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:mn Oregon statesman, salem, oregoh THURSDAY MORNING; OCTOBER 23 1323 I i r ; V OWPCO II room handle, mop ban dhi. pwr iliKV trat tog-gl-M. all k!ulK of hardwood, hauditut, manufactured, by the " : Oregon WooS h Products Co. West Salem 1 BUY AN OVERLAND AND Realize the Difference " " '. - i;-"r ' V 1 J VICKBROS. QUALITY CARS HIGH ST. AT TRADE LLEY VA belief of H. A. Miln, Albany resi dent for many; years who . form erly wu engaged as a mechanic In the middle west where flax was grown and . milled, and who is familiar with the flax industry. Mr. Miln declares that Oregon 'has an Ideal climate for the grow ing of flax, and might easily com- pete with Ireland in that calling. The climate of Oregon is precisely like that of Ireland, he says, and soil conditions are ideal for flax cultare. '. ' Mr. Miln has prepared - seyeral published articles- on the flax in dustry, and the following Is one. he has written for the Sunday Demo crat: " ..V;' '";::.-.-; , '.1 , For a number of years there has been an . effort, .to promote the cultlYation of flax straw to pro duce fibre In commercial quanti ties, to ship to the eastern linen mills or to induce their location In the Talley. At one time there was a twine mill operated in. Al bany that made a much better ar ticle than that - from the eastern mills, but owing to the farmers not supplying sufficient straw. It prored to- be an unprofitable ren ture, and was dismantled. In the meantime, scutching plants were operated at 8alem and Scio for a year or so. to be closed down ow ing to the cost of harresting the straw, and only at the penitenti : ( ary with the assistance of conrict labor has it met with any degree of success. When It is taken to be h arrested by handr arid four ! men can pull and bind one acre per day, and that it is slow, ted ious labor In comparison with handling of grain by machinery, it is' not, surprising that few will Tenture In producing the straw at the present time, especially on account of the wages that . farm help ; demands nor in the past, when It failed to Justify the ex peuse, and unless American in .genulty produces t a machine that will displace hand labor Jn har Testing the straw it Is not likely the cultiTation will become gen- era! until a denser population is obtained in, the:iTalley. f ; v It-is not thW'owner of a' large acreage of land who should en gage in raising flax straw for fib re; but one who has a few acres of rich soil that can be had throughout the valley, or In' the foothills, and one who is willing to derote the time required in pre paring the straw and working it up to Into merchantable fibre, as It requires no skill to dress the straw upon a flax brake and scutching machine, and any ma chine shop can turn-out either, or one; can be obtained in New York City with a capacity of 100 pounds per day,, to be operated' on the farm by . a motor Qf . a few . horsepower. ' To dress the straw upon the scutching machine requires - the dressing to be done slowly, a hand ful at a time, or less " than SO HERE, MR. HOMEBUILDER- In th BEST, and SAFEST, STROXtJ EST. and in the long run the CHEAP EST Material oat of which to i build " Jour home. , i It is BURNED CLAY It Insures Fire-Safety. ' , HOOvOW BOLDIXfr TILE y - Health - . and - Comfort Ask for Catalog and Booklet of Home " ' ' Plans ' : : i SALEM BRICK & TILE CO. Kalem, Oreeon. Phone 917 Mfrs. of Hollow Bnildins Tilo, Brick and ; S BLLLNG S A LEM DISTRICT Dates of Slogans (In Twice-a-Weck Statesman Following Day) r Loganberries, Oct. 4. Prune, Oct. 11. .Dairying. Oct.-18. Flax; Oct 25. V Filberts, Nov. 1. Walnuts, Not. s. Strawberries, Nor. 15. Apples, Nov. 22. V Raspberries, Nov. 29. Mint; December 6. Great cows, etc., Dec. 13. Blackberries, Dec. 20. Cherries, Dec. 27. Pears.' Jan. 3, 1924. ' ,. Gooseberries, Jan. 10. Corn; Jan. 17. Celery, Jan. 24. Spinach, etc.. Jan. 31. Onions, etc, Feb. 7. Potatoes, etc., Feb. 14. Bees; Feb. 21. Poultry and pet stock, Feb. 28. Goats, March 6. t ! Beans,' etc.',. March 13. V Paved highways, , March 2 0. Broccoli, etc.i March 27.; Silos, etc., April 3. Legumes, April 10. Asparagus,; etc., April 17. Grapes, etc., April 24. pouiiffa per day, bo that quantity production, is hot possible as in the preparation of wool or cotton for spinning. As from 500 to 1000 pounds of fibre, can be ob tained from one , acre of straw, and the value ranges from 60 to 90 cents per pound, according to the length' and fineness of the fib re, 'and the .by-product "tow" brings 10 cents per pound, there fore, it is evident that there is a profit for individual effort of the home product, seeing that the straw can be worked up into fib re during the winter under shel ter. . H ; .: - ; The market is r unlimited, as there is no state outside of Ore gon that can produce the length of fibre k required, :. which is 30 inches or more, and the fibre has to be Imported from Ireland or Belgium' some thousands of ton yearly to; supply the linen mills of the eastern states, as nowhere else excepf In' western' Oregon "or Washington can straw; be pro duced that will make a longer fib re than 13 ; inches, and even this brings 30 cents or more a pound. It Is only a matter of time whei this will be a leading industry of the valley. The fact . that it is not necessary to use artificial moisture in the spinning, weaving and bleaching of the fibre, as in the eastern mills, places the man ufacture on the same plane as In Belfast, Ireland, and it is no stretch of the imagination to fore see towns in the Willamette val ley become Its equal In the manu facture of the choice grades of linen that has made Belfast the leading city in that industry. , . For the! Information of a pro ducer of fibre secure the 'proper strain of ; seed, broadcasting- 125 pounds to the acre; sow in the fall and rbll the ground after seeding. , Pull the straw when in bloom, as, o Iet.it go to seed de tracts, from. tbV strength of fibre; s'tack near ,a grass plat. When the fall rains or i fogs set in, un fasten the bundles .and place the straw in windrows on the grass, turning occasionally. . i When the outside or fibre slips from the core, rebind and stack near the scutching machine. (Pond rhetting is not permissable for a first class fibre.) j In dressing the straw on the flax brake, it has to be fed a handal at a time, then passing to the scutcher, who takes the handful and holds it in close proximity to a number of blades attached to a horizontal shaft running at. a few revolutions per minute; this detaches; the shives from the! core, leaving the mer chantable 'fibre. I''':'"' , .lt the operation extends to hickling. that is, combing the fib re,' it is then in a condition to spin, and i commands a price of over 1 per pound, provided the length, is .30 inches or more, which Is the length of imported fibre. 'Tow" is short fibre, a Drain THe..t.( w ; in Daily Statesman Drug garden, May 1. Sugar beets, sorghum. etc.. May 8. Water powers. May 15. Irrigation, May 22. i Mining, May 29. Land, irrigation, etc., June 5. Dehydration, June 12. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 19. ' Wholesaling , and Jobbing June- 26. ? v Cucumbers, etc., July 3. Hogs, Jufy 10. J City beautiful, etc., July 17. Schools, etc., July 24. "Sheep, July 31. : National advertising, Aug. 7. Seeds, etc., Aug. 14. Livestock, Aug. 21. Automotive industry, Aug. 28. Grain ; and grain , products, Sept. 4. ,. Manufacturing, Sept. 11. Woodworking, etc., Sept. 18. Paper mills, etc., Sept. 25. , (Back copies of the Thursday editions of ; the . Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies, 5c.) ' U. S. Inspected by-product in "dressing the "long fibre on the scutching and hade ling ! machine, or short Btraw as in the western states, . and there is no object in competing with thii class of product in the valley. There is a great scarcity of fibre at present, owing to the un settled condition of Europe, i The textile mills in France are idle on account of the lack of fibre they expected to get from Russia, and at no time has linen fabrics' com manded such exhorbitant prices, and one has to go back to the time of the Israelites for a pre cedent, when the much maligned Pharaoh restricted' the ' use of straw to tha making of brick No doubt he had come on an ' ad vanced method of production and desired to conserve the strawj for the purpose of making material to clothe his subjects. WHY IMPORT FLAX PRODUCTS AT ALL? When the dalem District Can Produce All the United States Can Use Editor Statesman: In answer to your letter of Oct. 18 to Mr. Herrold I am sorry-to say that Mr. Herrold was unable to answer the letter, as he is out of town. The letter was given to me and I will try to answer it. ; In regard to the flax Industry I feel that is ft an opportunity that should be taken advantage of. The soil and climatic condi tions . of this section are especi ally adapted for the growth of flax, and as it is a profitable crop, if saleable, why not grow it? The production on our Labish meadows farm , went better than four tons to the acre which I un derstand to be considerably lar ger than the productions In Ire land where it is extensively grown. In the face of this the United States is importing large amounts of flax products from Ireland, in stead of manufacturing them in this country. j The Oregon state prison ' has purchased the largest part of tne local flax this year, and; it seems likely that they will continue to purchase it in the future! - It la an ideal activity for the prison to follow, as it competes with no outside business, it is profitable to the prison, and it furnishes a market for local flax. Hoping this . will answer your letter,. I am, sincerely yours, J. O. HAYES, UR. Salf ra, Oregon,' October 23, 1923.' : A CHEAP IJC13 KILLER It 13 the improbable that always happens. 'For" instance: who would have thought to associata tho automobile 'With a means of fighting li':e' and mites on the poultry farm? 'And yet 'it seems that the horseless carriage has its uses other than that of transpor tation. Witness this from Emil G. Glaser in a letter to the Ne braska Farmer: 'Most every far mer has chickens, and therefore is troubled with vermin in the chick en house .it some : time. Well, here is the. connection; it is new and reliable: Just attach a rub ber hose to the exhaust pipe of rour motor and put the other end in ; the chicken house -with : the chickens all out, of course. Close the house as tightly as you can, let the motor run about ten min utes, and presto! bugs, lice, mites and all other vermin are gone. It is the cheapest lice killer known. Try It." . OREGON'S GREATEST INDUSTRY In good time, the greatest industry in Oregon will be the flax industry . The growing . and manufacturing of flax .-'7.!'.,, I" With the hemp industry related with it; for we grow as good a quality of hemp as can be produced in the world; and in some of the processes of. manufacturing the same machines may be used. ' If the flax and hemp industries were ful ly developed here now, it would mean a $100,000,000 annual industry for the Sa lem district And nearly all outside money; new money every year, from the manufactur ed products of our soil. This development May the time be speeded. CASCADE BRAND HAMS, SALEM HAS BEST EQU1 ELECTRIC N HEGION WEST OF MISSOURI RIVER Appliances for Treatments By AH the Modern Methods Known to This Branch of Science Every Kind of Bath, Every Kind of Electrical Current Treatments 1 are in Competent Hands, and the Arrangement of the Rooms and Their Appointments Ideal - The Salem. Hydro Electric The rapeutic Institute is f the . best equipped institution , of its kind west of the Missouri river. This Is a big claim; it takes in a good deal of territory. But it is true. And that makes j it "a very creditable showing, not only for the institute itself, but also for Salem. The institute is at 249 South Cottage street. It was formerly In the Derby building; it wa originally established and fprmerly conducted j by Dr. Schenk. Patients' have come and are coming to Salem j to get the benefits of the treatments given here, from long distances; from all over the northwest, and furth er. .. Tho Arrangement 1 The arrangements ojt the rooms of this institute have1 been- very well planned, and the furnish ings are right up to the minute; complete in every way. - j First the visitor enters a recep tion room. Next are two -bath rooms, divided into various com partments one section being for men and the other, for women. These' rooifis , are thoroughly, equipped for giving every kind of bath full tub baths, hot, cold and medium; Turkish and Russian baths, electric light baths, min eral baths, packs, fomentations, etc. In the electric light bath3 there are facilities for! giving re clining and upright baths. There are sprays and showers; sitz baths, foot baths everything even successfully pEgcticed in the way of baths.. In Electrical Department la the electrical department there are six or Beven rooms, with seven different electrical ma chines; some of them handling several different modes. (Per haps that is not the right term, but It conveys the idea to the lay mind.) They have the galvanic, the sin usoidal and high frequency ma chines; the violet ray being a branch of the last named. They give spinal manipulations and message, including the Swed ish. They give chiropractic treatr ments; the latter being unde- the manipulations and directions of Dr. Demorest. i A Trained Corps They have a trained corps of workers; ladies and gentlemen to attend the patients. They treat all kinds of disease, both chronic and acute. They specialize on high and low blood pressure. They undertake to help and cure, and do help and cure, nearly all cases outside, of those requiring surgical work. Mrs. Mae Putnam and Mr. C. B. Unsticker are partners in the oper ation -of this institute; having taken it over from Dr. Schenk. Mrs. Putnam had been with Dr. Schenk, at both the old location and at this new place.: She com menced her work in this line' at Boulder, Colorado, under the Bat tle Creek.: system, and carried it on in several cities, Including Walla Walla, Wash., where sha was engaged before coming - to is coming-- BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON Salem. Mr. Unzicker handles the bath rooms for the men, and Mrs. Unzicker assists in the bath rooms for the women; as does Miss Put nam, daughter of Mrs. Putnam. Mr. G. E. Putnam is the bookkeep er -and cashier, and Dr. C. S. Be rn orest assists in the men's de partment. They employ r other competent help In! all depart ments. I . Consultation and Examination The consultation and examina tion rooms of the institute are well equipped, in conformity with air the rest of the up-to-date es tablishment, j Nothing. is .omitted Mrs. Putnam is Herself a very good walking and s working exam pie of the efficiency of the meth ods of treatment over which she has active supervision and which she aid3 actively in administering, tjpr she was an invalid when she first, took ' up ' this work, and she is how and has been for a long time in siich perfect apd robust health that she might pose as an example for a standard of physi cal efficiency.' " Men capable of : Judging, who have been, all over the western part of the United States, give the verdict thatj is proclaimed in the first paragraph above, that there is nothing in this line as complete in all its details as this Salem in stitution That the Salem Hydro Electric Therapeutic j Institute is the best equipped Institution of its kind west of the Missouri river. A NEW EXPLOSIVE Sodatol, a Reliable Blasting Agent, Is Supplied By the U S. Government A reliable, concentrated, and comparatively safe explosive for blast in id known as sodatol, is now being offered farmers by the fedr eral department of agriculture through . the extension service of the Oregon Agricultural college. Sodatol Is made from surplus war materials for which no charge is made. ,The. cost of preparation and freight charges, which are paid by the consumer, amount to about $3.10 per 50 pound box for preparation and handling and from 35c to $2.50 per hundred weight for freight to points in Oregon. j Farmers I will find it necessary to pool their orders, as shipments of sodatol cannot be made by the department; of agriculture in less than carload lots on account of the high freight charges on explosive in small lots, while no one is per mitted to get more than 1000 pounds lest the material fall into the hands of speculators. The nearest county agent, or George W. Kable of the college extension service, Corrallis, will tell how to PPED HYDRO i . .. THERAPEUTIC INSTITUTE FOR OUR FARMERS 260 North High Street 4 ., Boost This Community' by Advertising on the Slogs Pages DID YOU KNOW That ours is the best country in the world for the production of flax for its fiber for the making of twines, thread and linens; that our water, being "soft," is just right! for the treatment of the flax straw, and taking it through all the processes of manufacture, from the retting to the weaving of the cloth; that, when these facts' become universally known, the flax industry will be fully developed here, and' that it will bring to our valley a: hundred million dollars annually; that there are prospects for the early manufacturing of twines here, and possibilities of the erec tion of linen mills; and that Salem is NOW the fiber flax center of the United States? ! : '.'' order shipments, and answer other questions, j 1 it h No. 6 blasting caps will be fur nished free! by the department of agriculture, ; except , for freight charges, for the first 45,000 lbs., of sodatol ordered. The caps come at the rate of 1 to each pound of explosive. Sodatol is more, . concentrated than dynamite, a 7 ounce cartridge being equal in strength to an 8 ounce dynamite cartridge. A 50 pound box of sodatol therefore contains about 20 more cartridges than a 50 pound box of 40 per cent dynamite, and does the same work. Sodatol has been thoroughly test ed out - in ! laboratory and . field and found j effective in rock and. stump blasting and other land clearing work. ' ES T (The following paragraphs' are taken from the column in last Sunday's Los Angeles Times of Henry W. J Kruckeberg, poultry authority: ) ' : ". i M. C. J.; San Bernardino, writes that in a purchase of Black Minor cas fowl, he finds a number with dark, black combs, and asks the cause, a remedy: and if the trou ble is contagious. Dark purplish combs and face with ruffled plumage is due to weak circulaton; if accompanied with brownish water discharges, it indicates inflammation of the liver. It not checked, congestion of that organ soon follows, which is not often amendable to treat ment. The. cause Is often over feeding and indigestion. After wrong conditions, 'give plenty of green food, induce exercise by feeding the grain ration in a deep litter. If this is Ineffective, give a good liver pill. "Commercial Breeder," Pasa dena. writes to know what we can tell him about so-called egg foods, and how compounded. Experienc ed poilltrymen as a class use con diments and , stimulating concen trated foods sparingly, arguing that birds properly fed do not re quire them. In the main, this is quite true,; but there may arise conditions in which a tonic may be given with discretion and for the good of the fowls. Since there are those who think egg- foods and tonics are beneficial, we give a formula (by Miller Pur vis) that is probably quite as good as the, package goods bought at the stores, j It is as follows: Pow dered mustard seed, 5 ounces; powdered feungreek, 4 ounces; sodium sulphate, 1 ounce; table salt, carbonate of iron, red pepper, ground ginger, black antimony and bone meal, of each ounce; linseed meal, 5 ounces. Mix thoroughly and keep in a dry place. Give a tablespoonful to each quart of ground feed used in making the mash. Give two or three times a week. n Fancier, Fresno,;--writes as follows: "I have read frequent allusions to the use of epsom salts in the mash foods and drinking water of fowl. Will you please explain how used and the quanti ties, in your poultry page? As most .poultry breeders know, ep som salt is a useful remedy for combating . internal troubles of poultry. An ordinary dose is from 20 to 30 grains administered in the drinking water. To be more supecific, for chicks from one to six jnontha old, give 10 grains per bird in the feed; fire to 10 weeks, 15 grains; 10 to 15 weeks, 20 L grains.; For ; older birds, say 15 to 26 weeks, give 30 grains per bird dissolved In water. Six.to 12, months, 35 grains; one year and oyer 4.0 fo 50 grains. There are 4 SO grains to an ounce apothecary weight. , As a quick purgative, an ounce to a' dozen BIRD U TONS AND HE ANSWERS Phone 1535 , - - - -. . . ' mature birds is abou't right fan I WUU11J UV9D VUUIU IDOUUniUI I . r i --'! ou uuiitc, or 4u grains. Editor Statesman: - f We feel that j being new in the flax business there are many grow ers much better posted from ex perience to-give data of value to the industry. ., : We are, however, well, pleased rwith our. first season In the bus iness and. will continue to grow flax; we see no reason why it will not be one of the paying crops of the valley. , : ; ; ; The Canadian pullers will elim inate the one great hazard In the business,! and, that : is scarcity of labor, to pull by. hand that may occur any season; the pullers will also admit of a much larger acre age "being grown than if depending on hand pulling. We think that the governor IS doing-a splendid-work for Oregon in promoting the flax ' industry; and when a spinning plant is in operation it will certainly produce a large return to the state on the investment, v We have great fafch in the flax. industry. -".-- ; ' R D. HOKEE'A SON Stayton, dr., Oct'. 24, 1923. SPOTTING THE LAYER William Cook, the originator cf the Orpington breed of fowl; is re sponsible for" the . statement that a good laying hen can be spotted" every time by observing the short feathers that' grow on . each side at the baso of the comb. -If these curl upwards and, are Inclined to point forward, he says, the speci men is .a good pertormer, but It they lay smoothly, the points be ing flat, the hen is a poor produc er. Suppose Salem district poul try, breeders try, It.,, If it work?l culling can be reduced; to a sim ple process. THEY HAVE FAITH : IN FLAX INDUSTRY Me3tieffs Slogi - SUBJECT IS THE FILBERT INDUSTRY Licensed Lady Embalmer r to care for women and -children isa necessity in all funeral home. We are ' the only ones furnishing, auch service. . Terwilliger Funeral Home 77 Cnemeketa BC Phone 724 Salem, Orego Our flax growers are ready to produce ths raw materials for a $100,000.00 annual in dustry. ' : :-. ; ; -:y Manuals, School Helps and Supplies Tour order Will be given PROMPT attention - The. J. J. Kraps Company Kent S. Kraps, Mgr. x Box 06 Salem, . ' Oregon EAT A PIRATE A DAY Weatlierly Ice Creasri SOLD KVKRYWUKRC .Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P. JL GREGORY, Mgr. 240 . Sonth Commercial ft. Dodse Br.OTiizr.s Sedaij Besetted Lister Cc. ,184 S. Coml Et. Pbos tZ3 1 I. Anto Klectric Work D. BACT0XT 171 8. Commercial Et. , Willamette-1 Go. WHOLESALE Groceries. Fruits, Candles, Cigars and Tobaccos Phone 424, P. O. Box STJ c Cor. Trade and High ' SALEM, OREGON - HOTEL MARION : BMxvt, onnco:i ; ' J.--" 3" ' " -1 " "- - T-" .' - The Largest and Hcst Complete Hostelry in Oregon Out of Portland DItAGER FRUiT Dried Frclt Padicra 221 8. Hlsb Baton, Or. Always in the market for dried 'fruits of ail kinds I! I. J :(-'?' NOW IS THE TIME!! To look 'after your neat Ing plants and see that It Is In good order, or if yon are going to need a new one. .;. ! y;' ii. 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