THE OREflON STATESMAN: FMDAY. FEIIRFARY 18, 1020.
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Tell The Statesman what
know about potato growing,
important.
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A cabinet crisis is reported in Bel
gium. Sounds like old times. We'
are getting back to the normal.
Boys and girls, are you getting
ready for the great essay contest of
next Friday, the 20th?
months; 26 cents for three months.
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It will be soon that some of us can
only secure meat for mechanical,
medicinal, religious and scientific
purposes.
and productive basis would stabilize
and enhance the investments the na
tion has already made.
There is no objection to Wall
street financing the world's industry,
but the treasury department has
done its share. There may be ap
propriations or loans for suffering
humanity, but not to sustain politi
cal authority. The governments of
Europe must learn to stand alone,
el.su they do not merit maintenance.
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Entered at the Postoffioe in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter.
The Democratic party will be the
defendant before the people in the
coming campaign. There will be
nothing to "deplore" in their platform.
MAKE THE TWINE FOR OUR FISHERMEN HERE
It is very fortunate for the future great linen industry of Ore
gon, that the flax mill at the Oregon prison is to be made more active.
-Under the impulses and with the help of the British government,
following its policy pf building up a self-contained empire,' 300,000
acres of flax were harvested in Canada last year.
Six new linen mills were built in that country
We do not care to be crabby; but
really that 60-day limit within which
prices were to drop in the opinion of
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
has expired.
LONG DRAWN OCT.
There may be some argument for
the German contention that her war
offenders should be tried before a
neutral court. Usually a criminal
would desire a change of venue from
the scene of his crime and it would
be hard to find an unprejudiced jury
in England or France.
But if the malefactors are tried in
Switzerland or some other neutral
country the hearings might string
out indefinitely and the purpose and
lesson of the tribunal be lost. If the
usual court procedure is followed and
the defendants are given a separate
hearing there will be business
enough for the courts for the next
century.
The sultan of Turkey has con
tributed over 2.000,000 bushels of
wheat to the relief of the starving
Machines have been invented by the British for pulling the flax, people of Armenia and ojber parts
knocking off three-fourths of the cost of this process.
They have adopted methods of scutching that enable them to da
this work at one-fifth the former cost, in the old way.
The:product of 8000 acres of the best flax raised in Canada
last year sold for $7,000,000.
of the empire.
Christian.
He must be turning
J 1ST AS CJOOD.
Scientists declare that goat meat
as good as mutton and only an
expert can tell them apart.
Not being an expert there is a feel
ing that we havi nibbled at many a
namesake of Billy Bryan In the
guise of a Iamb chop. Exchange.
The railway men's threatened
rtrike has been put up to the presi
dent. That settles it. They will get
what they want; or terms leading to
that end. And the public will pay.
The campaign for the 810,000
fund for the Salem Commercial club,
to put that organization in condition
to properly carry on its work, is go
ing along well. It must be finished,
ic the last dollar. It is most important.
TWO - VIEWS OX MEXICO.
Butithe Canadian flax averages in the markets only about one
third the price offered for the best Oregon flax.
; Our growers have that much lead.
Our manufacturers will have this lead.
Farmers have already contracted to furnish to the prison mill
the product of about 325 acres of f lax.
That will take all the seed on hand.
In case the crop is a good one, thnt will take about all the
room available for storage at the prison.
. But there should be more seed and more room for storing, and
more acres. ' ,y
! "We must get into' quantity production, in' order to attract man-
llfAATIIWAM B a4
ZC: 1- -, : Vincente Blasco Ibaner. who has
I . Tm73nar ocingcnargeuaTwunuiorneir been TlgU, n r , g haa
llAltl T YV 1 rt A. If tab-AO ffl IV Ml ...all 4a nlrrt n F.nkin. ,. TUa , I
v.v . rxww 4. a """8 me uck poised "the recent policy of the
.H8tVuUt V 7.eSS" . . United States government with re-
Ine state of Oregon should relieve tins situation, soon. gard to Mexico." That policy has
l ne prison nax mill now runs at a profit. . bn r fnr ,,.,
' Manufacturing seine twine, it would run at a larger profit, and giTeness to more than 70 times seven
still cut the price to the fishermen in two; perhaps in two again. times, that it has led to a condition
This would help to reduce the prices of fish to the consumers described h ripn. rt t. Hnv it
lof the state; and no one would be injured, excepting the plutocratic S.A.. commanding! in the El Paso
profiteering manufacturers of the seine twine. district, as "the apex of shameful
Shoe thread is $6 a pound now. ness."
remaps tnere would be an opportunity at the prison to take a Senor Ibanez. writing best sellers
crack at that profiteering price. thousands of miles away, has not had
to suffer like Americans from Mex-
; With the new methods of pulling and scutchintr and manufae- lean depredations. His ranches, if
turing, the time is now here for a linen mill in Salem one that J he has invested his "Four Horse
would make doarse as well as fine linens. : men" gains in land, have not beed
. . This is a coming great industry. , " J raided by bandits covertly encour-
It is bound to come; because we can raise the best raw materials aged by Mexican officials; his wom-
in .the, 'World. en relatives have not been insulted
Wanted: First, a way to get a larger acreaee of flax taken leering bandits, as some American
care of at the prison; this year. And still more next year. Second, women bave keen, nor have any of
a man with; organizing ability to get a linen mill started in Salem. hI" employes met violent death in the
manner oi worsers ior oil ana mm
ing companies slain by Mexican
troops.
ah these crimes have gone una
venged. a fact which seems to please
the much-touted author, as nonresis
tance appears to be a part of the
"watchful waiting" policy Ibanez has
spoken of so favorably.
The visitor says that the policy
has been the means of largely abat
ing the distrust felt for the United
States in Spanish-American coun
tries. But another arrival in this
country. Dr. P. B. Altendorf, who dls
closed the Carranza-German plot to
invade the. United States, asserts
that Mexico has an implacable hatred
for this country. He knows far more
than Senor Ibanez regarding the true
conditions across the border and we
prefer to accept his view rather than
the telescopic impressions conveyed
by the writer of glorified journalism
To Cure Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI.nTTTE
Tablets). It stops the Cough and
Headache and works off the Cold.
W. GROVE'S signature on each
box. 30c.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
Friday, the 13 th.
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St. Valentine's day tomorrow.
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Boys and girls, only a week more
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FOREIGN FIXAXCE.
Europe already owes the United
States over $250,000,000 for interest
past due. This is of itself practical
argument against any program of
further loans on the part of the gov
ernment. What American corporations or in
dividuals can be persuaded to do for
the financial relief of the old world
is another matter.
They should have every encourage
ment save the absolute guarantee of
our government, for everything they
can. do to put Europe on a peaceful
Fl'Tl'RE DATES.
I ".Beans. They re California s finest
j-1 selected hand-picked cooked ten-
der and deliriously flavored with an
, original Del Montk Tomato Sauce.
They're economical, too cheaper
than meat and eggs and ready to
serve as they come from ihe can.
CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION
Sa Francisco, California -I
February S to 14 Boy Scout week.
February 13. Friday Commencement
for mid-year graduating- class at Sa
lem high school. Prof. A. R. Sweet
ser. speaker.
Februafy 14. SaturdaySt. Valentine"
d-
February is. Monday Spanish War
eterans basket social at armory.
February U. 1$ and 20 Salem Auto
mobile show.
February if. Thursday Children's eu
srenics test at Commercial club.
February 12, Sunday Washington's
birthdav.
February IJ. Sunday French gorern
ment awards, throusrh American le
gion, memorial certificate! to rela
tives of soldiers who lost lives In war
February S3. Monday Federal inspec
ttonof Company 11. National Guard
of Oregon.
February 35. Wednesday High school
alumn. meet for organization
February S. Wednesday Cherry City
bakerv to ut.rt.i. r..i- - 1 .
banouet. .
September 17 to October l.-Or.rnn
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Rascal in A
Ragtime Play.
I'm The Ragtime
Bellhop and
Here to Stay.
I'm A Ragtime De
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- Checkered Cap and
An Eagle Eye.
I'm The Ragtime
Souse,
Glad to Say,
and A Ragtime Dura
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I Jazz and I Cook,
Take My Lessons,
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lain.
I Killem by The
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I Meet My End, Alas
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UPSTAIRS!
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UPSTAIRS
A Ragtime Romance
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penetrating warmth when applied
for stiff neck or back, sprains,
bruises, sore throat congestion of
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to prepare for that great essay contest.
The profiteer has at last been
found. lie Is the other fellow.
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Salem will go on the map In larger
letters with the raising ot that 110.-
000 for the Commercial club, mostly
for publicity purposes.
The sympathy of all Salem goes
out to Mr. and Mrs. W. ,S. Fitts In
their sorrow over the loss by acci
dent yesterday of their boy, Clifford.
Who wound up Mr. Bryan's alarm
clock? i-
In the old days much that now
passes for wit would have been class
ified as smut.
England seems to be laboring as
der the delusion that ws took over
the South American trade to hold
for her until she was ready to han
dle it again.
There is no reason" to doubt the re
port that Wilhelm Is becoming cor
pulent. It started In his head years
ago.
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. OREGON PRODUCTS ARE ADVERTISED EVERYWHERE !
In newspapers , in the big national maga
zines, in trade and technical publications,
in farm papers, by bill-board3, street car
card3 and all the media known to the adver
tising world, the quality of Oregon prod
ucts is heralded
This advertising is expressing the faith of
Oregon manufacturers in Oregon's raw mater
ials, in her resources, and in the craft
manship of her workmen.
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Thus thru quality and advertising Oregon
products are establishing a world-wide
prestige.
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Watch for the advertisements of Oregon
manufacturers. When you buy, -specify the
products advertised. You will be helping
to enhance the popularity of Oregon prod- .
uct3 and to augment the prosperity of the
Oregon producer, manufacturer, and workman.
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