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THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON
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The Way to Build
Is to Patronize
Up Your Home Town
Your Home People
VICK BROS,
Trade and High;
1177 N. Liberty St Salem, Or.
;. I;ySy Thursday morning; janiary '19. tt22
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WEATHERLY ICE CREAM
Sold ercrywher
BUTTERCUP ICE CREAM CO.
P. M. Gregory. Mgr.
240 South Commercial Street v '
Salem
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This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made
possible by the advertisements placed on these pages by our public
spirited business men-men whose untiring efforts have builded our
present recognized prosperity and who are ever striving for greater
and yet greater progress as the years go by.
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Your Health Begins When Yon
Phone 87 j V
for an appointment
DR. 0; L. SCOTT
P. S, C. Chiropractor .. ;
IUr LaVontory U t ilt V S. Vit l Ik, Kig.
Hours 10 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p.m.
DRY GOODS
NOTIONS
WOMEN'S
READY-TO-WEAR
FURS ; ;:; .
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PROMOTED
The Meeting at Rickreal Yesterday WasJa'Good and In
teresting One, and It M ay Result in 700 Acres Being
Sown in That District, and the Builtjing of a Plant
: ThereTen Such Plants Are Plannedjfor the Willam
ette Valley, Then a Linen Mill.
When the Willamette Valley
Flax and Hemp association direc
tors meet today in Salem, they
will consider a signed acreage of
more than 600 acres already con
tracted for for 1922. That isn't
as mnch as they had expected to
iava at thla time: according to
their articles of incorporation,
they will have to show 1.000 acres
signed up, and that much stock
subscribed for, before they pro
ceed further with the corporation
business. 'f
Eyes Tested
Classes Fitted
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Jeweler and Opticians
Salem, Oregon
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Salem Laundry
Company
ZQ Liberty St Phone 25
OWPCO.
Broom Handles, Hop Han
dles, 'Paper 'Pings, Tent
Toggles, all kinds of Hard
wood Handles . Mannfac
tared ' by tne
OregonWopd
"Products Co:l
West Salem
KING'S FOOD PRODUCTS
COMPANY j
Dehydrators and Canners
. . Oregtm Fruits and Vegetables
Salem
Portland
Oregon
The Palles
Wiring Fixtures
' Mazdas
Electrical Appliances
Salem Electric
Company
rif it' electric, come to as.
Masonic Temple. Phone 1200
MONEY TO LOAN
On Farm Land
FIRE INSURANCE
on
Your Buildings
REALi ESTATE
LA.HAYFORD
305 State St.
SALEM, OREGON
Capital City
Laundry
Quality and Service
Phone ICS
Our efforts will fee to assist in every possible way the
development of the fruit and berry industries of this
uAfev;r''' - valley ;
OREGON PACKING COMPANY
A Licensed Lady Embalmer
to care tor women and
children Is a necessltr H
all funeral homes. We are
the only ones furnishing
such service, r
Terwilliger
Funeral Home
770 Chemeketa St. Phone 724
SALEM, OREGON
Monuments , and
Tombstones
Made In Salem
TaU la Ui only oaaaat works
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Big Stock on Display
Capital Monumental
; Works .
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Made .In Salem
by experienced S wiss " Cheese
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Swiss ' Cheese
; Cream Brick Cheese 1
Limberger Cheese
Order , from : the . factory or
from your grocer
Salca Cheese Factory
Phone", V,-' .' .: :'
II "(theast ot Salem
We carry the following lines
; Of PAINTS, Sherwin Williams
Co. and Bass Hueter Co.
, Also
Everything In Building
Material -
Falls City-Sal em Lumber
. , Company
A. B. Kelssy, Mgr.
349 S. 12th St. j Fhone 813
DIXIE
BREAD
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SALEM BASING CO.
a SATTERLEE
AUCTIONEER
Phones: Residence, 1211
Office. 1177
SALEM 1 :: OREGON
But. even by nightfall, they may
havs the full 1,0 ab acres signed
up. The RickreaM meeting, yes
terday, while it did not actually
produce the signatures expected,
is believed to have cleared the
business air to the point that the
men who are today combing the
Rickreall country ;for signatures,
are likely to close up enough be
fore dark to put the corporation
over the top.
This sign'ng will be contingent
on the location of a treating plant
at Rickreall; this year if possible,
provided the acreage is grown
this season. Some signatures may
be made to begin with the crop of
1923; which could not rationally
call for a plant built in advance
of the crop. But a plant Is as
sured if this year s acreage war
rants it beginning with a storage
warehouse, and it possible ending
in a complete new plant that fin
ishes the fiber ready for the spin
ner.
May Vw Electric Power
A proposition was made at yes- j
terday's meeting that may great
'v 'mplify t"he mill question for
Rickreall. The electric power line
traverses the valley, only a short
distance from the town, and it
was suggested that they install a
fujl electrical equ:pment and ig
nore the water power possibilities
that have been counted on as the
only milling bases.. The h5gh wa
ter in the Willamette sometimes
backs the water up In the stream
at Rickreall. o as to leave only a
few inches fall for the old mill
water power; and the title to the
mill property is still in litigation,
so that it could not now be secur
ed, thong-h it were the only or-the
most desirable one to be had
About 100 horsepower la est' mat
ed for the operation of a complete
plant For such a service, the
electrical Installation is estimated
to be far less than for a complete
water plant: and the sav'np in in
terest and depreciation on the in
vestment, i and maintenance, and
waiting, and enforced idleness, is
said by engineers to be well in fa
vor of the electrical service. With
such installation.! it m'ght be po
sib'e to build and eouin a mill
ready for this season's crot. in
caie a large enough acreage is secured.
May Be Large Acreage
Three meet'ng in all have been
held at Rickreall, resulting in a
signed acreage of 313 acres and a
prom'se to mske it at least 693
or 700. for a mill built there this
reason. Experts, have rone over
the valley to investigate the soil
condit'ons. and they have an
nounced that, nowhere is there a
better promise than around Rick
reall. Flax haR been grown over
at Aumsvllle. that yielded un to
four tons to the acre. That is in
deed an exceptional yeld. but the
experts believe it could certainly
be equalled at Rickreall. A four-
tons-to-the-acre croo would almost
make a grower with a good acre
age rich enough to retire on a s'n
gle year's crop. 5
Some of the Aumsville rtow-
ers, who have been making a fine
thin out of flax have attended
all the RickrealJ meetings, trying
to help their fellow farmers to
get a start in what they 4 say Is
the onlrifieM crop that has ever
made them monev. The figures.
"onservaVvely given by Robert
Crawford. based; quite largely on
the Aumsville flax returns, are in
teresting;, vi
Flav a Paying Crop
Flax that rrow to mike a 30
'nch fibre, should produce from
I 1-2 to 1 3-4 tons per acre. This
would yield for each ton. about
10 per cent of fiber, selling for
an average of about 25 centg a
pound f It sold, only a little more
than a year aro. un to 58 cents)
or a total of $a,0; ISO pound of
tow. at 10 cent, will brin 115
alx bushels of seed worth $3 a bu
shel, will brng:M2; 100 pounds
of waste will be worth $.":. a to
tal of $82 an acre. : The factory
ana nanaung cost on a coopera
i Dasi. win oe close to 40 a
ion. leaving te grower 142 per
ton. vuth the yield 1 1T2 tons.
the net receipts would be $63 an
acre, wun tne cost or the crop
and pulling to be charged against
this sum. These prices are figur
ed as the minimum; they ran
more than " twice as high during
the war.
With a better crop, of 36-inch
fiber, the yield should be from i
to 2 1-2 tons to the acre
many, Denmark. The Oregon pro
duct won on all the; nina po.nts
of excellence, aga:ust ail competi
tors! Later, ope of these judges, an
Trtchn-ion tnA Mm! 1 nrA ikof this
Each exhibit was not only' the best at
ton would produce about 12 pert the exposition, but the best that
cent ot fiber, worth 30 cents a (ha had ever seen, anywhere. The
pound, or $72; tow worth $15; j great Barbour Irish flax miil3
seed worth $12; waste worth $5. (bought one shipment of flax from
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MARION CREAMERY
i& PRODUCE CO
Salem, Ore. Phone 24SS
BETTER YET
BREAD
It Satisfies
Sfade By
MISTLAND BAKERY
12th and Chemeketa
Order from your grocer
Seamless Hot Water
Bottles and
Combination Syringes
Guaranteed Not To Leak
Prices from $1 up
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Brewer Drug Co.
405 Court SL.
Phone 184
or a total of $104 an acre. The
factory labor cost would be ap
proximately $45, .leaving the
grower $59 an acre. With as much
as 2 1-2 tons, this - would
$147.50 an acre, less the crop
costs: These prices also are iig-
costs. These prices also are figured
at the minimum, and not even
en as high as it would naturally
be for a crop of such length.
For shorter flax, that might
not seem profitable to pull, the
crop can be left to ripen the seed
a little better and cut with a
mower, in which case the seed
yield may be expected to be heav
ier even though the stalks are in
ferior; a yield from 7 bushels up
wards will be a fair estimate,
worth at least $14; the 500
pounds of tow made from the cut
straw should be worth $100 a
ton. at least, or $25 on each ton
produced; and the waste should
be worth $7. SO. making $46.50.
The labor cost on the handling
would be about $20, leaving the
farmer $26.50 a ton.
Best Paying Grain Crop
These figures taken from the
minimums, an'd not allowing for
either the maximum yields or the
maximum prices, show a fine pro
fit above anything possible for
other grain crops. The yields
and prices for wheat, oats, "and
barley, have been such as to elim
inate them from possible consid
eration aa profitable crops for
thf valley farmer. The flax, ac
cording to the figures ghown by
those who have been growing the
crqp for. the past several years in
the" Aumsville section, has been a
consistent, big winner; it has sav
ed a number of growers from tha
inevitable fate 'of the man who
raises crops that lose him money
and a bunch of the loyal farm
ers from Aumsville have been giv
ing their time and strength to
carry the good news to the rest
of the valley.
Ten I'lantn Planned
The general plan of the Flax
and Hemp association, is to es
tablish at least 10 plants in the
valley, each to handle 10 00 acre3.
and bring it up to the finishing
stage. Then, eventually, a big
linen mill, to take all this raw
material and make the valley one
one of the linen centers of the
world, would grow out of this con
solidated production.
Wan Almost Started
Not everybody Knows, perhaps,
how .close the Willamette valley
came to being such a center. Two
years ago, following a' careful pre
liminary investigation, a New
York investor came to ! Marion
county, to look into the linen
question. He had been : directed
by the United States Department
of Agriculture, to see;' P. IS.
Thomason of Aumsville, the . first
and largest flax grower of the val
ley, and who had carried on some
interesting experiments for the de
partment. He 11 tell you AL.L
about flax!" wasthe advice given
to the New Yorker when he came
west.
The capitalist and the - Aums
ville enthusiast spent a week to
gether, talking flax for the past
6000 years of human history. "I 11
build a big central linen finishing
mill, with ten smaller fiber plants
here in the valley, and I'll bring
in $3,000,000 to finance the deal."
was the succinct propos;'on of the
capitalist. "I'm satlstled that
there is nothing better in the lin
en line, anywhere on earth." '
It didn't really materialize, for
th3 sudden slump in finances
stopped even the most glittering,
legitimate investments. Bet it
illustrates what other people on
the outside see in the OregoA flax
possibilities. The local associa
tion is merely trying,, cn a much
smal'er scale, to carry out what
the big investor had figured out
as a sure thing.
Interesting Statistic
Some wonderfully Interesting
; statistics, bearing on the claim
j that Oregon is a sure-ene'ugh flax
I country, were given at the Rick
i roall meeting by Mrs. Jnilet M.
Lord, widow of Former ; Governor
W. P. Lord of Oregon, j She cor
rected the introducer who pre
sented her .to the aud'erice as the
.first flax , grower In Oregon, by
giving to a Mr. Miller pf Turner
that distinguished honor, he sent
some flax fiber to the Centsnnial
at Philadelphia in 1876 that won
the grand prize against the finest
product from the whole world
Holland. Ireland, Belgium, - Ger-
here, for which they paid $2000
a ton, or $1 a pound, when the
average for other flax was front
$500 to $600 the Oregon flax
was that good. But some kind of
political or business complica
tions stopped the Industry, as if
it had never been. )
What, Oregon Wqraen Did
In 1895, when wlieat was down
to 45 cents a bushel and hops
were a drug on the market at 5
cents, Mrs. Lord and some other
of the patriotic women of the state
tried to introduoa flax-growing'
preliminary to the establishment
of the linen industry here in the
state. They went so far as to con
tract for the" growing of 50 acres
of flax, on the Savage farm east
of town. They grew some flax
there, up to 44 inches in length
a truly wonderful fiber but the
times did not seem ripe, and the
matter finally had to go by the
board. But thla story of what a
few loyal women did to try and
bring prosperity to ; the lagging
agricultural business of the state,
is one of the delightful memories
of Oregon.
. Stored 14.6 Years
An interesting business matter
was brought up by Mrs. Lord,
when she said to the Rickreall
meeting yesterday, that the flax
fiber increases in value with age.
She told of having ; some lin3n
sheets at her home that had been
made by one of har colonial an
cestors, who was so valuable to
the colonies as a weaver that
ttiey wouldn't let him carry a
musket in the - Revolution, but
kept him at home as a master
linen-maker for all Nsw England.
A few years ago, the old family
house, more than 200 years old,
was torn down, and, in the attic
was found a store of flax that
had been laid away by this master
craftsman, 140 years ago. This
flax was taken to a modern mill,
worked up into linen and the
mill men said that it was as good
as the day it was pulled!
This keeping quality may be
made a part of the Willamette
valley association program. If it
should be possible to contract for
a large acreage th:a saason, and
it should not be possible, or feas
ible, to establish local mills to
treat all of the fiber at once, it
can be warehoused, and it is es
timated that It will gain a good
10 per cent in value in one year's
seasoning; so that the increased
valuation would easily take care
of the interest on the Investment,
and the warehouse receipts would
carry the crop so that it can
eventually be treated by a local
mill to be built a year or even
two years later.
The establishment of the pro
posed ten ' local Ilher plants, to
serve as the foundation for the
great linen mill to be established
as soon as possible, was stated by
one of the speakers as the first
step towards increasing the far
mer-stockholder profits by 100
per cent.
The flax industry looks to be
rainy established for this year,
with enough acreage signed up or
certain to be signed, to make it
a sure w'.nner. The financial re
turns for the past few years, since
the industry made its present
start, are such as. to warrant the
belief that It's here to stay .and
to make a competence to every
grower who will take it on.
Commercial club, held after the
first- spell of t reex-.ng weather,
that- it was too early then to de
termine that, in fact, the wilt
ing and falling leaves were no
sure: indication that the plants
might-not. mature good heads.
Some of the members of the
Oregon Growers Cooperative asso
ciation have been Ulking of can
celling their- orders for crates,
fearing that they mlgnt'not have
any broccoli to crate.
More Encouarging
, But Earl Pearcy, expert on
broccoli for the association, told
a Statesman reporter yesterday
that Sloper Bros., of the Indepen
dence district, who have been
growing broccoli for several years.
are pot worrying and their crop
is on bottom land; on hop yard
land.
The broccoli plant Is a wonder
ful plant, and it may turn out a
splendid head under conditions
that; seem to make this improb
able.
Little damage, was done to broc
colt in the December freeze of-i
couple of years ago, either in the
Roseburg or the Willamette val
ley districts; but that freeie came
earner than this one and. too, it
was much more severe.
It fa too early yet to say that
great damage has or has not been
done to the broccoli crop. The
only thing te do, on the part of
those most interested, is to hope
forHhfl bast.
SOME SUGGESTS)
FOB NEW BREEDERS
Good Advice to the Man .Who
Is Anxious to Get Into
! Poultry Raising - '
UP HALF A CEHT
The Oregon Growers Coop
erative Association Fixes
f! New Price on Them
ne
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If OVER FEE
But the Oldest Growers in
This District Are Doing
No Worrying
Has the freezing weather of the
past few days been, greatly injur
ing the broccoli in the Salem ter
ritory?
Prof. A. G. B. P.puqnet, of 4he
Oregon Agricultural college, leid
:ng brocco.I expert, u uneasy
about this, but he told tte grow
era at the meeting'; at the. Salem
Following Is a n-?ws bulletin of
the Oregon Growers Cooperative
association, under date of Tues
day tho 17th:
An advance of half a cent a
pound on 30-40 prunes is an
nounced by the Oregon Growers
Cooperative association. The asso
ciation's advisory committee of
prune growers fixed the new price
of 12 3-4 cents a pound on prune
packed in 2a pound boxes.
This increase follows up the ad
vance "which was named on al of
the other sizes of prune j by the
asepciation last week ranging
from 2 cents on 20-30's down to
3-4: of a cent on the smallest Pe
tite.
Considerable activity cn the
part of buyers was shown lust
proceeding the price advance and
tha association has disposed of
hree Quarters of a mi:iion pounds
of brunes in the period foiling the
opening or the new year.
Scarcity in nearly all lines of
dried and canned fruits makes It
apparent that the new price is
warranted and It is expected that
tne. trade will take hold of offer
ings at the now prices.
Jobbers' supplies of prunes are
reported to be very light at the
present time and retailer.!' h. l?M
are in constant need ot replenish
ment, in view of thesa conditions
tne prunes men are inclined n h
Here that the present situation is
most encouraeinz one which
has developed during the entire
The following, by a wall known
writer cn poultry subjects, con- -tains
some ; .good advice - tor be- -'
glnners: ;- J Y,
The poet sings that in the spr'n-r
time a young man' fancy lightly
turns to thoughts ot love; it is ' :
also a season when many people
get the chicken fever, and are
anxious to iry the'r hand at the V
game. To all such we would say, -"go
slow" before .starting In . to ;
blow their money. Commence in
a small way, choosing a standard
breed of fowl that makes .the
strongest appeal to one's sense of
the beautiful, and then master '
the art of poultry breeding more .
In detail and along conservative
lines. To our way ot thinking,
If one can spare the ready money,
the better way to establish a fam
ily Hock Is to buy a breeding "pen
from some responsible local breed
er; if this is inexpedient, the next
best way is to get baby chicks ,
from some reputable j hatchery
where ; one i is reasonably "safe ' -in
securing Rood stock., J, Thla will ;
entail j a little more .work, and ,
anxiety, bat the experience giined
will prove ample compensation.
Mistakes and disappointment will
occur, l but : that is true V of lite
generally.. As knowledge and ex
perience are gained, the pleasures v
and profits of a family flock will
prove correspondingly alluring.
Do not send away for foundation
stock;, Oregon enjoys as fine
strains of all leading breeds of
poultry as 1 are - to' be found , in '
this country. Desldes, the chances .
are you can buy to better advan
tage close to home, and II any
misunderstandings occur. It is
much ! easier to adjust these mat
ters with neibhbors than, with peo
ple at a distance. . --
EGG EB B
The Best Way to Cure Them
Is to Cut Their Cannibal
1 istic Heads Off
Rainy Season Best
;lj Time for Blasting
In blast 'ng stumps 4he nature
of the soil is one of the important
factors that must be considered in
fixing the size of the charge. The
more resistance the soil offers to
the force of the' explosion, the
greater will be the force exerted
against the stump. Hence, stumps
la loose, sandy soils must be more
heavilr loaded than those in firm
stiff soils. It is generally agreed'
mat ao-caiied nign speed explo-
aiAcs give Deuer results in sandy
soils than do low percentage dy
namites or stumping powders,
pince. water cannot be com-
pressed, its presence in the pores
orropen spaces in loose soils adds
something to the resistance that
is; offered to the explosive force
and thus makes the explosion
soinewnat more effective. It fol
lows that, especially In - sandy
soils, butter results will be ob
tained in blasting stumps when
the ground is wet than when it Is
dry. It shpnld be remembered.
however, thkt mdlst soil In this
connection: sefers to soil near the
charge two or three feet under-
A writer1 In a farm papor says:
An; egg-eating hen Is a Bolshe
vik that' is likely to corrupt the
rest of the flock with her uneco
nomic notions regarding rations.
She should be removed to a place
where her j example will have no
effect on her sisters, or she should
have h er 1 head cut off, tor the
habit is practically incurable. It
can be prevented, - however, by
taking proper precautions.
Eating eggs begins usually
when an egg has been broken in
the neet. Keeping the nosts welt
supplied with straw or other nest
ing material win r eauce the dan
ger of breakage,; and darkening
them will reduce tha chances of
broken eggs being found by the
hens.! . ' -
Hens that are not properly fed
will hate a ravenous appetite for
eggs,; both the shells and the con-
tenta, so that providing a well-
balanced ration is some Insurance
igalnst the development of the
habit. ;! ' -
Another! bad habit enjoyed ' by
these dietetic Bolshevists Is feath
er plucking from themselves or
from! other members of the flock.
Improper feeding, insect pests,
and too close confinement are the
usual causes for starting th!
habit. But it Is not so hard to
care las egg eating, A plentiful
supply of animal and green feed
and good range or plenty of exer
cise j by feeding In a deep littir,
and freedom from Insect pests will
usually bring the fowls back to a
normal appetite. . "
Among the . newer breeds of
ducks the Buff Orpington has be
come popular in both England and
America. It Is an introduction of
William Cook, the father of tho
race of Orpington chickens. t!
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