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The Oregon Sta tesman Iwl Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PC BUSHING COMPAXT ' -s 8oth Commercial Street. Salom. Onm J. Haadrieka Irl 8. JkfcSacrry KJpo O. Cartia . 'ctor i. Carlaoa HMlli Bunch . - alanacar Vasarfag Editor City Editor S porta Editor ' fcociaty Ed. lor Ralph H. Klattiac. AdrortUimg Uinpr Gao. F. Marti Sept. Maebameal Dapt. W. H. Headaraoo. Circulation Maaacar 2. A. Rkotaa - Uwtoek Editor W. C. Coaaar - .' Poaitry Editor - . MEMBEK or THE ASSOCIATED rXE&S Tpa AsaociaUd Freaa is axelasivaly aatitto to taa ata for paBlteation at all owa uiicaea eradilad to it or not othorwtao ara4ita4 i taia papar aad alao taa ' pabharad a raia. . - , ' ' BUSXKESS OTTXOBSt I 'T-- r Oreioa Hewapapan Paeifia Cooat 'I Rorratatiaa Dot 4k Tkookaa filrpea. !r.z, PorJand. Sacartty B-d.; aa Vi Aagataa, ChinUr ,1 t.-.arca Bid. aa Claxfc Ct lr .rk, 12S 16 W.aiaT.; fraBcttca, aara 31df.; Lw Catearo. it arqaetta B14aV TELEPHONES -wia.y mr 1MI " , j (.Wi, , uiiicl .585 Eatarod at taa Pt Oltica aataw. Ort)a. aa M-att-Ua matter. ' ' ' " ' . December 8, 1927 I , " rV V;--.';-'V - Bat Jesus answered and said. Ye know not what ye ask. ' Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptised wittf the baptism that I am baptised with? They say unto Him we are able. And He saJth unto them. Ye shall drink Indeed of my cup. and be baptised with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right band, and on my left, is not mine to give, but It shall be Siren to them for whom It Is prepared of my father. Matthew 20:22 and 23. . - :....,(! A DREAM BEING REALIZED The dream of a peppermint oil refinery for Salem is being realized; the refinery, is alreadyhere, though for the present scattered under three roofs; and the present capacity of 25 pounds an hour is to be increased to 225 pounds an hour, by machinery already purchased ; and the plant will in good time be assembled under one roof H It will be an up to date refinery, manned by competent help. -: - ' " r : This is a great advance It is a far greater advance, or the beginning of it, than appears on the surface. It means the beginnings of gigantic drug industry for this district, for this valley. There are some 59 vegetable drug plants which are treated like peppermint oil in distilling and refining; all the es sential oils, that are or may be grown to perfection under our soli and climatic conditions ; And. there are all the perfumes ; even attar of roses. Do you get the vision now? : i We have here the edge on the other mint . districts of this country by about 50. per cent; perhaps more. We have it in lower priced lands,, cheaper overhead ; in the larger quantity of "oil to the acre; in the greater, menthol content, and ester content; in superior flavor All these; and the same thing holds true of all our crude .drags, or nearly all of them. In some of them, to a higher of the grower from transportation facilities does not have to be considered; 1- - Because the oil commands a good price, taking one year with another, which affords the grower a good margin where the land is properly adapted to mint. Our mint industry will persist, because of the higher pro duction and quality of the Oregon article. The Salem banks, have" taken a strong hand in assisting in the development of the mint industry in Salem. All of them. Conspicuous among the banks of this city that have taken a leading part in this field are the Ladd & Bush bank and the United States National. They are still giving more than good advice in the fostering of this coming great in dustry, and in pointing the way to a gigantic drug industry that is coming to this section, for peppermint oil is only the senior member of the family. More lusty youngsters are on the way. Under such auspices, we may see the drug garden crop one of our major money crops,. as it is bound finally .to be one of the greatest, within a shorter time than such a consummation would otherwise be possible. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO o ' o (From Columns of the Statesman, . Dec 9, 1002) The cost of committing Insane convicts in the Oregon peniten tiary to the asylum for insane is now borne by j Marion county. There is ar move on to relieve the county of this burden. Marshfield "Doc" S a g 1 e, a gambler, shot "Tom" Barker, an other gambler during a card game at the Clay Moore saloon. Engle Jiad been drinking heavily. A bowling contest : was held at the Illahee club last night between the Minto team and the Hatch team. Dr. Cartwright made the highest score with 177. Organized labor in this state has taken up the question of free school books. !, ; The nut growers are talking, rather timidly, of a big chestnut industry. 1 They j need not be timid. There are great possibilities here. The people of the island of Corsica, where Napoleon' was born, almost live on chestnuts; they have chestnut flower, confections, puddings, etc; many dishes. 1 They, fatten their hogs on chestnuts. These nuts are good for many ! things besides garnishing Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, with. degree,- This is the testimony of experts. It is not mere opinion. - M - . If the reader wants to get a glimpse of the possibilities, be is invited to read the Slogan article under the heading beginning with the. words, "Salem Now Has." If you have any "sort of interest in Salem or this section, you will get a thrill from the facts recited in that article. The dream out lined tnere is coming true. H OUR GREAT SUNT INDUSTRY r s The acreage in mint in Oregon ran up to around 2500 for .last year, from not much more than 600 acres in 1925, and to about 3500 acres this year. ; Salem district peppermint oil4 was quoted in 1925 in New York at ?27 to $30 a pound. Three years ago the quotation was $6 to $8 a pound. It is $2.50 to $2.75 a pound here now. There is a profit in producing peppermint oil in this district even at that price. Some of our growers say it is better than $1.25 wheat, at $2 a pound. But peppermint growing is likely to be overdone here, and go through a period of medium or small profits, or even losses; but it will persist, and the industry become stabil ized ':- r, " " . o . , ; Because the finest and richest peppermint oil in the world is produced in the Salem district ' " An oil with 51 per cent of menthol content, against the 36 per cent of the oil produced in Michigan Indiana and New "York, our competitors in this country ' And an oil that ranks at the top for purity of flavor So that dealers pay more for our oil than for the eastern And the eastern oil must be mixed with the Oregon oil in orderSto give it the proper flavor, j j . Besides, our growers get more pounds of oil to the acre. All these are .tremendous advantages : They give our growers what amounts to a franchise in the profitable production of peppermint oil for which there is a rapidly growing demand, especially in Jthe candy and gum traaes or ine umiea. otatea. ; i So wo can produce peppermint. oil here at lower cost than It can be turned out elsewhere in this (country; because we get more to the acre; because we get a higher quality worth more per pound; because our overhead is smaller, our land being cheaper for the principal thing. J Our people can make their mint industry persist and be come stabilized. Natural conditions ; favor them enough to make this a certainty. i ! , Salem now has a peppermint refinery, ? ' ' rfU .1ritifiMa will Turn vnanv Tri fVia -flT-flf rk1aP Vl o 'full profits will be brought here. In the second place, the prod uct will be standardized, and higher prices realized. The following are some outstanding things concerning the franchise' of the Salem district " on mint growing ; and the came things will hold good for spearmint growing: , Mint was used in medicine 400 years before the birth of Christ; and perhaps a great deal longer. But it is only of late years that the demand has grown to enormous and ever Increasing proportions., That the fanners of the Willamette valley are destined to supply the increased demand there is little doubtbe cause they can do this at a good profit. ' Peppermint is" a profitable crept : ! . Because it Is of hard growth and has fewer "natural en cmies thaa almost any other farm crop; . . Becauca it produces a good crop the first year that it is planted; ; -; Vr-" ; 'X V:i X '7: : yX Pi Becacse it produces a good crop for several years after th3 first year with very Kith liber some growers 'say ten years cr longer; - : : -H' :- t-Xk's''V Eecasse it does not have to be marketed Immediately but c i b .bc!J without deterioration imtil market prices are The nut growers who are meeting in Salem are a "differ ent', bunch in several respects. They are leaders. They are men with vision, who were and are willing to take a chance. They are the pioneers of 'one of our coming great Mf mnripv crona. I Our 1000 tons of walnuts and 30 to 50 tons of filberts will one'day be 50,000 tons (and much more) of walnuts, and 18,000,000 pounds of filberts, and much more. i " I If The Statesman smells of mint this morning, do not be alarmed. There is peppermint oil m the ink. it is a pleas ant and penetrating smelL It is good for you. I Bits For Breakfast Watch it grow great Our mint industry,' with an np to date refinery. S V Oregon peppermint oil is the best; it will now be the standard the wide world over, i - , The Statesman Is k proud, this morning, to smell of. peppermint oU. It is mixed with the ink. It is a. pleasant smell, and it smells of prosperity for the Salem' dis trict. S H Read the article on the Slogan pages, the heading . of i which be gin with the words, "Salem Now Has. There is the beginning of the realization of a dream one of the. fairest jdreama ever dreamed for the wealth and greatness of this section. The possibilities are so big that they stager you. And the whole dream is coining true, soon or late. 1 Perhaps while many people now living are still young. : "W !w" 'Z'v The nut growers are very wel come in Saiem. They are the pio neers of industries that will ere long be bringing many. millions of dollars annually to this valley. Do ing fairly well already; but i only 8 tar fed; just on the way. V Our mint Industry is bringing to Oregon about a half million dol lars this year; half of it to Mar lon county. A fair eized baby. But wateh it grow; and the other 68 members of the family of essential oils. 0 Most of the fellows who are ad- I. 0. 0. F. LODGE HERE HONORED AS PIONEER (Con.tinn.ad from paga 1) vocating a reduction of the tariff to aid the farmers don't want to help the farmers nearly so much as they ao tne importers. Washington had its warmest Thanksgiving Day In many years and the rise in temperature may have been due to the approach of Congress. CONVICT SHOW soon EXTERTAINMEXT MSLATED PRISON NEXT WEEK AT ft C 1 lul!s that thsi cost cf Convicts at the state peniten tiary will .put' on' Jthelr annual show December 16,1 1 and 17. "The Private i Secretary'! is the name of the three-act comedy. The first night the inmates of the pri son wilt, be permitted to see the show. ' The public is invited to at tend on all three nights. .Tickets are now on sale at Yarney's Sweet land, 355 N. Commercial street. . Vaudeville acts will feature the Intermissions between acts. : The prison symphony orchestra ' will provide the music f These shows at the prison are always high class and many people in Salem' look forward to the event each year. The prison gate will be open from 7 to 7:45 each evening to admit the crowds who attend. No one will be admitted after 7:45. Check teBovls .tnerever YV " Tone Drops v C, -I Vhe, the Cbldjry- ASyMi vi ' ' mm . r f x i -.jr 'iiximijo iron Zlvzt Do fcr a (S.EdED O Stop the cold. (2) Check the f even (3) Open the bowels. (4) Tone the tys- tem. HILL'S Cascara-Bramide-Quintne does all four at one time. That means the end of the cold and safety tot you I Get the rnuine HILL'S in red box, S3c at drct everywhere. Where Has My Youth Gone? Face haggard and worn. Bodyalwayt area too area even to rest, mat u he plight of many men and women oday aging long before their time be amse of a poisoned condition. The ab- lormal habits of modern life put toe treat a strain upon our vital organs, specially the liver. The liver becominf limp" or sluggish, fails to cleanse the ilooa of the poisons lormed in fooc vaste. Then a toxic or poisoned condi ion of the whole system that affect leart, blood pressure and blood vessels rhe liver occasionally needs a littk lelp and there's nothing better for this, is doctors agree, than ox gall. Ox gall s a remarkable natural stimulant for the human liver, promoting its normal active functioning. Dioxol tablets are genuine ex gall in dainty and tasteless form, each tablet representing 10 drops of pure oxgall. To be sure of getting the genuine ox galL be sure of getting Dioxol. They cost less than 2c each at good druggists, and a few make a won. derful difference. - ? officer granted permission to five men who wished' to leave Boston for Oregon to found a lodge. But the next year, these men decided to go to the Sandwich Islands in stead. ?! Founding Significant Consequently, the first lodge on the Pacific slope was founded In California at San Francisco in 1849. Many of the early records were lost in the great fire there: "The founding of Chemeketa lodge was not only a fact of great Import for the fraternity, but for the entire northwestV declared Deputy Grand Sire Martin, in his address before a crowded house at the Grand theater. "Rivuleta of fraternallsm Vent westward, across the plains, and over the mountains until now there is alodge in almost every community in i six states of I this territory. " "So in telling the story of Odd Fellowism and its greatness, we may well tell the story of Che meketa lodge No. 1. "The Odd Fellows was founded 109 years ago by five men:; who wished to form a great fraternity for a practical application of the principles stressed by the founder! of Christianity, to which the church gives a spiritual, application. "The parable of the Good Sa maritan is the basis of the Odd Fellows code: "visit the sick; re lieve the distressed: bury . the dead; and! educate the orphans. A .banqnet and special lodge meeting preceded the open meet- i-nflr At- th, flmn,! Hah t.v A mnftl. cal program provided entertain ment throughout the evening. Among the prominent lodge of ficials who occupied places on the platform were: Jesse T. Jones Portland, grand patriarch; Dr. Doane, of Dallas, grand treasurer; James Shannon. Oregon City, grand high priest; E. E. Sharon, Portland, grand scribe; A. H. Knight. Canby. grand treasurer; Q. H. Haw. Portland, grand senior warden; E. J. Pratt, McMlnnvflle grand junior warden; J. E. Pick ens, Roseburg, grand , marshal; Soren Sorenson, Amity, grand sen tinel; E. H. Shank. Hood River, grand outside sentinel; R. G. Hen derson. Chemawa, and H. E. Walker. Eugene, grand representa tives; L. D. Porter, Corvallls, grand master; Fred K. Miendl Portland,' deputy grand master; Emit Peterson, Astoria, grand warden; T. V. Jackson, Roseburg, and Henry Young, Hood River, grand representative; J. G. Den nis, crawiorasvllle, grand mar shal; George E. Sullivan, Port land, grand conductor; R. M. Du kek, Mayville, grand guardian; A. C. Braumbeck, Sandy, grand her ald; S. A. Barnes, Weston, grand chaplain; Forest L. Hubbard, W. A. Carter and William A. Morand. grand trustees. Prominent members of ' Re bekah lodge present were: Mrs. Etta Sanderson, president of the state assembly, and Mrs. R. E. Bean, both of Free water, Oregon, and connected with the Freewater Times of which Mrs. Sanderson is editor; Mrs. Henry Thiel'of Ash toria,.marshal of the state assem bly; Mrs. J. L. Hutchlns of Port-' land, chaplain of the assembly; and Mrs. Daisy Ott of Baker, past president of the department coun cil, ladles auxiliary, patriarchs mUltant, I. O. O. F. sentative of the Netherlands on the council of the league of na tions was 'appointed by that body tonight as "special reporter" on the dispute after several hoars of caustic oral attack and counter at tack by Premier Waldemaraa of Lithuania and Foreign Minister Zaleski of Poland. Marshal Pilaudski. the Polish dictator. Is expected Friday and Mynheer van Blockland expects to have his report ready before the end of the present, session of the council. Veteran Officer Passes Engineers Group Mourns CLEVELAND, Dec. 7. (AP) William B. Prenter, 72. for more than 48 years an officer in, the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and f,or a number of years head of the,i organization ana its varied financial institutions, aiea at his home here today from nerv ous exhauston and pneumonia. - Mr. Prenter had. been In poor health since the triennial conven tion of the brotherhood bare last July, when he broke down after making a strenuous fight on the convention floor to vindicate his administration. HE DID HIS BIT .'"Were you ever in the army, Joe' one war vet facetiously in quired of a hungry looking colored gentleman who was loaimg ntj by. . :" "Yes, sah, cap'n, I shuah was. I was in the shiny fo two weeks." He fished in his? overalls pocket, and drew out a card. "This heah card will prove it" he finished proudly. 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