i: raw sffis 5 phicago;Evening ; Post di- tonal Frove$-',Va!ue' bf , ; , Proposed Trfp v.- Evidence of the Talue of the Salem; Oregon-Saiemf Masai.; de bate Is again seen !n"thef ollowlgj eauoriai. cilpted from the ; Chi cago Evening' Journal: l? ' - "Salem Versus Salem ; "Several yearti ago a city In Oregon that calls itself Salem be sought the city of the same name In Massachusetts and its sisters in Illinois. New Jersey, North. Caro lina, Ohio and Virginia to' relin quish the name t'd- Oregon's capi tal. , ' The reason cr ",thei request was ihat Salem Or,-, considers it self awake and its i sister Salems jUIeep. j 1 ''The other Salems, with -only one exception, wrathfully refused the request.: The outcome -was a newspaper war that "gave Salem, pr .the free. advertising that .is so sweet to enterprising chambers of commerce. But an exceptional Salem was wise to the gante, said nothing and kept on cawing wood. This is 8alsm, 'Masas: 'lei, ''-" - .."Historic Salem, 208 years old er than the upstart Salem, went serenely ahead with superior man ufacturing, : commemorations of Hawthorne (its most famous-citi-icen) and arrangements for: its ter centenary this year. , One; of the ' features of this tercentenary Is the direction f attention to "Salem's high school. Thereby hangs a tale. ; "r -: -s s v - - 'This school boasts a debating team; that has ' bested .competing debaters 18 ,,times consecutively, and claims to hold the' American 'championship in its 'class. 1 It-has invaded 'Maryland and - JJeVf iYork and . bast vanquished the freshmen f. Dartmouth-aodv Yale. l ihas, wonderful td relatej ' -smade; the school . take as muen Interest - in 'debating as in football or baseball 'and feel as proud of intelleccnal as of athletic champions, i r - "Now comes the. queerest of co Incidences. Salem in Oregon also has a team of high; school debat ers who are good -at making"rec ords. In 18 debates they won 17 times, and since .1916 they have 'thrice won the championship of the Pacific -coast. ' v . 'The eastern Salem high school heard pt this forensic foeman and challenged the western Salem high school to Joint debate. The chal lenge was accepted and' a double duel wjll occur In May. The Mas sachusetts debaters will go to Ore-j. son. toe uregon aeDaters to Mas sachusetts, and the issue is this; -The states should ratify-the pro posed amendment, ta.'tht federal constitution empowering Icongre'ss to pass a child labor law. In Ore goa . the Massachusetts (debaters -will support the1 negative, but In Massachusetts . thein respective roles will be reversed. I . ( I - "The; affair reflects honor upon both Salems, Each will pay its champions' expense. KLAMATH SLAPS eUMORS SOUTHERN OREGOY CITY TIC- T1M-OF FALSE ITArofS 1" KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mrach 20 -Investigation of two wholly false reports broadcast from this city has been begun by authori ties. l ' ' i'' - -f .--f ! ' ; Thousands of handbills were recently-scattered in Los Angeles, stating there wasa great shortage - of workers here in the. jnills and I woodsy Therer; no aich -short-. age and ' the icity is ; being . flooded 4 with Idle men. ' . Another report ' recently pub- lished broadcast in state papers .tells of a typhoid epidemic, with 1 8 children allegedly stricken, i There is not a single case of ty . phoid in the county, health auth orities advise. ; m : S Child's Harmless lix:iiv3 is ''California RgSyru- Even constipated, bilious, fever ish or sick, colic babies and. chil- aren iotb io uw .juiuj van fornla Fig Syrup."' No other laxative regulates the tender: little bowels so nicely. It sweetens tie stomach and starts the liver and ;bowela without griping. Contains "i no narcotics or soothing syrups, say 'California" to your drsgM ' ii J "avoid counterfeit?. . .Insist upon genuine "California F 1 g Tyrup" which contains 'directions. MOW "TUMBLEWEEDS" IS y.WJIIL.M,ji.ail.a)(j5g,'; i - , . --v . William S. Hart, most popular absence. He Is now seen in .his ' "A " , -- tj k .( ---'.'v-t , j v v I - - - . . J - K? I 1 " 5 "Tumbleweeds" ; is. hailed as, the best fUm Hart has! ever made." It carries the wholehearted endorse ment of the Oregon Theatre management. T : H. ' -v.S ;. IT! 'r .. n . USE HELD FDR PEN pi Governor Favors Utilization "to Aid in Making Prison Self Supporting - Governor Pierce has been ap proached i by V representatives j of large eastern paper? manufactur ing interests to .make the flax waste: from 1 the ; penitentiary scutching plant 'into pulp,-under contract to them for its purchase, for .use in mixing with other ma terials for manufacturing paper. The idea is to combine" the kraft paper .making! process with .an other new.' process, x! and - "make ledger paper and other high grade paper, products." ? : rgr ,i: . fv -i Governor. Pierce is. not in favor of making such a ! contract, be cause, in common fwith the super intendent of industries at the penitentiary,- John- Qnlnland, he has been looking "forward' to a "more profitable use of this waste than burning It under the prison boil ers, which makes a savlqg in fuel vf some 20 to $30 a day. , i . -j-. . . i This waste is made up of the cores lof i the flax straw ' called shives, after the fiber, which is on the outside, is scutched or stripped off. It is the 'only waste of flax as used here, the other products being- flax seed ground flaxfor poultices, the seed bolls used for stock - feed, lohg line ' fiber; spin ning tow, and upholstering tow It is said that machinery j for making the waste Into paper string may be put In at the prison for about $20,000, and that this product would be . worth ''about $400 a day from the two and a halt tons of .waste now . coming from the scutching mill, which amount 1 will !JV eventually' 1 be doubled, perhaps this year. That use of this by-product of flax straw might make the prison supporting. T. self Go vernor Pierce is having; the matter Investigated. Paper string Is being-made in large quantities in thTaTcbuntry-from cotton waste. There Is- a reTjrlarge-demand for it. Flax wis te. would make a .beU tr, and ilrdngeThitriHg;s especlal lyas somwfiberis "always mixed with..the lfhivea.--l. , L-" ; ?Tb.Iowcr -ATfU&ioV.iTt? The'proposed paper string' fac tory at the prison ; would, require about 15 9-horse power. The pres ent water - wheel is 'giving j 23 1 horse power. This is used In run ning the machinery of the ' flax plant f and ; all Mother machinery there;' and ; for lighting at night. rlt;will.be usettfor running' the state . lime : plant,' now-, being in stalled which will require About 30 horse power. J . The - additional ISO horse power, might over load the water wheel,! but a big gaso line "booster" Is already tied in; it was among the World war ma-, teriat furnished to the' state by the federal government. So' there Is now Buff latent power available!. And extra "electrical power might be. bought. If - found - necessary, from the Portland Electric Power eoTnTjaixr':2rrt??'''7 o There; would. e no 'additional overhead "xostr no more -book keeping cost, and installation costs would -be comparatively . small, with prison labor available, i . Any one can see that here may be a chance, at ono stroke, to make ther penitentiary 'self sup porting. -with 10,000 pounds a day of the flax waste, yielding r a- net NOW AT OREGON , of Western actors, has returned latest pieture-"Tambleweeds,'.' now profit in paper string product of around $800 a day. That alone would a good deal more- than make the institution self support ing; . ' - . ' i'i-;i "i : Besides giving a stupendous boost to the flax and linenlndus tries of the Salem district adding profits that had not been counted u pon at all. MARKET ASS FOB FLAX SEED . Portfand Linseed Oil . Com pany's Representatives -v in Marion County,;::,; V . : , With an established market for flax seed, the ' flax grower; this year is assured that he 'UL have some returns : from his crop, 're gardless of the length of the; fiber. s The Portland Linseed Oil com pany has"1 had ; a represent iiLvej In Marlon county for the past three weeks, and reports signing up-of quite a number of contracts -for flax seed from growers in the dis tricts around Aumsville,. Scio, Scotts Mills, HubbawU' fit. t Paul , ' . --- ii: i - and Mt. Angel. The price offered for flax se is $2.52 a bushel with the- prlv lege of buying linseed meal from the Portland Linseed Oil company at a price that will figure $20.00 a ton less than ttte usual retail price. ; - ;- ',: i::I .j- i According to past records Iax seed; will pay fully as much' as a wheat crop, as 10 bushels of seed from the acre is regarded as an acreage production. It is also fig ured out. that flax seed will pay more than oats or barley, and: has the additional advantage of giv ing the farmer one more' crop for rotation; 4-: '"- A V-;:-: Z-'i?4' Flax seed can be handled .'just the - same as ' the "ordinary , plant ings. The same equipment ' th URED i NOmi SPlNJEmEEK ' : The week ofTtfarch 22 to 27 has been designated , by the American Osteopathic 'Association as Normal Spine Week.: ;"riv:U ' V - ' : : The Osteopathic physicians of Salem will examine any school child . free 'of charge, by appointment, be 5 tween the hours ;o 'Y4 and 6 p. 'mn on these days. Dr W.rtLMercDr.x L. Xynch Dr.LuiC MawhallandDriBH.i White; : ! FERTILIZERS , Everyone wpp "hasj used fertilizers, find that it -pays; ? The cost'is" small and the increase is large. We have fertilizers for every purpose: The Lawn, , the Garden, the House Plant, the Field Crop,, the Fruit Crop, the Berry Crop, etc. We are always glad to talk the matter over and advise you what will be the best for your particular purpose. . " " , , Sheep Guano ' --i This - fertilizer is very popular for many pur poses and is very low in price.- One'sack is as 'good and goes as far as an average load of manure and . costs you far less. ; Remember there is no weed seecj in the' Guano, its all 'fertilizers ";We deliver it free in the city. : v r. ' ' D. A. VKITE & i SONS. 261 State Strcct- 4 , .V:. 4irl' .. I to the silver sheet after a lonr showine at the Orpeon Thpatr farmer uses In planting and har vesting flax seed is the same as in any of the other grain crops, such as wheat, oats or barley. The planting time is between the first and fifteenth of April. The land is prepared as if it was to be sown in wheat. peed from fiber flax does not yield as much to the acre and does not1 contain as much oil as seed planted only for seed. However, for- those who plant fiber flax, there is the seed that may be sold if the season prevents the proper growth of the flax. ' ..Experiments at the Oregon Ag ricultural College show that seed flax extracts no more mineral mat ter fro tnthe soil than wheat and not as much as barley or oats. In fact," according to -all experiments made, there is nothing to the old story that flax is hard on the land. It'wpnldbehard on land just the same as wheat - if planted from year W year, k; But with rotation oi crops;;- tlaz ; gives the farmer - -. just one morecrop. p TheT market tor flax"seed is al most unlimited for the Portland Linseed on company has a ca pacity of S00 cars of seed a year and so far, only five cars a year have j been produced in the Wil lamette valley.' CODY'S LIFE IS STAKE ATTEMPT MADE TO WIN COM- MUTATION FOR SLAYER ,'j I MEDFORD, - Or., March 20, (By Associated Press.) A peti tion iV being circulated in this county askings Governor Pierce to commute the ; sentence of Archie Cody, doomed to death on the gal lows, at Salem in May, to life im prisonment. Cody was sentenced upon conviction for the alleged slaying of the sheriff of Malheur county a year ago. The petition is being circulated by Grace Wick Merritt, a humanitarian worker. f Cody was born and raised fin Jacksonville and his parents are pioneers of southern Oregon, claiming to be second cousins of Buffalo Bill Cody. , J ; -1 -Cilcni Oregon Phone 160 jFEvLOVE. thrill a'KiilfiLi 1 TV ! r-.r. Gre&f ?Stoty Mrr:?,,Turnb!e 1 1 weeds" Now Playing at . t jY.theOregon Tlreatre;' ; ; Whch' tho government,-In 1839, decided to opon the Cherokee land strip ' to homesteaders, it ' meant the end of the cattlemen's regime. They had leased grazing lands and t anch isltes on the strip from the' Cherokees, 'but now ' they had to ror with their vast herds. No won-' der there was bitterness between; the owners end hands.; ;! i This Is the basis of "Tumble n eeds,? William S.. Hart's first iroduction for United Artists cor poration; release, now playing st the Oregon,'' and in it the true talc' bi ' the famous strip between Ksrn as.and Oklahoma is to.d for tho nrfct'time-on the screen. - ( Prior to the great rusi, lor hoiuesites, when thousands of per sons were, cumped on the Nrirs on the strip waiting the signal to go, .Don Carver, a range bees, hat laft !iome-'lesders,NcapituIatis to. a pretty irr 'among the iEvuling army iind o-jfldes to stake: a clatrs hitnseir - ' .v 1 'He ii confronted, however, -vlth .tho rascality of her half brother, and of f. nval for her af .tions; who obt.-.in his arrest as' a "srton t-r." (one who tried1 to ,?rab R 0 W B R A N D s H I R t s v On sale at 9 a. m., sharp- Tuesday--2375 Men's and young Men's fine qual ify Arrow, Earl Wilson and Emery brand dress shirts? TTiese are all new spring Patterns purchased by our buyer at a 'considerable" price concession? Fancy percales,oyen rnadras, Russian cords, EnglishTbr'oadcjbthsf ! silks, and satin striped broadcloth materials are embraced in this showins; . ' ' . 1 - Sal Reg. 2.50-53.00 $11 45: II il 3 for $45 Percales, Madras. the not Established cjnlm before- the opening.), Hut he escapes, cts the jite which his fineV'les wt re."Afe!rftnft ; "s-lna" the irl aa wpll. ' This is the is: of the Dlofwhich altbundi in mac? .novel and thrilling situations, vith thti magnificent -Hlmat of -t'm great r!ash itself, when thousands t ve hicles of .every 'coneeirable sort carried hoin"seeker3 jato in strip. There are ' great' rattle ranch Scenes .-which entailetl listant . lo "ations in making the' pirture, which ; King '. Cagget- : directed. There are great scenes represent ing Caldwell, Kani. whiQh became ; metropolis overnlpht ;wrn tho hociesteatiera entered; ; "wonderful shots of the human rush and many intimate and beautiful ef fects of the rolling prairies. Tt old dance hall and gambiio days again came to life, in Caldwell for a - brief period" and these aro de pleted with fidelity. And through out runs a tender strain of love and of human sweetness yf char acter under primitive conditions. - Barbara Bedford, one of screeu Join's most . beautiful L actresses, plays Molly Lassiter, the girl for horn Don Carrer, tha "Tumble -. weed" 'played by Bill Hart, con ceives an affection that'oercomes his prejudice against homestead ers in general and c n ."tits" hi? irom a roving cowboy to ix hotm ballder. . 1 j. ' . This Is the strongest story Will iam S. Hart -nas. ever: producd. audi ouc that will hi welcomed by his thousands of admirers the world over; " - Sheridan Sheridan-Willlmdna Telephone- company 'will build new office.- v 2375 'Dress SKirts ildfefelte -' . ; .if : I .. - . . . ..-,.- .: . ' , i I . ,-. K If r r . w " " ' -- ' ii . .... . - -..T immu'ii rj. ii.' ; -f,t I . Collar attached and neckband shirts with soft or starched collors to match shirts. This lot never" shown before in em. . v . Values Reg. 4.004.50 Values r It 3 Madras, If you know shirt values these1 orxces; -" Three show showing of these shirts on sale until 1 uesday y CLOTULNO WOOIEN .. .... u , , , . s : BRIDGES GO OUT ;T ALBANY, 1 Ore., March 20. (AFVTwo temporary bridges on the Santiam highway were washed outdaring "the spring .high water, in " the Sant lam river above Cas-; cadia, and the road from Cascade 5-.l-V-.Sl ' L- t AN EYI GIASSES for yourself or a member of . your family should not be considered an expense.. It is an investment in good health that pays immediate dividends in happiness. We even-know of folks who have improved their, personal charm by being" cor rectly glassed. O f "course, that's a 1matter of know ing how to fit frames that harmonize1 with persoial- Pomeroy & ICene Jewelers ari3 Optometrists Salem," Oregon TUESDAY; 9 A. M- - - - - . i ; . , . . i ' ' . : Reg. lor $85 Broadcloths you will buy a good supply at "windnw irlvrif'r1"rifiilv fr See!them7 Absolutely a. m. 1 , . MTT.T.3 CTCHE - . . . -.. to Fish lake will be closed to traf fic until July 1, C. C. Hall super visor f "the- Sahtlam "forest, -reported'. todays v V '-.;' ;H' ' - s Heppner-i Federal rbad bureau . . . 4 will start wotk on narumau-opraj road -; . i - a , t t, : J ; ... -. ' -- ' ... . 1 .- TS IN GOOD HEALTH E :-A'. L AND L s N M "A K E v. U; Mi - " . $5.00 to 5JQ Values $.)85; ; -'. J) 3 for $11.00 Silks, ; Broadcloths 'Established T'isoo r f I- f i