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THE WEATHF.R: - The Statesman' receives tlx leased wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and most reliable presa i association in tbe world. j Wednesday, fair; moderate westerly winds. : SLTV KUTIKTH YE All HAl3L OIUXJOX, ,Vh:iNl V HOIt.M.NU. 41'LY SI, PRICE, FIVE CKXTS - J IRISH SLOOP WIS MCE BY Upton's "Irish Sweetheart" Now Near to Achleving Her Owner's Life" Ambition- lilting America's Cup" SCORE HOW TWO TO ZERO FOR SHAMROCK KURTZ IS HONORED BY ELK PRESIDENT SALKM EXALTED RCUai AP POINTED OX HOSPITAIi , BOARD Firt Meeting Scheduled . for Ttaarn- U) KHtablUlunent of Home ;for Aged'. Planned Salem lodge No. 338, B. P. O. Elks, has been honored with the ap pointment' of E. A. Kurtz, exalted ruler, as a member of the Elks state hospital board. Announcement of his appointment was recti Ted by Mr. KurU yesterday In a telegram from Harry G. Allen of Portland, state president of the Elks. The first meeting of the board will be held at the Marlon hotel at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. V It is understood t he establishment of a home in Oregon for. aged Elks is one of the purposes of the board which it hopes to accomplish in the near future, ' Captain Burton, Pilot of Win ning Ship, Stages Come V hack SANDY HOOK. N. J.. July 20, Sir Thomas Lipton tonight was nearer achieving the confessed am bition of his life lifting the Amerl ea's cup. Today ! his "Irish sweetheart' Shamrock IV, ran up a tally of two races to none against the American defender,, Resolute, winning in a -tieck,to neck contest by two min utes and 26 seconds, corrected time. needing but one more victory to bear the bottomless pewter mug back to England.! - " - There were cheers on Sir Thomas' steam yacht, Victoria, ywhen Sham rock swept" first across the line to day, but there was a.j hush when her crew worked feverishly to free lib toosatl that fouled within' the first few seconds of 1 thecontest. This f oulinff permitted Resolute to glide into the lead. For part of the .first! leg the American sVsop :kept to the fore, but when she hit a soft spot, the Irish craft slipped again Into first place, edging along until she was halLa mile ahead. To the- surprise of yachting experts. fancy little staysail rigged on the cnaneneer servea ner oeuer w Resolute' big - ballooner. ----- floectator craft grouped at the first turn greeted Shamrock with tooting whistles, as she rounded COO ' yards In the lead. Away on the sec ond leg they sped, with the chal lenger catching eVery eatspaw and Resolute rolling in the doldrums. Captain " William P. Burton, who v was reported might be removed frour Command of Shamrock because of his showing in other races, "was evi dently making every effort to stage a comeback. Resolute made a brave showing at - the beginning of the third leg and picking up at the turn, fought her war home under the guidance of Captain Charles' Francis Adams II. disputing every second. But It was 'no-use and by the time Sham- !. rock had Crossed the line it-was cer tain that she had won. by a safe though narrow, margin. : COMPANY M HAS nrrrjiTfr. DA1I Q nmrnm Brotherhood Officials Make No Attempt to Conceal Dis appointment That Billion Dollars Asked iWa $ Refjiied MEN TO DECIDE ON ACTION WEDNESDAY IfirHlUlt HIGHEST SCORE Trophy Award-Won hy Salem Soldiers for Improvement Showing at Camp Company M of Salem, in the an nual encampment at Camp Lewis. -scored highest of all the companies in the fifth Oregon, infantry in Im provement showing ; during the per iod of field instruction, July H to 20. - This was the judgment-of the senior Inspector-instructor and Company M was awarded a score of 1S97.5. The company seorlng se ond place totaled 1567.5. A trophy cap trill be awarded the Salem com patyin the. near future. The members of the Salem com pany returned home yesterday after noon, elated with their' success In the encampment. Captain Le Hoy Hewlett was apprised of the award matie -his company in a letter ra received Monday from Adjutant Gen eral George A White. Some time will be required fnr preparation of the frephy by its do nors and it will presented in Salem. on a date to be announced. Tne do nors are- Lieutenant-Colonel A, T. Wool pert of Salem and Major J. P. Drake and Major Frederick H. Drake of Portland; Captain lwlett has received fro.n the senior inspector-instructor a score sheet showing the ratings of each company. . , - 4 MIDSHIPMAN' OX CliriRE SEATTLE. Wash- July 20. Nine days out of Honolulu on 'heir return Rail Heads in Latent Report Estimate 50 Percent Rise in Rates CHICAGO. July 20. Whether the spectre of a nation-wide railway strike has been laid by the $600. 000, oeo wage Increase granted to day to more than 1,800.000 railroad employes tonight remained unde cided. Nation Wide Rail Strike "There will be no Illegal, outlaw, rebel, sporadic or Immediate railroad strike." Mr. Lee said. "Whether the railroad wage award Is accepted or rejected, the union action will be concerted and deliberate." The various brotherhood groups conferred far Into the night but no announcement was made by any of them as to what action had been tak en, ' Each group will report at a gener al meeting tomorrow at which it was expected a decision would be reached. It was reported tonight 4hat four courses of action were under consid eration: Acceptance under protest: acceptance with a provision that new. wage requests would be formulated! later; submission or the awards toa referendum vote of members for ac tion, and a flat rejection with plen ary powers invested in tbe leaders to call a strike. ' Brotherhood officials madeno at tempt to .conceal their disappoint ment that they did' not get all of the Nil ion dollar increase they asked. The belief srew. however that they won! ! i submit tbe award, probably without recommendation, to a refer endum of the men. A decision on this point was promised tomorrow by W, G. Lee of Cievelanl. grand president of the brotherhocd of rail way trainmen. Railroad representatives accepted STATE BARBER BOARD -IS SAYING UP MONEY 1 I in i i FOR. FIRST TIMK MtM IH TURNED , . ilX TO GENERAL FUND UoslnctM Throughout State Reported Prosperous Ulainette Valley : Towns Visited For the first time in the history of , the state board of barber exam iners, a period or 21 years, the board, at .the close .of the period endlns Jane 30 this year, was abb) to trans fer a sum cf money to the general fund of the state. The law provides that when the board's funds are in evcees of $1000 the excers amount shall be turned over to th state. The amount turned over is $255.43. ''We especi in the future to be able to make a yearly donation to the state." says tho, report, "and hope that U will be in 3tce-w of this sum. Since its last previous report the board' has examined 150 barbers of whom 132 were passed and IS failed Tbe .board visited most of tha towns in Multnomah .county and all the towns la tbe Willamette valley. The barber business throughout the state is reported prosperous. The members of the board are Lee Can field of Salem, president: C, Kelley of Portland, treasurer, and 8. H. Howard of Portland, secre tary.' : -. "'-. . G. 0. P. USING MUCH MONEY COX CHARGES 7 Democrats To Insist on Con- tinned Investigation of Campaign Fund Own Par ty Will Keep Accounts trip to the east roast, six battleships, the award philosophically and im comprising the second squadron of the Atlantic fleet, dropped ancnor in Seattle harbor today. On board were 1,538 midshipmen from the United States naval academy, secur ing first hand instruction in seaman ship by acting as "Jackies" during the squadron's summer cruise. The squadron Is due to leave Sunday night for San Francisco. AIIOBIER TIUUI.1PH IS SCORED Iff SALEIil BYYQMG SOPRANO 4 : HI TETjT CONCERT LAST NIGHT CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM TODAY Morning Junior Chautauqua. .Lecture . ... .....'........ . Lecture Chautauqua Director ' Afternoon Popular Concert ... RoyaiWelsh Lady Singers Evening Prelude Royal Welsh Lady Singers Popular Lecture r"The Needs i . of the Hour"... ..v. Judge George D. Allen Marr Adel Hayes. American so- ' I prano, appeared last night at the Ellison-White Chautauqua and again "scored a triumph in Salem. -Miss ' Hayes appeared at the Chautauqua here last year and her return concert was met with much enthusiasm by all who had heard her before. She appeared with the Raul Pereira trlng quintet which gave a splendid . concert. The quintet is a very high class group of Portugese musicians. Miss Hayes first sang one of her favorites, "Air du ! Roslgnol" (The Nlrhtinrale's song). Masse, which is "especially adapted to her very high voice. The song was beautiful as she sang It with her fine clear voice, taa ing so easily the very high notes. An other favorite which she sang was "I Hear You Calling Me." a song al - ways liked. A clever and pleasing little monr which she sang was "Law yer Brown" written by Farley and . dedicated to Miss Hayes. T Miss Hayes' singing is enhanced by her personality and the winning way he meets her audience. The string quintet which appeared for the second time in Salem last niiht was excellent and the work un der the efficient leader, Raul Pereira. aa in perfect unison. The quintet number "Andante Cantabile." by ; Tschaikowsky was a wonderful num ber. The program was pleasantly varied, including some piano num bers by E. Harper, the accompanist and a cello solo by H. Reilley. Mr. Harper is a finished: pianist of merit and his accompaniments as well as his solos displayed skill especially in ' the vivacious numbers. ' The songs which Miss Hayes sang last night were "Air du Rossignol" .(Nightingale song), Masse; "Lawyer Brown." Farley: "Under the' Green wood ' Tree " Buiti-Peccia; and "I Hear You Calling Me." while for en cores she sanr "Dizie" and "Dahl Polka" an old Swedish folk song. The numbers which the quintet cave were "Pomp and Circumstance March." Elgar: "Intermezzo D Ma lor." written by the leader. Raul Pereira; "Rondo Caprlcio." Mendel- sshon. niona solo by Mr. Harper; 'Andante Cantabile." Tschalskowsay, "Gabotte," by Gosser; "Careless Thoughts." by Pereira. and "Believe Me if all Those Endearjng Young Charms." a cello solo by H. Reiley The quintet closed the concert by giving by request a number of popu lar songs. Mary Adel Hayes is somewhat of a globe trotter, she admitted wben in terviewed last night during the inter mission in her concert at the evening program of the Chautauqua. In tbe last two years she has made two trips around the border of the United States while appearing In con certs on lyceum and Chautauqua cir cuits. During a greater portion of this time she has been appearing un der'the auspices of the Ellison-White system . She said that her winter con certs were devoted to recitals in New York and f ew of the eastern cities. This year immediately following her recitals in New York, she left for Ai a bam a to commence her present tour with the Chautauqua. "Oh, my nose is cold." sweetly complained Miss Hayes as she munched an ice cream cone, imme diately following her first appearance she sent out One of the property men to purchase a cpne for her. t "How do you like the Salem audi ence?" she was asked. , "They are very appreciative. This must be a musical community," she replied to the query. "What encores are you going to give?" "I select them while I am on the platform. I can always tell what the people want best when I am before them." . "This city feels kind a homey," mediately set About plans for past ing the $600,000,000 addition to their wage budget along to the ulti mate consumer in 'tbU case the man who oars the freight. Armed with reliable advance knowledge as to what the award would provide. the railroads had their figures all ready Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of theUnited States railway, labor board, had hardly handed down his decision when E. T.; Whiter, repre sent in r the more than 400 railroad Involved, announced that the roads would need an increase of 18 per cent on freight rates to meet the dcopL The interstate commerce commis sion will be asked to spread the increase-over both freight and passen ger rates. . The $600,000,000 award repre sents a 21 per cent Increase In the pay of the railway men. For the first time in history the roads' pay rolls this year will pass the three billion dollar mark. Mr. Whiter es timated the 1920 payrolls at $3. 244.000.000. more than double the $1,468,576,394 paid In. 1916. The board's award was made retroactive to May 1. with provision that back pay for three months falls due on August 1, when fl 60000.000 fa to be distributed in addition to the reg ular pay. . In its decision the boatd followed the broad pen era 1 policy laid down by the Lane commission, appointed In 1918 that the man who received the least should get the most. On a percent are basis the biggest increases went to the unskilled and semi-skilled labor. The one notable ckcept ion to this general rule was the yard service men, whose 18 cents an hour In crease topped all others. Here the beard explained the deciding fac tors were the extreme hazard to lite and limb and the degaee of skill required. Today's award. If it is accepted by the men. will, bring to a close, at least for the present, the board be lieves, the ceemlngly endless cycle of wage demands from. the railway workers. Starting with the demands of 1916. which were met for a time by passage of the Adamson law. there has tx en an aim at continuous procession of rail unions before var ious government boards and com missions, all demanding changes in pay. "This long delay and succession of disappointments, coupled with the pressure of a further rise in living eosts, produced deep and not un reasonable dissatisfaction on the part of. railroad employes who fett themselves called on to make sacri fices, as they believed, far beyond that of any other class." the board said In its report. " "Tt is clear that the cost of living in the United States has increased MOTHER TO O ILL TO HEAR NEWS No One at Castle Will Attend Prince's Funeral to Avoid , Questions DOORN. Holland. July 20. Dr Vandenburg. who assists the court physician in tbe treatment of the former German emperor, was called into consultation. at Doorn castle to day and decided that the condition or tbe former empress was such as to forbid 'her being informed or Prince Joachim's death. No service has been held at Doorn castle, and no one . has gone from there to attend the funeral. The former. emperor is greatly afflicted and his grief Is augmented by the necessity of ; hiding tbe truth from his wife. ' A. special message from Wieringen says that former Crown Prince Fred erick Wilbelm. though informed or the ; death of. Joachim, has - decided not to come fctte Doorn lest his visit upset hia mot hen JACK JOHNSON IS IN CUSTODY FIRE CANNOT BURN CITIZENSHIP RIGHT PAPERS ARK CiO.XE, BUT 11KL- GRF.X 18 ALLOWED TO FISH, Attorney . (etirral' Brown Rnlew on Question at Request of Mr. Slioe maker of Game Board . PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN NOVEMBER Camming to be Succeeded by White, Former Ohio Congressmen When Searched Was Found to Have 450 Dollars and , Pair of Dice LOS ANGELES. July 20. Jack Johnson, former heavyweight cbam pion pugilist of the world, who crossed the International boundary line from Lower. California today, was brought here tonight from San Diego by authorities and was lodged in the county jail. He probably will leave here in the custody of federal officers tomorrow night for Chicago to begin serving hs sentnce or 'one year for violation of the Mann act. When Johnson was searched at the county jail be wa found to hae $4Ti0 and a pair of dice. Hay ward to Help , Train , American Olympic Team EUGENE. July 20. W. L.(nill) Hayward. athletic coach at the Uni versity of Oregon, will be one of the official coaches of the American team in the Olympic games at Ant werp this year. "Hayward, who Is with' tbe University of Oregon ath letes In the tryouts at Cambridge, wired .thi .information today to Ptesident P. L. Campbell. Oil Profiteering on Coast Gets Attention WASHINGTON. July 20. Chars es of Drofiteering in oil on the l a cific coast were beins Investigated by the department of Justice. T day's reports have reached the de partment that dealers on the Paciric coast were demanding purchase of lubricating oil or other automobile necessities when selling gasoiina --alers engaged In such practices nre liable to prosecution under the Lever act. officials declared. Other reports reachinr the depart ment were that oil interests on the Pacific coast were claiming that high prices' of materials and shortage jn proluetion made high oil prices nec essary. NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS. COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 20. Charges that the Republicans were raising a campaign fund "sufficient to shock ihe sensibilities. were made tonight by Governor Cox, the Democratic presidential candidate. in an address to the Democratic na tional committee' which perfected organization for the campaign. The Democrats, Governor Cox de clared, will insist upon continuation of the senatorial investigation of campaign collections and expendi tures, and also will make frequent and . detailed accountings- of . their finances. The Democratic platform he declared. Is.. "a promissory note" which will be paid in full. He then closed his address with a prediction for a November victory. Governor Cox's address, together with brief supporting remarks by Franklin D. Roosevelt, his running mate, followed election of George II. White, former congressman, of Mar ietta, Ohio, as chairman of the dem ocratic national committee and man ager of the party campaign. He suc ceeded Homer S. Cummlngs of Con necticut,, who has served for 18 months and who desired to be re lieved for other campaign duty. Ed mund H. Moore. Ohio national com mitteeman, declined the chairman ship for personal reasons and made possible Mr. White's election by re signing from the committee and giv ing way to him. Many of the cam paign details were left to Chairman White. He was authorized to ap point a special campaign sub-committee, probably of IS members. The candidates and new chair man tentative chose Saturday, Aug ust 7. for notifying Governor Cox of his nomination at his home. Trail's End. at. Dayton. The following Monday. August 9. was selected for similar ceremonies for Mr. Roosevelt at his home at Hyde Park. N. Y. Governor Cox's statements regard ing Republican campaign funds and his pledre of Democratic conduct were made In a half hour address. We. however, purpose to deal with eminent good faith with the electorate with reference to nlat- form pledges." said Governor Cox. who was cheered repeatedly. ve mean to let every man and woman understand where every dol lar comes from and for what pur pose It Is spent. We not only urge that as a matter of high, principle, but In order to guarantee the tri umph of our cause. "Ww do not want publication of expenditures after election. We want the voters to be fully advised as to every circumstance of the col lection and expenditure of funds in order that they may understand when democracy rontinues its duty. assumes it without any obllea- C. F. Helgren lost all proof of his American citizenship ' when the pa pers granted him by a San Francisco court were destroyed by. fire at tbe time of the San..' Francisco earth quake in 190. but Attorney General Brown holds that he Is eligible to a license to fish with a. gill-net in the Coquiile river. - - Carl D. Shoemaker, executive sec retary of the state fish and game commission asked the attorney gen eral if a license legally, could be granted Helgren under a law which prohibits the Issuing of licenses to persons who are not citizens. The attorney general holds that the ract that his papers were . de stroyed .does not change Helgren 's status as a citizen. Helgren.. how ever has , re-applied for citizenship in an Oregon court. , ONE PLANE AT GRAND RAPIDS CITY READY FOR COMING OF EKDOM Formal Opening of Third An nual State Convention Takes Place at Armory With Program Tonight MAR5HFIELD SLATED FOR NEXT GATHERING Big Inp oaring of Visitors Ex pected Today First Spe cials Tomorrow (Continued on page 6) Makes Trip From Erie in 3VL Hours Averages 75 Miles Per Hour GRAND-RAPIDS. Mich.. July 20. Flying on a direct line from Erie, Pa.,- airplane No. 3 or tbe United States army's New York to Nome. Alaska, flight, commanded by Lieu tenant C. C. Crumrine, arrived here at 6:43 this afternon, tbe jump re quiring three and one half hours and being made at a rate of 75 miles an hour. ' ' Lieutenant .Crumrine. the only of the four pilots to get away from Erie today, reported that 'barring occa sional mists, flying conditions were good. He will wait here until he re ceives further orders from Captain St Clair Street; commander of the expedition. FIRES NEAR BAKER BAKER, Or., July 20. Two more forest fires, one near Susanville and the other near Prairie City, have been reported to the Whitman for- est office here since Saturday. - About 75 acres of tlmberland was burned over near Susanville late Sat urday, according to a report received by the local forester. ' Prompt action on the part of the rangers in that dis trict placed the fire under control be fore it had done any serious damage. Sunday another fire broke out east of Prairie City and when last heard from was under controL . Both fires were said to be the result of carelessness on the part of campers or tourists, according to available ev idence. KLK.H PROGRAM TONIGHT Overture, selected Orches tra.' Elks lodge. No. 336. Address of Welcome on Behalf- of the State ot Oregon, Governor: Ben kV; Olcott. Music. -. Address or Welcome on D halt of the Convention Commit tee of Salem Lodge. No. 236, August W. Huckestein. Music. ' Turning Over Key of the City, Mayor of O. J. Wilson. ' Response on Behalf of State Association; Harry. G. Allen, president. Music " Overture, selected. Orchestra. Music. Address Hon. Lawrence. T. Harris, of Eugene Lodge, No. 357. i - Music . . .' Music. ' Overture, selected. Orchestra. AuId Lang Syne", Audience requested, to rise and Join In singing.' ' ... ..........1...... ' After many days of preparation Safem and Salem lodge. No. 33. B. P. O. Elks are ready to receive the annual state convention of Elks. Decoration of -the city has- been in process- for a week and tone addi tional touches will be added today. All buildings where sessions or en tertainments of the convention are to take place have been elaborately pre pared and at much expense. The formal opening will take place at the armory tonight, with a program of music and addresses. . August Huckestein. chairman of the conven tion committee, will preside. Elks already have begun to ar- : (Continued on page ) ' it (Continued on page 6) jSAN, FRANCISCO, July 20- At a luncheon tendered the congressmen by tbe Chinese six companies (Chin ese Consolidated Benevolent associ ation). Chairman Johnson announc ed .that the committee was working on 'an immigration bill which would admit to this countr Tor-a limited time under passport regulations merchants, lawyers and othersf and would require permanent comers to Hon except the conscience Cod gave us. "Let us make up a budget that will carry the fullest details, render an accounting weekly or monthly. "And. more than that. We shall Insist pcn the senatorial commit tee Investigating campaign funds continuing in session until the bal lots have txen closed in November." "You all,know mil well." Gover nor Cox continued, "tnat a carapalm fund sufficient to stagger the sensi bilities 'of the nation is now being formed, if they believe that Is pro per. God speed them In their enter prise. It will be one or our chief assets In the campaign." "We enter the campaign not hone- fully." he said, "but in the absolute confidence of victory, because we de serve to win. ' We are conlident be cause we have fought for progress before and we have met and con quered reaction before. The stronr- bold before us is not new to us. Nor is mere anything new in .the an tagonist before us. (Senator Hard lug, the Republican candidate) mag 11 - . a . . aiureni genweman mat ne is. our inend and neighbor. In 1912 he fought for the cause of reaction. We won because we stood tor proeress. And we shall win again. ! will carry the cause to the peo ple," said Governor Cox, in con clusion. "We are not ashamed or the doctrines we proclaim. I as ure them that as "God gives me strength I will jnstiry the confidence that has been reposed In me." Mr. Roosevelt, referring to Gov ernor Cox's statements regarding campaign funds, said tbe Democrats BIG THINGS COMING -IN FLAX PLANTS AND FACTORIES FOR CITY There are great things on the way to Salem in the way of flax treat inp plants and linen mills. Those are lounl to come, le?ause the host flax for its fiber pro dnc.H. in th worfd, from every point of excellence, has been and can regularly he grown here arid Iecaus4? this section has the soft water nece-ssary for retting and the freedom from electricity in the air rep:mite for the spinning. Nature has nominated Salem the Belfast of the 'world, and the Courtrai in addition. Men would le recreant to their first great Biblical commission, did they not perform their part. . . . n wrltln in rari in thine to "keep their part of the bargain" 1 wouI "lar cards on the table. about becoming Americanized, .-v.. vu They are going to. do so. The following letter from the hot-' anist in charge of fiber investlga tions. United States department of agriculture, bureau of plant industry, fiber plant investigations, under date of Washington. July 13 .will be inter esting reading to all who are followr Ing the flax industry here in the Sa lem district and the forthcoming visit of Mr. Dewey holds a great sig nificance for Salem and all the peo ple who have any stake at all in this city: "Mrs. Juliette M. Lord, Salem. Oregon Dear Madam. Your letter of July 1. enclosing a sample of flax for examination, is received. "This specimen shows a remark ably good growth for the short time since the seed was sewn. I suppose before this letter reaches you the winter crop will be harvested. I am exceedingly glad to learn that It seems probable a winter crop of flax may be grown successfully in the Willamette valley, as indicated by the results of the volunteer crop. If two crops may be grown successfully each year, even thounh they do over lap somewhat. It will, permit opera tion ot the retting tanks and scutch ing mill throughout the entire year. "I have just received from -Mr. Robert Crawford, superintendent of tbe state flax Industry, two; samples of water-retted flax from the crop of 1913. This fiber Is remarkably strong, and if the bulk ot the crop can be produced as good aa this sample there ought to be ready market for it at high prices "Recent information from Russia indicates that while the production there during the years IMS and Ills ls 80,000 ton each, year, this Is scarcely sufficient for domestic con sumption, especially since flax must be used to take the place of cotton, which was formerly imported. It appears, therefore that there will be very little flax available to export from Russia. . "The demand from Europe, for flax will doubtless be keen for an y sup plies available from any part ot the world, and doubtless the linen milla in this country will be anxious to se cure all of the supplies available. There seems to be a marked change in the attitude of American' flax spinners within the past four years regarding the flax prodaeed In this country. While they were apparently indifferent before, and naturally so. because they ould easily secure all the flax fiber they desired from well- established sources abroad, they are now anxious to develop the produc tion ot flax in America. "I am 'planning to go to Oregon. during the last halt of August, and will probably be In Salem sometime between August 20 and 25. 1 fear that much of the flax may be har vested at that time, but hope to see some of the operations in connection with the production of flax fiber. Very truly yours, LYSTER JL DEWEY ' Botanist In charge of Fiber Investigations." V V