10 ! THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924 leu nnn rnmn n'irumn it wnu TrTn nrnn 1 1 ttiiuivino.Lunu rnuiviui KlEIJOFIIEB WORTH TD FLAX 1HDUSTBY Hr&.; Olberg of- Minneapolis1 Tells of Her Meeting and Correspondence with the Mother of the, Oregon Flax Industry A Visit to the 'Linen Centers of the World Is Described-EBusiness of Manufacturing Linen Will Not Be. Over; Done Here ,! i7 U. Editor Statesman : .""" i Since the death of Mrs. Lord, I hare, through the courtesy of her daughter Miss Elizabeth Lord, re ceived copies Of the Oregon States man telling ' of the -wonderful things, you were, doing out there along the line of flax. I hare for many, years,! through Mrs. Lord been much interested ,in your pro- trM of htilldfne tin th flax In dustry.'' fiat what, prompts, me to rite at this time was the article from the Pendleton East Oregon Ian: "Vftll the invention and use o the.flax, pulling machine bring about the establishment of a new and. Important .industry ln Ore gon?" ! j- ' ':' t' , Before going further, It may be of interest to your readers to know more of Mrs. Lord's work and the Industry she was so vitally inter ested la, while much has been said, the half has not been told, for una labored incessantly And if. you will bear with me I want to give you a llttlej. of ; past, history, that you majT; realize, I, know whereof I speak.-. ; I ' ; . r. ; . .. It was at the lYorld.'s Fair la Chicago I first met an aunt oj Mrs. Lord," Mrs. Fanny Stockbridge of Baltimore. 1 We were both, judges Mrs.' Stockbridge on Japanese goods and I of linens. She asked me to tell her how I became so in terested In! the flax industry. I told her through my father, who felt as many of us do now sure ly the United States, with all its resources,' should hare a linen in dustry ; of its own, for while we were at the time seven times the i largest linen consumer in .the world, there were! only two' small crash towel mills in the United States one : at Appleton, Wis., an other at- Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Stockbridge then said: . VMy. niece, who is the wife of . the present governor of Oregon, is very anxious to do something dur ing her husband's administration tp help the farmers, for all farm . products were so low. Would I wjlte ker," for she knew Oregon was a fine flax erowlna- state. ; Just before Christmas' of that . year I wrote Mrs. Lord, as re quested by her aunt. I think is was" the next year that she started the Woman's Flax Fibre associa tion, and while; the mill was burn ed and, they met with other re- . Tersest that association did. more thananjt one,,els (not excepting our government) j to demonstrate what could be done with Oregon tUx. i . t' " i I JUrs. Lord Ai Omaha I Then came the Omaha Exposi tion, where I placed .'and superin tended a flax exhibit for the state of Minnesota, and, strange enough, the Oregon exhibit was placed next ; t that of my own state The gov ernment had also a fine flax ex- . hibiti there,' but the man in charge knewjnohlBg of flax, and while : there was always a crowd at the Minnesota" exhibit, because it was a live exhibit; a woman making torcheon -nil low la.ee. tn hnw that It too was made from flax; and I talked to the people about our state and what we hoped to do with' flax. : fi : , . One day I went of er tp, the gov ernment exhibit, j I found i no. one there except a lady and gentleman, and I overheard the man make gome remark about the exhibit. J immediately stepped up and ex . plained the whole exhibit, and, tp , prove the interest, may I say thai a crowd soon gathered I to hear wfiaf T fcflfl rt f All' tham atiiiit f1,r ' Then I wrote Mrs. Lord to come, on, which she did (at her own ex pense; of, course). She remained ten days and we proceeded to or ganize a National Flax Fibre asso ciation. But that died a natural death!. That was the first and onlv timA 1 net Mrs. Lord. I found hef a charming woman, and with It all so practical, but we kept up a rapid correspondence ever since and one topic was always "flax." if 1 Soon alter Mrs. Lord ' returned fc.ome a gentleman from Belgium came to see me, who had a tank system of retting. , I advised him to go to Oregon, which he did. But he Was a. foreigner and, had much to learn of " American business methods and did not quite succeed, but I understand the penitentiary had! improved upon ythese tanks and is still using the system which Mr; Loppens introduced:. , la The Great Centers ' . Then I was honored by appoint ment as judge on linens at the Paris exposition In 190 and while there Mrs. Lor4 WTotes me that the Woman's Flsx I Fibre I association had sent a ton of flax fibre to Bel gium; to be spun and woven into napkins, that they could see for themselves just what quality- of goods Oregon flax would make She ordered them sent to me to carry home. I did so, and I am happy to say they, compared very favorably with high class goods of same texture and-weight, and this I could say sincefely. after having so recently had spread before meJ the very best ! products of the world. ! f f ::l - After leaving I'aris I Journeyed to' Brussels, where r4 met Mrs Card, of your jsate, t who was at the time vice president of the Wo man's Flax Fibre association; also Sir. Loppens, with his friend, Dr. Leo ; Backland, from s Yonkers, N. Yj, who was also vitally interested in the development of flax. We went together toXkmrtraL the flax center of the world. Flax is retted there In the river Lys, that slow,' sluggish stream,' where flax has been retted for two hundred years. We 8a w there ar toads of flax shipped from Russia! which at that time produced eighty per cent of all the flax grown. There we were shown through jthe scutching mills, where they produce such beautiful fibre, but the work was done mostly by 'hand. - .1 could not return home without peeing Ireland. My stopping place was Belfast, where I had a friend connected with the linen industry. He, I assure you; spared no pains In showing me about and I saw the f Intricate workings of those looms that have been brought to such perfection that they seem al most human. ? We speak of Irish linen yes, Irish' linen but not Irish flax, for a very small per centage of the flax? is grown In Ireland; but the most of it comes from Russia, as I have before stated.' ' t 1 The Polling' Machine ; '' And now to the pulling machine Many attempts have been made to perfect such a machine, but none have been a. success. It is really the first important step in the manipulation of flax and if the flax puller is j all that is claimed for it, it will certainly go a long ways toward establishing the flax Industry. Then; ; I understand, a successful scutching' mill is estab lished at the Oregon penitentiary. fl ji Sorting Is Important K One important matter should not be lost sight of the "sort ing." ; It may not amount to much at (first, but it will show to the world the kind of fibre Oregon is able to produce.' It has made my heart ache to see as fine flax as could be found anywhere dumped in all together,; when the buyers were crying out for Just such ma terial and almost paying its weight in gold for that very grade of flax. ' Of spinning machines and looms I will not speak, for If money is forthcoming that line of machin ery can easily be had. j As the Pendleton editor says, it is not wise for people to become stampeded in a matter of this sort, but there is no! danger of over production. I i I I i l have recently talked with a buyer for one of our leading dry goods stores in this city, who only last week returned from abroad, and he told me that he visited some of the largest and best mills and they were all catering to the United States trade; that ' they were putting forth every effort to produce a product to suit the Am erican trade, . but better , finish, bringing forth new; designs, and in every way trying to suit the Amer- mind you 'that Europe is not today producing fUw raw material - she did before! fre war- and tne con" sequences ar V that mercerized cot ton is very e.ensIvely taking the place of linen--, but a poor substl tute. I w '' '' Oregon Fib?r Flax State While! many oA our ; states can grow flax, it will nVver be general as with! Oregon. We here in Minnesota have expe Timented wtih fibre flax.) but witho ut labor sav ing machinery it co. lid not be made a financial suc'css. But having the largest Ul Veed mills in the world, a large . acreage of flax seed I is grown ye rly and from thU fibre we hav" several large establishments, sucl t as the Klearflax rug8. Two plt-Vits are making Insulation for refri verator cars, for building purposes, iltc. A large amount is used for furniture, too. : I i - . And. dear Mrs. Lord was tn'ji oi vision, but she did not lfve to', see her dre4m come true, and, as the Oregon Statesman has so ven Baid, she isaw further and .betu -r than did the men of her ;timA- Words fail me to express myseli as, to me worm ot uu grauu noble woman. As a friend and co worker jshe will ge greatly missed. (Mrs.) HENRIETTA C. OLBERO 2813 Pillsbury Ave., T Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 5, 1924. BUILDING SITE OF, I j POULTRY PLANT (Continued from i page 9) j : .... last analysis results are what real ly count in the , poultry business. Both as a, matter of pride, as well as for Its permanency, the poultry house should be painted, and If yards are needed, .the fences also look better if the posts are given a coat of paint. . An attractive poultry plant stocked with good fowl often brings ' cash customers, especially so if the poultryman happens to be in the breeding business. The prospective customer likes to buy from the breeder who takes great pride in his or her establishment. The best reason for this perhaps is the fact that the poultryman who produces quality stock generally keeps them in a healthy and at tractive environment. . COW 1 SI 1 ( BBB MORE ILK With 1184 cows in 61 herds on test the Tillamook number one cow testing association has fin ished the year of 1923-24 with an average production per cow of 8300. pounds of milk containing 367 pounds of butterfat, reports G. A. Peters, tester. That is more than double the average produc tion for the state, and an aver age of 300 pounds is considered good. H - In this cow testing association 51 of the 61 herds exceeded that average. The 10 highest herds had 195 cows that averaged 436 pounds of fat. The 10 lowest had 14? cows that averaged 276 pounds.! That "low" figure ex ceeds by about 30 pounds Tilla mook County's general average and Is more than 100 pounds above : the state average. The high herd, owner by Durrer , & Son, averaged 450 pounds for its 25 cows. The-milk produced by the cows in this association was valued at 8255,360 and the total feed cost was figured at $84,675. To cov er labor costs, interest, deprecia tion and the like the owners still had 8170,685 8144 per cow. This - Tillamook association has been in operation for about 12 years,! pays N. Q. Jamison, dairy specialist in charge of cow test ing association work for the Ore gon Agricultural college extension service; A steady Increase in av erage! production has been noted, brought about largely through use of purebred sires, elimination, of unprofitable cows, and better feed-: Ing practices. The 'state agricultural economic conference in considering ways and means of building up Oregon's dairy industry, reported that a most (effective means of increase lng average production per cow is through keeping systematic rec ords,! and that this can best be done through cow testing associa tions. Tillamook records show Mean taste; ar.d lastly, let me re-the conference was right. ? n v' 7 "V ' . - '-is. i - ; sf inn ill 1 1 j. I m s r it IJ:- r!th IVgtkir? Ccrer Hi-h ana CqxiiX 9B STAGES REPORT AT THE SALEM ; STAGE TERMITi'lL OH AVERAGE DAILY Thifc Means More Than 300 Passengers Are Handled ;. There Every Day, and a Service Rendered That Is Mod t: ern and Cannot.Be Had in Any Other Way They Bring ;? Much Trade tp Salem and Do a Great Deal in Bjuilding i 1 a Bigger and Better City , MOver 300 people on -an average afrive at and depart from the Sa lem stage terminal each day, on the 96 stages that report there, and the ticket sales here, at the Efage office In the Terminal hotel, ivhich is conducted in connection yrith the stage terminal, run above $250 a day on the average. ylThis figure does not include transfers, many of whom are forc ed to remain in the city for a short time. ; ' j 1 There are at least 56 drivers of these stages, 14 people employed around the terminal-; station in connection with the stage business. vand six taxi drivers. Most of these p eople have their homes or head- -- It Is( a Xew fdea is only a few years ago that the , present idea of:t system of stage lines, operating upon a def inite schedule, was conceived, and it is ati outgrowth of the old "jit bey" wlilch hauled people around the city and made special trips. Tjhese wi?re in demand between towns sepa1 rated by : only a tew miles, and hey gradually adopted a, regular mour of arrival and de parture. ' j Stage lines ' have opened a new era In transportation. Gone' are the days when traveling man is after having been forced to spend only a comparatively few minutes transacting business in one town. Instead of waiting he is now able to -visit several customers in as many towns and still get back home in time for a short visit with his family. New: .:- territory has been opened. Prom the Salem stage terminal tickets are sold direct for southern Oregon, points and various beaches,, quick con nections being assured the passen ger., Make Many Connections Stages at Roseburg arrive- in time to make j connections with those for southern Oregon points, including Grants Pass (gateway to the Oregon caves); Medford, the quickest route to Crater Lake, and then on to Ashland and Klamath Falls. This latter; trip can now be made in several hours , legs time than that needed by rail; and is shorter. Connections are made from Eugene, to Bend, and , from there to various Jeastern Oregon points. In fact, the whole coast is now covered by connecting .stage lines. I i Besides the J Portland-Salem lines coming into and going out of the Salem terminal, there is the line to Eugene and Roseburg and on south, the one to Mill City, to if DA. "l - F.- - :-v ..... .vt j . , W ii w' " ". ,.. Mr ' ' - , r. "1' MACOCkNi'J; AITO CX NOW:OPtN . " ... Home of MacDonald Auto Co.; Packard Agents in Salem; Also Home of Forssell Hap mobile Co. "; and Monmouth and McMInnville, and all the coast resort points, like the Tillamook beaches, Coos Bay etc., have connecting lines- Stages fromSeattle to San Diego make Salem calls. : - j I T They Bring Much Trad , Mill City trade has been brought to Salem to a large extent by the stages, ; though formerly It went to Albany, the rail connec tion: All the other lines bring business to Salem, I r Where the stage or Jitney for merly picked up its passengers on the street, or had a stand at some designated place, the demand proved so great that cities have been forced to designate a central place to discharge and receive pas sengers, much as any'union depot is maintained by, -the- railroads. These sub-let rooms for . restau- forced to wait hoursb for a train Dallas, Silverton, Independence raunts and other concessions and now the average city stage term inal provides k night's lodging for the traveler and many of the .per sonal articles ( and attentions that he may demand. This also. does its share toward contributing . to the volume of the city's business and adds dollars to the payroll In addition, to sales to out of town people .who otherwise would not spend their money In the city through Which they traveled. - Many Improvements Made A There is a $90,000 terminal building at Eugene, and one cost ing $50,000 at; Roseburg,! owned largely by the ? same people who control the ' ones at Salem and Portland and Seattle and other Washington cities. 1 The stages are all owned indi vidual mostly by the men who drive them. S They have a cooper ative arrangement, all working to- 3 gether. Eight new Fageol stages, are on the lines running' : south from Salem. 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