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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1925)
J 1 Mi i A V f 4 FKCIffgOFIgMy Working for a Road to the Coast at NewportDeath of ; Well Beloved Resident Two Painful Accidents An Item for the Benefit of the Slogan Editor of The States . marr General and Personal . 'John Charles Frlhk was born In' . VermbntTiU'e Eaton county, illchigari. September .22, 1856. . dred at Falls City, November" 9, 1925. : He -raff the son of William R. and Margaret B. Frink. On February. 3. 1876. he was married : to Josephine Brown In Dallas. Oregon. To this union eight J died In Infancy; ; , He is snrrlTed by his widow. Jjsephlne Frlnlc. and seven child ren: UoTing Frlnlc. Corrallis: Cora McCoy and Wills Frlnlc. Falls City; Bertha Graham and Fnnls Frlnlc of Newberg; Elsie , TeaTitt of Washington. D. C. and- Ionard Frtnlt of ' Portland ; and two brother. limn JMnle of Port end and' Warren Frlnlc1 of Falls City, and one sister, Alice Meyers of Seaside' J The folowtng poem -was written jnst'a short tithe ago by one of the sons; and . is used with the mission of Mrs. Frink: Ikrng ha lain Idle our lot on the hilt. Yea, tho' now It has begun to fill. " , : . une vacant chair, one racant place. , , One absent face, that cannot be replaced.' niat one will soon be t rest in the lot on the hill. ' Mineral services were conduct Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock v he home, by Tier. A; H. Dodd. 5t as requested by their loved " '.ron before, -who had asked hit family to hare no ranslc and rn eaboratlon, but a simple ser vl br Mr. Pood, and that he h laid to Test In, the beantlful TTill conieterr northeast of Falls CItv All of the Immediate family had 'n w"n nim much of the time '-"ve Ms last Illness, became ser ins, with the exception of Mrs 'cavut, who Is in Washington, r. Cv A large number oftbelr friends were present., with manv autilhl floral offerings, to pay tnur last tribute to one. who. all Tils life. lived so that every one nv Knew was his friend. The Frink family left Vermont Tine. . juicmjaa, , going first to Xevada City, California; In 1S59, staying there for ten years,! com- is ursi to uregon in August. I " ettllnjEUM Buama.. ; Vfaaan'dnlw-Falls City club was pledy0011 'WMH""-" then coming to a hnma. four or five miles south of .Falls vuy.in 1870. While the elder '.rink was county clerk and the larany uvea- at Dallas, John, wiwies ana Josephine Brown were united In marriage at- the 1 family home there Feb. 3, 1876. I They bought a farm about .three oi Jewisviiie, which was their home until, 1890, when they bought the home In which he finished hia life, a place that was the first school in Falls J City, and that has become more 1 and more a real home through his loving care of flowers, shrubs and garden. John Charles Frink was a mem ber of the Church of Christ, hav ing become a member about thlr- iy-two years ago. when Rev. Mr. Badger was conducting revival I services here, and Rev. A. H. Dodd : was in cnarge of the church, con l tinuing the ' minister for several i years. He had consistently worked for the good things of life, par-- ticipating in Sunday school , and other work for the- betterment of the community, and was at; one J time a member of the M&ceabees. To the memory of a loving hus- band, a kind and affectionate fath-:- er and grandfathers, a loyal and sympathetic friend' and neighbor ilet us say. "He fought the good i fight." the race is-run he has fin ished his course." I The last years of his life were engaged in work at the Falls City b'gl school and his Influence with the young men and J young .Yomea of the school was so good; '-and their love for him so great that Hhis tribute is not complete ! without; a mention of his work I with them. - - - -. , ; j Six young men, students-at the I high school, served as pall bearers, a token-of especial regret. - lilies Art- Clab- " Mrs. M. D.; Hammetl was hos tess for the ladies of the Art club last Tuesday - Those-enjoylnff her hospitality were Mrs. Geo. -Lowe, Mrs,. R.'Jj. 'Oris wold $ Mrs. Eleanor Butler, Mrs Edward. G. White. Mrs. Raymond, Criswell, Mrs. M. Ai Pugh. Mrs. Alberts TeaJ, Mrs. II, Mather Smith, Mrs. C. P. Horn and- Mrs.' W. J- West, a iepeclal guest tl the hostess. f,. j. The "rooms were beautiful, with chrysanthemums and dahlias, for a decorative note. Miss j Jane Ham met rendered several plan'o: selec tions in her. usuat pleasing" , man ner Ncodlewbrk and social, chat filled the time" until-refreshments were served. . A dainty, repast or chicken' Ipatties, combination salad and coffee was served.! j , :., No meeting was held November 10. Mrs. Robert fi fTriswold' will ! bo the next . hostess11 on' November " Good-wrfi Cluh Meets" Last Thursday , atternopn the ladles of the GoodWill club met at the home of Mrs. Jere Morris where the usual afternoon's needle. work was accomplished. Brhile the members spent the time in con. Versation. The hostess served dainty re freshments to the following mem bers: Mrs. S. W. Winso. Mrs. M. W. Black. Mrs. Jody Rhoades. Mrs. J. J. Kreitaer. Mrs. George Cham berlain. Mrs. F. A. Jones, Mrs. W. B Webb, Mrs. H. Otte and Mrs. K. Cleveland, a former member, and Mrs." AI Crowder from Dallas. TJhe ladies drew names for rift exchange for their Christmas party. The next meetlnc will be with Mrs. H. Otte. Two ralnful Accidents . Last Saturday while working In the Willamette Valley camp. Charles W. Johnson was Injured In logging. He was struck by limbs from a falling tree which struck: him across his head and shoulders, bruising the flesh very badly. No bones were broken, which was miraculous. Mr. John son will be laid up for a month or more. The same day Arthur Porter had the misfortune to cut his foot so badly that it was necessary to tie the arteries and have 11 stitches taken, three inside and eight ex ternally. He will be unable to return to work for a least. month at ! With the president, II. Mather Smith, in the chair and secretary president, the Commercial club met in regular session Wednes day. The president reported the sub scription list started to secure money to finance preliminary sur vey work on the Falls City-Val-setz road to Toledo and Newport, was fully subscribed in less than two hours, and a draft for $100 turned, over to the county court of Polk county; also that the $50 pledged by liincoln county was sent in promptly. " The secretary stated a letter had been received from the secre tary of the chamber "of commerce at Newport, asking for a joint meeting of the Newport, Falls City, Dallas and Independence chambers of commerce at some future ; date, in order to go. into the road question very thorough ly.. This letter has been answered ed as ready, for ,the meeting at any time, Nothing further will be done untl the Newport. people are ready for the meeting. The president reported an inter esting meeting of the Polk county federated, clubs on October 21 in Dallas, and urged all who could possibly do so to attend the next meeting on the fourth Wednesday of November, which will be the 25th, to be held at Elkins; saying the meeting date was changed at the last meeting in order to ac commodate the Falls City club'. Mrs. Watt reported having at tended the last meeting of the city council, being the committee of one appointed to take up the side walk question, and that the coun cil authorized, the street commit tee to employ an' engineer and pro ceed with the sidewalk work. Several questions of general in terest In the city were brought up and discussed and laid on the table for some future meeting. It was the sentiment of the Commercial club that the curfew law should be enforced, but that some modifications-were necessary to enable full enforcement of-the law. On motion the meeting adjourn ed, subject to calf of the president. Wet Weather Most Welcome According to weather observa EARL D. DWIRE IN t THTs powerful drama of the South Seas tomes to the Heilig theatre tonight. It comes here with high praise from prac- tically all eastern crjligs, , from 5 p. m. November 9, to the same hour November. 10, was ex actly one Inch. ! This Is the great est'since February 21 of this year when 2-2 11 00 o'f an inch fell in 24 hoars. For Slogan Editor Here is an item for the Slogan editor: On the 7tb-of November T- D. Hallo well picked one full quart box of ripe stravrtberries from his patch ' In his lower gar den, and on the same day gather ed ripe tomatoes, lettuce, and gave to friends who picked for themselves about two quarts more of ripe strawberries. We have had strawberries' on the market in Falls City from May 7 to Nov. 7, J92 3. Some record! Local and Personal Mr." and Mrs. Walter N'ichors were up from Tillamook Tuesday attending the funeral services for J. C. Frink. Mrs. EL P. Brown and daugh ter Bertha were Portland visitors Monday. W. A. Graham spent Monday in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. John . D Moyer visited relatives in Satem last Sunday. Miss Gordon has changed the day for her music classes in Falls City from Tuesday to Saturday of each week. She will continue the lessons at the M. E. church par lors, as tizual. Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Dodd are visiting their sons, Dodd Rros., near Junction city. Mr. Dodd came up Tuesday to officiate at the Frink .funeral services, but will return to complete his visit. Mr. and Mrs. Anan Meyers of Seaside and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Frink of Portland have been here for a few days this week. ' Mrs. Julia Miller returned on Tuesday from a week's visit with friends ,in Portland. While there she had the pleasure of attending the Pacific International, stock show. Mrs. Frances Speerstra bad as a house guest on Monday Miss Ko berjr, who came home with her from teachers' institute. M. W, Worthjngton had the mis fortune to -slip and fall last; Satur day, injuring his back no severely that he is confined to his bed. Mrs.. J. J. Kreitzer, Mrs. Carrie E. Jobes. Mrs. C. E. Rennison. Mrs nay Guthridge and Mrs. Richard Faul are attending a one-day con vention of the Church of Christ. to be held in the First Church of Christ, Salem, on Wednesday of this week. E. D. Sackett of Salem was transacting business in our town Tuesday. " W. .Van Duddleson of "the Falls Cify Hotel has returned from a Mr. and Mrs. II, Mather Smith drove to i Portland last Saturday for a week-end visit with relatives. Herbert Dunlop and Paul Starr were motor guests for the trip, and they took as a guest from Monmouth and return Miss Ruth Boardman, who is a student at the state normal school. W- R Stevens was - ud from Klamath Falls last Saturday.' at tending to business. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dempsey and sons were up from Rickreall last Sunday, guests at the O. Aur land home. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bainter spent the week-end with relatives near Willamina. Reoular Sleep and Meals Ruled for Women Athletes BERKELEY, Cal. Training rules for women students at the University of California who are going in for athletics, which tUe Women's Athletic association says will be enforced rigidly, are:t j Eight hours of sleep five nights a week. Three regular meals a day, with, green vegetables on the menu at least once. A pitn of milk at least once a day. No candy between meals and not more than one cup of coffee or tea a day. "WHITE CARGO." d STANDARDjOlt BULLETIN HAS GOOD ARTICLE ON FLAX GROWING IN THE SALEM DISTRICT Tells About the Equipment and Operation of the State Flax Plant at the Oregon Penitentiary, With i Several Illustrations Giving Readers Intelligent Idea off Subject jThe Standard Oil Bulletin for October gives the; flax industry of the Salem district a splendid ar ticle, with several' illustrations: There is a picture of a flax field and also one of the Canadian flas puller at work near Aumsville, and four pictures illustrating the work at the state flax plant, showing the 'whipping (threshing) machines, the sacked flax seed, the scutching machines, and one of the retting tanks. The text of the article is as follows: Over in Belfast, Ireland, they hold fondly to the belief, so it is alleged, that the climate of the United States is most unfavorable to the growing of flax that it can not be grown here on a commer cial basis. Some linen manufac turers of Belfast familiar with the climatic conditions obtaining around New York and Chicago are said to have rendered a verdict responsible for this belief. They were flax experts, so their opin ions were accepted as expert testi mony. However, their conclusions it seems, were based on the as sumption that the climate of the whole United States is like that of New York city. Those Belfast manufacturers of linens apparently did not know that across the continent, in the northwest corner of the United States, in the state of Oregon, ex tending 130 miles south from Portland, is the valley of the Wil lamette, which has a climate in many respects very similar to that of northern France, Belgium, and parts of Ireland where flax is most successfully grown. This valley has the same annual rainfall as the principal flax-growing coun tries of the world, and is other wise characterized by strikingly similar climatic conditions. Those Belfast manufacturers of linens apparently did not know, or Ignored the fact, that farmers in the Willamette valley have been growing flax for tne past fifty years flax that received a high award at the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia in 1S76, at the Paris exposition, and at the Pan-ama-acific exposition in 1915. Although flax has 'been grown in the Salem district of the Wil lamette valley for a full half cen tury, and its superior quality de monstrated, nothing was done from a commercial standpoint with this crop until a few years ago, when Oregon state officials seeking to place . several of the state institutions on at least a partially self-sustaining basis, and find om ploy meat - for slate charges, became interested in flax. As a result, the state of Oregon is now in the flax business. (! The group of brick and concrete buildings which constitutes the state of Oregon flax plant erected at the state penitentiary at Salem BEE MEEK IT SiLEI Tomorrow Afternoon, and i Evening Polk and Marion I Bee Men Will Gather ; The conventions of bee keepers of Marion and Polk counties will 1 be held tomorrow afternoon at Sa- lem and tomorrow evening at Dal las. Following are the programs: i Friday, Nov. 13 Salem Cham ber of Commerce rooms at 2 p. m. A county organization will be formed as early on the program as possible. f Piano solo, Carl Wenger.. Mr. Wenger is furnished as soloist and accompanist by the U. S. National bank. Humorous reading, A. V. Oliver; tenor solo, "Farewell Sweetheart," Alvin Mead; short Speech, "Law Enforcement," by Judge Hunt; baritone solo, com posed by- singer. Thomas McKen Sie; short speech, "Our Need of More Bees," R. J. Hendricks; Scotch songs (the ones you will like to hear). James P. Smart. Professor Scullen. bee specialist from OAC, will lecture on honey tees, and will answer any ques tions asked and will lead in-an Open discussion or Dee prooiems n this locality. Dallas Chamber of Commerce at JT:30 p. m. Professor Scullen will go to Dallas , with, a delegation of Salem people' and will take up other bee problem's and will lead In another open discussion of bee work. I A county organization for Polk 'county will be effected. , Park will render humorous Dallas business men t I J reauings- will mako short speeches. I Both of these programs will be very good and profitable to all Interested in, bees. They are not the. same. Unfortunately, all the details of the. Dallas meeting can not bo given at this time. ' All who are interested, directly or indirectly, arc invited to attend. and don't forget to bring the ladles. . Italian Press-Censor Asked to Condemn Early -' ROMl Italian' newspapers at lined politically " with th parties opposing the present Fascist gov ernment, wbose dally destinies are at the mercy of the press censor, have addressed a plea to tho cen- Bor that -ho condemn them o.n.ick- includes seven large storage-sheds haying a total capacity of six million pounds of flax. A brick--and-concrete warehouse, seventy- five by one hundred feet, houses the de-seeding and seed-cleaning machinery. In this building are thirty scutching machines for sep arating flax fiber from the straw. The plant equipment also includes nine flax breakers, several seed- cleaning machines, threshing ma chines, and an attrition mill for grinding the flax seed for the drug trade. r- Not devoid of Interest are the six concrete retting (rotting) tanks, each twenty by fifty feet, with a depth of five feet. Each will hold twelve tons of flax straw. Straw is placed in these tanks and covered with water kept at a temperature of about seventy de grees. After four or five days in this bath the substance holding the fiber to the straw disintegrates, and then the flax is snread out op the ground to dry. This treat ment" completed, the raw material is ready for the breaking machines then the scutching machines, and in due course the flax fiber, is readv for baling and shipment to the linen mills. The Salem Chamber of Com merce has sunplied the Bulletin with the following information regard Ine flax growing, as prac ticed in the Willamette valley: Flax is a ninety to a hundred day crop. The land is prepared about the same as for wheat. Flax is drilled in, two bushels to the acre. Seed costs from $2.50 to 3 per bushel. Planting is usuallv done during late Anril or early May. Two tons of flax ner acre is the averaee yield. This year the state of Oregon contracted for and paid $38 a ton for flax more than thirtv inches in length, and $2? ner ton for flax under that length down to twenty inches. Any under that is used in the manu facture of tow. and brings $22 a ton. according to state contract. Due to the fact, that long fiber is most desired, flax is nulled, not mowed, except that which is too short for weaving purposes. The recent invention of pulling ma chines seems to have solved the pulling problem for all time. Thir ley. A machine of the type showr season thirteen of these machine? were owned in the Willamette val- in the acrorooanving illustraHor pulls and hinds from six to eight acres a day of flax stand. In the Willamette valley sur rounding Salerri, approximately 4000 , acres were planted to . f la-" "h1s!season. and of this area the product of 2500 acres was con tracted for by the state of Ore gon. According to the Salem Cham ber, of Commerce, Salem is thf only city west of the Mississippi river with a $150,000 linen mill ly if he Intends to condemn them." The press law provides that the censor approve each issue of each newspaper, the penalty being sup pression of the edition if any thing is found objectionable. Recently the censor changed his office hours so that he did not examine the newspapers until sev eral hours after their appearance. The result was that condemna tions came so tardily that the f newspaper was unable to print a later expurgated edition, as was previously the custom. Conse quently all the copies of the news paper were seized and the regu lar readers had no copies at all. "Please, Mr. Censor," the news papers said, "would you mind con demning us quickly if you intend to at all?" Commercialism Robbing Art and Artists, Said DENVER. The money a part of the public is paying to "hear a name sing or play" rather than an artist, is held to blame as an item in a' "commercialism that has taken the heart and soul from music." Robert Slack, noted concert di rector, sighed as he said it. "It s money-money-money. The public makes and breaks .artists unfor tunately and part of it pays to hear a name sing or play rather than an artist." This public to which Mr; Slack referred pays to see the chosen few- and in doing so, in his opin ion, .thereby is keeping hundreds of names from the electric slfin boards that are equally as good 'But Commercialism Commerci alism, that's what has taken the heart and sold from music," he added. Mr. Slack has had an assocla tion with choirs, choruses and op eratic stars over a period of near ly 40 years. Stayton.-. Santiara Woolen Mills report excellent demand for pure wool goods. lr 0 0TB ALL U. ofO. vs. O. A G. eugenb. Saturday, nov. i4Tii U. .of .0.; Alumni Homecoming t ThursdayFriday Saturday $3.10 EUGENE and RETURN VIA OREGON ELECTRIC RY. Tickets oa Bale - Not. , 12, 13,- 14th. Return limit Nov. 47th O. E. By, trains leave Slein 8:25, I:45 n. m. (Iitd.) - . 4il3,nd :O.T pi m. ihuly Returning leave Eugene 7:50, ll;15 a. mn 3:00 ami :05 k m. OREGON The plant of the Miles Linen com pany, with $150,000 paid up stock, was recently completed and Is now in operation. This company is engaged in the manufacture of twines and fishing gear, the de mand for which averages $1,000, 000 annually on the Pacific coast, which market includes the exten sive salmon fishing industry of the Columbia river and the great fishing interest extending into Alaska. Another linen mill in Salem, a half-million dollar enterprise, is contemplated. It is authoritativelv stated that to date $400,000 of the total amount has been sub scribed, and it is planned to pro ceed with the construction of the first unit berore the close of the year, with the hope of being in a position to operate when the 1926 harvest Is due. Taking into consideration the trend of events ab6ve described, and the fact that some 200.000 acres in the Willamette valley are suited to flax culture, indications are that Oregon is well on her way toward the establishment of a new industry with excellent prospects of development. Some Corrections (Some corrections are needed In the above from the Standard Oil Bulletin. The breaking and scutching machines, and the threshing and whipping machines, are located in the buildings inside the wall at the penitentiary, and not in the new brick warehouse outside the walls. There are six concrete retting tanks, but there are also nine circular wood ret ting tanks, and six -more concrete tanks are to be built for the opera tions of next year; to be ready with the coming of the spring sunshine. Ed.) (The Standard Oil Bulletin is in the nature of a house organ It is read by many thousands of the employees of the Standard Oil company.) JamesJCrossley of Portland, Oregon hereby announces that he is a can didate for tho Republican nomina tion for IT. S. Senator at the May, 1020, Primaries. "Will work zealously for devel opment of Oregon and support of measures for real benefit of farm ers as suggested by their organi sations." "Favor'World Court and Reform Senate Rules". Pd. Adv. G-WE YOUR HOME THE PROPER CARTr- KEEPYOUR PLUMBIN IN R.EPAIR ! NELSON BROS. 355 Chemeketa Phone 1006 ELECTRIC G-J 9 I sioaitPTA "'ill Hi'Mir.Sl 14 V I vii I inn iiHi r?rf r Plan to- take those. pleasant trips! .. 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