THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1921
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,v s BIBLES THOUGHT AND PRATER - a '
Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICE B area a. Cincinnati, Ohio.
It parents will Bare their children memorise the dally Bible acleo
tiona. It will prove a prlceleas h.taa to them in after years.
December 6. 1024 ! ' (
MORE THAN CONQUERORS: Alt things work together for
good to them that lote God. It God be for us, who can be against us?
Who shall separate us from the love oT Christ? Romans 8:28, 31, 35.
PRAYER: ' 1 r ,w -
. - ; l thank Thee. Lord, that here our sou.s,
i Though amply bleat,
Can nerer find although they seek; -
! . A prefect rest; ' . ) . i
Nor ever can, until they lean j
r
On Jesus breast." t
"ON PRETTY GOOD AUTHORITY"
' "The Statesman is authority for the statement that pros
pects, are bright for the establishment of a flax mill in Salem.
It is to be hoped that the statement is well founded. Oregon,
after half a century of experimenting has demonstrated that
it can produce flax fiber equal to the best in the world, and it
is getting to be time to' capitalize' the knowledge thus gained
unit ?V?T1 flflX ill . J, 4 .' '
it is said on pretty : good , authority that the Willamette
valley and perhaps a small area in western Washington is he
only region in the United States where Long fiber flax suitable
for mannufacturing into' the finest linen can be grown success
fully. It is said also that the climate of this region is peculiarly
suited to! the spinning and weaving of flax. If all these things
are true, the result should be a great new industry for Oregon.
t . Taitiv h Ka linnpl that a flax mill is near the point
of realisation in Salem, for it is time to quit theorizing and
talking about flax and get down to the concrete business of an
actual manuittciutiug tcai. ( ., .x. ir
J The above would have been more timely had it been written
Rone time ago " " . ; . ' " ' , ' ,
For there has been organinzed a company to build a lmen
raill in Salem, and air its stock-offered for sale for the present
has been I taken, and there is a waiting list here in Salem; of
men and Women who spoke too late and did not get any of the
- stock. . !'.' '; - ''J " v .' 1. ' ' '" '" i i
?;i The Hpretty; good authority" that M the Willamette valley
n .1 -vnli Qino a small urea in western Washineton is ; the only
region in! the United States where long fiber flax suitable for
manufacturing into the finest linen can be grown successfully,
is the authority of the oldest and leading manufacturers of flax
" products iin the world, in the Belfast district.: There is no doubt
about this. - - - - - - -- --- . -
If the Eugene Register will keep watch, it will soon see
another linen mill here, besides the one that is definitely on the
way ; and; then another; and then a fourth ; and then still others.
There is room for scores of them. , . r
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i v The flax committee of the Folk county agricultural eco
nomic conference, in its report as! published in The Statesman
of yesterday, recommended the putting in of retting and scutch
in" plants in that county; but the members of the committee
seemed toi think the business might be overdone, without spin
ning and weaving mills to take the fiber.
There is no danger of this. Polk county should have retting
.and scutching plants. These plants will turn out the seed and
the fiber, and there is a world market for flax seed and flax
fiber and Spinning tow. The eastern mills are in the market
for it !!.!' - .: --: : '
v And especially are they. in the market for spun fibers, the
- j : n t,;v aa 4Vi nriVos rf Kninnincr fiber in the
Uu itr.i tjii n uivu o uigu j""-vu " - o .
Willamette valley. They run to 35 cents a. pound, and to 42
; cents for boiled and bleacned yarns, which, are the spun fibers
And it is only a step from retting ana scutcning to spinning.
If Pm.t.. nanitfllisls cVimilrl !hfll1r A DTOllt) of their
i farmers inibuilding a retting and scutching plant, and then go
a step further ind put up a spinning millthrough subscriptions
to stock, they would be well on their way to a linen mill. It
niitw a .tan frmn cninnintr VJtrrr tn weavintf eloth. ' And
v uiv ic o&v- jr e ... cj
they woul4 have a world market for their yarn, without carry:
ing their process further than the mere spinning. Y, , r s i
That is what must be done next, in order to rapidly develop
the flax aid linen industries in this valley .
The farmers to be helped to organize and put in retting and
ccutching plants, and .then spinning mills established :
And the higher operations will come; that is the makers
of fine linens will establish mills here when they can be assured
f of ample supplies of good "yarns.", i
A weaving plant proposing to employ 1600 people, that
of Dr. Deimel, is ready to comej when there can be supplied him
plenty of 50 lea yarn. Dr. Deimel has a mill in Germany and
two in England, manufacturing. his specialties; but he does no
spinning. ;IIe weaves only, with his special machinery, under
liia nfltentpil Trrw.pRSPS - ' ,
Every Mty in the valley can have a part in this development,
to its own benefit, and to the vast benefit of the whole state,
and the United States. The scutching plant at the Oregon
penitentiary is: the 'largest in the world, and it will likely be
doubled incapacity next year. . But even so it cannot furnish
much more ithan fiber enough for one mill, like the one already
provided to? be built in Salem, and run on two eight hour shifts.
GET TIIE NEED
-President Coolidge has a happy
faculty of expressing himself so
tersely and clearly that the peo
ple are applauding his message
because they: understand it. He
uses no superfluous words in go
In 5 to the heart of the country's
economic problems. '
First of all he says the country
can do more to help itself by econ
omy than in any other way. That
Is the New England thrift. That
la the thrift that refused to hire
a special car because he would
have to buy j 15 extra first-class
tickets. It isHhe thrift that Am
erica must have If It is going to
continue to be the most prosper
ous nation in the world. We can
ret spend recklessly and stfll be
prosperout.- The founders of the
-vernrnf-t would he not a little
. , : If M
. . Editor
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b. Orfom, aa aacaad-elaaa aaaitaa
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' "The cost of government in the
United States is about $100 yearly
for. each inhabitant of the land.
A little less than one-third of this
is national , expense, and a little
more than two-thirds ,1s local ex
penditure." And, as the president
Impressively adds, "it Is an omin
ous fact that ; only; the national
government Is 'reducing Its debt.
Others are . increasing . theirs at
about $1,000,000,000 a year."
In the above paragraph there
Is a declaration to the country
and also an appeal for economy.
It is a solemn admonition to law
making bodies not only In Wash
ington but in the states, In the
counties and In tho school" dis
tricts. 1 j; ;.'
Will they heed'lt;?will they go
unreckoningly on. In disregard of
the warnings of Washington, of
Jefferson, of Jackson, of Lincoln
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In defiance r of the present-hour
counsel of a president who was
trained In economy and schooled
In self-restraint, and profoundly,
understands the evils of extrava
gance, in an individual or in a nation.
A NEW BLOC
The Statesman la. in receipt of a
communication from Spokane urg
ing that a bloc be formed of all
the members of the senate and
congress from Washington, Oregon
and Idaho. This would give con
trol of the senate but not of the
house. The bloc would have to
have help In the lower house of
congress. I . ' : " 1 '
However, ; bloc legislation has
fallen into disrepute,-temporarily
at leas. The bloc that operated
in the last congress went un
bridled, and expressed itself in
radicalism. There was a revulsion
against this. The farmers whom
they prated about so much- did
not follow the radical wingi of the
bloc. : IJ is probably true that we
will have less bloc and more party
legislation. The bloc Idea was
a natural outgrowth of legisla
tion in the last few years where
those who did not organize got
nothing, but if the party legis
lates for. the whole country there
will be no necessity for reviving
the bloc. - 5
NOT CONSERVATISM
- The Eugene Guard has an idea
that the result of this election was
to hasten conservatism upon the
country.; ; Not so. T It was a re
buke, of radicalism. The progres
sive movement found an expres
sion this year in radicalism and
all the men who were progressives
without being radicals were forced
to vote the republican ticket. In
fact that , is where they belonged.
; If the party becomes reaction
ary, if the party accepts the elec
tion as a mandate to undo pro
gressive legislation that has been
passed, then of course it will mean
that the pendulum will swing the
other way; but we have an Idea
that the republicans are going to
be careful and legislate for the
welfare of the country not too
fast; not too slow. We can go
too fast just as easily as we can
go too slow, and the radicals
wanted to go too fast. '
LETS BUY
Whenever a man spends moaey
he likes to get as much as he can
for his dollar. This Is a proper
thing, and should be encouraged
rather than discouraged. Jast
now we want to call attention to
an Investment that apparently does
not offer so much for the dollar,
but actually offers more than any
$99 you spend. , t ? j
A little stamp, called the red
seal stampt may not intrinsically
be worth the cent which It costs,
but back of and 1 in buying that
stamp there Is a partnership with
the great 'work of mastering the
white plague. The ravages of this
terrible disease have made Inroads
on almost every home in the coun
try. ;Of recent years we are fight
ing it and fighting it hard. The
little red . seal Is , the instrument
for the fight. . . I , y .. ...
? Could you spedd a penny for
more than to let this. red seal do
its ..workiXaad 'totally eradicate
tuberculosis? P
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PIERCE IS RIGHT i
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Governor Pierce has been long
suffering, but his patience has
come to an end and he does not
propose to have prisoners preyed
upon by snitch lawyers any long
er. Of course, it Is legitimate for
a prisoner to hire a lawyer, or his
friends to do so, but it Is a fact
that prisoners are encouraged to
save their money and encouraged
to appeal to their friends for
money for lawyers who can not
help them at all. ; We have pro
gressed to the point now that the
state is making an investigation.
and the finding is outside of any
appeal that might be made. There
is noioing new an attorney can
bring to the pardon board. The
only effect Is to raise false hopes
and squander .more money.
LIFE LENGTHENED
The cheering news comes that
siace 1870 human life- has been
lengthened 15 years.'; This i does
not mean that everybody lives 15
years longer. It does mean that
all people live longer on an arer
age. For,; instance, millions are
living to grow up. They have a
much better chance of life than
they ever had. The mortality is
still great, but we are going to
study It so as to lessen that. Such
things as the health work soon to
be put on in Marion county is
what is going to lengthen life,
another span, of 15 years. It is
going to be a real pleasure to live
ctfter while because 1 .people - are
going to conform to the rules of
life and in conforming they wHl I
NO! NO!
Secretary Davis proposes to
limit Canadian immigration, lie
is wrong in this. The Canadians
are a sturdy, upstanding, manly
race, and the more of them we
get down here the happier we-are.
Of course, the contraband nations
of the earth must not use Canada
as exchange ground by which an
unwanted nation can dump its
refuse, transform them into Can
adian citizens and send them here
but the real Canadians are a
mighty superior race. They are
aggressive, progressive and desir
able. We may not want the Mex
icans but we do want the Canadi
ans. -1 '
A MIRACLE
I The Oregon Statesman said yes
terday a miracle had been per
formed in stamping out the foot
and mouth disease. Certainly, a
most marvelous work was done,
but the loss from the foot and
mouth disease was a dollars and
cents loss. , When we lose any of
our family it is a loss that can
not be computed in that way. If
we would go after the white plague
with the same enthusiasm and de
termination that the government,
state, and all the authorities went
after the foot and mouth disease
we could stamp out the white
plague and save these millions of
precious lives. It is worth con
sidering anyway. (
A GOOD MOVE
The effort to have uniform city
plumbing is mighty fine." We
must have it, but we must go fur
ther than this. The foundation is
being laid for a great city In Sa
lem. That city must be built upon
established and known lines. We
must not be provincial in . any
thing. We must have a system
and all our improvements must
work to that system. , Salem Is
out of the village class into the
city class now. but It is going fur?
ther. It is going Into the great
city class. This is where we will
need this great uniformity in
everything.
It Is a great pity that the need
less land offices can not be con
solidated and many of them abol
ished. The! only reason they: are
not is to give positions to hungry
partisans. We ought to get be
yond that. No man ought to have
a job simply because he is a re-
publican or a democrat. C6mpe -
tency should be the measuring ro&
of the appointee, and no appoint
ment made unless there is real
need tor some woric to do. -
PRATUM
1
Rev. E. II. Shanks of the IFrstJ
Baptist church preached at the
Methodist church here on Thanks
giving day at a union meeting of
the Menonite and Methodist con
gregations. Miss Beatrice Burton who
taught school here for several
years attended the' basket social
and program here last Tuesday
evening. - ' .
Mr. and Mrs. E. Churchill from
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Har
mon Kleen from Tillamook coun
ty were -here for the funeral of
Luclle Kleen. " f
Paul Silke, Everett Branch and
Fred de Vries were painting part
of the interior of the basement of
the Methodist church today.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Fisher and Al
ma and Lydia Baumann of Port
land were risitors at the home of
Mrs. H. de Vries on Thanksgiving.
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RICKEY
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jennison,
K. McCormlck, E. W. Moore. W
E. Helm and Miss Dutton, repre
senting the Moore Music House of
Salem, gave a concert at the school
house Friday night. The house
was packed and the program,
which was unusually good, was en
joyed very much by the large au
dience. Lunch was served by the
ladies, after the program.
Mrs. Grace Buster visited Mrs.
T. Wallace Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. H. Hornschuch of Hebo
has been the- guest of her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. A. Hager. . l
Frank K. Harris of Mill City,
visited his father, D. A. Harris.
Sunday; ' '''' -4wv--'-'r V -:
f It. Hall, of Newberg,' purchased
several Duroc pigs from M. M.
Magee last week. The father of
these pigs was grand champion at
the state fair and also at the Pa
cific International - stock show. '
Mr. McFarland and family who
have lived at the Meadow Lawn
farm for some time, have-moevd
away. " -;.' -
Orvln Fryslie was a Salem visit
or Tuesday. " -
J. A. Crsbb transacted business
in Salem Wednesday. , , - ' . .
While It pays to be honest you
are often a long time collecting.
FUTURE DATES I
-i ;
Opm ksiM. Willamette noiTersitr.
Ifr ember 12r Friday Children' li
le. Chamber of Commwa. '
Daeraihr 15 and lfl, Monday aad Tnf
day lMoly how. Grand thtr.
? Drrmbrr - 19.- FruUj Amrlrsa War
Metbr' Cookrd food 1 ai th 6onlh
trn PtHle eitv "krt ffir.
Pwnnhn 20, Saturday Portland Kl
wania rhoru at armory.
December 25, Tanraday Chriatmn
dav. i''' --
January 12. Monday Opentag of 115
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Febmary 7. Saturday tebtv WlH-n-
nTiV"-!y l'rrty et Tet .r-
TO
Mk&SON jFOlXHALL, tlUDEUL,
OX BUYING A BIRTIIDATu J2
y l'KKSENT
By Frank 31. Midkiff j
To bring this gift to you. Fair One
Will be the rashest nonsense, .
For you'll look once at what I
bring
And then, with cunning pretence,
You'll say I'm sweet to think of
- you
And bring to you. a present;
Then, with your rare, engaging
smiles, , . ; u
You'll give me thanks' Incessant.
Then I'll sit with embarrassment
Writ large upon my features.
While you will smirk, yet all the
i ! - time - ;
Think, "Aren't men tunny creat
ures?" But just the moment that I leave
Well, that's another story;
Upstairs you'll promptly, gaily run
In all your giggling glory.
You'll hold aloft this gift of mine
For family inspect:on.
And all of you will laugh with
; j, . scorn : --.
At my poor, dumb selection.
Yet once again I make a choice.
Though we both be disgusted.
So laugh at what I've bought I
: can't, ,-.
For I'm completely busted. . J.
A Narrow Ivscape .
North: "I think if you had
pressed matters a little more that
man would have given you the
job."' ; -.
West: .1 "Yes, that's what I was
afraid of.'' - - -
Selma Fox.
Jesse:; "Did you say yon
lost
your money on a dog?" '
. Benson: "Not exactly I said
over a Wall street pointer."
Reconciled 1
Mrs. Glum: "Is your daughter
making any progress in. her vocal
studies?" -:
Mrs. Glib: "Oh, yes. The neigh
bors haven't complained lor two
weeks now!"
Mrs. Herman Hartman.
Looked Lik It
She was a glorious creature, but
she hadn't been feeling quite her
self, lately. . Nevertheless, she
was the cynosure of all eyes in the
ballroom and it lattered her!
, Suddenly, in tiie ; middle of a
dance, a feeling of giddiness
seized her and she fainted in her
partner's arms! Not a hand was
stretched to aid her. V Instead, the
onlookers began to applaud.
; 'Tnlnou lt waa the endlng
of a new kind of fox trot.
Hazel Jaffa.
Perils of Paul
Six-year-old Paul started school
last September. ;
After going for one month, he
Informed the family that he had
skipped" to the class 2 A.
When asked how he liked the
new class he said: "Gosh, mother,
my teacher isn't half as smart as
Miss M . Why, she wrote
Rome numbers on the blackboard
and called ;it a table."
M E. Thayer.
; One Without
: "Three servants is "not enough,
ma'am. It you don't get another
I'll have to give my notice."
"But surely four are not needed
for the work." f
"No, but four are7 needed for
a bridge game."
j - Gladys Hensler.
VERSEIt AND REVEItSES
;f- ,- - i
Some Talker
Success in. married life depends
A great deacon ability
To answer questions that arise
Correctly, with agility.
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Is there a man - who's - smart
enough
Convincingly to. talk to her
And show his wife why she can't
dress .
As well as bis stenographer?
Wiliara M. Baxter.
Last One a Frost i T"
No more she's going iu Ne-va-da
For Bolide
Grip,
Influ
and as a
Preventive
Take
Laxative
'0
tablets jp
. 1 "n'T-sy
StJ-rtl. j,S
The First and Original
Ckld and Grip Tablet
Proven Safe for mora than
a Quarter of a Century.
f The box bears ibis signature , ,
w. i
IU A?
3 11 Vi I ' t 'lkX I
fu)nnnminrrnfo
- : Price EOc. -' -
' To get divorces, to
As far as this wild maid's concer-
i. - ned . ' : . -.'-v . .
It ain't gonna Reno Mo.
F. P. P.
' .
Th IVeakllnic
She's very good at dumbbell 11ft
, ing '
And she can fence and she can
- box; '
A heavy chest Is easy shifting .
And she can climb the steepest
rocks.' -
She's great at one game or an-
- ' other .'
. And keeps at it for hours long.
But when it comes to helping
i mother. t .
She can not for she isn't strong!
L. A. Lockwood.
Adequate Reason
- Belle: "Why" haven't you a
radio?"
Arthur: "I am afraid the sound
waves might make me seasick."
William SanXord.
E
lax, ithe 'Nexf
As the new year approaches let us recognize the advantages
and opportunities of Salem. !
The older residents have often heard it said : " What this town
needs are some industries furnishing employment at good wage3.'
Slowjy but surely, Salem has acquired industries and today it is
becoming an industrial center. I
We have one of the largest paper mills in the northwest. We
have a sawmill with a record of consistent operation throughout
the year that is seldom equalled. We have a large woolen mill, a
large modern meat packing establishment, and numerous fruit and
.vegetable canning plants.
These are not small industries, they are large industries in
every case and employ hundreds of well-paid workmen. Some
people have marvelled at the number of new homes built in Sa
, lem but there is nothing unusual about it. Five hundred addi
tional workmen employed in hew or enlarged factories mean
about twenty-five hundred( people to be housed Payrolls and
steady wages are the answer to Salem's rapid growth.
I The next big industrial enterprise that faces the city is a linen
j mill. Flax products have a nation-wide demand. Whether they
can be manufactured profitably in Salem has not yet been demcn
' strated but with this as a center of flax growing and with proper
business management of flax mills there is every reason to believe
that the manufacture of flax products in this city may, in the next
ten years, be our largest employer of labor.
This statement is made merely to call to the attention of Sa
lem citizens the advantage of encouraging industrial development!
The men who are starting the linen mill are pioneers. If they
make a success of it, Salem and the farmers in the surrounding
country will benefit to a much greater extent than the persons
starting the manufacture of flax products in this community.
Saleni is facing an era of development such as the founders of
this 'city never dreamed of. Our future rests in our own hands
and our prosperity will be measured in accordancejwith . the intel
ligence rWeC show in taking advantage of the opportunities withl
which nature has surrounded us. ' " . . . '
THE FIRST
Blsinks
We carry In stock over 115 legal blanks suited to most any business
transactions. We may have just the form you are looking for at a bis
saving as compared to made to order: forms.
Some of the forms: Contract of Sale, Road Notice, Will forms. Assign
ment of Mortgage, Mortgage forms, Quit Claim Deeds, Abstracts form,
Bill of Sale, Building Contract, Promissory Notes, Installment Notes,
Genera Lease, Power of Attorney1, Prune Books and Pads, Scale Re
ceipts, Etc. These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and private
use. Price, on forms ranges from 4 cents to 16 cents apiece, and on note
books from 25 to 50 cents - i ;
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The Statesman Publishing Co.
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Chaps and Chaperonea
Alice and Virginia are rather in
love with the same man Tom
Oxford. Tom shows little pre
ference, and goes with first one
of the girls and then the other.
And every time he shows a little
attention to one of them she Is
notVbappy until , she has had a
chance to telj the other, about it.
The two girl met the other day,
and , Alice ?xc iimed: :
"Oh, Virginia,' Tom has asked
me to go to the club format with
him next Wednesday night!" .
Virginia turned up her nose as
best she could, and replied :
"Well, he asked uc to go too,
bust I- had another engagement." ,
But Alice was not to be so easily
trjumphed over. She scored by
saying: ,J .1 ;.
"Yes, Tom was telling me that
he tried to get a chaperone."
' Roger F. Phillips.
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' " No Place for Dust
The high school . janitor was
making desultory passes at a large
globe when the principal came in.
- "At, least, John," said the lat
ter not unkindly, '"oust off the
Pacific Ocean.'! -
- William S. Adkins.
Make a lot of money, and people
will shake your hand and offer
congratulations.
Lose what) money you've got,
and they will shake you entir?.y.
(Copyright, 1924. Reproduction
, Forblden). -
Builder
Salem, Oregon
That; Aire L
County Judge 7. H. Dov.n'na
Showing Slight Improvement
Up to a late hour last night
County Judge W, II. Downing was
resting easily and had shown a
slight improvement in his condi
tion during the day. He has re
mained about the same during the
past three days, although at times
It was reported that he was ry
low.
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