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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
MARKET FOR ALL CROPS

The marketing feature of the work will begin to materialize as soon as the plant ing season is over, the committee hav- ing had this in mind from the very start, as the most essential thing in hand. They have Secretary Hay busy compiling data. and he will be prepared before ahy products are ready for the markets, to tell the farmers where to sell them. and to tell them when they are getting a. square deal Merchants wholesale. and retail, have signified their willingness to buy all foodstuffs, Alabama grown, as fast as it is offered, and to assist the committee in every way to oust anyone who nistreats the farmer in dealing With him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
MAXWELL Driver BEATS.
CRACK TRAIN SCHEDULE.
McNamara Beats Lark From
Los Angeles to Frisco
Without MiShap

San Francisco, May-Ray Mcnamara
ing the Maxwell intereity car on con
tinuous drive between San Francisco
and Los Angeles arrived in this city
yesterday morning nearly one hour to
the good of the crack Southern Pacific
train, "The Lark, - on the schedule or
which the test is being made. McNa-
mara's official time of arrival was S:57
o clock, according to Western Union,
which is timing the Maxwell car on
this unique drive.
This morning Mcnamara and his car
will check in i'll Los Angeles at the
main Western Union station in that
city, completing the first leg of his 5th
round trip between the northern and
southern turning points on his long, con-
tinuous drive. His total mileage to
date, on this particular demonstration,
is 3771.
Previous to starting out on this lat
est Maxwell drive, Mcnamara had driv-
en- his car more than 2500 miles making
n grand total to date of 627l miles, or
nearly equivalent of one and half
years use in the hands of an ordinary
owner. But the most potent fact in
connection with this mileage that Nc
Namara has made with his intercity car
is the fact that the machine has been
in use just three weeks.
McNamara on his arrival in San Fran
cisco yesterday morning stated that he
could keep up the pace for 30 days and
would be chad to do it, fully confident
that his Maxwell would continue to
perform as it has in lne past nine days.
1t was Mcnamara s original inten-
tion to demonstrate that with the aid
Of lightweight ear an owner may in
dulge freely in long-distance touring for
either business or pleasure. This, 1t is
said, he has thoroughly proven, as on
all his intercity trips he has carried
passengers and obser,u,s. These have
declared that all the trips have been
made with comfort and that the end
of each night $ journey has always been
such that they have been fully prepared
to start ont again for the return leg OF
the round trip the next day.
Mcnamara is still driving on the or
ieinal air in his tires. He has not as
vet replenished the radiator with water.
The ear he is driving is the same one
with which, two weeks ago, he estab-
lished a new record between Los Ange-
les and San Diego, then within the same
"a hour period, made round trip from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and a
round-trip from Los Angeles to Bakers
field, total of 760 miles III one day
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Plain Talk From the
Man With the Hoe
BY Edward s. Ellsworth
of the Vigilantes.
: y * = y 4 sE y y y 4 4 X

When 1 came in from the morning
chores. George was over with city pa
per. and George was grouehy. he owns
an eighty and two forty S just north OF
me. and has been having his own troup-
les in farming it.
"I.ookee here, Dad!'' SEE ne, ana
sleps the paper down and Jabs ms ringer
on to letter from a subscriber; = Looh
what this galoot here is wrltm I! Don /
it give you backacheY"
/ hunted up my specs, and read the
letter, and it did.
Here IS what the boxhead says toward
the beginning: "To anyone who mas
travelled, the thousands OF acres OF ara
BILE land lying idle through the
eountry.n and so on. Farther down
ssThe war is likely to be won on tne
farms of the United States. II Is tlhe
for the formers to turn in and do thelr
share by finding food" ete'' ana 50
on.
After putting it up to the farmer 10 %
save the world in this care Tree klhe Oh
way. l suppose the writer hoppea
street car and began to warm ms Office .ie
chair for a few hours, then with the ldea
that he had done days work, went
home and helped his wife cuss the hlgh
cost of living. Which sure helps ull
those thousands of acres like all ger
out
Let s look at this thing from sensl-
BILE point of view, and see if we cannon
hammer a few facts into the mead OF
This letter writer First, there's thoWs-
ands of acres lying idle because there i
no one in the country to use them: 1et
that Let's put it another way! Ihere
is more acres than there are men! OF.
Land is plentiful, while men are scarce;
That's the facts now, and last year, ana
the wear before, but it amt gong TO ee
the fact this summer. NO, Siree!
Things are going to be heap worse
because lot Of the men who were mere
last year are going to be IN the arm,
when those thousands of acres neeo
work
Ii it's up to the farmer to save the
country, the country is as good as gone
for the farmer is up against 1t, IKE tht
man the mule kicked. He can't get Ia
bor. There's the long and short OF It
Hes holding up his end, sky high, and
he can I do noe darned thing more. Inc
city man has got 70 quit writing foeiish
letters and turn to and help, or the high
cost is going to go higher ana the wal
is going to be plumb lost and Unele
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Coed Roads Program
for Next Several DAYS

The campaign for goods roads for the
next few days is about as follows: The
Woman s club will be addressed Sat
urday afternoon at 8 O'Clock in the
auditorium of the Salem Public library
by Walter L. Tooze and others.
Tonight several speakers including
Mr.. Tooze will go to Woodburn.
Next Monday evening a big meeting
will be held at Stayton when addresses
will be made by Simon Benson of Port
land, Walter L. Tooze, J. Bowerman
and H, j. Starkwether of Milwaukee,
who travelled to Europe few years
ago to study the road proposition.
Tuesday evening the biggest rally of
the campaign will be held in Salem at
the armory. Addresses will be made by
G. H. Chapman of the Oregon Voter,
Portland, Simon Benson of Portland
and Mrs. Winnie Braden of Polk coun-
ty. AT this meeting the west side Of
the river will be especially invited to
hear the arguments in favor of good
roads.
Simon Benson will be in Salem Sun
day and Monday, go to Stayton Mon
day evening and return to Salem for
the big rally at the armory Tuesday
evening.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
$75,OOO,OOO Divided
By Motor Firms In
Last Calendar Year

Profits in the motor ear industry are
one of the outstanding features of the
prevailing prosperity. The total divi-
demo distribution by the leading con
eerus in this industry during the past
calendar year reached approximately
$75,900,000.
The real significance of this will be
more thoroughly appreciated by com
parison of the earnings of the motor
car industry with those of the United
States Steel Corporation, ON the basis
OF the capital invested in each
Tbe present earnings of the United
States Steel Corporation are properly
regarded as phenomenal, yet the stock
holders in the motor car corporations
received last year some S20,00O,000
more in,dividends than the stockholders
ia United States Steel,
One Of the recognized authorities in
Wal street has estimated that the en-
fire capitalization Of the motor ear in
dustry. including not only the builders
OF pleasure ears and trucks, bat the
makers OF tires and other accessories,
is approximately only one half that Of
the Gnited States steel Corporations
yet he shareholders in the motor cont-
panies received in dividends $20,000000
more than the holders Of stock in
United States Steel
Even the earnings Of the greatest
and most successful railroads seem
small in comparison with those Of the
automobile industry, made on the basis
OF the capital invested in each. For
example, take 70 OF the greatest rail
roads in America, including the Penn
sylvania, the New York Central, the
Erie. the Baltimore 8 Ohio, the St.
Paul and the Union Pacific, Northern
and southern Pacific roads, which Was
about the best in their history, only
s36g. 3ss. $50 on a capitalization Of
81. SOS. .55S. .623; while ~ Of the leading
manufacturers Of motor cars IN the
same period, earned 500, ,ll0.6S9 on a
capitalization of $s65sso0, 900. That is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Increasing Present Years
Crops by Immediate
Use of New Lands

Washington, May 26.-The acreage
of certain crops this year can he greatly
increased by breaking new land where
such land is near farms already in OPP
Grafton, according to the specialists of
ths U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Assuming that all cultivated land will
continue to be farmed, this use of new
land now offers the largest opportunity
for increased acreage of 1917 crops.
This applies to the prairie region in
general, but principally to the Great
Plains. The breaking up Of new land
provides for crops that would otherwise
be put ON present cultivated land. If
these new lands should not be ready in
time for crops of the present season.
they should be in excellent condition for
wheat next fall or for wheat or some
other crop next spring. The farmer is
not urged to use new land to the neglect
of his usual farm operations or to at
tempt more than he can carry out in the
way of breaking new land with his av-
ailable labor and equipment.
crops Adapted to New Breaking.
The crops that are known to do best
on new breaking in the Great Plains
and prairie regions generally are flax,
corn, sorghum (kaffir, milo, sorgo, or
sweet sorghum,) broom corn, and beans
Such vine crops as squashes, pumpkins,
etc, can sometimes be grown to advan
tage with corn, kafir, or other TILED
crops where live stock is available to
utilize them before freezing weather in
the fall. In some cases the total pro-
| duction per acre can be increased by
growing two crops together, such as
corn and pumpkins where these are ad-
apted.
Flax.
Flax is adapted to the northern plains
especially to Montana, the Dakotas, and
western Minnesota. The acreage of
flax can probably be increased to a
great extent on new land in this dis
trict. 1t can be sown late in the sea-
son and is well adapted to newly broken
land in fact it is the crop most largely
, used ON breaking in the region where
flax is grown.
Sorghnn.
The Sorghum (kafir, milo, sorgo or
sweet sorghum,) should be used exten-
sivelv in the Great Plains from Neb-
raska southwark These crops are bet
ter adapted than corn to districts where
the rainfall is low. Where corn often
fails on account of drought the sor-
ghum may make a fair crop. The acre
age of sorghum can be largely increased
on new breaking, where old ground is
already taken for other crops, at com
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Speeder's Excuse
Brings Him $50 Fine

els there nothing new under the
sum- asks writer in current issue
Of American Motorist.. He then goes
ON to answer the question: "Of course
there is, if you only recognize it, Were
this not so, how could You explain the
excuse a speeding artomobilist offered
the Judge upon being hailed to court
by a motorcycle policeman who only
succeeded in overhauling the speedo-
maniac after long and exciting ehase2 2
The prisoner said that he hit her up on
high because when he saw the policeman
IN pursuit he thought the pursuer must
be highwayman. seeking TO overtake
and rob the highly intelligent highgear-
er. The judge SO appreciated the pris
oneris ingenuity that he fined him only
$50 in place Of the usual $40 assess
mcnts'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
. TURNER FLAX MILL

Alex Lecladye, wife and two little
girls, are moving this week to Turner
from st. John. They have rented four
rooms in the Baker apartment Mr.. Lee
layde is an expert flax scutcher from
the Courtai county in Belgium, where
they manufacture the best flax for lace
and table cloth. Our flax mill is certain
ly fortunate to have such man to
work their best product.
The first retting will be stored this
week and the second one to be taken
out of the water the first part of next
week. Manager Hansett went to Gas
ton last week and bought l25 tons OF
sraight flax straw, that a farmer rails
er, tons to the acre, The flax was
his best paying crop.
The new building is painted and it
begins to look like Turner will be the
leading place for the flax business IN
Oregon Turner Tribune.
Try journal Want Ads-They pay
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
GENERAL PERSHING
SAYS We MUST WAKE Up
That Upon America Must Fall
the Task Of Building Up
Europe Again

Washington, May 25.-With sol
dier' S blunt directness, Major General
Pershing, who will lead the first Am-
today told America she must awaken
quickly to the realization of what the
war means to the country.
"Upon America Pershing told
Red Cross meeting, "is to rest the
brunt of the terrible burden to come"
France is under terrific drain, "
he said. "The United States must meet
the deficiencies caused by this drain.
habilitate France. We must help her
orphans and her widows.
'Yet, am sad to say that the feel
ing among our people is lax. They do
not realize the depth, the horrors of
this war. 1t is well for editorials to
be written to bring them to realiza-
ton. But this is not sufficient. 1t is
our duty, you of the Red Cross, and
we of the army to impress upon the
people that we are indeed at war.
America s entrance into the war
is the deciding factor.
1.-THE war has not yet been impress
ed upon the people out west, said
Pershing. 81 have just come from Tex
as where they say: 'Oh, well, we
haven't lost anybody. None of our YES
sells have been destroyed and we don It
really feel that we are at war.
~ put this question to such men;
Do you realize that we must fill the
place of every man who is killed among
the allies?''' .
Herbert c. Hoover told of the total
destruction of many villages in north
ern France, and declared the cost of
restitution would "startle all other
than Americans. -
He placed the figure for supplying
makeshift relief for one year to the
people in section sixty by twenty five
miles at from $1,000, 100000 to $10.-
.000000,000.
The orphans and six hundred thous-
and added tubercular persons, he said
offer another problem
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Reckless Driving
Cause Of Fatalities

Reckless driving is given as the main
reason for Iowa s gruesome record OF
100 persons killed in highway accidents
during 1916 Altogether, newspapers
carried reports of 1884 motor car accl-
dents with more or less serious injury
to 2574 persons. The recklessness was
manifested in too high speed for the
condition of the road and the traffic
on it. Ninety per cent of the accidents
were due to motor ears and most OF
the 90 per cent was due to recklessness'
according to the highway commission
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26

placed at the side of each car, which
was run until the gas was out The
Pacific Highway to the Fair Grounds
was travelled. In the Kaufman car
were l.. w, Guiss, II, +. Hayes and
Amos Beach, the load weighing 664
lbs. In the Hovenden car were Rev.
G. A. Maher, Frank Dubois and j. B.
Kennedy, the weight of the load being
675 lbs. The Kaufman car made 27.9
miles on the gallon aud the Hovenden
car 31.2 miles. B. NJ. NJ Dimick, agent
for the Maxwell, is highly pleased with
the showing made.-Woodburn Inde-
pendent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
II MILES ON GALLON RECORD
Paige ''SiX-51'' Makes Score of 626,2
Miles in 81 Hours.

How far will seven passenger, six
cylinder ear, carrying normal load,
travel ON q gallon of gasolineg
Opinions may vary ON this important
matter of economy, generally according
to the make Of the car, the grade of
gasoline and the operating conditions. A
wellknown Paige dealer, however, de-
termined to settle the matter so far as
a Paige "Six.5l'' is concerned and he
made an interesting test under condi-
tions which were as nearly normal as
possible.
The result was an excellent fuel &C.
enomy record, the Paige turning Just IL
miles flat. This record is all the moro
interesting when ii is recalled that re-
Gently a Paige Six achieved a new rec.
ord by turning in score of 6s6.2 miles
in 24 hours on high gear,-oregon Jour
nal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26

paratively small cost.
Broom Corn.
Broom corn can be grown on the sod
land and leave that much acreage for
other crops. 1t is adapted to the south
ern half of the Great Plains.
Beans.
Beans are a good crop on new break
ing. They are being used to good ad-
vantage in Colorado and the southern
plains. The Mexican of Pinto bean is
largely employed, and is already inereas-
ing greatly as real staple crop, SINH
lar to cereals.
Seed and Labor.
The two things that may interfere
with this great addition to the food
crop acreage are lack of seed and labor
Fortunately not much seed will be re-.
quired for corn and the sorghums-from
six to eight pounds per acre for the for
mer and from three to five pounds for
the latter. In the extreme southwestern
plains the soil is sometimes loose enough
that it may be disced and narrowed and
thereby put into good condition like old
ground,
Drought.
The farmer must remember that
chances of loss from drought still exist
even If newly broken land is used. There
is. however. the advantage in this
means of increasing the acreage of
crops this year-that sod land eonserves
moisture more than Old ground
Metods of Planting Sod Crops
The methods of planting these crops,
which are usual1v ouite different from
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26

Sans ribs are going to show like those
of a sick steer.
The only way you can get crops is to
plant and cultivate and harvest them,
and the bigger crops you want the more
you got to plant, which means that you
got to have more men to do it, and as
every Zimmerman, and lots of the wo-
men and kids are busy now as the Devil
and his seven sons, this help has to come
from some other place. We need an
army of farm workers.
If this letter-writin feller and all the
other lads who knock the farmer will
come out and dig, those thousands of
acres may stand some show of being cul-
tivated and the high cost come down
with sudden and soul-inspiring thud.
But we need MEN!
How about it, Mr. Cityman7
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Pleasure Car Held
To Be Obsolete Term

The question has arisen as TO wheth-
er the term pleasure car" is not obso
lete and likely TO become injurious TO
the motor car industry. Manufaetur.
ers point out that the wide and errone-
ous use Of the words "pleasure ear"
even among some motor sar makers.
They declare that the motor ear is no
longer vehicle bought or operated sole
" in the pursuit of pleasure.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
Millions Paid in
Registration Fees

Some idea Of the magnitude of the
legislative rake-offs from which the
owner suffers may be gained from the
fact that during the fiscal year just
ended the State Of New York took 81
5s,04l.J5 registration fees from auto
mobilists, of which enormous sum the
City of New York alone Clipped in
S975,42s.e5.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26

to say, roughly speaking, ON the basis
of capital invested, the earnings of the
motor ear manufacturers were-dollar
for dollar of capital invested-about
four times as large as those OF the
greatest and most successful railroads.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-26
ONE GALLON OF GASOLINE.

An economy demonstration was made
yesterday on enc gallon of gasoline
each By two Maxwell cars driven by
the owners, S. J. kaufman and Edwin
A gallon of gasoline was
Evening star., 1917-07-01
Free Railroad Transportation.

The action of the Mexican govern
ment in providing Mexicans assembled
on the Texas border with free railroad
transportation into the interior of Mex
leo has had a tendency to stimulate the
exodus. and since announcement was
made to this effect several days ago
the number of Mexicans reaching the
and 1t is expected to continue so. but at
q brisker rate than ever, as soon as the
information is generally disseminated
that the Mexican railways are hauling
Mexicans into tile interior Of Mexico
from the border gratis.
Every line of industry employing
Mexican labor is now confronted with
a dearth Of employees Of this kind. Ditto
with commercial institutions, homes
where they are employed as servants.
yardmen and liverymen. while the ag-
ricultural interests Of the state in gen.
eral. which depend to a great extent on
the Mexican unskilled laborer, are con-
fronted with labor problem that is
both serious and annoying.
Hundreds Of Mexicans Leaving.
Hundreds Of Mexicans, who with their
families have been employed in farm
work or on some of the ranches Of the
state. have disposed Of their scant
household goods. small homes. If they
owned them. and with the meager
amount of money In hand have hied
themselves to Mexico, not knowing
whether or not they can make a living
after reaching there, but with an IRE
movable fear instilled into them that II
country they will be taken bodily in
charge and forced into the United
States Army-that is. the young Mex
lean men.
Evening star., 1917-07-01
EXAMINATIONS ARE OVER
FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY
Candidates for Midshipmen Com.
plete Their Tests-P1ebs Will
Have $50.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. June 3o.-The third
and last Of this years examinations OF
candidates for admission to the Naval
Academy as midshipmen were COM
pleted yesterday. and by the end OF
next week nearly all Of the papers will
have been received at the academy. to
be marked by the officers and instruct
ors of the academic board.
The examinations were. as usual, con-
Quoted under the supervision OF ofl-
cials Of the civil service commission
at the various stations throughout the
country. and extending to far-off Ha-
wall. Nearly LOO young men had been
designated by senators and represent
atives. in addition to those named at
large by the President and Secretary
of the Navy. to take this extra exam
ination in accordance with the act OF
Congress which provided for additional
appointments to meet the war emer-
gency situation.
It was estimated. however, that not
more than 1900 Of the youngsters pre-
of the candidates took the tests in
Washington.
The nucleus of the new fourth class
has already been formed. More than
$50 youngsters who qualified in the
medical and physical tests as a result
of the examinations conducted in Feb
ruary and April have been admitted
during the last several weeks. It Ii
estimated by the ofiicials OF tho Acad-
emy that the roll will be approximately
$50. There will be 200 in excess Of the
present lowest class. which started
with roster Of 652.