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fhftPrcsident of tho First national, After Being a Part of the Business and Marvelous
Growth of the. Capital City for 42 Years, Believes Only the Beginnings of Rapid
Growth Have So Far Been Made, and That the Future Promises More Vonder-
v iui ana 5uasianiiai i-rcgress U ; 11 i -
During the past Tear the First
National Bank has , been carrying
on an 'intensive campaign to en
courage agricultural and Indus
trial fcrowthln Salem and. eur
rounding territory. It has writ
ten and answered hundreds of let
ters regarding opportunities in
.this community.. It has employed
a farm representative, Mr. F. A.
Doer Her, who has spent hia entire
time among stockmen and farm
ers and organising sheep,1 calf
-pig and poultry clubs among boys
t and sir Is.
These young people have raised
animals which have taken prizes
in county and state fairs and the
Pacific International " livestock
Exposition. The numbers of prize
winners among the group has been
astounding, . , . . ,
The First National Bank has
worked on ' the theory that the
possibilities of this community
inust be figured not from day to
day, but for a period of years. We
must build for ten years hence.
, ; While Salem has been experi
encing - a healthy-growth in all
lines of business and building, the
accomplishments that hare been
recorded will be outdone by the
I progress that one can reasonably
expect In the NEXT TEN YEARS:
Salem citizens must think in terms
of the f uture, not In terms of the
past. .V- ' ' : '
It would be Impossible to build
a Chinese wall around the Wil
lamette valley sufficiently stronc
to keep put the newcomers. With
no wall to surmount and with Sal
em welcoming new Industries end
individuals seeking home locations
it is hard to picture the: probable
growth of this .community in the
next decade. - - ' i
Modern farming methods cou
pled with business-like marketing
methods and industrial activity in
a manufacturing way will I soon
make: the Willamette valley one
of the greatest employing and pro
ducing sections In the west. Sal
em Is its logical center. ;We must
be awake to the opportunities that
surround: us if we reap the great
est advantage" from them.; -
Think In the future, not in the
past. Set your record fjr! accom
plishment, not by -what you hate
done, but by what you '. may do,
realizing the greater f ieldi ' which
you will have to work. .' !t 3
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ment sums up an interview with
D. J. Fry, President of the First
National Bank. I Mr. Fry conclud
ed by saying: -1 ; . i
VI don't want to seem to be too
much of a booster. Banks are
supposed to be hardboiled institu
tions whose principal business it
la to discount the future. I don't
wish to be overly optimistic about
the opportunities in the Willam
ette valley, but having' been In
.business here ' for 42 years, and
sharing seen It develop from .a
quagmire Into a modern district
with paved roads, rapid transpor
tation, unlimited electric power fa
cilities and every J modern conven
ience, . I am just enthusiastic
enough about the future to believe
that what we have already done
will rbe outdistanced by what we
can do with the start we have
made. Let the people of this com
munity have more confidence In
themselves, their town and their
state. Let . them wake up to the
advantages that lie at their own
door. Cooperate' with the new
comer as well as the old timer
Pull together for a greater Salem,
a greater Willamette valley and a
greater Oregon. The result will
astonish the most pessimistic.
"I figure that the building up
of a banking business is secondary
to the building up of community
prosperity. Naturally, one Is de
pendent upon the other, but the
bank can. prosper only as fast as
the community prospers, i ; There
fore, the greatest work that a
bank can do, aside from the pure
ly mecnamcai - function - or con
ducting a bank in accordance with
sound financial practices. Is to en
courage growth . and accomplish
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"The First National "Bank will
do its best, along these, lines In
conjunction with every other In
dividual and institution seeking
to build up Salem and the sur
rounding country.
Salem - to Have Mills to
Weave Local Flax
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uui trcaicuviites uare come in
he past eight years; are coming
every year now. ": ; -;
Seed selection and Improved
methods of . cultivation ' have
brought and are bringing higher
production per acre of fiber,' and
a longer, better fiber. And more
and better flaxseed. -
' Machine' pulling of flax , has
come. One Vessot (Canadian)
flax pulling machine operated suc
cessfully In the Salem district in
1923. .Thirteen of - the machines
were available here last year, and
that many will be working this
f year perhaps - many more, if all
the projected plans shall mature.
The pulling prlcelbv hand, has
been $20 an. acre; but it has cost
around $30, including costs Of
securing and transportation And
caring .-; for laborers. - Machines
will reduce the cost, in time, to
$8 an acre, and less; perhaps to
$ 3 to $ an acre. : ;
Short-cuts are being used In de
seeding (threshing) the f lax. : -
Retting . used to - require six
weeks - or more. Warm- water
large . acreages of , "greens," for ;
the bleaching had to be done by
exposure to the weather ( the rain
and sunshine and snow and storm.
Now it is done chemically in al
most a twinkling and done bet
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. There are new ways of making
"damasks. or putting figures
into the cloth; and pictures and
names of railroads and hotels,
etc Wonderful new-ways, vastly
cheapening the processes.
And new wayafof dyeing, la the
yarn and in the cloth. And new
ways of hemming , and i making
laces, etc., etc. -, .lib- '
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Nearly "all things axe become
new' or are becoming new, in the
linen industry. New and. cheaper.
This Is the age of machinery; the
age of invention.- of' Short-cuts'." " 4
!-What doer this all mean? It
means that linen articles will be
cheaper in the markets than cotton
articles. ' :y" :'. " J; -j
r There is no boll weevil in flax.
None in hemp. No moth balls are
needed in linens. No negro exodus
Trill affect the flax pulling ma
chines, drawn or pushed by trac
tors; running, if necessary, 24
hours a day.) - - : -:
t means that, a '$100,000,000
The plan ia to install spinning
machinery at the penitentiary
plant, to make yarn, and perhaps
later seine twine and sack twine
.And when that consummation
c-.mes about this institution will
be made self supporting; and
more. The Industry will yield
profit that" will admit of erecting
better buildings and installing
nrw machinery, besides paying a
small wage to all the workers in
the institution - ' " . :
$ Working within- the walls; land
giving a high rate of reformations;
like that of the Minnesota peni
tentiary at Stillwater, where the
rate, 85 per cent. Is the highest In
the woTld for such an Institution.
"This is all coming about in reg
ular order. Its consummation is
In the 'near future; : if there shall
be no turning back. There is no
doubt of its feasibility the only
question ia good management and
full cooperation by air concerned.
The new revolving fund law of
that institution gives full author,
ity. . . - ; 5
;k But the working of ll the
available men in the Oregon peni
tentiary, a "sufficient number to
make the institution self support
ing, will take care of the product
of not more than 2500 to 3000
. acres of land; not ,a
great increase in acre
age over the land thai
was in flax - the ; past
year.
With the spinning op
erations going on at the
penitentiary, and that
Institution ; made self
supporting, 1 and ' the
Miles linen mill In full
operation, there will be
a good start towarda tL
full development of the
industry j
But It will; be only a
start. - ' '
; Linen handkerchiefs
are. now selling in the
Salem stores, and in the
stores throughout r the
United States, at prices
that mean $24 a pound
A Veot Flax Pulll l&ctdite at TTorknna 'FteM ' on the Farm of P; E. tor.rftox -fiber.'.. That
A L!?" Trnlr Durlair the Past Season. Mr. Thomasson Irlvlng. means $24,000 an acre
Owen Thomaisfcon, IIL.Son Attending the Machine, "
genius to brin g about thi9 con
summation. And this will corue;
Is coming, ia being developed Lnre.
The stage is all set -was set in
the beginning when the hills were
heaved up and the valleys laid
down, and the ocean current di
rected. ; ' ; ': I .". -
Ever since IS 1 6. nt' the Phila
delphia ; Centennial, when - flax
grown near Turner, Oregon took
first prize ovrl the competitors
from : all countries, on all nine
points considered, it has been
known that the! producing ques
tion was settled In our favor- -
f And sn' Irish mauufactrer said
vhen that award wa. .made that
be could take a couple' of pounds
o Oregon flax and spin a thread
that would ' reach around the
world?! - - . . '
The rising price of cotton -Is
working - for our - flax industry.
The price of cotton is now close
to the price of the best flax fiber;
cotton Is close to 130 cents a pound.
and flax fiber around 33 to 35
cents a pound-r
And a linen towel or sheet will!
outlast a dozen cotton towels dr
sheets. - In many ways, suc as in
the making of .wings for airplanes,,
cotton cannot compete at all. '
. Linen Is the strongest woven
fabric' It is the boat enduring. It
will last almost .'forever.' Nearly:
tvery i old American t family has
samples of flax manufacture hun
dreds: of years old.
Volumes Might be Written
The writer might go on and on.
Volumes, might be written. This
is a most interesting,. fascinating
field of study. I Cases might be
cited of big profits from flax
made by our growers, " with the
t rices tot their product not as
high as the etate will pay them
the - coming season. One farmer
netted $197.42 j on one acre of
flax. Another made $140 an acre
net on his whole crop.
Flax growing frill become more
remunerative a the industry is
further developed; with groups of
farmers working; together in co
operative associations and retting
and scutching their own product,
and selling their- seed and fiber
and their by-products instead of
their whole straw, as now. '
There ia going to be room for
hundreds, and : ; eventually thou
sands of such plants In this valley.
A prospective linen mill at Van
couver. Wash., planning to begin
spinning by June 1, will need at
least eight such' plants, and its
backers are proposing to promote
the eight. plants, perhaps all of
them In the Salem district, where
the farmers know how to 'grow
flax and have the machine pullers.
Watch the development of our
flax and linen Jndustriee. It Is
going to be one bf the most Inter
esting developments in the United
states. It la destined - to - make
Oregon by far the richest state in
the Union, with j all the other In
dustries on the land that will be
furthered by this development. It
'will make Salem a city of 100.
000, and that soon; and then it
will Just be started In its growth
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(tepid water) retting. was discov
ered by British experts during the
war. It reduces the time to four
r. - t n,. Anvm maVra Dossible put-
,fmz. in and taking out of the
Ztanks and retting tJs 9 flax in a
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Shert-cuta have been . invented
'in scutching the flax after retting
land drying; separating, the fiber
! from the straw. -,-';
I '(Still shorter cut are known,
! eliminating retting nd drying
: l and "scutching;! taking the fiber
Tdirectly from the flax atraw; from
I the Vgreen tow." y Henry Ford is
! experimenting, on this. : He raised
00 acres of flax on bis own old
j; home farm In Michigan, near De
troit, the past season. He expects
! to-manufacture linens for his ar
I coverings aad seat coverings, etc.,
etc., and to produce It at half the
;' preent cost of flax fabrics mak
ing, too articles that will outlast
cotton articles In the ratio of three
. to eight to one.)
There are chort cnts and new
methods In preparing the'fiber for
spinning.
: There are uew Inventions in
.-spinning the "yarns" for piakic
twines and threads and linen clctli
of all kinds. ; i
There are new ways of weav
ing the cloth ,'... . "., .: ' ,
- New ways of bleaching the. cloth
to make It white for napkin? and
table clotlis and har.dkcn!.: U and
towel', etc., ffe. t: ' r- f"r
merly tcci a j't-r, t:. 1 . '.. . -
annual industry will be built p
in the Salem district, 'me iu v, -
000,000 a year is the amount we
are now sending from the United
States for the-manufacturers and
ty-products of flax. The $100,
00 0,000 a year will mean a ml
Ifon people employed directly aid
indirectly, here at home. Hon. T.
B. Kay, Oregon state treasurer,
recently made that very predic
tion, adding that the Willamette
valley! will; some day have a pop
ulation of ten millions.. ; !
--The $100,000,000 annually will
grow far. beyond that figure, when
the time comes that linens will be
cheaper than 'cottons In the mar
kets and it is coming, and la not
vtry, very far away. J h
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Salem Is now the fiber flax cen
ter of the United States; the cen
ter of the only district In North
America where flax can' be growh
yieldins a fiber suitable for mhii-
facturin Into fine linens buch
as id grown In parts of. Ireland
end Belgium, and in smail sections
of France, Holland and Ttusi,
and goes to the linen mills of Ire
land. ': V : - -" .;, ;:t;V . ;1
The Indastry here Is so far ton-
fined to the growing, of flax for
a mill t Turner and one at Stay
ton, and for the state plant at the
Oregon penitentiary, where It is
made into the fibers. of the: d'fferl
tat grade ' and into .upholstering
tow, with seed and daify feed 1 y
pioducts. There I? no wc te, lit
'IV y rirt rf t'.e f ' " . "'" T
for the product of ; our
flai land for It s will
produce flax that will make 1000
pounds of fiber to the acre; mis
means, of course, bumper crop.
There is no other crop grown
annually on the land that is cap
able, year after year. Of proauc-
ine such great value to the acre
with the aid of capital and ma
chinery and skill and mt-nagement
carrying the raw material through
all the processes of manuiactur
ing up to the point where it may
be placed on the shelves of the
merchant
So that - a comparatively small
acreage of Salem district land taay
be made to supply the flax for an
annual Industry of $ 1 00.00 0,000
The full use, and proper rotation
of crona on the land in the .Salem
district that Is now Idle or fallow
the elacker acres could be
riade to supply the raw materials
for such an industry
1 . We produce the liax that makes
the fiber for the fine linens, and
fnr the valuable by-prefducts. We
hare the "soff water that is. nee
essary for the proper retting ti
ft the strongest and best fibers.
V have the air free, from "elec
tricity" necessary for tfce fine
srinning. We have the .climate
that will admit of mnufacturms
the whole year t !: rot; -
In sliort, -natui-a I..3 fia nr
fall part in matins thU the fir.':
liter flax distrki. ar.dith. twlre
-zl thread and linen manufAct ur-i-
- district. the renter for tl
v.'- worM. rvfr; t!.'.3 l.cr
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There will he more flax and linen
millionaires fn the Oregon of the
future than any other kind of
wealthy people found here.
Senior Class Is Large
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MrLaurhliai Max
MMrria. Virtit
Mamtrm, Colla -.
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McEatce, Virzinis .f
Mahler. Mrrtl
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.' Ma reus. Helen " '
Marsack, HaoHna -Martin.
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Martin, Susan
Martin. Thelmn
Milla, Crystal v
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A'unaum, Josrphin
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Oskrf. Iferrill
Ovstrcieh, Viriaa
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Palmer, Moreta
rapn(o. Alioe
I'eller, Latha .
1'vmberton, Klln
PtTsey. Klf
Phrniciv, Iaria
Phillips, Maa
Pierce, Lorraine
Pae, Howard .
Parmentier. Gene
Perry, Vernon
Propp, John
Kains. Lyta
Keaaey, Cedria
. Krddine, Martin
Tid. Curtia
Kirhardsoa, ! Harold -Kaffety,
Aileen
Kaurh, Emma
Keddiar. Gladys ' .
Keilly, Dnrotky ';
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Kitcbie, Wianlfred
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' Panders, Lela Bell
8rhmidt, Ioaisa
', Hchttbee(t, Cecilia -Rrhuls,
Le-lai
Hhipp. Jean !
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Simon, Ada I , -'
; i Smith. CeciU '
- Hmith, Paoline '
i.;: Kpeweer, (4eorria
Hatteriee, Lloyd
. Hhepsrd, Matiri-
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hipprell, William
8nok, Frank .
Strafford,- Wilbnrn
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Taylor, ;Velm ,
Tucker, EUia .
Thompson, Avery
Tibbels, Ediar "
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Wassam, Fay;
Wiuii. Laura r
Weathers. Hlancna
Welch. Eliaaketk
WiWerkehr Mabel
Villtams. Delorea
Vsrd. Connell
s hife, lsn :
AVhite. Otto '
' Wnt. Kenneth'
White,- iiernsrd
illiam. Ueursia
Wolfe, Harriet
Wood, r Martha
York, Jjtra
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may or may not have accomplished has
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Looking toward the new year we have
i iv; 'everyr confidence Hi xvili'he the greatest-
test of our career but you will not find us wanting. The
Miller reputation for quality, at consistently lowest
prices possible, is builtupoh the solid rock of dependa
bility, for the .merchandise offeredniustgive satisfac
tion, no matter what the price. ; ?! .
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We Miller's believe in Salem. We are proud of the
city's past, and we for see for it a great future. Civic
pride and a spirit of fair dealing together with our
wonderful natural advantages assure steady growth.
It is deeply gratifying to us, and perhaps interesting to
you, thaiyve handled the largest holiday business, in
oiir history. We are fully aware that it is the hearty
support of the people of this city and vicinity, that
made possible this splendid success. I
And so we wish to express our heartfelt thanks to you,
our customers, and to pledge to you a store of greater
service for the year of 1925 and ever afterward.
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