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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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-REMARKABLE SITUATION IN LINEN INDUSTRY
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All Oregon is waking up to the importance of the flax in--Idustry
to this state; and more particularly to the Willamette
valley, capable of producing the finest fiber the world knows
or has ever known
' ""And some of our biggest men are arriving at the conclusion
that iiow is the time to begin the full development of the in
dustry, by providing rpiants for the spinning of twines and the
making of linens especially the latter, for in the weaving is the
big; ''spread," and uie wide market is for the linen manufactures-'
- So the reader is likely to hear a great real about this sub
ject. It gives promise jof becoming one of the most interesting
of all the things concerned with the growth and prosperity of
S Oregon, in the near future, and for a long time to come
Because it will become apparent that there is wrapped up
in this miracle crop the possibility of bringing to Oregon half as
much money every year as there is now involved in the sale of
all the" things now coming from the land in this state; that is,
$100,000,000 annually. All the things we now produce on the
land in Oregon are valued at about $200,000,000 annually.
- -w Centered in Salem, this industry is capable of making of this
i city a metropolis of 500,000 people.
The Statesman has contained hundreds and hundreds of
columns concerning the possibilities bound up in the develop
ment of the; flax industry here
' - And a possible development that has now taken place has
been predicted a number of times in these columns. The de
. velopment predicted has now taken place
That is, linen fiber is now higher in price than flax fiber',
it is slightly higher in the United States, ranging around 30 to
35 cents a pound, with cotton fiber generally in the lead. But
the difference is greater in the flax manufacturing districts
of Great Britain; especially in the Irish manufacturing centers.
. v.Flax fiber in the Belfast market was quoted several days
ago at .120 pounds a ton, and at the same time cotton fiber was
quoted at 180 pounds a ton !
The result is a great revival of the linen industry.
The great hotels and shipping companies, which dis
continued the use of pure linen goods during the war, are now
specifying nothing but pure linen. The movement reaches down
-to the smallest users of articles that may be made of flax fiber
; And for the very good reason that linen is much more ser
viceable for most uses 'than cotton, and infinitely more dur
. able. The housewife' will tell you that one linen towel or nap
kin or table cloth, or other article requiring hard usage, will
autwear six such articles made from eotton. Perhaps she will
ay a dozen. She will be within the truth, if age be added to
hard usage. . "
, ' The reason that cotton is high is duepartly to the ravages
of the boll weevil in the South ; partly to the great number of
. rolored laborers in that section going to the industrial sections
of the country north of the Mason and Dixon line ; and partly
Jo other causes.' These causes are not likely to persist.
( f.p?.. With thervery favorable proetctive duties under the present
tariff law,; wjth the high pnee of cotton fiber, and for many
Other reasons that will be apparent to any one making a study of
the situation, now is the most favorable time this section has ever
had for the beginning of the full development of. the flax in
dustry here.
: Salem is the flax city. The industry was started here. It
hasbeen kept alive here. It will make Salem the Belfast of the
New World. r " .
A! writer in the Oregonian, with a series of articles, is call
ing attention to the boom in the poultry industry in Oregon, and
pointing the way to a great expansion of the boom. He has
found that this is the best poultry country in the world; that
the Salem district produced thfc.f irst 300-egg hens, and the first
t335-cggihen r and that our hens lay 25 per cent more eggs an
nually than the hens east of the Rockies, subjected to extremes
of heat and cold, That is fine. The news cannot spread too
far or too fast. It will eleel Salem the Petaluma of Oregon
'the Petal uma-pl us.
ALMOST CRDIIXALS
The forty congressmen who are
banded together to secure the re
peal of the Volstead Act may think
.they, are within their rights, but
the result of their conduct is to
lower the standard of congress,
spread discontent among the lower
class of people and call into ques
tion the integrity of the constitu
tion. -The may not know It, hut
they are just" as criminal as the
IWW, who are seeking to destroy
1 the government ia another way.
A congressman is a man who ought
to he big enough to see two sides
to the question. We hope there
i are only forty in Washington who
, do not. ; i - fi
I More than halt of the 40 have
names that disclose' their foreign
birth or ancestry. Half of them
U come" fro. New York, Wisconsin,
jL Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri and
! Pennsylvania. . ;Four; have ;", New
! Tork . city 'constituencies. Voigt,
; Schafer tterger and Lampert are
i; from Wisconsin; Sabath, Kuni' and
I I Britten are, from Chicago; five are
from ' New ; Jersey, Including Mc
Nulty,' Mlnahan, ' Lehlbach and
O'Brien; three from St. Louis:
Newton,i Dyer and - Wolff; three
come from Pennsylvania: Ransley,
Edmonds and Connelly; the others
are . scattered ' through various
states,. It is gratifying to note
that none Of the 40 come from a
state of the' Pacific northwest, and
California has only one In the list
Kahaof San Francisco. ; '
The j 4 o' champions of restored
, Statesman
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J. L. BRADY
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Oregon, aa ecoad-caaa atatter.
booze have taken an oath to sup
port the constitution of the United
States. The constitution prohibits
intoxicating beverages. Beer with
an alcoholic content of 2.73 is in
toxica ting and it is hypocracy and
cant to say that it is not. The 40
therefore, are proposing legislation
that would annul the 18th amend
ment to the constitution of the
United States. They are violating
their oath of office.
SOME OREGOX POEMS
... There must be something in the
climate or the wonderful, inspir
ing "surroundings provided by na
ture to make so many people in
Oregon write poetry. L. H. Suter,
a present member of the city coun
cil and one of our most substantial
citizens, has just Issued a little
hook of Oregon poems. He de
clares in the preface that he did
not issue the book for profit, but
because he believed he had a mes
sage that would make life better
He Is a retired farmer and in de
scribing Oregon says, "You name
It, and we raise it."
1 1 Mr, Suter's first poem is one on
the "Circuit Rider," and all
through the book he repeats the
glories of Oregon., its climate, its
people, and docs not forget his
own town, good old.. Salem. The
last poem describes '.the covered
wagon, which la now. a thing of the
past. Mr. Snter Jias issued s very
credible hook.. It was printed At
the Oregon Statesman .office. :tC
VAXDERLIP AOAIX
Vanderlip, who describes him
self as a retired business marr, is
aain in the limelight. This time
he prcfesses to have advised the
president, aud threatened if he did
not take it, to put a third party in
tho field.
Vanderlip started under the
limelight rather ingloriously .a
month ago by lying about a news
paper purchase. He is now facing
a suit for $600,000 damages. He
seems to think this gives him au
thority to continue in the limelight
and talk big. He is making a good
many kinds of a fool of himself.
Vanderblit ttnee said of a son-in-law
of his that he was more
kinds of a id am fool than anyone
in America. He would probably
have to revise theat statement now.
A SEXSIBLK STATKMEXT
The Oregon Voter, edited by C.
C. Chapman, has an unusually
strong article on the recall. The
crux of it is that the people of
Oregon will never recall a man
simply because of personal spleen.
The recall petition for Governor
Pierce was paid for by one man.
and the Oregon Voter takes this as
a text. The argument is, that be
fore a governor is eligible to re
call he must violate not only the
statute of the state, but the rule
governing his own administration.
This sensible position will have
weight with thinking men who
have been imposed upon by one
man who is displeased at the gov
ernor, r
XOT IIArPY
Hiram W. Johnson is not happy.
He is decidedly unhappy. He re
alizes that his campaign funds
have failed him, and certain it is
that he is not making the progress
anywhere in the east that he hoped
to make. Senator Johnson virtu
ally admits this by the ill temper
he is displaying and the reckless
language he is using. It would
not be surprising if Coolidge
should be nominated by acclama
tion. The people realize his dif
ficult position and have sympathy
with him. They believe he will
step out boldly and assume a firm
leadership once he is prepared.
Coolidge is growing in the public
mind.
THE BOK PLAX
The way the Bok peace plan was
pounced upon was enough to kill
it, but it has survived, with evi
dence that many people are in
sympathy with peace and will
grasp at every straw to maintain
it. The present plan to which the
award is made is not much differ
ent than that which has been pro
posed generally, but it is 100 per
cent American and has met with
favor because our people are tired
of war.
It must not be forgotten that the
people do not vote against the
League of Nations as much as they
voted against the democratic party
four years ago.
MUCH TALKING
Clearly, the investigation in
Washington has gotten away from
the Investigators. Instead of
pointing with pride to what they
are doing, they are rilling the
papers with what they propose to
do. They are talkinlc J.uat as big
as ever, but they are talking in
the future now.
There is a reaction noticeable
all over the country and the in-
luisitory head hunters have over
done it, and their only hope now
Is to pierce the ambient air with
wild . shrieks of what they propose
to do.
! WHERE IS HE?
A month or so ago there was a
great head hunting campaign
which resulted in bringing in one
man named Fall. He was in the
center of the limelight for a few
days. A month has past since
then and Fall has entirely dropped
out. What has become of him?
He is scarcely mentioned in the in
vestigation. '
,JIM IS SELFISH
Senator James Reed of Missour
made a violent attack on McAdoo
and after he had opened the
wound he continued for several
days to pour in hot shot. People
stood aghast at the sanguinity of
the man and McAdoo was expected
to blow Reed off the face of the
earth.
The McAdoo reply has been
made and he says that Jim Reed is
selfish. A la.
JUST SUPPOSE
There Is a good deal of talk
about a ' truth serum; Just sup
pose that a bottle or two shoulud
be taken to Washington and nn-
corked: It Is enough to
jbhudder.
-
ake one
MY MARRIAGE
PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Copyright 1921, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.
CHAPTER 11C
CHAPTER 117
WHAT LILLIAN AND MADGE
SAW FROM THE WINDOW
"Madge, are you awake?"
Lillian's whisper roused me
from the doze which I had guilt
ily snatched under my mother-in-
iaw's very nose after Lllzabeth
and I had done "kitchen ponce,
and had put the downstairs rooms
n the order my exacting mother-n-law
demanded.
The task9 she set us really
amounted to a wet my house
cleaning, for Mother Graham as
always when she gets a chance
to have a free hand in the house
keeping appeared possessed of a
very devil of energy and fault
finding, and she found fresh evi
dences of Katie's fancied house
wifery derelictions at every turn.
Her daughter, Elizabeth, did not
open her inoutn in speecn once
during the entire morning, and 1
guessed that the outward placidity
of her face covered a sullen
'grouch " But I was too tired
and nervous to care what her men
tal attitude might be. and when I
finally escaped to the upper floor.
where Lillian had been playing
the role of chambermaid, I flung
myself on my bed and fell asleep
almost instantly. When Lillian
spoke, it seemed to me that I had
dozed but a second or two, and
my answer was almost impatient.
Lillian Awakens Madge.
"Only just gone to sleep," I an
swered. "But come in."
"Only just slept an hour and a
half," she said, coming up to the
bed and smiling teasingly down at
me, "and I hate to disturb you,
but I think Mother Graham is just
about ready for you again. She
has been engaged in teaching Mrs.
Ticer how to wash tub silk blouses
for the last hour or so. And 1
fancy she sees that the gifted Mrs
T. is about at the boiling "point,
and intends to give you and Eliza
beth another whirl. I feel like a
piker to escape all the ragging,
but as I'm neither a relation nor a
hireling, I suppose she consider
me immune."
'.'What are the children doing?"
asked, yawning lazily.
"That's what I'm here for," she
returned. "I don't want you tc
miss it, so come into my room, to
the window, before Mother Gra
ham gets hold of you."
I scurried into the room assign
ed Lillian, one window of which
gives a view of the front lawn.
"Don't let them catch you look
ing at them," she admonisnea
"You know what self-conscious be
ings children are."
We posted ourselves, according
ly, one on either side of the win
dow and peered out from the cur
tain upon the tempestuous gather
ing below. ,
'I feel exactly lWce Rebecca re
porting to Ivanhoe. Luuan
chuckled. "Look at that!
'What Can You Do?"
"That." was evidently a "pa-
fade" headed by Jerry Ticer,
sheepishly grinning, but evidently
enjoying himself hugely. ith an
automobile blanket draped about
him, a big towel wound around his
head, and whip in his hand, he led
an old cavalry horse Jerry's one
great possession and especial pride
in and out imaginary streets
Clinging tightly to the horses'
mane was Roderick. Mrs- Harri
son's youngest, an adorable but
nalnahiv uneasv little figure in
blue rompers.
His two brothers marched next
attired in various brilliantly-col
ored articles among which I recog
nized with dismay one of my pet
pieces of Chinese embroidery.
Marion brought up a rather ig
nominious rear, pulling a refrec
tory collie by a rope. But her
face was shining with the joy of
the dramatic which is ingrained
in her. and she evidently had no
thought as yet that she was, in
child perlance, being "put upon."
But Mary Harrison!
"Solomon in all his glory!" Lil
Han murmured, as Elizabeth's el
dest daughter flashed across the
lawn on a b'.cycle, and after riding
up and down at the side of the pa
rade, suddenly called: "Halt!" and
riding more slowly, gradually lift
ed herself until she was balanced
Ekillfully, if a bit unconvention
niiv unon the handle-bars- She
held the pose for a second; then
leaped to the ground, curtsied low
and threw kisses right and left
with all the aplomb of a season
ed circus equestrienne. '
She evidently had commandeer
ed with or without' her mother's
knowledge, her very best dancing
frock, a striking thing of scartsi
chiffon, which privately thoeght
much too ' pronounced for a child,
but which I had to admit suited
her dusky elf1nfface.:" Ascart ol
the same material """wag "hound
tightly around1 her forehead, with
ends left floating in the breeze,
while her thin brown legs were
encased in scarlet Bilk half-base
and white leather pumps.
Around her neck was a neck
lace of quaintly hand-carven Orion
tal beads of a slumberous red,
which I recognized ' as one of her
mother's choicest possessions, and
1 wondered if Elizabeth had tar
ried her theories of "developing
the play spirit" to the extent of
allowing Mury to wear the chorish
ed ornament.
"Now the performance is roady
to begin," Mary announced in loud
tones. Marion, you go now and b
I he audience."
"All right," Marion responded
cheerfully. "But when am I go
ing to perforin?"
"You're not going to perform,'
Mary retorted decisively. "What
can you do?"
(To Be Continued) :
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST
April showers
With some of the May flow
ers already here.
V .
Peach and almond trees are
already in bloom in the Polk
county hills.
There was further confirmation
in Salem yesterday by wire of the
ban by the Utah authorities on
California baby chicks. This order
will give the Salem district hatch
eries more than they can do.
S
Our hatcheries are already con
nectins ud with the order tor
180,000 baby chicks coming from
Utah, mentioned in The Statesman
several times' in the past few days.
And there will be more orders.
More than they can fill. It is. a
good omen lor the poultry boom
here in the Salem district that a
number of the hatcheries are al
ready signed -up locally fo as1
many orders as they can 1111. 11
looks like a good time for a lot
of new hatcheries to start; by men
who know the business and will
not make a fizzle of it. The poul
try boom 'will persist.
It, is likely that. the decision as
the flax prices' for 1924 will be
reached very soon; also the num
ber of acres to be contracted for.
Governor Pierce, at the Salem
hospital, is doing well. But his
physician. Dr. W. B. Morse, is
giving orders that he be kept quiet
for the rest of the week. The
stitches were removed on Sunday-
Miss Ruth S. Barber is the nurse
in charge.
mm
If you know anything in favor
qf the goat industry. Angora or
milk, please tell or write the Slo
gan editor. He needs help.
1 STAYT0N NEWS
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STAYTON, Ore., March 3. A
qomplete surprise was put over on
Thomas J. lemming Wednesday
when in response to invitations is
sued a score or more of his neigh
bors gathered his home during his
temporary absence, to celebrate
his birthday.
Another pleasant party in the
same neighborhood was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Sneed Saturday evening, when
they entertained for the pleasure
of his neighbors and friends.
Cards and other pleasurable
amusements held the crowd until
a late hour. At the close of the
games refreshments were served
by the hostess.
The community picnic to be
held at the Masonic hall on
March 7th promises to begone of
the most entertaining social
events of the pre-Len ten season.
Amusements of all kinds are be
ing arranged for by the various
committees in charge, some of
which are to be new and novel.
Refreshment booths will be in
evidence and a general good time
is assured all, who attend. It is
to be a benefit picnic sponsored by
Young Relatives of Czar,
by Bolshevists, Now
Jamara and Igo Alexander Gre
gorteff. related to the late Czar
Klcholas, were hounded through a
dozen countries before making
helr, way to the United States by
.way of. Canada. Their home was
la Petrograa near the royal palace
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The Boys and Girls Statesman
The Biggest Little Paper nl the World
Things
To Do
Copyright, 192.1, Associated Editors.
THE FAMILY PLEASURE CAR!
. Sfjrf kW? S& around bottom of picture
I ""Hr- 7- K& AND UP TO POTTED LINE "A".
j&S&r ; now paste car. on a piece
Sffr OF CARDBOARD AUD MOVE
ifiriyinA iVJ -Sr- ; T around in a circle
TrN Quickly, as shown in
Lrr r'STvr M fJJfifM$h StAAU. PICTURE. YOU
jCjnr 0 V 4Mss! vvm.u then see the
There's always room for one more in this crankles, gas
less old joy wagon, put out by the Antique Motor Company
in the year It-Dbesnt-Matter-Which ! Its lines aren't any
thing1 to brag to your friends about, but the engine is equal
to any situation, up-hill or down! The amount of dust it can
stir up is very impressive, while its chief advantage is in
being able to go so fast that the corner traffic cop can't read
the number as you pass.
With the i guarantee that you will never have to pay a
speeder's fine in court comes this set of directions given free
of charge with the car.
Cut out the picture around the base, across the dotted line
and around the top of the passengers, as is shown in the key
illustration. Then move the picture with a rotating turn of
your arm and watch the wheels go around!
The Community clubs and
the
I'arent-Teacher association.
The selling of the Mielki hard
ware stock and store buildings
came as a surprise to the people
ot Stayton. Tlie deal was closed
during the week just passed, and
Mr. Adams, the new owner, as
sumed charge of the business on
March 1. The services of H J.
Marking, a former hardware deal
er, have been secured to assist
Mr. Adams with the store.
The Gardner and Murphy saw
mill company i.s erecting a num
ber of small neat bungalows near
the mill for the comfort of the
mill hands and families. J. R.
Gardner of Stayton is doing the
carpenter work.
James Gait, bookkeeper for the
Brown-Petzel company, enter
tained a friend from out of town,
at his rooms -in the Jones apart
ments Thursday.
L. S. Lambert, patrolman of
road district No. 32, was in town
Thursday spotting a new sedan,
as is also George A. Smith, a
prominent real estate dealer
Stayton.
The women on the membership
committee of the Women's Com
munity club were out early and
late a day or so last week solicit
ing for new members and a long
list of new names was added to the
charter members through their ef
forts. '.,'.
Frank Siegmund and family
went to Lebanon Friday after
noon, Mr. Siegmund being one of
the members of the orchestra
which played for the dance Fri
day evening they returned to
their home on Fern ridge Satur
day. Miss Christine Harold of Salem
who recently returned from a
several months' visit in California,
passed through Stayton en route
to the home of her brother, Gus
B. Harold Monday, when she vis
ited several days.
George Keech, mayor of Stay
ton suffered a severe "Ittack of
heart trouble Saturday which
caused considerable alarm among
his friends' A physician was
called to attend him and at last
Pursued Over Europe
Students at Ohio Wesleyan
when the Russian revolution start
ed. They fled first to Asia and
then through Europe. The boy,
who Is fifteen, is the youngest
student at Ohio Wesleyan. . His
enrollment card shows that his
ambition Is to become politician.
he was somewhat im-
proved.
Mrs. Bert Kelthley and her
mother, MrjJ. Angel of North San
tiam were shopping among the
Stayton merchants Saturday.
Mrs. Molitor of Seattle visited
recently at the home of her
trother. Dee Harrington east of
town. Mr. Harrington and his
sister had lost track of each other
and had not met for 27 years.
The reunion was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Getta Tate was assisting
as Sales woman in Speer's store
during the week.
Mrs. Steven Weber of Sublimity
'.vas in Stayton Thursday superin
tending a business transaction in
potatoes.
H. C. Ackerman of Salem was
here last week a day or two look
ing after the automobile prospects
in the vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. .Miller and
their son Glen Miller" 'of Turner
were here Saturday visiting theii
nephew, Walter Miller and wife of
the Bon Ton confectionary.
, Harry Chance and his mother.
Mrs. A. J Chancp attanrio
9 uv.u uir
funeral of Hugh E. Kuenzll in
Salem Wednesday afternoon.
Haga Becomes Permanent
Scout Official in Valley
K. L. Haga of Spokane, north
west field executive of the Boy
Scouts, was named chief scout ex
ecutive for the new four county
merger at the county council meet
ing in Corvallis Saturday night and
yesterday established his office In
the Oregon building. He will as
sume his duties at once. Equip
ment used in the former scout
headquarters in the McCorniack
building is being moved to the
new location. Howard Zinser,
scout executive for the Salem dis
trict for several years, will be as
sistant executive.
Approximately 75 per cent of
the $10,000 budget adopted by the
council for work in the four coun
ties has been raised, it was re
ported by the various committees
in charge of the campaign.
Mr. Haga said yesterday. In ex
planation of Bis application for the
executive position, that he had
come to like Salem very much as
a result of frequent trips here on
scout affairs, and that he had
made up his mind to locate here if
possible.
WHOOPING COUGH
Hard on child hard on parents.
Control dreadfnl whooping and
coughing, help to quiet 6leep with
CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH REMEDY
Every user is a friend
T FUTURE DATES
Mr.h
Meeting.
o'clock.
c- Thursday T.anil Rttlmmt
Chamber of Commerce. 7:30
March 13. 14 and 15 SUto Intr
eholaratie 'basketball touroamest, WU
lamctta (rmoatinin
m March 14 15. Friday and SatnrdaT
twenty fifth annn.l convention of Mar
ion County Sunday School Council of K
"gioua Education.
Mr'h1i 15. Friday and Sato
day Marion county Sunday school branci
of rehriooa education meet at Stayton
March 19. Wednesday Annual concert.
Womi a auxiliary YWCA. Methodist
church.
A.pril. J?' 8n'dr rjedieation ot
statua "Tho Circuit Kider," ia tut
houaa frouada. ,
Oxefoo,1'' 'rl"T Primary laetloa ta
Juna 10, Tuesday Repnblicas ftstfea
l contention meats ia Claraland.
. 'f; Tnetday Democratic aaUa
1 aBtoa T ia K York.
Jnne 2T-28 Educational conference
Cnimniy of Owjon. Eugene. '
accounts
Load
of Fob
Edited by John M., Miller. f
Till! IllXGMASTER'S TLOWIXa
ELEPHANT
T. T. Barnum, the great circus
owner and showman, had clever
ideas for advertising. One of his
best was introduced in 1853 and
brought $250,000 worth of busi
ness free of charge ,to the show.
Barnum'a homain Connecticut
was along the line of the New'
York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad. From tne windows of
the train could easily be seen the
plowmen in the fields, so the idea
came to Barnum to hitch an ele
phant to his plow and use it while"
the trains passed. The idea
worked beyond Barnum's wildest'
dreams. An attendant in Oriental -;
costume was given a time-table
and upon the approach of. the
train, the elephant was started
down the furrow. Thousands of
spectators were drawn to the
sight. Photographers crowded the
little field while noted Journalists
were sent to cover the story.' The '
whole world heard about It.
Before the showman felt he had
received sufficient publicity, the
field has been plowed sixty times,
so said the stories that were cur
rent about the affair. An a mat
ter of fact, the elephant trainer
made no attempt to plow unless
he knew a train was schedaled to
pass. -
The physical prowess of an ath
lete is rarely demonstrated in cut
ting kindling or raking the rolling
lawn.
Cap'n Zyb
ELECTRICAL WRITING
Fellows keep on writing in and
asking for more stunts which in
volve chemistry and electricity.
Here is a trick which uses both..
Take an ordinary piece of white
5HEET METAL.
PAPER
paper and soak it in a solution of
potassium iodide for a bout a min
ute and then lay this sheet of
paper on a piece of sheet metal.
Connect the negative or zinc' ter
minal of an ordinary dry cell to
the sheet metal.
Use the wire connected to the
positive terminal as a pen and
start writing on the paper - with
this piece of wire. Dark brown
letters will be formed.
This is a very easy trick to per
form. If you wish another trick
way of writing, dip a regular pen
in some milk and write with It.
The letters will be invisible as sooa
as they dry, but they can be made
visible by holding the paper over a
flame. These milk letters will also
be a dark brown. S" "
CAP'S? ZYB.
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in Raising Purebred
Chickens
Hundreds of poultry men
have grown wealthy raisins
purebred chickens. Here is
an opportunity for yon to do
the same. Fourteen trios of
world champion chickens,'
with records of from 275
eggs to 315 eggs a year will
be given FREE to ambitious
people., Send name and ad
dress to Purebred Chicken
Editor, Northwest Poultry
Journal, Salem, Oregon,
Dept.- A. and full informa
tion will be mailed.
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