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: THE "RIGHT. RESPONSE ."And Mosea came and told the peo
words which the Lord hath aald will we do." Ex. 24:3.
OUR WIDE STREETS AND OUR CARS
, All the people in Oregon, could get into their motor cars
this morning, if all of : them were so minded, and take a ride,
and not be at all crowded . :" . ; .
Because there is one car to four people in this state, with
perhaps a few over to fill; the' seven-passenger cars.
". . , Jhe registrations in Oregon will this year show between
50,000 and 240,000 automobiles, and the population of this
" ,k 6Ute is; not far if any above a million.
'uliu i Svery state .issues ''automobile licenses, and so the num
ber is known to the last car. The official figures for last year
'"iut'the tbtal at 20,051,176. That makes one car for every six
i. persons, to be exact for every 5.8 persons.- So our entire pop
ulation could get-into its automobiles at one time and take
"ra rioe, provided it didn't try to go over the same highways,
f as sometimes appears to be the case.
New York has the most automobiles, 1,625,583, but Cali-
' fornia has the lowest ratio, with one car to every three
Oregon's ratio makes
average.
Some busy days, on the down town streets of Salem, you
lt!';jryill see twp lines of automobiles on each side, going in oppo
1! site directions and still there is room for parking. This
: makes ufl appreciate" our wide streets; 100 feet wide in the
"dowii town district. v ; ;
, . , " The time'is coming when there will be four lines on each
side and then. there will be no toom for parking in the style
.that is now provided.; ;
-' t The" automobile manufacturers are all set to turn out
- 400,000 cars this year, if the public wants to buy that many,
nd whether it does or not, and in spite of the machines that
go toejuioklTeapr the traffic density is bound to be increas
- ed somewhat in 1926. Perhaps we are going to a car to a
'I person in timet- .TOoiknowsT
THE PENITENTIARY INDUSTRIES
1 "W
Vril: Jjj 1 lUKra
' rustiy;at tbpniteniryr that the institution could ever be
' ' yxufiii elf ' suppotmg through-thAt industry alone,-excepting
! btfha tall
:d4vel6entjre nbw'iindicating that full self sup
"port ttty be? rohieved short of spinning; especially with the
development of other suitable industries there.
e fla every day
.-''yearV'-0 thatend. Retting and drying
operations are going on steadily; were commenced months
' lifofe, they .were' started in former years
, -v' And about 100 bushels a day of flax seed is being thresh
I Wv i000 pounds a day of spinning tow being produced, and
jl j 5Q0? pounds of long line fiber, besides a quantity of upholster-.
i - inir tow,.ajid some-ground seed for the drug trade for poul
- r tiWpiridom bolls for sale to the makers of stock feedr
l '' leaving nlytthe ves or
v , making, a saving ot f4U wpu a aay in iuw.vww. .
i . This all biitigs a-grpss eash value f or th output'of the
tateflax4ndustro ButHhis viU be in-
; creased, by puUingin more scutchers. It wiU be increased
'' ' again by pdtting in machines for treating the cut flax straw.
I, It will likely .be increased still more by putting in a plant of
VednVFrench invention (the patents now; beinglowned by a
biEnglisTi concern that builds ships and other things), that
rets and dries the flax, with the iseof steam and hot water
ahd dry air, along -with a chemical that does -not affect the
; quality of the -fiber.vs" will supplement the retting that
3 ;, must now have s sunshine for drying.
tV T&e8cutching is already arranged to be; carried on every
1 ' day in the year, with humidifiers in the scutching miD, similar
V trifiaVsed inheHenry Ford plant near Detroit, Mich.
" -Sd; finaDyfthe 3000, 4000
' or mor acres of flax each! -yApd.tiywith. fid
puVpS-inan employed -.taldng
ay;ind thU3 .aiQngthV
established here. ' t ?
ltBahfctt&; itrmaymiit;burnihg:the wasteland con
i l verl It mto Da'ier. strine.'worth above 10 cents a 'pound. This
wsatK on thV bas'i3 of the nresent operations is about two and
i ' a'half tons a day.. Tlje, waste of the waste (shiyes) would be
i V aboli poujao'ia
tffttis the oaoVr sti rnayite day; and,
1 of coiirse; "double that amount,
Droducts snau nave uccn uuuuieu , . -
And that , would put trie
' supplorting a besides providing a: small wage for every
. And, mc'rfe tliari'thfsV it wilt furnish a' tremendous im
petus to ilax- growinar and lmen making in thecal em district;
fcr jyht: cn- be tlone with the waste at the pmiteYitiarE'.can
L 2 Avith-it in '-other utefchg plants locatedUhrouhout
' ' ''rt'-V.h tb--vrdr Turner tn4 XtaytoK; and
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
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; W. II. HmIwmi
Ralph H. Klatiiag
Prank Jaikoakl
K. A. ttaataa , -
W. C. Caaaar
CtreateUea V aaaiat
Aavartiaiaf Maaagav
Maaaaar Jab Dept.
I4vaafe Mllt
- PaaKry Kaita
ASSOCIATES
BaVa DperteneT 10
Job Paparfaat , tf,., IM
Oraga. e eeeoa-elaee sutler.
a better snowing man me
J
Winnmri nf the flax
waste, now being burned, aril
the gross rW
- Azw- r.'i h'.: -.
when the output of the other
institution" on more tnan aseu
' "",""ts n' r.r.d'otber
stalled at the penitentiary for
beuur ravesuearea, ana pians
This flax waste is suitable for combining with the kraft
paper process, and making a very high quality of ledger and
similar papers.
Thus the time is at hand when the linen industry and
the paper making industry here in the Salem district, and
throughout western Oregon, -will go together; each adding to
the enduring stability of the , other.
Do you get the vision? v
U,The s pioneers in the flax industry here builded wiser
than they knew. They started something that will grow
greater with the years, and will last as long as water runs
and grass grows.
The above was written partly to answer numerous in
quiries. The attention of many people has been attracted to
our flax and linen industries. It should be stated, in this
connection, that very thorough book keeping methods are now
being employed in the state flax industry, from the growing
flax in the field to the finished product. The people will thus
know just what farmers should get for their flax. They
will know every detail of cost, up to the turning out of the
finished product. They will be able to trace back to every
acre of land that grows flax. These things, so important
for general information and understanding, have heretofore
been done in ways that gave very faulty information. There
will be no secrets here after. This is public business, and the
public will hereafter be furnished with all the details of tran
sactions and operations.
j Marion county is to have a bee inspector, and his ser
vices will not cost the general taxpayers a cent. His pittance
pay will come from the bee keepers, who will be very glad to
make their contributions, for their own protection against bee
diseases. . Marion county has been far too long in providing
a bee inspector. She is several jumps behind Polk county in
this respect, but she will catch up in good time.
2p EDGAR POE MORRIS SS?
fouu
The day that John Ingate was
thirty his mother, watching the
way he conducted himself in the
company of the young women she
had assembled at his birthday par
ty, decided that he was "woman
proof"; that he would never mar
ry. He was coldly formal and
courteous with them, and appar
ently bored. They were all the
young women of the . toVn she
deemed sufficiently eligible to. be
her daughter-in-law.
The truth of the matter was
that he was "fed up" on his moth
er's and his sister's interference
in his affairs, and indelibly asso
ciated their ways with all of the
women of his class.
Mrs. Ungate has been disturbed
by the spectacle, and yet not ill
pleased. It was irregular for a
man not to want to continue a
family , tradition handed down to
him by. his grandfather ana latner
in turn;, that there must be a
John Ingate trained and ready to
step. into the presidency of John
legate's Sons, Inc., when it was
vacated by death. On the other
hand she" disliked, the idea of liv
in a lonely life, with both her
children married. She bad re
solved never to live with either,
and have grandchildren under
foot, and daughters-in-raw look
ing upon her-aa an intruder.
Naturally the news that John
was seriously in love with this
MacLurie girl WAaxUaturbing. For
two reasons, iwweuia oe a so-4
Sal comedown, sb, text, fuiner
&ioreUt;would -make It certain
thathe must' lire a lonely hie.
Forshe iould never ' e'veh viBit
John if he married Ev MacLurie.
Their magnetisms weredifffeiit,
and uncompromising- They would
never be able to get along, it was
plain. At the very moment when
Jolin Ingate, in the privacy of his
office, was proposing marriage to
Eve MacLurie, his mother was
weening upon her pillow in the
stuffy old suite, in the ancient In
gate mansion that she wouia
never allow to be changed. ;
Eve. facing her employer, could
not blurt out what was upon her
Una. Some power held-a finger
upon her mouth.
Is it because you don't love
me?' John pressed.
Impulsively she shook her head.
' hrirhtened ' and he
leaped toward; hereon, Ijpve. my
dar--." : f ' 1 v
AllO
"Wait. John wait!? It waa the
first time the had ever called-him
hr hli. first name. "Walt I love
Clav: too." i :
John Ingate, in the act'of grab
bing, her Into; his arms . atoppeo
atark. still. . . i
"Then you don't love'me?"
- -Vea-Oh. John,' I love you
both, y io.": ;
;He stndled her, 'pnttled.
v. fi. do, 'the repeated.i trying to
make him understand.
''i.donVaeet how you can love
both of us" he aald slowly. ?
"But I do. I've Oh, I've been
In torment" 'since yesterday. I've
tried to decide. J think IaTer-
'No, Eve, I don't think jon lore
both of us. Tou love Clay, or yen
lovo mo.! HI eyea held'hera re-
lAntioeal-r. aeeklne the trutn." -
rt: Whv can't T'love' both ot
you!M-ahe, tVoke. out In anguish.
A motner; "
$20,000. This matter is now
prepareu. . i
world for each man? Only one ."
John Ingate sat down again,
stiffly. "What would you siK
Eve, if I told you that I loved
two women that I loved another
as much as I loved you; no less
no more?" He was puzzled, dis
trait. "I would believe it if you told
me so, John," she replied with
passionate earnestness. t .
The response struck him silent
for a moment. He wanted to be
lieve her, but couldn't.
"I'm afraid it is Clay you'loVe,
Eve," he said huBkily. "You Just
don't want to tell me. . . ."If you
really loved me, you would not
doubt it; you would be sure." He
arose. "I- perhaps we'd bet
ter V."
She comprehended that he
thought they ought to separate;
that either he or she ought to
leave the office. She also arose.
Her legs trembled, she shivered;
she sat down agairy
. John Ingate made as if to go,
then turned. "I think I under
stand. Eve, you don't want to
hart me. I understand. That's
good of -you. Eve. I like you for
it," His voice was huskier. "I
think I'll go." He grabbed his hat
and went out. ;
Eve sat staring after him. He
didn't, he wouldn't understand..
Clay would. . . .Yes, Clay would
She would go to Clay now
Her heart was suddenly at ease
The door opened as she was
going forward toward it. and
John Ingate ienteKfstherT'OOi$.'
She; was startled hy the change In
his expression. He seemed like a
new man. ,He had f ought a battle
with himself. He .looked confi
dent now. He was John Ingate,"
the businessman, again. The other
John Ingate, the lover had .gone'
out
"I hope you are feeling better,"
he said, not unkindly, but with
repressed feeUng. "If you wish.
you may go home for the rest ot
the day. . . .1 am sorry I lost con-4
trol'of myself."
Eve eyed him wonderingly. She
hadn't supposed he could be like
this the man she loved. He waa
apologizing, regretfully, for . hav
ing told her he loved her, as It he
realized now that he had made a
mistake. She felt humiliated
I think I will, Jtfr. Ingate," she
said. "I'll have Miss Copley come
in and flnisn tne dictation." She
opened tne ooor.
"Wait, Eve. . wait., . . .Please
close the door." He repeated the
order as she hesitated
V "As a friend. Eve," he went on,
"I want to say a few things to
you. As a friend. Please think this
matter over carefully. I'm not con
sideriag myself now. . . .Clay la a
weak fellow.. He's spoiled. He has
a temper..', . .Ho Oh, It's caddish
of me to talk about him, but
don't think you've considered him
deeply enough. Eve. He's weekV 1
She nodded. "Yes, John, Clay Is
weak. That's why I. love him.; He
needs me. . . .1 am going to marry
In a moment she had closed She"
door behind her, leaving John In
gate with . bowed head and
clinched fists., J. W
; , (To be; continued.)'
; In
the next . instalment!,-: A
Woman's Way. St t - ,
Bandon -Local
growers- plant
S EDITORIALS
OF THE PEOPLE
AH earreapaadanea far tala depart
wt mart be lTed by tba "J1'
moat ba vrlttaa on aaa side af taa
papar only, and snoold not ba longer
Uaji ICO words.
Would Start Newspaper
Editor Statesman:
I am sorry I haren't got the
qualification and financial means
that it requires to publish a news
paper. I would gire it a new
same.' for . we Amertcan farmers
ire 'always falling over' ourselves
and one anotner' ,ror 1 something
new. Now comes the Portland
linseed oil works with something
new in the war of seed flax, and
we farm suckers will; nibble and
bite;' if the North Dakotans and
Minnesotans do tell us seed flax
is hard on their land but sure it
would not be hard on our Oregon
soil. Then I would same my pa
per "The Knocker." I would em
ploy an editor like some of the
Portland editors. Then I would
feel sure that if he was as good
a knocker as booster I would have
one of the leading newspapers of
America in. the next four years.
Then I'd be like the editor of the
Capital Journal a few weeks ago,
in regard to the Sunday newspa
per. Neither do I believe in so
much tariff and boosting for the
Oregon fibre flax grower. Then
subscribe for "The Knocker" and
save the farmers hundreds of
thousands of dollars that the
Sears Roebuck Agricultural com
mission said we lost in four years,
beginning in 1920, by not getting
cost of production for our farm
products. '
S. B. MILLS,
Aumsville, Ore., March 30, 1926.
Editor The Statesman:
Dear Sir: I wonder whether
you would care to broadcast an in
quiry that I have received from
Mr. Roger F. Williams, 501 Van1
Buren street, Syracuse, New York.
He is seeking "data that would
contribute facts towards" the life
and labors of Rev. Nelson Rounds,
who was "a very prominent Meth
odist clergyman pastor, presiding
elder, educator and editor." Mr.
Rounds was president of Willam
ette university in 1868 70.
Williams wants records of Ms de
scendants, and to be put in touch
with any of them or other peo
ple that might aid him. He would
appreciate the loan of any papers,
documents, etc. Sincerely Yours,
F. G. FRANKLIN.
I Bits For Brealtfast
Here is an idea:
a "a "W
Why not boost for a highway
through the Minto pass?
"a "a"a
Why may not Salem help to
put this over, and thus give this
city the most direct connection
with the heart of the eastern Ore
gon country?
"a "a
It can be done, if wo will all go
to work at it, and keep rtup per
sistently. Congressional action
will have to be had, perhaps, on
account of the forest reserve. But
Salem is surely entitled to such
consideration. Then help may be
had from Jefferson county, and
from the people of Bend and other
live cities just over the Cascades
from Salem.
"a "a
Legumes is the Slogan subject
tomorrow. The Salem district Is
coming on in this field; fine. If
you can help the Slogan editor,
please do so, today.
"a W
Bert Haney's talk before the
Salem Kiwanis club yesterday was
good. JTho present program for
the federal ownership and oper
ation of ships must be followed;
apsoiutety. Tbat is ail we can
have for the present. But the
right way is to give preferential
duties to American ships. That
will get the government out ot the
shipping business. It will create
a merchant marine on a perman
ent basis. It will cost nothing.
a "a
Mr. Haney also has the right
idea about the importance of de
veloping new markets in the South
and Central American countries.
and in Japan and China and the
rest of the Orient. These are the
great fields of the future for Pa
cific coast business.
FREE PRESS BATTLE
RECALLED BY DECISION
. (Coatlauaa from psg 1)
Haner, county clerk of Deschutes
county, & newspaper sought to ex
amine public records. In so doing.
the newspaper waa acting on the
justifiable fact, that, one mad, a
ft The neatfcrf red peppers takes the
ouoh from ' sore, lame back. ' It
can not hurt you, and ' it certainly
ends the torture at once. '
r Whea you are suffering so you can
narojy get around, just try J&ea ep
per. Rub, and yoo. will have the
quickest reHef known. Nothing has
such concentrated, penetrating beat
rd peppers. . , - --'
: - Just , as' soon aa you 1 apply" Red
Pepper Bub too will feel the tuurline
J 'heat. ' In three minutes it warms- the
ora apos urougn ana varocga. iraut
knd aonseaa. sre.-gone;'";',.
" a- . a ..
Aak -any drucziat. f or s - lar . of
Rowles Bed Pepper Eub. Be aura to
get the genuine, with tha same Bowlea
jRED PEPPER HEAT I
Vtf STOPS BACKACHE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
reporter competeat and trained,
is thereby enabled to learn facts
which bein turn, can present to
thousatfds'of readers whose right
to information la undented.
But te underlying principle had
not been firmly established then-.
The EagleBs reported was denied
Inspection ot hoks, containing
public facts. Rfportins to his
chief, editions lipeared on the
streets bearing that freedom-of-the-press
slogan, f 'there is no such
thing aa a prlrate-public docu
ment." V Since tiat time, right of
press Inspection' ;has seldom been
denied.
Next week Aehy Oody will die
in the state penitentiary for the
slaying of a sheriff. Witnesses are
restricted. Newspapermen, duly
credited, are egected to attend.
Not for the lovf of seeing a man
die upon the gdlows, but because
the public, by v.pose will the death
penalty is exacted, has a right to
know the manner in which its will
is carried out by prison officials.
Wholesale admittance of the
public is impossible. Your repre
sentatives, newsmen, replace you
in the death chamber. So in the
courts, the public representative,
the press, remains the quiet spec
tator of the dramas people write
with their lives. This workable
theory, guaranteeing admittance
of the public's representative, was
sustained when the Oregon su
preme eonrt wrote:
"The .Oregon -statutes specifical
ly declares that all officers having
the custody. -of any. state or county
records to this state shall furnish
reasonable opportunity for the in
spection and examination thereof
to all persons having occasion to
make examination of them for any
lawful purpose.
"Obviously, the term 'all offi
cers includes tne cierK or ue
schutes county, and the term 'all
persona' embraee the petitioner,
and the purpose of the petitioner
is lawful."
The opinion was written by Jus
tice George M. Brown, with Jus
tices iiean ana aen ana umei jus
tice McBride concurring.
The court Tuesday also dissolv
ed pending disposal of an appeal
a temporary injunction issued a
week ago prohibiting the grazing
APRIL 7, 192C,
of sheep on cer.ain unenclosed
lands in Jackson county. The in
junction was sought by the Big
Butte Horse and Cattle associa
tion, with Alex Anderson and oth
er sheep owners named as defend
ants. The lower court held in fa
vor of the sheep owners.
Other opinions handed down by
the supreme court Tuesday follow:
Blake Shaw, appellant, vs. E. B.
Moon and F. ' R. Fortner, city re
corder and ex-officio justice of the
peace for the city of Wasco; ap
peal from Sherman county: action
to recover personal property.
Opinion by Justice Belt. Judge
D. R. Parker reversed.
W. A. Barrett and J. J. Barrett
vs. Union Bridge company, a cor
poration; appeal from Linn coun
ty; petition for rehearing denied
in opinion by Justice Rand.
Thomas Hanson, an incompe
tent, by Ansavilla Hanson, guard
ian, appellant, vs. Johnson Con
tracting company; appeal from
NEW SHOW
A deceitful, dangerous sho devil transfOfmel Into
a repentant, lovable angel through love
Brand New.
AXDY GUMP
COMEDY
LEAH
HOLT
AT THE
ORGAN
HEILIG
Mnltnomah county; action to re
cover money for 'services; case re-
show. I X
Mary E. Ogden vs. C. V. Ogdepr,
appellant: appeal from Douglas
county; suit for idivorce. Opinion
by Justice Burnett. Judge J, W.
Hamilton affirmed. '?
Warren Lumber comr. ap
pellant, vs. J. H. Smith atfsidthers;
appeal from Clatsop county; -suit
- m i
to foreclose material man a lien.
Opinion by Justice Bean. Judge
T. Ei J. Duffy reversed.
A. M. Dickerson and Caroline H;
Dickerson vs. Herbert Cox and
Nancy Cox, appellants; appeal
from Washington county; suit to
foreclose real jestate mortgage.
Opinion by Justice Bean. Judge
George R. Bagly affirmed.
Robert B. Rice appellant, vs.
Nellie N. Rice; jappeal from Mult
nomah county; suit for divorce.
Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge
George R. Bingham . affirmed.
TODAY
WED.
Turns.
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