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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1925)
121 TIIE 0IU2G0N STATZ31IAN, SALEII, OPXGO: J THURSDAY MORNING; MARCH 5, 1025 '. , naEBFULPflOiCSBEICGlIIH. mms aleu still r.n ''He Is Not to Be Counteda Lbver of His City Who -Will Not : Accept a Challenge to f.Teasure Its Beauty," and Mr. Dibble Gcss Still FurtherSome ofthe Homes That ; Are Especially Beautiful And1 Very Many Small Ones Belong in This Class i ' ' Editor Statesman: J When I was a boy In a distant ttate, I remember the long lazy spring afternoons when I used to recite in geography. And to the ham d bees outside I used to drpne: "The capital of Oregon is Salem, situated on the right hank ofthe Wrt--naetU river." It was the easiest .capital to " locate -you simply .came down' hard' on the last syllable, the "mette," and you had.it, t tt rah In ahd out of your head, and Salem, which had then only, a; fleetihir importance, fol lowed aVlelsufe.; Top could" mem orise that' caprtat and lodk out at the grasVahd the' Warm 'sunshine. You. cottld think of swimmin', and what you' and, Ezra Miller' were goto to do, ahd still memorize It..., You could .pound It as" you swatted a ban tb wards a home run And you could spare 'a thought or two of what a' great rtyer Chat 'must be.' Lucky Salem to be on any bank of it.. I . But when you ca me to Salem some years later," you Tfo'und ."the original research man or some myopic lexicographer r had . been therebefore yoo, and; that the river i was .'called" WH-ianette. That was strange, 'because It' was f Unsightly. skin, - red, rough or pimply, , or-(Xiery , with ;; eczema. Modern sdenee - has. for decades Studied how to end such troubles. Get the best It has developed. Sulphur is; 6ne. factor germ de stroying sulphur. All the ages hare discovered nothrag better for afflicted skins., , . .. .... . . - i But t a new . combination called ilitho-Sulphur giTea it multiplied effects, Now - the .relief 'Is In stant, the healing begins at once. Complete results come so quickly that they often seem like magic. Countless people knb know this method keep their skins smooth, white ahd clear. . They . fear no eruptions, nor attack. , Do what they: do. In justice - to yourself. ; Ask your druggist for a jar of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur, then watch how quickly ill such trou bles disappear. .. . Fee Frm SamtJj AcLbma Les . ... fteacl L all you had Imagined It; full atatured, running strong past the tail' fir and; outstretching balm, serene- because-it had? the power to be turbulent, now dancing and shining cfetirj now giving the piers an angry shove as It shoulders through. No mincing gait here, as its syllables denote. No "airy, fainr Lilian'! of a river, .but one strong . as a man; is strong; "and beautiful as a Women is beautiful. 1 I found, Salem the capital of Oregon :and still on the right bank off the river-prbnodnce'it as you wm; I found It a 'city important. potentially' strong, the strategic center of" a large; agricultural area. T found It a city' of Peace, but already! eng&ged lit the mil itant process of gathering trade.' I found it with wide streets; and a clviccehter, abundantly planned, headed straight for beauty. Mean while" more years -i dipped' their banners and passed on; "He Is not to be counted a lover - l . X)f his city who' will n6t accept a challenge to measure its beauty." I go further and say that he Is a small lover; pf his city, who seeing her beautiful, will not challenge all others to defend the title of their pretensions.- And I say still further; Come, eee;. le$ your mind unhorse your prejudice! And I say , this, In full realization that Salem's- charm of today : Is , but a harbinger of .Its beauty tomorrow. To enlarge on this, when- we came "here to live there were many gardens and ' many people y,who loved flowers. But design in the garden.- the adaption of theyard to the lines and mass of the house, and the resultant urban picture this . , was .rare. - Note jiow . the change: House after house paying the same- serious consideration to the gafden- as ; the interior. V It seems only yesterday, that the F. C- Deckebach place, the Homer Smith place, the Willianr Me Gil christ place, the Mrs. W. P. Lord place were pioneers, and now the Curtis Cross place with. its unified and picturesque rock work, the T. A. Livesley place with Its 'drive ways, paths and long sweep of yard, all carefully planned, the U. G. Shipley place with ' Its In triguing' rock garden," and the many intervening plades? vslmpry emphasize" the - widespread and mounting interest in the laws of out door beauty. Even what we HI go to Calbma,, EVERY day some tired, prosjierous or other wise travel-inclined man says to his wife, "Let's go to Galiforniar And sucH- is the power bf advertising that, although neither of them may ever have been' there before, they know; just how to go,' approximately what it will cost, arid wriere they will want to stay. The sam6 with anything you may need or want. You already know all about it, by wrfom it is 'made, what it'eosts and where it , is Tor sale. Advertising is" the modern intelli gericerr It keeps you informed adasesyou of rfew thirics,' suggests new uses for articles yeni already own; and prepares you today for wise and useful purchases tombrrbw. ? - ... - - -?., " - - : - " ' - -' - Itdoes all this for you, almost unebnscibiis :ly, during tHe half-lioiir-or so ybu spend each day with ybur newspaper." , Little by little the best and; surest way to learn advertising ihakesyou informed of what is going oh in the world that is useful to you. the adverUsefrienU. Xiet5it;ad5r f or fcbmbrrow call "the Smaller " places,' nay even the little opes, how handsomely i tbky are adding their1 quota, are giving their tithe! Here is a small lot, bat there is good base planting and the house is flanked with shrubs; there is a line carefully kept wifh) ferns; and.jyorider be hind that screen of oaks in the smallest' areas imaginable' is a wildwood garden", wliicV needs rid single touch. AH this for the love liness 'of our city streets. j ' DownT town the, careful observ ance of line .and form is no less noted...' There is. the long level line of beauty we, call the Parrish Junior High school where can you surpass it?; Again stand on Trade street at dusk, and let the clear bofdi outline; the very mass of the phper mill become phan tom like! Or stop on State street between Church and Winter and witch' the graceful Gothic line of the Methodist ' Episcopal ' church melt into the horizontal 'roof rfne or the new Elks bunding. f f And alt this time the river has flowed' on. During the ' day the steam ; boats go back and forth, but at night the 'dream ships pass.' .Up: river' the wondrous : curve of the shore line lures us,' calls us. Down stream the offended: cur rent passes under the bridges, and emerges mightily Into the shad ows of; the . western bank. with such; a river," at her doors how could Salem escape beautyhow coujd r Salem. escape strength? Happily she has done neither, but has embraced -them both. . -But now: and ; again I wonder: Do the schoolboys east, the drowsy schoolboys east, still bang the "mette" in Willamette? .. r : If . they do, out.of the, mouths of babes and children. comes the wisdom- of the River God for he would have it so. :t . : ; - , .. W. C. DIBBLE ' .s Salem,r March 4, 1925. , (Mr. Dibble, : as . mentioned . in another column, ,1a a. pioneer' in flower and bulb growing in the Salem district. He was the mov ing spirit In the organization ; of the Oregon Bulb company, our largest growers of bulbs produc ing annually in one class alone over 2,000,000 tulip bulbs; ' and this and other flower farms here bringing In - blooming time tens of thousands ' of visitors to Salem. Mr. Dibble -received his first train ing in growing bulbs in Holland. Ed.) v ; . r , , . "Where is the car?" demanded Mrsr Diggs. '"Dear me!" ejaculated Profes sor Diggs, "Did fl take ' the car outf - V,. "i ' f "You certainly 'did.1 You 'drove it. to town:' . : ; ; 1 7 . J "How odd! I remember . now that after I got out I turned around to thank the gentleman who gave me the lift and wonder ed where he had gone." Natloh- af Bepublican. 4 . if ISBF11K ' IS HIS LIFE WORK Hector, Adams Is Active'in tlte Work of Assisting in " Beautifying Salem Hector- Adams, who tas been proprietor for three years of the green houses formerly owned by Mr. Graber,.at.ll93.D street, Sa lem, has been and is- active in the upbuilding of the floral beutles of the city' and of fers advice to any who may call at 'his greenhouses about the cul tivation of flowers. '; . Last October Mr. Adams opened what is now known the Adams Floral. Shop,. 453 Court .street. Here Is ; his sales room for , the greenhouses. He- specializes in cut flowers, funeral designs, bed ding stock and potted' plants. Mr. Adams has spent the great er part of his life working with flowers and. understands bis busi ness thoroughly. He came to Sa lem three years ago from Albany, where he was ten years . In the floral business.' Before that he lived in California. Planted Fair Grounds Mr.' Adams planted the state fair' grounds last year and will the. same this 'year. Every ob serving visitor there will agree that the state fair , grounds were1 never before so 'beautiful. The retail ' business of Mr. Adams is growing nicely. The Correct Practice Is to Keep the Trees in a Healthy Condition That many of .the . ornamental trees of the city are not cared for properly Is the opinion of W. S.. Brown, professor of horticul ture of the Oregon Agricultural College. ' "It is little short of a crime the way maples, for Instance, are cut back heavily year after year," said Professor Brown. "Such suc cessive cuttings without proper care in this moist climate cause heart rot to set in and soon ruin the tree. In general, - the soft woods are more -susceptible to this disease than are the hard woods. "Of course, this disease may of ten be cured and the tree repaired by modern tree surgery,' but the cost is rather high and nannot be afforded except for valuable lawn or park - trees. Commercial or chardists hardly "ever practice it because they find "that prevention is both easier and cheaper. . If a tree 'suffers severely from heart rot, they find it better to grow a new tree than to repair the affect ed one." i ' , The process "followed by the tree surgeon in combating heart rot, explained Professor Brbwn, is very similar to that followed by the dentist in filling teeth. First, the rotten, decayed portion Is dug out with chisels or similar tools until the living' wood is reached The cavity is then sterilized with creosote or a similar disinfectant and lined with paper. The filling is done with cement which is put in a section at a time and allowed to harden.; This is done to lessen the danger of cracking the cement by ,wind. ? ' A final dressing com posed of two parts of parafflne to six parts of asphaltum is spread over the top where t the tement comes In contact, with the wood to prevent leaking. . "I recall no examples of . 'this typo of tree surgery on , the cam pus,' said Professor Brown. "We are careful of our pruning and wound treatments and do not al low the disease a chance to start.1 i 3 Horrible thought. Spring's com I'ng. Will people with vocacularies increased by crossword puzzles try to write spring poetry? Tben Clear the Nos& When the head is stuffed it means germs - are attacking , the membranes. The quick way to re lief is local. v .Attack those germs where they exist. , . .. . I Apply Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils and breathe it. Force its anti-septic fumes through the air passages. ,; That will clear the head instantly, subdue the Inflam mation, check -the en tire i trouble It is folly to suffer from head colds or 'catarrh. ; "Ask your drug gist for Ely's Cream Balm. En joy its , Instant relief. - Then next time "use it so a cold will never get a start. Adr. M 'Ml Breathe? tf '1 i 1 - f A dark kitchen, is tike a gloomy day your spirits droop 'and your work is done in "a half-hearted fashion. ' Then the sun comes out and, presto 'your head goes up, your spirits rise and your work is mere child's -play. 85 PORTLAND 237, N. Liberty Street TITU 1 IT S YOU IIITIUIOITO VISIT HIS PLACE YouShoud Clean' Up, arid You Should Do More; You Should Plant Flowers and Shrubs Some of the Kinds That Are Easily Grown, Inexpensive and Wonderful Editor Statesman: When you, asked me to write something for your Salem beauti ful edition or your paper, I wondered-what I could say. We all know Salem Js 'a beautiful city. However making Salem more beautiful is a big subject and an interesting one. It is something in which every resident can take part. " Every member of - every home can by his or her actions do something to make Salem more beautiful. , - Each boy and girl can by clean ing hp the "back'yardand alleys as well as the front yard do his or her part. As spring comes in now and buds begin to swell and flowers are coming into bloom every per son probably feels as though he would like to , take part in this Outburst of new growth. How better, can .they do it then by cleaning up all debris and cutting; but dead wood from shrubs and! trees?. : But do not stop there; plant more shrubs and flowers of various kinds. Try to figure out how you can improve the appear ance of your place by planting something in the places that , are bare-not only hare but tend to act as a catchall of all kinds. 2 - Plant IVrautifiH Flowers . i Perennials of course are always very satisfactory in the garden. Not only are they satisfactory, but they fill a place there as no other plant can. The many -varieties make it possible to choose any number of plants for every need, then there are the annuals which are inexpensive and wonderful. What is more beautiful to see then i a hedge of sweet peas,, ; 'a planting- of asters, zinnias, mari golds, and; many others? These are all very easy to get and grow, and add. every thing to a garden. I I . Then of course do not fail to consider the bulbous plants, es pecially are easily ( the daffodils and tulips. . I will admit 1 am partial to these two . flowers, but surely it is very pleasing to go out in the early spring and- see thej daffodil smiling up in your face - and to know you will see that same smile every , time you look at,. It for the next, three or four : weeks. Then .the tulips blooming out In all colors, and shades from the glaring reds .nd bright yellows to the softer, pastel and bronze shades. I would like to -say, Mr. Editor, if it does hot savor- too . much of '- advertising, that the people of Salem and their friends are invited to vis it my 53 1 For a limited time, we will install the new Daylight Kitchen Unit fori seven ' days' free trial at not one penny of cost to you. - ' You'll Jcnow the pleasure of looking into your cupboard or oven and seeing what's inside without eyestrain. Work at your cabinet and find everything within easy vision. No peering into dark corners, wearing out your eyes and your nerves and your patience. , , THE KITCHEN IS THE WORKSHOP OF THE HOME. In it you spend many hours each day. The modern factory or office is better lighted than the average kitchen. Why not properly light your workshop? Our new Daylight Kitchen Unit will do it. Try it in your home for seven days without cost. a month for ten months will make this ideal DAYLIGHT KITCHEN UNIT yours. THIS OFFER FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY See the Daylight Unit in our office NOW. ; . ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY Tulip farm, Wallace road, Polk county, any time for the next two or three months and see how pleasing the daffodils and tulips are to look upon. Here's to Salem to be the most beautiful city In the U. S. A. Yours very truly, , W. C.' FRANKLIN. Salem, Oregon, March 2, 1925. (Mr. Franklin is one of the pioneers In Salem's tulip Industry. He has the same place, on the Wallace road, just outside the suburbs of" West Salem, . that he and' W. C. Dibble had' to start with, eight to nine years ago. They were the first to vision the fact that this is the best district on the western hemisphere for the production of bulbs; to find out that we grow. as. fine tulips and tulip bulbs here, as are produced in Holland. Mr. Franklin makes' a specialty Qf Darwin tulips. , He is making a decided success v his business, and annually at the height of the tulip blooming time thousands of people visit "The Tulip Farm," under' which name Mr. Franklin operates.- Ed.) THE MAGIC OF OREGON RESOURCES . (Continued from page 9) . t i - '-','' more extensixe scale. In order that this effort may bring' the . largest; fruitage it -: is well to consider, the factors-which enter into a finished manufactured article And then take an Inventory of our resources - to learn ' which lihe to emphasize most in making our appeal to those desiring to locate industrial plants. :. ,'.':.. ,1 , : We are prone to get excited about our vast' water power cap able of supplying electrical ehergy In enormous quantities and at a lower rkte than is charged in the east. ':-'. ' ' . recent report, of the federal government states that 72 per cent of the undeveloped hydro-electric power of . the . United State? lies west of the Rocky mountains and that 79 per cent of the manufac turing plants of the TJnited States are fast of the Mississippi river. It might-seem that our cheap power would make a strong appeal to eastern manufacturers seeking more favorable locations. - But from another federal source if -is learned that In ah -analysis of the more - 'than' 62- "billion dollars worth of finished products turned out In the United, States in a.year the cost of the raw materials, in ! J Think' of the joy of a ' brightty lighted kiichen-where the illamma Hon is diffused and evenly disirib ' uted-where there are no dark 'cor ners and gloomy shadows'. fWihis is the convenitwe outlet. -You connect iron, toaster, vac- your uum or other appliance.' These used with the light on or off. , Salem, cluding mill supplies and freight totaled 57.3 per cent. The next largest item was wages and sala ries, 21.5 per cent. Overhead, including depreciation, interest, rent, insurance, repairs, advertis ing' and sundry expenses, also in luding dividends and profits, totaled 15.3 per cent. Taxes form 3.3 per cent of the cost and the factor of power is but 2.6 per cent. It appears from this table that power is the smallest factor en tering into the cost of a manufac tured article in the United States and that the cost of raw mate rials, including transportation, is by far the largest factor, 57.3 per. cent. Wages and salary being the second, 21.5 per cent. . Oregon resources are now sup plying nearly 46 million dollars worth of raw material for food product manufacturers and nearly 43 million dollars worth of forest products. Our ability to increase these two sources Is almost un limited and should point the way to the most favorable' line of ar gument In our effort to multiply our industrial plants. When we show the prospective factory in- supply the raw materials; that we have the transportation facilities reaching the markets of- the world; that . our ports and the Panama canal make us near neigh bors to New York and the New England states; that our climatic conditions are more favorable than elsewhere, industrial Oregon will become as great a magnet as a new found gold field. - . Factories are - not located or operated on sentiment. They must follow well known laws of econo mics. They must survive or perish oh their own inherent ability to filL a demand - for their product, and do It at a profit." A", live, active prosperous factory, either large or mall, is an asset to every other business 1 institution 'in the community and just . as truly a struggling half starved institution appealing to the sympathy and pity of the community for its existence Is a liability to every other busi ness enterprise in the community. The 5,097 factories now in Ore gon are mostly small plants oper ated hy the owner and a few em ployees, often by the owner and his family. They are found nest led among the hills and along the streams In the smaller towns and villages.' They are representatives of the industrial life of the state in that they have pioneered the way to the point now where their combined output totals a sum suf ficient, to place Oregon manufac turing' institutions in the front ra.nk of the- states assets. . and where . more than 30,000 people ate employed at wages totaling more than '$41.556,345. - , In "response to the demands of this army of wage- earners Oregon has a .code of labor laws, headed by a department of labor, which are a model for many other states. The worklnghia'u Is "kapljr -pt o- (SO electrical may be- - Kitchen Oregon. tectedin his rights and privileges. In case of any infringement on his rights he has the state depart-' ment to see that justice is done him. r R0SEDALE Many people of this communitj have be'eh ill the past week. Golda Sims underwent an oper ation for appendicitis last Sun day. : ,'.. Ira Techity, 'during his recovery from a "recent appendicitis opera tion, is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bloom. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, former Rosedale people,, moved to their farm in this district. Misses Helen and, Laura- Cam mack attended the Student Volun teer convention at Willamette uni versity last week-end. Miss Laura Cammack, who is now a student at Portland, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Cammack. Miss Berchen Cole and Kenneth Cole' went , to Portland last Sun day. I Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cole re turned home from Portland where they hare Bpent the last two weeks. Several from here attended the pie social which was gien at Sunnyside jast Fj-iday evening. Then, there is poetic license. Some poets consider it a permit to murder the English language. For pain-sorehto . - - . , ... Rheumatic pains, soreness, aches, etc., call for heat. The best way to apply it is Red Pepper Rub. This is the modern. way. It so excels the old Trays that there is no comparison. Nothinf else creates such con centrated, such penetrating heat as red pepper. -And heat that ddesn't hurt you. You feel that tingling heat in an instant. In threer minutes it seems to penetrate the depths. Circula tion IS started, congestion is re lieved. Pain and the soreness. go. What folly It Is to suffer pains so easily and quickly ' stopped. What folly to let a Cold in the chest go neglected.- When trouble starts. at nlght what folly to wait until morning. . Keep Red Pepper Rub oh Kand. Homes which do that save a great deal of pain. Ge It hdw the very utmost in help of this kind. Adv. r-'"ir3 ' 7 fer pais of - rprafas t reaets tlecrfs At t. J tzz1" ' 'It one f;nm'M cl' i'a name rj;ks. H I i J., r i L