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4 " SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1927 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON if, f: Hi 1 The Oregon : r-. r-. - Imw4 Jaily Except liradiT by - -THE STATESUAH FUBUSHXHO COMFAHT -i ... 215 South Commercial St., Salem, Oreg-oo R. J. Hendricks - - - 4. - Manager Fred J, Toes . V .- Managing-Editor Iri 8. Iteg'nerr y - - City Editor Audred Bunch - - U - "i Sreietj Editor 0 i f :jc xzMBEB or XHB ASSOCIATED FBXSS Tn Associated Pres is exclusively entitled to the tu. for publication of all mti uptb credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper aad also the local ews pnMisbed herein. . f . B. Bell. 232 .233 Security Bldg, Portland. Ore. I . Jbm SUlk 1..NeW Yrk. 128-136 W. 81st St.; Chicago. Marquette Bldg. "rL A Us PreBt. Sharon Bldg., San. Francisco, Higgins Business Office . Society Editor - TELEPHONES : -23 or 683 ,106 Kew Pepartmanl 23 or 106 Entered at the Post Offie. in Salem. Oregon, as second-class matter. February . Afaln I say onto you. that if two of yoo shall agree on earth as touching anything- that they shall ask. it shall be done for them of my Father, which Is in heaven! For where two or three are gathered together in my name, ther am I in the midst of them. Math 18:19-20. BUILDING (Portland Journal.) r These Portlanders hare invested $62,000 in stock In the Salem linen mill In the effort to develop Yalley: C. F. Adams, J, C. Ainsworth, A- L. Mills, W. B. Ayer, Blake McFall company, ,W. C. Babson, the Corbett estate, H. B. Davis, Ada Eldrldge, Fleiachner Mayer & Co., the Falling estate, C. A. Gerken, Franklin T. Griffith, Ira F. Powers, Grover Hillman, Frank R Kellogg. L. A. Lewis, Meier & Frank company, estate of H. E. Noble, Harry?icolai, Emery Olmstead, H. F. Rittman, Isaac E. Staples, W. 1- Thompson, Ralph E. Williams, Raymond ; Wilcox and A. H. .' DeversV" " 1 - - .- .... : . " i These men see beyond the city limits of Portland. They realize that development of one community means indirect aid to the de velopment of every other part of . flax industry In Western Oregon almost every part of the United wealth that doesn't come now and never will come except from the sale;of linens made in Oregon of Oregon materials by Oregon labor employed by Oregon' capital. We talk about industries and and about industries to help bear the tax burden. The best way and the sure Way to get industries is to put Oregon capital into them and keep the profits at home instead of sending those profits to non resident owners in distant centers; ' " We have all seen cases of capital that came in, engaged in the lumbering business, sending the profits, to owners far away from Oregon; and when the timber was all cut dismantled the business and Invested the fortune made in bonds and stocks and palaces in New ., Tort. or. villas in Europe. . What a contrast that character of industry is with that of R. A. Booth, an Oregon lumberman who until recently maintained a strictly Oregon industry the earnings of which remained in Oregon, and out of which,, from Mr. Booth's store, went heavy endowments to Oregon education and gifts of many kinds for the benefit of Oregon, including a noble memorial to the pioneer circuit riders of the state! ; The Oregon men who are putting their surplus money into lines - orenterprise that make finished products out of Oregon' raw mater ials grown by Oregon producers are builders of Oregon in the most effective sense. The above from the Portland Journal of yesterday is ap propriate and to the point -And let the writer hereof make a prediction : ' The stock of the company owning the Salem linen mill mentioned is going to be valuable stock; the stock of the Oregon. Linen Mills, Inc. The mill of that company will very soon be turning out linen cloth for ladies dress goods and many other uses; and towels and napkins and table cloths, and! linens for handkerchiefs and shirts and a thousand other things sold in the stores of the country ".' " And they - will be of better quality on the average than the best Irish linens, supposed to be the best in the world. The reason is that they will be made from flax fiber that will be uniformly, of high quality, grown in the flax fields on western Oregon farms whereas 85 per cent of the fibers in Irish linens come from other, fields than those of northern Ireland ; and they are good, bad and indifferent. " Protected by duties running as high as 55 per cent ad valorem, the American markets will be open to the Oregon linen manufactures on more than favorable terms. There will be? a chance to make good profits, notwithstanding slightly higher American wages k J , t ;fjAd, when all the machinery u going, with trained opera tiyesvanci under good .management, there will be handsome profits. It will of course take some time to,'gei; everything organized, but this will all come about in regular order-- ' And, this Salem mill being the pioneer "in a major under taking, it will have advantages in supplying the needs of all sorts' of specialty mills. The fact is, it might be ten times as large, and still not be big enough for the specialty mills that are going to come; that will come as fast as they can be assured their raw supplies of fibers, yarns and cloths. FALDERAL AND POPPYCOCK j-There is a great deal of falderal and poppycock in muen that is being said about the terrible things that will happen : to this country through the operations of the McNary (or McNary-Haugen) law, in case it shall be made a law by the signature of the president 4 - f1 . j-And not the least is the idea that it will necessarily make living cosis' in5 this country much higher. s Take wheat. The . contention is that higher prices of wheat will make the loaf of bread cost much more. Congress man Ketchum of Michigan stated on the floor of the house during the last debates on the McNary bill that he had inter viewed" the president of one of the great bakery combinations. He found!that the price of the ordinary, loaf of bread, to the consumer,' all over the eastern section of the country is 8 cents. It was 8 cents when wheat was 83 cents a bushel. It was 8 cents. when wheat sold at $1.85 a bushel.- It takes 50 cents a bushel on the price of wheat to make a difference of cne cent in the cost of A loaf of bread, "or $2.50 a barrel for flouVmade from five bushels of whea -JThe, reason the price of bread was' not higher wittr $1:85 wheat than with 83 cent wheatwas that the bakers did not want the housewives of the country to go to baking their bread, which they would do "hv a raisp nf a'fpnt nr two rpnfa nTt'trn nrino of fViA tna-f .''rnfrt-;i;. L( x. - xiu ,u uatLKiy cuiuuiiusLxuxi Statesman . W. H. Henderson - Circulation Manager Jtelpn xl. Kletxinc - Advertising Manager Frank Jsskoski - - Maoager Job Dept. t.. A. Khotea - - - Livestock Editor W. C. Conner - - - - Poultry Editor Job Department ... Circulation Office .583 .583 10, J 927 UP OREGON the flax industry in the Willamette ; " . . 1 the state: . They know that -a big would, lay tribute for Oregon upon States and begin bringing here new about our anxiety to get industries x. . fj.. wuusb prestutm, waa quotea paid 58 per cent on its capital wheat to make the 8 cent loaf. . Congressman Brand of Ohio, in the same debate,, said he asked his wife to go to the biggest department store in Wash ington and inquire the prices of cotton gbods; every kind of cotton goods,' from shirts to item that is cheaper this year Though cotton in the baleis as it was last year. : - t : And so on, through the whole list that would.be affected by the operations of the McNary bill. That bill, if made a law, could not raise the price of wheat more than 40 cents a bushel above" the world market ; nor the price of cotton more than 5 to 10 cents a pound And the same rule would apply in lik.e measure to every other major crop with an exportable surplus But 40 cents a bushel added to the price of wheat to. the grower, or 5 to 10 cents a pound to the price of cotton, would make wheat and cottOn growing prof i table, instead of a losing game. At least' it is a losing game for the cotton growers at present prices: -And the same rule would apply to all other major crops with an exportable surplus which might be brought under, the operations of the McNary law And there' would be no perceptible raising of prices to the consumer. v -o I I SENATE-BILLS o ine ioiiowmg new bills were introduced in the senate yester day: SB 291, by 'revision of laws committee To provide .for re ceipt in evidence of books of ac count. - The senate yesterday adopted senate Joint memorial No. 14 me morializing congress to use its influence with the secretary- of the interior to the end that graz ing fees in the state of Oregon will not be increased for a period of 10 years. The senate also adopted house Jont' resolution No. 19. by the Multnomah county delegation, providing for a constitutional amendment authorizing a tax for the purchase of a site and erection of a veterans memorial building in counties having in excess Jot 200,000 population. Hazel Green Dr. Burkhart, president of Phil omath college, will speak at the 1 1 o'clock church services here February 20. The students of Chemawa train ing' school will give the program for Hazel Green community club February 25 in the school house. There will be a jitney supper fol lowing the program. Fred Hashlebacker lost part of the roof of his home in a disas trous fire last Saturday. The fire started near theflue. All loss was covered by insurance. Mrs. Murke of Molalla visited Mrs. Hashlebacker last week. Miss Sophia Hashlebacker returned with her aunt for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Hermon and chil dren were guests of their brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. N P. Williamson, on Sunday. Reverend Mershon, pastor of the church, will begin revival serv Ices Sunday, February 20, begin ning each evening at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zelnick! Jr., and children, accompanied by Mrs. Zelniski's father Mr. Smith, attended the marriage of their niece. Miss Georgene Goehien to WendeH Teres of Stayton. A number of children were ab sent from school on account of influenza. Despite the flu, the school has had an unusually good attendance average this winter. Mr. and Mrs.. English and Mrs Herlngton of Salem were guests of Mr. and, Mrs. Hashlebacker Wed nesday. G. G-Looney and son Gul Allen attended a- meeting of the county cattle club at Silverton Saturday W. O. Zelniski and wife visited relatives In Scio. Wilbur Rce left for his home in Washington after a several weeks' visit with his aunt, Mrs. A. T. Van Cleave. . Mrs. J. V. Lehrman returned yesterday from a Salem : hospital where she recovered nicely , from an operation. Miss Luckey was called from Everett, Wash., by the Ulness of her mother, Mrs. James Luckey. The Hazel Green school will give a George,. Washington pro gram Tuesday afternoon, Febru ary 22. B. Ci Zelniski suffered an attack of the flu last week; ' ?-. J. C. Schneider fell from a tele phone pole on which he was work ing - last week and was badly bruised. , No bones were broken. SOLONS TIRED; VOTE IN v; FAVOR ADJOURNMENT (Continued from paf 1.) . . ? .. not feel like arguing "for his bill that day. - Mr. Lewis told the house1 that it was without question a courte sy due Mr. Mott that bis bill be considered at some other time if it was his wish. l I The bill would remove burned over and cut down timber lands which are unproductive from the tax rolL being for the purpose of encouraging owners to hold their land long enough for a productive growth of timbef. However a five cent per acrs annual tax would be maintained, and a furth er tax of 124 per "cent on the yield of said land while it Is still considered reforestation land. v Finally v everyone concerned made themselves as agreeable as ipoasioia ana. Jlr. Motfs ; motion to -make- his. reforestatlo3ill"th stock while it was buying; $1.85 sheets, and. she found not an than it was last year- worth only half as much now special order of business on Mon day morning as soon as the body convenes was carried. The rest over the week-end la calculated to give everyone time to recuperate sufficiently to pass on nhe remaining two hundred bills with the thought and pre cision that they are entitled to and are going to 'require. The house yesterday voted down Representative Mott's com pulsory insurance bill for auto mobile drivers, number .116, by a vote of 23 to 35. Mr. Mott In his debate on the measure said that he had spent almost two years of study on the matter and that he .-thought that he had worked up a good bill. That responsible people all car ried insurance at the present time but the irresponsible did not, and there was a feeling that everyone that uses the highways should bet financially responsible. The bill does not in any way interfer with insurance companies, does not change their-rates or compel them to insure irresponsible persons. "If you pass this, bill . you will have passed the best compulsory insurance legislation that has been passed by any state in the union," said Mr. Mott.- 1 Air. Lonergan was opposed to i the state going into any business that is not a governmental func tion. Under this bill they would purpose to go into the general in surance business and pay dam ages whether the driver is negli gent or not. , That the time is coming when compulsory insurance " on the highways will be necessary was the opinion of Mr. Graham,, and although all the provisions of the bill may "not be just .what they should be it Is a "step in the right direction. . A few bills were passed by the house however, though some were unimportant ones. Those receiving a majority of votes in favor were as follows: HB 508, allowing' Multhomah county to sell, bonds to-acquire funds to erect a memorial .-hail, the bonds to be retired by rentals from the hall. HB 511. providing that an audit be made annually by the grand jury of prohibition funds handled by district attorneys throughout the state. HB 620, permitting Multnomah county to issue bonds : to build a bridge across the Willamette Slough from the mainland to Sauvies Island. HB 428, making the owners of stock liable for pasturage if such stock trespasses certain lands in Clatsop county, SB 172, by committee on revi sion of laws To provide for the recording of attested copies of records whenever county boun daries are changed. Read first time February 2, 1927. ' SB 101, by Senator Dunne of Multnomah To repeal toll of in terstate bridge between Portland and Washington. Read third time and passed February 4, 1927 SB 123, by Senator Norblad Allowing cities to appropriate money' for advertising and pub licity. - (, SB 53, by Senator Reynolds) Relating to. inspection of jn fee ted and Infested orchards, nurseries, trees, etc., and, repealing section 8859, Oregon Laws. u Read third time and passed January 28. 1927. SB 139, by committee, on. revi sion of laws Substitute, for Sen ate Bills 11 and 12 Relating to petitions for formation of; High way improvement districts, etc., and providing for dlsineorporatlon of such districts. , SB 14i; by committee on. judi ciary To amend section 335, Ore gon Laws, relating to the posses sion of mortgaged real property. SIRS. HALL'S VATHER- DIES EUGENE. Feb. 18. (AP), Henry C. Carney, father of Mrs. Hall.: wifo. of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University of Oregon;,died today at Evansion, W according to a telegram re ceived at Ahe Hall home, Mrs. HaU will be unable' to attend the funeral. ' ' Portland port '-exported 93.871" tons in January: mora than In January; mora than la any prev- luua wmnnary. " 3 Bits) For Breakfast StuT going 'strong - V V ' ' '7- - TheYWCA campaign. But there is some distance yet to the goal - ' " ' ' ; V "W "V " ' . And the goal must be reached and'; passed, in order to give the outlook for the new building. which must be an accomplishment of the near future, if Salem is to keep up with 'the. procession: If she is to take care of the needs of tbe women and girls of this city and'the surrounding country. And Salem must not fail in this duty and this privilege. s . .- -"Beau Geste." the story Qf the French foreign,' legion, one of the greatest pictures of the year, Is filling one of the biggest Portland theaters night, after nJght with aU seats sold out in advance "Beau Geste" is to be at the Ore gon Sunday only. . The end of the long wait is in sight. Salem's slecond linen mill will be in full operation .within few weeks. Progress is being made every day, and some manu facturing is being done now. The legislature will be with us till about Friday next, according to the predictions of the newspa per boys, who have a pretty close up view of the proceedings and prospects. ; S Tomorrow's Statesman, second section, Is going to have a. com prehensive review of the situation in China; and a lot of other things that are of great and vital inter est. Salem's linen mill will have to be enlarged to ten times its size, or ten ether mills built, to take care of the demands of the special ty mills that are now in sight and many others just around the corner. When the people of Sa lem put up their money for two linen mills, they started something that will be a long time in being finished say about 1000 years, and then some. INFLUENZA WAVE GROWS Portland Has Total of 200 Cases, With Number Rising r PORTLAND, Feb. 18. (AP)- Seventeen new cases of influenza were reported to the city health office today, making about 200 eases in the city, A steady in crease has been reported since February 1, when influenza sud denly became the most conspicu ous of the contagious diseases. .Throughout the state similar re ports were received by the state health office. T No cases of diptheria or pneu monia were reported and there' was a falling off in the scarlet fever cases. SIX SALEM BOYS NABBED Fos&CKsion of "No Parking" Sign Leads to Youths Arrest , Displaying on their automobile a "no parking" sign which they had picked up as a mascot six Sa lem high school students ' were halted by the' Oregon City police Friday evening on their way to the &alem-West Linn basketball game, according to word received . here The Oregon City police figured that the traffic sign belonged in Salem, so they called Recorder Mark Poulsen on long distance. But Poulsen is not one of those judges who has forgotten his own youth,' bo despite the fact that stealing a traffic sign is listed in the law books as highway robbery, the students were released, tem porarily at least. - Xewberg Tamhill county ag ricultural organizations. hold three-day marketing school here Bttttirt t Many different de signs. This towel will give good serv ice and can be used as guest towel. EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE All eomaaondaae for this depart ment mast i be ! sixed by the writer, must be written on ene aid jet tne paper only. n shonld not he longer than 150 words. ! Would Initiate 'Auto License Edtor Statesman: " Milling around and around in a circle and getting, nowhere, best expresses the ' deliberations and work of the automobile, roads and highway committee at this legis lative session." Regardless of the pre-election platform planks and promises of many of these legisla tors that iwe favor. a reduction in" automobile' licenses, especially as relates :tc used : cars," not one of these, members was instrumen tal in bringing about any read justment of : Oregon s exorbitant automobile' license law, fees are' twice as high which as tbe Washington license fee and three times as high as the license fee collected by the state of talifor nia from ( individual automobile owners. This dispatches yesterday, "Auto License stated to be Studied." and It as announced that, a legislative committee of five will be appointed to study the automobile license question. and report at the legislative In 1929. I - H i - session This is an exact duplication of the stalling-off action taken the commttee on automobiles and highways four years ago jwhen a similar committee was appointed which was headed by Senator Dennis. .This report' with jits rec ommendations was submitted to the legislature two years ago and was opposed: by Governor; Pierce and tabled by the legislative com mittee, just as all good, and needed automobile license Jregula tion measures have been at this session of the legislature. It's the game bid dllydallying methods Df incompetents, or those! whose business it i$ to see that the pub lic gets no relief from this unjust and burdensome source of taxa tion. There is not a more inequitable tax (which lis exactly what the automobile license fee amounts to) on our statute books than this burdensome (and exorbitant auto mobile license tax, which, regard less of the shpwing of the secre tary of state of an increase rev enue irom auto license and eas tax of a million dollars j a year since and including 1924. jwith no greater nignway Dunaing pro gram, this burdensome license fee is continued when it is generally admitted; and conceded that it should be lowered and Is bringing more revenue than is necessary to pay interest and retire .the road bonds as they becotne due, as well as meet all highway con struction : and maintenance ex penses. 4 . The writer owns an automobile on which the present automobile Blue Book appraisement is $600, and W'e are required to 'pay a license fee or tax of $4T a year on this car together with the three cents Oregon gas tax, in order to operate this car. This is at the rate of more than 34 a rnonth in taxes alone on a 1600 Investment. How long would the public stand for a tax like, that on real estate or any other property- xcept an automobile? It. has 'been conclusively nroven ty past sessions of, the legislature and verified Oregon at the present session, that Oregon au lomoDue owners will never get any relief at the hands of the reduced legislature in the way of taxation, or reduction of tne ex- orbitant license on automobiles ' especially used cars, so the only imng to xio Is to draw initiate a sane and sensible mi.. ure, which if submitted to the people would carry with scarcely a dissenting vote. Such action would greatly les sen the tax burden of the people. Oneo aaB" Size WsSO MILLER. Salem'aj Leadlm and in no way .embarrass Ore gon's road balding program, nor its- road-bonding obligations. It would also greatly' Increase the automobiles in this state. '. -W. C. Conner. Salem, Ore., Feb. 18, 1927. I On o I LISTEN IN SATTTEOAY MQ RHINO 10:M)-tl:30 KGW (491).. Household helps and mnsie. 11 :00-12:00 a'uOt 31). Demestie sci ence tutks and music. - ' JI:01J;Otl KEX- 447. , Hou&ehold hints and mnsi-. Time signals at 12. 8ATTJKDAT AFTERNOON . 12:00 KKEC (252). Weather reports. 12:30-1:30 KGW. Noon concert. l;30-3:0O-KFJB 263). "Magic for the "Friends at -Home." " 2:00-?:OO KXb- 3a9). Masic 3:no-4:6o--KorN, S'ew. muic 4;OO-S:00 KVteO.K Mustek 5:15-6:00 KOIN. Topy TnrTy Times SATURDAY NIGHT 6:00-7:00 KOIN 319. Orffan recital. 6:00-7:00 KOW (491). Concert, 6:00 6:30-KTBR (263). Tourist guide. 6:30-7:30 KXL (j!89). Music. 7:00-7:2(VKOIX. ; Amttseirent fuMe. 7:00-7:80 KGW. Children's proa-ram.' 7:30-.-30-KEX (447). Dinner orches tra. "." 7 :30-7 :45 KOff. Weather rept rt and announcements. ... 8 :00-8 :30 KG W, . Pacific Unversity Glee Vliib. 8:3o S.-00 KEX. Qnsrtet an d vocal se lertonii. Tme signals at-9. 9:00-1009 KGW. Instrumental ouar- tet. - " ' lOrOO-lOO-pKFWT 2I2). Studio pro ' mm. 10:00-12:00 KGW. Dane orehestra and soroikt. " lO.-oo I:0O .KOIX. -L Saturday nirtt club. - 10:30-12 :00- KEX. Dance orchestra and .. soloist. . - . KO0 Oakland (361). 8:15 9-J5 KOWW Wall. Wall, (?85). 7. 10. ct M E ATg STEUSLOFF BROS. MARKET Corner Court and Liberty .Phone 1528 Phone 9194 Try the People's Market ; Under the management of Henry Wolff We Deliver Anywhere in the City BBCKE . IIKXDUICKS Insaranre of All Ktnda Tel. 101 -Beats Theater Lobby lgf N- High'. JO 1 1 1 I B SIR&IAfc eacln Department Store i KTI Los, Aarelea (497). 8:30. 6:15 :S0 :S0. S. . lo. 11. KFSD San Diere 845). 6. 7, 8. 9. 10 KPQZ--HollTwood,(22e). , 7. 8. . KWjSan FTaacUcv (428). 6:15, ;30, KHQ-lspokano 304).' 6, 7. 10. KYA San Francisco (400). 6:20. 6:30, Kip's Long- Beach (232). S. 6:20. 6:53 7, 8. 8:10. 8:20, 9, 10. 11. KNX Hollywood (337). 5:45, 6. 6:30 7, 7:15, 7.-SO, 8, 9. lO, 11. KFWI San Franciaco (250). 9. iX.0 Aafetea (275). 6:30. 7;30 A MO Tacoma (250). . 9. KFWM Oakland S26). 8. Xtioo"ScmU,,B l3), 7:30' 7:45 8:ls. KOAbener (322). :30. PSPadena (316), 6. 8. a , Sr"?."rwod 1252)5:40. 6. 7. 8 f ,Ap?g'g (405) 6:30. 7:30, KLX Oakland (509). 7. KTAB Oakland (303). 7 MORE MEN SAIL FOR V. NICARAGUAN CITIES . . ; : (Continued en par 4.1 would -not be surprised t it were ordered anywhere. Marines from the local base are now on the high seas: bound for China and Central - America. ; The unusual spectacle of one brigadier general and one colonel commanding-fewer than 100 re cruits was witnessed at the "ma rine base today following the de tachment of the 100 men for Nic araguan duty. Brigadier General Smedley Butler is -returning to San Diego with the Denver mail guard detachment. Colonel W. P. Pritchett is in command at the base, but he has nobody to com mand except a, few recruits 155 North Liberty SUNDAY MEATS f0f7ODlD MAIN FLOOR SECTION See Window Dis play Tonight ! ' ' - - . - - - ' "