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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1918)
ANNUAL REVIEW OF M WORK OF E iSMEM COMMERCIAL CLUB ill A Very Busy Year ! in radInS the history of the work acconiplishea turing una j t 1917. Just about to close; I y tn Salem Commercial; Clubj J ofivan McDanlel, Is to read on t jaore year of real progress I made, not alon In its civic lirej lUIUUfeU . w - J ;v ranliatlons. or committees, hav ing direct charge! in the promo tion' of various industries in the tii ostahliRhnunt of new ones; the addition of new pay . r0U8, Salem people can point ' I with tride. "looking backward? T t over the old year, and before lifting the veil istill coveringitbe face of 1818. can be seen "dim- J t ly" forecasts-greater thing3 J to eonie new enterprises, new t people, renewed zeal all. ..and 4 t roacn more, niade necessary by J tbe stress of tbe war, for us. J Just in its infancy. 1 i J : ( 4. r Ia every city of consequence cer tain defined promotional et forts are no included, as fixed factoid, i Men are ' no longer content to perform mere civic duties prescribed rigidly tv statute commonly referred to .as Obeying law. and paying taxes,"; To es y they are Quickened by a reallza t:on that they are citizens. The: hopes aspirations of a community in 11:3 direction and the promotional ef. frts generated by such ideal, cau tU be carried- on by purely private jitf-rprlse or public authority.) The activity of the local government is circumscribed by law. : Tbe single In uviJual is necessarily devoting nlne t zil of bis, time to making a living. Tbere can be and la an uncovered lying between -the functions of t'.a individual and tbe local gbvern- . .cat There Is need t or some orga :;at!on which permits collective ef forts and which at the same time en- troachea on neither the power bf the !:..:;. lioal nor the sphere of the local pTersunenL,- There Is- created,! as it vers, a new catagory as a result of viAh many Individuals give part of t'.-'r time, thought, and effort and si contributes his share of effort r -! Influence. " 'Tour Commercial j is then a, piece of machinery a by collective Influence, I Con y it should be noted that a .trcial club is merely the ma ry through which certain ends : . 1 stained. . j ' . .. i modern commercial club is oned to a double calling. It FI I7AR17TH 1 umiuruj villi juui a . Smi'SIALlMj VIOLIfflST . 1 X ' - ' , . ,- i ' ' . . . K . I ' - ' I ,.Te "abject of khe above photo IfPt Miss Elizabeth lvy, ia one 1 lost talented and Jueiy knownj violin rttsts.; oa beea a staden nr th vinitn niost ta j ever 1 1 . since sha ... r- ' : kl r years 01 age ana iwr a .Mmber of year was the pupil of uJa wJlee Graham of port- Tfv ,0re0tt- Ura violinist I Miss ' ivy ia but fvr equals in tlte state. - r I.,,"' and wherever she has tpr w,ner ,ntenretatlons have been r' Isshly praised ty music critics. 1, ,a Instructor on the violin shi wslv . onnaual ! success and the of her poplla in recital, has monstrated her kIU and ability m lastuctor. i - ! tv rfTjr 18 a nuemter of the State rerr Association, 1 Her popularity as a 'violin soloist caused her to lie frequently call h v tIace" outside of Salem where Dlyd'to large and encis. Az) Ju,y he was presented in ire ;iai 8$ a violin artist by William &--:e Graham at his studio In and One of Varied must encourage material advance ment and at the same time tbe civic and social progress of the commun ity. Economic and social facts should go hand in band. Neither in our municipal organi zation, or body; politic, or in the vari ous combinations of business and other interests formed for purely special purposes, is tbere an agency, qr even the nucleus of an agency, capable of doing for Salem what Is being done, dally by the Salem Com mercial Club. I And when it is con sidered that all the work, of the club has a direct or; indirect bearing upon the life of every resident of the city, and that all this is beneficial, up building and constructive, every right minded man having the interest of his city at heart should consider it his duty and perform the duty of Joining the club and assisting in the carrying on of the greatest work that can be done in behalf of Salem It Is not the purpose to set forth herewith all the efforts of the Com merclal Club during the past year This would bef an impossibility. Only the items which will prove of gen eral Interest, are here enumerated. CJenrral (Vmdition of Club- Finance. The expenditures of th club have binj governed by a budge system Installed in the previous year So closely hare the expenses beer estimated and controlled that In n quarter of the year has there existed a discrepancy between the director' appropriation land the actual ex penses, ''''- " - ' ? " ' Membership.'- The quota of mem bership has maintained its level dur ing the past iyear and today this organization Is the strongest club per capita in the state. Meetings Held. Board of direct ors 14, membership meetings 12, ex ecutive department committee meet ings 53. general committee meetings 7, miscellaneous meetings, including Salem Floral Society, Rod and Gun Club, Marion r County Cattle Club. Marion County Potato Growers' As sociation, Cherrlans, Good 'Roads commitees. Red Cross, D. A. R.'s, Grange committees. Taxpayers' League, state associations of all kinds 224; total 671. -' Mail r Report. letters received during year 6721, letters sent dur ing year 9.942, pieces of literature mailed during season 10.111, miscel laneous mail matter, v post cards, meeting announcements, etc. 17,457. . General Activities. i War Work. The biggest business of the nation and every community LEVY, rr- Pdrtland. This recital attracted such favorable comment that It was repeated in- Salem at the First Cbrls- uon cnurcn oeipre an uucuvi vu. crowded the enurcn auaiwrmm. 6 Another occasion where Mis Lvy was very , entbjufcIasf!c?Jly received was at the opening progrant of the Women's Council at Portland last October. T When Miss Ida M. TarbeU lec tuted as a Lyceum attraction In Sa lem some time fgo Miss Levy played several violin solos preceding Miss Tarbell address. Miss j Tarbell, in speaking of Miss I-evy'sj renditions, said: "in my many lectures through out America It 1? se'dem that I have enjoyed anything on the program more than I have Miss Levy's play ing. Her unusual skill as a viol n soloist "combined with her own win ning personality will undoubtedly win for her a prominent place in tho music world." ! - Miss Levy maintains her studio at 56S Court street. $ ' ' ! - - ' ! ' " Accomplishments today is war. The Commercial Club is the Marion county representative for Federal Foodi Administration, Fuel ; Administration. State Council of Defense Federal Food Administration. Conducted the food card campaign for Marion county, and enrolled S' per cent of the families of the county tor the Food Administration at Washington. D. C. Organized business Interests of city for observation of meatless and wb'eatless days. Mr. F. W. Steusloff, president of the club, is official Federal Food Ad ministrator for the county. Fuel Adminlstifttioo Assisted this department ini their survey 0 luel conditions in the county. ' State Council of Defense Cooper ated fwith the National Council of Defense in executing plans and ord ers for this county, - - General War Wok. Red Cross Handling the Civilian Relief Work of tbe Willamette Chap ter of American Red Cross for Polk and Marlon counties. Assisted in Red Cross drive. Y..M. C, A. War Fund Assisted this organization in as far as pos ilble to make campaign a success. War Census Are preparing a card ndex of every family in Marion county for use in future- campaigns. I Aecomplishment-r-IndustrtaL industrial Prospects The work devolving upon the Industrial com mittee of the 1 club can' hardly be eallzed by the citizen who does not fully understand the many details first to,-be Investigated and the many requirements or an unusual nature to be met. During this year propositions have been placed before the club in volving approximately $2.0,00.000. Many of these were persons or firms with f patents tor processes wanting capital. Experience has demonstrat ed that It Is safe to deal only with concerns who have been established and succeeded to permanency and who are seeking only more room for expansion and distribution, rather than money and donations, r City Survey Almost weekly 1 the Commercial club furnishes exhaust: Ive data to industrial prospects, bond companies, and other sources relative to city's industrial condi tions, growth and wealth. Many of these questioners are of special char acter, requiring special i data, but prompt, attention has always been given them in view of the distribu tion of accurate and extensive facts about Salem in widely diversified territories. j ; Product Inquiries More than 500 letters ' have been reserved " oy V the club Inquiring as to Salem-made pro ducts and firms. As these Inquiries came they were referred to the re spective concerns in Question. Flax Investigation Made a thor ough study of the flax business as applied to Its development In the Willamette valley ! and especially from . the standpoint of establishing a mill in this city. Assisted in the publication of a flax bulletin by giv ing Information. This Information Is of special value In the future de- velonment of tha inelnmnr riu uuruiH r unu ueueTing that the only way to begin the flax tusiness Is to grow flax, the Com mercial club raised a guarantee fund of 115,000 for the purpose of, grow ing 400 acres or flax. Contracted with farms for the flax acreage. Crop was harvested and sold to the state. - ' - Scutching .Mill At present are trying to Interest 'some eastern spin ning or towel mill in the establish, ment 1 of a scutching mill to handle the flax which might' be grown i by tbe club. in this - manner the mill cpuld obtain their ; raw material at cost and would become interested in this section as desirable for a branea factory. Are now in correspondence with some twenty different mills which are considering this project. Local capital is also interested at present time. Pulp and Paper Mill Working with tbe Chas. K. Spaulding interests in an effort to promote and finance a 1750,000 pulp and paper mill. Project is progressing in spite of present war conditions. New Industries Secured--Cherry City Baking company, Wittenberg-1 King company. These two industries add a yearly expenditure in payroll, raw material, etc.. In city of about $450,000. Boat t Service. Co-operated with boat owners and merchants In ob taining a better schedule of time and better freight j rate on river. Rates are now 4 cents under rail rates. -" L Industrial Projects. Are now ne gotiating with several firms who de sire to change their locations. Will no doubt be in a position to an. nounce the successful completion' of these propositions j within a short time. j ; T Mechanical lKpartnient. Credit Department. The credit department received no less than 4000 calls during 1917 from mer chants, banks, professional men and manufacturers. Nearly 15,000 card Indexes of credit ratings are on file. It Is estimated that this department effected a saving of more than. $30. 000 during the year and has placed charge accounts within the "Safety Line" in Salem. I Fake Solicitors. f-Numerous re quests are received by this depart ment each year from persons desir ing to solicit the cltv for funds. Very few of these are granted. Lo--re 1 organizations in good stand'ng are supported, and fake out-of-town persons eliminated. , There schemes Include advertising, unknown char itable institutions, 1 schools and churches. Indigent persons and oth ers dependent upon their nerve rath er than Initiative in making a living. Many thousands of dollars are saved the merchants annually by this! serv ice. . j Itinerant Venders.- Constant at tention is' given to this class Of vis itors' to eliminate the fake kind! from the city. j Grocers Auxiliary. Through tb's department an organization vas per fected, for the benefit of local gro cers. Practically all grocers of the city are members. .! Legislation. - Supported Oregon State Grocers'; association and Retail Grocers' Association of Portland, fi nancially and morally in effort to obtain legislation of benefit to the retailer. During the last session many conferences were heldjwl'h legislative committees with the re sult that the trading stamp people did not accomplish their par pore. Assisted In defeating the flOOjwage exemption law. ! Civic. j Riverside Dip. Inaugurated and conducted City Bathing beach, i mak ing a. nominal charge of 5 cents to cover Jcost of operation; children under 16 free. Attendance during seas'on was approximately 200.000 persons. The object of this move was to provide, a place for thej -children to find recreation under safe condition?. Previous to tnt (start ing of this movement several drown ings occurred each year! Lrst year there were none in the vicinity of the city. This beach protecuj your boys and girls. 1 Free- Camp Ground. Inlt'at-'l and conducted "Free Camp grojunis at the State Fairgrounds for) tour 1st travel. Estimated attendance approximately 20.000. Co-operated with State Fair board in mainten ance.' - j Street Signs. Petition city 'coun cil to purchase street signs for t'ne main streets of the city. Cbuncll passed petition, and purchased and erected signs during the past sura- Newj Southern Pacific Depot.- Have worked I with i Southern Pacific railway and obtained an appropria tion for new Southern Pacific depot, the construction of which has hogun. -fi Free Inter-county Ferry.4-Sue-ceeded In inducing the county courts to maintain free ferry service be tween 'Salem land Polk connt. Marlon-Polk County Bridge Srlt. Instituted and maintained mania mus proceedings atalnst two county courts in an effort to settle highway bridge dispute. The proceedings re sulted In the courts . coming to an agreement. The case was entitled Plnckney White versus Marlon and Polk, county. Much credit is due John McNary for his untiring efforts to settle this case. 0. P. Bridge Plankings-Obtained permission of railroad to plank rail way bridge in case ferry service proved inadequate. Substitute prop osition of moving old structure ac cepted by county court. i Salem Hospital Association.- Are co-operating with Salem Hospital association In an effort to Obtain better hospital facilities for the city. Motor Car Service Operated mo tor car service between Polk, county and Salem from the lirae or the! clos ing of the inter-county bridge until the ferry could be Installed. The club guaranteed the operating ex pense of the motor 4ar. i Way Car Service Negotiated suc (fniiT with Southern Pacific in obtaining way -car freight service be tween Polk and-Marion county.) Social Service Center Although this organization Is separate 1 one sense, yei muca ui . w i w through the club. The manager of the club is secretary of that associa tion. This association centrWises the eharitv work of the city and saves the business men and citizens nt the town substantial amounts 01 money in doing away with promiscu ous charity and its accompanying abuses. '''.-J- Free Employment Bureau juam taina free emnlovment office and last year found work for overt 300 nnllesnts. oat of about 450. 'Many of the positions were permanent. Tbe club has the support of the com munity in this effort and often times has as many as twenty calls for men to work, In one day. 1 The present difficulty Is to find men to fill the Hobs. r i Old People's Home-- Assisted board of Old People's Home In rais ing money for new home in this. city. The campaign . is completed and! this will give the city another $25,O0jO In stitution. , J L , i Municipal Play Grounds Special co-operation and assistance was given in development of this valua ble recreational work. I I Salem Women's Club The audi torium of the commercial club has been remodeled and the Salem Wom an's club hs been added as an ad junct to the organization. . front now on thee two bodies will at to gether for the unbuilding of the city. ; Agricultural. Corn Show Maintained Annual STnm ahnw tnr rive dftVs at which ! exhibit farmers from all over the valley exhibited. The show Is not only limited to Salem, but previous to the exhibit here, similar affairs were held in tbe surrounding towns and the winners of these exhibits bring their prize winning lots to be shown In .Salem. This show was held In December. Poultry Show Donated money to the Marlon County Poultry associa tion to maintain annual poultry show.". ' ... ! :- Our Farmer Friends A cordial and pleasant relation exists between the club and our friends unon Marion county's farms, because the clup in vites the farmers to call and sejeure 'nr co-oneration whenever needed. At present are working withl the eMinty granges and have secured the State Granr convention in this) city for 1918. The asrieultu-al meniber rhlps are Increanlng cintfnuallvj. Tourist, Publicity nnd Convention. Conventions Succeeded In bfing the following t conventions to Sa'er ' ' t 1917 Ore eon Retail Grocers' on- vppHf. 150 itte-laoce. 1917 Oregon Cheese and Better MVer' convention, first meeting 12fl ttentnsee. 5 An 1917- Oregon Cheese and Batter Makers convention, second meeting 1 00 -tenrtanee. 1917 Oreron State Threshermen convention, 300 attendance. 1917 State Editorial Association convention, 200 attendance. . f 1917 State Horticultural Society convention, November, 200 atten dance. -' 1917 Layman's Missionary con vention, 1000. i i 1918 Oregon Retail Jewelers' con vention, 200 attendance. 1918 Oregon State Grange con vention, 500 attendance. Six dollars has been adopted as the average minimum expenditure of each visitor at these conventions, which average three days in dura tion. This means that the commer cial club has brought $32,850 to Sa lem on this one item alone andMt s money that . otherwise would never have seen atem. . Cherrlans. The club co-operated with this organization In every way possible. Donated $200 for their use. The Cherrlans are one of 'the biggest advertising assets of tbe city. Publicity. Attained publicity in all the leading papers In the United States and Canada through the Asso ciated Press dispatch service. Special i magazine articles In Town Develop- Iment, American City, and Financial American, Polk's County Directory. - Special Publicity. Through "Salem Name Changing" Idea placed Salem, Oregon, before people of the United States in all newspapers, both in news columns and editorially. The manager has a file clipping that If paid for would have cost the organi zation approximately $150,000. Many Quotations i such as these are proof enough. "He f manager) '; obtained for his town (Salem) advertising that would have put tbe town's treas ury on a deficiency bails if It had been paid in cold cash." "We take our hats off to Salem. Oregon, it Commercial. Club and Its Commercial Club manager." etc. , Tourist Travel Publicity; Co-one-rMlng with: the i North west , Tourist Association,; which organization re ceived an appropriation from the state to be uted In advertising the resources of Oregon. Inquiries, The club received on an average ' of ten letters each day inquiring as to the financial status, health, population -and such statis tics, business openings, etc.. to pe bad in the city, value of farm lands. production, and many other perti nent questions. These Inquiries al ways receive a personal letter and literature fitting their needs. This Is a service that could ' not be per formed i by any other, organization and one! that nets the community di rect advertising to those who are di rectly Interested, j: f'::;'"; C'-C LeglNlation and Taxation. General Work. During th,e year this department has been i asked to pass upon approximately sixty differ ent laws and questions affecting the community 1 generally, such as new freight rates; Interstate commerce acts, postage laws, etc. The orga nization! has sent protests against and petitions for many different laws, both to local and national congress. A few such questions In which Salem was especially interested are: Freight j Rates. Petitioned Inter state commerce commission against discriminating rate to coast points. $80,000 Appropriation for Willam ette. Instituted and maintained a campaign for an $80,000 appropria tion for government to deepen locks at Oregon City, making it possible to run freighters up Willamette. Ap propriation granted, v Cbemawa Appropriation- . Peti tioned the committee- of Indian af fairs in senate and house for an ad ded appropriation for Chemawa. This institution 1 was in. need ot . more money and was Ini a bad shape. The government was talking , of moving the school, j Created Interest suffi cient to I have this committee deter mine to leave school here and makf a $35,000 i appropriation for new building ! and Improvements, with l a promise of more: each succeeding year. ROYALE CAFETERIA I This cafeteria Is propertly named, for it is certainly a "Royal" place to eat. William McGilchrist Son, who are the owners., have catered to the public in "eats" for the past nine years in Salem, and their hungry patrons trust that they will be there for many years more. The Royale is well equipped and arranged, and can seat 160 -diners at one time. The room is wejl lighted and everything j about the I place la spotlessly clean. The great variety of food which they furnish Is Well coojked and palatable, and when the hungry man goes in there he can take his choice of a bigger variety and get quicker service than he can find at other eating houses.1 It appeals to the busy, hungry man who can spare only sd much time for lunch or evening meal, and the, little ltbor required in; carrying, his tray to tbe table Is not noticed. The cafe teria service Is growing in popular ity in all cities, and It Is an Insti tution that has come to stay, Salem Is Justly proud of the Royale, ano patronizes it liberally. . Of course. It is the only cafeteria !n tbe city, but its large capacity sat isfies the need here, and it would be t. daring business man that would at tempt to enter Into competition with an institution that has such a long record of success and whose propri etors are so widely and favorably known to the public. The iwriter knows whereof be speaks, ; because they "fill him up" dally, and we are trying to return the compliment; though with something not quite so substantial. Notwithstanding the htg hcost of living, we notice very little change between prices now and. formerly at the Royale. This may account for their-big trade in a large measure, but the accommodating and courteous service of the proprietors and their help Is another big factor which holds their increasing, patronage. If you want to know where to get something to .fill the ."inner man,-' get it quick and get it right, call at 460 State street, and grab a t.ay. They will do the rest. Salem is the prune center of. the Paelfic ' . Northwest. The Or im prune is the best; iu the markets of the world, and command. the. n'ch est prices. . The man with a good prune, orchard ! In the ;. Wlllametta valley Is Independent. a groving The Capital Junk Co. Although the youngest junk com pany in Salem the Capital Junk Com pany is enjoying one of the largest patronages of the junk concerns of Salem. : w. ir.; ! The business was 1 established - In May, 1916, and Is owned and oper ated by Wm. Cohen, formerly of Portland, a man of many years' ex perience in the junk business. Mr. Cohen, by close attention to business prompt service to patrons and by paying a generous price for junk, has caused his institution to be frequently called the- Square Deal Junk House. ! His close connection with large junk concerns in Portland. San Fran cisco and other large cities' enables him to dispose of his junk quickly and at a price that justifies him in paying a high cash price to the pub lie. ' ' Althourh the war ' has caused, the same unsettled condition In the junk business that it has In other; lines, Mr. Cohen has confidence in his judg ment of market conditions and buys Without fear of financial loss, it would, urpilse anyone to bcac of the NEW ELECTRIC POWER PLANT River Mill Hydro-EWtrir Station on the Clack- - amat River Very few people In Salem, or vicin ity, have had any pievious knowledge of the big electric power transmission line that has been added to the equipment of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company,' although its River Mill hydro-electric power plant has been in use for some little lime. ' - Manager W. M. Hamilton, speaking for his company, predicts that during 1918. .barring accidents,! other Im provements will be made that will inure to the benefit of the city of Salem, as well as the rural districts in the valley. The Portland Railway, Light A Power Company during the early part of this year, completed the con struction of a new 60,000 volt elec tric power transmission line to Sa lem from what is known as their River Mill hydro-electric power plant on the Clackamas . river, near Esta cada. It took about two months to complete the Installation of this line, it being constructed by way of Beaver-Creek and Mt. Angel on the Wil lamette Valley Southern Railway.. Since completion it gives Salem a source of supply absolutely Independ ent of its present principal sources, which is th4 hydro-electric plant or the same company on the Willamette river at Oregon City. The power from the last plant is conducted to Satem over a 60,000 volt transmission line located mostly on .'the right-of-way of the Oregon Electric Railway com pany, the substation of which latter company are also supplied with elec tricity from this line. New Substations. The Installation of this new line necessitated an addition to the sub fetation at Mill and Liberty streets, to contain the high-voltage trans formers which change the voltage from 60,000 down to 2300 volts, which la the pressure used In dis tributing the electricity throughout tbe city. This new transmission line and the transformers- have a capacity of 2500 kilowatts, "which Is equiva lent to the amount of electricity re quired to operate 10,000 20-candle power 2 5-watt incandescent lamps, such as are ordinarily used in the home. - - . . ; In addition to supplying power to Salem by this line, power Is also sup plied to the Southern acme Com pany at the power house at Mill and Liberty streets, and transmitted by a 60,000 volt transmission line nortn to Union street, across the Union street bridge, and to the sub-station of the S. P. Co. on the west side of the valley where It is transferred In to electricity of a proper, voltage tor use in the operation of the electric i all way lines of the 8. P, Co. in this section of the Willamette valley. The Introduction of this new pow er line gives Salem and vicinity four sources of supply two from the two plants above mentioned; one from the steam plant in .Salem, and one rroni the small water power plant at SU verton. Either of tbe first two sourc es is of ample capacity to supply the entire requirements of Salem and vl trinity, so that either line will serve Las a relay or auxiliary sou ice to the ether, so mat in case oi iruuoie i oneline or at one power plant th-3 electricity can be supplied from tbe other In a few minutes. Continuous Service. The introduction or this Hue Is of considerable' benefit to tbe customer, of tbe company In this vicinity, as it insures almost , continuous i service, which is of considerable Importance to electric power users rn particular, and also to the state Institutions, such as the asylum and penitentiary. If the lights in the penitentiary are suddenly extinguished for more than a very, few mlnues. due to failure ; of the source of supply at certain times, there is always danger or an outbreak of some kind, 'and the in creased reliability of service mads possible by this new line will benefit this institution In particular, prob ably more than any other. The jtota! "expense Involved im bringing this new line Into Salem was approximately '140.000. All uf the material that could be supplied locally was purchased locally, as well as labor. , This puts Salem In the strictly up-to-date .metropolitan class of cities with respect to its electric light and power service. We have no cyclone In Oregon, i Business v Makes Rapid Strides large quantities of junk of all kinds he! has handled from Salem and other towns in the Willamette valley. As an example of the volume of business he is doing, the writer, when Interviewing Mr. Cohen, was delayed time and again by the ringing of. the telephone' by' people wanting Mr. Co hen to call for junk they, had for sale. The 'government, now. needs ail metals, rubber, etc., available and the Capital Junk Company is doing a good work In collecting these materi als and making them available to the government for the manufacture of war supplies. A service car is kept constantly In use and Is at all times "on the Jump" calling at residences and business houses which have junk for sale. All any citizen has to do to dispose of junk Is to telephone . 398 and the car will be there In a surprisingly short time. v Don't let useless old iron, copper, brass, tin, zinc, rubber, or any other lunk, useless to yourself, lie aroun4 the premises. Turn it into cash and thus make it available to the nation. OLDEST PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY Yes, there has been a photosrapa g-illeiy on that "corner rince gome time so far back that there are few today to remember when It wns net there, but it Las been on during thi pasf sixteen years that the present owner has ' been In charge. . Twu Cronlso Is the owner of the oldest failery In town, up stalls tn tbe sututhwest corner ot Commercial and Court streets, or to give the exact number. 193 N. Commercial street. In this gallery there are negatives cf many of our older residents takea years ago. j t or when Mr. Croni. started the galleiy under bis own name he came into possession of many void and valuable negatives from a former owner. Frequently, these old negatives are very much de sired and many good orders are made from them. : This Is today one of the popular galleries and Is how equipped witi modern appliances for doing all kind! of photographic workup' Mrs. Cronisa assists With the work, and many or the finest pictures seen in this sec tion bear the trade mark of lta "Cronlse Studio." VERMONT LOAN AND TRUST COLIPATIY The Vermont Loan an Trust Com rany. located at 314 Masonic Tempi, does an extensive business In t arm loans. They also deal In farm mort gages, and have some gilt-edged mortgages for sale;, :. . , Mr. Harry M. ' Hawkins, state agent for Oregon, Is one or tbe pro gressive young business men of Sa lem, and is a gentleman with whom It is a pleasure to do business. As announced elsewhere In this paper, they make loans on farm property, rtvlng the advantage or accepting $100 payments, or multiples-thereof, at any interest pay-day., Farmers desiring loans, or those wishing to place money on Improved farms, would do well to consult tLii company, ; .. . y. ARCHERD IMPLELIENf CO. Mr. Charles R, Archerd, owner of this company, has tee a resident of Salem two years, ni in that ilm-t has made a distinct Impresklcn upon the business circles of the Capital City. - x ,. , . For eight years Mr.. Xrcherd was a traveling salesman for the Jcim Deere Plow Co., and "manager s x years, and knows the Implement bus iness from start to finish. He li a man whom it Is a nlessare'tn moot for he knows his subject and makes nis aecision promptly. He already has made a favorable impression on the farmers or : this section, and he reports his trade as constantly ir. creaslbg. ij In 1915 he bought the S. A. Man ning stock and the business has been greatly Increased since he took hoi 1 of It. While many lines which tliU company handles have gone skyward, and "some ltns are hard to obtain, nevertheless Mr. Archerd has been able to supply his trnde promptlv. and his prices have been co.ir ervu- tlV. jV"V' ' , The demand for steel and Iron hi been so- great during the9 war timet that It Is a question whether farm Implements will be fumed out & plentifully in the future r.s In r e wst. It is common senst to pred'et that they will be at least no chen -er. snd It 1 li safe guess of the writer of these lines .that the farmer who gets in his orders ffrst vill be tlia gainer t :'?' '-' ' '!-" Mr. Archerd states .that h 1,m alwavs been delighted with Salem .as i residence city, and t'T ome tne before coming here had watched bis opportunity to find a business open ing In this city. He knew; what 1 wauted, and when jtha i opnrtiinIiy mocked he opened the door vr slammed It shut before the chanct could get away. j ' He states that hells not sorry tt t he did so. but is more than natif.fi and- expects to make Salom his fu ture home. Salem heartl'y we'.co" n 3 him to its business family. e.j The annual rainfall fn SalfM h about the same In number of j-r' s in the cent'-al part of Iowa. , have more cloudy dr-y here 1 ever, and davs on which there i rllht rainfall. Thta latter f.irt t given an erroneoua Imprcss-cT many minds. It rains here a deal In the rainy season, and t shines. In the dry season, it enough, and the sun shines e so that the properly cultivt- never, fall. ' room to grow in. C: