives $16 an acre and the expense of growing it practically takes it it all. Potatoes will yield about 120 bushels to the acre and the average yield Is about 45 cents. That yields $54 an acre. The expense of cultivat ing and harvesting the crop is almost exactly the same as mint, so the net profit would be $36. Danger of Loss Eliminated. "But in the case o- potatoes there is much more expense of marketing. A roan can take $500 worth of mint oil to town in a little hack. Then there is no danger in holding the crop over. The oil doesn't spoil and the grower can hold his crop as long as he likes in the hope of a better market. "I cannot see why mint growing won't be a success," Mr. Wallace con tinued. "So far as we have been able to learn there are no pests to attack it and spoil our crop. A wet season won't hurt It like it would hay. For the mint straw can He in the fields through rain without the oil in it being hurt. All we would have to do would be to turn it over occasionally to Keep from rotting "And we can depend on close to 40 pounds of oil an acre. Last Summer was as dry a year as we have ever had In this country and the tmlnt yielded 37 pounds on an average." Of the mint which .is growing in Linn County and is being distilled at the plant east of Albany E. B. Wallace has six and one-half acres. O. B. Mar shall six acres. I. H. Copeland eight acres, Grover Wallace two acres. E. J. Wilds two acres and Lloyd Furnish and J Newman one acre each. All of these men reside in the vicinity in which the still Is located. On a place about one and one-half miles distant W. J. Turnidge. of Crabtree, has a patch of seven acres. A. W. Black burn, of Lebanon, has five acres near that city and D. D. Follett has three acres north of Lebanon. A party of Albany men recently vis ited the still when it was in operation and also went through the mnt fields and were amazed at the possibilities of the industry. . Even local people did not realize the progress already made In -the new- field - of endeavor.