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THE . CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925
Capital JlJournal
Sa'em. Oregon
Aq Independent Newspaper Published livery Afternoon Except Sunday
at 138 S. Commercial Street. Telephone SI; News 82
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
Entered aa aecond claa mail matter at Salem, Oregon
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By carrier JO cents a week, 45 centa a month, $5 a year In advance.
By mall, In Marion and Polk counties, one month 60 cents,
months 11.25, G months $2.25. 1 year $4. 00. Elsewhere 60 cents
month, $5 a year In advance.
i'vi.l m:.si:i wihk associated rnuss sekvick
The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publlca
tlon of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In
tiiia paper and also local news publinhed herein.
''Without or with offense to friends or foes'
1 sketch your world exactly as it goes.' cvro.v.
The Truth Hurts
The Portland Telegram, in an article reprinted elsewhere,
replies to Capital Journal's remarks concerning the failure of
Portland to furnish promised cooperation in the financing of
the linen mill, declaring:
Portland will no douljt raise the J135.000 ror the flax Industry.
It could raise tins amount with an entirely public spirited motive. It
has liitliurto raised larger amounts than this for public projectts not
halt so worthy or wise for the state as the flax industry. liut
fortunately it Is not necessary to seek anyone's subscription to this
project from the motive of community loyalty alone. The men taking
the leadership in this movement represent the most conservative
business bruins in the state. They are not the kind to be led astray
by any fantastic schemes for earning money; yet they make the state
ment that this proposition of the flax industry in Oregon is
thoroughly sound and demonatrated one from a business standpoint.
The Oregonian replies by abuse of the Capital Journal as
"a Salem liability" and strains its ingenuity to accuse it of a
"left-handed depreciation of flax investments." It declares:
As before remarked, capital in Portland capital in Portland
capital everywhere is readily to bo found to invest in any sound
enterprise. The only reason for slowness in response to flax industry
representations is the newness of the enterprise in this field. Port
land newspapers and Portland citizens who have investigated its
possibilities have given the encouragement of an expressed conviction
that It offers a promising field for the use of capital. It is now up
to the Individuals who have capital at hand.
Neither of these replies hits the mark or explain why Port
land has not subscribed the quota voluntarily fixed by her
leading financiers and business men for the linen mill. Three
months ago, Salem citizens were assured by these Portland
financiers that Portland would subscribe $175,000, if Salem
subscribed $300,000. Salem subscribed her quota. Portland
then cut her quota to $135,000, which has been repeatedly
promised, but which is no nearer subscribed, than when
promised. Time after time, the Salem committee has
traveled to Portland, by appointment, been assured that the
money was in sight, told to proceed with the incorporation
but found nothing had been done. And the enterprise cannot
wait indefinitely upon masterly inactivity.
Portland presents in the flax enterprise a typical instance
of her failure to cooperate with the state in financing
development enterprises in her tributary territory and her
attitude contrasts sharply with that of San Francisco, Seattle
and other coast cities and their cooperation in building-up
their back-country.
If as the Telegram says, Portland has not the necessary
organization and machinery for playing the part of a
metropolis, it is high lime she acquired it. She has an
expensive enough organization for her own upbuilding. The
Oregonian, however, mirrors the true Portland spirit, when
it declares that it is none of Ihe community's business but
"up to the individuals who have capital in hand," which con
firms everything the Capital Journal has said, for the
Oregonian spirit is the Portland sjrrit.
"The Perfect Crime"
Suicide, and "suicide is confession,'' has brought to a close
the hectic drama of another "perfect crime," as scientifically
planned as it was diabolically executed. Schwartz, the
chemist, has join d Brunifielil, the dentist, wherever the
souls of the damned may go.
Each of these murders was planned with ingenuity, and
yet each over-reached itself through the impossibility of
controlling details that betrayed the author. A pair of
charred shoes aroused suspicion and led to the apprehension
of IJrumficld. The filling in the teeth of Schwartz's victim
furnished the clues of his undoing.
There was nothing particularly original in either crime.
There have been many others similarly planned, all with the
common motive of swindling insurance companies by disap
pearance and the substitution of a disfigured corpse. In few
of these crimes, however, has murder of an innocent person
been deliberately planned to furnish the body. The rapidity
with which the plots were uncovered showed how clumsy
they were, in spite of their Kupimsed cleverness.
Once in a while, of course, a murder mystery remains
unsolved, but in such cases luck ralher than skill deserves
the credit. The deliberately planned and thought out crime
usually betrays itself.
ror murder, though it have no tongue, will spe.ik
Willi most iniiarulntis org. in.
Portland's Part in Flax
(From (he Portland Telegram)
The Salem Capital .luiirnnl en
gages in the usual fruitless and
unjust "panning" of Portland he
cause Portland has thus far t.iiled
to "come through" with $ I ;!f.uot)
toward the financing of the flax
weaving Industry at Salem. It is
utterly unprofitable for a news
paper which is Inlerestrd in ihe
real progress of better rel.il inns
between Portland and the ro.it of
tho state to engage in petty crim
Illations. In the first place, the
tiulcm puller's accusations are not
true either generally or in this
particular lustniire, and if thy
were true the situation would be
made worse by n show of anger
and bitterness on the part of
cither side to the controversy.
That the criticism Is not true
generally may he well shown by
nn analysis of the list of stock
holders and orgnulr.ers of some of
Snlem's moat Important Industries.
Portland capital liaa never lacked
the will nor the opportunity to in
vest In Industries not only In
Salem but In all parts of the state.
In this particular Instance of
the flax Industry Portland has
taken an Interested and Important
role from tho stnrt. As recently
aa last year the Oregon develop
ment fund of the Portland Cham
ber wan applied to the financing
of practically all the flax pulling
machine which operated lst tea-
son In the Willamette valley. Ac
cording to the slntemenls of (he
leaders 111 the present flax move
ment. It was the demonstration
that flax can be successfully
pulled by these machines at :l cost
of to i; per ton which has
made the present project feasible
Portland has been fully awake to
Ihe Importance of the flax Indus
trv In Hie stale and b
fr.il.'i! on a uinnb.T of occ.nlons
a willi?ii;ncs to s;icritlfo for It.
The uYby hi the plVKcnl lu
maiiro is not due to lark of tntor
st. but I'iithiT to lack of limclifn-
cry whereby JVrthnul people gu
iM.illy ran In upproarhctl. The
sanio r.'illhriil fow nro "louched" '
In J'oriKinri, as thov aro In Salem,
for every now ImlUKtrlal project
which mmcs to town. The dif
ference may be tint t It in faithful
circle tn a lnrjrr city, iluo to the
limitations of volunteer orcaniz.v
lion. in not much tire.iter than tn
n small city, while the rnlln upon
It nrn enormously multiplied. As
a result It is neceswrv to iro out
of the beaten path of solicitation
to ncriir capital for each new
enterprise, and this takes tlmo.
especially In vacation season.
I'orllnnd will no douM raise the
lUfi.OOO for the flax Industry. It
could raise I It I Amount with nn
entirely public spirited motive. It,
hft heretofore raised larger
amounts thnn this for public pro-1
jecU not halt ao worthy or wlie
But fortunately It Is not necessary
ror the slate as the flax industry.
to seek anyone's subscription to
this project from the motive of
community loyalty alone. The men
taking1 tho leadership In this
movement represent the most con
servative buainess brains in the
state. They are not the kind to be
led . astray by any fantastic
schemes for earning money; and
yet they make the statement that
this proposition of the flax In
dustry In Oregon ie a thoroughly
sound and demonstrated one from
a business standpoint.
Inasmuch as the machinery for
approaching a sufficient number
of Portland citizens quickly is the
main tiling larking in tho present
Instance, would It not be wise
policy to determine how practical
ly this machinery can be found
and set In motion at once without
requiring an undue amount of
time from a few willing but ex
ceedingly busy citizens?
EUGENE GOLFERS DEFEATED
Med ford. Or., Aug. 10. Eugene,
with a team weakened by the ab
sence of several stars, was over
whelmed yesterday by the Med
ford golf club in the first golf
match between the two cities, by
i score of 25 to C. Colonel Pres
ott, Wilson Coffey and D. Miller
wore the only point winners for
the visitors, Prescott defeating
Prin gle of Med ford two to one,
Coffey defeating Delroy Getcheli
.J-U an- Miller getting one point
to two by Donald Clark. H.
Chandler Kgau, northwest cham
pion and captain of the Medford
team, made the low score of the
day, a 75. x
Aldiich-Cooper Lumber company
Portland ; Incorporators, Gertrude
X. Aldrich, f. B. Cooper, Christine
M. Cooper; capital, $10,000.
One Wife on Approval
By Violet Dare
LOU ELLA STEPS JN
Cynthia answered the telephone
herself the next morning, expect
ing that Cecile would be at the
other end of the wire. Instead.
Noel's voice answered her.
"Cynthia. 1 muet see you,' he ex
claimed. "Jt'a most Important.''
."Uut I can't see you," she an
swered. Then, recalling that Ce
cile had insisted that Noel must not
know of the revelations which she
had made to Cynthia the day be
fore, she. added hastily: "I'm not
feeling up to talking with you.
Noel. Can't you write me about
it?"
"Well, I suppose so if you insbtt.
It's about business thai block
which you bought has gone up, you
see I ve solo the sub-division ana
you're going to make loads of
money. Aren't you delighted?"
"Why yes, of course I am." She-
congratulated him, and listened
while he talked excitedly of the
deal, and how he had put it over.
But when at last she was free to
hang up the reeciver she turned
away with a sigh of Indifference.
After ail, what did money matter
when your lifj was worse than use
loss.
But her feeling about the stock
was not shared by others. That
;ifternoon Louella dropped in. Re
membering how her sister-in-law
had cut her a short time before on
the street, Cynthia smiled as Lou
ella was announced wondering
what had brought about the
change.
Louella came straight to the
point.
"I wanted to see you about that
Ktock of mother's," she explained.
mean that stock in Noel Gard
ner's company that owned that new
sub-division."
"Oh, yes," replied Cynthia quiet
ly.
"Of course, It was understood
that the stock would always be
mother s if she wanted It back
that Is, within a certain time," Lou
ella went on. "Well, as she isn't
here I'm managing affairs for her,
and I've come to see about buying
it now."
Cynthia said nothing. She was
wondering Just how much truth
Louella supposed there was in what
tihe was saying.
"I didn't realize that you were
buying it at the time, and neither
did mother," she went on. "Noel
Gardner suld nothing about that
at the time. He just told mother
that he understood that she wasn't
satisfied with the investment.
which she had made without Jim's
advice while Jim was away and
Noel said that he'd be glad to take
the stock off her hands. I didn't
know that he was buying it for
you," she concluded.
"I asked him not to say anything
bout that," Cynthia replied. "As
Jim was on his honeymoon with
me when she made the investment
I felt responsible, in a way, so it
seemed only fair for me to relieve
her of the stock so that he would
n't lose money because of It."
"Well, that was kind of you, nat
urally. But when I wrote moth
er about It she was simply wild.
Noel Gardner had always had such
a dreadful reputation in town, you
nee. She said that she wouldn't
have done anthlng that would
throw you Into contact with him.
for anything in the world.
"So she cabled me to come to
you at once and buy the stock right
back from you, for whatever you i
paid for it. That's what I've come
about. She's so unhappy about the
whole thing. I'd written her, of
course, that people were talking
about you and Noel that they
were saying unpleasant things
that is "
"Yes, of course" Cynthia cut In.
She could well imagine what Lou
ella had written Madame Leland!
"And so we can just straighten
out this matter of the stock rlsht
now," Louella went on, sauntering
over to the window. "Why don't
you come to luncheon now with mo
downtown, and on the way we can
call for Stanley, and while we're
at his office we can do ttie whole
thing legally; I suppose there'll be
papers that have to be signed In
the presence of a notary public,
or something like that."
Cynthia laughed -softly, and then
lamely excused herself for doing
0. How eimple it was all to be!
Louelia, having heard that Noel
Gardner's sub-division had been
sold and that the tock in it had
suddenly increased in value as a
result, hated to see this money go
out of the family, she was going
to get it back at once, before Cyn
thia heard anything. And as a sop
to Cerberus, she tvas going to
lunch publicly with Cynthia, so
that the black sheep of the family
might feel that she had bt-en- rein
stated In favor.
"That's awfully kind of you and
your mother, Louella" ehe an
swered slowly. "But I'd have to go
to Noel Gardner's office; you see.
he's been keeping the stock certifi
cates in his safe for me."
Oh well, then why couldn't
Stanley just go and get them,
while we're on our way downtown
and save you that bother?" Louella
asked quickly. "We wouldn't have
to go there then. You see. Noel
has such a reputation that I hate
to have you go to his office at all."
Cynthia shrugged her should
ers. After all, why not let tne
whole tiling go through as Louella'
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Washington. Aug. 10.- (A.. P.)
The Philippine islands gav?
promise of eventually bringing to
the American rubber ueer a pari
of Jiis crude supply. The com
merce department in a report to
day on an exhaustive investiga
tion of the potential value of the
archepolat;o for crude rubber ex
pressed tne opinion that profitable
production is possible there.
The report, representing many
months of study, held that under
favorable conditions an animal
maxiinuia output of 70,000 ton;;
could be produced in the Islands,
;n the southern portion of which
approximately 1,500,000 acres are
uiloble for rubber raising.
The 700,000-tou potential Phil
ippine outcome would compare
with an annual import now of
340.000 tons by jue United tSates.
Tho lack of political disturb
ances and the utilization of the
present available labor forces iu
the islands were stressed as fuc
iors in reaching this estimate.
The report maiks the comple
liirn of another stage In the de
partment's world wide survey of
the rubber situation, started IS
months ago at the instance of con.
gress and the rubber trades, when
it became apparent that the. legal-
had planned it. Nothing matter
ed anyway.
"Very well I'll put on my
wraps at once," she replied. "
Tomorrow A Shock for Louella
.zed restriction of the plantation
rubber output In British posses
sions might menace American con
sumers. In recent mouths high
rubber priced, feared by tho Amer
ican industry at the outset of the
Uritish restriction program, have
been realized.
Previous department reports
have dealt with the British pro
gram as now established In that
nation'a colonies, while today's ro
purt was devoted to a study of the
possibility of creating competitive
plantation ureait in the Philip
pines. Tho investigation Is being
continued to study the advisabil
ity of expanding the crude output
of South America, Africa and the
Caribbean urea.
In tho Philippines, the survey
disclosed considerable commercial
rubber planting now underway
with several plantations In culti
vation lo give a highly favorable
hope to the islands becoming u
new source for tli'i rubber.
The Para rubber tree, mainstay
;t' the Atlantic plantations, had
shown satisfactory progress in the
more southern islands. Soil and
botanic experts of the department
found that the plant there is less
troubled by disease than in the
plantations of Malaysia and that
Islands of Mindanao, Jolo and
Hasilan, soil conditions are high
ly satisfactory in areas already
charted. Importation of some la
bor and some modification of Phil
ippine land legislation are recom
mended to facilitate commercial
production.
Yesterday's Scores
Portland G-3; Vernon 0-7.
Seattle 9-15; Oakland 0-3.
San F.ancisco 7-4; Sacramento
4-0.
I,os Ancelcs 2-10; Salt Lake
10-:!.
DUMB DORA
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