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Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 28, 19t8
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BRITISH RULER
RELAPSE:
Check Suffered In Progress;
; - Weakened Condition
. Causes Concern 1
Unexpected : Develo p ment
Takes Place; Bulletin
Serves as Warning
LONDON, Dec. 27. (AP)
An authoritative statement from
Buckingham Palace at midnight
tonight emphasised the grave con
dltion of King George, following
unon this evening's bulletin indi
cating his condition was less satis
factory. . .
The, statement said that the
king has had and continues to
tare a very narrow margin' of
safety and owing to today's lapse
tbat margin has become smaller
-. The statement appreciably deep
ened disappointment felt earlier
In the evening at the less favor
able report posted by His Majes
ty's physicians then.
Check In Progress
Is Believed Serious
The position, It was explained,
Wu that there haa been ia check
4 tar his progress and in the case of
a man in snch a weakened condl-
. tlon as the king; such a check of
necessity must be serious. 1 i
A bacteriological examination
- was made by Dr. Whitby at the
palace this afternoon and It was
understood late tonight that the
doctors intend to carry out a fur
ther general review of the case
tomorrow. j
At the second consultation the1
regular physicians were Joined by
Doctor J. E. H. Whitby, a bacteri
ologist who had been called into
the case several times. The other
consultants were Sir Hugh Rigby.
surgeon; Sir Stanley Hewitt and
Lord Dawson of Penn. The latter
three signed the erenlng bulletin,
the first Issued In 24 hours. It
saidi
Pulse Is Steady
Bulletin Declares
"During today-His Majesty's
condition has not been so satis
factory. There has been a disin
clination to take nourishment and
the strength has been less well
maintained. The pulse remains
steady."
The bulletin -was a new. warnr
lng to people who had begun to
take the king's slow recovery for
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hteOfimp;
Health Program
nm i ic Mini nuncnu
JHLLHJ HIHII UIIUULU
BY STATE TEACHERS
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (AP)
Miss Julia A. Spooner of Port
land was today elected president
of the Oregon State Teachers' as
sociation, and R. R. Turner, city
superintendent of Dallas schools,
was named vice president. Since it
is the custom of the society for the
fte-presldent to succeed to the
office of president, the only con
test on the ballot occurred in the
office of vice-president.
Three trustees elected today,
were E. H. Hediick, superinten
dent of city schools In Medford,
Fred Peterson, county superinten
dent of Klamath county, and CW.
Boettlcher, city superintendent at
The Dalles. H. E. Imlow. superin
tendent of Pendleton schools. Is
retiring . president. -
An educational plan for Oregon,
designed to provide for "most ef
fectually meeting the educational
needs of the young people at each
school level," was presented by the
Oregon State education plan com
mittee, headed by 0.A. Briscoe
of Ashland, The representative
council voted Urn mnroril
Issue At Meeting
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Civic Organizations Expect
ed to Have Representa
tives Here Today :
Attention of Marion county citi
zens has been drawn sharply to
ward the usually prosaic and poor
ly attended . taxpayers' budget
meeting, by the impending fate. of
tne cniid health demonstration
work in the county outside of
Salem, Woodburn and SUverton.
With this issue as a lodestar, the
taxpayers' meeting, held at 10 a
m. today in the courthouse. Is ex
pected to draw unusual atten
dance and to develop an unpre
cedented amount of discussion
ninging principally on this one
point.
. The health unit controversy de
veloped when the budget commit.
tee, members of which were F. B
Jones of Salem, George Keech of
Stayton and Qeorga W. Hubbs of
SUverton, Included in the propos
ed budget an allowance of only
11890 for the health work In
1929,. The amount that was allow
ed for 1928, turning down the re
quest of the Commonwealth Fund,
which established the health unit
and contributes largely to Its sup
port, for an item of 880 50.
Subsequently the Common
wealth fund announced! tbat un
less the f ulL amount asked was
appropriated, the health service
would be withdrawn exeept from
the cities which aid In its main
tenance. Two compromise offers
on the part of the county court
were refused by the Common
wealth Fund. -
The viewpoint taken by this or
ganisation is that the county
agreed when the health service
was established here, to increase
its appropriations from year to
year and finally with the help of
the cities and school districts, to
take it over entirely. It holds that
the county broke faith by deny,
ing the increase.
Since that time numerous civic
organizations throughout the
county have taken up the matter
and appointed delegates to attend
the taxpayers' meeting today for
the purpose of- urging the county
court to comply with the Common
wealth Fund's request.
FUTURE ITER
Company is Already Active
In Question Raised by
. Legion Officers
Another Period of Taste.
Feared Due to Rapid Rise
W- n River Level
WOMAN SLAVEFI
IS
RECEIVED IT PEN
Dorene De Silva Will be Em
. ployed in Domestic Ca
pacity at Prison
Dorene DeSHva, convicted re
cently In Portland on a charge of
slaying Gilbert Pinto, member of
the crew of the liner Mololo, was
received at the Oregon state pen!
tentiary at noon Thursday to be
gin serving her term of fire years
Mrs. DeSilva was convicted of
manslaughter and the jury recom
mended leniency.
The woman was assigned to
the women's quarters where she
will be employed in a domestic
capacity. She showed no emotion
and refused to make any state
ment on her arrival at the prison
Seven other prisoners were re
ceived at the penitentiary Thurs
day. ,
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (AP)
Mrs. Dorene De Sllva, 32, who was
convicted by a circuit court jury
last week in connection with the
fatal shooting of Gilbert J. Pinto,
yoeman steward on the liner Ma
lolo, was taken to state prison in
Salem today. She is under sen
tence of five years on conviction
of manslaughter.
Mrs. De Sllva shot Pinto to
death after he is said to have told
her he no longer eared for her
and to have accused her of in
fidelity.
Grain and Its Products
Bearing too Much
Of Transportation Cost
Too much of the general .trans
portation . burden is borne
grain and grain products under
exlsting railroad rates, according
to a brief prepared by the Oregon
public service commission in the
so-called grain rate case. The
brief will be filed with the inter
state commerce commission, along
with similar briefs from other
western states.
"The record in the grain rate
case. justifies a substantial reduc
tion. In the general level of. rates
on , grain r and grain products,'
reads the brief.
"There Is a substantial dispar
ity-In ths rules, regulations and
charges for transit privileges as
between : the - various sections of
the western district, which dis
parity Bhould .be removed by the
establishment of uniform rules.
regnUUons, practices and charges
governing" transit, .
"The denial of milling In tran
lt "privileges -ai- Portland and
Other. milling, centers witWn the
ftate of Oregon, both on inter-
:.uaw aoa-iawHuut uudbiwu
tana,- resuus in suosianuai ais
advantage to Portland millers and
In undue prejudice, against mill
ers, dealer and consumers of
grain and grain products at points
The . existing adjustment of
by Prates on grain and grain products
from points west of the Missouri
river to Pacific coast markets, re
sults in undue prejudice against
western Oregon millers, dealers
and consumers of these commodi
ties and in undue preference to
millers, dealers and consumers of
such products in western Wash
ington and at lower Columbia
river points. -
"The maximum scales of rates
on grain and grain produots
prescribed by the Oregon public
service committion in an order Is
sued on January 19. 1926, for
single and joint line hauls respec
tlvely, are upon substantially the
same- basis as prescribed in the
ease of the corporation .commis
sion of Oklahoma vs. Abilene ft
Southern Railway company, and
ao , not cause - any undue or un
reasonable advantage, preference
or prejudice as between persons
or localities in Intrastate , com
merce on the one hand and inter
state commerce on the other hand,
or - any undue. , unreasonable or
unjust discrimination against in
terstate commerce . , t
"The financial-condition of the
major carriers serving the north
west has showed marked improve
ment during recent years and sub-
fa Western Oregon south of Port-jsUntlal reductions in the general
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V-Exlensive study of the problem
of Salem's future water supply
has been conducted for some time
by officials of the Oregon-Wash
ington Water Service company, of
flclals of the company announced
Thursday, following action taken
by the executive committee of
Capital Post No. 9, American
Legion, in framing a resolution
asking the city council to take up
the question of a more satisfac
tory supply. '
"The company has nothing to
announce at the present time but
wishes to assure the consumers
that this matter is receiving its
careful consideration," the state
ment issued by the water service
company said.
Trouble Is Feared
Due to Water Rise
Another raise In the water lev
el of the Willamette river is caus
ing the water company some con
cern in that it is feared the wat
er will have another period of bad
taste. The first difficulty of this
kind was under control, the offi
cials said, and practically stopped.
In. explanation of the situation
the following statement was giv
en out:
"The present trouble has been
argely due to a very dry summer
and fall. The rainfall for the five
months, May 1 to October 1, was
13 Inches or about one-thira tne
usual average. Since October 1 the
rainfall Has been only about one-
fourth the usual average. As a re
sult, the few small freshets in the
river has brought down from the
upper sources the great accumula
tion of organic growth which has
been greater than usual due to
the low water in all the, small
tributary streams.
"This organic matter, common,
ly called algae, is usually so
small in size and amount that it
requires a mlscoscope to see it. At
this season it is decomposing. Al
gae Is like weeds that grow on
land but this water growth does
not root to the bottom. : .
No Possibility of
Slough as Source
"There have been no large
freshets in the river this fall to
wash the algae growth down the
river and to clear the surface of
Mlnto's Island from which the
water supply is taken. Twelve feet
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Boulder Dam Bill a Law
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Bolivians I
nva
de
Disputed Sectibim
Taking Fortress
Latin-American War Flares Up Again Just as Final
Arrangements Are Being Made for Submitting Con- v
troversy to Board of Arbitration; Paraguayans , '
Condemn Rivals' Actions in Bitter Terms
Irrigation for seven states is promised in the revised Boulder dam bill callin for a Slft.vnoo.noo
flood control. Irrigation and power project on the Colorado river, passed by the house and now bearing
the signature of President CooUdge. Photos show, left above, the site of the oroDosed dam on the Colo
rado; right. President OooUdge as he appears when signing a bill; center, his signature; below. Rep
resentative Swing, left, and Senator Johnson, right, sponsors of the bill, with a map showing the states
benefiting by the legislation.
WEATHEfl MAN PUTS
OW ED PHI
a
Rain Hits Eastern Oregon
While Snow Coters West
ern Area of State
Sport Briefs
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.
(AP) Jack Dempsey started
today on the trip that will let
a waiting sports world know
whether he will fight again.
The former heavyweight
champion entrained shortly be
fore noon today "for Miami,
Fla., where he will confer with
Tex Rlckard shortly after the
first of the year on the ques
tion of returning to the ring.
His trip to the Florida city will
be via Salt Lake City.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 37.
(AP) The Portland Bucka
roos added another victory to
their string here tonight when
they defeated the Vancouver,
B. C, Pacific Northwest league
hockey team one to nothing.
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 27.
(AP) Bob Kruse, Portland
wrestler, won two falls and the
match from Moose . Norbeck.
Salt Lake City, in a main-event
match here tonight. Norbeck
took the first fall with a re
verse headlock in 37 minutes.
Kruse took the ' second in .-17
minutes with a Boston - crab
hold and the third 40 seconds
later with the same hold.
LEBANON, Or., Dec." 27.
Special) The Oregon Mo
hawks. Independent basketball
team. of Salem, defeated the
Lebanon athletic club's quintet
43 to 20 on the local floor to
night. Farley, forward ,and
Flake, center, starred for the
Mohawks.
Youth Asks His
Girl Bride Back
From Her Home
SEATTLE, Dec. 27. (AP)
The return of his girl-bride, who
he charged was being held prison-
er by her parents, was sought to
day by Robert I Bailey. It year
old bridegroom, "through habeas
corpus action filed in superior
court here, j ' "
The girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Austin M.j Bowers, were : ordered
to appear In court Saturday and
snow cause why the girl should
not be, returned to Iter, husband.
The couple were married a
month ago today,, both giving their
ages as- 20, and the bridegroom
bringing the written permission of
his mother. .Mrs. Bowers declared
that her daughter was 1 1 years
old while her husband said that
she was 17. 4 ' -
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (AP)
The elements did their best last
night and today to serve Oregon
residents a variety of weather
Portland, Salem and western parts
of the state had a snowfall, while
eastern Oregon advised of spring
like temperatures.
Pendleton "reported-'degrees,
the warmest night since October
16. There was just a trace of rain
La Grande's minimum was 39 de
grees at night. it was said an
state highways in the section were
open, contrary to reports received
here yesterday.
The Old Oregon trail, La Grande
Wallowa Lake, and John Day
highway were in fair condition.
Baker's temperature this, morn
ing was 39 degrees. Rain fell in
termlttently.
in tne mid-Columbia the snow
blanket put over the country dur
ing the night was snatched off
hastily this morning by the rain
god, J. Pluvlus.
The Mount Hood Loop road was
blocked today and erews were ez
pected to abandon attempts to
keep It open.
Salem suffered from seven in
ches of heavy snow; telephone.
telegraph and power lines were af
fected. The city's telephone con
nections with SUverton, Stayton
woouDurn ana uorvallis, were
disrupted. Streets were slippery
and shrubbery damaged,
Corvallls suffered less heavily
from a four-inch snowfall. Some
wires there were down.
The snow in Portland melted
downtown almost as rapidly as it
feu. but in outlying districts It
stayed long enough to supply small
boys with the usual winter am
munition.
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TACKLES HARD CASE
NEW YORK. Dee. 27. (AP)
Police .commissioner Grover A.
Whalen tackled the Arnold Roth
stetn murder mystery. .
Fortified by seveial new leads
which he said his new, chief of
detectives had found, the commis
sioner spent an hour and 40 min
utes In going over the case with
District Attorney Joab H. Banton
and fire of his assistants.
wnen tne conference wasover
Mr. Whalen had no definite news
to make public and reporters had
to be content- with hia'announce-
meni mai a pian ior tne imme
diate and future conduct -of the
Investigation haa , been agreed on
and that "the results" would
speak for themselves.
nig
New, Flight From
Rockford Planned
BRADFORD. Pal. Dee. 27.
(AP) Another ;r attempt - to ' fly
from-Rockford. I1L. to Stockholm.
8wedenl4will be made by Parker
Kramer and Bert Hassell, who
were lost for two weeks In Green
land ; on a similar , attempt this
year according to an announce
ment by Kramer tonight. The
flight ' will get away abont the
middle of June. Kramer asserted
flassell Is now In Rockford sr-
ranging for the financing of , the
trip,. Kramer said. - - .
Remedying H
Crews Work Fast
avoc
Caused By Storm!
250 Telephone Lines Put Out
of Commission by Cling
ing Wet Snow
5300.000 IS GOAL
IN W. U. CAMPAIGN
Forward Movement to Reopen
at Once to Increase En
dowment Fund
The storm has come and gone.
So say the weather reports as
well as those persons who hare to
do with repairing, the damage
done by the' seven and : a half
Inches of snow that fell In this
vicinity between Wednesday af
ternoon and Thursday morning.
The weather prediction for to
day is "unsettled with rains." A
south wind also Is predicted.
There were 250 telephone lines
put out of commission in Salem
alone the local telephone company
reported late Thursday. This dam
age had been done by the vibra
tion resulting from the snow's
dropping off the wires as it thaw
ed. At 8 a. m. there were only
30 lines out of commission, but
the total grew during the day un
til it reached 250. By nightfall,
however, workmen had repaired
all except 80 of them and expect
ed to work on into the night and
finish the. last one today.
Lines connecting this city with
every other main point in the
Willamette valley had been put In
to commission by Thursday night,
but many of the rural branch
lines running to farm houses were
still down.
Despite a total precipitation of
2.84 inches of water in the last
48 hours, reports from the low
sections in southeast Salem indi
cated that flood conditions had
not developed to any extent there.
There was not great amount of
surface water visible and If any
basements were flooded they were
not reported.
Along Trade street, . however
a aexecuve sewer main continued
to cause some trouble . although
the pump was being used to trans
fer sewage from, the broken line
into the storm sewer. '
"That sewer has been defective
tor some time; there's little ques
tion about that." said Walter
Low; city street commissioner.
There never has been a condi
tion arise until recently , to test
it out, so we had no way of know
ing what the -situation was. .
Repairs will be completed , to
day. Low indicated.
Thexsnbw melted steadily all
day-Thursday, and by. Thursday
Decision that the goal: in the
Willamette Forward Movement
campaign, which is to be reopen
ed at once, will be 3300,000, was
reached at a meeting of the cam
paign committee of the university
board of trustees which was held
Thursday in the office of Presi
dent Carl G. Doney.
The: present object of the cam
paign Is to add to the university's
permanent endowment by meeting
the terms necessary to obtain
3150,000 which is forthcoming
from the general education board
of the Methodist Episcopal church
The appropriation of this amount
for endowment at Willamette is
predicated upon its being match
ed on a 66-35 per cent basis.
The campaign will be started
actively at once, and will be clos
ed February 28, it was announced
after the meeting.
Reopening of the Forward
Movement is necessitated partly
because of special outlays which
had to be made about the time
it was conducted originally due to
the rebuilding of Waller Hall and
the construction of a new gym
nasium after two disastrous fires,
and the retirement of a debt on
Lausanne Hall, and partly by the
failure of a number who made
pledges in the first campaign, to
meet them.
Beside members of the cam.
paign committee, persons present
at Thursday's meetmg were
Charles M. Duncan, director of the
campaign; Bishop Titus Lowe and
Dr. W. W. Toungson of Portland,
and superintendents of the four
districts of the Oregon conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
School Teacher
Tries to Die But
Without Success
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.
(AP)- James R. Orr, 30-year-old
Birmingham, high school teacher
wanted to die but fate was against
him. Today he leaped from a win
dow on the" eleventh floor of the
Roosevelt hotel here but landed
on a skylight nine floors below
and tonight physicians said he has
a chance to recover.
Before coming to this city yes
terday afternoon from Birming-
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. (AP) The Paraguayan gov
ernment-tonisrht advised its letratiton here that Bolivian fore.
es "have occupied anew Fort Vanguardia and have advanced
12 miles farther into the interior."
' Dr. Juan V. Ramirez, charge d'af fairs of the legation.
made public the advices from his government tonight and in
a statement declared "this happening confirms the Paraguay
an contention, which has always been held, that Bolivia nev
er respects territorial rights
as agreed upon in pacts."
Fort Vanguardia was the
scene of the initial encounter
between the troops of the two2'
countries which started the pres- .
ent controversy. "
The dispatch of the Paraguayan
government said that "a very
grave situation again has ' b
created.
Conference Well
Advanced Iri Work
The conclusion by the Paa
American conference of a multi
lateral Pan-American arbitration
treaty similar to the pacts recent
ly negotiated between the United
States and a number of European
nations had appeared likely today
as a result of the deliberations of
a subcommittee charged with com
posing the views of the parley's
delegations.
In the meantime the confer
ence's conciliation activities in the.
Bolivian-Paraguayan controversy
were at a standstill awaiting re
plies from the disputing nations
as to whether tney would accept
the draft protocol for conciliation
prepared here two days ago.
Immediate resumption of diplo
matic relations between the two
disputing countries as a result, of
the conciliation proceedings, how
ever, -is not forseen. Both gov
ernments have indicated to the
conference that they considered it
advisable to allow the conciliation
efforts to get well underway be-
fore ministers were again ''exchanged.
Willamette Grads
Meet in Portland;
Chopin Is Speaker
PORTLAND, Dec. 27.
(AP) Students' o f
Willamette university, in
Portland for the holidays,
and members of the . fac
ulty and alumni who are
attending the sessions of
the Oregon Teachers' as
sociation, were guests of
the Portland Wllllamette
club at dinner here to-.
night.
Leland T. Chapin, grad
uate of Willamette uni
versity who has recently
completed three years ser
vice on the faculty of
Lingnan university at
Canton, China, was the
principal speaker.
Other speakers at the
dinner were Dean Hewitt
of the Willamette law
school; Frank Bennett,
superintendent of schools
at Tillamook, and Ed. F.
Averlll, president of the
alumni association.
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1SWATHN1
Chemical Laboratories Rifled
by Lone Robber; Revenge
is Suggested
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. HAP)
A powerful poison found in the
coffee . of a lifeless night watcn-
man, and the rifled files of
chemical research laboratory to
day gave police a working back
ground in a hunt for a robber-
killer.
The robber worked alone, but
he put out of opposition three
men and had the lag end of tne
night to prowl about the Guggen
heim brothers laboratory at 202nd
street and Tenth avenue in search
of what he wanted drugs, valu
able metals or secret formulae.
Two containers of polluted coffee
were found beside the poisoned
watchman.
Police tonight were seeking
James Baker, 22, former employe
at the laboratory. The poison
which police believe killed the
watchman apparently had been
taken from the only unlabeled
container in the place. Revenge
in a grudge was suggested as a
motive for the crime.
The killing occurred during the
night and was revealed about day
break when Elmer Mayhew, a
truck driver and his helper,
Chester MacCauley, both of Balti
more, wriggled from the bonds
into which they walked when they
arrived at the plant with a load
of tear gas from Baltimore.
As police reconstructed the
movements of the marauder, he
had stood with pointed pistol over
Henry GaW, 29. the watchman
and laboratory assistant, until the
victim had gnlped down one fatal
mouthful of coffee.
PRESIDENT IS HELD
ABLE TO BACK ID
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. (APV
Gifford PInchot. former 'governor
of Pennsylvania and author of
that state's liquor legislation, sub
mitted for the Durant prize a plan ,
calling on the president and presi
dent-elect to enforce the prohibi
tion law, -the Durant prize award
offices announced tonight.
His plan was submitted In com
petition for the $25,000 prize of
fered by W. C. Durant and award
ed to Major Chester P. MfUa,
former prohibition admin let rater
for New York.
"Our system of government
the former governor said In his ,
plan, "the head of the system is
the man to deal with it, The pres
ident of the United States Can con- .,
trol all branches of law enforce
ment In the nation and can effec
tively Influence enforcement of
all smaller political divisions, such
as cities and states. No one els
can."
Among the former governor's
suggestions was removal of diplo
matic immunity tor liquor Import-
ed to foreign embassies in Wasn-
ington.
"The free and unlimited impor
tation of liquors by diplomatic re
presentatives is the chief cause ef
the wetness of Washington," for
mer Governor Plnchot's plan said.
"If the president, following the
far-flung precedent set by tae .
British government years ago ti
the matter of slaves. . -
3600 Acres of Flax Land
Signed; State Plant Sells
22 Flax Pulling Machines
ham, Orr left a note to his moth
ht was more than half gone. Itler and sister complaining, of ill
was expected that there would be I health. . y-t
but a few patches of It left by
tonight if weather predictions are
correct.
In a hospital this afternoon he
suddenly sat up right on the op
erating table: "Gosh. but I
thought that drop would fix me.' I
wanted to die."
New Drive Looms
By Portland CoDsState Buddln
Maker Announces Lode broupHas
f API War vu declared '..en
gambling, and lottery clubs to- The state building code com-
night by Portland police, who,)1111" created at tne iZ7 legisie-
after raiding three alleged gam-l ut oession, new a - conrerence
bling houses, took 26 prisoners to with Governor . Patterson here
headquarters where they werelTnursaay., . The proposed new
greeted r personally by - Mayor
Baker, 'fy-. ;y . .
Although an , average of from
one to three gambling places a day
has been raided by police, Mayer
saker Instructed Captain Crane
tonight to "get them all."
"We're determined to end xam-
ling," the mayor, said. "Smash
loom raid every Joint in the city
na arrest every gambler." . '
code was discussed : by - several
members of the committee. t
A. H. Collier of Klamath Falls,
chairman of the committee, said
another .meeting would - be held
within the next two weeks when
some recommendations to the leg
islature would be adopted. -The
proposed new building code. If
approved by the legislature, will
apply to the entire state. .
Contracts for 2 S 00 of the 4500
acres of nax to ne grown in ana
for the state In 1921 have been
signed and the, revolving fund for
financing flax operations contains
$225,000, without including the
1928 crop, yet to be processed.
These facts. It is said, are the
basis for promises of 'wonderful
advances being made at' the state
flax plant The remaining 900
acres of the land required could
be signed readily, but authorities
are delaying for the purpose, of
selecting the best flax land avail
able. v ' Already 22 flak pulling - ma
chines have been bought by, grow
ers and. 14 more are in process of
sale. 81x Jwere owned by growers
already, making total of 42. The
stato will hereafter pull no flax
It will build and sell and condition
and keep repairs tor the machines.
The job nas grown too big, to go
further -than . this; : the' territory
too large.. The machine being built
by the state is by far the best ever
made anywhere in the world; flax
authorities say, and is the cheap
est -In cost and . operation to . the
grower. - - ' - . s..., : ,
Tow Is Avoided -The
machines now scutching the
flax at the state plant are not leav
ing much tow. , They are salvaging
a large proportion of ihe line 4c
long) fiber to say nothing In the '
saving of labor and floor spaosv".
But some tow - Is produced every
day. 'This : Is found to be not ao
good as it should he, since It . ts
too wet. To overcome this condi
tion a drying process is being pre
pared. This will entail a consider
able cost, but It will soon be ready.
New , machinery will be ; ready
soon to increase very mucn te
scutched output of line fiber
.There Is a fire risk at the maun-,
facturing plants and at the- stacks
of flax from the farms and ret
ting tanks under roof east of the
plant. .'That risk is to be almesu
eliminated at a cost of about 929. ;
000, This money Is to come front
the. revolving fund. There will be
enough for this and to take ear
of the next crop, and to provUe
the additional retting tanks and
many other additions being mads
or planned to care for the t-
creased tonnage of flax from tie
farms. The business Is working IV
self nut from : the profits on tie
operations..; Probably never, even
up to the point of handling the.
product of 10,000 acres, r will the
legislature t be asked for f J x
fundi. . . - .
Taking care of the fire rV Is
: Tnrn to Pare 2, Pleat,) ;
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