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New OREGON STATESMAN,. Salem. Oregon Sunday Morning March 10, 1929 4 Panorama of Plenty and City of Beauty W High Destiny of Salem City Planning Should Come Its Cost; Will Have People In This statement la by a well known authority; It has been es timated that most American cities will doable in population in 50 years. No particularly optimistic ri sion inspires the predleition that Salem will quadruple her popula tion in less time .than that, and double the number of people in what is termed by .census taken her metropolitan district in 10 or 15 or 20 years. Taking her pres ent population In city and sub urbs at 30,000 and that is con servative this will mean 60,000 In possibly 10 years, and ' surely not more than 20 years; and more than 120,000 by 1987. - What will bring; this about The development of the Industries on the land. Flax and linen develop ment, now fairly under way on a basis of large operations, will ac count for a large part of growth It Is predicted that, long before the end. of 50 years, we will have here a $100,000,000 annual in dustry in flax and linens; and hemp, and their indirect Industrial dependents. It would take' a page several pages to give all the reasons for this hope this cer tainty. .1 Our nut growing Industries will develop fast. Before 50 years shall have passed, thja will bethe great est, edible nut-growing district In the world. Anitaer page and more would be required to follow out all the reasons making for. this probability this certainty. Our natural conditions guarantee this. It is the climate; the ' soil, sun Buine and shower. I.nner before SO win hall li fi!'p!tMed, there will be still water in the Willamette river, with a boat ing and barging stage the year through, putting wharfs and ware houses and factories all u p and down both banks of that stream, connected by water borne trans jiortation with all the deep sea lorta of the world. The fixing of reasonable and permanent protective rates on su par will start our sugar, industry development, in all three of the commercial products of -sweets, made from beets and artichokes sua corn. This will call for major irrigation projects, and' the Wil lamette, valley win become' one great-garden and orchard and di versified farm, with rotations in cluding flax and hemp and sugar beets and artichokes, and all the or her crops of this land of diver sity; ranging through a wider list than is possible in a similar sixed district in .the worlds -: - , .. That is the picture; rather a ketchy outline of a picture that 1m in the making and bound to un fold into a panorama of plenty beyond the dreams of even the pi oneers who gave Oregon her state motto, "Alls volat proprils." mean in? she flies with her own wings. Oregon will be mors a self contain el empire than the men vlsioned who laid the foundations of the commonwealth. Business in Beauty. And Salem will be the true "ray Beautiful." There is every advantage, with our setting of the city, on hill and in vale, and along water stretches than can be ren dered charming in a thousand ways. it was said a few months ago that there were no less than S90 : American cities with city plan ning commissions. The individual horns owners of Galem have dons much in past years towards rendering Salem a beautiful city, and our civic organ izations and superintendents of our public institutions have done a great deal. And this urge has had greater impetus in the past few years than at In any other period since Salem: became a village growing up around the old Ore gon Institute, making its begin nings something like 90 years ago. our developing Into Willam ette university. But Salem should have now rity planning commission, with duties and powers looking to the future growth of the city and its ever widening environs along lines of symmetry and beauty. " There should be some kind of a district organization functioning for the section covering the hills south of the cemeteries. 4 - Another one should be looking to the development of the section along the highway bordering on the slough road; or the "riverside highway." ... Another for southeast Salem, nd all the way up Mill creek to Dates of Slogans in (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 1121. Prunes. October 14. Dairying. October SI. Flax, October 20V Filberts. November 4. Walnut. November 11. . Strawberries, November It. Apples. Figs, etc.. Not. 26. . Raspberries. December 2V: Mint. December t. K , , Beans, etc.. December it.. - Blackberries. December 22.' Cherries, -December 10. Pears. January t. 1929. 1 ; v Gooseberries. January 12. Corn. January 20. Celery, January 27. Spinach, etc February 2. Onions, etc., -February it. Potatoes; etei February 17. . Bees. February 24. -Poultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 2. City Beautiful, etc., March 10. Great Cows. March 17. Paved Highways, March 24, Head Lettuce? March 21. ' Silos, etc. April 7. Legumes, April: 14. -----Asparagus, ete., Apjll 1 1,; . ill be Now; It Will Pay More Than More Than 120,000 50 Years the old reform school; which Is to become In time the big factory district or Salem. The district along the Willam ette river below Salem should have the attentions of a planning commission. ' The same thing is true of the section In the northern suburbs and around the state fair grounds, snd that running east and south east. In a little while, Salem will grow around the penitentiary and the air port and the fairgrounds. and be well on the way towards SUverton. Not Just VUionary What 13 being put, down in cold print here is not Just a visionary dream. It is dally coming true, as certainly as the city has grown from the first dwelling house on Broadway, near North Mill creek. built by Jason Lee, and still stand ing almost as it was when erected The pioneer business district was there. That house was the post of fice store, hospital, home of the missionaries. -. , ;i Then the new business center shifted to around the corner of Commercial and Ferry streets, where the legislature held its ses sions, and the offices of the gov ernor and secretary of state and state treasurer weff . Ideated, and the state library! was; kept the latter in the upper rooms of what is now the Statesman office. There will be other shifts of bus iness centers. There will be new, exclusive residential districts. There will be growth; continuous growth. It should be ordered growth, looking to beauty and symmetry. There are perhaps 50 miles of rose lined streets in Salem now. We will have, and should have. hundreds of miles. It Is a Saving "By doing things at the right time and In the right way, compre hensive city planning saves more than it costs.. This Is a truism that Salem must regard and act upon. Utility and beauty should go hand In-hand. Town planning IsH concerned, first, with use and convenience. Beauty comes next, or rather goes with utility. Mrs. W. P. Lord, during her lifetime, wrote a good deal about the better use of our streams in making Salem beautiful. At first, this was an uphill struggle. The people have shied away from the streams. They did not have the vision of Mrs. Lord. But her work finally bore fruit. Now creek and river bank locations are at a pre mium. And this preference may be carried very much further, to the advantage of this city. There is good business in beau ty. It will bring better homes; a higher class of home builders. It will attract wealthy residents from cities not doing so much to make their surroundings attractive. The Initial costs of city plan ning need not be large. Indeed, It Is conceivable that some of onr public spirited leaders would serve on an official board without pay, excepting that which they would get from the satisfaction of being of use to their day and genera tion. But they would naturally form ulate plans that would require large expenditures In carrying out: But most of these, if not all of them, would pay for themselves in the enhanced values of property they would give to their particular districts. Chemeketa, the first name of Salem, the Indian name, meant home place. Salem Is a city of homes. It will reach Its greatest wealth and prominence in follow ing out the Idea of making it the perfect home city; the real "City Beautiful." REPORT LARGE PRODUCTION DETROIT. Mich. Production of the new models of the Graham- Palre line In February attained a total of 10.004. the shortest month of the year having proved to be the second largest in ura-h&m-Palf e history, having sur passed by 1176 ears every month of 192 S except August, at the height of the selling season. The February total showed an Increase of 7 per eent over the preceding month, and Is 2 times, tne total for the same month last year. , Oregon Statesman Grapes, etc. April 22. Drug Garden, May 6. Sugar Industry. May 12. ' Water Pewen, May 1. ' Irrigation, May 2 C v Mining, Juns 2. Land, Irrigation, etc. June v Floriculture. Jim II. - Hops. Cabbage, etc., Jane 22. -Wholesaling. Jobbing. June 20. Cucumbers, etc, July ". -Hogs. July 14. - GoaU, Jty 21. ; Schools. July 22. : - . Sheep. Aagust 4.-' . - Seeds, August 11. National Advertising, Aug. II. Livestock, August 25. Brain at Grain Products. Sept. 1 "Manufacturing. Sept. t. - Woorworklng. etc, Sept. 16.- Automotive Industries Sept. 22.' ; Paper Mills. Sept. 2 9. (Back cop.es of the Sunday ; edition of The : Daily Oregon : Statesman are on hand. They are- for sale at 10 cents each. mailed K any address. '-. .Current, topics, 6 cents.. ; - NaMrM- SeMng.: for World's City : Beautiful i . -y ' y g-. .- .- k , . . .. .. ... . .... .' . "" " : . ' " "' ". ' " ' . ' ' -. 1 "' ' ' i i ii i i ' i The City rTlHE pioneec founders of X "City Beautif uL" In this, as in many other ways, they builded better than they knew. The home owners of the present Salem, and the super intendents of our various public institutions, are doing their part In making the dreams true, i ngreater measure man neretoiore. This spirit will persist, and it will grow And the thing1 most needed now is a better 'direction of its manifestations. Progress according to plan. There should be a program of city plan ning, for the greater Salem that put in every direction. : Lack of working to plans ber of. American cities many millions beyond what would have been necessary had there, been in their early stages a program for development. This is true of Portland, in the widening of streets alone. In Salem, DrI.W. H. Willson, who platted the original city blocks and lots and streets,- guarded against this possibility with forethought that was remarkable for his time. But Salem's present growth that is taking place and will persist, 'north, south, east There is good business in mercial value m a city. Convenience and utility may go along with order and urge for beautification. Nature has done much and will do more. Let s plan for the real true Bateham Tells How Salem Can be Made 100 Per Cent Beautiful by Cooperation Salem will become a perfectly beautiful city in the tru? sense of the word if H. C. Bateham, gardener on the Wallace road has his way. Bateham writes an instructive and inter esting article, as follows, for The Statesman this week : Editor Statesman: Instead of bragging about how beautiful Salem is alreadyt as we have been prone to do in years past, let us change our tactics this year and make a concerted effort to get the few places tnat are not yet beautiful, beautiful. There are a few such in every neighborhood. They are a distinct drawback and detriment to any street or locality. If the number of such premises is large, all the property near it has a distinct dis count in value in the eyes of any prospective home seeker. Let us inquire into the cause of these black eyes" that our otherwise beautiful city is afflicted with. Some belong to estates or heirs who pass the responsibility from one to another, even in some In stance refusing to paint the house or mow the weeds. They should be made an example and forced to clean up. Then there are the non residents who list their property for sale and as the property runs down they run the price up so as to reimburse them for interest and taxes, which never come down. If such places were cleaned up. painted up and planted up. our re altors would not only be able to make sales more readily but also for a better . price,-which would more. than cover any outlay for beautification. The same rules would also ap ply to houses for rent. Other things being equal, the house with beautiful grounds will rent twice as quickly as the one with no beauUflcation. : It must be said of Salem that there are but very few who own their own homes, no matter how hew, but are planning as rapidly as possible to make surrounding? as beautiful as their means will allow. What Is Beauty? What Is beauty, anyway, and how much doss it cost -to buy -it? Frankly. I never saw such s homely or humble cottage but Its objectionable features rould Ik overcome or covered up by the proper use of shrubs, vines and plants. Many wlU say that a lawn is the first essential, but I have seen many a humble home where the yard was so small that even that gave way te flowers which filled the yard and covered the home, much, to the delight of the cad lady who makes It her life work,. ? v.. .x, . The bugbear of expense Is what deters many home owners from tackling the beautification, hut Gideon Gtolz Company , Manufacturers of ' Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 26 ; Ore. Keep Tour Moner in Oregon Buy Monuments Made at " Salem, Oregon Capital Monumental Works J. C. Jones Tt Co proprietors All Kinds of Monumental - :. -work,; ' . J i v Tactory and" Office: 4- 2219 8. Commercial 8t. I 1 Opposite L -O. t. r, ; Cemetery, Box 21 V.; Phone CI9 - - Salem. Oregon BRING IN .- - J" i YOUR NEW WHEAT And exchange It for hard wheat patent flour, or, any of bur long list of milling specialties. We do custom grinding. We supply what you need for what you have,, CHERRY CITY HILLING CO. ; ; i Salem, Oregon . '" 431 Trade St. - " ! Phone 318 Beautiful Salem visioned here the true of the pioneer builders come in this field should be made is certain to grow and spread has cost and is costing a num and west, needs direction. beauty. Symmetry has com Salem's setting is beautiful. City Beautiful. this need not be great or come all at once. f Of course. If one consult a landscape architect, he will recom mend everything he can think of with the expectation of cutting down and eliminating until a fig ure Is reached where a bargain Is made. Let me suggest the order that I take up these beautification ex penses, beginning with necessi ties and ending with luxuries. Naturally the lawn would come first The highest priced seed need not always be used, and one way avoid seeding where shrubs, flow ers, walks or drives are. to be lo cated. This often saves half ex pense. Next in importance are the foundation shrubs around the base of the house. They need not be of large sise, as they grow fast; neither need they be all evergreen which are higher priced. If a por tion are flowering varieties, the effect is better during the sum mer than all somber evergreens. If desired for sake of economy, the latter may be omitted for first year, tilling in their spaces with tall perennials such as michaelmas daisies, hollyhocks or conopsis. Or if necessary the shrubs can all be deferred until later, and stlU a good effect made at once with cheaper perennials. A rare bed or hedge next to the driveway or garage is in Salem almost indis pensable. They, are not planted on the parking, however, as much as formerly. ' For a terrace or embankment a rock garden is almost a necessity. For a small, flat lot it Is some times a luxury and sometimes an absurdity. The Window Boxes Every up. to date home nowa days has Its window or porch box es included by the building con tractor, and If well planted they do have a beautifying effect. Many an old fashioned house could be wonderfully dressed up with their flowing Tines and bright blooms at slight expense. Plant tubs or square boxes filled with dwarf evergreens, give a stately appearance on each side of the front steps, and hanging baskets on the porch are always graceful. The lUy pond or pool is quite au attraction If la its proper, setting, and adds materially to the beauty of large grounds or parks. Lastly let me urge more use of the lattice worst of all kinds called: garden furniture. Pergolas, arbors, 'fen H.A.HydoCo. DEAHEElb IN Berry Plants, Seed Potatoes Berry Crates and Hallocks Portland Road, Salens, Oregoa Everytfiing In BUniLBiirjG .: .J . ' - , Cobb. & Mitchell ' i:y.li V":W- ."-:' C A. B.'Kelsayi Manager - 849 S. lSth St, A Plume 018 ces, rare arches, trellises, gates, seats and stands all have their uses, and set off the grounds beau tlfullT If painted white against a Daekground or green. Let no one aver that this pro gram of beautification la too elab orate and far beyond his means. Just remember that the whole plan does not need, to be complet ed the first year,-but let the pleas ure seem prolonged and something new added each year. It has been said that a r6al gardener la never satisfied with her grounds, but al ways anticipates more beauty aeh succeeding year. The mala thing It to have a plan and make a start. To this end I will be glad to lendmy assist ance, submit . plans or give sug gestions without any charge, for we want Salem to win the prise as being fully 100 per eent beau tiful. H. CV BATEHAM. Of Bateham Floral Gardens, Wallace Road C0I SALEM World Youth Leader Will Speak at First Christian Church March 20 Dr. Ira Landrith, citisenship su perintendent of tfie International Society of Christian Endeavor and editor afield of the "Christian En deavor World," will appear at the First Christian church here Wed nesday evening, March 20, at.7:3.0 o'clock. His subject has not been announced but advance notice marks him as a speaker both old and young will want to hear. Leader of Youth Dr. Landrith has been a leader of young people for years, and an nually devotes ten months to tours throughout the nation. He was trained for the law and called for the ministry, and has been his church's chief executive, editor and college president as well - as a leader of, youth. Sought National Office He spoke in almost every army camp and cantonment during the World war, under International Y. M. C. A. auspices. He led the sec ond division of the famous Flying Squadron, 1914-1915 with Oover. nor J. Frank Hanly of Indiana, touring 255 cities Including every state capitol In the campaign for national constitutional prohibi tion. He was the conscripted dry democratic candidate tor the vice, presdency on the prohibition tick et in 1916. . U Hi Funeral Work Specialty Always Open Visitors Welcome Lutz Florist and Nurseryman 16th and Market Telephone 2124 Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Your .,' Office Stationery Capitol Bargain and SUMlICOUSE 105-145 Center All Kind of Junk Bought and Sold Anything from a Needle ; ; to a Steam Engine , CASH PAID FOR RAGS, BOTTLES, BARRELS, OLD PAPER; CARPETS, IRON, WOOL, PELTS, 3RAPE ROOT, CHITTAM BARK, PEPPERMINT OIL, ETC. High Lights from College Authority on Making One's Home Still More Beautiful Few Simple Rules Which Owner Who Wishes Ideas In John C. Burtner of the department of industrial jour nalism. Oregon State Agricultural- collecre. kindly furnishes the following for this annual of The Statesman: From, the earliest time adorn or ornament the thing which he treasures. One of the things nearest a man's heart is his home. Whether it is a city lot, a small suburban place, or real countrv property, it offers an interesting problem riety of solutions, observes A. L. Feck, professor of land scape gardening at Oregon State college. No two landscape problems are ever alike, continues professor Peck In discussing the question further. The formation or contour of the land, climate, geographical situation, Investment involved. purpose for which the land is in tended, and other factors tend to vary these problems. Where considerable cost is .In volved, it is best to secure the services of a competent profes sional landscape architect, advises Peck While this costs money, it will prove economical in the long run, for his experience and trained sense of the fitness of things will usually bring about ad artistic so lution. Convcnirtico, Then Beauty In many cases, however, the am out involved is not large enough to justify the employment of pro fessional services, and a great deal erf pleasure may be gained in creatnlg for one's self. A good lay out is the first step a design of the effect to be created. In this, convenience is the first necessity. Any improvement that la not con venient is a source of irritation. Convenience, means walks so ar ranged as to serve to their fullest capacity, and a host of other de tails. The garage, for Instance, is often closer to the house, and also leave room behind for a little gar age or children playground, or just plain lawn. The farther back the garage ts placed the more space is given up to driveway, and the farther it is necessary to back to get out. Many builders are now putting the garage In with the house and calling It a motor room, which seems a desirable plan. Selection of Trees The rule of convenience applies also to plantings, otherwise they often prove themselves to be nui sances. A group of trees, for in stance, may block some beautiful view. Another tree may east extra heavy shade on one part of the We Plan and Plant Free of Charge Ornamental Trees and Shrubs Cut Flowers Tel. 398 May Be Observed by the to Work Out His Own This Field City Beautiful slogan number man has always attempted to in landscaping, and a great va onae, making that part cold and rlcomy in winter. If so. they are poorly placed. Trees, rronerly used, give the horns a jrood back ground, and tiay he located to cast an agreeable ehade on the lawn In summer time. -To use trees that lose their leaves In winter is usually desir able, especially In Oregon where it Is cloudy much of the time. This mesiw restraint In the use of evergreens. The principle, howev er, does not apply, to evergreen shrubbry, which can be used to make a lawn alive and interest ing during the winter. Opm Space Important Whether the place is large or small, one seeks for the feellns: oi open lawn. This, of courso. harks back to the old princjfle of mak ing, plantings somewMt ' tpivard the boundaries of tie' lawn area. Residents of rural districts often have the idea that a lawn neces sarily means a closely cropped area, such as is found in city parks. This Is not necessarily so. The opan area Is what counts, and ir the carmer can so locate his plants that he can mew his grass tnree or four times in the spring Oakland Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street at Trade Established 1931 Phone 118F2 BABY CHICKS, PULLETS, COCKERELS, CUSTOM HATCHING Send for osnr bis; catalogue WATCH THIS SPACE EVERY WEEK FOR BARGAINS SPECIAL TODAY S Sol-Hot brooders, used 64 inch hover. 400 chick else. Price fC.O each. BARRED ROCKS PULLETS February 1st hatch. Direct from O. A. C. $1.10 each at If weeks. WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS February hatches. Hansen strain. Guaranteed quality. $1.00 each at 10 weeks. Visit our Modern Poultry Plant LLOYD A. LEE HATCHERY & POULTRY BREEDING FARM Route 6, Box 115 (Fruitland Road) . Salem, Oregon . Lawn Lawn grass is a heavy feeder, and the constant v mowing of the lawn removes the plant food which . must be replaced with a complete, balanced fertilizer that does the work without introducing any weeds. A lawn will respond to yearly applications of fertili zer very noticeably. Invariably such treatment "causes the grasses to grow so vigorously as to crowd v, out undesirable weeds and causes them to disappear, moss grows only on soil that Is starving. A A sack of Morcrop Fertilizer'applied to the lawn will result tn an immediate improvement In color and growth. A 100-lb. sack will answer for the ordinary city lot, and it is desirable that this be applied mi two different periods during the season; ones early la the. Spring as soon as the grass shows signs of growth, again late in the Fall It Is easy to apply, has no ob jectionable odor and the result of a healthy, well-fed lawn will be to crowd out weeds and moss..- .,.7. ; v" Beneficial results from the use of Morcrop are. guaranteed, Ch as.: R;: "ApcSVepd Implement Co. 210'SUte St: with a sickle bar mower, and then leave It alone, letting the grasr turn, brown in the summer, it it happens to, let htm do so. It 1 the open space that Is tmportaat. A little shrubbery close up to the foundations of the house Is us ually desirable. Many of the na tive shrubs ef Oregon are valuable for this purpose, as well as for other plantings shout the grounds. TJtes of Trees There to no property, suburban or rural, that is not materially Improved by the planting of tree; In the country the yard itself, tbf barnyard, and some of the pro perty perhaps along the fence nex( to the highway could be profitably planted to trees. Bsidea giving tb4 place an appearance of thriftj good tree ptantings around the home often have a marked influ ence on one's personal comfort! asieclally tn summer. And la windy exposed situations, trees act most satisfactorily as wind-breaks .For transplanting, It ts some-; times possible to collect certain; material from your own wood lot or wooded slope in the pasture It is wise to guard against digging; material that is too big. advise Professor Peck. A tree six to elghtf iset tall is large enough for any transplanting, and if It is an ever green. It should be smaller. Decid uous trees those that lose tbetri leaves ran be transplanted anfj time between the fifteenth of Nont vembcr and the fifteenth of March,! in wstern Oregon. jjj Drives and Walks jit Drives te the home in suburban' and rural property are very lraj rortant, as it Is here the visitor ; G?ts his first impression. A good;; surface, and in this country, good ilrafnnsre. are essential. For twd Hnos of traffic to the home, where, tlicre is a lot of passing to andj; fro. probably a 16 foot drive i : necessary. Where the circulation). ?-tq be al! in one direction, 10 to,,; 11 ifo';A w!!I suffice. $ Walks about the 'garden andjj grounds also have great power to.!; add or detract from appearance!! and convenience. They may bel; built of a number of different ma-!!! te rials, commonest of which are't srass. gravel, brick and flagstones.!; Concrete Is sometimes used, but Is!',' of a more utilitarian nature, and!!' rather out of place in a garden, h Pontiac Incubator Capacity 141,000 Brooder Capacity 23,000 COMPETE ' FERTILIZER; 1 Salemt Oregon Fertilizer ! ii ! n -1 . t . 4 - A rt H