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THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 3.T923 i he lime when B1WIL LHTHEUSTOF REAL 1 STATES. SAKS EXPERT - r - - .... Every Conscientious and Well Well Informed Predicts Satisfactory Mining Development For Oregon, Says Mr. Elmendorf, Who Is One of the Lead ing Mining Engineers of Long and UnsmUed Record About a. year ago. William J. Elmendorf, consulting engineer for the Northwest Copper company ad dressed the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and In the coarse of his. talk gave the ceneral princi ples of successful mining and tolc of the benefits of the mining in dustry to all other industrries and the well being and progress of the people generally. Speaking more particularly, he said: "There are many legitimately operated mining companies in the state of Oregon today. I know something of the -mines in this state, although for many years moat f my -work: has been elsewhere, and I do know enough of your fines, I hare my self seen enough of them, to pre dict that Oregon will snrely be in the list of the. real mining states in time as it has been in the past. and probably within a short time. Many careful miners and engi neers have been looking at mining yoperty here recently, and I have talked and advised with many of them. I have yet to find a con scientious and well informed min ing man who does not predict sat isfactory mining development for this state. Ability and Honesty Needed "But such development here and elsewhere depends upon the abil ity of the mine owner, to make f mine out of the prospect. Let us return now to that middle period in the life of our mining property. The period of development growth, adolescence. Here If whore the man who is anxious to promote-he mining industry antf who is willing and able to spend money for mining, finds his rea! ODDortunitv. Here is also wherr the unscrupulous or crooked pro motor or salesman also finds hi best grazing. The owner, ofte: a mistaken or ignorant man, i easily convinced by the gjib talkc and gives options or agreement? for the disposal of the property that a more experienced mining man would not consider. Th' same glib talker tells stories of wealth beyond the dreams of ava rice to the man in the street and he falls for them. The money goes anywhere but into the proper development of the property and 1 1 .1 . 1. 1. .... ...-....-' HIOIKr Willi I,IUB UCD I'V loose, another swindle perpetrat ed, another bar sinister placed on the escutcheon of , the miner's rftfeld. - 'lt is not easy to avoid the dan gers and conditions I have men tioned. -Sometimes conditions of transportation, of ore treatment of market, make the mine'e de velopment Tery difficult. Some times as difficult it we a Mark Twain slmile-U..is, ex tract the precious ottar of rose? from that elusive and ferbciouf animal, the otter. Well,-we. still save ottar of roses ..and., we, still have new mines and will continue a- 1 V A n. c. n 1n., n a tha vraul open spaces of onr great north west afford opportunity-for mer to dig in the rocks with a reason able chance of opening a profit able ore I deposit whether it be gold or silver, lead or sine, cop per, arserc, mercury or man-o-nse. ' THESE METALS ARE ALL HERE, right in this state. And they are being mined, too. Education Is Needed I have said that the period of development was the time when the best opportunity for invest ment in mines exists. Money is needed: where and bow can it be Ahtiinoiit In former days the problem was not a serious one, as the prospect was usually close to some mining center where the whole community was thoroughly imbued with the spirit of mining enterprise, money was plentiful. . . - ...... 1 .3 Ka nonflowl and tne miner tuum locally. But times have changed and the great difficulty t that the locator or owner of a prospect and I mean by prospectany unde veloped mine now has to obtain financial help is one of the two great factors, and I believe the principal one that is making the typical prospector almost a thing of the past. The other factor is. of course, that the mineralized areas of this country are so large ly located, and there is so little really unknown ground to pros pect. However, as I said. I con sider this less important than the other, for we still have .Alaska and British Columbia with their rirgin opportunities and THESE ALSO EXIST IN WASHLNQTON AND OREGON. How then can we help in the perfectly legiti mate business of developing this the most important of our natur al industries? I thin by .educa tion. Mining men as a rale dont talk They dig. They ought to k Ik? more. The prospector should 7L .nited to know and avoid UO 7 m i a Tl often mistaken tnan . ... a . think the nitfalls am incimw w - of mistaken promotion sad the tarestorsnonMb. the same food hard business -ase in his mining inTaetments fhat he does in all others. I said Vestments, but call mP nlations. 41 Too prefer; no one money to the development oTa mine to earn It- Per" tarestToh. o. It to a hwrfa iXn-SS per' centhek looking for ad - sometimes getsv; jrhy Sould Th. not realise that h. is .v- nitfalls of mistaken moresfep to date mining. balem Wilt Have a threat Mining La'aiUenrront Voor9 With Informed Mining Man. Who Is This Country . and Who lias -a to Maintain. playing the long shot, and if that means speculation let us call It by that name. Consult An Export Nevertheless. . investment or speculation, safeguard it in every way you can. Mining is a highly specialized business, technical to a degree. Consult a man whose business it is. before you put in your money. His opinion may of ten be had for the asking and in any event it is usually worth many times what it. costs. .The conscientious men who hare the welfare of the mining industry at heart want to see- plenty of capi tal forthcoming for mining; they realize that without it mining can not, progress and prosper, but they want to see the capital so employ ed that further supplies may be available as occasion arises. This 'means that It must be profitably employed. "And look into the question of who the people are that own. pro mote, have reported on, or have invested in the property. Would you put your money into a bank whose officers and stockholders were unknown and irresponsible?. Not any more than you would buy a timber tract without having it cruised? A Legitimate Business "Another thing to do. if you are contemplating investment in a mine is go and look at it. But, you say. I doni know a thing about a mine or mining. Well, if you are going to put money into it. you ought to learn. Mining is a legitimate business and should he conducted on legitimate busi ness lines. Any man of intelli gence can judge these points. Any man with good eyesight can see galena underground, concentrates ;n.the bins, equipment, location, power. Usually a trip to a mine s a most enjoyable one we all like the wild open spaces and most of the mines are there. And ask of those who make the indus try their life work the technical luestions that may artee. A min ing proposition is no more diffi cult to explain than any other. It is often asked why we should invest In mining when there are io many other safer places to. put money. Is safety the only thing to be considered In investment? " H o we had better bury our -money in -tne grouna or u. . u acean. But that is not what we have money for. Grant the risk of mining investment for the sake of argument, and a careful study of the subject leads to the inevit ible conclusion that the profits are far more than commensurate with that risk. And the proof lies in '.he fact that the mines of the Pacific northwest have paid $712. 00.000 in dividends to date. $48,000,000 last year. These fig ures are not production, they are not even profits. It is quite con ceivable that if the i cumulated assets of the large companies and the profits made by individuals nd their operations were added to this figure it would be nearly doubled. Can anyone imagine the people of the Pacific northwest or :he people interested In the Pacif ic northwest having lost more than S712.000.000 in mining invest ments? And still there are those who will tell in all seriousness that there is more money lost than made in mining. How long would mining last if this were so? Re ?ently the New York Herald-Trib une, one of the most conservative dailies in the east, published the following under the title, 'Mining in Investment.' Greater Than the Banks "One of the things that in vestment brokers have had to ad nit is that the gold and silver div idends of the United States during the past - two years are greater than the combined dividends of til the banking institutions of this country, and on this head the Tovernment figures show that the average returns on capital invest ed by banking interests are 6 1-4 per cent while the return on min ing was 182 per cent, and Dun and Bradstreet show that only 32 per cent of mining Investments fail against 54 per cent of failure in other lines of business.' " .The Santiam District In his concluding remarks, Mr. Elmendorf spoke of the mining prospects of the Santiam district In very favorable terms. He told something or the development work that had been undertaken on the property of the Northwest Copper company, which he was directing, as consulting engineer of that company. He impressed upon his hearers that nothing was being guessed at; that he would advise nothing in the dark; that every step would follow full Investigation along the rules of m What Mr. Elmendorf has come to think further concerning th prospects for developing a real mine on the property of that com pany is found under another heading In this Issue. Every per son Interested la Salem and the future of the Salem district ought to read that article carefully. The time has come tor some definite action .towards keeping the work on the property of that company going, looking to the opening up of a real mina with large opera tions, that would lead to making SO L ERO HUNBi S BIN IB ARE SWEPT 1 --1- i i imiifmf i t- fji !... 'iyr H.Ji.- -6 -- iqal Soil erosion, shown at lower left advanced stage, has destroyed utterly 15,000,000 acres of farm land in the U. S. The unchecked gully (right) reveals how rapidly soil washes away in a single year. Terries formed by plowing land into semi-circular ridgee across sloping fields (above) will halt, without interrupting cultivation, the rapid flow surface water which wears away soil, says H. II. Bennett (left), federal soil scientist. WASHINGTON, June 2 (AP) Sweeping 126 billion pounds of fertilizing elements from American farm land every year. soil erosion has reached such pro portions that it is doubtful wheth er the farmer may any longer hope to handle the situation alone. This is the conclusion of H. H. Bennett, "federal soil scientist and co-author of a government circu lar on the national menace of erosion- "After 24 years spent in study mg , the soils of the United States,' he says, "I am of the opinion that eresion is the biggest problem confronting the farmers of the nation over a tremendous part of its agricultural lands." Bennett considers insignificant the fact that 15,000,000 acres of formerly tilled land has been ut terly destroyed, when compared with the less violent form of ero- eional wastage sheet erosion. H ED W TOM I K ON SITE WHERE HE BUILT REAPER! ', imiimii '- . i 1'. 4:' fc . -i ?' ii njiT I r""" i In front of the little cabin near Raphlne, Va., where 97 years ago Cyrus H. McsCormick perfected his grain reaper, a tablet has been erected in tribute to the inventor whose machine revolutionised agri culture. Cabin and marker are shown above. ' Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick III and Cyrus McCormick II (right) shared in the ceremony. ' - . ' v RAPHINE, Ya., May 26. (AP) The little weather worn cabin in the Virginia hills where Cyrus IL McCormick toiled in 1821 to per fect the reaper is no longer just a mountain cabin. A marble marker, erected where the inventor completed his first' machine, designates it and tells the story of the great agricultural achievement. i Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., vice president of the International Har vester company, was a guest of the student branch of the American society of Agricultural Engineers of "Virginia Polytechnic Institute at the dedication of the monument to hki grandfather, with Mrs, Me-i Connick and his father, Cyras H. McCormick, Sr. Salem a mining center ', - That would doatle the popula tion of Salem, In the opinion of some of the ; most 'coxtserratrre mea we'have In this city. " EH fl FflVt ?T. EXPERT OB OFFEUELEFMS FBflM AMEBICAN FARM LATJDS EVERY YEAR Land depreciation by this slow process of planing off the sur face is of almost incalculable ex tent and seriousness, he says, and since denudation does not cease when the subsoil is reached there must be in the near future, un less methods of land usage are very radically changed, as enor mous increase in the abandon ment of farm lands. Recounting the damages of ero- sion, Bennett points out that by minimum estimate this form of wastage tks from the soil an nually 20 times as much of the elements of fertility as is removed by all the crops grown. At recent selling prices of the cheapest forms of commercial fertiliser, h says, these plant nutrients could not be replaced for $2,000,000, 000 a year. Dy afual surrey It is revealed that 90,000 acres once cultivated have been ruined by erosion in a single South Carolina county. ft "V The old workshop used by the Inventor in his pioneer achieve meat stood a few feet from the building, and the marker is erect ed on this spot. It is a gift of the student society of Virginia Poly technic institute and was planned by the students. Direct sunlight and fresh air are essential la the sick room. Let the sunshine directly upon the patient's bed tor at least a part of each day. - - t DONE WITH A GUN Mo B. 'S&ndersbn 1144 North Cottage Painting Much costly washing away of soil has occurred in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. In the drier re gions to the west, erosion is even more destructive. In the Tennessee valley the river runs red with eroded soil much more quickly after a heavy rain than in previous years. Comparatively few areas in the United States are not subject to (erosion. So important is the question in Texas that the feder al land bank at Houston insists that vulnerable lands must be ter raced before loans to farmers owning them will be granted. While terracing Is ,the chief safeguard against erosion, Ben nett declares very little is known in this country concerning incum bent engineering principles, the rate of erosion of different soils, and the holding effects of terraces of different build. FOR HAL GOOD A RDM ORE. Okla., June 2. (AP) Agreeing that farms will be deserted unless farm life is made more attcactive, tenant farmers and land owners of Carter county have a covenant pledging themselves to make their rura1 community a better place in which to live. Both landlord and tenant expect to benefit from elimination of the one-year leasing system, improve men of crops and livestock, build ing of better homes and conserve t!on of soil fertility. The land owners agree to pro vide more comfortable houses, bet ter machinery, fruit trees snd shrubs, stouter fences, scientifical ly fertilized fields and ample gar- W. W. ROSRBRAUGH COsIPANT Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces. Fruit Dry ing Stoves. Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel and Foundry Work. Welding a Specialty. 17th & Oak Sts. Salem, Ore. Keep Toot 1fnv tm Oreraa Boy Jfoaamenta M4 at SaUsi. Oregon CAPITAL HOVU1CERA2. WOKKS 3. C. ; a Co, rrpritora All Ki4 f MnuiwUl Work Factory u4 Offioo: 1S10 8. Coa't Oppocit I. O. O. T. Oomotary, Bos 31 Phono 680 SaJem, Oragoat D. A. WHITE SONS Carry DR. KORLNEieS Veterinary Remedies and Minerals Whe-Ta-Lori ' A superior Breakfast Food - A Trial Will Convince Tea li Whe-Ta-Lon r : Cereal Co; - II. A- BUTLER, lfsaaftr ..Telephone 100O-W UniPBAM Its many Benefits, Is Mow Drawing Very Close den plots. They also take a stand for construction of all-weathe; roads, Lmprovemeent of schools and promotion of social activity among boys and girls. The tenants promise to beaatify( farm yards, plant and .care for trees and shrubs, rotate crops, practice diversified agricnltare. sow seeds frea from disease and protect the land against erosion. , "If men are to act with effect, they most act in concert," the cov enant concludes. "If they are to act in concert they must act witH confidence. If they are to act with confidence, they must , haTe common opinions, common affec- tions and common interests. ALFALFA' BETTER FH1WB The people of the Willamette valley counties should be inter ested in an item sent out by the Associated Press with a Washing ton date line, and no doubt the Oregon Agricultural college peo ple nave tacen or wui ias.a note of it, and get a supply of the seed of the new alfalfa as soon as pos sible. Following is the item: Originating in the Ladakh pro vince of northern India, a new al falfa known to department of ag riculture specialists as "Ladak is expected to withstand to a large degree the rigors of North Ameri can winters. H. L. Westover, federal agro nomist, says Ladak consistently has shown somewhat less winter killing than the hardy commer cial alfalfas such as Grimm and the Northern Common, and in a majority of cases has yielded a somewhat larger tonnage of hay and generally has piouced bet ter seed crops. The strain was introduced to the United States 18 years ago as i small package of seed. After nine years of careful work, the de partment obtained a quantity of ?eed large enough for test plant ing. While the supply of seed now commercially available is limited, the department says it is proba ble there soon will be a consider able Increase from sowings made in 1927. From the first Ladak attracted attention because of its unusual ly vigorous growth, apparent re sistance to drought and cold, and its abundant seeding habits. The hay is considered of better quality than a number of other alfalfas, having finer stems and being more leafy. It has not been as seriously effected by bacterial wilt, and is especially valuable in those re gions where a short growing sea son and lack of moisture make on !y one cutting possible. . BLOODED STOCK GRAND FORKS, N. D.. June 2. (AP) In a rapid transition from all-wheat farming to a di versified system. North Dakota farmers have purchased two train- loads of purebred bulls in lese than 20 days. The first shipment, started from Fargo, was sold out in less than two weeks of its scheduled three week tour. Customers raised such a demand for blooded stock that a second trainload was started from Grand Forks May 14 with SO of the 300 bulls it carried already sold. The others were sold in 1Q days. All animals were sold under the auspices of the Greater North Da kota association, whieh had ob tained them from accredited herds in the United States and Canadat SALEM NAVIGATION COMPANY Water Transportation Portland -Salem Telephone 067 GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fooatala Supplies Salem Phone 90 Ore. BRING IN YOUR NEW WHEAT And exchange it for hard wheat patent flour, or any of our long list of milling specialties. We do custom grinding. We sup ply what you need for what yoa hare, CHERRY CITY MILLING CO. Salem, Oregon. 481 Trade SC Fhose SIS DEPENDABLE WELDING Electric and, Acetylene : CDoOPPEN STS; Bee. ZOBC-3 9S US1 6C flTU DU FEDERAL EXPEBIMEnT PROVES PAPER J I MULCniSAniTOAORIUiEl - I if ! s i ! ..." U :..:VIW Xjb i : J s aSf aw ., . h '"i r vi .v. Experiments of Dr. L. H. Flint (inset). ' federal physiologist;8 1 prove that paper mulch benefits field and garden crops. Mulched - cottou plants (above), their maturity hastened, wfll be hreeght to, , production on the Arlington. Va.. experimental farm, much farther north than thought possible ordinarily. Corn (below), growing'' through perforated mulch, gained over unmulched corn of the sanvn age. BY FRANK L. WELLER AsMociatcd lr8 Farm Editor)' AURORA HILLS. Va.. June 2. (AP) Four years of careful oxpenmentation prove conclusive ly to the department of agricul ture that paper mulch has a def initely beneficial and important affect on crop development. Dr. L. II. Flint, federal physio logist, under whose- supervision the tests were made, says that In addition to increasing yields, pa--w r mulch eliminates all weeding between rows, facilitates weeding between plants in the row. and loes away with the neeesitty for cultivation. In certain crops the power of germination has been ncreased, wiich results in great-, r yields, there has been a mark-j d hastening of maturity, and aj ujiri.ui ti uji jiruuuu m pumi ot The government's acclaim of paper mulch is the result of exper iments started in 1924, following its successful use in Hawaiian pineapple culture. It first came in to prominence In 19H as a con trol measure against rank weed growth on an unirrigated sugar plantation in Hawaii. Ry 19 22 it had become such an acknowledg ed success that 90 percent of the Hawaiian pineapples were grown inder mulch. Last year the Indus try paid approximately 1500,000, for mulching paper. While public declaration of suc-i ess with American crops has been held in abeyance pending positive information, tests at government farms in Aurora Hills and else where in Virginia have Indicated from the first that response to mulch in this country is both cer tain and substantial. Discussing the 1927 trials. Dr. Flint says the mulched plants were the first to germinate, being with certain crops fully four days in advance of the unmulched plants. The vegetative growth, with most ?rops, was appreciably In advance ot crops on unmulched areas. Typ es! of this growth was the re sponse of potatoes. In which the mulched plants came into flower ing from fire days to two weeks earlier. Twelve different field and garden crops have been mulched DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.- Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSLNE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made- Paper for Your Office Stationery Capitol Bargain and Junli: House 7 10S-US Center Tel 533 ; , AlllCiiidsof Jank Bouslil and Sold . : to a Slaam Engrnaf -' CASH PAID FOR RAGS, XCmXS, HARttEIA OLD ; PAPEXL CARPETS. DION. WOOL, PSLT3, GAAPS' ; ROOT, CTHTTAU BARK. POTlSIIOT.01Lv ETC. in more than one season, and in each of the 33 trials involving... these crops the mulch the yield. increased A 5 ,4 An rtnt&tnnrfin arinmtijhmpn( with mulch is the production .ojj cotton as far north as Vashing- ton. Impracticable under ordjn ary conditions, cotton farming was made possible through the power1 of mulch to hasten maturity. It is one of the possibilities. Fppcial ists say, that with mulch the col ton belt of the south may be ex- panded. For many otherropn the ' disadvantage of a late season may',, bo overcome, their northern range widened, and In certain sections ' two crops may be grown in a sin gle season. I Dr. Flint s exneriments have to.? do only with the benefits of mulh,. j-a(.ner than with the economic of its use. The extent to which will find a place in gardening and! agriculture, he says, can be deters mined only through wide lndividu-'.? ai experimentation. Practical use" will depend largely on its econo-t my as affected by labor require- ments, the markets, the particular crops concerned, and climatic cdn ditions. ;-v; f i Six Leading: Varieties m4S - i Xassa Boat Stock 003 ft SALEM OHIOKZaraS J Phono 400 Saiam, Oxa. 64 H. Cottao Stroot Otto F. Zwiekrr, Prop. Phone tlSa SALEM FLUFF RUG & MATTRESS FACTORY New Mattresses Made to Orde4r Old Mattress steaming and re making. Carpet cleaaJag, fit, ting, sewing and vising. Fluff Buf a of ail aixaa aaado of sQ kind af oU carpota South 13th sad Wilbox Bta. siu(sh: paints Any Shade or Kind "Made Order Without Extra Charge Full Line of House and Barn Paint Carried in Stock, u Boy Direct Bare fl.50 per, Gallon Salem's Own Paint Factory J. C. SiDc 2049 Portland Road TeL 270 J 'f -'J - It