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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 192T The Oregon Sta tesmax Iwd Duly Except McbJt ly THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING! COMPJXY SIS dilk CVuBirrrikl Sir U Sa'.m, Ornoi R. J. Waricka Irl ft. HcShonr Kzlph C. Cnrtu Kci.U Baacfc - VaBAger - Mrnaciaf Editor - - - City Editor Society Editor Kalpk U Klotxia. Aavartiaias Maaagtf Llora E. RtiiHor - - Sapor atoaaont V. B. Henoeraoa, Cirealatioa Maaagat E. a. Rfcatoa - LJTtork F.d.tol W. C. Corner - - PouKt Edta . KXJCBEK 0? XK ASSOCIATED Ta associate frctOt omelaai.ely tittitiod to tit umc Tor aaaUeaUvaot in ntwt siapatches crruited to it or aot oUorwiao crod.tol i Uia papor t ad local uvi pabiiahcd fcoraia. BUSINESS jOmCEl T.rifie Cot lUpreetatio. Dotr 2TV lac, PortlsaO. Security Bld.: Saa Fraaciaca, Buim Bid.; Lot Aagaloa. It Wootora Pacific Bid. ., . Taomaa F. Clark Co.. Now York. Ml 13 W. flat St, Cairo. Marqaetto Bttf. . .Mraikor Boaiacaa Cffieo3J or 683 Boeioty Editor 10S TXLSFHOKS Ka I -opt... .2d or 53 Job Drpartaoat- . Clrcalattoa Ofieo . Eatorod at tao Post Of f i : Ralom. Orrtna. oocoad Ua aaar. carious market, many carloads being shipped to eastern lin en mills. By painful and expensive experience, means of econ omizing in production and of improving quality were found. Often the flax mill was the butt of jokes and the plaything of politicians in and out of the legislature. During this period, Kay was in touch with the situation, either as Salem wool en manufacturer, member of the legislature or member of the state board of control. A few years ago there came to Oregon an Ontario linen manufacturer accompanied by a tall, earnest gentleman who was sized us as a machinery salesman. Events proved that in stead of merely intending to exploit flax zeal to dispose of machinery to deluded enthusiasts he was genuinely interest ed in pioneering an industry because of the future he felt there was in it for himself on account of the extraordinary climatic and soil conditions prevaling here. This gentleman is jne a, toss . , . . Col. W. B. Bartran and we hereby apologize to him for hav- ,m LXtittJ -Touwthron Him. For ; mg questioned his motives. We meet such a multitude of pro- He had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon Him lor 10 touch Him. as many as had plagues. Mark 3 CHURCH GOING PRESIDENTS The dispatches of last Sunday told of President Coolidge at tending a little white country church holding scarcely 100 persons, at a service conducted by a white-haired blind preacher, in the diminutive hamlet of Brule, Wisconsin, near his summer vacation place; torn oi rresiuem vawhuoC corting John Taylor, the blind preacher, out of the church, at the close of the meeting. Another dispatch of last Sunday told of Herbert Hoover i and his family attending the little Quaker church in down I town Washington. ' Mos of our presidents have been church goers. President Roosevelt gave nine reasons why one should attend cnurcn They follow: 1. In this actual world, a churchless community, a com munity where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid down grade. 2. Church work and church attendance mean the cultiva- tion of the habit of feeling some responsibility for others. 3. There are enough holidays for most of us. Sundays dif- fer from other holidays in the fact that there are fifty-two of them every year. Therefore on Sundays go to church. I 4. Yes, I know all the excuses. I know thrt one can wor- ship the Creator in a grove of trees, or by a running brook I or in a man's own house just as well as in church. But I also I know as a matter of cold fact the average man does not thun I worship. I 5. He may not hear a good sermon at church. He will heai a sermon by a good man who, with his good wife, is engaged f all the week in making hard lives a little easier, f 6. He will listen to and take part in reading some beautiful passages from the Bible. And if he is not familiar with the Bible, he has suffered a loss. 7. He will take part in singing some good hymns. 8. He will meet and nod or speak to good, quiet neighbors. He will come away feeling a little more charitably toward all the world, even toward those excessively foolish young men who regard church-going as a soft performance. 9. I advocate a man's joining in church work for the sake of showing his faith by his work. FLAX HAS ARRIVED , (Oregon Voter) Thanks to the courage and business acumen of Thomas B r Kay and the loyal co-operation of Salem business men and a few Portlanders, flax has arrived as a genuine Oregon in , dustry of material value to farmers who grow flax and to the communities where industrial pay rolls have been established Kay took hold of the Salem linen mills venture while it was jjstill in the promotion stage. To unify the industry, he later took on the Miles linen mills, which already was well estab ; lished in production of fishnet twines. Under his direction, I thh latter has grown into a sizable industry, manufacturing shoe thread and other linen yarns and threads, bleached and Uanbleacnfed. More than $400,000 of Salem money has been in I vested in these two industries and about $75,000 of Portland : money. More funds are needed to place the linen mills on an s adequate capital foundation, and Kay will look for further financial co-operation from Portland. Both Kay and the in- - dustry on its merits deserve the attention of every Portland er who has funds he is able to devote to building up a sub stantial industry with full knowledge that he may have to , T wait a long time for a return and may have to carry some of J the losses of pioneering. Investors so situated are justified I in hoping for an ultimate return which will be highly remun i lerative. ......... While Kay is an intensely practical man, anything but a dreamer, he has a vision of what the flax industry can mean : to the WiHamette valley, due tr climatic advantages peculiar to western Washington and western Oregon so far as the Unted States is concerned. These climatic vonditions, with i our fertile soil, make possible the growing of flax of highest "--quality, equalling the best grown in those limited areas of northwestern Europe celebrated for linen fibre. Likewise, 'ythe climate, 'because of moisture content under temperate ;j conditions favorable to industry, is peculiarly favorable to ; manufacture of textiles not only wool, but flax and cotton as well. In one sense, this part of the Pacific northwest may be said to enjoy a monopoly in the United States of climatic jij conditions entirely adapted to the textile industry. With vast resources in area adapted to flax culture, western Washing- ton and western Oregon can furnish the raw material for; an i'j industry which in course of time will rival lumber in money :r vaiue w jjrwutuun. xvay visions a wiuamette valley dotted fjwith busy linen mills and scutching plants, absorbing the products of hundreds of thousands of acres at a high profit jjfor growers and sustaining pay rolls which will transform our j: towns into thriving centers. To anyone familiar with the j: magnitude of the textile industry and the peculiarly favor- IjaDle conditions of this section, the vision is no idle dream. :. Up until recently, flax has been in discredit, as a sort of ; hobby of Oregon enthusiasts. We took first prize against lithe world at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 by our Ore- jjgon exhibit of flaac and for years we have seen the beauti jiful strands on display at our fairs and product shows. But l,! there was no business direction behind the effort to capitalize this resource. Tt amounted merel in an non'fuf mn T rrn. -'r Af.-t- . . ; mbU Mnwe of th 4etofates iueu wur pciutciinarj', uimjuls to uovemor W unycomDJ that theyvould stand by 1a ; ; Governor OJcott and Governor Pierce, installed flax retting 'and scutching machinery as a means of finding -employment i$T convicts. The product, flax straw gradually found a pre moters that we are skeptical. Bartram, under Kay, has taken on the managership of the penitentiary flax plant, the sup- erintendency of flax growing operations and other responsible duties, and has achieved notable success. Mr. Kay has the confidence of Portland business men to an extraordinary degree. He will have no difficulty in getting a hearing from any of them, but he is a busy man (incidentally being state treasurer) and will be unable to make a personal canvass. It is to be hoped that through our business organiza tions and groups we will interest ourselves to the extent of examining any financial proposal he may make, to the end that the immediate capital needs of his industry may be sup plied by those who are competent and able to weigh the possibilities and take on a reasonable share of the burden if these possibilities appeal to them. Actual development of the flax and linen industries in the Willamette valley will be of inestimable benefit to all who have a business or property stake in Portland. The above, from the Oregon Voter, is worthy of special mention ; very special mention Because C. C. Chapman, publisher of that paper, has not heretofore been enthusiastic about the flax and linen indus tries. In fact, he has at various times, by his cynicism in regard to the industry, "thrown a monkey wrench" into the progress its development, as he himself intimates. But, in the language of the old revival call, "so long as the lamp holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may return," and Mr. Chapman is welcomed with open arms into the company of the elect, the flax and linen enthusiasts of Oregon. He sees the vision and it is a clear vision, that will open out to greater things than he now contemplates, and sooner than his predictions suggest. WITH THANKS AND APPRECIATION Editor Statesman : We have been greatly interested in the editorials in your paper recently with reference to the sugar beet activity and want you to know that our interest is just the same as it has been all the time and you will recall we spent about $1,000 in sending out men to help get this industry started. We believe you are right in attempting to secure one thou sand or two thousand acres just as close to Salem as possible so as to keep the activity grouped closely together, and if you find any place where we can assist you, do not hesitate to call on us. R. H. KIPP, Manager Agriculture-Marketing Department (The above is written on the stationery of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. It is received with thanks and appre ciation. For the 1000 or 2000 acres, perhaps no outside help will be needed. But the writer believes we should go out after 7000 to 10,000 acres of sugar beets, and a fctory, and that, now, we can make it; especially with the help of the Port, land Chamber of Commerce. There has been a great awaken ing concerning the importance of the beet sugar industry here ; a great change. Ed.) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO June 23, 1903 Murray.Wade of Portland Tisit- ed orer Sunday with Salem friends. Hon. C B. Moores went to Ore gon City yesterday afternoon, o o o John P. Hall of Marshfield. one of the prominent attorneys of that city, was in Salem yesterday trans court. o o o An open air concert given by the Salem Military Band will ini tiate the new band stand af the Marion Square Wednesday- eve ning. a o o Prof. W. C. Hawley went to Al bany last night to attend the fun eral of Mrs. Hawleys mother. Mrs. John Geisendorfer. o Salem is again at the top of the column in the Willamette Taller league standings. The Raglans won from Albany 10 to 2 Sunday. a ' Prof. W. E. McElroy, late leader of the Eugene band, will reorgan ise the Salem Military band. o The ladies' auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will hold the last meet ing of the season this afternoon at j the Y. M. C. A. building. Clouqh-Huflfam Co History ofSilim and ttt btafc of Qrcgon IiV starting this series of historical sketches, it J seems fitting that we should first of all deal with the history of our state. Against this background of state history we shall very shortly sketch a mov ing picture of the history of this county and this city and we believe this series nf articles will Drove both m interesting ' and instruc tive. E are all interested in the early history of our community because t$Jb past is almost always valu able as a source of informa tion. We learn from others by studying the past. CLOUGH-HUSTON C? N m. Successor to . WtSS-s lawaii inaa J)isiincHVeuneral Service.." phone 120 SUNDAY GUESSING By the Regular Gaeeser Salem's financial ploicy on public school education is to be commended. For years that city has clung to a levy of about 13.2 mills, which includes $10,000 a year for new buildings. It is paying off an old bond issue, but avoids the issuance of new bonds, which is sensible. This year it will be necessary to fix up class rooms in attics and basements of public school build ings. This is not an ideal condition, but it is an intensely nrac- tical method, assuming that due regard is had for safeguard ing against fire hazards. By its conservative taxation policy, aiem is keeping its tax rate down to a point that is invitingtSenator HaI Pa"00' return from to new industry. The capitol city is enjoying a growth almost unparalled in the Pacific northwest and to an extent this growth must be credited to the activity of the taxpayers in opposing any tax increases that are not for fundamental civic necessities. Oregon Voter. There is very important news in the Slogan pages this morning, about hops in general ;'and especially about a pos sible breaking down of the English hop industry. That might mean disaster to oui industry, but for one thing. That thing is the 24 cent a pound protective tariff duty of the United States. If there come the -diseaster feared in England, all our Democratic hop growers will surely be protectionists. It ought to be explained in this connection that the American hops now being shipped back from England to New York pay no duty; being American; originating in this country. If they originated in any other country, they would be up against the 24 cent tariff wall, and they would "not eome in. ftonmo nf Hfinpnii At Houston Convention HOUSTON. Texas. June 23. (AP) Senator George, of Geor gla, one of those upon whom the southern democrats' may concen trate in their drire to stop Got. Smith, arrired in the convention cJtjr last night to carry forward his campaign for presidential nomination. The Georgia delegation- Is In structed to cast its 28 rotes for the senator who said that in ad dition he had been given the pet long as he might desire. Utould he wttadnw his name. Wear it would be for the delegation to de cide where it would go. Sen. Simmons Unable To Attend Convention WASHINGTON. June 23. (AP) Senator Simmons of North Car olina, who led the opposition in his state against the candidacy of Gorei-nor Smith of New York, an nounced today that he would not attend the democratic convention at Houston, Texas. He said his de cision was-made on the advice of his- physicians, as he had not rally recovered roxn the effects of m recent operation. . ane Nortn Carolina senator. nowover. reiterated . hln opposi tion to Gov. Smith and said that h had made arrangements to keep in 'touch wlta and-Smltb leaders during the proceedings at 3oustoa. ' " " . J Have you noticed the dozens of sightly colonial houses going up between the State fair grounds and the Tom Kay properties south of the old Garden road? The Influence of the flax mills is throwing the weight of new homes toward the north. A great deal of the cemetery property to the south not yet filled with graves should be saved for residence dis tricts on the south side of the city to maintain the balance in the growth and development of the rapidly growing capital city. Americans gave two billion two hundred nineteen million, seven hundred thousand dollars in 1927 to education, philanthropic, religi ous and charitable orcanizations. ($2,219,700,000), and it is not out of order for WiHamette uni versity to make a drive for a mil lion or two addition to their en dowment fund. a a o The exposures by a senate com mittee .headed by a senator from Oregon of the vast sums supposed to have been spent by presidential candidates have faded in public interest when nothing was re vealed in the way of scandalous sums. Our country is so large and the sums of money required to spread the qualifications of an in dividual candidate over the forty- eight states is no longer like tak ing up a collection for a Sunday school picnic. Mere nominated candidates for the legislature fighting over the presidency of the senate and the speakership of the bouse may be an ancient political custom in Ore gon, but it has kept an old com bination in control of state affairs for the past twenty years, and a deficit of nearly three millions in state affairs does not look very encouraging for those who pay the bills end are clamoring for a half way decent business administra tion of affairs Salem has now a full-fledged ham-sandwich and fried-chicken dinner parlor conducted by ' the original fat-boy barbecue man who made such a success on the Pacific highway that be was asked by some of his friends to sell out and start the same kind of a place in Hollywood, the theatre district of be fair grounds neighborhood. Friday night the opening chicken dinner party was given in honor of the national convention at Kansas City. West Salem continues to be the objective of seekers for artistic homes. Each new building going ap has a touch of the Bohemian, or Hollywood kick that the artist spirit brings with it. ' e Enlisting prominent eitixens in the founding of memorial park,, the latest idea for displacing the old-fashioned cemetery with its collection of moss-grown tomb stones leaning in all directions, and some with fences (alien down, the memorial park being a con struction of the art of the land scape gardener, running streams of water,- lakes and pools, terraces and flower gardens, with no weep ing willows or other shrubbery of the sorrowful and mournful var ieties, is a project of the W. A. Laid law and son and son-in-law families. The senior Laid law is from San Diego, but they formerly lived in Hillsboro, where the son was born but married Into an east ern Oregon family, when the Laid laws were connected with the Was co Warehouse and Milling com pany owned by the McCoys and Atwoods. There are many of these new memorial burial places scat tered over crur country, and Salem is lucky to get such a beauty spot. It would be a fine Idea to give the proposed new boulevard to be built south from Fairmont park through the preaeat coaaeterles to L Salem Height and on to the new Memorial Parle the same' name. What a great number of site tor new and beautiful homes would be brought into market by such a program. a a- Coolidge was not joking; the past six months, about not boos ing to be a candidate. o o Maybe the bigger city you grew up in the more provincial you are. The country people are not behind the times. a a a Presidential issues cannot be wedded to a side issue. o The birds and nature in general quickly accept the improvements of the progressive age in which we live. The city sparrows fly along the curb early in the morning and pick their breakfast off the radi ators of the motorcars parked over night with crushed insects gather ed for them by going through the air at fifty miles an hour. The airdome at the fair grounds air port was no sooner built than a progressive pair of robins built their nest in it and have already reared two nests of young robins with airplanes landing by day and night while they laid their eggs and hatched their broods just above their propellers revolving a thousand times a minute, and were. not in the least disturbed, while the young robins watched their chance to try their wings. The old birds flew in and out with the worms to feed their offspring, singing spring songs as interludes to the arriving and departing mail and passenger planes. a Some get the dope, the dirt and! the low-down on anything, and that's all they do get. Travel to the beaches started earlier than usual by at least two weeks. All the resorts from Seal Rocks to Columbia beach, where the national guard is in annual review with' many guests of their own people and friends, and es pecially the Salem colonies at thci Newport beaches and the Slab creek and Tillamook beaches, are being aettled up with cottages anc campers. a a Coolidge and Mellon were the chess masters in the great politi cal game. Hoover's slogan prosperity and more of it. All he has had to say about his being a candidate so far. Enuff. a o There are not many factions blocs-left. THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNT HET By Robert QaJIIea POOR PA By daado Callaa f5! "Lettie brags about havin' more sense than her husband, but any women that's got morse sense than her husband has got too much sense to let him find it out." (Copjrifht. 1S28. Pabhihori Srndicato.) "I feel mean about writin' my sister Nan that we wouldn't be at home, but I guess it really would be awful hard on Ma to cook for company In hot weath er." (Copyright, 1B.2S. PublUfeora 8yadi-at Baptist Convention Hears Plea for Old Religion DETROIT. June 22. (AP) What she termed the "appalling secularity" of contemporary life and the decline of prayer were cited by Mrs. Helen Bairett Mont gomery of Rochester, N. Y.. before the Northern Baptist convention meeting here as the greatest evils besetting the church today. Mrs. Montgomery is the only woman ever to achieve the presi dency of the northern Baptist con vention. She was tendered that honor In 1922. - Amusements, wealth, the ad vance of science and pseudo sci ence and in general the mode no desire for. speed were cited by Mrs. Montgomery as some of the reasons for the decline in prayer. Indications; tonight were that A. M. Harris, New York banker, and nrAmfnAnt a1m.aaw ..11... worker, wnntri h th rhitiM -iH the convention as Its new. presi dent, "k 1 of VtVjS V $ Beck & Hendricks mM, 189 N. High Telephone 161ti- I . 'II H I'll I J IWJ Hi 1 ! I Wanted Odd Repairing i Jobs i h Almee MeFnerson was in an au tomobile wreck the other day and after the smoke bad cleared away she thanked the Lord fori saving her life. We doubt if the Lord wants credit for saving any body's life when they drive ,60 miles an hour on the highways in violation of the speed laws audi me iaws oz common sense. i Carl ten Sentinel. L jtngiaaa rernsed to admit Har- rm Thaw, tfcarl antnrim. A m.t.i If . . iwinic millionaire, because he had com mitted a felony recognised by' Che I sngiisa tradition laws. Laws are laws over there, and a millionaire i la treated like anybody el&ei-ju Baker Herald. - :i Perhaps you are looking for some kind of work full time or part time. The quickest, most eco nomical way to find work is to advertise in the Want Ad col umns of our paper for the kind of position you want. Progressive men and women all over town read our Want Ads to find their employes whether for office work, household duties or I office work, household duties or - . .. , . i hi ll executive position. Nil , I III ffl T 1- Di . i m n i iic vreeon oiatesman n ffl - - :,, IN 1 I 4 ' -:! siM .-. . ... . X