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t . t; : t '4 I THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON C SUNDAY! MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1924 r' ! J r V ft .-... 4 M if r ! i. 4 V k it -V a : V 4 i '4-- k i f f -- ' "' - - nwriiimwiwi iwmi i iiiiibh.miwuii ii ni iiiniii.iw ii iiumiuii muni mi inI mtoum mnwniimnwi mff . I Lm - : : - J- I ' . , - 1 : t 7 - f ! - ; I 1 ' .'. ft tmaamaKm n ' " ""' ""' " '"' iiiiiiiiitoiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiliiiii mi.! ilihim.i.iiwiiuiiiiiiiliiiiii .iii.n.i i. k ,.. , in,.i.. I..,,!,!. , . ,.....,.,.,.,I ,JJ;..., l..ll,r,..:::........;.l::.;!;.:,;:.:J HERE IS A BIG MAN WHO WANTS TO PUT OREGON WALNUTS ON THE MAP IN A BIG WAY-HE'S RIGHT F. A. Freeman, Pi.omlnent Portland Bpnd fl)ealer; Puts Forward a Proposition That, Acted Upon According to the Way 2 He Outlines It, Would Bring Oregon Most Valuable Advertising, Besides Being; Worth Many Millions Annually to This State. (The following cop.r of a letter, received by The Statesman, is gladly printed and commended to every reader;) I jW. D. B. Dodson, General Man ager Portland Chamber of Com merce, Portland, Qrtjgon Dear Mr. Dodson: The worrld knows about Portland's roses and a large part of the i world co mes to gee them. ' Very few Portland people, to; say nothing of the rest of the world, know that English walnuts thrive in Portland and nuts of si perior quality are not grown any where. . j! """" - J j Why not secure the cooperation of every home owner in Portland by planting ! a couple of English walnut Jtrees in his yard and spreading the 'fame of Portland? LOOICING iMiEAD FOR Ic j Plan now for winter comfort by asking for further informa tion regarding the most econo mical heating plant on the mtr&et. . Eastman Sibloco : "'Furnaces I I $79.60 and up I I'1 !; V ... : , . - j " ) " : . 1 " V f ' A le post' card brings thi Information without any obli gation on your part, i Silverton Blow Pipe Co SflTerton Oregon True, English walnuts are an im portant crop In certain parts of the Willamette valley, but how many visuprs to Portland kn.iw anything; about ItT The bulk of the people ; of the nation, and, no doubt, he majority of Portland people included, think that the walnuts;; consumed in the United States all come from California. Oregon walnuts are superior to those grown in California and, I believe, demand a better price in the market Better prices are ask ed for them in the Portland stores. When people think of California products, unconsciously they think of California's wonderful climate, the great Jure that is increasing the population there - so rapidly. Why not prove to) the world that Portland has superb climatic con ditions I by thrusting before the eyes of every Portland "visitor wal nuts in all' our gardens and along our streets? The tree is a beauti ful tree, j Jt is hardy, it require) no pruning; nature takes care of that. There is no labor in pick ing; nature provides for that. When the nuts mature they fall. Why not the city In its rarks plant large numbers of walnut trees and provide without any cost an abundance of fine walnuts for the ijeeds of all the charitable in stitutions and the hospitals l Portland as far as they have use for them and when the trees have reached the stage of bearing far beyond such necessities, why not let the children who lime In apart ment houses and elsewhere with no nuts at home gather the nuts? Many thousands of walnut tres could be planted j in the parks of Portland and on It municipal golf links without interfering in the least wth their usefulness. A mu nicipality (owned atito camp with a few hundred trees in and around HERE. MR. HOMEBUILDER Is the BEST, SAFEST, STRONGEST, and. In the long run, the CHEAPEST Material out of which to build your. home. It Is BURNED CI.AY HOLLOW BUILD INO TILE it insures Fire Safety Health and Comfort. Ask for . Catalog 'and Booklet of ----- f -, I- SALEM BRICK & TlLE CO. Salem, Oregon Phone 917 1 V Plans. TJ 1 S S r T 1 pfiKl it i Mfrs. of Burned Clay Hollow Buding Tile, Brick, , and Drain xue ; It would serve very valuable adver tising purposes. . : If I am not mistaken, a large part of the logged off lands on the slopes of the Willamette valley Would be ideal for growing wal nuts, which would solve the puz zle of how to advantageously, util ize them. ; t : Why not aid the walnut growers of Oregon to a greater and better market for their product by at tracting the attention of the world to the Oregon walnut through the medium of a proper display of the Portland walnut? Why not an an nual walnut show in Portland where the growers of the world will be invited to show their pro duct and enable Oregon growers to garner the bulk of the 'prizes? Why not the park department of Portland start a walnut nursery to provide free of cost young wal nut trees for all who will agree to set them out in their yards and in the parking strips of their homes in Portland? Why not the county commissioners lend their aid by a county nurseryj for furnishing young trees for county planting outside of the city and along all the county highways? . .. Why not the state highway commission lend Its cooperation by planting walnut trees along every highway of the Willamette valley, where climatic conditions favor the growing of English walnuts, ' making, every main highway of the Willamette valley a "Walnut Avenue." Perhaps you do not know about these wonderful walnut trees that grow in Portland. Let me, show you. two beautiful trees I have in my yard at 812 Northrup street. I would like you to see how heavily they yield. , I would like to Bhow you other fine trees about the city.I would like you to see my baby tree in the yard of one of my neighbors with three nuts on it. The owner Is almost as proud of that three with its three nuts as he is proud of his son and two fine daughters of about the same height. t Let's get walnut growing es tablished on a big scale in Port land, starting it by contracting with a nursery for 10.000 trees to be sold at cost to Portland resi dents who will agree to plant them on their home premises and along their street' parking strips. :Ten thousand trees is a order and will call for alow cost per tree. If the Portland people are awak ened to what they can accomplish and are inspired to take a hand in the game, 10,000 trees will njt suffice for the first year's plant ing and the cost per tree, can be reduced still lower by a require ment for perhaps 25,000 to 50,000 trees, or even more. In. another year or two, through" the aid of a Come 'to The OREGON STATE FAIR - '!.--..' i :" i- '- ; ' . : :- ; , ; - ; We will be there with a complete display of our , Building Materials In the New Pavilion Mrs. A. B. Kelsay will be in charge to answer ; ; ' i any; questions you might ask COBBS & MITCHELL CO. " Successors to Falls Cily-Salerh Lumber Company; 349 S. 12th (Opposite Kay s Woolen Mills) " ' A. B. Kelsay, Manager 0 : i ': . 'I park department nursery, the mu nicipality could supply all de mands. Very truly yours," P. A. FREEMAN. Portland, Or., Sept. 16, 1924. S tealing . Slogan Man's Thunder (Mr. Freeman Is a member of the prominent firm of Freeman, Smith & Camp Co., dealers In bonds. In the above he is un wittingly stealing some of the thunder of the Slogan editor of The Statesman, who has been ar guing along thele lines for several years not, however, as applying to the city of Portland. But Mr. Freeman is committing no crime in taking thjs thunder. He j is starting something i that will, if followed up, do all he says it will, and more. It will give a boost; to the walnut industry in Oregon. We have in the Willamette valley and Clarke county, Washington, some thing over 10,000 acres of Eng lish Walnuts. ' California Is . ap proaching 100,000 acres and that state will be limited to 200,000 acres of walnuts on lands well suited to their growthJ Our dis trict has several thousand acres that are suitable. And it is a fact that we grow a better walnut than California can; and there is more money in the industry here. Our land is cheaper; we need noirri- gation, our nuts need no bleach ing; they do not adhere to the hulls and make an extra expense in removing them; and there are other reasons. The quality of Our nuts is higher than that of Call fornia's largely because we have no weather hot enough, to discol or the kernels and make them,, ran- cia. rera uroner oi nuisooro, one of the best walnut authorities in the country, says the difference in favor of Oregon nuts in cost of harvesting and higher value and price, -will about pay for the culti vation of the trees, and that if ir rigation cost be taken into consii eration along' with this, it will pay for their cultivation. The Slogan man has for years advocated that all the eastern black walnut trees in and about Salem should be grafted into Franquettes, and this has been very generally done. And the setting put of black walnut trees has been discontinued here entirely. Mr. Freeman must not fail to advocate that only grafted Franquettes be used, and that they be accompanied by a pollenizer, like a Mayette. If he can put his idea oyer, or get It put over, he will be a true missionary of pro gress and prosperity for western Oregon and Washington.) . National Emblem Planned ! By Realty Associations Local real estate boards in a number of cities are taking up the matter of adapting the t em blem of the National Association of real estate boards to local use, incorporating the local board name- The Chicago real estate board and the Camden, New Jer sey, real estate board have order ed an adaption of the emblem in the form of a beveled plate glass oval with the design imprinted by photoplating. The emblem is cemented on windows and doors of realtor offices. The Tulsa. Oklahoma real es tate board is working-out a plan for displaying the emglem on the radiators of cars.. Thirty Years at Desk 1 Without Single Vacation HAVANA, Aug. 24 (AP) Manuel Astorga y Soperinas, ehief of the claims department of the United Railways of Havana, has just completed 30 years of serv ice "with the company without be ing absent a single day. As a re ward he wag granted three months leave with pay and he and his wife have gone to England to place their son in school. Senor Astorga, a Cuban, started in March, 184, as a clerk when fourteen years old. He will be pensioned when he be comes 50 years of age. LIST IS COMPILED OF II S REALTORS Nearly 20,000 Persons Are So Designated; Others Are Affiliated . There are in the United States and Canada a total of 19,441 per sons engaged ill real estate as a vocation who ar entitled to the designation "Realtor," according to the membership roster of the National Association of Real Es tate Boards for 1924, which has been compiled this week. A The term "Realtor" ' is not a general term, it is pointed out. It is a coined word with a definite ethical and professional -significance, and can be. applied proper ly only to active members of con stituent boards of the National As sociation of Real Estate boards. All active members of these boards have subscribed to the code of ethics laid down by the as sociation ahd in return are licens ed to use its membership desig nation. Associated and affiliated mem bers, of ; the association, made up of property owners, members of professions allied to real estate, and salesmen in realtor offices now number 17,676, the 1934 ros ter shows. ; This brings the mem bership of the association includ ing all classes of members, to a total of 37,117. B REPORTS T HG UP WARD Monthly Survey of S. W. Strauss & Co, Encour aging Everywhere Official building reports for August from 320 cities and towns to the national monthly building survey of S. W. Strauss & Co. dieclose a firm tendency upward in the construction Industry throughout the country. f Progress in the process of stab ilization was emphasized fjy a Haiti of 3 per: cent over August 1923 and 5 per cent over July this year. Ia yiew of the fact that the month of August usually shows a decline from July the gain this year over the preceeding month is particu larly noteworthy and : reveals a pertinent bearing on the building situation, :: " t The total this August In the 320 cities and towns reporting permits issued and plans filed to the S. W. Straus & Co. survey was $263. 925.597 as against $262,890,458 in August 1923 and $255,932,697 In July this year. v Although the south continued to show unusual activity in the planning of new construction, with a gain of 43 per cent over last August and 15 per cent over this July, every region of the country showed an increase over July this year. The east gained 3 per cent over both August and July and while the Pacific west was the only region to show a loss ironi August last year, It had a gain of .16 per cent over this July. Re ports from 87eastern cities show totals for August 1924 of $110, 648.364, compared with $107,626 145 in August 1923 and $107, 213.368 in July 1924. In 105 central cities the, totals wers $88, 401,456 for August 1924. $83, 309456 in August 1923 and $87, 365.959 in July 1924 In 53 southern cities the totals were $29 765.176 in August 1924 compared with $20,794,781 In August 1923 and $25,924,102 in July 1924. In 75 westfern cities the totals were $41,110,601 for August 1324, $46,160,076 In August 1923 and $35,429,268 in July 1924. Cobbler's Clock Xeeds Xo Oil MUNICH Aug. 27. (AP) A clock ; made entlrel of straw was the sensation of the Munich sum mer fair of products of precious metals. It 1$ five feet in height and Is modeled after - the famous cathedral tower of Cologne. - The clock needs no oiling and- keeps time perfectly- Its builder lsi vil lage cobbler of Eastern Prussia, Meeting to Boost Flax Set for October 9 A committee composed of Paul V. Maris, extension director, Ore gon Agricultural college, Edward R. Morris, manager, industries de partment of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and Pete Thomason, a veteran flax grower cf Marion county, called on Winnie Braden, secretary of the Dallas! Commer cial club-, Wednesday .'afternoon and arranged to hold a meeting of farmers of Polk county who are interested in the growing, of flax, on October 9, at 2 o'clock p. m. in the circuit court room. T; The farmers of Polk county are urged to attend this meeting as speakers have been secured who will giye the. practical side of the industry. - ; In talking with Mrs. Braden Mr. Maris stated that the flax sit uation is looking better than ever before as the flax - pulling . ma chines have proven a success,, thus eliminating a large part of the tost of production as the old method of hand pulling had been bo very expensive the growers in the past were unable to show any great profit. '. The market also is look ing up, said Mr. Maris, as we are practically assured of spinning mills locating in Oregon within the very near future and no doubt later will come the looms where linens fully equal to those of Ire land. The subject of flax - was given considerable space in the program of the "Economic Conference" held at the college, last January, from which the following is quot ed: "Climatic conditions and many soils In western Oregon are favor able to the development of fiber flax of good quality. : The state is now engaged in the fiber flax in dustry in connection with the peni tentiary employment program. In dications point toward opportun ity in the enlargement of the fiber flax industry. It is recommended, therefore, that land sufficiently rich for the production of good yields of long strawed fiber flax he slanted to that croD in suffic ient acreage to meet manufactur ing developments. "In order that information msfy be available concerning the best methods and varieties, more exper imental work In the handling ot fiber and seed flax Is recommend ed. . .' : v l Mr. Maris stated further that the college Is anxious to cooperate In every iway in the shaping of this industry into a really profit able one for the Willamette val ley counties and would, in all pro babilities give the subject consld eration at the Polk County Eco nomic conference to be held dur ing the fall, i " ; V HIGHWAY NEARLY COJU'Li: ALBANY, Ore., Sept. 20.. State , Resident Highway Engineer Qollier said yesterday that thu pavement between .. Albany and Corvallis would be ready for tra vel in five weeks. The pavement; which Is of con crete, is now open as . far a? Granger station and from there it Is but a few miles to the West Side highway; Transportation between the two towns already has been aided; greatly by the Im provement. 1 ;. Winter-out of doors Is better. There is nothing but Jack Frost to bite you. BR".;. .,. n 1o Twmc i .,v- B ..ibos of .w. dt Follow Secretary Hoovers Suggeotioii Builcl TMoli 'in M H U Buy your material from us and be assift-ed of the best at thtj most reasonable pricbs We have everything to build anythnsr -'"--V " . j : ; j -Whether your ordler is large or small' you'll I receive courtedus and prompt service, J. W. Copeland Yards Salem Yard at West Salem r Phone 576 t II it ti Yards in West Salem, Albany, Le nts, Hubbard, Yamhill, Hillsboro,, fftMHwmfiiw'iiHiiiniffwiiirtffrfffmTwmwtmrmttmHHiw M ,i $10G,000 First Mortgage Collateral Trust 6 Gold Bonds ... Series A Interest Payable Semi-(AnnualIy ' Coupon Bonds Denominations $500-$I,000 First National Bank. Salem, Trustee lr 3 Ws4 S?3 Principal and Interest payable at the office of Hawkins & Roberts, Inc., or at the First National Bank, balem, Oregon Security Twice the Amount of Mortgage " , T lOur Six Per Cent Mortgage Bonds arc secured by first mortgages on Salem and Willamette Valley properties. The mortgages securing these bonds never exceed 50 of the valuation of the property, and the average loan made will not exceed 40. In many instances loans are made as low as 25. .-, H'. ' :y. ;'' : '-, . " - . Our Own Money Invested I The funds paid to the borrowers are ouri own. All these mortgages have rwfn nlaeed with the Trustee to insure the principal and interest on these bonds. The issue of these bonds is surrounded by every safeguard a4d precaution necessary to assure protection oi tne principal and prompt pay ment of interest to the investor. . ,j ... ' Service Rendered Hawkins & Roberts Inci collect the interest and principal, which lis paid to the Trustees. They lobk after all taxes -and insurance and at all times keep themselves fully informed concerning the loans and securities, Our Collateral Trust Mortgage Bonds, in amounts ranging from $500 up,! will net the investor six per cent. These bonds are so issued that in terest payments may become due each month in the year. . :-. J .: u - . . - : 'f i ' - Legal opinion on all titles has been passed upon by James G. Ileltzel, of Salem, Oregon, showing title in fee simple subject to mortgage t-aqe. Price to yield six Per Cent. r Bond Department Hawkins &. Roberts, Inc. i 205 Oregon BIdg. Telephone 1 427 Salem, Oregon I i E ? s m f o n r f ' t fM c r t dl n t o