Sewing Oval Braided Ruzs Florence Duval, operating a
heavy duty sewing machine, stitches a braided oval rug man
ufactured from flax tow. Oval Flaxtex linen rugs are made
in size from I by 3 to IS by 18 feet.
A WEST SALEM BUSINESS
Experimental Textile Plant
Becomes Major Industry
Flax tow, by-product of fiber used in the manufacture of fine
linens, il now utilized by Oregon Flax Textiles company of West
Salem in the manufacture of popular linen rugs and carpeting
Formerly this by-product was'
burned as waste by some Wil
lamette valley scrutching plants
and in no instance was worth
b beyond three cents a pound.
' ' During 1948 Oregon Flax
Textiles purchased 772,000
pounds of flax materials in the
Willamette valley for which
growers received $92,640. Pur
chases made by this company
have raised the price of flax
tow to 12 cints a pound.
Oregon l'lax Textiles began
operations July 1. 1944, as a
small and experimental pilot
'plant to determine the practical
ity of utilizing flax tow for the
manufacture of twine adapted
to tieing lumber. Some substi
tute for hemp twine, unobtain
able in war times, was essential,
and Clyde Everett was sent by
California Cotton Mills and
Automotive Fibres lo the Wil
lamette valley to develop such
a plant.
' It was 95 per cent experi
mental," Mr. Everett declares.
But out of this experimentation
came a product from waste flax
tow adaptable to the purpose.
When war ended and hemp fi
bers again became available,
additional experimentation
demonstrated that flax tow
might be used in the manufac
ture of rugs and carpeting.
Five years have seen Oregon
Flax Textiles develop from an
experimental pilot plant into
a major industry for West Sa
lem.
Situated on a four and a half
acre site is the main manufac
turing plant, 90 by 264 feet,
where flax tow is processed
from raw flax material into fin
ished woven and broadloom lin
en rugs and carpeting. In addi
tion, there is a building 80 by
80 feet devoted to storage, and
a dyeing and boiler room is 40
by 60 feet.
any comparable textile industry.
Sixty per cent of all broad-
loom and braided oval rugs
manufactured at Oregon Flax
Textiles are distributed on the
Pacific coast. No small part is
custom woven for a discriminat
ing patronage, and these floor
coverings are becoming increas
ingly popular with the movie
colony in California.
Braided oval rugs range in
size from 2 by 3 feet to 15 by
18. Broadloom floor coverings
are manufactured up to 18 feet
in width and of any practical
length.
Mr. Everett points out ten dis
tinct advantages of Flaxtex all
linen floor coverings: Attract
ive design, effective decoration,
durability, adaptability, cool
ness, wear resistence, moderate
cost, reversibility, fire and moth
repellance and non-allergic
characteristics.
In addition to floor coverings
Oregon Flax Textiles manufac
ture mops on machines especial
ly designed for the purpose. Cot
ton thread for the business end
of the mop is obtained in Cali
fornia and wood handles turned
on an automatic lathe are pur
chased in Springfield, Ore.
Not less than 95 per cent of
all flax materials used in the
manufacture of rugs and car
peting are acquired from flax
plants in the Willamette valley.
School District
Holds Benefit
Union Hill The basket up-
per benefit for school district
42C, given by the school com
munity club, drew a fair attend
ance. Miss Alice Jaquet, pres
ident of the club, presided at a
short business meeting naming
the following committees for
graduation exercises: Decora
tion, Mrs. Marion Fischer, Mrs.
J. Hacek, Mrs. Howard Rodgers;
corsages, Mrs. J. D. Darby, Mrs.
Fred Taylor, Mrs. A. N. Doer
fler. It was voted to hold a cooked
food sale during May to further
benefit the school hot lunch pro
gram. At the May meeting
there will be an election of of
ficers. Mrs. Herman Smith will
be lunch chairman and Mrs.
Noah Hunt, program chairman.
The school picnic will be held
on the last day of school, June 7.
Mrs. Noah Hunt introduced A.
B. Perkins who presented an
evening's entertainment of magic
tricks. He also led singing. He
was assisted by his daughter, Ka
ren. Mrs. Perkins gave readings.
Larry Carpenter, in behalf of the
Marion Assembly of American
Legion presented a flag to the
sixth grade of the school for re
ceiving high score in their
knowledge of the flag. Carylon
Hge raveived the flag.
Baskets were auctioned by
Floyd Fox. The most outstand
ing box was judged with Mrs.
Larry Carpenter, principal of the
high school, receiving the prize.
Carylon Hage received a prize
for receiving the highest price
for her basket.
On the sponsor committee
were Mrs Ole Meland, Mrs.
Mikkelson, Mrs. Herbert "Stark.
The same committee will be in
charge of the cooked food sale.
Fifth Set of Twins Mrs. Joseph A. Lopes of Onset, Mass.,
proudly holds her fifth set of twins. The new couplet, Paula
(left) and Vera, are shown with their mother in Tobey
hospital, Wareham, Mass. A single birth in the Lopes' family
would be a rare event. (Acme Telephoto)
Salem Heights Club
Plans Family Night
Salem Heights The Salem
Heights Community club met at
the hall with Hobart Smith presiding.
The fire truck committee re
ported the progress of the ru
ral fire district. The club voted
to continue meetings next year
and to help the Woman's club
to conserve the hall as a com
munity project. O. W. Gorton
was named as chairman on the
nominating committee.
The girls sextet sang and a
movie of "A Letter From Ame
rica" was shown.
The next meeting will be fa
mily night and will start with
a no-host dinner with Mrs. Lyle
Bayne in charge.
Did you read the ads today?
Journal Classified.
Santiam Wranglers
Plan Racing Meet
Lebanon A four day horse
racing meet June 1 to 5 on the
new race track has been an
nounced by the Santiam Wrang
lers, pending official sanction
of the state racing commission.
Both quarter horses and
thoroughbreds will run all four
days, according to Glenn Hus
ton, Wrangler official.
With circuits in northern
Washington and southwestern
Canada closed, as well as the
eastern Oregon circuit, the lo
cal meet is expected to draw
some of the top racers of the
northwest.
Grandstand work is being
rushed this week on the new
track just west of Lebanon.
Barns too, are planned for com
pletion for the race opening.
The final two days of racing
will be held during the straw
berry festival on June 3 and 4.
Clackamas County
Oregon City, April 25
The Clackamas county 1949
strawberry crop is expected to
'.'qual in quality and yield the
unu: dally good crop of last
'summer.
County Agent Leo Garoian
said growers anticipate favor
able harvest conditions despite
reports from Marion county
areas of a 25 to 50 percent
yield drop.
Portland Group
Here May 5
Portland business executives
have completed arrangements
for a good-will trip into the Sa
lem district May 5 with visits to
be made in Woodburn, Mt An
gel and Silverton.
The party, traveling in a char
ted bus, will leave Portland at 8
o'clock with a stop at Oregon
State schools at Woodburn be
fore going on to Silverton where
the group will be entertained at
lunch by the Silverton Cham
ber of Commerce.
In the afternoon the party
will visit Silver Falls state park
and return to Mt, Angel for a
Capital Journal, .Salem, Oregon, Monday, April 25, 1949 IS
dinner meeting with the Mt. An
gel Business Men's club, return
ing to Portland at 9:45 o'clock.
Lewis J. Raines, chairman of
.the excursion committee of the
I trade and commerce department
of the Portland Chamber of
'Commerce, is in charge of pre
liminary arrangements with E.
!N. Weinbaum, manager of the
I department, in charge of the
; visit. Weinbaum states that 57
Portland business man had al
ready signed for the trip and
that the remaining ten available
places will be taken within a
few days.
mourned Edward V. McQuake,
a member of the San Francisco
Chronicle staff, who died yes
terday after an operation April
15. He was 41.
SF Newsman Dies
San Francisco, April 25 U.Ri
West Coast newspapermen today
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