THURSDAY MfurinKfl APRIL 6, 1922'
THE OREGON STATEST1AN, SALEM, OHEGON
Call On
Vick Brothers
for '
Overland
Oakland
Paige
Villys-Knijnt ;
Mason Tires
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Vick Brothers
Quality Car
"rTlaiiteirSlcri
l7orti G Gray
DEPARTMENT STORE
Successors to W. W. Moore
Dedicated to Stimulating Our Present Industries
And to the Establishment of New Ones
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The Way to Build Up . Your Home Town
' Is :': to, .Patronize Your Home People .
Tfie Surest Way to Get More and Larger Indus
tries Is to Support Those You Have v
177 N. Liberty EL Balera, Or.
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VEATHERLY ICE CREAM 4
WiERCUP'ICE CREAM CO.
P. 1L Grezory. &kt.
240 Sonth Coruaerdal Street 4 v
Salem
This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made
possible by the advertisements placed on these pages b,y our public
spirited business men men whose untiring efforts hve bluilded our
present recognized prosperity and who are ever striving for greater
and yet greater progress as the years go by.
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Your Health Bepnt When Yen
Phone 87
for" an appointment
DR. O.L.SCOTT
P. S. a Chiropractor
Hours 10 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p, a,
DRY-GOODS-
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HIE SM TELEPHONE SYSTEM HIS H ID 15
IB A STEADY m 0 1 LOCAL CALLS ,
: HAVE DSD TO HLV FIFTEEN THOUSAND DAILY
Salem Has the Distinction of Having Connected with Its Telephone System the
Largest Number of Farm Phones of Any Exchange on the Pacific CoastThere
Are Sixty Employees of the Salem Office, with a Monthly Payroll of $6020
Started in May, 1884, the Growth at First Was Very Slow, But It Has Been
Rapid in the Past Few Years Industry a Vital Part of Business and Social Life
of City-
BjrW.H. DANCY .
The history, of the growth of
the telephone. Industry in Salfm is
en : intarestins end , progressire
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; - The first telephone wes Install
ed in May, 184, eleTen year aft-
er the invention of the telephone
by Alexander Graham Bell. The
first central board was located tn
the. off ice of the Western Union
Telegraph , company. Tnis was a
magneto switchboard with a Rapa
city of 50 lines. The outside plant
Eyes Tested
A &ane$ Fitted
cl trsun ctfnUy ta4 froBBr
HartmanBrosi
Jewelers and Opticians
Salecv Orcjon
Your 'Clothes
. , Witli sal Wry
fcT. Skvtag - f Uwm- j
SalcmtLaundry
any .
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136 Liberty St.'; Phone 25
oyi?co.
Croon Haadlis, Btop Han.
dies,-; Papt rings, Tenl
Testes, all Ki?ss oruara
wood lupdics r nianaiae
,.: turcd by the
Oregon-Vood
Products Co.
'.Weitr'EaScia
CapitalCity
Laundry
Quality tad jScnice
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Fhont-lCS
ICING'S FOOD PRODUCTS
COMPANY '
Dcnydratcrs.and Canners
; Oregon Fruits and Vegetables
Salem Portland . The Dalles
Oregon
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Wiring jFixtares
; ' -f.!atdas .
Electrical Appliances
Salem Electric:
, ; Company
H it' electric,, come t
ilasonlc Temple. Phone 1200
MONEY TO LOAN
On Farm Land
FIRE INSURANCE
oni , i
Your Bulldinffs
REAL ESTATE
LA. HAYFORD
305 SUte St.
SALEM 'OREGON
Our efforts will be to assist in every possible way tbe
develbpnent of tbe farmland berry industries of this
'-'i 'Y't valley . ; ;
OREGON-PACKING COMPANY
A JA01 dT Embalmer
to care for women end
- children is a, necessity In
all funeral home. We are
I the only ones tarnishing
such terrlce."
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Terwiiiger .
Funeral Home
i 77ft ChemekeU BU Phone 724
BJLLEM. OREGON
Uonunibhts and
Tombstones
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. Big Stock' on Display
Capital n?nur:;ntal
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by periencfe4; Swiss ' Cheese
1 ' SwisT Cheesa. 'v '
' Cream jtrtck Cheese '
i Limbcrcr Chccss
Order from-.the factory or
. . f rom; jcont .fTocer
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, ' Phone S1FU
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We ear? Che following' lines
of PAINTS, Bherwin Williams
Co. end Base Hueter Co. '
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Falls City-SaltnLcnber
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lJ B. Kelsay. Mgr. ,
249 8. I2tn Bt. " Phone S 12
Dixie Health Bread
" Ask Your Grocer
G. SATTERLEll
Aucnotm
Phones: Residence, 1211
Office. 1177
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BREAD
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: LIISTLAND BAKERY
1 2th and ChemekeU ,
Order iron your grocer
was almost entirely single wire or
grounded sj-Btem and the ' wires
were s rung principally on build
ing and on Western Union poles;
in only a few cases did the Tele
phone Company supply its own
poles. The growth of the exchange
was very slow; in January, 1886.
there were only 25 subscribers
connected. In 1890 this had
grown to 11 5-and the central of
fice was moved to the corner of
State and Commercial streets, and
Dr. Lee Steiner, now superin en
dent of the Oregon State Hospital,
appointed agent. Under his super
vision the exchange growth was
rapid, and in 1898 the central of
fice waa moved to 282 North Com
mercial street.
In lsuu the exchange had
grown o 287 stations, and in 1905
the central office was moved to
its present location, 170 North
Liberty street. At the same time
a new five section. common bat
tery switchboard waa installed
and some underground and aerial
cable supplied in the down town
section.
i enoa oi juipia urowin
There then began a period of
rapid development; in 1910 there
were 2401 stations In service, in
1915. 3324, and at the present
time 4480. Long distance serrlce
was first established in 1898 with
line to Portland and the next
year the first long distance Une
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Salem Central Telephone Office Building With Part of Force
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south was completed through to
San Frarfcisco. At the present
time 31 tool circuits are connect
ed with the Salem board, giving
service to all points on the coast
and making connections' with toll
lines reaching British Colombia
points and the entire eastern aec-
The Salem Telephone- Switchboar d with the Operators at Work
Seamlcjj -Hot Water
Bottles and
Comlination Syringes
Guaranteed Not To Leak
! Prices frca $1 up
Brewer Drug Co.
4 OS Court SL Thone 184
tlon of the United States.
Largest on the Coast ,
Salem is situated in the center
ot a large farming area and jhas
connected with its telephone sys
tem, farmer lines from a section
with a radios of nearly 20 mites
from the center of the city, sod
these lines carry 1070 farmer
line subscribers. This rural tele
phone development is a distinct
advantage to Salem from an in
dustrial standpoint. Salem has tho
distinction of having connected
with its telephone system the
largest number of i farmer tele
phones of any exchange on the
Pacific Coast. ' ; : :.
The central office operators
handle an average of 14.919 local
calls per day and an average .of
534 long distance calls.
. Home Partners -(
There are, CO employes of the
Telephone Company in Salem, and
many of these are partners in the
business, having subscribed for a
total of 180 shares of telephone
stock.
Accompanying this article is a
photograph showing the (central
office building with a portion of
the operating and maintenance
forces grouped at the entrance,
also a photograph of the switch
board with operators at work.
Salem can well be proud, of i's
telephone industry; the employes
are local people from Salem
homes. The-Telephone Company
has a monthly payroll of . $6020
here. The telephone plact al
ready represents an investment of
$350,000, -and the demand for,
additional telepbraes require
constant additions and .betterments.'-
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The telephone service H good,
the employes courteous, the per
manency of the pay roll hre is
unquestioned, and the Industry is
a vital part of the business and
social life of this city. The Com
pany extend3 to all its patrons a
irai oltice. The manarer. wil1
upon request, arrange to have
visitors shown through. ' the
switchboard rooms and tfie oper
atlon of the equipment explained-
cordial invitation to visit its ern-TA. Wood, where they plaa tomki
trai office. Tho Minimr -m I.. . . w
meir Home for some time. ' : .
Johnnie Schiffener of Corval
Us came o?er Friday to Tlsit
few days with his brother, Fred .
Schifferer. . , v v .. ' .-
' William Butrke announced tbe
other day that he had engaged
Canker Gry. of the Turner State
bank : and . Tearl liassler, editor
of the Turner Tribune, to pick
his loganberries. ! - . - " '
; Jim Wood and wife of Salem
spent Suuday here . with" F. H.
Wood. .,;,,x1;-: ;,,..:'
W. J. Hadley and family and
Iran' Hadley and wife attended
the Sunday school convention in
Turner Sunday.
"Mr.-and Mrs. Frank Chapman
and L. E. liennis were in Saler
Tuesday en business.
The pie social and the play
given by the young folks here on
Saturday night Was very success
ful, netting them about $16. The
house waa full, as parties from
Salem and Turner and the neigh
boring districts rwerefoutl' ' ( t;
Dr. Mary : Staples-, -who has
been in California for about four
months, returned home 'Wednes
day. Mi, "and Mrs. William Jones
have, broken up housekeeping and
moved, in with their nephew, i