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that this is the most propitious time to engage in the flax
business in Oregon, since very high prices will be assured
for years. And it is safe to say that the price at which the
state offers to contract with farmers ($25.00 a ton) for
the growing of flax may yet be raised very materially on
the basis of the prevailing high price for the fiber product.
" Interest in flax growing should be reviewed because
it will in time prove one of the most profitable crops
in Oregon, and the spinning mills with their payrolls are
what we want more than anything else. ,
DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES.
The federal reserve board reports that in the North
and East "employes are demanding higher wages, not
withstanding the existence of considerable unemployment."
There is no question that such demands have had a
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
THE READING HABIT.
I feel sorry for the wight who can't sit down with a
book, and experience delight in his cozy inglenook; who
can't wrestle with the bards, storing knowledge in his
head, but must play a game of cards, or go yawning off to
bed. Let me have a stock of tomes, piled about me on tha
floor, tales, biographies and pomes, and my heart will
crave no more, inen the weary world may wag any
blamed way it may please,.and the nierht hours will not
drag, but will scoot like bumble bees. I don't care to talk
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
Is the only newspaper in Salem whoso circulation is guaranteed by the
Audit Bureau Of Circulations
a ai i Jnv j,, a 4.;,,; !....' streak, or to argue politics, or to listen for a week to
u:uu . imTr w"e, the silver throated hicks: I am tired of crokinole and of
REVIVE THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
While we are busy these days establishing new fac
tories and building up new industries, the growing and
manufacturing of flax should not be overlooked. Things
were progressing quite favorably in this direction, in
spite of the bad management of the state experiment, and
two dry springs that gave us the lightest crops in years,
until war conditions temporarily halted matters. But tor
the war it is quite possible that a spinning mill would
have been built in Salem this year, and thus the flax-grow
ing industry would have been stimulated by the necessity
for supplying the raw material. .
With the return of normal times it should not be dif
ficult for the Commercial club to interest experienced
flax people with the necessary capital to take hold of this
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important industry in uus'vicimiy. vv. o. uiunngnam,
one of the best-posted men on this subject on the Pacific
coast, writes Mrs. W P. Lord, of this city, who has de
voted many years to the effort of establishing the flax
industry in Orerron. that the demand for flax fiber
throughout the world far exceeds the supply, and that an
actual famine impends, with consequent high prices. He
enclosed a copy of the "Linen Trade Bulletin", Belfast,
Ireland, from which the following review is taken:
TliO Russian flax market remains unchanged on tho week, with this dif
ference that spinners seem less inclined than ever to do anything. In future
no further purchase of sea-borne flux will be made by the government, and
' fonsiiniers will now havo to lnnk to the privnto shipper for -their supplies.
Very soon tho latter may bo called upon, to put up some tow, stocks of which
are very low and the results will bo interesting. The Rrrival both
hore and at lhindoe of the ordinary Dutch and Frioslund flux, all of the 1917
crop, which had been lying in Holland for British account, and. for which
export lloonse was refused for a prolonged period, is a matter of somo satis
faction, although had tho shipments been high innrks. Instead of only medium
and low qualities, it would lmvo suited spinners much better. Irish flax can
bo got to take the place of low and medium Dutch, but thcro is nothing, x
far, to replace the high marks of Courtrai, of which spinners arc so short.
Flax from Tons Tons Tons Tons
Helgituu
liutwiu 1,727 3,!75 04!)
United Kingdom 290 2(1 1,907 Sl
Canada IU-t:t 4.512
This condition of the world's supply would indicate
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Quality Goes Clear Tluvugh
The four marked character
istics of this car are its
reliability, its staunchness, its
easy-riding quality, and its
. economy in operation. They
are the results of incessant
and untiring adherence on
the part of the Dort Compafny
to a high standard of man
ufacture. Low price High Quality
, $1095 F. O. B. Salem
amount of unemployment exists. It is a very unusual
situation. Ordinarily demands for wage increases come
at a time when there is an abnormal demand for labor,
and workmen feel that they can command their own price
because of the scarcity.
Quite aside from the merits of any particular wage
demand by any body of men, it seems clear that any gen
eral agitation for higher pay at this time is a mistake.
The majority of workmen might consider themselves for
tunate if they got through this temporary period of de
pression without any wage reduction. If wages are kept
at the war level during the reconstruction period, that is
about as much as can be reasonably expected.
Such a policy would probably benefit everybody con
cerned. The more the workmen acquiesce in this view the
shorter the reconstruction period will be. Most of the ex
perts agree that when the period is really past, we shall
have boom times probably surpassing anything in our
history. Then, with the inevitable shortage of labor,
the conditions for higher pay will be far more favorable,
and new demands may be made justly and safely.
MEN'TEACHERS COMING BACK.
checkers and of chess; poker puts me in the hole, so does
oriage wnist, more or less. All the games I know are
bores, and increase my load of woe, when the tempest
howls outdoors, and there is no place to go. Bring me then
a stack of books, while my neighbor yawns and nods, and
the evening to me locks like a present from the gods.
At last ! A field for men where they will be compar
atively safe from the in-roads of the deadly female
school teaching!
Teachers, women especially, have left the schools in
such numbers for better paid jobbs that at last it has
scared the country into paying better Salaries. Not. so
much the fact that teachers may have deserved better
pay but their scarcity has accomplished this. It's the
same old story of supply and demand.
If, as a consequence, more men enter the business of
public school teaching, it will be of great benefit to the
youth of the country. There are many men especially
fitted to be good teachers. No one who has had the in
spiration of a good man teacher can deny this.
It is a great pity that the children who cannot go to
college or high school should not have the benefit of male
instruction in the common schools. For, iust as all child
ren should have two parents, so all children should have
the benefit of both kinds of teachers. Each gives some
thing which the other, however skilled, cannot.
And anyway the women all are tired of it, are going
out in droves, and wages are going up, so . why shouldn't
the men seize their opportunity !
DONT DEMOBILIZE THE KNITTING NEEDLES.
Those senators who constitute a majority of owe
national House of Lords are going to have to digest a
nice little mess of crow. They will have the preliminary
treaty of peace put up to them with the League of Nations
plan included and they will have to accept it or declare in
favor' of a continued state of war. And when the issue
is made clean-cut for peace or war, just watch those pin
headed statesmen run for cover. They will vote to ratify
the treaty while they stammer and explain and squirm in
the effort to justify their senseless attempt to put the
president of the United States "in a hole."
Representative Mondell, new floor leader of the
lower house of congress, voted for the notorious McLe
more "scuttle" resolution which would have barred Ameri
cans, at the behest of Germany, from traveling abroad
during the war. Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, who
made a vindicative attack on the League of Nations idea,
only the other day, also voted for the McLemore resolu
iton as a congressman.
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The Seattle authorities are sticklers for enforcing the
law. They have arrested a high school girl for commit
ting the minor descretion of poisoning the wife of a man
she was enamored of, and threaten to prosecute her
criminally. If this sort of thing should be persisted in
murder might in time be as serious an offense as boot
legging.
SALEM VELIE COMPANY
J. W. JONES, Mgr.
1C2 North Commercial St.
, Dealers in Dort and Velie Cars,
Velie and Bethlehem Trucks
Have you packed up your knitting needles in your old
kit bag? If so, get them out for the boys who are heme
say, "We may be home, but we want woolies I" They have
got the habit of wearing warm socks and sensible shoes,
warm scarfs, or a nifty sweater underneath the coat, and
they don't want to give them up.
The wool habit is a sensible habit. Men as well as
women have got away from it more and more, but there is
nothing after all which keeps away coughs and colds, as
does the same old-fashioned woolen stuff that had fallen
into disrepute until the war reminded us that a lot of old
fashioned ideas were founded on common sense.
Brother is going to be out doors a lot from now on.
No more Molly-coddle stuff for him ! But he learned in
the army that one reason the out-of-doors stuff did not
hurt him was that he was properly dressed for it.
Keep the knitting needles mobilized!.
- "Yes he dined with us one night.'
''I shouldn't say he was your sort.
Not that Scott isn't all right as far M
some things go; but he's hardly a sua
I would want you to meet."
The words had scarcely left his lips
before he flushed and stammered
apology:
'.'I had n0 right to say that! Your
husband is tho one who has tho right -to
say who you shall or shall cot meet.
Forgive mo."
"There is nothing to forgive Nei
Mr. Forbes, is connected in some busi
ness matters with Mr. cov sua mat i
the reason he brought him home witk
him. But he seemed sueh a different
type from any man I have known, that
I was curious." As usual, I had not
the courage to go on with anything that
looked like criticism of Neil.
I often used to wonder if all wive
were as fearful of doine auvthine t
lose the love of the man to whom the
were married, as was 1. I secmoa f
realize from the first days of our lif
together that Neil would brook no ques
tioning of himself, his affairs. Every
time I had attempted to get closer t
him in this way it had rcsultod disas
trously, had been the cause of the only
quarrels wo ever had had.
"He is a different type. Coarsu, rout"
mon, but absolutely straight in busi
ness. And hard as nails with those wh
are not. I have always said that I
should be vory Bony for anyone againss
whom Scott had a graudge. He'd flay
them alive." .
"That is the way he impressed me,"
I returned, then changed the subject.
But in mv mind was a new undercurrent
of fear. Suppose this Mr. Scott shoul
get a grudge against Neil because of
somo business they had in common"
suppose because of that mining stock
Neil had persuaded him to buyf my
thoughts went no further. Mr.. Fred
crick commanded my attention.
(Tomorrow Mr. Frederick Offers t
be Barbara's Friend.)
CENTRAL HOWELL
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(Capital Journal Special Service.)
Central Hcwell, Or., March 22. Thoss
calling on Mr. and Mrs. Nafzeiger re
cently were Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Hen,
Mr. and Mrs. Albort Gower and Mrs.
J. W. Baggett.
Mr., and Mrs. John Love were Salem,
visitors Wodnosday. '
Mr. Snndahls is moving to fcSilvorton.
Those who went to Salem last week t
see "Mickey" were Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Janz, Mrs. Jurdis Waltman. th
Misses Mary Snipper, Ella Tovre, Anna
Higre and Helen Mikkolsen and Mr.
liculo Uovre. '
Arthur Beers of Salem has moved om
the Frank Durbin ranch.
Miss Thelma Gary of Salem spent the
weekjmd with Miss Creta Janz.
Lester Lclghty has bought the San
dahl plae.
Fred Durbin is "courting" this week
in Salem.
Miss Golda Stcffcn and Miss Agnei
Wellman are taking music lessons i
Silvorton.
Mrs. Fred Durbin and children visit
ed Mrs. Claronce Simmons Wednesday,
Miss Ada Buysono and Miss Gladys
Every organization on earth seems to be making a
drive f6r money now, on the theorv no doubt, that the
people have got the habit of giving, and it is well to drive ffh ttrlca the tcac,,e meeting u
while the driving is good. But isn't the thing being over
worked?
THE PROMOTER'S WIFE
BY JANE PHELPS
MR. FREDERICKS WORDS WOEEY
BARBARA.
Salem Saturday.
Frank Durbin, Sr., and son,. Frank,
of Salem called on their cousin, Frei
Durbin, Mcnday. Frank, Jr., who has
lately Teturncd from Franco, gays h
was glad to get back to the good old
TT. S. A. and thinks Oregon is good
enough for him.
J. W.' Baejett made a business trip
to Balem Saturday.
A. C. Branch of Salem aclled on J. VL
Baggett 's Wednesday.
$1000 JOBS FOR SOLDIERS.
The statement comes from Weshington that there
are literally thousands of $1000 a year jobs available for
soldiers who possess even a rudimentary education. The
men are wanted as carrier clerks, and there is an insist
ent demand for them in all the big cities and in smaller
communities as well. The men will have to pass a civil
service examination, but it is said to be very easy.
To the men really wanting work, this should be
worthy investigation. It may not be the type of work
which would appeal to an ambitious lad as a life jolx But
it would provide a living while studying or waiting for
the thing he does want. J
Information on this subject is to be had from any
post office.
'Papers of the Oregonian class are abusing President
Wilson, Secretaries Baker and Daniels, almost as roundly
as the copperhead press of Civil war times scored Presi
dent Lincoln and Secretaries Seward and Stanton. It
seems to be another case of history repeating itself.
CHAPTEB XXXVIJX
Why had- Payne Ortoii had to diet
Had he lived, Blanche would sliil be
bound. Dend, it left her free to intrigue
my husband.
Mr. Frederick spoke to me. I heard
his voice, but did not grasp anything
ho was saying. My mind was" numb
with the thought that had come t0 me.
Had Payne Orton, before he died,
known of the intimacy of his wifo and
Neil? And had it made him careless of
his health f
It was an hysterical woman's thought
but it gripped mo. That ho had been
ill for long, that scarcely ever had he
beeu able accompany his wifo anywhere
since I had known them; that his' ill
ness might have been caused by an
added cold, never occurred to me. As
nearly all women would have done' I
took his suddon death to mean some
thing to me simply because my husband
had shown a perference for trie man's
wifo.
"What are you thinking of, that you
won't speak to met" Mr. Frederick's
voice brought me back to a tuiu,ion
of my rudeness.
"Pardon me. I was so shocked by
what you told me that I was most im
polite. It is dreadful! dreadful!"
Payne Orton 's love for his wife was
a ' matter of common comment among
his friends. Could it be possible, bo
eause of some intrigue of hers, ho had
Wantod to diot And was Neil the oth
er party to the intrigue t
I tortured ysclf with the thought. Mr.
Frederick was a shrewd man and doubt
less understood more of the cause of
my answers to his questions than I real
ized. Finally he commenced to talk of Neil.
Then I pulled myself together. Any
thing pertaining to my husband was vi
tally interesting to me.
"He has wonderful staying powers.
We all have to hand it to him for ono
thing," said Mr. Frederick, "if he
makes up his mind to do anything, he
will go through Jire and water to ac
complish it."
1 thought I detected some subtle de
sire to comfort me by this nraise of
'Neil if it were praise. I would put
my pride in my pocket and ask one or
two questions. ' I
"Tell me about that Mr.
Approximately $100,000,000 in feder-
spoke as casually as I could.
"Do you know him?'
Sew York
' day of grace.
city Saturday, the last
Bankers & Printers
Most every bank in town has a printing establish
ment in its building.
The Bank of Commerce has as its tennant Elliott
The Printer; the U. S. National has the Commercial
Printing Co.; Ladd & Bush has the Beaver State Print
ers, while the Capital National has Ross Moores just on
the other side ef the partition.
Is it that bankers have an affinity for printers? Or
do printers have an affinity for bankers? Or does each
have a natural propensity for getting as close to the
other's money as possible?
Anyway we imagine we're going to have a heck of
a time getting any printing from any bank in town when
they're all hooked up this way with another printer.
(We give 'em the bankers fair warning, however,
that we're going to try it.)
But the point we started out to make is that The
Quickener Press doesn't have any high rent to pay to
live under the same roof with a bank vault. Every job
of printing we do or that any printer does must include
in the cost to the purchaser a fraction of the rent that
is paid. Lower rent means lower cost of production.
That may be a small matter in dollars and cents
but it all counts.
The Quickener Press guarantees you quality of ma
terial and workmanship, at something less than "bank
ers' figures." ;
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