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HOW TO OVERCOME EVIL: Be kindly artectloned one to an
other with brotherly lore; in honour preferring one another; recom
pense to no man evil for erll. Provide things honest in the sight of
all men. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12: 10.1 721. ' , " .
L PRAYER: Gracionn Ood.. may Thy Spirit srip us with Buch
power that we shall ever destroy,
with Invci - i ''
with love.
rOZZGOlVQ SHARE OF $100,000,000
I "Purchase by the Oregon Development Fun of twelve flax
pullinj? machines' to help Willamette valley farmers in the corn-
ting flax harvest' serves to focus attention on an industry whose
possibilities of future expansion are tremendous.
! '. ' This refers to the growinf? of flax on a la rre scale in the
Willamette valley i and, in the wake of this large scale produc
tion, the development of linen nianufacturing plants adjacent
to the raw productl ;
j ' What this means to Oregon may be illustrated hy a few
facts, as follows: . ; -
!.' "The Willamette valley is today producing the-finest long
fiber flax grown in America. It is pronounced by experts to
be the equal of the best fiber produced in. JEuropei : -f ,
j . "Soil, climate and water supply in the Willamette valley.ia
'ideal for flax production. Today, there are 4,000 acres devoted
t to flax. in that section. This area can be increased to 1,000,000
'acres.- '" " :
; -' 'ilahy Willamette valley farms now growing grain crops
lwhich,vat presept prices, barely pay for the expense of growing
and leaving ho profit can produce flax to advantage 'A'ny
farmer who can grow grain can grow flax; preparation of the
soil is almost identical for both crops. But flax, according to
all growers who made a' report last year, yields a net profit of
;$30 per acre. . " .;
I -"One million acres can be changed from grain ;to flax pro-
'diictionj -and the.v.alue of the flax, at present prices, would be
"more than the combined value of all thd field, fruit and livestock
product's of the Willamette valley. :; A v -'-: I: v; .
; ; "Development" must,, of course, be -orderly and in line "with
market' demands.. 'Drainage and' even irrigation problems are
1 factors in the development, of the industry. Plants for separat-
-irl the fiber from the flax must be built. " ''. '
;;l Yet heYeis one fact that speaks well for the future sta
.. IJlityof tl.e industry: this eountry, it is said, imports flax and
linen annually totrmTalu t of $100,000,000. In other words, a
s.bmesti(i market pand Jiere, in
if otnrti great, domestic supply, Oregon farmers, manufacturers
!ahU-btisiness-:generally iteeds a generous part of. thatr$100,-
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f j.; The ibove uotejl article is the leading editorial of the June
- I i 'uie' of j' Oregott osuiesSj" the official magazine of the Clregori
:uta Clamber of Commerce. " " . . , .
X'tU)x true, btit if does not tell 'all, the truth. ; -
: 3 tl-ipos'slHe'lo. produce oh'a' single acre of Willamette valley
Hand flax to make-1000;pounds of long line fiber, besides: the
. iked and .other -Talnable by-products. This 1000 poundsj of .
! fiber manufactured into linen handkerchiefs" and sold at euf
;rent prices, 50 cents eaeb might bring $24,000. " - -4 -. j . .. v
"if In!tiply.2i,000 by. 1,000,000 acres, and see what y6ii get
1 1 i .You Iget-" 24,000,000)00. ., Mujtiply $24,000. by 5000 . acres,
;isnd you:getl2d,00p-Uahd that is $20,OOQ,000 more than the
jCICOjCGOjOCO'ofriinen and other flax' products .we are rjow 'im-.
poitlns into the United-States. annually; t " '.""; . .
j The ader may 'see-tfrointhe above that if 10,000 acres of
wldnd in tbe Willamette valley, rotated and cultivated and irri
pated and -fertilized-W-itg highest production," were planted -to
i flax, ;anil tKe fiber ,were made into linen N handkerchief s and
Isold at current retailprices, the sum would be greater than all
. . ! the products how iaken from' the land in the whole of Oregon
.-hieh is estimated at about $200,000,000 annually. v
-rf i Of course it would not be possible to sell that many hand
kerchiefs, at that price. But some of the fiber could be made
j: jifto laces, at. still higher prices. !And some of it into-loth for
I a" hundred (uses, -and ', 'somer of it into damask table linens and
9 iiapkins and towels, atf nearly as high prices, and some of it
. 1 into twines and threads, and yarns, at $1 up to $2.50 to $3.50 a
pound and upward. ' , - j
i Figure; out for yourself what 100,000 acres in flaxin the
Willamette valley, with factories here to make it into the arti
4cles of commerce, .would do for Oregon! " . r I
, i ; ; And erea the million acres
ahoyp may corae-fqr .it is coming about that flax fiber is to be
theaperthah cotton "fiber'-' and linen manufactures cheaper than
cotton manufactures-'"
And .there is no boll weevil in flax.- And no exoduof col-
bred laborers will hamper the linen industry;. for it iscoming
I to be an, industrj depending upon machinery, from the field to
i thef inched-product,' employing the highest class and .highest
4 paid lalior, on the, average, in all the manufacturing, industries
I ? ' Andiwe can raise the hemp toj eke . out: the oarser manufae
f tares of U lax., ' '' . '-' ...... i
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'Do" you get the vision?
C"n Vou look into' the future
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j - 'It'isiby' far the" biggest: tlnng; in Oregon, where -liature has
prepared all'the conditions to greater perfection than elsewhere
f n. the AVorld.; ' ' i , ' . -
IFOR ttKKYiriS"
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' : Tteracertajnly la a- revolution
rU overflies country. Things are
cV 83 rapidly; that it'.is hard
to'ker? track of what'Is-happen-'Z-.
Tce the tanking business,
for i-3 s r.ce. ; Formerly; the presi-il-'-t
cr the Lank h-id a barricaded
"'" in th rear-of the-bafldlng
tci? took la your card.
i -ri3jsty, you got
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ASSOCIATED F&ESS
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Orogon, m aaeond elaaa mattar.
evil with good and replace hate
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the . Willamette valley is the
in the mind of the writer quoted
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tTpnrr bms ;f f
in to see him, otherwise he was
busy.' Now the bank president's
ofrice is in the front of the bank
and he invites' people to 'see him.
The bankers have learned service
and -they are rendering it;
j. The above is a. preliminary to
what we are about to say on the
local situation.- The bankers are
promising to help the; loganberry
growers out.; Practical plans are
beingr formulated "and real cooper-
atlon la resulting. There is still
some little suspicion of course, but
it ia natural in view of history;
However, plase remember that at
the . bankers meeting at Seaside
one "Of the chief 'topics discussed
was 'how ' the banks conld be of
service to the "people.- This was
a -real discussion and not perfunc
tory. For several years I he bank;
era' outlook has been growing and
the results are apparent every
where. The effort to help the
loganberry growers- is not . the
first effort that has been made
to serve and be useful to the com
munity. It is just a practical ef
fort In a direction that has been
neglected. .
The banks everywhere are eager
for the. success of their customers:
It helps the banks. of Salem for
loganberry growers to be prosper
ous. On the contrary It hurts them'
to have the loganberry growers
lose.- We are coming to under?
stand that there Is a network of
Interests that bind us all together.
What helps one helps another, and
what hurts one hurts another. - Of
course this does not mean that the
banks are going to run wildly In
to speculation and chance-taking,
but it does mean that the banks
are going to be human and are
going to cooperate, in a human
way. The bankers are eager to
contribute to the public welfare,
and they are making personal ap
plication in this eagerness.
A banker whose only interest
and thought is building up his own
institution is no longer considered
as performing his full duty. He
wants to build his Institution, of
course, hut he realizes that the
community must be '.built with Its
There can not be a, great bank
without a great community back .
Of It.' - ' . - .'
- We hope that the public wiil
understand this. There is so much
of a" tendency to. assume selfish
ness, but. this kind of selfishness
is to be commended. It is to build
and help build. ; Every man wants
his -own business to flourish, but
to have it flourish ve must work
together. More and more banks
are coming to take J. P. Morgan's
view that money is loaned on
character as much as collateral.
In the' Instance of the loganberry
growers . these conditions will all
prevail, but there is a distinct de
sire for 'service that is back of it
all. to tielD those who heed help,
strengthen- those - who . are Weak,
and put on ' their feet those who
are struggling. The thrifty are
responsive, and- what we need is.
to-Increase the thrifty class.
CLASS coxsaocsxEss
The political party now in ses
sion in St.' Paul frankly admits
that Its aim is to arouse class con
sciousness. That very concession
how un-American it Is. , The
hope of - America Is absence of
class consciousness . We ' have
grown great because in every walk
of- life men have been able to rise
above their circumstances and be
come; great. ; " 1 - ' ' ','
Calvin CoOIIdge; was . a. farmer's
boy. - Dawes had no money -back
of him. .Woodrow Wilson was the
soji;'of -i a j Presbyterian preacher.
Garfield was a towpath boy, and
so alt along the route we find men
rising above 'their, circumstances.
a thing they can not do with class-
consciousness staring them in the
fare XT-"!
- Under the present circumstances
men seeking reliable employes are
hunting the world, 'over- to find
them; Under class consciousness
each class would fill Its own needs
and we - wouldn't be any better
than India. . ' --.
y ' Jfo; the : f arnier-labor -party will
not do". . 1 1 -l- .'
A CROWDED XORSIAIi
The crowded conditions of the
Monmouth state. normal calls for
attention. The Oregon Statesman
has some distinct ideas on this.
It wants the Monmouth normal im
proved by the; erection of new
bnildings and helped in every way,
but it also wants other normals
established in localities so far
away that Monmouth normal can
not serve them.1 This is done in
other ' states and will have - to be
dono in .Oregon.' "The normal
school does not draw very far,' and
unless there are several; normal
tinder-schools the result wm be
that inferior normal courses will
be added to other institutions -and
the education of our teachers will
be slighted. There should always
be the head normal and the others
should always be branches.
-We must not minimize the im
portance of normal education ' to
teachers. It is just as necessary
as special education for any other,
profession. - The teacher- has
charge of our children which is
more Important than almost any
thing In the world, and that teach
er must; be trained In . the latest
things in child culture.'' Normal
education ia something that can
not ..be .neglected or pushed aside.
TRUCKS AND ROADS
It has occasioned a good deal
of concern and the expenditure of
a good many, thousand dollars- to
protect the roads agalnsti heavily
loaded trucks. - '.The county " ha
protested butt'the trucks eeem 0
bte just as heavily 'loaded Jisthfy,
ever '.were.' y
f A plan has been proposed which
will help out and save ji Jot; of
money. : The plan 1s..tcf rhayrf. a
public weighing stationon each
side of'salem " This' will not de
lay the trucks long amVlt will
prevent overloading. The saving
on roads would be an hundred
times the cost of maintaining the
service. . We must" do something
to protect our hard surfaced roads
from these, trucks, ' f'y.,rj-
Do any of our readers "know of
a better plan than this? If so,
send it along. - ; (?- ? , .
.1 The , practice of' weighing the
trucks would, prevent fny over
loading, and it seems thM nothing
else will reach these people.-.
: A GOOD RUL.K
: Governor Pierce told' .the Quak
ers that ha was galas to have a
tee-totaler administration. ,.
Just splendid. ' . ' , ' "
Public sentiment in favor of un
approachable . personal habits is
growing, and the time is not far
distant when the public officials,
like Caesar's wife, must .be above
suspicion. . ' ' - " . i
Drinking is going out of fash
ion; bootleggers are killing' the
topers, and the next generation is
growing up sober. There must be
a responsible state administration.
The action of Governor Pierce' is
pioneering In Oregon but has be
come common- practice in other
states. There is no place in the
public service for men who, drink.
A REWARD OF MP,RIT
Senator Walsh is to be the chair
man of the national democratic
convention, as' a reward for his
services in investigations.
Exactly. 1 '
' The Oregon Statesman contend
ed all aloig that Walsh's sole Idea
was partisan advantage. , This la
now admitted. In the meantime
the public has forgotten the Inves
tigation, forgotten even the farce
of it and is going about' its way.
A WORLD TRAVELER
people now growing old can not
remember, the time .when Frank
G. Carpenter's travel letters were
not published in the papers. He
was one of the world's great trav
elers who went to the highways
and byways and had a nice facility
of expression. He is 'dead now
and ' his work, of course, will ' be
ephemereal, but ther present getter
ation will remember hjm' kin'd'ly'
as one who contributed 'to their
entertainment and information. t
OtTfXKJK IMPROVING
All ; the ; business , prpgnqstlca
tions indicate increased actitity.
Certain it Is - that "there' Is a mbre
hopeful spirit and the result will
be. better business. The farmers
are' Improving, their outlook is
brighter,' and they" will -be in a
fair way to get on their feet, .
i iT la
.Aspirations. ,
One chicken hopped in the barn
' yard
To have her bumble fling.
But the other aspired to royalty
Chicken a la King!
V " - Mrs. G. W. Pearson.'
Nothing Succeeds Like
, A salesman, Harry - Potash by
name, employed by. a company
dealing In feathers, sold to Morti
mer Cohen, an experienced dealer,
a carload of feathers. This was
the largest order, of. its kind .the
salesman had ever heard, about,
and he attached a note to the or
der saying: , "I guess this puts a
feather In my hat" ! ;
- The feathers were shipped and
a few days later the salesman re
ceived front . his firm the follow
ing letter: f '- 5
"With f reference to your "order
for Mortimer. Cohen, we wish .'to
advise -that the order has been
shipped and received by your cus
tomer. , We, are enclosing here
with three feathers; stick one of
them in your hat,' and attach one
to each shoulder -and fly home;
Cohen has failed." - - - "
if G. P. McNeal.
The Inquisitive' Reporter
' Our Inquisitive Reporter yester
day asked . this, question .ot four
people chosen at random:
"If It took three generations to
ripen .Greek, culture - and ; six
months to mature a good crop'of
alfalfa, bow long does It take for
the average woman, to reach, the
age of Sdiscre'ion?" .
Henry Hemp, contractor: "You
can search me,- Mister. I only
went' to night 'school, and 'plumb
forgot to study -t Greek." -
J. CiMcQuade. osteopath;4"Tin
doubtedly, but if cigarettes affect
yon that .way why don't you smeke
a plpe?r ... , . .1 v. a-
.Hazel, flart. waitress: ! . "Well.
I'll- admit I'm not as young aa I
M
used to l;e, young man, but I've
Btill got strength enough to signal
a cop where thee fresh les get too
annoying."' ' '" -1
3nrletorn Williams, broker: "It's
very unlikely.-; 'Th market 5 has
been very unsettled lately and the
only stock that shows any signifi
cant . activity is St. Vitu Pre
ferred." , :, f :
. Fato
In solitude a. melancholy soul was
,-' . craving -
For a sweetheart, , his long . lost
pearl; ; -
Close by, in a padded cell, anoth-
er was raving.
Poor . soul he married the first
one's girl. -
M. II. Corelll.
. "Who Vn the Judge?
Judge.4 "Do you drink?"
Rastus: "Well. Jed ge, am it a
invitation "or jes' an investiga
tion?" ...
i. ,' v F. S. Yamamota.
, - iff -
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All the' girls act the same way
when they want a .kiss. The dif
ference consists in their actions
when they want another one.
.. Adequate Coverage
"Johnny burned a hole in his
pants."
"Did he carry any Insurance?"
'Xo. His coat tail covered the
loss."
Harr C. Holmes.
JIXGLE-JAXGLES
Summer time. looks good, by heck.
These winter tlanners scratch my
neck.
E. L. O'Brien.
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He went out one night, stayed till
four. t
But now his key won't. fit her door
v , j' Mrs. G. B. Stone.
Old times .and old lures, wipe,
women and song.
New times bring new habits, boot
leggers, Mah-Jongg!
Elizabeth B." Slifer.
Sir. Chappfll I'asses By
- Itirtt SoitK
The poet interprets the song- of
'..'. the bird
In lovely, poetical terms, ,
But he knows in his .heart that
v the song he just heard
Means nothing , whatever but
worms.
, The' Report Card
I got. a "D" In 'rlthmetic;
I know it must be bad.
'Cause every time my pa says "d -My
ma get 8 awful mad!
No Doubt of It
- Kriss: "That' chap, Dawson,
has been mixed up In some rather
shJMtjr- business transactions."
' Kross: "You don't mean it!"'.
? ;Krlss: "I certainly do. "He's a
manufacturer of awnings.".
. Definition of a Flapper
. A flapper is a girl who powd
ers her nose, bobs her hair and
sayg to , herself: ' "Clother, I am
going downtown. If you want to
come along, hang- on!" -
R. A. Bell.
Hey Corn--C'mon Over!
"Bobbie." said a watchful moth
er to her son, "I don't want you
to allow any children' in school to
Now We Know Why
People Have
All in the Joints Says
Maine Doctor
. . "What fools we mortals be."
All these years we have been
trying to help thousands of foot
sore people by bathing and powd
ering the skin when all the time
the real trouble is in the bones,
ligaments and cartilage
Or, to be short, in the joints.
There are 26 bones in the foot
covered with , cartilage and con
nected with : ligaments and they
have.. a . tremendous amount of
work to do.
rThe slightest strain on one lit
tle ligament from being "on the
feet" too much inflames the whole
foot, causing soreness and burn
ing, aching, and-general misery.
" "All this can be quickly proved,"
says a -, prominent Maine doctor
whose' name is known the world
over. .' . ...
Just try a remedy that is com
pounded for joint troubles only
such as Joint-Ease, which , every
druggist carries.' .and see' how
quickly your sore, tired. Inflamed
and tortured' feet will get well and
Strong and sturdy again. ' f
Forget - your powdering and
soaking and other makeshifts foi
just a few days and get rid of all
foot misery by using Joint-Ease.
It's an aetive emolient that you
rub .on with your fingers for: about
a minute and it soaks right: In
through skin and flesh away down
to the joints the real seat . of all
troubles. ...
And remember when Joint-Ease
gets In all foot agony gets lout
quick A tube .for - 60 cents
Every drug store. ,
Daniel J. Fry sella lots of Joint
Ease. Adv; - - - - -
3
mi
call ybu anything but your right
name." i
Hobble: 'But mother, they
haye . already ; nicknamed me
'.Corns.' " ...
Mother: "Gracious me!; Why
do they call, you that?"
; Bobbie: "Because I'm always
at th? foot of my class."
Harry Burke.
Ethel:. "What makes yen-so
sure their honeymoon is over?"
Clara: "She , placed her mar
riage certificate in their safety
deposit box last week!"
Rut "Not With tho SclHsors!
They brought their Bewing along
to sew
But the stitches they took were
i,. ' few '.
They worked at ripping to pieces
the "reps"
Of all the girls that they knew.
, HOW TO .WRITE WHAT WE
'v. Want .
Rurlosquo
( -Burlesques are the most dif
ficult to write. They call, for
skillful and hldlcrous' represen
tation., They tend to excite
laughter by' extravagant and ex
aggerated Images.. ;
Burlesque '. ho.uldY not take
the form of mockery. There is
a very fine "distinction. The
Dr.' Traprock. series form one
of the finest' examples of true
and successful burlesque.
:Take -any. serious subject.
Treat ItT in a" farcical manner.
Give ; It ironical twists. You
will gradually get the knack of
true burlesque writing which
is better, obtained by reading
them in THE FUN SHOP de
partment than by detailed ex
planation. ' .
WHY: I WROTE "THE TRAIL
i ' RIDER ,
'v'liy George AV. OgdrT
'The Trail Rider" was written
in a serious effort to correct much
of the trashy,' lurid, libellous mat
ter that has been and is being
issued as "westerns," both in print
and on the screen. It was the
author's "purpose in this, as in all
his series of the west,, to write of
things as they were, of people as
they were and are. , There can be
a literature of the. west as well as
of the east; Stories of the west
have fallen Into such a low repute
on : account, of the great output
from : the hands there "is no ef
fort save .the manual involved -of
writers who never have been
west of Pittsburgh, that a serious
effort "often goes Into the discard
alongjWith the "pdt-boilers." Con
cerning "The Trail ,Rider." the
author has .written of his - own
country, .and his s own times. He"
is a native of Kansas; the soil of
thatcountry is between his toes.
The scenes of "The -Trail Rider"
are the scenes of his own boyhood.
The, white enamel
: cooking to h
with cove corners nnrl
L y" : : - rip"--'-""- "''.-
Jj222SSL -i- : r. '
lr- - - . H O SSI i fc
any projections or inaccessJb e
crevices, is always kept clean an I
shining by a single wipe with r
damp cloth. ; i
The shelf door
is an improved feature that i3,cf
greatest convenience in testing and
servingv. ;- v - . . v f .;
Your Iritchen
These summer days often makejdne wish that all fWgrew on trees ready to be eat
You will, know almost that Utopian state with: the right kind, of electric range. Yo.
find a new comfort anew convenience a . - - s -r
greater leisure through
ELECTRIC RANGES
They're offered for a limited time
payment plans that. you will want
PORTLAND ELECTRIC POWER CO.
Phone 85. , , y j 4 237 N. Liberly.St., Salem, Oregon:
the character but the" reflections
of-the people ;who passed in the
review of: those. bleak, days upon
tlio ' prairie! J titte must have
known the iffe'; that ;he! 'attempts
to put into it-bpok,' otherwise, the
counterfeit' Af.lt Is apparent. , 4
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BURBANK POTATOES
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' We. have some choice Burbank Potatoes on.
hand; suitable for table use or for seed. Our
price Is right. Now is a good time to plant
potatoes for ' main crop and it looks like it
would be profitable as the acreage is very short
: this year. r--
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J; SALT YOUR HAY
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We have just received a car load of Hay Salt
and prices are the jowest in the city. . It pays
to salt your hay, also, sprinkle a little sulphur
. over and around the barn to keep the mice out.
.': We sell it in any sized lot you want.
PHONE 160. 261 STATE I
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lvitlifm.
will be delightfully coc
an such easy
-one' in your
yj are linstrtng tndt -The
very first nights;;
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J. W. P. AUTO ENAMEL
As a special inducement w.c will make a
very low price on finishing a limited num
ber of cars. This is a special offer to ad
vertise our products. , So you must hurry.
RUE & CLOW
173 S. Liberty ..St. . ,
D, A. White & Sons
time
Until June 30th
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the balance on e
monthly payme:
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