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PAGE FOUR The Q2EGQN STATESMAN. Saiga. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 1, 1933 men Ahead Steadily, Say SSHIt Prediction of Hendricks is Rapidly Becoming Thing Of Actuality No longer a fledgling, the linen Industry ol the Salem district has bti 'trvin oat iw found - strength in its wings. It tfoared to new heights daring the past 1 year and a new altitude record looms for a 9 30. In a short space of years flax raising and linen manufacturing has attained the rank of a mil- 1 lioa dollar Industry. It promises much fqr the agricultural and In dustrial developements of this . section. . - 200,00 Arree Available With the soil -and climate so Ideally adapted to the raising of -quality, long-fibre flax and mure than 200,060 acres in the Willam ette Taller, of which Marion coun ty Is the geographical hub, and with the state and private tndl ' viduals investing - heavily In the flax growing and linen manufac turing industry here, the long- pronounced .slogan of R. J. Hend- rlrkn nronhet of flax raisin r In Oregon, that Salem would become the "center of the world's linen and flax Industry" hi?' 'aIr to.. be? fulfilled. . The real development of the flax Industry here dates virtually from the introduction of the flax pulling machines in 1924. .The hand work required before the . Introduction of this machine. . coupled with the iaet that mow Ing was found unsatisfactory. Had acted as a deterrent But with the perfection of the automatic puller and binder the last physical draw back to flax raising was removed. .Flax Long Rained Here Of course, it had been known for many years that flax could be . grown here and as far back as 187- Oregon-grown flax had cap tured prizes at various world fairs. ; . But it required persistence and faith to accomplish the develop- meat of the industry of Its pres ent plane. It required arduous In dividual effort at first. The real motivating force was " the part played by the state. Or ganization of the Oregon State Flax industry; and the association - of its "operation with the state penitentiary was the key to the. situation. The state bow owns in Salem the" largest and best equip- va nax piani in me unuea states and in the world. .The lnrestment of tbestate in "the flax llndastry now exceeds 5550.000. The flax Is contracted , before it Is planted, seed sold to that rrnvprs anil vtim tha wnn W harvested the flax la delivered at' the state plant to be treated for 'manufacture. Starting with ' less than 1000 acres under con-- tract, the Industry has grown un- . til 4500 acres were under con- tract last year and 9790 have been v signed np for 1)30. j, : State Plant Impressive At the state plant there are two fireproof mills having machinery for deseeding, seed cleaning, mak " log upholstery tow, scutching, and fctock feed making. There are also -machines for sorting and baling. Seven large storage sheds store -' 8.000 tons of flax straw. There are 25 retting tanks, capable of retting 200 tons of flax every. five davs. The oalv automatic ecutching machines in the, u nited . States are in this plant., There are . three machines with which 21 men . do work formerly requiring 180 men. i ' j " There are two lfaen. mills now . operating in Salem. The Miles Lin- i en company and the; Oregon Linen ' Mills, Inc., employed 175 persons during the past year and had a $18,000 monthly, payroll or ap proximately 1192,000 for the year Mil, Mill nietlnrtlre . The Miles Linen: company nas ' the distinction of being, the only mill -of Its kind west of Chicago. The mill manufactures salmon twine and fish nets for the fish eries of 'the Columbia river and Pacific coast. It alaa produces sack . twines for the whearbelt. Shoe . thread, linen yarns and other sim ilar products are also- produced. This mill represents an invest ment of $250,000.' Flax Profitable Crop 1 1 The average yield of flax Is a .ton to every one-half acre of ground. It has been estimated that the grower can. make more money on flax production than in grain. LINEN HEAD Colonel W. IX Bartram, pic tured here, has long been recognized as an outstand , ing factor in the linen: in dustry of the valley. THESE MEN WERE THE BIG GUNS - i ! St A - . ' u V " -fc f -; r: v 7 V I I . t 7 Ten active members of Capitol Post, who planned and August. Tow row, left to right shows Carl Gabrielson, H. to right: Willis E. Vincent, Frank M. Moore, Walter Zosel, SP1W6 PLMIT ILL ELEGTRFIED Logging Company Replaces Steam Machinery With New Motors One .of the important industrial developments of! the year in Sal em was the complete electrifica tion of the Spauldins Logging company's miiL : At present only one of the old battery of boilers is In nse; it is necessary for work of the steam kilns. To replace the old power unit the Spauldins mill has installed 52 motors hav ing a total of over 2100 horsepow er. The Salem "mill has- a capacity of 160,000 fet of lumber per day. To produce this, the plant em ploys about 275 men regularly, on a payroll which amounts to nearly half-million dollars for a year . Sashes, Doors Bis; Output In aditlon to manufacturing and selling lumber, the Spauldins company makes sashes, doors, and a wide variety of built-in fixtures. Roofing materials, tile and other building' materials make np the balance of products handled by the Spaulding company. While recognized as a leader among Salem industrial concerns, the Spaulding company Is equally a nail-valley institution. It main tains a mill and retail yard at Newberg, a planer and yard at McMinaville, and retail yards at Independence and Woodburn. Women Accorded Privileges At Young tion lien's Associa- Building By Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaher Secretary of T. "W. C.'A. The Young Men's Christian as sociation and the Yonng wemen's Christian association are two Christian lay organizations deal ins with young people. They have much in common In their great objectives. The two asso ciations in Salem do a fine piece of co-operative work. Since the Toung Women's Christian asso ciation does not hare a pool and gymnasium, the T. W. C. A. has set aside the use of its swimming pool and gym all day Wednesday and Thursday morning for the nse of women and girls. . Classes for women are held Wednesday and Thursdar m ora ls rs. Classes for grade school. Junior hteb, high school and uni versity students are held Wednes day afternoon and business and professional girls' and women's classes Wednesday evening. aclases ara taught by Mrs, Elis wh itMrtev. n trained instruct or, who has glren excellent serf ice. , The .T. W. C. A. jhyslcal edu- eatloa work Is garerned y .a com mittee of. TV M. C A. and T W. C. At representaUTt, r , m UK : r - v., - n i t ; "-:-::-v-"-:: -r.-'-x- v." :-..:. 1 - it - - ; j i.l i ' '1 Financial Outlook Held Sound in Local Section Indications Point to Prosperous Conditions During Coming Year, Local Authorities Declare General prosperity of Salem and its trade territory was reflect ed during 1929 In excellent bank ing conditions with a bright out look for the coming year, despite a tendency elsewhere to ward a brief pause la I business during readjustments necessitated by the stock market crash. This Is the opinion shared gen erally by Salem bankers ! who look forward to the new year with con fidence In the fundamental sound ness of Salem industry,1- agricul ture and trade. The most Important develop ment In. the field of banking In Salem in 1929 was, of course, the merger of the First National bank and the Salem bank of Commerce by the purchase of the latter by the former: and the consolidation of their resources. The! merger is regarded by bankers and business men of the city as in accord with the best modern business prac tices and a development which should farther strengthen bank ing In the city, , . ' j- Orerhead Is Reduced Prom the Joining of the two banks has emerged one large fi nancial Institution with! less over head and. with greater 1 facilities for serving the public general!. According to the last report. made in response to the! call of Oc tober 4. Salem still tanks well ahead of any .city in the state out side of Portland in deposits. Bank deposits in Salem's four banks amounted to lll.S59.125.81. Port. land with deposits of jSlC7,64,- 019 led the state. " . In third place was Eugene with deposits of S7.85s.891 and Pen dleton was fourth with 17,217- 713. Klamath Falls and Medford ranked fifth and sixth respective ly with about fl.oee.eoe less in deposits each.' Total deposits ' la the state's 231 banks amounted to 1504,418,71 . : I v. Salem deposits show a slight drop from those in October 1928 when $11,729,942.12 was report ed by the basks here. (The differ ence amounted to $ 14,817. This, It JUPE ODD OED FELLOW . e : k j . i ; j . Queer Tricks. Played by PRECIPITATION SHORT Old June has been playing a lot Of tricks on Salem when it comes to rainfall during the past year. November whleh Ji entitled to be the rainiest month only saw .63 of an Inch. The! average is S.3S Inches for Salem. ; And then December, which has averaged- 5.7 Inches, tried to make up for the delinquency of NoTember and up to December 28, the rainfall had been 10.79 Inches, ! - j . October. which his averaged three fhehea of rain In Salem for tne- past a a years, compromised With only 1.17 Inches. September shirked on the Job for its rainfall. The average- was 1.8 C inches and yet! the 1929 re cord shewed only .27 of an Inch, ten less than a July or August record.! - Ke lUIn In Ananas August and July! run true to BEHIND LEGION ' : v v ' I ..:. :..:::.v.-::.v:-:.:-.' . ' v 5 ' y .k - j i ; Si.' '."i J,' f K - .: - 5.",'Xc.: - vw'f:oc - - ; -: H snccessfuHy executed the American Legion convention in G. Maison, J. J. Elliott, Brarier Small. Bottom row, left C. B. McCullough, H. E. Shade. was believed, was due to the fact that a major portion of the hop troy has not yet been marketed this year, the growers holding for higher prices, and to a normal fluctuation in business. Bank Deposits Up The steady growth of bus iness here Is shown in the growth recorded over the past five and ten year periods. On October 10, 1924, the deposits In Salem banks stood at f 204,595, a net gain as shown on the face of the 1929 deposits of 92,404,830., in the last five years. The deposits as Reported November 17, 1019, were S7, 802,000. Thus the gain In the -last ten years has amounted to , 82,801,000. The lowest point In the ten years was In 1921 when . the deposits slumped to 97,802, 000. The report of October 4, 1929, revealed the following bank de posits: Ladd ft Bush bank, $6,005,000; Salem' Bank of Commerce, Sl, 108,000; First National bank. $1,514,000; and United States Na tional bank, $2,670,000. ) "Salem banking is in the best situation it has been for years," said D. W. Eyre, president of the United States National bank. "The diversity of Salem and Marion county's agriculture and Industry assure this city of continued prosperity. The banking business here Is on a fundamentally sound basis. We have had a good year. We are told that we may expect a weak business start in 1929 and a strong finish." i This view .ras shared by offi cers of both the Ladd ft Bush and First National banks. Salem, they said, was little affected by the situaUon on the stock market, ex cept as the buying power of cer tain sections was Influenced.' Bus iness, they thought would be slightly slower during the period of adjustment nationally which la now taking place hut would strengthen rapidly. Rain During Last Year form as there was no rain In July and only .05 of an Inch in August, That wouldn't lay dust If mere were any. a ; The June average rainfall for Salem Is 1.23 inches and this was one month that ran true Jo form, as the precipitation I was 1.29 Inches. . - May was a dry month this year with only 1.10 Inches of rain, while the average Is 2.1 J Inches. , April with its showers showed signs of a wet year . with 4.09 inches in lszi, compared to an average of 2.50 inches. March was more than an . Inch short on rain, as this year the fotal waa 2.11 laches while the average Is 2.71 inches. Janaary and - February ' found Jape beginning to loaf on the job with only 2.S9 Inches In January compared to the average of 5.S7 laches, and In February a total CONVENTION! -A I if .:.: - : - At BEALJNDUSTBIES Two Largest Plants Employ 100, Have 100,000' Annual Payroll The business of Salem laund ries was good last year, according to managers of various plants with an employe list of about 100 and a payroll annually amounting to over $100,000, the laundries of Salem form an important part of Its Industrial life. The two largest plants, those of the Capital City and the Salem laundries, maintain forces of 32 and 45 persons, respectively, and their combined payrolls total ov her 180,000 annually. These con cerns each, run a fleet of five de livery trucks through Salem and adjacent territory. Laundry Business on Up Grade Managers of local laundries stated that the business here has kept up a healthy increase. There has ben nothing sudden or sensa-f tlonal about If. They declared that it Is the local expression of a trend over the whole nation. In creased activity was credited to a considerable degree to work of the National Laundry men's asso ciation. At the present time the nation al organization is engaged in an advertising program amounting to over a million dollars annually for a four year period. Adver tising Is being carried on through magazines, newspapers and over the radio. Of further interest to the laundrymen and their natrons. though. Is the work of a large ex perimental laundry established at Joliet. 111. This halt-million do! lar plant, working with the llel loa institute. . Is a laboratory to which laundrymen can send many problems for solution. Soil Scientists Plan Conference CORVALUS. Ore., Dec 81. CAP) -June 1C to 12 are the dates selected for the annual con vention uf soil scientists of 11 western states who will gather at the Oregon State college where Dr. W. L. Powers, chief of soils, is president of the organization. This Is the first time In fire years for the group to meet in the northwest. rainfall of only 1.2 S Inches, com pared to the average of 4.06 inch es. On December 22 there had been only 25.(8 Inches for 1929. The annual average tor, Salem Is a total of 37 Inches. Tea. It has been quite "un usual" this year, if you are talk ing about Sale mralnf all. TELEPHONE USERS IN CUT GAIN RAPIDLY iAs,a city and community grows, -telephone stations In crease. The following Is s- record of telephone growth in Salem and vicinity for the 4 wtsftav wnw BMnftnw . ',':r ( vn J ) City Rural Total 1920 .. 29B5 1019 2974 1922 ... 2410. 1072 I 4482 1924 ... 2708 104t ; 4130 1920 ... 4371 1031 6432 1928 V. . 5103 1070 i 173 1929 Jul 8639 1684 . 0722 LAUNDRIES FORM JOIN: FORCES DUiG YEAR First National is Combined of Com With Bank merce in City The word "merger," which has been such an Important one of late In the vernacular of national business, has also! taken its place in the vocabulary of Salem bank ing circles. s Announcement of the consolida tion of the- First National bank and the Salem Bank of Commerce was made at the dose of business Saturday, November 164 The mer ger was accomplished by the pur chase of the accounts and physi cal assets of the Bank of Com merce by the First National bank and acquisition of stock In the First National by former directors of the Bank of Commerce. Accounts and physical proper. ties of the purchased Institution were aulcklr transferred to the modern quarters of the First Na tional. The combined deposits of the two banks amounted to ap proximately $2,100,000. Capital stock of the First National was In creased to $200,000 and the sur plus was also increased, swelling the combined surplus and capital to $280,000. . ; Fry Bank President Officers of the First National following the consolidation were announced as follows: Daniel J. Fry, Sr., president; S. B. Elliott and B. F. Slade. vice-presidents; C. W. Paulus, cashier; H. E. Eak In, assistant vice-president and trust-officer; Arthur B. Bates and W. A. Smithe, assistant cashiers. The directorate Is: D. J. Fry, Carl F. Gerlinger, W. M. Hamil ton, R. M. Hofer, J). B. Jarman, T. A. Livesley, John H. McNary, W. W. Moore, H. H. dinger, J. C. Perry, Custer E. Ross. E. F.'Slade, B. L. Steeves, R. E. Lee Steiner and H. O. White. ' The First National bank is the successor to the old Capital Na tional bank, founded in 1885 by R. 8. Wallace and John H. Albert. The Salem Bank of Commerce was founded in 1110 as the Salem Bank & Trust eompaay. In 1915 the bank was reorganized. Dr. B. L. Steeves becoming president and, S. B. Elliott, vice-president. La Grande Votes Boundary Shift LA GRANDE, Ore., Dec. 81. (AP) The question of whether to stand the city boundaries of La Grande will be voted on early In 1930, according to the cham ber of commerce, which has peti tions wUh sufficient signers to make It-mandatory for the city commission to call an election. .. The boundaries no ware small with 1200 people living over the line yet actually In the city. With this territory Included the city Is estimated to hare a population or 11,000 but less than 10,000 reside within the city limits. A rigid battle Is in prospect with some of the people outside the limits. A rigid battle Is in pros pect with some of the people out side the limits organized to de feat the proposal. MILD CLIMATE EX JOYED . Protected on the east by the Cascade mountains and on the west by the Coast range, the beau tiful Willamette valley enjoys a mild climate giving to its fertile fields, rolling hills and timbered uplands green vegetation through out the year. ROBERT C. PAULUS V't.. - - Packers .of V Canned Goods , Dried Fruit , ' - - .-. . - . . ...... V - ' I : ---i - ; f v OttiaotFbMtljKzttdAtnizhzn&TniiBCiji. , Salcni, Oreca r -TcfcpLcso 21C0 Lumber Market Tho Better in Blodgett, Industry's - Farm Demands Revival of a demand for lum ber In the agricultural, sections, where purchasing power has been low for a number of years, offers the most favorable outlook for the lumber Industry. In the - opinion of John W. Blodgett of the Na tional 'Lumber Manufacturers as sociation. "We believe,0 said Mr. Blodgett "that agricultural needs will re place In some degree any decline In demand lumber has recently had from other sources. Lumber production In 1929 has since June been below the average produc tion for the past three years and has been about 70 per cent of the normal capacity. The majority of the larger mills In this country, especially on the Paelfle. Coast and Inland Empire have been running five days a week with occasional shut-downs of a week. na vra reductions have taken place, and so far as I know, none are in contemplation. Mill Stock Down "Inventories at mills on No vember 23 showed about a 1,0 per cent Increase over corresponding Inventories In 1929 and unfilled aritam ahnwed annroximatelr a 10 per cent decrease. Mill inventories, while eome what above tne iasi year, are not abnormal, as com pared to the last six years. Stocks in the hands of retail dealers are reported as less than, a year ago and. lower than they have been in the last .six years. "The export - trade, especially Don't Grow waitinj Cook with GAS The Greatest Servant of All Portland Gas & Coke Co. 136 So. High St. We Want A GREATER SALEM light Coming Year Leader. Finds That Will Go Higher j from the Paclflcfcoast, la lang uishing, being reported at about 50 per cent normal. This condition is due in large part to foreign competition in our export mar kets, notably Russian eompetitibn. In Japan." ., ' Cattish Live Out ot Water For 72 Hours ASTORIA. Ore.. Dee, 81. (AP) A crate,' not cans, of blue catfish, taken' from the Sacramen to river' li California, was re ceived by jthe Oregon game, com mission. Fish usually are sent In cans iif tanks hut these catfish arrived in a crate with no-more water than a few gunny sacss would v ti ftafc were taken to the McKenrie liter hatchery. Matt Ryckman. who received the shipment, said he found, the 3 catfish alive and wiggling in, v-. wfcfoh resembled the same container which Is used to ship chickens.. They had been three days out of Water. With Caroline Testout roses blooming in tne city P? elght months ot the year, with its broad streets and the most attrac tive cirlc center In the west, a lem Is a charming city. Y Phone 37 GEORGE B. PAULUS i f.t- Old ? for the food to heat 0 f