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ftiE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24. 1928 -The Oregon Stat 1 1 ' ,., ?:1":V Dnjr Except Ifaaday i THE STATKSMA.N PUBLISHING COMPAXY 1 SIC Baata CoauMreial 8trct. SaleaV On . J. Haadrieka -?rt S. KaSaarry - . .alpk C. Cottia . etor D. Cariaaa Maaaila Baaea -. Xaaarar Maaaytag Editor Uly Editor - flporu Editor Society Editor Ralph H. Klattlag. .AdTrUir Xamafor Lioji E. Stiffter - - 8vriiitada W. H. HaaSaraoa, OireaUtioa Maaafar E. A. aVboto ' Uvoatoak fcditar W. C Coaaar . - - PaaKrr tiiUa - . SjOCBE OF THE AMOCIATSD nZMS Tka Aaaoelata roa U ozdaaivalr oaUUed to taa for paatteaOaa of all awa iataoa croditod to It or not otaorwiao croditod la this tww aaa alao th ! MTl pabUthod hrraia. MtmUt Selected Btrreo, IK TTnm orncii: Oragoa Vrwapapen pao:fio Ceeit raruaaa, Sacarity Bide.;- 8a Aaretoe, ChamWer of Caauaarca Bits. RaycMactativaa Doty a Sla(.j MO York. W. Bhaxo lit V; ChieaM, KarqaaUa Bus. TELETHONS ifatered at the Poat Offlco ia Baloat. Oig , aa aew-ad-rtaea setter. iuaarr B4. 1928 And as be sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came nnto him privately, saying. Tell us when shall these things be? and what man do the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And .esus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive yon. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ: and i hall deceive many. Matthew 24:3-4-5. ' THREE DECIDING FACTORY FACTORS George H, Wisting, manager of the industrial department cf the Portland Chamber of Commerce, in his talk to the Salem Chamber of Commerce at the noon hoar yesterday, jaid in effect, among other things, that the three deciding factors for factories are raw materials, labor and markets And for a large number of products Salem is an ideal location. We have the raw supplies for our canneries and an ad ditional number .of them, and we have an ideal labor situa tion for our canneries tip to the -present number and capac ity, which will .continue good for more with the growth of the city; and the world is the market. As to dairying; we have more market than we have sup ply, and the supply can be produced more cheaply than elsewhere in this country, and improved machinery is assist ing in a good labor situation. We have potentially the best raw supply condition in this country for peppermint oil and many other drug garden products; the labor conditions again are all right and the market is the country and the world, for the products will stand shipment around the whole earth. These conditions are certainly all ideal as to flax and linen. So they are as to paper and pulp In fact, they are ideal as to a long list, already manufac tured in a small or larger way here, and as to many others Perhaps a longer list than can be found in any other sec jtof this country, for this is the land of diversity. rf- av are we to get factories? Mr. Wisting did nptlayi any rules; out ne sagsesiea-gTtererforts in attract itsidecapfoal and' men of knowledge and genius, and 4 an apt story to illustrate his point the emphasized the importance of our own people 18.. it th vei dit But the Keenesburg, CoL, district is not the greatest sugar beet district in the world, by any means. In 1924, there were 13 trial plats of sugar 'beets grown in the Salem district. They were grown for the Utah-Idaho Sugar com pany, and processed and tested at the Bellingham, Wash factory of that company, and in 1925 there were 17 trial plats. Neither 1924 nor 1925 was a good year for beet growing in the Salem district, and yet the yield was at the rate of around 15 tons to the acre, taking the average for both years ; which is : as good a showing as : was made in Colorado last year. ! --' Keenesburg is in Weld county, 37 miles northeast of grow sugar beets at the rate of a good deal above 15 tons to the acre, on the average And selected sections can do this without irrigation. Also, we can row here sugar beets with a high sucrose (sugar) content. The. highest for the trial plats was 18 per cent, but this valley has produced sugar beets with a sugar content as high as 25 per cent. That is remarkably high, compared with the best sugar beet districts of the world. , v With "ma jo? irrigation projects developed here, which will be done before long, there will be room for scores of beet sugar factories in .the Willamette valley And there are opportunities to establish a number now, without farther developments in irrigation. ' And there is no other one thing that will do as much in pushing the Willamette valley to the front, towards the time when it will be the most populous and most uniformly prosperous section of all the world, for which it has the potential possibilities and which it will in time surely be come. THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNT HET Br QalHea "1 wish now I had fixed some thine nice for Sapper, bat I didn't know Pa was over his mad spell." t Copyright. 1028.1 PaMUhera Syadicate.) POOR PA .By CTaiKle CaJla "Our oldest son used to come to me tor money to make the pay ments on bis home, bat now he just lets me tend to it." (Copyright. 1928. Pnblithere Syndieete.) Let no one be unduly alarmed over the tariff resolutions and discussions and general hot-air excursions in the senate of the United States. They are mere gestures. They are for political effect; pure buncombe; falderoL The state ments contained in the written resolutions and verbal blath- erings to the effect that the farmers are being discriminated against in favor of the manufacturers are not true, generally speaking. The writers and the speakers know, they are largely devoid of truth. There are cases where the manu facturers have insufficient protection; like the straw hat makers, for instance. There are a few where the growers have less protection than they are entitled to. Like the sweet cherry growers, to mention one. There are more cases of insufficient protection among the manufacturers than among the men on the land. And there is not going to be any serious attempt to get up a new tariff bill, now. That is a big job; a tremendous task, and a long one. In fact, jt.is not the right way. The right way is to amend a schedule or an item at a time, not disturbing the whole busi ness of the country. Perhaps, before there is an attempt to mull over the whole law, some one in one of the houses of congress will show up who is big enough to start the prece- Ithemselves and aiding the factories we already have. den 91 d01n tfte ttun in e ngnt way, ana tnus relegate tter ha- Ra far been Salem's uav. nrinciDallv. Our to the junk pile the way of the past, which was wrong from iye done very well. They can do a great deal more. iild. A tithe of the money invested by our people '.tei bonds and stocks and other property, put into 'ing and fostering of payroll industries here, would "ouble'h.ft, population of Salem, through the ad lyroll people employed. SUGAR BEETS IN OREGON AND COLORADO (From the Sun, Keenesburg, Colo.) , A tabulation of the beet yield in Great Western territory for the past season has at last been completed and the cold figures are now before us that prove beyond question that the Keenesburg district out-distanced the state last year in its "yield per acre. It further proves what our people have maintained, that thisis destined to be the center of the most -fertile, the most prosperous, and the most rapidly n Mi ig; section-of the state of Colorado, which in turn 3 world in fertility, prosperity and progress. -!3ures presented in the following tables are illumin d should be carefully considered by everyone" who Jse columns. nghton district leads the state, and the Keenesburg Jps the Brighton district. The Keenesburg, Sloan tlumps overtop the grand average by almost three If tons per acres. ;ld of Beets in Weld County, 1927-28 Season .'V ' ' IE v u Fort Fort Morgan 103 n Acres Harvested 9,290 .... 18,643 .... 15,262 ... 13,816 .... . 2,583 .... 7,826 .... 9,149 9,600 .... - 372 Tons Harvested 140,906 . 248,225 193,069 200,105 34,545 .130,088 133,576 . 5,408 Yielo per Acre 15.16 136 lf.65 . 14.48 13.37 13.36 142 13.81 14.54 86,541 1,189,537 Av. 13.74 Beet Yield in Keenesburg District 1927-28 Sloan - Keenesburg Roy Sneehan i-- -Krauss :. '. Tonville Hudson: 1,072 756 . 795 1,404 1,384 1,907 199 17,318 12,892 13,164 2M73 20,162 16,929 19,854 17.10 17.05 16.66 15.22 14.57 15.42 15.28 The Keenesburig-Prospect Valley land is the best in the state-s If we owned a- farm here do you think we'd sell it , at present market. Not so you'd notice it, i Denver.'" The above from the current issue or the neenes ! i There is no doubt that the district, ; withirrigatioh, can ; burg Sun, furnished to The Statesman by a' Salem resident I who formerly lived there and is still interested in sugar beet s crowing in that district, makes a ery good " showing. This Salem resident has found that the total for the Keenesnurg, Cbl.,w district ayeraged 15,90 tons ol beets to the acre, and that at $8,50 a ton, the. price realized by, tl?e growers, this was'a-gross . return of $135.15 to the acr"e.' He figuresthe ; labor at $26 an acre, and the irrigation at $3 an acre, giving the grower $106.15 an acre net ' - . " l (The reader. wiU.find, Jf . he goes intp thefigures in the C: 1 :rddo; tables, that; there Is a mistake, and- perhaps.xnore iLzu i cne, Hn the figuresthe cae at Iipveland for the tons the beginning, and grows more so with the growth of the country and business. What, do you think, would happen to the Willamette val ley if as great things could be done with all the crops we can grow as are .being or are about to be done with flax? A by-product that went to waste is producing $125 a day in cow food, a commodity for which there is an unlimited market. Every vestige of the flax from the field is to be used, eventually. Before very long, the by-products of flax at the state flax plant alone will be bringing $250,000 and upward a year. What if we would develop the by-product values of all the other things we grow and can grow and produce? This would make this valley rich beyond the dreams of avarice. It is suggested that we need a Col. W. B. Bartrum in all our industries on the land, meshed up with those in the city. . Geo. B. Guthrie, in designing and building the Elsinore theater, did something unique ; did something in the way of constructing a. beautiful theater that was never done before. But he could not patent or copyright the ideas. And now they are copying the ideas in at least two theaters in Cal ifornia, one at Los Angeles and the other at Sacramento. They are adding a touch of the Spanish, but the ideas are the Geo. B. Guthrie ideas. The OUTER GATE By OCTAVU8 ROY COHEN ' . obstsjll rasas iin, .Xm. - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO o ' o (From Column of The Statesman, January 23, 10O3) One bop grower claims to bare been offered 28 cents a pound for bis hops yesterday. - The newest imported, blouses for women show no collars and are cut In the all-around style , of grandmothers' time. Eighty thousand descriptive cir culars of Salem will be sent to the immigration department of the Harrlman railroad lines. Los AngeleeP-Railroad officials say there will be 22.000 to 23.000 car loads of oranges shipped from southern California this year. - Mary F. Gibson instituted suit for f 5.0 00 against the Capital Journal for publishing an article alleged detrimental to her 'charac ter.:, - - - O r O Sits Tor Breakfast I O- 1 . o Another new factory " " One maklnr coats and ' other articles from leather tanned In 8a- lem.: .' 'J - r - - This was announced by C. Lach- ele, of the Angora Rug company, 123 r, Ferry street, at the noon meeting of the Salem Chamber of Commerce yesterday. : There Is to be' a new buUdlng to accommodate the additional line. A substantial one. for Mr. Lachele has built everything substantially since the; fire of some years ago that destroyed hU pltnt ; For a long time, - the Angora Rug" company ha beea making practically . all the chaparajos, more generally called chaps, worn by the cow boys of North America. Or rather, this Salem factory has been tanning the goat skins that go into the making of the chaps. When tanned and dyed, these skins, with the long, mohair, hare the appearance of bear skins, from which originally the chaps were generally' made. S It is not without the possibili ties that the new line of leather coat making may be carried very far. They may be made from many kinds of skins. In fact.' the 'An gora Rug company tans on order now many kinds of skins and hides. anddoes the work In a man ner to bring back repeated orders from a wide range of country. i S m The more factories Salem can get that draw an increasing stream of outside money to be expended in. the channels of business here, the faster and more solidly this city will grow. S H "Seven Miles Out, tne -new book of Ella McMunn, Is going far In sonte of the sales. Copies are on sale at, 60 cents each at the Patton book store but the edi tion will be eahausted before long, at the present rate. " : s s w . v Owen D. Young "If i man spends what he could prudently save, that Is to be . deplored. But If he saves what he could prudent ly spend that is not necessarily to be commended. The matron of the New Jersey children's poor house at Parslppan complains to the board of trustees that parent come to the poor bouse In taxicabi to see , their children and even give them wrist watches as gifts, but refuse to pay anything for their support. READ THIS FIRST: Bob Terry is released from pris on after three ; years for a crime he did not commit. Peter Bor den, his employer, thinking Bob was guilty, thought it his "duty to send Bob to prison. Bob Is re leased with hatred In his heart for Borden, and determines to make him suffer as j he has suffered Borden, sorry! for his mistake, takes Bob Into! his home and of fers to share his fortune with the man he sent to prison. Bob stays at the home of Borden and plots to get" him. Bob meets Lois Bor den, the beautiful daughter of Peter Borden, i In -the old days Bob has worshipped Lois from afar. Todd Shannon Bob's pris on, pal, tells Bob to see John Car- mody, the state's leading crim inal lawyer and political boss. John Carmody Is In love with Kathleen Shannon, his private sec retary, but shells not aware of it He rings for Kathleen and tells her he wants to talk with her. (Now go on with the Story.) o ; o Chapter 8 T-fcOB TERRY'S out of the pen- 11 itentiary, Kathleen." "Uncle Todd's buddy?" "Yes. You know the story, of course?" "Yes. The Borden affair. Em betzlement, wasn't it?" "Embezzlement. And they just discovered his Innocence. He's served three years. Think of that for an innocent boy. It's hard enough for the guilty " She half closed her eyes. "Uncle Todd is very fond of him. He has written me and once when I vis ited the prison: he pointed Terry out. He reminded me of Well, you've seen a line actor playing Hamlet, haven't you? Like that. Walking around the prison yard by himself and not quite under standing what: it was all about. I've never forgotten." "You are quite sorry for him. then?" "Horribly. It is ghastly the way ne s been treated. Because you know, Mr. Carmody. that they're not going to make it easy for him." "Oh! But they are. I under stand Peter Borden has taken the young man into his home." She grimaced with distaste. "That conscientious old idiot He would do just that sort of thing, salving his own! conscience with a gesture. Well, j if Terry is what I imagine from what Uncle Todd said " "He won't stand it long, eh?" "That's it. sir." "Just what ,! think. And then ne 11 be pretty: well on nls up pers." Carmody had never ap peared more benign. "I've al ways felt queer: about Todd Shan non, Kathleen. As though I hadn't done everything possible for him. I'm anxious tp.make up for it with any friend of his and I know enough, through my prac tice, to understand what this boy has been through and just about what's ahead of him. Unless I'm all wrong, he's an innocent mar with a criminal psychology. Even his own hand is against him. Now, you are not squeamish-" sne flushed. j "You mean my uncle Is a' convict." , "No. Please, Kathleen I mean that you know a great deal about me u more than I would care to have most persons know. You know that my code of ethics is not what some men might admit. You know that I control some' judges, some juries and a great many in diriduals. You know That I have never attempted to conceal this from you; it wouldn't have been possible, for one thing, and to. another j "Don't go over that again, Mr. Carmody. I've been rather be wildered, aaywsy. But I give you credit for feeling as I do: under standing criminals, seeing the. hu man side of their weakness and being -sorry. - Ood ! knows - Uncle Todd's experience has taught me charity, and because I'm his niece, I've learned the; rest of the bitter lesson that toj some people ir this town I am merely the niece of a convict!" j i- - :"-.-'-"And that Is just abouVwbat this boy Terry Is going up against. Three years-in jihe state peniten tiary! If you 'have felt what you have because your uncle has been -weak; think of what life will be for this lad. J like you, Kath leen" the man's hand trembled slightly "and I am fondof Todd. There are ramifications' in thir business of mine where a man oi Bob Terry's pecuUar experience and psychological twist might prove useful. I'm frank, am not? I can use Terry if he wishes me to." - "You don't mean" "Dishonestly? Certainly not. Dishonest men are very easily ob tained. They're all around me: men who have been in prison and men who should be. I have use for a young man who Is honest and bitter and appreciative of a helping hand. I wish to meet him when he comes to see you." She looked - up in surprise. "Comes to see met" "Of course he will. He and Todd Shannon were cellmates and buddies. The boy bad no other friend In prison. Todd is bound to have sent him to you." The girl nodded slowly. She had seen Bob Terry once: a lone, boyish, melancholy figure gloom Ing around the prison yard on a Sunday afternoon. And save for his deep sentimental interest in her, she knew John Carmody bet ter than he believed. She knew the ruthlessness behind his suav ity; the lengths to which what he was pleased to term his "elastic code of ethics" would stretch: and the selfishness which blended so grotesquely with his humaneness. But she knew also what Bob Ter ry was to face, and because it seemed the lesser of two evils for the young man she nodded doubt ful assent. "If he wishes to meet you " "Make him. Frankly, I'd like Terry to like me. I'd like him to want to be in my employ. You can work that for me. Am I suf ficiently frank?" "Yes. But if he doesn't look me up?" "He will. I'm sure of that. And I'm quite interested in him." "I noticed " Carmody gestured suavely "Selfishly," he finished, in a man ner which conveyed very clearly that the interest was not at all selfish. The girl remained motionless waiting for him to speak again. And for several minutes he sat re garding her. Her profile, lined against the morning sun, the ten drils of raven hair which caressed her cheeks The telephone buzzer on his desk sounded. Kathleen placed her hand on the instrument. "Shall I answer. sir?" . The tension was relieved. Kath leen spoke briefly into the trans mitter,, then turned to her em ployer. "Your wife is on the 'phone, sir." o o Bob Terry quivered under the icy shower, his flesh pinking be neath the spray. Then be turned off the water, shrouded himself In a Turkish towel and proceeded to rub down briskly. He gazed through the window of his room into a. perfect morn ing. The residential district hummed with the soft sounds of every day: street hawkers crying their wares, housewives and housemaids calling to one another and to the hucksters, tiny chil dren yet below school age playing about, and neighborhood chauffeurs washing the family cars or mowing the sloping, em erald lawns. There was a light tap on Bob's door as he stepped Into his dress ing gown, and almost instantly Croesus entered, bearing aloft a tray on which a toothsome break fast steamed: savory coffee, fresh cream, strawberries, crumbly toast and bacon which was wafer thin. "Heah's yo' mawnin' repast. Mlstuh Terry, suh an" Miss Lois express the wish that you is en tirely fine." V "Thanks. Croesnsv" "Ev'yt'ing heah pretty good, suh. Cook, she say she craves to cook fo' a gemmun like yon which 'predates her pulmonary art. Says ain't nobody heah got the appetite you has." " -f "Thank you." i The black head bobbed, spUt Into a golden grin, and withdrew. Bob drew up, a chair and seated himself at the table. It was a far cry fo the prison cell: the waking in a chill dawn to ' the plangent alarm of the. corridor gong, the mattered cursings, the scraping of iron cots on concrete floors, the banging of huge, steel doors and then the sullen shuffling Into the ghastly mess hall, where prisoners were forbidden -to speak. He rat back in his chair and sugared his berries,- then: poured the rich. Paying YOU the Rent Pre vented Eviction Service, servingr you, is the rent we pay forth space we occupy in life. Failure to pay thisseryise rent means eviction from business life. Fail to serve, fail to give, fail to pay the service rent, and the community evicts by withholding its support. Because our paramount interest has always been how much we could give rather than how little, because we have always paid our service rent promptly and with full values, this community's support has been gained and retrained from the first day of our business life. THE PEOPLE OF SALEM HAVE RECOGNIZED THE UNUSUAL SERVICE IDEAL WHICH DIRECTS OUR POLICIES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THIS COMPANY HAS THR UNUSUAL RECORD OF A CONTINUAL GROWTH OF OVER 50 PER CENT PER YEAR for the past 4 years, which is our business life in Salem. Growth like this is only possible where full value, full measure is given, and where mistakes which are bound to ocur, are made right without stint or reserve. We hope to merit your confidence in the future as well as in the past, and in this spirit of service we will con tinue to grow with Salem. Hillman Fuel Co. Salem's "Heat Merchant" fresh cream over them but hlr face reflected no happiness. The luxury of the past three days had been like gall and wormwood This was no more his sphere than prison had been. The nadir had been undeserved, and he did not belong in the zenith. He understood that this was Peter Borden's gesture of amendsJ But It was not in Bob Terry's power to forgive or forget. For three torturing, never-ending years he had nurtured a hatred of this man. had developed a single consuming passion that Borden must suffer as he had suffered, and Borden's kindness had accen tuated that desire It seemed toj bring home to the boy that all during this three years the man who had sent him to prison had been luxuriating in silk and vel vet. Bob bad not talked. The habits of three years are not dis carded as readily as prison gar ments. And.bfgb, peter Borden and Lois had, resecjted the taci turnity wb4chheyt interpreted as embarrasseiU8aja4tleft him free to go his way. Halfway through breakfast Dob espied an envelope on his tray. It was addressed in the fine, small handwriting of Peter Borden. His lips twisted into a sneer as he handled it. It was a large enve lope, quite full. And finally, with a gesture of disgust, the yoang man ripped it open. (To be Continued) Canada admits duty-free Ameri can shipments of liquid anlrtn dyes. But when it cornea back across the border the prohibition agents grab It. Arkansas Gazette. FREE VOTING BALLOT This ballot is good for 200 votes for the candidate in The Oregon Statesman Subscription Campaign, whose name is written on it. Do not fold. Trim. Name Address VOID AFTER MARCH 10TH, 1928 ANYONE CAN VOTE FOR FRIENDS Let KennellrHlli Make Your View and Commercial t Pictures, Any Time, Any Places Old Photographs Copied Often you want old photographs reproduced, but fear entrust- Inr them to strangers. Our reputation assures the safety and proper care ot your, picture, which we will copy, enlarge, frame or hand color at a price lower than the unknown agent can olfer. 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