w 1 1 v . i . V TIID OUCG ON STATESMAN, SALE!.!, OHEG 01 1 THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1025 n;im?r'"M'i"-.-gi- vi&jiiiaiT-"'' hiiimIi i niMiii ii i- Tin- t- i "rmirtmrn -il - ---m - J!Ii iiFmTirin'T:'-gr!g!11!?-:'" ' "'' "iiilni 'Sir 'iir3 "" ' "'' 1 11 11 1 - " 1 1 ' r .i n 1 - " ""l A c mo m mm looks m m h m e;i i:si o mm 10 sffis future 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 ; Briefly, the foregoing state 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 ment. ' v V;;--; "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 ' r (Centura mm pat n V . .... . . 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 ter. ::. r.i- '.'i?::;; 'MS - . 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- ' ; ; TnV New Time1 ' 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 A ' ' i ; 1 I ''""! i ' ' I 1 : . 4 i t - ! j i ..' i I : I r ; J , , - - - - - " -y ; ; -r-1 (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 I ircV Tber ia an ' interesting -j t,A tnr- wiiieV tho writer i j ucii tyi. " . - : has not room in thU issue.) 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 . As to the Prewnt . ' " 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 ' . . V. '.' .: L-t -1' 3 c. - .' 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 m-S: One y (Coatlnned from pag 5) Muodinror, j Kniel MrLaurhliai Max MMrria. Virtit Mamtrm, Colla -. r Mltfh.ll. li McEatce, Virzinis .f Mahler. Mrrtl ; -Muniaf,' Lois " , .' Ma reus. Helen " ' Marsack, HaoHna -Martin. Alt Martin, Susan Martin. Thelmn Milla, Crystal v r .N ' . . Kocska,, Carl ' A'unaum, Josrphin ' o " Oskrf. Iferrill Ovstrcieh, Viriaa 1 p 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 '; Itentfro. !. Kitcbie, Wianlfred ; . - . -s ' Panders, Lela Bell 8rhmidt, Ioaisa ', Hchttbee(t, Cecilia -Rrhuls, Le-lai Hhipp. Jean ! - . Rilla, Era . j - , K Simon, Ada I , -' ; i Smith. CeciU ' - Hmith, Paoline ' i.;: Kpeweer, (4eorria Hatteriee, Lloyd . Hhepsrd, Matiri- ; Mmpsoa. fiarlan , hipprell, William 8nok, Frank . Strafford,- Wilbnrn , " -'!' Taylor, ;Velm , Tucker, EUia . Thompson, Avery Tibbels, Ediar " ' r. V ' ... : r-:, - - Ulrica," Bemtra ' W ' . ' Warner, Fern , , 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 , S ; ! ; .- :, fi-rn-': i Ai.8 " A A P! edge of Greater Service for ilie New Ydar 1 1 t !i A. 1 ,. - . . W . ! i HIS STORE ever looks forward. What it may or may not have accomplished has no bearing on the future. 1 .l 1 CJkl k" i4 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. ; ?! . ok 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. t r f i We wish you all the best of everything for the New Phone, n EH at Court and Liberty Street IN THE HEART OF SALEM 1. fagjn!3ML!LiLHIIltl-i-L! 4 jaTWIBsasaaWasWsnsl'T'Hr' SeW t 1 ; e - s C i e ' t " t c i t - - ? t - "