S t a y ton a n d Its L iv e I n d u s t r i e s
A. D. G A R D N ER.
Bantiam Flour, Bran, Shorts,Etc.
Lee Brown & Sons’ Saw Mill.
Otto of the oldest utifl best known Kantiani river to the mill. There it
tirm. of Slayton i» timt oí I .ec Brotvn acarcely a day in the year when a la
A Son», ownci» of the Stayton Suw boring man cannot aci-ure employ
ment from Lee ISrown A Son«.
Milla
The aenior member of the firm l>e-
l ili» linn I caliti business bere aev-
orili yeiira ago. Soon alter locating in ing aged and in poor health, the bu«i-
Stuyton ilio mill and all null producta ne». I» conducted hy Ina sons, C. K.
were destroyed hy tiro.
The plant and <ì. I. Brown. Both are good bus-
wa» iniinodiatly rohuilt and Ima »ilice ine»a men, enterprining and industri-
been hii»y turning out lutti ber of all o i i a . They are alway» -willing to give
kind». Tilt* nuli la one of the heat any worthy eutcrpriiie their support
equipped for Ita ai/.e oil the Coilt. and are intcrcatcd in the welfare of
They have all modern eonv< niencea to their town and lyive faith in ita fut
do work i|iiickly and in the heat pos- ure.
Iti-»idi-» rough and tire»«ed lumber,
ailile manner. The capacity of the
mill ia
MM» I-ct of lumlier per day the tirm maiiufacturea moulding« ol
or óttt) liea. I he eompatiy Ima tin4 all kind», and handle» »aulì, door», etc.
pa»I year been manufaeiiiring a great
I. i - i - Brown came here with hi» fain
many railroad tie», lapide» keeping ily from Kansu.», b uying the m ill *0011
the trade »eil »upplied with lumber. alter hi» arriv al. F u ll of energy and
During t tu - pa»t year they have aliip- at that time being blessed with health,
pe»| an average of lb ear« of tie» per In- «non made the m ill a paying in » ti-
t• 1 • i• • 1» Since the rebuilding id the
mont h.
T h e puv loll oí tuia eom pm y iati null li*- and Ili» «mi» have been ru le
big adì ti ig« ti Stay I >n, tor lieaidea »t in tly adding to it u n til it i» now up
guiiig • I I I ploym.•,.( i o i largì- iiuinlior io d a te in every way. Mr Brown ha»
ill I lie u p b u ild ing of
o | hand« ut the mill, I In-re l- alwaya a In i n identified
logging er» » it
■ rk rutting down S i,n ton im i «erved for a tim e on the
tin- tlmhei ino I
U j it down the town 11 hi nei I
Sniitiani Flour i» known the length
anil breadth ol the Willamette valley,
ami command» a ready «ale— in fact
thi' mill frequently lot» to run double
rime to keep up with it» orders.
Gardner Bros.— A. I), and W.— pur
chased the mill sixteen year» ag o , at
which time it was idle.
Kulire new
machinery was put in and the build
ing added to and improv' d, giving tlo:
mill a capacity of eighty harrtd» per
day. A D Gardner ha» had the man
agement of t In- mill since he became
interested in it and several month»
ago purchased hi» brother'» interest.
He ha» always aimed for a high stand-
ard in tin- Hour manufactured and
Saul mm flour i« in greatest demand
11 here la--i known.
Only No. 1 wheat is used for Hour
and wheat 1 « hro’t to thi» mill from
long distances on account of the ad
vance over market price which Mr.
Gardner always pays.
Sanliain Hour was awuided prize
medal» at the World’s Columbian E x
position, Chicago, in 1892, for good
milling, color and granulation. Also
at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition,
Omaha, 1898
A.D.Gardner is one of Stayton’s best
business men and has l>een longer in
continuous business here than any
other man. He is practically a self-
made man, being raised on a farm east
of Stayton. He was for twenty-three
years in the drug business, thirteen
of which lie was also post-master. He
sold hi« drug »tore to enter the milling
business, in which he lias made a d e
cided success.
Two years ago in company with
('has. Stayton he established the ex
celsior works. Under his management
this enterprise is proving a success.
Mr. Gardner is president of the
Stayton Woolen Mills Co., which lie
helped establish, the Stayton Water
Ditch Co , which ditch lie took the
contract to build, and also of the Stay-
ton Mutual Telephone Co., another
enterprise which he was largely in
strumental in building.
He is one of
a class of men who doesn’t want it all
himself and is willing to see the other
fellow prosper. In his manufacturing
industries and on his farms he always
keeps a number of men employed,
some of whom have been with him
several years. He is ever willing to
help any public improvement, and
shows his faith in the future prosperi
ty of Stayton by His works.
thi» mill is kept busy, wc will state
that it »hips on an average over 20
Eureka Flouring Mills.
tun» of Hour per month, tieside« feed,
etc.
Thi» i» another of Stayton’s worthy
enterprises, and one that is obliged to
In company with hi» father, John
keep the wheel« turning moat of the Spaniol, Mr. Spaniol purchased the
time in order to till it» many order». mill several years ago. About three
Bc«idc» supplying a large local trade years ago lie bought his lathers intei-
the mill eliip.i Hour and other mill e.«t and has since been in sole control.
product» to Salem and other valley Me is a wide-awake business man,
point) and »ell« in competition with greatly interested in the welfare of his
the product« of other mills. Beside» town, and ready at all times to help
EXC ELSIO R F A C T O R Y .
flour, feed, bran, »hurt», etc., Mr. in it« progress. He i» a director and
Hpauinl also grind« a first-els«» grade stockholder in the Stayton Woolen
Prominent among Stayton’s manu
of buckwheat Ilnur
To »how that Mills
facturing institutions is the excelsior
plant of Gardner & Stayton. This in
stitution
furnishes employment to a
S T A Y T O N C H A IR C O .
large
number
of band» during the
One of t lie oldest established in»t it lit ions of Stayton
year. Last summer and fall over 1800
is tin* c h a ir factory. Nearly forty y a r n ago ¡1 factory
tiers of halm wood were cut to he used
was »furled by , 1 . \V. Tim nia«, near where the prcsenl
by this plant in the manufacture of
large fncinry 1» located
C h a irs were then mail«* only
excelsior.
Next year the probability
for 1 1 •• - 1 1 use. Vh 111 .' year« ago th - present factory
is
tliHt
there
will lie more than that
was lim it. F o r the past eight years W illi» Caldw ell
amount
cut.
The pay roll of the co m
one of the present owners, luia been cm inceied with the
pany
during
the
wood cutting season
factory. If. N. 11 u n tie ), the other member of tin* firm ,
is quite an item in a place of this size.
ha« been a part owner for a little over a year.
The plant makes oti an average two
The company manufactures raw-hide bottom chairs
tons
per day of ten hours. For some
and camp stools, and turn» out chairs to the amount n*
time
past there lias been a double set
from 12,000 to Hi,000 per annum, «hipping an average of a carload per month,
of
Imndn
working 20 hours and turn
mostly "knocked down.” To manufacture this large number of chairs requires
in the neighborhood of 200 cords of maple wood per year.
ing out about 5 tons during that time.
A large number of camp stools arc mail 11 fat:tured, the company now be The company contemplates increasing
ing at work on an order for H00 dozen.
The company employs from six to eight hands in the factory, and during the capacity of the plant in the near
future.
The quality of excelsior
the wood-cutting season a large force of choppers is employed.
The chairs are mostly shipped to Sun Francisco, Los Angeles and Wash turned out by this factory is of a su
ington and Idaho points.
perior kind.
The members of this firm are both wide awake, enterprising business men.
Oregon pear» take the lend of all
They have lately added new machinery, and now have one of the liest plants
others in size anti flavor.
i>{ the kind 011 the coast.
G E O . S P A N IO L .
PROSPEROUS STAYON—
TH E FUTURE METROPOLIS
It Offers Many Advantages for the Homeseeker, the Manufac
t u r e r , and the Capitalist.
That Stayton will one day be the
metropolis of Marion county ¡» not an
unroaHonahle statement. Few town»
have the location, and runny other
naturul advantages that this has.
Situated eighteen miles southeast of
Salem, the county sent and state cap
tal, on the Santiam river, surrounded
hy a splendid farming territory, ad
jacent to valuable mining properties
now in the course of development,
near vast forest» of valuable timber,
with a splendid water [*nwer now turn
ing many wheels of iudtisiry and cap
able of turning many more, with a
wide-awake lot of citizens ever ready
to do their part toward the up-build-
mg of their town, there is every reason
to believe that Stayton will one day
be a city of no small proportions.
There was u »mall settlement on the
present site of Stayton nearly if not
quite forty years ago. For many years
there was scarcely any growth, and
the present town has been practically
built within the last twenty yeats.
The past three years has seen the
greatest improvement of any during
its existence.
One of the chief requisites of a town
is healthfulness, and on this score
Stayton is second to none. Here is
the purest mountain water, flowing
from the snow capped peak» down the
Santiam valley and filtering through
the gravel sub-soil underlying the
town. Analysis shows the water of
this place chemically pure. No house
wife needs to “ cleanse” the water or
use skin-destroying “ wash powders”
for washing. The water is as soft as
that which falls from the clouds, and
as satisfying and refreshing as any
"Adam ’s ale” ever brewed.
On the river above town are two
dams— one turning water into what is
known as the Salem ditcli—a ditch
running from this place to the capital
city, and carrying a large stream that
turns water wheels at Aumsville, Turn
er and Salem— anil one turning water
into the Stayton ditch, which furnish
es wster for the many water wheels in
Stayton. This last ditch passes along
the south side of the town, where the
mills and factories are located, and
would easily furnish water for as many
more plants. There is plenty of room
along the ditch for a number of fac
tories, and the future will see many
more located there.
The soil in the
immediate vicinity of Stayton is some
what gravelly but very rich, and will
grow anything that can be raised any
where in the valley. It seems to be
an ideal soil for apples, pears, prunes,
peaches, cherries and berries of ail
kinds. Vegetables of all kinds grow
to perfection, and the writer believes
that better potatoes were never raised
than those grown in this neighbor
hood.
The town is well supplied with good
stores, churches and handsome homes.
In fact few towns of its size have as
many handsome residences as this.
Four churches of neat appearance and
good size have regular services.
Stayton offers many inducements
for men of all classes, farmers, dairy
men, fruit growers, stockman, lumber
men, etc. Its advantages to manu
facturing industries are unsurpassed.
Many improvements are under way
and many more are contemplated.
A hearty welcome w ill be found it
you, reader, conclude to visit Staytor
and see our thriving town and its
many advantages.
Stayton Electric Light Co.
The Stayton Electric Light Co.
began operations just eleven years ago
and from a small beginning has grown
to be one of the important industries
of the town. The increasing demands
for light necessitated more and larger
machinery, so last year the statiou
was entirely
rebuilt, a large twin
turbine put in as well as a twelve hun
dred light Weatinghouse alternating
dynamo with all accessories to nmke
a complete equipment.
The lighting service is of the best,
as traveling men and others say the
service will compare with any other
town in the Willamette valley. A few
months ago the all-night service was
commenced and proved a decided suc
cess, as a large number of customers
are using the lights all night. The
electric light has come to be one of
the necessities of modern life, as it is
absolutely safe, convenient, with no
flame, no danger, nooder, no matches,
no blowing out, giving a cheerful glow,
always ready—costs but little too.
Is it any wonder that so many people
use the electric light, and when once
used will use no other?
The Stayton Electric light plant is
the property of A. L. and Dora B.
Shreve, the former being manager and
electrician. Mr. Shreve is an expert
in hi» line of work and takes great
pride in keeping everything about the
plant modern and up to date.
Mr. Shreve is one of Stayton’s most
progressive and enterprising citizens
He is firm in his faith in the town's
future and always ready to do His part
for the upbuilding of Stayton.
GRAND CENTRAL
HOTEL
About three years ago the hotel was
opened to the public by M. J. Spaniol
nnd has since its n|>ening received an
excellent patronage. Good I hm I s , good
victuals and excellent accommodations
are to l»e found there. The bouse is
centrally located and convenient to
the business part of town. It lias be
side its transient patronage a number
of boarders, nnd all «peak well of the
accommodation furnished.