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SALEM, OKECON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL. 3, '1921
CENSUS SMS GREAT GROWTH
HOVH LET US
GROW
4 City That Grows
Only in Population
and Business Is Not
Growing at All It
Is Only Swelling
Up
The last census show a grout
growth in population, especially In
the towns and cities. We know
from the bank statistics and (rum
other source that the United
States has crown tremendously in
wealth. The people have more
savings deposits, more bond and
stocks, more life insurance and
more .of everything that shows
great material prosperity. Prices
-are all high, but most people seem
: to be able to pay them and have a
surplus: Now, also we are Riven
figures to show we have more peo
ple. ' Our cities are growing at a
rapid rate, so far as population
I and wealth are concerned.
Js that the only way a city
should grow? Should it not grow
in beauty, in the things that make
life more worth living:, in con
veniences for recreation, in social
activities, in those things which
uplift the spirit and . especially
should it not grow in the promo
tion of health and the reduction of
the death rate?
Bigger Things Exported.
The spirit of the times is not
alone for bigger things and more
; things, but it Is especially for
better things. That really Is "the
great unrest." The people want
4 better things, better living and
i growing conditions. They are not
i satisfied merely to see their city
! crow large in population and busi-
i ness. They want it to grow also
i; is those things which make life
i more pleasant and more free from
! sickness and from the distress
caused, by loss of employment
through disease and epidemic.
; Everywhere there is this de
. maud for these better living con
f dtUonav-People are reaching out
for them, blindly in most cases.
because they, do not know. Just
what to do to get them. They do
- not realise that they can produce
; these conditions for themselves. If
they will only work together to get
them. " Any 'city can be healthful
and beautiful and a desirable place
to live iu, if Its citizens will pull
together , to make it so. There is
E
Premeditated Suicide Theo-
? ry Is Established by
Letters
SYRACUSE. N. Y., April 2-
Ur. Holmes Beckwlth. educator.
former army lieutenant and Cali
fornia bank examiner, who shot
and killed his superior, Dean John
Herman Wharton, at Syracuse
university today berore commit
ting suicide, was probably Insane
as a result of chagrin over losing
tils position, according to state
meats made by the authorities
and Chancellor James R. Day of
tne university tonight.
' That Beckwith bad oremeditat
ed suicide has been clearly estab
lished by letters the instructor
left. At flrkt It was believed Dr.
Wharton had been! killed in at
tempt to prevent Beckwith's sui
cide. County officials now are
agreed that Dr. Wharton was shot
following an argument when
Beckwlth presented a letter in an
swer to Wharton's notification
that the .university would have no
need of Beckwith's services after
June.
: Five bulAets were found in Dr.
Wharton's tjpdy.
Ell
oral
H
COUNCIL LAUDED BY LEGION
FOR CAMPAIGN MAKING SALEM
CLEANEST CITY IN NORTHWEST
, Mayor Ceorge Hal vorsen,
: 8alenl, Oregon, " '
EeariMayor: '
"The American legion Capital j
"t Kb. 9 ef this city extend
Meetings to you and the common
mcit aid wish to commend you
for the action you have taken in
retard to making this a clean city
,na wish to cooperate with the
object not only ot removing the
aenace within the fire district
nt to extend the clean-up cam
paign to 'the residential sections
and even to the main avenues of
travel leading- to our city.
"BelieYint In our own town"
and being sincere in the belief that
Salem Is one of the most beautiful
Mttle cities and situated in a gar
den spot t that has no equal on
earth.
Believing in civic pride and Us
expression in a joy to serve to the
best Interest in and about the
community.
Believing in the Amrjican le
N HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
MAYOR CALLS
MEETING
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
Ilealizing:
that we are all proud of the
beauty, the henlt hf ulne.s.
the prosperity of Salem and
Itealizlng:
that each and 'every one of
uh in not only willing, but
anxious to do everything in
out power to enhance the
i.ttractlvenes. cleani.i-s
and progressiveness of our
city and community, and
Realizing:
that these results can be beat
attained by a thoroughly
organized Clean Up and
Paint U campaign, support
ed by the business men. pub
lic officials and organiied
bodies of Salem.
I hereby earnestly .request
all public-spirited citizens
to meet in the Commercial
Club rooms, Tuesday, April
5 at 7:45 p.m. - to discuss
ways and means of conduct
ing a clean-up campaign, tc
form a clean-up organization,
etc.
In order that the efforts
of the entire community may
be enlisted in the work I
especially request the follow
ing to be present at the
meeting.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. E. HALVORSEN,
Mayor
The Governor and Secre
tary of State.
Members of the Highway
Commission.
Members of the City Coun
icl. Superintendent of City
Schools.
Principals of City Schools.
President of Parent Tea
chers Association.
Chief of Fire Department.
City Health Officers.
Chief of Police.
Street Commissioner.
Officers Capital Post Am
erican Legion.
Representatives of news
papers and other publica
tions. Officers of local chapter
Red Cross.
Officers of Boy Scouts.
Officers of Women's Club.
Officers of Commercial
club.
; Officers of Business Men's
league.
Officers of Y.M.C.A.
Officers of Y.W.C.A.
Officers of Cherrians and
lodges.
Members of Park Board.
Pastors of churches.
Business men.
no need to make a commotion, to
tear things to pieces to set one
portion of the community against
another. What Is needed co-operation
and unity of effort on the
nart of all in the following of
some particular and practical plan
Then the thing is done. This plan
exists. It has been worked wun
great success for a number of
years in many American cities. It
can be worked-this year more suc
cessfully than ever. Every city
where it has been tried is a bet
ter and more healthful and a
pleasanter city to live in because
of It.
Clean-up Is Essential.
This plan which literally trans
forms cities is the Clean-Up and
Paint-Up campaign which is nation-wide
in its scope and which
this year Is doing it's work in
thousands of cities and town. It
cleans the streets, cleans the al
leys, cleans the back yards and
basements, cuts the weeds and
carts away the cans and refuse
from vacant lots, fills up or drains
stagnant ponds, stops the strew
ing around of garbage, clears
away the refuse heaps where the
deadly house jfly breeds and the
pools where t,he mosquito propa
gates, makes gardens and flower
gion as a community asset and a
power for good .in the carrying
forward a peace-time program to
promote good citizenship and civ
ic usefulness.
We earnestly desire that you as
mayor of Salem designate a week
in he known as "Clean Co Week"
and to designate if you so desire
our Community Welfare commit
tee to take charge of this cam
paign and to cooperat with such
other organizations as may have a
direct bearing or are most particu
larly fitted to the need of such as
the civic, public or social forces.
In short we offer to assume the
responsibility for the management
of the "Clean Up Campaign".
The Legion is equipped with of
fices and a substantial member
ship who desire to serve.
Sincerely yours.
B. P. POUND,
Commander of Capital Post
v American lesion. Salem,
Oregon.
Flies and Mosqui
tos Add Nothing to
Health and Happi- Group of Mourners is Repre
r r t. sentative of Admirers of
ness, ivor uo uiny
Streets and Refuse
plots and window boxes, keeps
Krass lawns neat, plant and ?r ms
shade trees, and enforces the milk
and food Iqws. and paints . up i
leuces, irruises. Karagett, puicutrnj
nnd houses. j
All these things create more ,
Military and healthful oonditions. ,
reduce sickness and loss of em
ployment, add to the joy of life
because of more boautlfgul sur
roundings, increase the value of
property, reduce fire losses and
insurances premiums, create n-w
pride in the city and a new o.vic
spirit which leads to ftfrtlier civic
enterprises, and impart to both
old and young; new interest and
activity in till municipal affairs.
Wonders Are Recalled
We did wonderful things in th
war, wonderful as a nation and es
pecially wonderful in the spirit
and deeds of our soldiers. Prob
ably our nation has now more vi
gor and initiative and creative
power among it's people than ever
before. Now It us turn this great
torce into making living condi
tions better throughout the na-
I tion. in making life pleasanter and
freer from sickness and sorrow.
If we put into this effort but half
the zeal and determination, but
half the patriotic spirit we devoted
to making the world a "fit place to
live in," we shall soon have tne
most beautiful and healthful cities
n the world.
We ought to have them. We
have the money, the intelligence.
the love for good things. All we
need is the co-operative spirit, the
ability to work together democrat
ically and loyally for the common
good. With this spirit the Clean
up and Paint-up campaign can be
made a wonderful success, tne cu
can be made more beautiful and
prosperous ,the amount of sickness
and death rate can be appreciably
reduced and everyone can be hap
pier in the fuller enjoyment of
his life and work.
EliepiE FIRE LOSS
IS ABOUT SD,
About 70 Automobiles Burn
When Pierce Garage is
Destroyed ,
EUGENE. Or., April 2. Fire
that broke put in U. H. Pierce's
garage in this city at 4 o'clock
this morning destroyed between
60 and "0 automobiles and almost
completely destroyed the build
ing, entailing a loss estimated at
170.000. Most of the cars de -
stroyed were instoragn or in me
garage for repairs and besides
these, Pierce lost 20 cars of his
own, most of them old.
Kugene's only airplane, owned
by JMerce. was entirely destroyed
and he lost his entire shop equip
ment. The airplane had just been
overhauled and was to have made
its first trial flight of the season
today, an aviator from Portland
having been employed for the
summer. Mr. Pierce says his per
sonal loss is $30,000 and he car
ried $2,000 insurance. Fred K.
Chambers who owned the build
ing estimates his loss at $8,000.
He carried only $2,000 Insurance.
Teachers Are Elected
By Silverton Board
-
SILVERTON, Or.. April 2.
(Special to The Statesman.) At
a business meeting of the Silver
ton school board, teachers were
kIaMoH fnr he rornine year, and
a few vacancies still remain to be
T.r..w.H n T
Youel. Mrs. K. E. Einarson, H. C
Tschantr. Ava J. Darby. Irma
Rotsford, Hannah M. Otsen. Ro
sella Richardson. Sophia Mad
son. Lillie Larson. Maybelle Sig
lah, Margaret D. Humburg. Edna
Olson, Anna Kendall. Ina Hubbs.
Agnes Rock. Minnie Mascher.
Olra Johnson. Blanche Hubbs.
Claude f reeman, nazei
Clover H. Miller and Mervil Hic
cox.
Knigni.
Portland Chinese
Section Under Guard
PORTLAND. April 2. Al
though the Bing Kong-Bow Leong
tong have denied that there will
be any tong shooting here. Chief
of Police Leon V. Jenkins today
placed extra uniformed policemen
in Chinatown and also increased
the Chinatown plain clothes de
tail. This action was taken on In
formation that five Chinese gun
men had passed through Rose
burg early yeeterday en route
here.
ODD
FUNERAL OF '
i NATURALIST
! IS SIMPLE
John Burroughs in
VVaiks of Life-
All
EDISON. HENRY FORD
wn nRFQTflWF PRESENT
ANU rlnCO I UNC rncoCN i
-
Ceremonies Are Reminis
cent of Gre?t Man Of
Out-of-Doors
WEST PARK, NY April 2.
in a rustic house, the retreat of
.loiin Burroughs for nearly half
; c.iiiury. 15o representatives of
1 he ihousaruls of nature-'Hiveis
v, ho admired his outdoor lif anl
writings, gathered today at hs
funeral. The ceremonies v.'ere
short, of (treat simplicity and re
miniscent of the career of the
great naturalist.
By train and by automobile the
little -groups arrived throughout
the forenoon at Riverby, the natu
ralist's homo, situated where the
Shawangunk mountains meet the
waters of the Hudson. "
Scientists and manufacturers
minKled in sorrow with the
neighborhood children. Publish
ers and horticulturists bowed
with religious men from the holy
cross monastery.
Among the mourners were
Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford
and Harvey S. Firestone, who for
several years have spent their
vacations outdoors with Mr. Bur
roughs. Next to Mr. Edison
stood an aged and grayhaired
man who had pedalled his bicycle
from Bingbampton, more than
300 miles away. He was C. C.
Branhall. an acquaintance of the
naturalist since childhood.
The funeral service began with
the soft violin strains of Pinsut
Li's "Remembrance." The Lord's
prayer was repeated and --lines
written by Earl W. Williams
which Mr. Burroughs felt charac
teristic of his own self were read.
Quotation Are Read
"The forest nods in fellow
ship," they ran. "the winds, my
playmates are; the waters lisp
the sign of brotherhood, and in
the thunder's voice. I hear a ton
gue which is not wholly strange.
The stars are kindly counsellors
Pto me; I claim a kinship with the
worm that crawls, and with the
clay wherein the simple tale of
its dim life is written."
Quotations from Emerson and
W'adsworth and Wait Whitman.
companion of his middle-age.
were read. Then William Ormis-
ton Roy. of Montreal, a friend
of Mr. Burrough's, read excerpts
from "Waiting," one of the first
poems penned by the naturalist
and from "Accepting the Uni
verse." his latest book.
Reverend F. D. Elmer, pastor
of the Collegiate Baptist church
at Colgate university, likewise an
old friend, led the prayers and
1 made a few remarks
There are here to pay him
tribute," he said, "those who have
come from the woodland and the
field, the shop and the school,
the church and offices of state,
the mart and the ocean's shore.
This man has taught us the beau
ty of the Lord's creations, of the
rivers, the sky, the valley, the
birds and beasts."
Wild Flowers Deck Bier
When he had finished the soft
flute and violin notes of a cradle
song were heard. Then the mour
ners filed by the bier tor a last
look at Mr. Burroughs. Some
picked wild violets from the cof
fin to keep as remembrances.
There were many floral offerings,
all of them wild flowers gathered
from the fields and hill sides.
The children of West Park, who
frequently visited Riverby to
learn of animal and vegetable
life from the aged nature lover,
stepped softly past the dead, each
leaving a bunch of wild flowers.
From all sections of the nation
letters came today telling of the
Ior naturalist and nis
! inspiration to those who find com-
fort and contentment in the great
outdoors.
Tomorrow, Mr. Burfotights'
eighty-fourth birthday, his' body
will be taken by automobile into
the western Catskills and inter
red at the place where he van
born, near Roxbury. Many of
! those who attended his funeral
! will go to "Woodehuck Lodge."
his home in the mountains, for
- Itne buriai
! .
Harding Chief "Mahout"
Of Newspapermen's Club
WASHINGTON. April 2. Mar
ion Local No. 1, Order of the Ele
phant, an organization of fifteen
newspapermen whose membership
roll includes the name "Warren O.
Hardin of the Marion Daily Star"
held Its semi-annual dinner to
night at the White House.
Besides Mr. Harding, other
members are correspondents of
metropolitan dailies and press as
sociations who went through last
year's presidential campaign with
him. The president is chief "mahout."
SENATORS TO
MEET PRISON
- TEAM TODAY
Practice Games With Willam.
ette This Week and Open
ins; With Ilegina Sunday
The baseball season in Salem
will open today when Manager
Jack Hayes' Senators wilt meet
the state penitentiary team on the
prison ' diamond at l:.".i f clock.
The Senators will try out a num
ber of men for the several posi
tions and no definite lineup has
been announced.
Some practice guinea will take
place between the Senator and 1
1 he Willamette university team
this weefc, and next Sunday the
Senators will tannic in thetr first
game with the Keg'na team of.the
Canadian leasue which will le
here for some time in training-.
The Salem ball park at Tweirth
and Oxford streets is being
worked eight hours a day and will
'e in first class condition by next
Sunday.
Announcement was made' yes
terday that Billy- Stepp will again
occupy an ontfield post with the
Senators this season. The Salem
line-up In the opening game with
Kegina will be as follows:
Edwards c. Cole p. Blanchard
lb. Proctor 2b, Miller ss. Bishop
3b Hayes rf. Stepp of. Holmes If".
10 ME 111
McWhorter and Bouffleur, in
Automobile, Injured At
Grade Crossing
William McWhorter, 1491 Mar
ket street, received severe scalp
wounds, and, A. E. Boo filer, route
2. PolE county, was cut about the
face, when a Southern Pacific
train from Falls City to Salem
ran into their automobile in NY est
Salem last night. The automobile
wa demolished.
McWhorter and Bouffler were
both taken to the Deaconess ho-
pital where It was nectssary to
administer surgical treatment to I
McWhorter. It was not necessary'
for Bou'fler to remain at the hos
pital. The wounds of neither of
the men are serious.
The accident happened on the
grade crossing in West Salem,
which has been the scene of other
accidents, while the two men
were returning to Salem from
Bouffler's farm. Bouffler was
driving and says he did 'not see
the approaching train in time to
avoid it.
Week Awards
Statesman Classified
Ad Contest
Each week the Statesman
will give three cash rewards
for the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The awards will be announc
ed each Tuesday ! morning;
1st reward, $2.50; 2nd re
ward. $1.50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants must see that
their "stories" reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning of each week
in order to be considered.
Last Week's Awards.
A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, and the Judges
have decided upon the fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward. $2.50, Mrs.
Grace Keuscher, 1535 Jorth
Church, Salem.
2nd reward. Miss Esther
L. Thompson, route 8, box
67. Salem.
3rd reward. Miss Teddy
Kirk. Indian school, fjhema
wa, Oregon.
Out of the large number
of stories received, the Judg
es have decided that the fol
lowing should have compli
mentary mention and will be
published In future . Issues.
1st. Rovena Eyre, 1190
Oak Street.
2nd. Miss Lula Koschme
der. 295 South 27th street,
Salem.
ard, Evelyn White, box
412. Newport. Oregon.
The story winning third
complimentary mention is
published in full below; the
others will be published in
future issues of The States
man. Watch for them.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Classified Ad Bring Haincs to
Many.
The young couple stepped onto
the train to go out west. Thy
had heard that there were no
modern improvements out there,
and as Jim was very fond of read
ing, he said: "I suppose there
will be no newspapers out there. '
Their journey ended with nothing
unusual happening. They found
a good hotel and decided to stay
there pntil they could find a suit
able house. Jim had Just come
back from seeing the eights of the
city of Salem; he threw on the
(Continued on page 8)
IN C I
T
OF PEACE
Congressional Resolution To
Be Presented By Advo-
, cates On Convening Of
Extra Session.
HARDING' S OPINION
NOT YET LEARNED
Conference Considered Most
Important Since Admin
istration Change
WASHINCTON. April 2. Sen
ate proponents of an immediate
peace With Germany by congres
sional resolution are understood
to be standing firmly by their In
tention to present such a resolu
tion promptly on the convening
of the extra session of congress.
This information was obtained
tonight after a day of White House
conferences at which the advisa
bility of a congressional declara
tion of peace together-with other
nuestions Involved were under
stood to have been discussed.
Whether the intention of peace-by-resolutlon
senators has been
approved by President Harding
and whether It has the support
of senate republicans generally,
ere matters on which no infor
mation was available.
The conferencs were generally
considered in the bearing1 on in
ternational af fairs aa probably
as the most important that Pres
ident Harding has 'held since his
inauguration.
1 Senator Knox, former secretary
of state and" author of the re
publican peace resolution. Colonel
George Harvey of New York, se
lected as ambassador to Great
Britain,: Myron T. Herrjck, of
tu",0"u ln "r to
?i!eraUo, -J A
Ohio, understood to be under con
France, and Stephana Lausanne,
French Journalist, who cane Ao
America with former Premier
Vivianl, were among those whom
the president saw.
By Inference the day's develops
were coupled with the visit of M.
Vivianl. Gossip about his mis
sion persistently lias- suggested
that be la supposed to persuade
the administration not to push its
peace declaration, but rather to
consider on what basis It might
accept the- Versailles treaty.
Senator Knox and the' presi
dent spent more than two hours
together. The senator's visit
started a new outcropping of spec-1
ulation shout the fate of the peace
resolution
The impression given was that
a definite policy was yet to be
framed.
Hughe$ Decision to Saviets
Meets Favor of Trade
Union
PARIS, April 2. (By The Asso
ciated Press) The union of fi
nance, trade and Industry, claim-.
Ing to represent nearly all of Rus
sia's Industry and commerce has
drawn of a resolution approving
the note Seeretary Hughes sent
to Soviet Russia in reply to the
request that the United States
open trade relations with Russia.
The resolution also condemns the
Anglo-Russian trade agreement,
which it describes as a temporary
agreement carrying only second
ary advantages In commerclalb
dealings "to the detriment of'the
vital Interests of a great coun
try." Contrasted with this act.
the resolution says Mr. Hughes'
note "appears like a ray of llgbt."
The American people, it adds,
appreciate the real Russian de
mocracy. Krupp Employes Resume
Work Under Military
CORLENZ. April 2. The work
ers in the Krupp plants and the
miners In the Rheinhausen. Moers
and Crefeld districts in the Bel
gian occupational zone, resumed
work today, under the supervision
of the Belgian troops which put
down the recent communist upris
ing there. Forty-three of ' the
communist leaders who were ar
rested will be courtmartialed.
The Belgian have arrested
more than 500 communists.
WEATHER
OREGON. Sunday, showers
except fair southwest portion;
cooler east portion; fresh west
erly winds.
SENATE F 1
1
STAY
APPROVES
NOTE
STATE AGENT
LEVELS GNS
AT SPEEDERS
Officers Start Campaign to
Rid Salem and Vicinity of
Motor ut tenders;
! I
T. A. Rafferty, in charge ofjthe
field agents for the automobile
department of the secretary of
state's office, announced! yester
day that beginning Monday war
would be waged on traffl violat
ors in Salem and vicinity! Mr.
Rafterty will have the support of
Chief or Police Moffitt add Jsher
iff Bower, and it is predicted that
his program will not be thi vn.
All persons violating trafficj or
dinances of the city will b arrest
ed and prosecuted, regardless of
whether the Infractions belaid to
speeding, cuttlns corners, j.opra
tion of rauff4t4s, dimmers or oth
er - irregularities in the tode! of
automobile ethics. I j
Mr. Raffety said today that
and his deoutv had recentlv
L,
re-
turned from Pendleton where
they spent four days. "Duriikg that
time they rounded up a. large
number of traffic violators, and
in several instances the offenders
were fined by the courts., j Acci
dents have become too numerous
of late, Mr. Raffety said, and! in
most instances have been duej to
traffic violations. Future en
forcement of the traffic statutes
will partially, if not entirely elim
inate the dangers now confront
ing the motor yehicle operator, ftc
cording to. Mr. Raffety.
Chief, Moffitt said that he did
not believa. Salem autoists would
consider the warning with any de
gree of seriousness, therefore ihe
expects that the month will be
remunerative as far as fines are
concerned.
DEATH LOSSES
REDUCED TO
Investigation Continu
Monday; Report Ex
pected I hen
SEATTLE Wash., April
2.44
Death losses frdm the sinking
tle steamship Governor ofC Poln
Wilson early eterday,,,we:r,.,,m
duced to nine late today wnen ao
error in the list of survivors wkk
cleared up. by the discoyerV that
the name Alfred Kaseau, Lbs Ahf
geles, reported missiitr, should
have been Alvard Klsean, Spokane,
Wash., who was saved. -1
Riseam learned only today 0
the error and Immediately report
ed to officials of the Pacific
Steamship company. He said ble
had not seen the list of su
and missing until today and Ithen
realized that through tne erfor in
names, be had been reported .ibisa-
Ine.
Interest today centerd in the
federal Investigation of the dis
aster which is expected to arli e In
fjxing the blame for the collision
of the Governor with the fretgnte
Wect Kftrtland. , ;!
Captain Harry H. Mardett,
veterku. mariner who piloted
Governor on her last voyage.
Captain E. P. Bartlett, master o
the vessel, were questioned at
inquiry today, conducted by"l
ry C. Lord and Donald S. 4
United States steamboat ina
ors.
The hearing was continued until
Mor.dav when It is expected fu re
noit will be'rendered.
'The district attorney's office
and 'the department of Justice! to
rinv continued their separate I in
vestigation of the tragedy to pro
tect government Interests, involved:
by the fact that the West I?arW
land Is owned by the shipping
board emergency fleet corpora
tion.
The freighter Brookllne, flow
lying in Lake Union, Seattle.jfiH
take the cargo of the West Hart
land after which the latter ves
sel will be tO wed to drydock for
renairs. It was said today ihe
cost of reDalrs would orobably be
near $700,000.
TE
i Union Members in Portlipd
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I Id 1 1 1 VyUIIOIUCI JWJJ V
March 28
PORTLAND. Ore., April
Union members employed at Sw
ft
and Company's Portland p
ant
met last night to consider Wpge
cuts placed in effect here March
28, I twas announced today. ffo
conclusion was reached and 'an
other meeting will be held. I j
Wage cuts of eight cents j an
hour were made In the cases! of
employes receiving 53 cents! an
hour and above in order to set
the minimum at 45 cents an hour.
On piece work a reduction of 12
percent was made in order I jto
place the wage rate on a more
equitable basis in comparison
to the hourly wage scale, officials
of.the plant explained.
In the neighborhood of 500 per
sons are employed at the plant.
M
S
WAGES
SEED ILL BE
PHASED!
BROCCOLI!!
C. C. Russell, Waconda Gar
dener, Elected Permanent I
President Of Growers j
Association Last Night.
NEW ACREAGE ADDED -BRINGS
TOTAL TO 80
nstructive Address is Given
By Prof. Bouquet, Agri
cultural College ;
There was a splendid broccoli ;
meeting at the Salem Commercial
club auditorium last night the .
crowd filling nearly all the seats , :
And men being there from as far
away as the Hubbard neighbor
hood, where there has been some ,
successful broccoli growing on a i;
small scale. "; -
Fcof. A. Q. B. Bouquet 4f Ore
gon Agricultural college was pre- "
ent and made a thoroughly prac- '.
tical talk, and answered many
questions'. . . '.-: ;
He said broccoli has been grown '
in Oregon for 20 years, 'in -the n
Oswego district.- But the grow
ing of this vegetable on a com
mercial scale, for shipment, to the
eastern markets, was originated
In the Roseburg district ; only
eight years ago.
He very strongly advocated the
prime necessity of good seed, and
he urged that only the best meth
ods of growing should be used.
with rich, well drained soil, and
wlUi thorough cultivation.
There Is a Good Market'
He said, there, is no trouble :
about the market if the best
broccoli la grown; it the product
is properly packed, and forward-
ed in the beat possible condition
It is all up to the grower. Pro.
fessor Bouquet said. ' 1. ' . . f
He said the Industry ought to
come to aeed certification, in or
der to. insure, the t best, possible.
pack front this state, and one run-
ning true to established standards
year, after year' ' " ?
He said the seed In the Salem
district ought to be blanted from
May 1 to 15, giving the plants sev
en to eight and a half weeks to. .
grow. This will make them about
eight Inches high when set out In
the field, and this should be dona -after
the ground is very well pre-.
pared, and they should e set deep,
in order to set moisture, and the
tops should be trimmed ot most
of their leaves. The aha Is to
bare a hard stock, and nothing
much but the stock,- to stand the
warm summer weather. If they
get through this, the fall and win
ter rains will take care of the .
growth... Care should be taken
that the stock is close to the
ground, to keep from freezing; in
January or February. A cover
crop of vetch and oats and rye la
good. . Dirt may be banked up
around the stock- to keep from
freesing.
Many technical questions were
answered by Professor Bouquet.
The big ffctng. he" emphasised,, f
is quality growing and marketing,
Other Speakers ' f -
C. C. Russell, the Waconda '
neighborhood grower, who has
taken so much Interest in pro
moting the industry, was one of
the principal speakers.
Prof. C. I. Lewis, of the Oregon
Growers Cooperative association,
made a talk that was much ap
plauded, telling of the marketing
conditions and the industry and
Its requirements in general, '
J. W. Savage, of the Savage
market gardens, on Garden road,
emphasized the necessity of qual
ity growth; and he volunteered
any assistance in his power In get- .
ting the industry well started.
E. H. Kocher of Hubbard told
of his successful growing of broc
coli in that neighborhood.
Permanent Organization
C. C. Russell was elected per
manent president of the Salem
Broccoli association. His address
js Oervals, Route 2. U. J. Lehman,
Salem, was elected secretary. His
address Is 267 South Church
street, and Mrs. Lehman will as
sist in evry way possible when
Mr. Lehman himself is out at his
work.
. Over 'lOO Acres Now.
The following new acreage was
pledged, in addition to the 22 men
already pledged to grow a total
of 4 8 acres, the names of whom
were published Thursday morn,
ing: '
1 Otto Hansen, Salem. IS acres.
E. H. Kocher, Hubbard, 1 acre.
; Mrs. Robert Schaefer, Turner,
t acre.
i Hines Brothers. Gervals, 3 acres
Arthur Edwards. 1253 Cbemek-
eta street, Salem, 1 acre.
I 1 Alfred Kampf, Pratum, 2 acres. '
Fred Llnbeck, Macleay, 2 acres.
Carl Vogt, Pratum, 2 acres.
1 Floyd Herrold, Route S, Salem,
,1 acre.
E. F. Loganblll, Route 6, box
144. Salem, 1 acre.
Bonanza Farm, Salem, I acre.
With aome others who have nbt
(Cobtinned on pace - '.