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A 1 J 11, i THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON GREATER SALEM DISTRICT NUMBER, MARCH 1923 etmilltM HMMMMM HMMMHMHtMMMIMMHIMMM HIHMIIItMIIMIHH HMtMUMIHH M ft 1 1 1 II 118 1 1 II M M II I Ml I M a It 1 1 M4 ; ; ; GEO. W. STEELHAHMER Expert Prescriptlonists ' ,: Loca'trd : In our new building at the. corner of First and Main Streets, we are ready to Berve you "with a smile." Our line, of overstuffed furniture, davenport tables, end tables-and period dining-room sets isi complete. ' - Our liberal credit terms make it easy for you to have your house furnished in the style you like. LADIES! Comfortable and elaborate rest room at your disposal BRl'X'SAVH'K talking machines, records, and supplies. I SED DEPARTMENT Here you will find many wonderful bargains. Trade in your old furni ture for new. v e "Silvertou's Largest Furniture Store" " II. L. STIFl FURNITl'RE CO., IXC. SILVERTOX; OREGON The Needlecraft and Baby Shop i THE WOMEN'S SPECIALTY SHOP 210 Main Street Exclusive Styles in Women's Wear BLAIR'S Delicatessen and Grocery COOLIDGE McCLAINE B A N K ,. - . .... ,. - . r . lt Established 1880 I 1 I I ; 1 1 I 1 11 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I U II 1 I I I I I 1 1 I' Try Olsen 5:. Suits ' Coats 'Blouses ; Corsets Petticoats Hosiery Carries All the New Ideas You Need Pharmacy First! The Rexall Store Victor Phonographs Eastman Kodaks Main St., Silverton, Or. Lyon Rug Yarns and D. M. C. CAT HERN BRUCE 10G First Street V . Successor to Mrs. M. P. Hoge Exclusive Spring' Millinery pjow on Display j Everything to Eat and Drink At Uie Corner by . the Bridge VUTc F. R. Blair Silverton, Oregon Hand Painted China f v.. :: Estat bed 1910 Silverton Variety Store T. M. Lukens, Prop. Specialty made of 6, lO, 15 and 25c articles 111. First Street ; StLVERTOX, ORE. "Cozy Maid" Ice Cream , "Cozy Maid" and SILVERTOXIA ' CHOCOLATES Meals Lunches The Cory Confectionery 213 Main St. : Cusiieri Quality Store 207 Slain Street ' Taney and Staple Gro ceries. Dry Goods, Dishes, j General Merchandise. Geo. Cujiter Silverton, Oregon 0ns Year in ' Silverton We are using double the space we had to commence with. ; Our ales hare been quad rupled. - Quality Goods and ; Fair Prices has been our motto, i We carry a complete line ot Hardwire, Stoves, Ranges, Sash, Doors, Paints, Oils, Queensware. Granite, Aluminum, and Tin ware. , :v:';, ; M ,. Wilbur Ai Cochran St ' Son F. V. Pettyjohn . w . . .;' . AUTOMOBILES Vrdlys-ICnight y Overland Gardner Silverton, Ore. ( Bentson's Grocery Home of the Best Groceries We believe every thing rou buy of us witl give entire satisfaction Phone Main 212 Prompt delivery to all I parts ot the city -.! ' j Pint St., Silvertou, Or. CITY MEAT CO. Tejland & Larson Proprietors SILVERTON OREGON Res. Phone Black 1341 Office Phone Black 771 D. L GE1SER REAL ESTATE Farms and City lrop erty and Trades Office 1 II 8. Water St. SILVERTOX, ORE. INTER URBAN TELEPHONE . CO. ' . Now in Our New, Building BETTER SERVICE at the .. OLD PRICE Y v I Come in and See Us Julius Aim & Sons, Inc. . .... -.... , . . . The Progressive Grocer end Cents' Furnisher i:v ' " Eitablbhed 1903 SItVERTON - SECOND CITY OF MARION COUNTTY IN SI c Manufactures More Lumber Than Any Other City in Greater Salem District and Is Exceeded by Very Few Cities on Pacific Coast Two Big Mills, Silver Falls Timber, Co. and Silverton Lninbsr f L i Predominate Modern in Civic Methods and Equipment School System of Healthful, Sanitary Buildings and Standard Course of Study Is Among the Best Wcmenjs Organizations Take Silverton, second city in size 'in Marion coanty, is a payroll city of large proportions. It is also the center, of a rich and thickly set tled farming community, in the heart ot the famous Willamette valley, "the garden spot of the .orld." Upon the union of these two resources', manufacturing and farming rests the founda tion of its prosperity. Manufacturing ot lumber plays a major part in Silverton's. indus trial life, although there are other industries a-plenty that contrib ute mightily to its support. Farm ing is carsied on in many types, from grain raising to the inten sive culture of fruits. , While the giant sawmills are busy creating wealth out of the areas of timber which .are, adjacent on the east. the flour mill t, the cannery, Uie creamery are turning into finish ed products,, the raw materials from the , farms. Silverton af fords a happy example of the pro per diversification t of r industry; the. effect of which is found in, (her contented, prpsperous. loyal xeo- plo. - -VX-K . 1 v - " i Silverton Big Lumber Producer Silverton is the largest lumber producing city in the Willamette valley and is excelled by very few, individual communities anywhere i In the Paciiic Northwest, where i the great bulk of the lumber now manufactured on this continent is made. Its 'two big plants, the Silver Fallrf Timber cmpany and the Silverton Lumber, company had an output last year, accord ing to the , Timberman, of over 120,000.000 feet. The former manufactured 94,000,000 and the 'latter.. 26,780,000 There were only four companies In j the entire j Pacific Northwest which ; boasted an output greater that that oi the Silver Falls ny. ' This Institution.. which has a! property valued at . several mil lions 'of dollars, came to Silverton "n the spring of 1916. It Is com posed of eastern and Oregon cap ital. It erected a $500,000 plant and, began active operations one year later. It owns 30,000 acres of the best fir and hemlock ti ra the logs ?o its mill by rail. The-Cteek, which ordinarily supplies institution has ( been a great fac- the motive power of 3000 horse tor in' the development of Sil- capacity. Thri mill turns out be verton. jii'des flour and rolled oats, sev- Be3ides these two large plants, eral brands of pancake ' flour -there are; two smaller lumber wheh have a big sale. The companies, the Oreer Lumber plant -" "ilete in every way, company which operates a mill;with the latest machinery. The four miles from Silverton and the John Brewer ; Lumber com pany about! terght .miles distant; Furnace Are Manufactured warehouse has a storage capac ity of 100,000 bushels of wheat and 320,000 bushels of oats. The S Iverton Blowpipe com- and flour mill manufactures pany is an" industry ' great ben- flour for the domestic trade and efit to Silverton. 'It is owned .carries on a general business in by the Eastman Brothers, who feed gr'nd ins? and grain storage, came to Silverton n 1907 to in- Mr. Loughmiller has added a ctb o! the ! community $60,600, and a yearly-payroll of . $20,000. the Silverttn- Food Products Co., is of almost unestimable value to tlie commurtity. Prior to: its es tablishment in 1919, hundreds of tons of blackberries, not to men- U':i other fruits, were go ng to j waste in the Silverton . district. Charles A. Hartley conceived the idea that . this loss could be stopped by i canning the berries and finding a market for them. He backed; his fath with his money and jn July, 1919, started a small " cannery, which has; de veloped into the present organi- Creek, into which it has just moved. Ths organizat'on was founded in 1904 by P.: L. Brown and started in 1905 with 45 pat rons. It now operates 875 own ed stations and about 70 farmer owned stations. The growth pf its business has required an ex penditure" of about $3000 per year for improvements and ex tensions during, the three years up to 1922, when" It installed im provements requiring the Invest ment of $13,000. These better ments include - a - new srrice switchboard ' with a capacity of 00 1 nes or approximately 1300 plates build'ng and equipping, a free swimming hole th s sea son. . Various , brganlzations have used the park for convention pur poses; 4n uact so frequent has been this practice that Silverton c'tizens. are -coin . n - to - name tt Convention park. The city in vites such use of this attract:ve spot, the entrance to wurcb. Is marked by-stone pillars, set with bronze plates wh ch acknowledge with grat'tude; the kindness of the donors , in ' presenting it to the city. -' The auto 'park,' also given- to the city by the Cbolidge 4c Mc- Timber" comp- 7 - , 'I l". ' - v - T ' I fc. - - - ''II, I il a comak:: t x Bock, cl a 1 ' $3000 to Hz lie city. W. L. .Cl -h Silverton Jr-. 3 tem, which ia j ' r cf (i. ness ecreury;T. I ham and A I. ; 2 ter is super lr: -.it supply, wfekk ; ; tl the city prer lis four and cae t! rU Creek. TH used jnainly; ':. en from ths ";aa systems are a I :3 I needs. ' j -Paved street 't 1 he city's i.1 ivery b'ock;I;a m laid with coac cr ' tic. b lverto rarvs -ity in the; 1 t -lumber of m'. 1 of p onulatlon. I t i3 whih' every Jdent rroud. I Irads la I tt Fischer Flouring Mj!s, Silverton, Whose, Output Finds Immcd ".-Tiate Consumption in Home -and Forclm Markets-r-Big Asset ber, a supply that assures opera-reived the .idea of starting stall r blowpipe for the Silver ton company. These young men, influenced by the then panicky t'mes into thinking that their Jobs nvght not be secure, con- in tion for years and years This Ii connected with, the mill at Silver- ton by a track. of 35 miles long." business tor themselves at S 1 verton They did so and they have succeeded not only in e- t'umber of j new additions lately. !at!on. Work'ng against' handi The mill buildings, log pond and jtablishing one of the most ex 1'ia'nly for rwa rehouse room. , The Silverton Foundry comp any discharges an important function in manufacturing a,nl nepa'r'ng logging machinery,, of all kinds as Well a3 farm machinery.- It affords employment for a number of skilled laborers and contributes significantly to SM- yards comprise a plot of 143 acres. I tens've and best equipped sheet Terton's,.- prosperity. It eight hours and gives employ ment to 500- men at the mUl and to from 400 to 500 men-In the woods. The V" bu'idlngs " erected and used in connection with this Industry, besides the mill proper. include a modern office building, power bouse, stacker house, dry kilns, sort'ng 'tables, . planing mills, machine shop, car. shops etc. The Silverton Lumber company is owned practically by Silverton capital. It erected Its plant in 1907 and;-has operated it con tinuously ever since, the comp any navrng tne distinction ot De ling one of the .very few that have operated practically without a' stop over', a period of more than 15 years. It has a capaci ty ot 125,000 feet every- eight hours. Its plant occupies a site of 20 acres. It has given em-' ployment to.120 men at the mill and to a crew of 1M men in the woods. Its Umber ; holdings are near Mehama, whence it ships also fruit but they have perfected a pipe-ifcfoves and,, does a general foun- The plant has a capacity of 723.-! metal working plants in the state jinannacturr hop and I j 000 feet of finished lumber every less i furnace, the "Sibloco." wh'ch . is sold extensively throughout the country. They nlso manufacture blowpipe sys tems. 1 which with their spec'al hoods, suction ..pipes,' fans and cyclone separators, are install in many of the largest sawmills of the Northwest. The company has an output of abont 400 fur naces a year and occupies a floor space of more than 17,000 square feet. ; Biff Flour Center r Two flour mills turn into the finished product the grain crops which: are raised in the Silverton country More than this, one ot them buys - extensively from the outs'de in order to ill! the de mands of its domestic and export trade. : This company, the Fish er Flouring Mills, has a daily capacity of 250 barrels of flour ind 100 barrels of rolled oats and flaked wheat. If is kept busy day: and. night, except in dry bus'ness. An Industry : which is of -af- niaVt. untold value to the agri- cultural interests of SUverton is, the Silverton; Creamery aud Ice company Its stockholders are ail cien who nra interested in pro moting; the agricultural interests of the . community, all of them being (armers. ' The plant has a capacity, of 2000 pounds of but ter a da,y. It sells a large por tion'1 of its product in Portland, inhere it enjoys a ready sale. iaps of many kinds, he suoceed- cJ in putting up a pack Of 100 tons of bl-ickberries: In 1920 he purrv.--- present cannery site, organized the Silverton . Food Pr1ucts company w'th localcap Ital, donhled -its equipment and output. S nee that: time 'the' out put of the company has been ap The cannery . has brought to the ...attention of the, public the unusual qual'ty." of the straw Ijerfy ra;sed on the higher lands tfibutary to Silverton. These berr'es, larre and firm, mature later than the berries on the low. iyr bottoms, and - make an unusu-L sily fancy pack. The company Trfs out two' brands, Silvertonia and Silverton. the latter 'being -lsed -almost entirely for its apple pack. . .. Two other enterprises, the Hubbs Planing Milll and the Pot- ! subscribers, ; 8000 feet of . new cable and extensions to city and it al lines. ;.p manager and Cla'e estate, contains 'three acres. U 's fast, being equipped with all L. Brown is theithe, necessary enniDtnent for secretiry. Theicnm'p life and is winning a warm company is cap talized for 000, ra'l . pa d v 'n, U -of which except $0 is ..owned Jby Silver ton people. Silverton's municipal sctivit e snd ---fons ! reflect the prosperous, ef'ic'ept, wide-awae spirit of .its, citizens. Its park system. - nnving record. its waterworks and its volunteer rlre department and all credits to the community and win the -admiration of all visitors, fs -l an 1 important part in Silverton's 1 he problem of the management .ij.idustrial life. They give em is to obtain buttertat enough to Iployment to a number of skilled lrk System Beant'ful The park system consists ot ! two beautiful ! paks. Cool dge' itrucl: chassist spot for Itself in the hearts of Cretan tourists. ; Fire IVpartment Efficient S Iverton has a volunteer -tire department of about 20 mem hcrs which has demonstrated its value to 'the; community during tbe past year. Organized in May f 921 it has acquired an equip- j meni wu cn enables it to defend the c ty most efficiently from the Fire Demon. About; a year ago or !-so ago fhe city purchased an American Amcng tat fill the itny eter.luild! i i. 1 1 McClaine park and the city auto camping park. Both-of them lie within the c:ty limits on the bank of Silver Creek adjacent to ter Sash and Door Factory, play leach other. The former, 10 , ac- supply tbe demand. It has 240 patrons on its. rolls and turns 'nto the fsupport of Silverton a payroll of $8,000 a month. In Connection with, the creamery, an ice plant is maintained with a capacity of three tons. It also is a market for eegs. Cannery FWs Void With an output of 30.000 cases ; cf canned fru'ts, ifor the raw ma wo-kmen and besides they enable Silverton's home builders to ob- res In extent, was donated a num ber of years by Messrs. CooIIdge I -a France hose body on a 3 ton The'r equipment then included one extension 20 foot ladder; one 10-toot roof lad der; two 3-gallon hand "Chemicals 4 0-gallon chemical . with 200 feet of three-quarter Inch hose. .Other equipment added in cludes' Six nozzles, nna in-fnnt it. McClaine, pioneer builders of : extension ladder. 1.000 feet ZVt bilverton and business men of wide interests in this locality. tain the'r house equipment at iThe city has improved it until at and De- home. During the past year, the city built approximately 200 new homes, which i3 a wonderful rec- the present time it is one of the most beautiful and best apolnt- ea paras to ne found anywhere. the season of low waiter in Silver jlerial of which it paid the farm-rrew building just west of Silverof all kinds. The city content ora tor a metropolis of its size. It Is attractively laid oft in Telephone System Independent Idriveways and ' scenic walks, is The Interhrban Telephone equipped with amusement fea- rompany provides Silverton with j tures for the children and' has telephone service. It occupies a grandctands for nubile mMtmn ma'n part cf strong banis. drug stores, ! millinery stores, two c 12 grocery' stores, ladiis b.lkery. 1 1 3 laui .ncn nose, helmets, boots slickers for the men and 1 tro't door opener.. The new equipment which the city has provided In the past two 'ruaintainng J years nas tqtaled approximate ly $6000. The, city has now 2300 ft; of hose 55 hydrants and C5 pounds gravity water pres sure This has lowered the in surance rate of the city 10 per cent " makl nST Sk savin rr a-Aai f w e j obi 1 1 u ments. six r t'.onery stot , stores, one. , hardware sto stores, two J craft shop, shops, three ; P.W.N0FTSKER . .;,V ntranlilng j - and Uattcrjr r ' Shop B a 1 1 ery , Ilerharglng and ; Repairing Vul caniziug, ' Oils, . Gas, jTlres, Accessorlca Prompt ; Service Ex pert Work WK-FUKXISH THE HOME COMPLETE Our Prices ' Are Interesting GEORGE A. LAND ON C03IPLETE. HOCSE FIHXISHEK l 1 : 1 . , " ' w I III ' ill . Ill - : , , 212 Main Street SILVERTOX, OUEOOX r L E. 1NMAN : ; 7. i . . . i - , : . ; t . - i V It V M 11 I X (1 A X 1 It K A T 1 X li ' ' Now at oar new location, HO Koatlt First; Street )' S I L V E R T 0 N LAUNDRY IV Wash 'Em Clean Silverton Blowpipe 'Co. . Manufacturers of Sibloco : Furnaces General Sheet Metal Work The Wall Paper i .... v and PAINT STORE M.- L Gultenburg 212 First St. Kll'A ERTOX, bltli " 1 u u , . --i mi SILVER FAL ZJCT, D O U ( VA whit: LU l ii SILVERTON Silverton, Oregon Silverton, Oregon STAMEY BROS. ilvcrton, Oregon anl Xo. Water St, r- a. tlMH4lljlltttWHIIHtMtMIHMWWMMm MHH tf fit itt mint tifMUt: