man m
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A company of almost two hun
dred persons, headed "by Gloria
Swanson and Director Raoul
Walsh, spent three- weeks at Cata
lina Island and aboard a tramp
steamer off the coast of Southern
California, filming exterior scenes
for "Sadie Thompson," Miss Swan
son's second independent screen
offering under the United Artists
banner, which will be shown at
the Elsinore theater beginning to
day. The wharf sequence of the pic
ture, depicting arrival of "Sadie
Thompson- and other characters
of W. Somerset Maugham s well-
Known siory at rago rago
filmed at the Catahna Inland
isthmus, me snore nne on eimer
side of the wharf was transformed
into a complete tropical setting
under direction of William Cam
eron Menzies, art director, with
the result that swaying cocoanut
palms and native huts caused vis
iting touriots to rub their eyes in
disbelief.
In addition to the tramp steam
er "Chiapas," two sailing schoon
ers were chartered by Miss Swan-
fou's company to lend necessaryl
maritime atmosphere to the ex
terior scenes. Among the extra'
players taken on location was an'
entire company of Marines, many
of whom were actually former
members of the service, and a
group of Samoan natives headed
!,y a. chief whose home is within
a few miles of Pago Pago, the lo
cale of the story. . i
"Sadie Thompson" has been
h tiled everywhere as the picture
f
p -ak In Miss Swanson's career. Its
s.iory, detailing a terrific battle for
supremacy between a social out
cast from the byways of San Fran
' :sco and Honolulu, and a re
'ornier of almost despotic power in
South Seas, is the most dra-
rciatic vehicle the
'am ever presented.
producer-star
FLAX INDUSTRY WILL BE
ON PROFITABLE FOOTING
Tontinnd from ppe 1 )
n t
that encourages our farmers to has bee nevolved for artificial ret
practice rotation. They have ing or drying fiber flax straw,
found when this cron is grown on
a rive or six year rotation that it dollars have been spent in an ef
give increasing returns to other fort of this kind,
crops. The crop requires and de-j Remarkable Scutching
mands good farming. It requires When the straw is thoroughly
a well drained soil bnilt up to a dried it is bundled up and taken
high state of fertility. Farmers into our retted straw warehouse
who grow this crop from year to where it is required to season for
year are gradually bringing their! some time before going into the
soil up to the required condition, j mills for further processing. From
Last yeaf this crop averaged that department the straw goes
$65.35 per acre gross. The larg- into number one mill where it is
est return made by any one farm-' scutched, that is. the fiber and
er waa $160 per acre. (spinning tow is recovered from the
Heretofore an effort had to be' straw. About eighteen months
made to get sufficient acreage to ago this plant was turning out
take care of the requirements of ( about 900 pounds of fiber and
the state flax industry. . During about 400 pounds of spinning tow.
the past year we were obliged to Next month this same' plant will
refuse more acreage than we were.be turning out 4 400 pounds of fi
authorlzed to contract for. This ber and 2000 pounds of spinning
in itself is an indication of howjtow per day.
profitable the crop is. This cora-j We have recently installed what
ing year there will be a substan-, is known as all all-through scutch
tial increase in the acreage over ing machine. This machine re
1928. I places hand labor at a greatly re-
Intoresting Problems
The management in the harvest-:
ii;.; of this crop has been an inter-
estiug problem to work out.
cause it is essential and desirable
that the crop and its operations
be kept under absolute control.
Our field operations are divided
into four areas. These four areas
are re-divided into fourteen dis-'
trit ts and the districts are sub-di- j
vidwi again into units. During the
harvest each district m in charge we expected a maximum produc
of a field man and each unit is injtion of about TOO pounds during a
charge of a temporary state em- 7 hour day. As a matter of
ployee who operates a state flax Tact this - machine has produced
puller. (during the past week as high as
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ufu 1 1 1 tj iMiiitru littJL iu i i ill puuuua Ul UUCI 1U LUC AflUlC
come in to our mills we have as time, and in one day running two
many as 125 loads a day passing. shifts it produced 205C pounds,
over our scales, some of these All Machine Scutching
loads weighing as much as ten( We propose to abolish all hand
tons. We try so far as possible .cutching at the- earliest possible
to segregate the good straw from 'date and replace it with these "all
each farm, because there is a va-' through scutching machines." The
fiat ion in the qualities of straw! fiber from these scutching ma-
and the fiber-content.
Before the hauling is over the
threshing begins Jn our number
two flax mill. This plant can eas
ily handle 100 tons of straw and
about 500 bushels of flax seed
each day. Many of you have seen
our threshing mill in operation
and probably have noted that fiber
flax 'straw must be threshed with-
nnnrnnni inn
THE EESTSlPWi SAW
3m
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Starts
TODAY
on
IT'S YOUR
PICTURE
ITS MY PICTURE
ITS EVERY
BODY'S PICTURE
CD
W
n
oat injury to the straw, and be
cause of - this It Is threshed
through what are known as whip
pers. Then the Retting
The next operation i3 to put it;
into the retting tanks which are'
now running to full capacity, thej
capacity is 132 tons of threshedj
straw each week. After the strawj
is taken out of the tanks it is wig-
wammed in the fields for drying.
Within two days after it has been
wig-wammed it is turned so that
both sides will have an equal
bleach. I would like to explain to
you the system under which we
ret our flax, because I have found
a misunderstanding about this im
portant feature of our work. All
our retting k? done in wooden or
concrete tanks. The straw is put
into the tanks two bundles deep in
. , n .. A In
DOSSiblc. The tanks
then- fed wkh pure
water
Jg heated tQ Q deKrees Fan.
neU Afler twenty.f0ur hours
. . ifS vatam i
then
started. This permits the water to
t irculate - from the bottom up
wards through the straw with an
overflow that carries the water off
and back into our circulation
tanks. One of the objects 'of this
circulation is to obtain an even
ret throughout the tank on the
same principle as if the flax were
immersed in a slow, sluggish
stream.
We Have "Soft" Water
We use pure fresh water which
is practically all melted snow from
the mountains. This water is al
most entirely free of iron, lime or
other substances that are injurious
to the flax fiber. No chemicals of
any kind are placed In our water.
After the straw has been sub
merged twenty-four hours in this
water the bacterial action starts
and this action gradually neu
tralizes the pectin gums that ad
here the fiber to the ehive of the
straw.
The time the straw re
mains in the water is to a large
degree governed by the tempera
ture of the water. The average
time for the straw in water held
at 80 degrees Fahrenheit would
be between four and five days
Our retting season in thi3 part
of the country usually lasts about
I five months. Once the rainy eea
son starts in' the fall we have to
discontinue" our retting until it
clears up again in the spring. Up
to this time no successful method
notwithstanding that millions of
duced cost and gives a higher
yield of fiber from the straw. A
year or two ago it was costing the
be-'state about 6 cents a pound to
scutch the fiber. Today the hand
scutching costs 2 cents a pound
tThis scutching machine produces a
better quality and a higher yield
of fiber at 1 cent a pound. It is
remarkable how simple the prin-
ciple is under which it operates,
When we purchased this machine
chines gives a larger yield in hack-
ling because the fiber is not torn
or broken to the extent exper
ienced from hand scutching. Hand
scutching must vary according to
the man who is doing the work;
whereas the work of the machine
'm uniform at all times in every
respect. During the eight days'
recent operations the scutching
HAS EVER HAD V
DO
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A beautiful
witty mi
1 1111
wise
marvel
oasly thrilling en
tertainment that
will open wide for
you the flood gates
of tinman emotion.
Heart Appeal.
Mind Appeal Sool
Appeal!
n
THE OREGON
Now at Capitol
Scene from 'Vfc ME"BIGAN5
machine operated with seren men
produced 11.612 pounds of long
fiber, and the hand wheels operat-
ing with approximately 45 men
produced 14,621 pounds. The yield
of fiber is much larger from the
machine and with very much less
tow than over that of hand scutch
ing. We" plan to install five more
of these machines before the first
of the year. When this installa
tion is completed we will be pro
ducing fiva, to six tons of high
;rade quality every day the mill
is in operation.
Will Support Institution
Our plans now provide for ex-
panding this operation up to 8,000.
acres. When this acreage isl
reached the annual turnover from it
i . A
II i i
the flax department will reachjhand we have received several let
approximately about a million dol- ters advising us how satisfactory
lars. When this objective is our fiber was and Inquiring as to
reached, during the next three
years, the whole situation should
be on a self-supporting basis
Progress made In the flax in
dustry now warrants private cap
ital investing in flax mills. Sev
eral districts have been waiting
for two or three years for this
condition to arrive. I make this
statement for the following rea
sons: You are now able to pull
your flax by machine, and every
subsequent operation can be hand
led by machinery. The time has
arrived when small flax mills may
be organized and operated in cen
ter where it has been proven that
fiber flax can be grown profitably.
These plants in my judgment will
hare to be operated under a co
operative scheme, and they will
have to have experienced and pro-
resolve management. I would
further advise any person or
groups of persons going into this
industry to keep in close touch
with our state flax Industry, the
managers of which will be glad to
?ive them the benefit of their ex
perience. In Qreat Demand
In regard to markets you are in'25
i yery happy position. We have 19 entirely satisfactory. Very
sstabllshed a demand for our fiax!snortly we expect to start weaving
in Massachusetts. New Jersey.lcrahes and elaaa checks, and wel
Pennsylvania and New York
states. We have shiDDed anorox-'sucn
imafoly thrn hnnrirori tnns nf
fiber and spinning tow to Ireland.
and Scotland. Our local mills will
require between three and four
hundred tons of fiber annually.
From this you will see we have'
got to move along from now on
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STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING,
I D HOUR' OPENS
IT OREGON TODAY
Elinor Glyn, world's most pop
ular authoress, has discovered still not be made to expand and to be the national committee, will rap
another chronological title to glor-( brought to such proportions so as f or order and call the roil of the
ify in "Mad Hour." Robert Kane's it will replace many millions of assembled party stalwarts, wear
first National picture, which dollars worth of linen yarns and jng their badges and massed with
opera its loqal engagement at the
Oregon theater beginning today.
True, Mrs. Glyn did not name
the story originally "Mad Hour."islirgMted in my address to you
but it was adapted from 'The today. acticm win bo necessary at'
Man and the Moment." which oc-
cnie efficiently satisfactory
cupies
space of time
Elinor Glyn. whose books have
sold Into millions, has made use
of the time element in almost -all erect buildings to store the flax
her works, as the titles attest: straw in. We are rery much in
"Three Weeks" made her world- need of a fiDr warehouse for con
famous. "Six Days" followed soon ditionlng our fiber. This is eome-
after, with such titles as "His
Hour, une uiorious Moment
ana similar stories oi cnronoiogi- tnat the public is beginning to re- uais- piaiiorm. permanent organ
cal nomenclature In sufficient alize and appreciate the necessity 'rat'on an( rules committees and
number to make it a recognized Qf tne state flax industry being ,onve"tion will adjourn for
custom. (carried on in a business like man-jthe
! ner, and functioning likewise in! But meanwhile the committees
to keep pace with the demand of conserving every angle of the vast' will be busy. The credentials
the market we have opened up. On
several occasions during the past
year we have had to refuse for as
much as one hundred tons for the
only reason that we did not have
the fiber to fill the orders.
Another pleasing feature has
been that we have never received
one word of complaint on any flax
fiber that we have shipped outside
he state of Oregon. On the other,
when further shipments would be
available.
On Paying Basis
In connection with the manufac
turing end of this development,
the prospects for a vast industry
look very promising to me. The
first mill built here by the Miles
Linen company is manufacturing
shoe threads and seine twines, and
very shortly they will be knitting
their own fish nets. Their prod
uct is meeting with favor among
the fishermen and other channels
of trade in competition with firms
that have been established for
generations. They have orders
enough ahead to keep their mill
in production during the . next
seven months, and I am informed
from reliable sources that the
mill is now operating at a profit.
The Oregon Linen mills, the sec
ond mill, built to spin yarns and
to manufacture linen cloth is grad
ually working towards a desirable
condition. This mill has at pres
ent about eighty 'employes work
ing two . eight-hour shifts. It
spins wet, damp and dry spun
yarns in counts of from 7 to
le&- The qnMty of the yarns
wl" rid a ready martcet for an
goods purchased, in the Pa
clfic northwesL Yon Will be in-
tested to learn that this mill
WHI be on a proruaDie operating
basis by the first of July next.
Allow Profit Basis
Summing up the whole sltua
tion, we find our flax industry
running on a profitable basis both
to the farmers and to the state.
and our spinning and wearing' time the nominee may be named,
mills working out also towards a the business closed and the con
profitable investment. To make vention closed,
this development a greater cbn- xo thhi end the plans call for
tribution to our state is now onlye opening; of the convention
a question of expansion. I can see with a prayer and music Then
woven linen goods that are now
imported into our country.
in order to carry out the plans
the next meeting of the leeislatnrel
- -!!! .tillvivA,-.!"6
, . v
iiai 10 purcuase mure acreage
adjacent to our present fields for
wi..Wammine the flax, and to
tning that ,nas not been provided
f0r up to this time. We believe
interests we all hope that it will
represent.
SELECTION OF HOOVER
REGARDED AS LIKELY
(Continued from page 1.)
AP). The republican national
convention will meet here at 11
jociock tomorrow morning with
o'clock
the Hqover star in the ascendancy,
but with the air still filled with
the uncertainties which only poli
tics can produce.
Meeting in an auditorium built
for the democratic convention
which nominated Bryan in 1900.
the republican hosts will find
themselves faced with the task of
harmonizing the acute differences
which have arisen within their
party in recent years oyer the
agricultural question, and of
drafting a platform upon which it
will stand in the November elec
tion. Hall Capacity 15,000
The convention hall which will
ring with praises of men and the
party within the next few days
has a seating capacity of 15,000
persons, including delegates, spec
tators, and newspapermen, and
the blare of music and oratory
which will center there will be
broadcast to all parts of the Unit
ed States and probably will reach
nearly every part of the world.
Spic and span and ready for
what awaits it, the auditorium
Nag-bedecked along with the rest
of the city, has been strung with
telegraph and telephone wires,
which, with the radio, will carry
an amount of information to the
nation such as has never dream
ed of when it was erected within
90 days to house the convention
which nominated the commoner.
Last Steps Completed
The party managers are laying
their plans, appointing the neces
sary committees, arranging for
hearing delegations who dispute
the right of other delegations to
sit in the convention, fixing up
the party declaration of princi-
o Wo
ackward
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pies, and generally smoothing
things out so that at the right
William M. Butler, chairman of
lne standards of their states and
candidates among them
. ,, , . .
V ben -th roI1ia" 13 ,npI?t.ed
Ml fcimeon u. t ess, or unio.
U1 deliver the keynote address of
tne convention, the clarion call of
ia political party about to go into
'an election. Senator Fess. while
not a delegate, is a close friend of
President Cooridge and was one
of the original "draft Coolidge"
men.
Then each state delegation will
narae lts members of the creden-
committee must pass on the eligi-
bility of a block of delegates from
the south which the national com
mittee has already awarded to
Hoover. Mrs. Mabel Walker Wll
lebrandt, assistant attorney gener
al, is chairman of this committee.
She is a Hoover supporter.
Platform Body Face Task
Reed Smoot, another Hoover
man, heads the platform commit
tee, which faces the task of bring
ing out a party declaration har
monizing conflicting views and
which will hold hearings for those
who wish to present their views.
The rules committee will bring in
the rules, and the permanent or
ganization probably will name
Senator George Mosee. of New
Hampshire, another Hoover man,
as permanent chairman.
Meeting at 11 a. m. Wednesday
to receive committee reports, the
convention will go ahead with
nominating speeches if the plat
form committee report, always a
subject of oratory, is not ready.
If this procedure Is followed
Hoover's name probably will be
the first to be placed in nomina
tion, Alabama, a Hoover state, is
expected to yield to California on
whose behalf John McNab. of San
Francisco, will present the name
of the secretary of commerce.
Liowden Next Up
Next on the list will be Lowden
of Illinois, who will be placed in
nomination by Otis F. Glenn of
Illinois, and so down the line of
candidates in the alphabetical or
der in which the name of their
state appears.
Before the balloting begins the
platform must be adopted, and the
party leaders hope the platform
fight will be concluded by Thurs
day. If that can be done, a nom
inee be chosen on the same day.
and the hope has been expressed
that the vice presidential selec
tion may also be named that day.
to end the convention. The prob
ability, however, is that another
will be needed to finish up the
work.
Far into the night the city
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questions as to what Coolldge is
going to do, bands, parading
throngs, all waiting for the big
show which will open at 11 a. m.
tomorrow rain or shine.
EXPECT MELL0&I WILL
SUPPORT MR. HOOVER
(Continued from pC 1-)
reading the statement to nearly a
hundred newspaper correspond
ents in a dimly lighted hallway, he
was asked what he would recom
mend. "That depends on develop
ments." he 6aid.
The senator declined to com
ment on the statement issued!
earlier by Senator-elect William S.I
Vare of Pennsylvania declaring'
that at the cancus of the Penneyl-'
vania
delegation tomorrow he
would use his
the delegation
endorse
Hoover's
candidacy.
Senator Reed, spokesman for
the secretay, frankly stated that
Mellon still wanted to know
whether President Coolidge would
accept the nomination and that
question was holding up the an
swer to his vote.
How any further word could be
received on the availability of
I
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OREGON
I Today Tomorrow I
I Thrills and
I Suspense! I
II In a Startling Drama of 1
II the Modern Jazx-Mad I
11 Youth 1 '
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President Coolidge during ti.
night was not made clear.
"We will arrive at a dcr-i i
on that in conferences." ;:. ... t
said.
"Conferences with whor
"Ourselves."
"Do you expect President Coo
lidge to send any message to th
convention?" he was asked.
"'Yes, certainly," Reed blurt.
and then added, "of course he wi:i
send some kind of greeting to tl. '
party at least."
MEMORIAL PARK PLANS
SHOWN TO COMMISSTtfif
(Continued from pr 1)
will be installed for Irrigation
The roads are laid out in artistic
curves.
i The tract is a half mile out from
ejumuon wi tioci ivau nu
the racinc mgnway. i-an oi u in
cludes the old Cunningham place,
noted as a loganberry planting.
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and Quebec only four
days of open sea when
you cross the Atlantic
via tlsmagnificent
CanadianPacific route.
Giant liners assure the
utmost in comfort, cui
sine and pleasant trav
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tions are arailable if
you arrange bookings
now. Call or write for
literature.
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