TII OnilGON STATESMAN, SALT::,!. OXYGON?
FBID AY MORNING. JULY 17 15
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Dfflffl STUDIES :
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Plan for Development of Iri
dustry Outlined for Grovv-
'.;.-' ers at Rickreall
(Following is the address In
full of Col. W. ;c..Bartram at
IUfckreall grove before those who
attended the bis flax tour of in
spection In Polk county, on Wed
nesday: )
rIt was ac very pleasing occasion
for me when I received your Sec
retary's invitation to join with you
,pnthis tour, first because of the
progressive policy laid down by
your Commercial clan and. second.
because of the opportunity to meet
yon under such pleasant circum
stances.,,
"Yoa have (been growing fibre
nax in a very limited way in this
state for years, but as far as I have
been able to find oat the culture
and manufacture of flax has never
reserved the support that it is get
ting today, from, the biggest com
I merctal and banking, interests of
' tbe. state. tTtae Commercial club
' of Dallas Is ta be congratulated In
initiating so safe and ' progressive
. a policy, as this, which if followed
up carefully and aggressively wilt
. be far reaching In Its effect . for
good. - You are also .to be , con
gratulated in having the support
of the Oregon Agricultural college
in your plans under the able lea
dersli I p of Mr. Teusch, also, the
support of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce. ' The" 'Portland
; Chamber of Commerce have played
a very important part in this de
velopment. . The continuance of
their support will go & long way
toward assuring its . success in
western Oregon. . The greatest
single factor that has brought this
industry into its present position
has been the fearless policy adopt
ed and put into action by Gover
nor Pierce in developing in a com
( merclal way the state flax indus
i try. It islfittlng and proper ihat
the state continue to lead in this
': matter under the most advanced
proven conditions.
The Harvesting Problem
I have studied your - lax pro
blems up to . this time, through
three consecutive harvests. , .The
knowledges gained during this
time enables me . to offer a few
suggestions (that may be helpful
in solving some of your problems
Perhaps I can best sum up my ob
rvatlon by telling you about the
plan I propose , to recommend to
tne directors of the Oregon Linen
Mills, Inc. Tor many months
hare been endeavoring to; find
solution of pulling flax by machine
so as to serve all growers and to
insure the flax being pulled when
the fibre content is at its best; al
so to insure against the Industry
getting a serious set-back by Had
ing sveeral hundred small growers
I nnahle to get their; flax pulled,
This situation, in part, is facing a
larra number of flax growers here
in the State of Oregon today. . The
Cartoonist's Iirorccsiosns of Evolution Trial
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JjUOGE RAilVSTONl J . 1 l ARE NCt O ARROW
IS TAKING IT IASYV ' DEFENSE.
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the scientists, were on one side of
j the cast, and not here to give opin
ions bat to state facta.
Herbert E. Hicks for the prose-
; cution,) protested against the in
jection of theologians or scientists
In -the case-" '
ilea T. McKenlie In his : argu
ment denied at the outset a charge
be declared was betas made that
'fMcKentie was waving the bloody
; In a plea which began in a legal
argument and ended In an Impas-
Fionrd appeal to bar expert testi
mony rom the evidence. Attorney
General Stewart made the con
cluding speech f the afternoon.
The J attorney . general deplored
the alignment of Darow with "that
force Which strikes its poisoned
fangs at every bosom of Christian
ity." . ..
"They say this bi a battle be
tween I science and religion," be
declared. "If that Is so I wish to
say in the name of God that I am
ou the; side of religion. "
"I say bar the door to a science
that would deprive us of all hope
of thel future to come."
The attorney general began his
remarks with the declaration that
he was not an evolutionist.
band, and finally the yodellng of
the steam calliope.
During the. v intermission . last
night a full report was given of
the season's Chautauqua commit
tee. R. A. Harris spoke individual
ly of those who made record sales
In the interest of Chautauqua.
Ait entirely new plan, which
will provide against loss on the
part ofa limited number of guar
antors, .was Introduced last night
whereby Chautauqua in Salem will
be made a permanent Institution.
Instead of demanding a few to
carry an over-size burden, it is the
plan to make up a committee of
100 members, each member of
which will agre to sell f 20 worth
of tickets. . The committee will re
main virtually unchanged in per
sonnel season after season. If the
plan that Is being promoted is
perfected.
Liquor Hail Forfeited
O. XV. Wallace forfeited 250 In
police jcourt yesterday for failure
to appear as cited to answer to a
charge, of possession and transpor
tation lot Intoxicating liquor and
driving a car while intoxicated.
against over production being In
dulged in. ' H-i ("1
4. The growers', costs will be
very, much reduced .and a heavy
expense In machinery saved the in
dividual farmer. 1 i
,"5, It provides 'for the flax
pulling machines to ibe serviced
and reconditioned at a low cost
It will bring the whole problem of
flax culture and harvesting under
competent and experienced . man
agement which , will , standardize
operations and production.
' ; , Growing the Crop ,
"Regarding flax i culture. .. it
seems to me that .your i contracts
should all be considered and let in
the fall so that ample time will
be given in the selection ' of the
land., etc. too mucn care cannoi
be exercised in seeing that clean
land is selected for this crop, and
in many districts fall plowing is
an advantage. The ! question: os
seed needs the most; careful - at
tention. A farmer, should know
whether his seed will , germinate
85 net cent or 95 per cent so that
he may be guided accordingly. He
if tne
and potential advantages over
most other states that I taken
advantage of . now will enable you
to take the lead and bold it to the
advantage of this state."
should also know Dositively
future of this, industry and any ex-1 geed free of impurities so that
pansion in acreage a iwge his land will not necome iouiea
pendent upon this problem -being wItn dIrty 8eed- AH of these mat
satisfactorily solved. For some terg are quue simple to Insure
years I have" made a close study of rain8t. but they will take time.
this matter, working In the har-l-me best seed procurable should
vest fields of Ontario and Oregon
and have come to two conclusions
First, that the linen industry could
never hope to develop In a bigway
oni this continent -' until the flax
nulling machines are. available.
Second, that this flax pulling ma
chine which is now available could
not be generally marketed to in
dividual farmers, and that buying
In groups would likely never be
satisfactory, for obvious reasons.
In sit development work here I
think I have discovered what will
be the solution of this difficult
nroblem. ?
"At the present .time In the
Willamette Valley there are,; Ap
f Ttroxftnately 4.000 acres of flax
planted by about, 300 different
erowera. Jot five per cent of
these growers are willing to pur
chase flax nulling machines. None
of tbe smaller growers will con
sider purchasing a flax pulling
: machine, under any circumstances
Tu this situation I see serious trou
ble ahead for the future, that, Jf
not remedied, will likely wrek
. your plan in tbe development you
are now worainz on. ' i
Numerous Hcutchine 31111s
'To guard f your interests, and
ta - further the Interests of ibis
state, the farmers and the future
of the linen industry, the time is
be Issued out to the growers for
the growing of fibre flax.; ,
made In the last few years In de-
velonlne improved strains of seed
in connection with the growing oi
fibre flax- that have raised the
production of fibre from about 400
oounds to the acre up to tzv
pounds. The chief object of grow
ine fibre flax Is to produce line n
bre of a high quality, andihe val
ue of any growers' straw is deter
mined by the quantity of this high
quality fibre it will produce. Dr.
Eyre; one of the greatest autnon-
ties in the world on ! Hax r fibre
seed, has been carrying on expert
ments for some years in Lambeg,
Ireland, and baa made astonishing
progress L results iln i developing
some new strains of seed. Some
very satisfactory ; has i also been
made In Washington. Steps ought
to be taken to. develop some of
these strains, nere m i uregon, so
that this Industry may get away
to a prdper start,5 having regard
for the program yon now have In
i 8a1ems Second Unen SII11
"The spinning and weaving mill
now ; under consideration io ov
built at Salem will have, approxi
mately. 4.480 spindles and 200
SCIENCE WITNESSES
, STILL UNDER FIRE
' (Continued from pas 1.)
ternoon with the Jury absent from
the court room. Dr. Metcalf was
presented as a 'test witness" to
show the line of testimony the de
fense sought to Introduce. The
scientist was not permitted to
answer the one question asked by
Clarence Darrow, defense counsel
If the witness could give any other
evidences of evolution of man.
Mr. Darrow announced that the
defense expected to show by men
of science and learning, both scien
tists and real scholars of the Bi
ble, what . evolution. Is. and that
any Interpretation of tthe Bible
that an intelligent man could pos-.
sibly make is not in conflict with
any story of creation, while the
Bible, in many ways Is in conflict
with- every known science. lie
added that the witness to whose
testimony made, knew his subject
and .was competent to speak.
Attorney General A T. Stewart
for the state moved to exclude the
testimony of scientists by which
counsel for the defense contended
they would show there was no con
flict between science and religion,
or between the theory of evolution
in question and the story of the
Divine Creator of man. .
Mr. Stewart's motion was based
on tbe ground that under the
wording of the act, and interpre
tation of the act, the evidence
would be Incompetent.
The Jury, a part of the case that
has had little active participation
in It, was subject to call, members
of which were not being permitted
in the court room during the day.
William Jennings Bryan, Jr.,
opened for the state, making the
first argument on the law involv
ed. He was followed by Arthur
Q. Hayes for the defense, this ar
gument also dealing with, the law
in the case. ,.. , I : i
Mr. Bryan called the discussion
of expert testimony, the heart of
the case, and . declared that the
courts .have unfavorably regarded
such evidence, received it with ex
treme caution, and investigated it
with every care. '
Arthur G. Hayes declared that
he believed all the expert wit
nesses on the question at point.
MAUPIN SINGING BAND.
CHAUTAUQUA CLOSING
Continued from pe X.) -
-appearing on the afternoon pro
gram, was so popular that Its repe- the Eugene group.
tltion was called for for the even
ing Embodying the spirit of this
street spectacle in music, the open
ing' number was easily identified
as the famous Bill-Board march,
followed by the colored hand play
ing a jazz tune. the. Jubilee sing
ers, an instrumentation on the
clarionet of . the words of "Mary
Had a Little Lama," the clamber
ing elephants, then the clown
20,000 ELKS TAKE PART
IN VARI-C0L0RED PARADE
(Continued from page 1) '
hats of the "stove-pipe" variety
marked the Ballard, Wash., rep
resentation.
Ashland, Or., portrayed the
gateway to Oregon. A huge float
on which ' a gate was mounted
served to entice the visitor while
several comely 'Ashland women
bade further welcome.
More tban 400 marchers were
in the Salem delegation, not in
eluding a 40-piece band. The
band , and the drum corps mem
bers were attired in purple and
gold uniforms and the marching
delegation in white shirts and
purple trousers. Baker lodge
was represented by a band.
Much comment was aroused by
Its band was
one of, the most active in the pa
rade. The members were dressed
in black coats and red trousers.
Heppner, with a harvesting outfit
boaeted that it was the smallest
Elks' town in the stale. . Albany
was represented by a band and
drill team, as was Billings, Mont.
CAMP GROUNDS ARE SAFE
FEW DEPREDATIONS ARE COM-
MITTED RV TOl'Klsro
Tim Rriiem suto camp grounds is
making a unique record for Itself
this year. In previous years there
has . been considerable compiaiui.
of depredations committed, both
within the camp and in the, city
by some of the more unworthy
tourists that occasionally slip in.
So far this year there has not been
a report of this kind maae.
Mr. Polsell and Mr. Purvlne
state that on Sunday night last
every camper left the grounds and
went to the fire, and yet not a
report of any kind of thievery was
received by them. Mr. Poiseii
suggests as a probable cause for
this I the fact that the raise to
50 cents a night straight has kept
many undesirable tramp tourists
from etoDDinr at the camp. Last
year the' rate charged was 50 cents
for the first night and 25 cents.
each night thereafter per car.
A new, vlctrola recently placed
In the community hall at the auto
camp Is proving very popular with
patrons of the camp. In the eve
ning groups gather about the front
as well as within the hall, to en-
Joy, the music thus afforded and
Incidentally to visit with fellow
tourists. Daily newspapers and
periodicals are kept at the com
munity hall at all times for the
convenience of guests of the camp.
TRUCK LIXE LICENSED
OLYMPIA. July 16-(By Asso
ciated Press.) Certificate author
lrlng the Ocean Beach Transpor
tation' company to operate freight
motor truck service between
South Bend, Wash., and Astoria,
Ore., bas"v4een issued by the de
partment of public works. Busi
ness Is to be limited to interstate
freight movements only.
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Myrtle Creek Broccoli plant
ing here aggregate 700 acres.
MOTHER C Fletcher's
Castoria is especially pre
pared tto relive Infants in
arms and Children all ages
of! Constipation, . Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Fevefishness ' arising there
from, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the
assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
To avoid Imitations, always look for the signature of &L?rfffi&j&Su ,
Absolutely I larmier - No Opiate. Physicians everywhere recommend it.
opportune to-lnltlate a policy here I looms. I It will take J annually S,
that will satisfactorily and per-1 000 acres of flax to furnish suffi-
manenwy solve, tne.. proDiem oiicient nore and tow xo aeep iai
harvesting the flax and In doing I mill runninc. We anticipate it
so perhaps place the Industry agri-l will i produce . 20.000 yards of
culturally in the front ranks of the linen each week, with a surplus of
world. l-
"To start with, my plan is to es
tablish a . number of - scutching
plants in say; Dallas, Independ
ence, 'Monmouth, Rickreall, Al
bany, Staytoa and Silverton. Each
of these . plants .will be" separate
and Independent companies who
the first year will contract with
"the farmers in their Immediate
. district tor about 500 acres of flax.
The Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., will
control each one of these plants.
flax yarns on one. eight hour shift.
Yott can form some idea oi tne
opportunity this industry offers
when I tell you that for the nrsi
live months of this year the total
exports of linen uoods from the
rnitt-d KingUd.i to :all cc ui.mes
ot (he world reached 43,617.500
yards. Of this amount the United
States of America Imported 24.
653,800 yards. It would take over
60 mills of the capacity we are go
ing to build at Salem to take care
"To handle about, 500 acres of I of these Imports, i Henry Ford has
flax requires four or five pulling Mast finished building; his -first
machines. The .scutching mills Ismail spinning and wearing plant
will - purchase and own the . flax I at Detroit. He propose to mans-
pulling machines, in their contract! fact a re the covering cf his aato
with the flax growers the scutch-1 mobiles of linen instead, of cotton
ing mills will agree to pull thel Some ot our people have been in
flax, subject to reasonable condl-1 touch with him in connection with
tiens and terms that will be set
out in the contract. m The advant
ages of this plan are too numerous
to. go into, detail, except to cite a
few of them;
. fc "1. It. assures the raw product
for the spinning mills now under
consideration.
"2 It will eliminate the basardj
as tar as possible, of - the 'flax
grower falling down in harvesting
his flax and allow the' flax to be
harvcstecLjwhea the :fibre content
Is at its best.
"S It will control the acreage1
his problems, , of which he has
many. His program will ultimate
ly require fibre and tow from 200
acres of flax each day or 60,000
acres each year; i When you real
ize that only 6,000 acres of fibre
flax Is grown throughout the
whole of the United States today,
it does not take much vision or
imagination to see where this pro
position is heading Ior
"Due to .several' reasons, - but
particularly due to tariff and your
established market, plans are cow
being laid In the United States to
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A Mark of Good
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Business
Practically all business in the country is run
on credit. It is a mark of good business to
.borrow when by so. doing you can place yourself
in a better position to increase the scope of
your activities and add to your income. -
Fulfilling the '-needs' of those who -require
'money for such purposes, .Hawkins & Roberts
have Jong assisted in the financial growth of
individuals, local business concerns and WHlam
ette Valley farms. ' . ' r - ;
We are able to make any .size loan
and at an extremely low -
Interest cost
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We are of f ering: Basement merchandise at remarkable reductions
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People who trade with us know what this means and others will be esaily convinced
of the bargains if they come to our store today.
"Better Merchandise for Less at Directors"
Hop Pickers, Campers, Take Notice!
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Deep pie pans J... 5c
Tin pot covers . J... 5c
Point tin cups I 5c
Deep jelly cake pans 5c
Large rinsing dish pans., 19c
Acme sifters ....:. ..19c
Havy 'galvanized water! pails,
10 quart size . A:.l.L..25c r
Women's coveralls ..L.98c
Boys' 220 blue demin heavy
overalls L...89c
Men's cotton socks ..L.lOc
Engineers' and firemen's !
heavy socks, brown or i
black 15c
50 feet rubber hose, U, S.
guarantee for ..;...4.49
Men's Deptmerit
Straw df ess hats any one in the
house-Panama or imitations
-we are closing out all of
them at ...98c
Mens 220 blue : demin 'heavy
overalls-look at bur window
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Men's .work shirts look at 'our
windows ...... .........69c
Men's suspenders 39c
Men's athletic union suits 69c
Kokie screen hats .. ...... ....49
Ready to wear-all sillc dresses
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GROG
ERIES
C. 0. D. Orders
'Filled
Margarine
Buy the Best -NUTOLA
3 lbs. 69c
Cheese
Full Cream
Per lb. 25c
Washing Powder
CITRUS
2 packages 45c
Compound
ARMOUR'S BEST
- 4 lb. pail 89c
No. 10 pail 51.25
CAMPBELL'S
Pork and Beans
5 cans 49c
Coffee
PEABERRY BLEND
Per lb. 35c-31b3. Cl
Sugar
l00rlb.sackS6.28
i 10 lb. sack 62c
L Raisins .
THOMPSON SEEDLESS
i 4 lb. bag 39c -
! Flour
i BLUE RIBBON
91b. sack 1.95
DEL MONTE
49 lb. sack 2.59
! FISHER'S BLEND
49 lb. saclc 2.53
Pancake Flour
FISHER'S BLEND
10 lb. sack 69c
Rolled Oats
. SPERRVS .
10 lb. sadc 52c
'SPERRyS, MINT
10 lb. sack'59c
' Sweet 'Pickles
...SLICED
20ctJint
Pineapple
& L SLICED No. 2
' 4 cans 98c
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