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' 4 , r TIIE OREGON STATl5SMAN,i SALEM, OREGON ? ' SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1924 ' - ft .1 I . . . I -r - T ' Issued Dally Except Monday by THB STaTESHaV rUBUSHma COMPUTY j SIS Seats Oommarcial St, Sslesa, Orefoa R. J. HesJrirkl Joke L. Brady freak JsskwaM ' Ifsisfsr Editor afaaafar Jab Ixpt. ' MEMBER 01 THB ASSOCIATED PBE8S Tse AatoelaUd Prtaa la exclusively entitled to the naa for poblleatloa of all aa diapatebaa eraditad ta it ar net otherwise araditad la la la paper and also tee (oral atwi pabliahad haraia. ' ft. HENDRICKS Praaidcat C1RLE ABRAMS SaeraUry J. L. BRADT Viea-Praaidaat ' . - BUSINESS OFflCES: Tkaaaaa T. Clark Co, Haw Tark, 141-14S Weat 38th St.; Ohleago, HarqaaUa Bojld- - . lag. W. S Qrathwahl, Mgr. (PortUad Offica, 8S Worcaatar Bld Phoua 6631 Bftoadwaf. 0. a. WillUal, Up.) Bailaaaa Offle - 1 Nawi Dapartaiaa ' ' Jo Sapartmant TELEPHONES: SB Oirealatloa Of flea S-10 Bociaty Editor B8S B8S 10 Eatarad at taa Poitoffiea U Balam, Orags, aa tacoad eaaa aaattar. SEVEN OUTSTANDING REASONS WHY THE TIME IS OPPORTUNE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINEN INDUSTRY HERE plant, an urge to be a part of the growing, advancing, energetic world. It la treat to live In Ore gon in spring, to see the new bloom, to feel the new strength and to know that for another sea son we are a part of the developing life of this wonderful state. CJKTTIXG KVKX must know the hard road they traveled, and can thereby be In spired for more energetic effort The Oregon Statesman desires to compliment the women's club in providing an Oregon dinner. Such things are encouraging and inspir ing. Oregon can come mighty nearly building a fence around it self and existing. We would not want to do this, of course; we want .to get out into9 the markets For the first time in the history of America the lawyers are really getting hit. They have run things of the statend the world, but in with a high hand. They have order to selPour goods abroad we taken our offices, bis and little, niust first sell them to our own and have filled them. They have people, leisure The North Dakota primaries were important because they showed plainly that the old non partisan league is actually dead, and that the breath of life can never again be hreathed into it. Some of the alleged leaders there have become carpetbaggers in other states, but they cannot bring the thing back to life. It is dead. There are seven outstanding reasons? w'ay the time is oppor tune , for the development of the linen industry in Salem; in the Salem district J in the' Willamette valley To commence this development atone'e. Firatj the protective tariff rates are favorable. . Second, the-price of cotton fiber is now alwut equal to the price of flax fiber in this country. Cotton fiber is higher than flax fiber in Belfast; around $900 for cotton fiber and around $600 a ton for flax fiber. Third, the flax industry is well on the way to development in "the Salem district, through the operations of the state flax planf apcl several private concerns. The foundations ofa linen industry are laid here. ' ' ' - , ' q f . . . , Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh:? For fifty Wars the' linen industry wis. at a standstill as regards new .methods and inven tions in the1 handling of the crop and! the manufacturing of the products. 'In the past fe.w, years these things have1 come to pass: Fourth,, the invention of ..ajBUCcessful .flax pulling machine. Fifthj-the discovery of a successful' method ot warm water retting, ' a..-,,-.,. f -. V Sixth, the very recent invention of a scratching machine that Vill allow the work of one man to perform the work of six men with the; machine it replaces; ' Seventh, the development of chemical and mechanical bleaching. We may be on he verge of an eighth reason, completing the circle of mechanical ingenuity to render the cost of the production of linen goods cheaper than that of cotton goods; withthe, value in wear and strength and durability immensely in fator of the manufacturers of flax running from three to a dozen times the comparative value, all in favor of the articles made from flax. It is this : , Flax may bel pulled by,! a; machine, eliminating expensive hand. .labor; ; cutting the cost in two, and in time cutting it in two again, besides making vit possible to, grow flax in a large wayTy individual farmers. It may be retted with warm water, eutt jog down the cost Immensely. It may be scutched at a sixth of ttye 'former cost. T It, may be bleached ata nominal cot. com pared With. the expehsciof ;former methods; J . '; J ! ,1 U i j,r tpiit there is no way as yet to artificially "dry the flax after rettU , preparatory, toi serutchiug. f, lEvery experiment in this line has resulted in. taking away, some of the strength and robbjirig it of some of its "nature," or availability for easy spinijiiig. Many experiments have been tried. Many are being tried. The gra Belfast, manufacturers now combine iji'main tainQig a research department for every branch and phase of the industry The discovery of , the right process of drying raaybe made in Jreland. It may be made in Canada, where experunents are being tried,; or in -Michigan, where such proc is infuse, at Duluth, with the coarser eastern fiber' for making Klearflax rugs and articles of thdt class but riot fodnd entirely" satisfactory r , ' ' : "Or the, discovery may be made in Salem, for Robert Craw ford! superintendent of the state flax plant, is about to begin V an experiment in this line ; and he. believes he has the magio secret! irnis'.mind.'. ;.;.;. :l; :. Any way, the discovery is sure to be made; nature's secret Willie found out. , " jhe'n,', within a very short time, it will be possible to put liner manufactures on the market to compete in price with cotton goods . : - v fjind this will lead to a tremendous development of the linen industry, in all lands where fine fiber flax can be grown and manufactured: and even in such districts as that of the Belfast section of Ireland, which must import most of its fibers' or yarfcs 's-v -c 5 . But especially in the Salem district, where all the conditions are fcight, both for growing and manuf aoturing. There are very few; such districts in the world; not one in the world quite up to all the marks" as the Salem district."' - , ."Now is the accepted time," as the revivalist would say. We inust use opt ppporfunityrjose fy; or at leAst run the risk of losing it that is, the opportunity first named the favorable protective' tariff rates. . ; ' .Let ns here in the Salem district develop a1 linen industry that will turn out $100,000,000 annually of linen manufactures and the by-products of flax. manufacturing, and supplying the home markets, and the favorable duties will be retained. - (There is no time to lose. There is risk in delay. There is no reason for delay.-' The capital can be had here in Oregon for the 'first mill; a million and a quarter to a million and a half about "the same as the cost of the first installatiori6f a paper mill. A smaller initial amount, really; with a considerable. sura for keeping a year ahead of the raw materials. Except for this, less than a million dollars would suffice. The first null will pay; it will pay bisr. Then others will follow. They will come fast, representing every phase of the industry.' Then We will be on onr war to heenmincr the Belfast. the. Linenapolia, of North America, with a million people .em- ptoyeu airecxiy ana inaireciiy m ine inausiry. been the political leisure class. They always had time for politics, while all other classes had to work all the time. At last the blow has fallen. The lawyers of the country are being swatted right and left be cause this is a period that demands men who are above suspicion, and it has been the ambition of every lawyer to attach himself more or less conspicuously with a corpora tion. Until just recently it was a badge of distinction to be a corpor ation lawyer. If the present trend continues it will be an evidence of disgrace. Possibly, now, if so many lawy ers are being disqualified, the other lines of active endeavor, will come in for a place. The editors may be able to run for something more than the postotf ice, and the REVELATIONS OF A WIFE doctors may be able to lay aside their. pill boxes and prescribe for the body politic. The bankers may pause in counting their gains and wonderings over the success of their loans and get into the game of politics. The lawyers have kept us back for a long time through one argument or another, but if the lawyers are disqualified we venturei to predict that- there will be no more talk of it being unrespectable to hold office. MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Adele Garrison's New Phase of Copyright 1921. by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc. Cap'n Zyb ; r SQUIRRELS FOR PKTS Say, fellows, now is just about the time when you can go out into some woods and Ret yourself a squirrel a young one and take CHAPTER J32 AN UNEASY FEELING OP BE ING WATCHED THAT TROUBLED MADGE HEARD THE TRUTH The only pity is that everyone in Salem did not hear Hamilton Holt and Dr. Boynton last night. They had great messages, the kind the American people need. We have been lying back in snug sat isfaction with ourselves. We have let the rest of the world go by. We 'need to have brought home to us our responsibility to our ances tors from whom every white man in America sprung. We have not performed our ob ligations; Ve have been selfish and I trick of putting my purse, veil and narrow. We have done our best I gloves into my bag, that I might to Put a stone wall around our nt mislay them during the jour ountry. We have beerudsred an then opening my favor Verything we gave to Europe, and l turned to th con" ... .i. v. had read tfle firt instalments :i JV"-. 4T, C' m. 81 oc But I could not fix my eyes on luJu., auu mew prpgmm the printed page before me, for it our program, in a measurej we seemed to me that eyes behind me, talk, about being out of Europe, concealed by thick-lensed glasses, when, we are in Europe all the were boring into my back. It was t OREGOX IN SPRING Spring Is upon us, the time ot the; year ; when the dull, froien world, has so tar thawed out that thef lowers and frnlts have raised their heads and are becoming ex ceedingly beaatlfnL The voice of spring is In the air and the sense of It is around - about . ns . like a blessing from heaven.. .'Nature is lifting up its head and the voices of Its children are calling us to look, look, look ! And as we look, down upon the delicate little flow ers, the first to defy the , cold, strangely; they do not shiver. They give no Indication of the peril through which they, have' gone. They look as sweet as the first bornlooka to Its mother, and as full of hope as life. The dead stocks of yesteryear are not pretty lying on the ground, but they are the reminders of what to. expect for the season.. . r. J-s ' There was something about the tall distinguished-looking foreign er who had just assisted me aboard the train that made me feel vague ly ill at ease. Thank you so much," I mur mured, awkwardly enough, in deed, and walked on to my chair, which 1 immediately swung facing the window. I think every woman has the in tuition which tells her when a man is looking at her, and I was acutely conscious that the eyes of the elderly foreigner were watch ing my every movement. I hast ened to settle myself for the trip to the city with my usual fussy him home and make a pet out of him. Don"t try to get a grown-up squirrel, because they never be come very tame and are usually bad dispositioned. A little fellow is a different mat ter, though. If you get one, build him a lare, airy cage, as shown in the illustration. Be sure to put a branch or two in it so he can hop around a bit. Feed your squirrel with nuts and carrots and cabbage. Give him plenty of real hard nuts so as to keep his teeth in good condi tion. It is just as important for a squirrel to have hard nuts for, his teeth as it is for -you to use a toothbrush on yours. You must be careful to protect the young squirrels from cats, as the two animals do not get along together verv well. After you have had Mr. Squirrel for a couple of months, maybe three, you can start letting him out of his cage for a while, but don't let him stay out for too long or some day he will not come back. Be careful of the squirrel's sharp teeth until he knows y,ou, or he may try to take a bite at you. CAP'N ZYB. 'elderly" in my mental inventory bf him. That adjective had been an adjunct of my cursory first im pression of the man, born of his snowy hair and Vandyke beard. But I could clearly see that the skin below that snowy hair was firm and ruddy, that of a man in his late forties, and I. guessed that the eyes concealed ' "by the thick- lensed glasses were not In-the least dimmed by age. There was no suspicion of dis guise about him, however. I could have taken an oath that his hair aMd beard were neither dyed nor false, and the glasses were those frequently used to correct a cer- tlnte. Our people are going; there in the thousands. We are unof ficial observers of the league of nations, talking most of the time, but paying none of the expenses of the league. We are right now settling the trouble between ranee and Germany. Yes, Ameri ca is already In ' Europe, but we are trying to deceive ourselves with the fiction that while we are actually there, we are at the same time actually away from there. This Inefficient stuff does not ap peal to us any more. Those who heard Dr. Holt and Dr. Boynton will carry witi them long time the impressions of those messages and will also be almost eerie, uncomfortable feel ing, and I moved involuntarily in my seat and looked out of the win dow at the beautiful panorama of bay and stream and forest flitting past us And then, for a brief minute or two, the view outside was ob scured by the long length of a freight train, incidentally trans forming my window into a fairly good mirror. And in it I saw my intuition confirmed. Madge Is Puzzled The elderly ioreigner was watching me intently, his thick- lensed glasses shielding his eyes from the sun rays which were play ing over his features. It was aoie to oe missionaries in spread-, quick, however, and unusually ing the gospel of America's re- (adroit, for as he caught my eyes sponsiDility to the rest of the ift the mirrored window he world. We must carry this home dropped his own to the open to ourselves. Vr book before him, and remained in that attitude until we had cleared the freight train at last, and I could no longer see him I would have censured any other woman indeed, I blame myself for using the opportunity afforded me by the mirrored window and his averted gaze to study his ap- But my curi- XOT YET EXONERATED Mr. Daugherty is Jumping at conclusions. Every day he issues statement declaring that he is exonerated. He is not exonerated, but he is 'befouled by the worst pearance critically gang of outlaws and toughs the losity and my imagination had been country has ever seen. All of his excited by his unusual appearance. accusers are people with odorous and hls scrutiny of myself, and, I records. They are even brlneine i confess it shamefacedly, I frankly ia Al Jennings from Oklahoma. One thing is certain, if Daugherty associated with this gang of men and women who are witnessing against1 him, he deserves all he is getting, and a bit more. stared at him until his image flashed out of. my window-pane and the wonderful sunlit panorama outside came back. But I saw nothing of sunlight or sea, neither did I return ta my magazine for miles. With ulfsee- As the spring advances, these broken stalks will gently and quietly return to the earth to en rich the. oil for the coming crop. The early flowers do not look brave; they look rather pitiful they are. so sweet, so delicate that they arouse in us a feeling of ten derness closely akin to sadness. and we think of. the little baby that died, and the ' sweet little flowers- remind us of a lock of hair kept as a remembrance of the little body sleeping in the earth forever. f . ' Spring is the season of hope, 'the season when men take on new courage, 'when they feel like do ing, big things, things worth" while.5 It Is a growing season when the sap comes up in the tough old trees, Just as new energy comes into the lives of old men and makes thenragain ambitious to take their places In; the world and go on. There Is. an, urge to plow and to However, the investigating com- ing eyes fixed on the landscape mtttee certainly cannot feel proud outside I was summing up my im of the character of its witnesses, pressions of the foreigner behind or satisfied with the testimony me they are giving. It would be a good plan to try calling some high- class people. "Has Anything Happened?'- I no longer employed the term STUDYING OREGON HISTORY We welcome Professor Horner's new history of Oregon for two reasons: It is concise, and a busy man can learn something of the state. The other reason is that it was written only because new facts of history have been dis- i closed. Oregon Is a great state. We are tent busy building It now. but we can build better It we know its history. No man undertakes to erect a building who does not first inquire as to the foundation, and he makes his structure according ly. As we build Oregon we must know the vicissitudes through! which : the .-early settlers passed, : ord Given Boi v This ym is 8 ! la WtaKnt Prise as isTsT I I aa i s is The figures represent correspond lag letters In the alphabet. Fif ure 1 Is A, 2 Is B. and mo on. The ten figures spell three word. What are the wordst To XCea, Woman, Boys aad Qtrle All can share In these easy-to-wtn prUea. Bend the three words on sheet of paper, neatly written, with your name and address. First prise. 19Z4 FORD TOURING CAR. Besides this splendid first prise we are rolng- to five away thirty-nine other prizes. Bead Tour Amswer Aet Qvlctty TZO FACOTO XOSCBSTEA9 809 B. CoauBOMlal S SeJsaa, Or, Things To Do The Boys and Girls Statesman The BIggeat Utile Paper at the World ot Fsa Copyright, 1023, Aawoclated Editor. Edited, by John M. Miller. Basketball Perfecting the CJame During "Time Out" "EM Wj? a ww m SHOOT CLEAN- EM-WATCH .FOLLOW Line your men up before the game for goal shooting practice. See that each one learns to shoot well. Follow the four slogans on the il lustration for basket success. "Time out" in a basketball game is often called to break the "going streak" of the opposing team. If uch a streak by your team Is broken, fry to keep up your, pep during the rest. Players should avail themselves of the opportunity ot such a time to rest from fatigue. Have a wet towel and water handy. Get through with them as qvickly as possible and get your heads to gether to perfect your game. Time Out Valuable If your team is on the offensive think over whether or not your plays are working as they should. Maybe your team is holding the ball a second too long before pass ing. Maybe you are taking too many long shots and using too many long passes. Maybe some one player isn't doing his share. Find out what's wrong and then correct it when the time out is i over. Defensive players should also make use of the time out to see what's wrong. Maybe you are playing a smashing team or pos sibly a very clever team. Maybe one man on the offense is doing all the work if so, get him cov ered. Practice Goal Tossing Accurate goal shooting by every man on your team, no matter what position he plays, wins games tor the defense will quickly discover the fact that only two or three men on your team are able to make baskets and will keep those play ers so closely guarded,. that the score will not mount in your favor as it should. But if all are good goal shooters, the defense will have an impossible Job, watching all of you. Opponents can block two goal tossers but not five. Ac curate goal tossing by every man on the team is the most important element of playing basketball. PKTKR PtTZZLK SAYS Make a word square from the following four-letter words: : l. : Old. 2. A part of the steering equipment of an automobile. 3. Comfort. 4. The past tense of draw. A Merry Chase Squire: "Do you give your dot any exercise, Mr. Smith?" Farmer Smith: "Oh, yes; h9 goes for a tramp nearly every day!" . 1. . , .. The Question Mother: "Jessie, the next time you hurt that kitty, I am going to do the same thing to you. It yon slap it, I'll slap you. It you pull its ears, I'll pull yours. It you pinch it, J'll pinch you. There now!" Jessie (after a moment's . re flection): "Mamma, what'll you do if I pull Its tail?" Dangerous Aunt Dinah: "Heah, you, chile, take dat key outen yo mouf, yoa want to get de lockjaw?" Ills Gang "Was your father a policeman?." "No, but he went with them a lot." ,w Answer to today's word square: Aged. Gear, Ease. Drew. T Iffl tl'UljH reJM WAS TRXtN'A I might to banish the impression, to assure myself that I was the victim of an overwrought imagin ation, I could not rid myself of the idea that somewhere I had met the man before, and that he was aware of my identity. I ran over all the foreigners 1 ever had met. most of them ac quaintances of Dicky's, but none in all fhe" list could I remember any one remotely resembling this man who was so intriguing my imagination. And then common sense came to my rescue, and I berated my self soundly for the foolishness of which I had been guilty. I might much beter read melodramatic fiction, I told myself, instead of trying to imagine myself a part of tain defect of vision. But try as it, and I turned resolutely to my serial, forcing myself to read, and keeping my eyes glued to the pages of the periodical I had bought until we were nearing New York City. We had just entered the long tunnel stretching from Long Isl and under the East river to the heart of the city when the train came to a standstill, not suddenly, but gradually. I thought nothing of it, at first, but after a few min utes I saw some of the men in the car look at one another, and then get up and go into a forward coach. "Has anything happened?" I asked myself with a - tremor of which I was ashamed, and I was glad for the moment that there was no one who knew me to ob serve the pallor which I was sure had settled on my face. Always I have had a terrified obsession when passing through the; long tunnel that something awful would happen to me sometime when tnv- ; ( eling through it, and the delay t which I could not help but see was making some of the other passen- -gers uneasy was getting " on my, , nerves. And then the lights of the car were suddenly blotted out,, leaving.. t. us in total darkness. i vil" - (To-be continued.)- . 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