THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL PORT LAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22. 1919.
5
THREE; THOUSAND
ATTENDANCE AT
VICTORIA JULY 17
Annual Convention of the Inter
state Realty Association Prom
ises Large Attendance.
JOURNAL AUTO TOUR POPULAR
Hundreds of Realty Dealers Will
Make the Trip to Convention
. by Auto as Guests of Paper.
Bvery preparation io being made by
the realty men of Victoria and the
people of that city for the entertain
ment of the Intrtate Realty associa
tion at the convention July 17. 18 antl
13 According to W. A.. McAdams.
rhalrma'ii of the invitation and enter
tainment committee. approximately
5000 illustrated circular letters have
" beeln sent to realty men In the North
west giving information about the city,
hotel rates, points of interest on Van
couver island and a tentative outline
of the entertainment program provided
for the realty convention.
. Similar literature will be mailed to
ral estate dealers this week and again
on July 5. Mr. McAdams stated during
a recent visit to Portland. A 600-foot
reel entitled "Glimpses of Victoria" has
also been prepared for exhibition In
Portland and other cities In the Juris
diction of the Interstate Realty asso
ciation. Mr. Adamson Is publicity commis
ionvr of the city of Victoria and Is
eppe,cially enthusiastic in describing the
delightful auto drives in and about that
town. He assures realty men who in
tend to make the trip to the convention
by automobile-that there will be ample
ferriage facilities provided at Port An
geles, Seattle and Vancouver. B. C. to
carry cars to the island and return.
Reductions in rate for both passengers
and cars Is also promised by Mr. Mc
.Adarhs. "
Realty dealers planning: to take The
Journal's auto trip to the Victoria con
vention - are requested to write to the
Real 'Estate department of this paper
at once, that proper arrangements may
be made for their ferriage and for hotel
and garage accommodations en route
and at Victoria. Letters containing
blanks to be filled out by those wishing
to Join The Journal a a to tour were
mailed to realty dealers some weeks
ago. Many favorable replies have been
received and indications are that about
100 cars will follow The Journal pilot
car to the convention.
Really dealers and their friends
wishing ta make the trip should fill
out the-blanks provided and return
them to tiits department, or If the blank
has not beerv received, write for infor
mation and arrange to Join The Journal
. party.
A tentative outline of the entertain
ment features of the convention pro
vides a garden party for the ladies at
the home of Mrs. V. B. Pemberton on
the afternoon of July 18; a trip to the
Dominion observatory in the evening,
where realtors may view the moon and
Mara through the largest telescope In
the world; attendance at the Pacific
Northwest championship tournament In
water polo, diving and ewtmmtng, on
July 19, and an ' auto trip through the
city.
. Headquarters of the convention will
be" at the Empress hotel and sessions
will be held in the Princess theatre.
Iptel rates are moderate, rooms with
bath at the Kmpress ranging from $3
per day up. ' There are numerous other
excellent hotels in the city and ample
accommodation will be provided for all
who attend. Victoria realty officials
are planning on an attendance of 3000
at the convention. Advices from Paul
Cowgill. secretary of the Interstate as
sociation, now In Victoria, indicate that
a large numjjer of real estate men from
Washington, Idaho. Montana and Al
berta are planning to make the trip to
the convention, many of them going by
auto. '
BUILDING PERMITS
Wnltfie!d Fr1e Co.. repair torerooni. 480
Wkliinetnu between 14 th nd XSth, builder
tame. t2B.
R. A. Kine. rppejr reoidence. 828 Rural .
hv Mtlvcaukir. builder. Hawthorn Construction
company, $25t.
V. VS Hclliater. repair dweIHn. 683 E.
Broadway between E. I4th and 15th, builder, A.
If. Hcrt. $5t0.
K. V. lK)isr. erect araae. 13.M K. Thoropr
run betwen 48th and 49th. builder, 11. 1
8mitli, 33S.
Mrs. A. V. SylTesier. repair residence. 6009
t..Vh are. S. .K. between 57th and 60th sis.,
builder. V. I- Benjamin. $20.
Fred Tormorhlen. repair residence. 304
fhuteh at. between Union and 0th sta.. builder,
Frank DohL 3M.
Mrs. l. . C'arpentr. repair residence, 972
K. Stark between 3 2d and 33d, builder same.
50.
' K J. Bring, erect- dwelling, 64 1 03d t.
S K between 64th and 6&th ares., builder same,
J$4RO.
Mrs. Bteaidng. repair stores. 408 H E. Mor
rison between Grand and 6th. builder. Gray
hrno., 1 SO
IL Israel, repair stoje and dwelling. 401 fith
t. between Harrison - and Hall, builder, D. Gurieo
Mfg. Co.. $2000.
George Comer and William Matthews, erect
garage. 843-5 37tli St.. builder, . I. Smith,
$25.
O. B. Carr. ere-t parage. 4625 60th S. E.
between 4th and 4 7tb. buiWer came. $300
D. ' B. Carr, repair residence. 4625 60th 't.
s. K. between 46th and 47th, builder same,
$475.
V. J. Uoyd. erect garage, 524 E. 46th N be
tfn Thnnpwi and Braiee, builder same. $100.
II. Failing Kstats, repair store and office. 14 0
5th between Morrison and Alder, builder, F. II.
Miles. $500.
Andrew C. Nelson, erect garage. 1196 E. Un
culn between 3!ith and 4 1 .-t. builder same.- $10O.
t'harlea S. lliff. "erect garage. 066 Schuyler
between 3 tot awt 83d. builder same. 15".
Anua t. Holman, erect garage. 490 E. 0th
&t. N. between . Thompson aud Braze, builder
-me, $75.'
i. II. Haines, erect garage, 548 E. 18th,
builder same, $75. .
Anna 8. Holman. erect garage. 490 E. 0th
N. between Thompson and B razee, builder sauie.
$75.- .
Lewnard Nelson, erect garage. 867 Mississippi
near bl.ater, builder same, $73.
,M. il. iffcct . garage, 421 1st between First
and Hall. builJer, same. $85. v
M. Gale, erect garage. 421 1st between Jst
and Hall, builder fame, $85.
I,. AVallace. repair residence. 889 E. Bfain
Ft between 2tth and 30th, builder same. $3oO.
Judge Taawrll, erect garasre. 92 I-'ront. be
twean La"e nd Abernethy, builder, S. J. Cham
purney, $300.
Lata Manning, erect garage, 318 E. 39th be
ti rt?n Harrison uid Lincoln, builder nmc,
$200.
John C. William erect garage. 1295 Wis
teria are., builder. John Stout. $100.
W. H. Haskins, erect residence, 101 E. 57th
N. between E. ilia and flgndeis.-builder, L, U.
Bailey Co.. $3009. . " ' ,
General Insurance
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McCargar, Bates & Lively.
Yeon Buiiaiiiff Main 168, A-2694
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PLANS FOR
YEAR; BUILDING
. PROGRAM UNDER WAY
"Own Your Home" Campaign Ex
pected to Stimulate Erection
of Residences
Albany, June 21. With prospects for
the organization of several new in
dustrial enterprises in this city Albany
ia beginning a building program un
equaled since the record year of 1912.
Hesitajicy in BtartiTig construction work,
attributed to anticipation of lower
prices will remain at the present level
for several years and contractors look
for a year of increasing activity.
The largest building at present con
templated Is the new cannery of the
Linn-Benton Growers' association which
will be located on Water street In the
east end of the city. This building will
be modern in structure and equipment,
following the general plan of W. H.
Faulhamus and his associates In es
tablishing similar enterprises, in other
places.
The Magnolia steam laundry com
pany has under construction the most
modern laundry building in the state
outside of Portland. The structure will
be completed and ready for occupancy
during the coming month.
J. M. Ralston Is completing a modern
garage at the corner of Seventh and
Lyon streets and A. J. Rosseau and
Klmer Archibald are planning the erec
tion of a garage at First and Baker
streets which will cost approximately
15,000. Another local automobile deal-s
er has an option of a site for a garage
and proposes to build in the autumn.
The L. K. Nebergal company, whose
plant was burned last week, con
template rebuilding. Officials of the
concern state that the new plant will
be larger and of a more substantial
character than the one destroyed.
There is a decided shortage of desir
able residence property and several new
houses are now being built. Plans for
others are being prepared and the or
ganization of an "Own Your Home"
campaign similar to the -one carried on
in Portland Is expected to stimulate
the building of moderate priced homes
for working men.
Ben Ion County Farm Sales
Corvallis. June 21. Benton county
farm property ia changing hands rapid
ly this spring, excellent crop condi
tions proving an inducement to buyers.
Albert Glenn has just purchased a 20
acre tract of bottom land and is plan
ning its Improvement. A. H. Saxton
of Big Elk "has bought 20 acres two
miles east of Corvallis and T5 acres
of highly improved land southeast of
the city has been sold to J. N. Conn
Oi Dallas. Roy Boales of Dallas has
also purchased Corvallis property and
will locate here this summer.
Iranaha Sheep Ranch Sold
Enterprise, June 21. Ross R Fal
coner has purchased 1250 acres near
Imnaha from his brother, Fred W.
Falconer, has gone into the sheep
business. He has also bought a band
of shep from Albert Morgan and has
taken over Mr. Morgan's sumnfer ind
fall range. As part consideration F.
W. Falconer received a brick store
building In Enterprise. Ross Falconer
was formerly engaged in the sheep
business and sold out to operate a
feed store in this city.
ALBANY
BIG
GIRCS' SCHOOL ON WESTOVER TERRACE
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v is m nnr rr"ni 1 " -s
Sliss RutbrTatJin's school on Culpepper terrace, where one hundred girls
The only private school for irirls in
the k orthwest, : where instruction is
given from the primary grades through
to college preparation. Is located on
Culpepper Terrace, and looks out upon
one of the fairest prospects offered from
Westover Terraces. The school was or
m. -v
Famous tourist hostelry recently pur
chased by Homer Rogers from Wil
liam Ladd.
Cloud Cap Inn Under
New Ownership; Road
Will Be Improved
Cloud Cap Inn, located at an altitude
of six thousand feet, on the north slope
of Mt. Hood, was recently purchased by
Homer Rogers and will be opened this
season In connection with Mt. Hood
Lodge and a camp at Elk Meadows as
a stopping place for tourists. Mr. Ladd
invested approximately $75,000 in the
construction of Cloud Cap Inn and the
development of the surrounding acreage.
The Inn Is modern In equipment and,
arith five cabins to be erected ty Mr.
Rogers on adjolnfng grounds, will ac
commodate 35 guests. ?
Mr. Rogers has lived for the .past
10 years at Mt. Hood lodge. 92 miles
from Portland on tha, north side of the
mountain. The altitude of the Lodge
Is 2800 feet and ample entertainment Is
provided here for 30 to 40 griests.
Several hundred dollars will be ex
pended in improving the road from Mt.
Hood Lodge to Cloud Cap Inn and from
there to Elk' Meadows, about 10 miles
from the Lodge and half way round the
mountain to Government Camp. A good
car can make the trip without diffi
culty, according to Mr. Rogers, and well,
built trails are being built to neighbor
ing points of interest to tourists and
mtfuntarn climbers. '
Elk Meadow lies at an altitude of
5000 feet and cabins will be erected here
to afford shelter for the night. The
meadow comprises about 100 acres wat--eed
by Fall Creek. Ther Is good fish
ing In the neighborhood and Hood River
Meadows about two miles distant is an
other favorite beauty spot visited by
tourists.
The Lpop road to circuit Mt. Hood will
pass through Elk Meadows. When com
pleted this road will afford an auto trip
of 180 miles - from Portland and re
turn. Views from Mt. Hood and Cloud
Cap Inn are unrivaled in magnificence,
according to Mr. Rogers, and he pre
dicts that with suitable hotel accommo
dations the region of ML Hood will be
come . the rnecca of tourists from all
parts of the country.
Canby Farm Brings $12,000
Canby June 21. A. L. Cummings has
sold his 20 acre farm west of. this place
to H. "L. Vandergrlff of Spokane for
$12,000. This is one of Hthe. .most highly
improved places In this, vicinity and is
equipped with a splendid Irrigation sys
tem. Mr. Cummings ..has been en
gaged in raising rhubarb, asparagus and
sweet corn, and states that his average
net ' income from the 20 acjCS has been
$5000 per year. ' U ?
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ganized by Miss Ruth Catlin in 1911 and
is equipped to handle 100 girls. -
There are 10 Instructors on Miss
Catlin's staff and the curriculum em
braces all of the subjects usually taught
from the j primary grades to the special
course preparatory to entry : to college.'
The building is three stories )n height
IMPORTANT LEASE OF
STORE BUILDINGS IN
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
J. Simon & Bro. Secure Eight
Year Lease on Half Block on
Alder Between 1st and 2nd.
An important downtown lease was
effected this week through which J.
Simon & Bro. secured the building ad
joining their present store, which here
tofore has occupied a frontage of 60
feet on Second street, 200 feet on Alder
street and 50 feet on " First street
Under the new lease, which runs for
a term of eight years, the store will
occupy the entire half block, making
a frontage of 100 feet on Second street,
200 feet on Alder street and 100 feet
or. First street.
, The building . on the Second , street
side is two stories high and on the
first street side three stories. All of
the floors will be occupied by the firm
after the building has been remodeled,
which will necessitate an expenditure
of approximately $25,000.
The total rental to be paid during
the term of the lease will approximate
$150,000. The enlargement of the firm's
store will give In round figures 60,000
square feet. When It is remembered
that the firm of J. Simon & Bro. started
in the retail business in Portland only
four years ago with only 6000 feet of
floor space, the record will be seen
to be a remarkable one.
Both members of the firm expressed
themselves as being well satisfied with
their new deal and they both expressed,
a firm belief in the greatness of Port
land's future. The firm has at this
time three of their buyers in New
York selecting fall stocks for the en
larged store, which it is expected will
be fully occupied about September 1.
Crossley Sells His
Interest in, Firm
To Thomas Vigars
The Crossley-Vigars company was
dissolved Thursday, John W. Crossley
selling his interest in the business to
Thomas Vigars. The firm has been do
ing business for the past two years in
the Railway Exchange building, han
dling high-class residence property.
Mr. Vigars is an old resident of Port
land and has built hundreds of houses
In this city. He will continue the busi
ness at the same location. Mr. Crossley
plans to take a vacation of several
weeks before forming another business
connectloh.
New Irrigation District Planned
Bend. June 21. Fifteen ranches hold
ing approximately 8000 acres of land
between Plainview and Tumalo, have
perfected plans for the organization of
an irrigation district and propose to
spertft $25,000 in the construction, of
canals and reservoirs. The district Is a
portion of the section controlled by the
old Snow Creek Irrigation company.
Polk County Farm Sold for $50,000
Salem, June 21. The Caufield farm,
consisting of 668 acres located two
miles north of Rickreall, was recently
purchased by Percy A. "Soung of Al
bany. Consideration was approximate
ly $50,000.
received preparatory college training
and $0 by 100 feet in dimensions. , The
exterior Is of plaster on metal . lath.
The tipper stories are ; equipped for
dormitory purposes and there are ac
commodations for .15 boarding, pupils.
The ' windows look out upon a wide
panorama of river and , mountain
scenery.. -
100,000 BUILDING
SITES VACANT IN
CITY, REED SAYS
All the Buildings in, Portland
Now Occupy 58,000 Sites; Op
portunity Beckons Builders.
MOSTLY ON PAVED STREETS
Thousands Cramped Into Apart
ment Houses When Facilities
for Real Homes Go Unused.
There are approximately 100,000 va
cant building sites' in Portland, accord
ing to County Assessor Henry K. Reed,
and about 58,000 sites occupied by build
ings of all classes. The majority of
these unused building sifes are located
on paved streets and easily accessible to
water, sewer, light and gas connections.
The sites are ready for occupancy and
have been awaiting the builder for sev
eral years.
According to various surveys of hous
ing conditions made by local officials
and -agents of the United States Hous
ing corporation, there has been for sev
eral months past an actual demand for
3000 new dwelling houses in Portland.
The demand for residence property still
exists and members of the Portland
Realty board declare that it will con
tinue to exist for several years to come.
OWJTERS RESPONSIBLE '
Students of social and economic prob
lems declare that there is analogy be
tween these conditions in Portland.
They declare tkjat the owners of un
used building sites are responsible in a
large degree for the want of housing
facilities and the resulting high rental
charged for apartments. The enforced
housing of families in ramshackle old
residence properties, where from six to
a dozen so-called "housekeeping apart
ments" are eked out of houses origi
nally designed for the accommodation
of a single family, is also laid at the
door of the owner of the unused build
ing fite.
Conditions similar to those existing In
Portland are common to other cities of
the country and attempts at a solution
of the housing problem will probably
result In the passage of remedial legis
lation by various states legislatures and
the federal government. A bill provid
ing for loans to home builders, modeled
after the federal land loan bank act.
is to be presented at the next session of
congress and its passage will doubtless
bring relief to thousands of wage earn
ers and salaried men.
The campaign carried on by the "Own
Tou Honie" committee In Portland has
done much in the way of educating the
public in the advantages of home owner
ship, but so far there has been no or
ganized effort to solve the financial
problems confronting the home builder.
Committees have been appointed and
have indulged in -endless discussions of
the subject but action has been left to
Individual initiative. .
CAJflfOT SAVE MOXEY
Between hope of profit on the part of
local capitalists and their apparent
lack of faith in the future prosperity
of the city, the working man locating in
Portland has been left to seek a domi
cile In environments- far from the reali
zation of his dreams of a home. Sites
for homes are to be had at compara
tively moderate prices 'In Portland and
If we presume that every good mechanic
should be an equally good financier it
is probably their own fault that they do
not buy vacant property and build.
In spite of this theory it is a fact
that there are thousands of excellent
citizens of the United States who lack
the ability to save their earnings and
will engage to buy homes only upon th,e
easiest of terms. It Is the part of good
citizenship ind good economics as well
that extra inducements be offered to
convert the "floater" into a home own
er. Bankers, merchants and property
owners alike are interested in the per
petual payroll ; the manufacturer de
plores the loss from shifting employes ;
the "floater" himself wanders from
place to place in search of a place he
can, call his home. The situation is far
from hopeless ; on the contrary the
problem is ripe for solution ; all that
is.- lacking Is initiative yon the part of
men gifted with the ability to organ
ize and handle large projects.
Christian Church Is
Preparing to Erect
New $75,000 Edifice
The First Christian church plans the
construction of a new building on the
site of its present edifice at the cor
ner of Park and Columbia streets. Plans
now maturing call for a strictly modern
church and Sunday school building, cost
ing between $75,000 and $100,000.
Included on the building committee
are: A. H. A verill chairman : Carl B.
Brown. A. E. Meserve. R. B. MoClung,
Mrs. B. K. Kennedy, Mrs. M. I. Owens
and Mrs. F. A. Douty. Mr. McClung
has been appointed custodian of the
building fund.
Willow Wood Ranch Transferred
Vale, June 21. G. W. Hag has sold the
Willow Wood ranch at jamieson to
A. L. Guerber of Hillsboro for $75,000.
The ranch- contains 480 acres, of which
260 acres is in alfalfa. The new owner
expects to enter stock raising on a large
scale, taking advantage of extensive
adjoining range land.
Haines Rebuilding in' Brick '
Baker, June 21. The town, of Haines
is recuperating rapidly from its recent
destructive fire. The buildings burped
were frame structures and are being
replaced with substantial brick blocks.
The town is prospering and looks for a
steady growth.
Salem Acreage Set to Logan (terries
Salem, June 21. The S. B. Hill farm,
located two miles from Salem between
Garden and Silverton, has been platted
into 10 and 20 acre tracts and will be
sold to loganberry growers. The farm
contains 200 acres and the soli is' well
adapted to berry culture.
Easterner Buys Land at Stayton
Stayton. June 21. 3. Bieneman, a
rcent arrival from the East has pur
chased 25 acres about one mile west
of Stayton from John Kusy. This
place formerly belonged to Joe Brown,
who operated it for a number of years.
Demand Still Brisk 1
For Low Price Home,
Says Eealty Dealer
Rose Festival week seriously Inter
fered with the Portland realty market
and especially with activity in the sale
of moderate priced homes, according to
Frank L. McGuire. All dealers report a
lessening of sales . last week and the
postponement of closing negotiations
until the rose show was over.
Release of several hundred men from
shipbuilding plants has not lessened the
demand for homes for working men to
any appreciable degree, Mr. McGuire
says, building activities and the en
largement of Other Industries having
taken up any slack in the labor market
occasioned by the laying off of men at
the shipyards.
LAURELHURST COMPANY
WILL BUILD COLONIAL
1TEPMS
C. C. Koehler of Los Angeles Will
Manage Building Department
and Introduce New Type.
Arrangements have Just been com
pleted by the Laurehurst company for
the construction of a large number of
new homes on their addition. For, sev
eral months past the company has real
ized that there Is. a large demand for
modern homes in choice locations in
Portland and very few houses to supply
the demand. To reduce to the minimum
the cost of construction they decided to
build a number of houses at one time,
thereby reducing the expense for both
labor and material.
C. C. Koehler of Los Angeles Has been
placed in charge of construction work.
Mr.' KoeMer- has had extensive experi
ence in building houses In Los Angeles
and other Coast cities. He plans to in
corporate the latest designs and deco
rations In the, new homes and they will
present many novel and unusual fea
tures. Mr. Koehler is prepared to build
on any of the home sites in Laurel
hurst still owned by the company on
plans to suit the purchaser and will de
liver the property complete and ready
to move into at a stated price and upon
convenient terms.
"The public has finally come to real
ize wwhat has been known for several
months to those who have given the
matter- any study, that the cost of home
construction, is not high comparatively,
and that the cost is not going down, but
is rather on the upward trend," Mr,
Koehler declares. "Government statis
tics show that the cost of building ma
terial has advanced less than any other
group of commodities during the war.
Building costs are based on the level of
wages because all material is 90 per
cent labor in the final analysis. Un
less wages are reduced no reduction in
cost of material is possible and no well
informed person can see any possibility
of wages coming down. The tendency
is entirely in the opposite direction."
Rapid Progress in
Building Program at
City of Reedsport
Reedsport, June 21. Commercial and
housing facilities are keeping pace with
the rapid Industrial growth of Reeds
port and promise to make this one of
the best home, towns in the state within
a very f ew . years. The new building
erected by the First National bunk of
Reedsport is practically completed and
the bank has been moved to its new
home from the rooms in the rear of the
Kennedy & Browne store, where it has
been quartered during the past three
mpnths. .
The new building is well constructed
and its Interior finish compares favor
ably with that of banks in towns much
larger than Reedsport. . Business of the
concern is increasing rapidly and offi
cials of the bank look forward already
to the necessity of aMarger building to
acommodate its growing clientele. "
A new stock of furniture and hard
ware is arriving for the store being
opened by J. C. Klein in a building Just
completed for their occupancy. Mr.
Klein and his son recently visited Port
land and selected' complete lines of
household equipment for their stock.
The new theatre building, being built
for. A. F. Edwards by the Dabney In
vestment company -of Portland will be
completed by July 1. The building Is
modern in construction and will be well
equipped for the comfort and conven
ience of patrons of the theatre. A fine
piano and 250 opera chairs have been
purchased and will be installed In the
theatre.
Two new houses for the chemical fire
apparatus have been built and the ma
chines are ready for use. Both are cen
trally located and the equipment is con
sidered sufficient to cope with any
emergency that may. arise. Two fire
fighting companies are being organized
to handle the new equipment.
Work on the new dance hall being
erected by E. W. Franklin is well under
way and he expects to have it finished
by July 1. The building will be of one
story and floor space will be 50 by 94
feet. The Interior of the building will
be tastefully decorated and the floor is
of hard wood.
Construction Starts
On Salem Paper Mill
Salem, June 21. With the final set
tlement of legal tangles involved in the
vacation of Trade street, ' construction
work on the new paper mill was begun
last week. Work will proceed as rapidly
as possible with a large force of work
men. Cost of the building will be ap
proximately $500,000.
Athena Man Buys Dr. Kern Ranch
Pendleton. June 21. Dr. M. S. Kern
has sold his Weston .mountain ranch to
J. C. Badley of Athena for $20,000. The
ranch comprises 440 acres purchased
several years ago by Dr. Kern from
George Ferguson.
Wallowa County Land Sale
Enterprise, June 2k -By a recent
transfer O, W. J orris traded his 720
acre ranch near the Buttea to S. P.
Graham for town property and a con
sidrable amount in cash. Mr. Gra
ham takes immediate possession.
' His Prototype
"All I did." said the profiteer, "was
to take advantage of an opportunity'
Well.' answered -the patriot, "that's
all Captain Kidd used to do."
bungalows
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of flax work at the Oregon penitentiary, and samples of flax straw
and fibre produced by the state.
EVIDENCE POINTS TO
LARGE SJM INDUSTRY
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floor, the oil cloth on the kitchen table
these, use the ou.
The refrigerator Is lined with the
waste product. So are the refrigerat
ing cars which carry meats, fruits and
other perishable foods. In your dining
room, the linen tablecloth and serviettes
remind you again. If your walls and
floors are sound proof you owe it to
flax- products. The upholstered chairs
in which you take your ease ; your au
to mobile cushions ; the shoes on your
feet have the counters and toe boxes
made from flax; you sit at your library
table and take up a sheet of linen cor
respondence paper flax again. ' The
books you read have their pages held
together by bookbinder's thread made
from flax ; enormous quantities of oil
are used in the manufacture of print
er's ink.
Very probably quite a bit of linen
enters into the clothing you wear; the
fine laces which adorn milady's apparel
are of , the linen threads ; your fine
glassware and crockery frequently
comes packed in waste from flax ; the
oil figures in waterproofed goods which
are not made from, rubber; oil silks,
patent and enameled leathers, opaque
window shades, enameled wood but
tons ; even soap for washing woodwork
has some of the oil in it.
Druggists carry the seed for medicinal
purposes. The linseed oil cake is ground
to meal and is held In high esteem as
a cattle food. It seems strange, that
the oil has no value for lubricating or
illuminating purposes, and does not
make a really good edible oil. Some
foreigners use it as a cooking oil, and
we are told that in Abyssinia the seed
is roasted and used for food ; but they
don't have the good things to eat there
which grow in Oregon. It is hardly
probable it would become popular as
an article of diet here.
Slowly but steadily Oregon Is work
ing toward the solution of the diffi
culties which have hindered the work
here. The Portland Chamber of Com
merce and Eugene Chamber of Com
merce have endeavored to give all en
couragement to those interested In the
industry. The University of Oregon
and Oregon Agricultural college have
issued instructive bulletins, and . the
farmers are now sufficiently Informed
concerning the crop 'to know that the
talk that flax impoverishes the soil Is
an exploded theory.
FLAX FIELDS OF OREGOJT
Flax will be grown in the state this
year In a number of localities. There
will be about 200 acres near Turner.
Those interested in -this' venture are
Theodore Roth, EHward Schunke and
K. J. Hansett. Two successive years of
prolonged drought when moisture was
needed lowered the pessible production
in this section ; but this year the grow
ers are prepared to Irrigate if necessity
demands, and look for- a good crop. Tank
retting will be used.
When one compares samples of dew
retted flax with that which has been
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water retted, It seems absurd' that any
grower would desire to put out the dew
retted product: it is so discolored that
almost SO per cent of its value is lost.
Where It Is not possible to do the ret
ting In a stream, the tank system works
equally well and saves the color of the
flax. .. L.
Mr. Bosse, an expert 'from Belgium
who has spent much time In helping
develop the -work In Oregon! said that
so far as value was concerned, the flax
could be cut Just as well as to be hand
pulled, the only loss being a little in
the length of the straw, and as the
straw grown here is of exceptional
length, the loss by -cutting would be
slight.
METHODS OF HAND LI If (I .
It takes one man five days of pull one
acre of flax. Six acres can be cut in
one day. by a machine hauled by horses.
The processes of handling the crop are
simple and consist of cutting or pulling,
and Blacking loosely until dry enoutrh to
thresh. The seed removed by threshing,
the straw must be retted in water to
loosen the silky fibre from the woody
part or "shlves.'J as they are called.
Then It is ready to be scutched, which
-is a sort of combing process which re
moves the "shlves," and it is then ready
for the factory process of hacking,
which removes, all the coarse fiber or
tow, after which it may be spun or
woven.
The transformation Is fascinating.
And to know that -our own state can,
produce the beet flax in the world,
makes us feel a bit chesty. All the
coast counties can grow wonderful flax,
the moisture in the air being a great aid
to growth. In Clatsop county fiber 72
Inches long has been grown.-.. That la "
really too long to be handled by the ma
chinery now In use. When factories
outgrow their machinery they promptly
devise better inventions which are In
stalled to increase the possibility of a
larger output. There is no use dodg
ing the point. The flax Industry needs
new machinery.
STATE IS INTERESTED . 1. .
No large venture will be made at Eu
gene this year, but the state will have
40 acres of its own besides purchasing
from a number of farmers who are In
terested. The state's proposition to the
farmer is this: Tha the farmer pre
pare the ground, sow the seed and haul
the flax when it is ready. The harvest
lng Is to be done by convict labor.
For the best flax the state' will, pay
the farmer $15 per ton. An -acre should
yield about two tons, so the farmer receives-very
good pay for the labor re
quired of him. At the penitentiary the
retting and scutching are done and the
fibre prepared for shipment. Part of it
is sold in the east and part in San Fran
cisco. It. B. Kshleman will superintend "
the. work this year, and hopes to have a
good showing of tank retted fibre. '
The story of flax growing in OregoriT
with its struggles and successes, reads
like a fairy tale in which not only fairy
goddesses of encouragement figure, but
where. are also Introduced ugly griffins
and ogres of opposition. The Norse
claimed that Frigga inspired the flax
workers of that time. May the friendly
spirit put a brilliant Idea in the brain of
some modern inventor and give us our
'needed .help.