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Every year 1 live I am more convinced that the waste
of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we
have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing
and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No
one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having
once in a lifetime "let out all the length of all the reins."
Mary Cholmondeley.
Our Loganberry Industry
SOME information of vital importance was brought out in
impromptu remarks made by W. G. Allen, doyen of the
canning and packing industries of this district, to the Salem
Rotary club at its noon luncheon meeting yesterday-
Of vital importance to those who are engaged in the
loganberry industry, and therefore to all of our people.
Mr. Allen said several of the market outlets upon which
we formerly depended have fallen down or become smaller,
including the juice, dried and dehydrated and fresh berry
outlets; but in 1926 England took about half our canned lo
ganberriesand that gave a hope of stabilization of the
iridustry of the present acreage .
But in 1927 and again last year England took only about
half the number of cases bought there in 1926.
Also, of late, England has been asking for the Washing
ton canned loganberries, regarding them of superior quality;
larger berries, etc. , .
So the outlook right now is something like tms: ii our
growers would cut out about 20 to 30 per cent of their toR
. he nmsnect that all the rest of their crop
could be handled, mostly in the
- in the United States, was last year aooui me same as we
year before and in 1926.
mv a lion there is a movement to severely cut back
the bearing canes, in order o
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to some extent cun.au me quauuuy. ,
Wnf Mr Allen irave a heartenine note in the fact that
the frozen loganberry experiments, in cans and cartons, have
Droven very encouraging, ine
berry retains its flavor and aroma; comes out like a berry
fresh from the vines
And there is reason to hope for big market outlets for
this riroduct. Mr. Allen cited a New England district that
has taken a much larger tonnage of frozen strawberries tne
past year than it ever consumer of canned strawberries- And
what the cold pack process does for strawberries it does even
in fuller measure for the loganoerry in preserves au
original excellence of the fruit.
Last year Oregon and Washington packed 544,181 cases
of loganberries, Washington contributing 90,324 to the tota:
and Oregon 453,857. And the Salem district made up most
of the Oregon supply.
The. two states also sent in large and small barrels and
in large and small cans and in cartons 13,298 packages of
cold pack loganberries. This is one of our big industries.
If the cold pack outlook shall develop as it now promises to
do, the industry will be stabilized on the present acreage, es-
pecially with the growing or a higner quality proauci
And in time we may expect an increase in the acreage.
Higher Duties for Flax Growers
BEFORE the ways and means committee considering the
writing of the new tariff law, Colonel W. B. Bartram was
given 10 minutes on Tuesday to explain the demand for high
er duties on flax fiber in the primary stages
And the members of the committee took up an hour lr
askfng Colonel Bartram questions about the flax industry.
Quite a compliment. And significant. Congressman Haw
ley is chairman of the committee, and has charge of the sub--committee
considering agricultural schedules.
Colonel Bartram asked for a protective duty of three
rents a nound on tow. &ix cents on rough long fiber, and eight
cents on hackled or dressed line
of a cent, one cent and two. cents a pound as now. (lhe As
RnriflteH Press reporter cot mixed on the items.)
This wnnlH enable threshing1, retting and scutching
nlants to be conducted bv nrivate capital in the Willamette
valley at a profit, with modern machinery and appliance?
and methods now employed by the state nax piant.
Colonel Bartram told the committee that we have 300,
noo acres of land in the Willamette valley suitable for flax
growing. He might have doubled it, and -trebled it, and
more, counting all the land that will some day be devoted
to the growing of this staple. -
f!olonel Rartram was conservative. He answered the
questions of the members of
past experience, with common
to show the real prospect, he
his fiflrures bv three
For that is about the proportion of increased fiber that
will come from flax grown from the new seecl
And he miirht have predicted that flax fiber, five timet
a valuable in both durability and wearability, will be pro
duced here cheaper than cotton fiber can be produced in any
section of this country, or in
the world.
That is going to mean more for the Willamette valley
than any other one thing, for all time and this is saying a
lot, for in other industries this valley will grow great beyond
the dreams of our pioneers, or ever even the average of our
present day population. .
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Grandstand and Exhibit Building
THE state fair board is asking an appropriation of $20Q,
000 for a new grandstand and exhibit building
To replace the present structure facing the race course
and the old building that has been used in late years pnnci
nallv for the educational exhibits. "
This is a needed improvement. The importance of the
state if air would justify the appropriation.
If members of the legislature cannot see their way to
the setting aside of that much money, a plan might be
worked out to have the sum financed in some way, so that
construction work could proceed, ano tne sum ano tne in
terest on the amount be absorbed by the surplus net earn
inirs of the state fair. 1
Could this be done ? It has
of two of the principal buildings on the grounds. The big
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stadium where the horse snow
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partly borrowed on notes endorsed Dy tne state iair direct
ors. when M. Ii Jones was president.
The hew automobile exhibit building, taking the place
of ramshackle structures used for a like purpose, was built
entirelv from net savings on earnings of the state fair.
It would not be too much to expect the absorption of an
advance of $200,000, and interest, for the erection of the
needed new building, within the next five to 10 years.
; ; i '!- Our Compliments
fUHE Baker Democrat,' a "gentleman of 58 years, was wed
JL this week to the Baker Herald, a maiden of 27 summers,
and under the new name of the Democrat-Herald these two
newspaper residents of the eastern Oregon city have started
what seems destined to be a long life of wedded bliss. T
- . Lucien P. Arant and Bernard Mainwaring are the pub
lishers of the combined newspapers and In their : first an
nouncement predict that the "Democrat Herald ; will be va
permanent fixture in Baker." . People who know these two
young men are confident that their prediction will come true
and are glad to see that they have accomplished a merger
which will provide Baker citizens with a paper of merit with
out the expensive duplication caused by competition,-r
canning pack. The demand
increase the quality, and also
quality is nign. ahc wuu
fiber, against three-quarters
the committee on the basis of
seed. iaa ne peen aisposec
mignt nave multiplied some oi
most other cotton countries of
been done-in the construction
is neid was duui wiin money
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The Way of
the World
IX)W DISASTER
Disaster is not always sudden
t would not Be so tragical if it
were always over in a moment. The
eal tragedy of life is found in the
cceptance of the second best. That
is slow disaster. If we are not
watchful we shall be doing it over
md over again. Then it becomes
lie policy of our lives. We are sat-
Bfied to let things go as they are.
ecause the effort to Improve is
nconvenient.
WHAT IS SECOND BEST?
Where our judgment is most
"ailed into play is to learn for sure
what is and what is not "second
est." We may be persisting in an
'.mbition. in seeking something
hat has always seemed tcbe the
hing we wanted to do. Perhaps
he time has come to abandon our
mbition. Perhaps it was a mistak
in one. The acceptance of some
thing else and our reasonable
.djustment to it may not be the
acceptance of the second best. The
choice of another road may prove
.he way to character, without
which there Is no such thing as
success.
THE HOUSE OP QUIET
There is a book called "The
House of Quiet." It has been an
ippealing title. Who does not de-
ire a house or quiet? First and
more important is to have a house
if quiet within. Some people
cem to have marvellous self-con-
rol. They do not lose their tem
pers, fly. off the handle, make
-pectacles of themselves. Why?
3ome think it is a gift, that one is
born that way. It Is not so not
always. Men with furious tempers
have learned by thoughtfulness
and patient effort a new way
If we teach ourselves to control
our thoughts and our statements
in the time of trivial annoyance.
we gradually build up the habit
of self-control. When bigger and
vastly more distressing thing
happen the carefully accumulated
s.abit of self-control is still work
ng.
JUST ANOTHER CLUB '
When the next man comes
around to your office and . tries
to get you to join a new organiza
tion, turn on the most powerful
spotlight .you can command and
then use a microscope. Analyze his
suggestion through and through.
There Is a club for about : every
thing In this world now. Be very
fare the suggested organization
lot only has a definite purpose but
t definite likelihood of accomp
lishing something worth while be
fore you Join it." What's the use
of belonging to something just foi
the sake of belonging? What's the
good of spreading out your time
High Pressure Pete
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Who's Who &
Flood Control Work Asserted as Progressing
By DWTOHT F. DAVIS
Secretary of Wr
(Dwiirht Filley Dmvii ws born at St.
Louia. Mo.. July 5, 1879. He wn gradu
ated from Harrard and Washington uni
eraity. Active in civic affairs of St.
Lonik for many years, such as member
ship on the public library board and the
public recreation commission, he became
director of the War Finance corporation
in 1921. In 1923 he was named assist
ant secretary of war and has been secre
tary since 1925. He was a colonel in
the Officers Reserve corps in 1923 and
oas neen awardea tne Distinguished Ser
vice Cross for service in France.)
THE department of war ex
pects to spend $30,000,000
next year in levee building.
ana bank revetment work on
- , the Mississippi
river flood con
trol project. A
total of $24.
000,000 Is be
ing expended in
the work for
wj ine current iis-
jal year.
For next year
the acquire
ment of neces
sary rights of
way for flood
ways and spill
ways is . being
planned so that
work on these can be pushed. Con.
demnatlon proceedings are "being
started for the levees and spill
way near New Orleans, and for
the levee on the west side of the
rioodway opposite Cairo, 111. It
Is expected that these rights of
way will be secured at an early
aaie ana that actual work on
these spillways and floodways will
start promptly.
worr tnat is being done this
year in the Yazoo basin and on
the south side of the Arkansas
river will make the Yatoo basin in
Mississippi and the Tensas basin
In Louisiana somewhat safer by
reason or nigner and stronger le
vees. Every year will add to this
safety, but full protection will be
THE
ONE MINUTE
PULPIT
He that loyeth silver shall not
be satisfied with silver; nor he
that loveth abundance with In
crease; this is also vanity.
- When goods Increase, they are
increased that eat them; and what
good is there to the owners there
of, saving the beholding of them
10-11.
with their eyes? Eccleslastes, v.
10 thin that it doesn't cover any
thing properly?
Don't be a joiner without a rea
son. - r-
Timely Views
secured only after the completion
jf 10 years' work contemplated
by the project.
Similarly, work being done on
the Atchafalaya river levees, as
well as the Mississippi river le
vee, gives additional protection to
the lands on each side of the At
chafalaya river. The levees of
the Ponchartrain district north of
New Orleans are also being raised
and strengthened.
In the Upper river in addition
to levee raising and enlarging,
much revetment work is being
done to stabilize .he banks for the
purpose of aiding navigation and
preventing the caving of levees
into the river. About $11,000,
000 is being spent this year for
such work.
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States,
man Our Fathers Read
Feb. 7, 1904
Just 390 voters registered
Marion county the past week.
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The question of adding high
school grades to the regular
course of the Salem public schools
was board up at the directors'
meeting, with the result that it
will be submitted to the voters at
the next election. Salem stands
alone among the principal cities
of the state without a high school
The mock trial held by the West
Salem Literary society was an in
teresting and well-attended event
I. A. Manning, son of Honor
able William Manning of this city,
is on his. way home from Matagal-
pa, Nicaragua. He has been super
intending a large coffee plant at
Matagalpa. The junior Manning
is a former- city editor of the
Statesman.
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution in New England have just
tried unsuccessfully to prevent the
appearance of a troop of girl danc
ers from Russia on the ground
that It might "encourage the
reds." The Russian girls, most of
whom are hardly more than mere
children, were not accused of try
ing to spread bolshevism nor of
any untoward act. Thejr sole of
fense in the eyes of the New
England ladies was that they had
some from Russia. Ancestors of
hese New En'nH Daughters
ought for freedom. This present
tctivity marks a very great de
parture from that ideal.
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Who has taken my father's place
In the rflusical comedy In which I
am appearing?
What is a "ship of the dessert?"
What is the weekly magazine of
the Salvation Army called?
How many ribs has a man on
each side?
"He that followeth after right
eousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness and honour." Where
is this passage found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this day. in 1779, George
Rogers Clarke and 170 men set
out across the "drowned lands" of
the Wabash to attack Vlncennes.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
capable of shining socially and
they have interesting personalities
if they will forget their bashful,
ness.
Answers to Forefcoinjr Questions
1. Dorothy Stone; Fred Stone;
Will Rogers.
2. A camel.
3 War Cry.
4. 12.
5. Proverbs xxl. 21.
WORDS OP
THE WISE
'"And a woman is only a wom
an, but a good cigar is a smoke."
Kipling.
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"What maintains one vice would
bring up two children." Benja
min Franklin.
"As 'unkindness has no rem
edy at law' let its avoidance be
with you a point of honor." Ho-
sea Ballou.
Just Among Us Girls
Wheels Well Oiled
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington Correspondent for
Central Press and The Statesnuu:
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ASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Her
bert . Hoorer's administra
tion will not exactly BE
GIN, at noon, March 4.
Rather. It will be GOING then
It will start, If can be said to
start at- all. under full headway
Tet there will be nn vank anrl
jerk -no suddenness about it.
It simply will be going as if it
had always been going.
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Mr. Hoover has been doing his
starting, since his return from
South America, like a brakeman
jumping a swiftly-moving freight
train.
The brakeman does not ask the
train to stop for him, or slow up.
even.
He grabs a rail and runs along
side the car partly carrying him
and then altogether carrying him,
until finally he shins up the side
and at last, as the train passes a
given point, fairly kiting, there's
the brakeman stop. Balling right
along with, it, calmly- viewing the
landscape.
Hardly will the administration
have flashed past noon, March 4.
ere Herbert will be seen, safely
on top vt it, gracefully swaying
with the motion.
Mr. Hoover has been the object
of .a good deal of sympathy be
cause he will have to deal with an
extra session of congress so soon
after his inauguration in less
than a month probably.
Why, shucks! AH the "dealing"
that Mr. Hoover will have to do
with congress for some time to
come, he has done already.
What does anybody suDDose
Herbert was doing all that con
fabulating for? witi, the G. O
P. leaders during the two weeks
he spent in Washington, follow
ing his vacation the other side of
the equator.
Mr. Hoover has not done muc'i
talking for publication, to be-
sure.
However, there are plenty of c.
Bits for Breakf &st
By R. J. Hendricks
They cannot stop
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The workers in the YWCA bud
get campaign; though the flu and
the cold weather is hampering
them.
That J7600 has got to be pledg
ed, and there should be e'nough
over for a start on a new building
campaign.
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The district of the main Wil
lamette valley of which Salem is
the center has more Institutions
of higher learning than any dis
trict of like extent and population
in the world. The developments of
the past few days, when four of
them have fallen heir unexpected
ly to 5100.000 each. Indicate that
the central point of such a group
is going to have increasingly great
SOU-
I mdb our
wife,, Harold.
rerraocTS
mz,vzry much
oPadiri I
xYzs, and she
constantly
reminds mc
oPddsthat '
I i&cd to
rCnow f
O. P. leaders ,to testify that he
has done all that was necessary
In private, and listened to a lot
from others, and made all hid
plans to the last detail.
True, plans do go wrong some
times, but it is not often they are
put together with the scrupulous
care Mr. Hoover has exercised, or
that they are tested in advance
with the same engineering exact
ness to guard against hidden
weaknesses, and accidents.
Faithful O. O. P. -ites will
swear that these plans will stand
up under every possible stress or
strain, if plans ever did.
Hundreds, who saw him In the
course of his two weeks In Wash
ington, will bear witness to the
case with which the president
elect gets thrbugh with an almost
unbelievable amount of business.
Of course, it is no news that
Herbert is an efficient worker.
. Nevertheless, the pre-presiden-tial
problems he has had to solve,
in multiplicity, variety and intri
cacy have seemed enough to floor
almost anything human and they
hardly seem to tire Mr. Hoover.
So the folk who are closest to
him -say.
(It remains to be seen if his an
swers to all these puzzles are the
correct answers.)
Mr. Hoover Is not so tremend
ously popular, personally, with all
ms visitors.
There are complaints that he
keeps them moving along past his
desk as if they were mere mechan
ical parts on an endless belt in a
fllwer factory.
It makes some of them sore,
but they all admit It's "a wonder
ful system."
Paper From Straw Hats
YSTAD, Sweden (AP) Method
)f producing paper from straw
hats has been evolved by Dr. E.
U Rinman, Stockholm scientist.
Ms Invention utilizes the wax
ontent in the straw, making other
binders superfluous. '
benefits from its primacy in this
respect.
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Looks good for an increase of
the protective tariff rates on the
primary products of fiber fiax. the
tow, rough line fiber and hackled
or dressed fi?er.
That will make still more im
ortant a local supply of fiber for
our linen mills. And at the same
time more certain. With the rates
asked for, we will very soon have
independent, privately owned
threshing, retting and scutchine
plants. They will pay. In time, we
will have scores of them in the
Willamette valley.
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We must have municipal owner
ship of the Salem water system.
No private concern can get money
at as low a rate for such a pur
pose as a city like Salem can. This
means that the city itself can go
further and do more In the secur
ing of a proper supply, and in dis
tributing of the supply, too. The
city can afford to look to the fu
ture farther than a private con
cern can. The city doe not have
to declare dividends. They will
come in due course of time In two
ways in a better supply and In
lower rates.
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There Is a bill before the legis
lature to reduce the powers of as
sessors by removing them from
the boards of equalization. It I-
wrong in theory. If we are to
achieve a fairer distribution of the
tax burden, we must strengthen
the assessors instead of weakening
them. Eugene Register.
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Concerning a bill
islature to provide railway fare
free or at reduced rates for exec
ntive officers of chambers of cotm.
merce a news agency item says
'hat "it is understood the Grange,
the Farmers Union, various co
operative organizations, mutual
insurance companies, women's
civic organizations and a number
of other organizations engaged in
what they believe to be good work
for their communities will ask to
be Included in the bill." Well, why
not? Why Hot also all officer.! of
lodges and church organizations,
and service clubs and all execu
tives of schools and colleges? Let
us give half fare to every man on
his way to visit a sick friend or
act as pallbearer at a funeral. If
chamber of commerce executives
are to ride free on the ground that
they "go about doing good" why
plainly all who bestir themselvew
in any activity whatever from a
similar motive ought to receive
similar consideration. The state
chamber of commerce is said to
sponsor the reduced fare measure.
The reasoning behind It when
followed 'to its logical conclusion
is absurd. Eugene Register.
By Swau