Care
0 Bulbs IBecotnes the Gardener s
Pre
Worry
sent
ME TO FLAN
GARDEN
PATCH
Preparation During Winter
Will aid Efficiency of
Spring Work
Here is a suggestion for next
Spring when planning the garden
this winter sitting by the fire
vide and lotting down things to
buy, either seeds or bulbs, for
the coming flower seasows. One
should have the garden ready to
plant even to the last blade of
grass and what to do to remove
the last week from the lovel7
beds, long before the time conies
to do. the work.
' Dreaming over the loveliuesa
-which wfjl come with the spring
sunshine, planning each corner
so that not a bit will go to waste
wll make 'the winter months fly
by and will store up enough en
ergy and ambition for the hard
work of making the real thing
slightly resemble the dream
when spring and working days
do come along with the first note
of the robin.
The list of annuals that can be
depended upon to do well in a
haded garden is very limited
and when a shaded garden is
mentioned it means one that has
some sun during a part of the
day. It is useless to try to grow
any of the annuals in complete
shade. Three annuals that will
do well in the shade and which
are inclined to shrivel in the hot
sun are clarkias, schizanthus,
and the sweet saltans, Centaurea
Imperialis. Clarkias and schiz
anthus are now much used by
greenhouses and gardens have
often mourned that they have
litle luck with them out of doors,
particularly the handsome schiz
anthus or butterfly flower with
Us airy and peculiarly cur fow
ers with their wide range of col
or and attractive markings.
They can be grown to good ad
vantage in a bed shaded from
afternoon sun. In fact, if they
get sun until 10 o'clock in the
morning, they will be well suit
ed. The clarkia is another hand
some annual much used for cat
ting that thrives under similar
conditions and the sweet sultans
will be quite at home.
The sweet tobacco, nkotiana
affinis, lights up a shady corner
-and opens earlier in the after
noon than when exposed to full
plant. The annual larkspurs
make a good show In partial
shade but will not give the lavish
spikes nor the freedom of bloom
they do in full sun.
A shady corner may be bright
ened by a handsome bulbous or
tuberous plant, the tuberous be
gonia, which has handsome blos
soms in varying reds, pinks,
white and yellow of huge size.
This plant makes a most nnusual
and baeutiful bed in a shady spot
in well enriched soil but care
must be. taken to see that it does
not suffer for lack of moisture.
1FIPHIBKS
MILL PRODUCTION
SEATTLE. Wash. A group
of 349 mills reporting to the
West Coast Lumbermen's associ
ation for the week ending Sep
tember 20 operated at 47.56 per
cent, of capacity, as compared
with an average of 47.74 per
rent of capacity for the previous
15 weeks and (with an average of
63 per cent of' capacity from Jan
uary 1 to June 1. These 349
mills have reduced their output
during the past 17 weeks by
761,464,000 feet, which repre
sents over five full weeks of pro
duction for the entire lumber in
dustry in the Douglas fir region
of Oregon. Washington and Bri
tish Columbia at present operat-
Mer isd hoiKe which may to advantage? be V
Un otaced on a harrow lot without submrrarna i
OTica irKiiviaudniy. inc piori
and jtuur lypc out i arranged wim
ohiKuol convenience and regard for J
inc emenniej.ot Home - We.
The kitchen arrangement;
tt exceptionally complete
and compact. . . .
iiwM: zMfSlffi w6enL fcMs ,5
THE IDpAL HOME FOR A NARROW LOT
The narrow lot always provides a problem for lb borne boildtr who
'appreciates citcrior apprarancc and good design. .. :
Compactacss, which makes possible tbe nsc of this horoe forty
foot lot. bas not detracted from the living convenience of the desga.
By placing the heavier gable to tbeyear and doping tbe roof to tie front,
V tht Architect has miaimumiztd the appearance of bnlk and at tbe same time given
: apace for five pleasant, rooms. ... , , , .
Every foot of -svailable space Was been profitably sttilized. Tbtj srebitect
.bas tncnaged withatt to provide aa unusual amount of storage area for', borne of
this size. la adduios to'tbc linea cjoset basvdy to the bath, there are four Urge
- closets including a cloak storage is the entrance ball. 1 . (
Bccaase of its compactness and the natnral tnsubting vajoc of its attractive
rood ahiagis (or skiing) walla, this caj3g will be very ccoaotmcal to beat, j
Sycamore Stately Tree;
Oldest Planted by maiff
In Salem, This Variety
Tbe Sycamore
This is the time of year par
excellence to study trees espe
cially with reference to their
value for highway and park
planting. Note for Instance the
trashy condition nnder the ma
ple trees; they spend about three
months ripening and shedding
their leave?. Also note the dead
or dying appearanc of many of
them because of the large mass
es of ripening seed.
Today, however, -we study the
sycamore or as the Europeans
call it, the "Plane tree." This
is next perhaps to the elm, the
most widely planted tree we
have. There are a number of
species all much alike and char
acterised by their large palmate
ly veined leaves and pendant
seed balls.
Tbe trees commonly planted
are either native sycamore of
the Mississippi valley, known bo
tanically as Platanus occidental
is, or the Asiatic species known
as Plantanus oriehtalis together
with a variety supposed to be a
hybrid of these known as the
London plane and which is the
common tree of the parks and
avenues of that city, many of
them planted two hundred years
ago. The sycamore is long lived,
endures neglect, thrives nnder
all conditions and because of its
periodic shedding of its outer
bark revealing a smooth light
yellow trnnk. is at once attrac
tive and distinctive.
The tree grows up Into the
air; is amendable to trimming:
and is graceful during winter. It
lacks a beautiful inflorescence
and thus does not compare with
the catalpa and hawthorn.
As for outstanding advantages
it is mostly free from disease;
its wood Is of value and is much
used for wooden bowls, and for
utensils where non-splitting
character is of importance.
Many beautiful specimens are
seen as one drives about tewni
The statehouse grounds and
Willson park have several good
ones. A very pleasing specimen
probably 25 years old Is at the
Boeschen corner at Summer and
Chemeketa street. Two young
trees, really beauties, are to be
found on Center street In front
of the residence of Mr?. Sarah
Scnwab. 1445 Center.
A much older tree. In fact I
would guess that there are none
older in the city, aside from the
native oak and Douglas fir. is to
be seen at 54ft Ferry street in
front of the Imperial laundry.
This is essentially in front of the
former residence of Pr. J. J.
Reynolds, now deceased.
Thinking that the doctor may
have brought it from his native
Ohio and wishing to try to as
certain its history and age, I in-
ing schedules.
Orders reecived by a group of
227 mills, for which the associ
ation has a weekly record of
production. orders and ship
ments, exceeded the output for
the week ending September 20,
by l.o4 per cent. Unfilled orders
of these mills increased about
7.000.000 feet, making an in
erase of 14,000,000 feet during
the past two weeks. New busi
ness leported by these 227 iden
tical mills for the nine weeks
from the week ending July 19
to S?ptember 20 shows that or
ders received during that period
exceeded production by 5.24 per
cent.
In the 17 Weeks from May 24
to September 20, inventories de
clined 8.43 per cent. The rela
tionship of the Industry to its
markets is being slowly but
steadily improved by the contin
ued declines in inventories and
the favorable ratio of orders to
production and by the Increasing
Volume of unfilled orders, ac
cording to the association. This
report covers the eighth succes
sive week in which orders have
exceeded current production.
I
isaidmHidiy rr v
- vo
w -.-. "y rTT7:jz f i rm i
terviewed Senator Lloyd Rey
nolds who tells me that his fath
er eame to Salem in 1874; and
soon after locating at tbe resi
dence on Ferry street he sent
back for a shipment of trees in
clndlnc several buckeyes and
four sycamores. - !
They all lived anr thrived un-
til one by one the encroachments ;
of the growing city destroyed
them. This tree was set oat ;
about 1879 and seem destined to !
be effaced needlessly, all because !
of the lack of a little apprecia
tion and care.
Tbe tree was a beautiful One
when I saw it about 23 years
ago. and it should have been
loweeV to save this part of town
from sordldness. Just now the
tree Is not beautiful because, it
is. dying at the top. Sycamores
do not usually die so young a
little observation tells what ', is
the matter. Tbe concrete Is so
tight about it 'ttat it is effee
nally suffocating and staVving it.
This battle has been going on
for about 10 years and at one
time the tree gave a mighty ef
fort and cracked off the curbing i
man comes along and lays a new
sidewalk, this time unbreakable,
and so closely surrounding the
tree that tbe slightest further
growth of the tree will hasten
its strangulation. These trees I
are so virile that it may be years .
before it finally breathes its last j
and is may even yet rend asun
der its imprisoning chest.
Page the society for the pre
vention of cruelty to trees Our
park board. Let something be
done soon for the relief of this
grand old tree.
Vision' our Pacific highway
planted with the sycamore j to
Woodburn. How would we like
it?
Dam Absorbs
Entire Town
Says Visitor
And the dam absorbed the
whole town. That is the shell
about a story which Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Foster and family of Tiis
eunibia. Mo., bring to Salem while
here to visit Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Wolf and other relatives. ! j
Until early in Eugust. Foster
operated a restaurant in a county :
seat town about 42 miles from j
St. Louis, Mo. He moved, because
the 500 inhabitants of the city j
who had not otherwise planned to '
do so, were all ordered to leave '
thetown on or before August '29. '
This is why: ;
A St. Louis light and poorer j
noting that this county seat town
was nestled between two parallel
hills that converged at one point
with a body of water near the
other end, decided tbe town was
tbe strategic point to build a dam
for, its power uses.
So, at a cost of a mere $30,
000,000 the company has started
move to construct a 165 foot dam
across the mouth of the canyon.
The lake will entirely submerge
the entire town, most of which
the company, was able to buy out
before the people knew what it
was all about.
Foster says about 30,000 men
will be employed, many of them
already working, on construction
of the dam, uprooting timber in
the area, tearing down all the
buildings, and building the $10,
000,000 power line to St. Louts.
,
Italy is to employ 90,000 job
lees men in a large program of
public works construction.
Nearly 1,000 new American
motorcycles have appeared in
Germany this year.
4 mwipV
bbTB
fltr j&
-;tiqS A-ifVs
&T1kSv "5?
IttNING Vs-1-
'tifSf1 JJSiSSr
f tiviN(j KCrti- l
FLOWER
1
AWARDS
Variety Lacking in Display
At Fair; Salem Grow
ers not Featured
The flowers at tbe state fair
were lovely but they did not
show sufficient variety. Bulbs
did not come in for any consid
eration, landscape gardening was
only an added attraction at tbe
front of the Agricultural build
ing, and Salem growers in most
part did not cause themselves to
be represented as It seems it
would be well for them to. be.
The awards which are given
below show how many of tbe
prises went to Portland or near
there. This story should and
could be different next year if
each grower went to work with
a will.
Awards were:
Greenhouse collection: Fred
M. Toung, Portland, first; Clack
amas greenhouse of Clackamas,
second.
Greenhouse ferns: Wilson
Crout Gehr Co., Portland, first;
Clackamas greenhouses, second ;
Fred M. Toung. third.
Carnations: Wiedemann Bros..
Wilsonville, first; Clackamas
greenhouse, second.
Best basket greenhouse
grown roses: Tommy Luke,
Portland, first; Clarke Bros.,
Portland, second; Niklas and
Son, Portland, third.
Irish Poet Economist v
. To Tell U. S. Farmers of
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 Bet
ter times are ahead for the farm
ers. That agricultural co-operation
will "restore agricultural
communities to the staure of
their pioneer ancestors" is the
belief of a distinguished group of
citizens who have invited George
Russell, -Irish poet and econo
mist, to give a series of lectures
which they hope will lead Amer
ican farmers to a new era of
prosperity.
Russell contends that co-operative
marketing makes a contri
bution over- and above the eco
nomic advantage which it offers
the individual farmer and pays
great dividends in increased con
tentment and general well bet
ing. He sees the -eo-dperative
agricultural community as the
soil out of which national cul
ture will grow.
The great Irish poet, known to
I as organizer for the Agricultural
Best basket chrysanthemums: Co-operative Society and the fu
Niklas and Son, first; Martin ! ture "sage of Ireland" became a
and Forbes Co.. Portland, sec- j familiar figure who travelled the
ond; Tommy Luke, third. roads of Ireland on a bicycle.
Best flov I basket: Clarke , founding co-operative banks,
Bros., first: Tommy Luke, sec- forming creamery and poultry
ond; Niklas and Son, third. societies, and helping convert
Best speciman fern: Clacka- : the Irish farmer to co-operitive
mas greenhouse, first; Wilson organization, which has raant
Crout Gehr Co.. second; Fred M. so much in economic gain to the
Toung, third. ; rural population.
Cut flowers (professional ; A few years later he was made
blooms): Tommy Luke, first; j secretary of his organization and
Clarke Bros., second; Niklas and In 1905 he became editor of its
Son, third; Oscar Olson. Salem, official organ, The Ir!sh States
fourth. I man.
l tc-'V " v"v ' "t- 1- ?
4; -!-
- r : "r 'smik3sK
mAm , , . , rSfc'"" ': m . wji ni)is sj if rT liJk
The Eighth Adver tisment of a Home Modernization Series sponsored by
following. Call them for information and estimates.
: COBBS MITCHELL CO.
Lumber and Building Supplies
S49 S. nth Telephone 81S
FRY'S DRUG STORE
Can't modernize without Sherwin
Williams Paint
280. "N. Com'l. Telephone 221
HCTCHEON PA1XT STORE
Paints, Varnish, Wall Paper
114 South Commercial Tel. 694
MUTUAL SAVINGS A LOAN
ASSOCIATION
' A Salem Institutions Organized
In 1910
.Let ns finance your home on week
ly or monthly payments
142 South Liberty Street
IMPERIAL FURNITURES CO.
Complete Home Furnishers
417 Court St, Telephone 1142
. LADD A BUSH. BANKERS'
established 1868 Capital $500,000
and
Ladd Bash Trwst Co. .
Salem, Oregon ;
HOMER LEISY
For Better "Values ' In Draperies
4 7 Court St. Telephone 1142
Co-Operative Plan
literature as HAE" will arrive in
New York soon and plans to
spend six months lecturing be
fore university and agricultural
audiences in practically every
state in the Union.
He disclaims any capacity for
advising the American people on
the farm problem aBd agreed to
the lecture series only when the
subject was limited to his phil
osophy of rural civilization,
which is a blending of poetry and
economics and their practical ap
plication to everyday life.
Sir Horace Plunkett founded
the Irish Agricultural organiza
tion in 1897 and discovered Rus
sell keeping accounts for a tea.
merchant in Dublin during that
same year. Plunkett recognized
in "AE" tbe fact that he was not
only superior accountant but a
poet, painter, and mystic as
wen.
Plunkett enlisted Russell's aid
with $2500
1930
VICTORIAN HOMES, with aU itek fuwy reminders of
by-gooe architectural age, need no longer be drags on the
home market. Modernising, the modern art of creating new
homes from old houses, is moving them ahead in style and
convenience to the preent generation. I!nr , ;
, . . fAnd 'doing it at very small cost. iYour old home
can he completely rejuvenated in architectural style, con
venience, and size at a half or a third of, the cost of a new,
house. And you'll be just as well pleased. jYoull still have
X your lawn, your lovely trees, and your garden. It will still
be horns , . . but much more convenient and attractive.
The home above is only one example of the magic of
modernizing ... let us show you by special sketches, how
as great a change could be wrought in your home. There will
be no obligation on your part and we will give you estimated
costs.
COPELAND ' YARDS
West Salem Telephone S76
Dependably Serving the Lumber
Consumer
DOUGHTON. SHERWIN
Roofing Rusawin Hardware
vs. Agents for
Monarch 100 Pur Taint
. . . FRANK, JL STRUBLE
Architect
Salem Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Telephone 1810
"Desirable Results Come From
Proper Planning"
SALEM HARDWARE CO.
The. Winchester Store
120 N. Commercial St. TeL 172
Complete lines of Builders' Hard
ware and Acme Quality- Paint
, HAWKINS ROBERTS
Loans Investments Insnranee
205 Oregon Bidg. Tel. 1187
HANSEN1 LILJEQUIST -
Lumber vt-v. Sash and Door" '
S82 Mill Telephone 244
thko.'ViVbarr
v PJumblnsVsHeating.
Sheet Metal Work -v Ol)-o-Mati
Tel. 12 164 S. Commercial St.
SHOW HT
FAflT OF INTEREST
The gladioir show which form
ed a part of the flower show at
the Oregon state fair this past
week was an event of keen inter
est to those interested in grow
ing this particular plant.
First there was a larger dis
play than ever before, in all
about 300 varieties were shown.
Most of these were developments
bought from eastern hybridizers.
Tbe art of hybridizing has not
yet become a part of the west
ern growers interest. Murton G.
Ellis is about the' only one near
Salem who is doing this sort of
thing.
Another thing of interest is
that Salem took a second and two
third places in .the gladioli
show. L. B. Weeks took s sec
ond on the best five varieties.
Those included in bis display
were Queen of Night, Pfitzer's
Trump, Iwa, Golden Dream, and
Quint Nimph.
A. A.' Flyn tod third on the
best collection of glads and
Adams Flora! company took third
on the best basket of glads.
Ond thing ih-x: was noticed
which was against the efJective-
ness of tbe gladiola display was ,
the overcrowding of the flowers,:
mm
Mr. Russell's visit to America !
has been, arranged in the belief !
that he will be able to give aj
striking insight into the larger:
implications of the economics of j
co-operation and help American j
farmers to set a new goal in con- I
tentment and prosperity
K. FISHER
Plastering and Stucco Contractor
1H5 Cro88'St. Telephone 21 61
SALEil BRICK A TILE CO.
, , t Manufacturers of
Drain Tile, Building Tile, Brlek
Tilo Road Telephone 917
JT. A. BERNARDI
Plumbing and Heating .
Oil Burners Our Specialty
466 Ferry St, . Tel. 2949
GEO. QUESSETH
Eastman Furnaces and Hog Fuel
Burners
Century Oil Burners
616 N. Capitol St. Tel. 3624
GABRIEL POWDER Jt SUPPLY
, COMPANY
All. Butlding Materials
Union A Capitol Sta. Tel. 728-2241
E. 1. REASOR
. ; Salem's Resident - Painter
Patronize Him and Yod Patronize
? . L ' Salem -,.
;;v r Telephone f OSI-W
WELLER -HARDWARE PAINT
,J y COMPAJSY
428 GcmrtiStreet Telephone 639
Hardware - Paints - Houseware
In their recepticala. It waa ru
mored that this condition might
have counted against the displays
in judging.
PEACE LEAGUE IS
EF
WAR Oil
ICES
GENEVA, Sept. 27 (AP)
Carl J. Hambro, Norwegian dele
gare, today defended the rights
and extolled the auperior quali
ties of citizens of small nations
before the lague assembly's com
mittee, where a brisk fight was
waged over proposals for reor
ganization of the secretariat.
In this contest Italy and Ger
many are array ed .against France,
and Great Britain and small na
tions re challenging the right of
great powers to monopolise the
chief post in the league head
quarters staff.
Hambro, who is president of
the Norwegian chamber of depu
ties, today proposed to a-bolie
the offices of under-secretariee
general, now held by tbe Ger
man, Italian and Japanese na
tionals. "The natirea of sinssler na
tions have a much better oppor
tunity for acquiring internation
al mindedness than those of large
states." Hambro asserted.
"The citizens of Jarge state
usually do not need to do this
and therefore do not develop the,
international mindedness that i
so desirable for officers of tbe
league sccretrlat," said Hambro.
American exports of playground
and amusement park equipment
hate douDiea si
the
(Design 5Rfs-