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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1924)
Iwiii Part Three 1 to 4 SEVENTY-FOURTH YEARv salem, Oregon; sunday morning,:june 29, 19241 price fivjj en: mm Pages I I MTOR A CMJ JPVTRTR A:TTF 1R TFj FR OM AifiWFJS OF 1 I i si i r , I i -it . ! . i, i 1 . r TT'fiTORIA. the oldest city of the Oregon "country, on July S, - 4 ,and' 5 of this year Will eele brat her recovery from one of the most extensive fire disasters ever experienced " by any community in the United States. On the morning- of December 8, 1922, . fire originating in the. heart of the city's business district swept over.JS blocks and entailed a lose of more than $11,000,000. Fortunately, wine to the fact that the Initial pread of the flames was slow, no lives were lost, ' nut hundreds were left without work and shelter. To add to the calamity, the streets In 'the very center of the business district. whlch -were- elevated on a heavily timbered framework and covered witii asphaltic paving-, were burned, And, with some seven blocks of the -street railway line.' were dropped to the sands some 12 feet below street level. Faced ' by apparently lnsurraount abla .difficulties and handicapped by the fact that the Insurant coverage averaged only about 32 per cent of -the total-loss, the merchants and business men of the -community de termined to rebuild. . . r300 Is Etseadea. .To jdate approximately J5,000.00(. has been - expended In construction of fireproof business buildings In the 'burned - area, and thousands of dollars - mere - are -entailed in con struction, of, aisallar buildings at the present time. The streets : have been ? recon structed on a permanent fill, held fcy concrete retaining walls, and covered w 1th concrete pavinx. And are now open to traffic about 18 months after the disaster. The old -fasbioned lighting sjstem has been Abolished. In 'the business district, -which will be lighted along modern lines ; the streets dare ten widened; the street railway system baa given way to a modern bus transport system with big passenger busses of the most 'modern type, linking the ends of the city to the business district. . . ' Merehaat la Xew Qaarters. Merchants who. - since, the. confla gration, have been doing business in cramped quarters In small i wooden shacks erected Immediately, after the :f ire, .are morlng Into modern estab lishments. 4-- Public Improvement has not ceased, and. with "the streets in the burned area -r-eeonstructd sand . in use. the thoroughfares around the fringe of 'the business district are lewg widened and resurfaced. ' Included among the buildings erected since the fire is a . modern eight-story hotel and several smaller ' hostelrles of the modern type. The biar .hotel was erected : by subscript tioes from ' the sorely -pressed lii.sl ness men of the city and' toy the flotation of a bond issue. Celebratloa Is Planned. ';" . Feeling that the ' greater portion f thereCoTigtruetiow work tiwbeen accomplished, and filled with op timism 1r retard to the future de velopment f the community, the business men of the city have planned on a "New Astoria celebra tion" .to which, the, people of the northwest will be Invited to see the sssinsiilHTinisnts sttslnsil slnri the disaster of 1321. A, programme entertainment has been . arrange for the three-day slehratWnt oae ""feature of which 4 vm be dedication of the stew- Elks' ironizes ;:: C,BiLH!BRATIiOIN AIHJO ROUINID)UP et ica -j. n xkv , j v asm .ray i . v v; ef v . " x , I ,ei e'.tso AfeTt l l -- sat temple bnllt over the ashes of :the old home. j Six young -women are entered la a contest for the honor of represent- i Ing the city as "Miss Astoria" and the various balls and events. of a public nature , Included in the - pro- . gramme. Athletic contests on water and land, parades, a, monster fireworks . display, dancing, band music are included in the entertainment list. City established la 1811. Astoria is a city of 15.000 people, located near the mouth of the Co lumbia river and on the largest and best -freeh water harbor in the world.! It was -established ; on the site of the old , trading post built near the mouth of the Columbia in 1811 by John Jacob Astor. The city is in the heart of a section, filled with spots of .erreat historical in terest, i The Lewis -and Clark expe dition -passed through its borders and established, its winter camp only a, few miles away. The district sur round ins, 'Astoria is intimately de scribed. in the diary of the intrepid explorer?. ' Another historical fea ture Of the district is the first Pres byterian church-erected west of the Xiocky, mountains. Astoria can be " reached by- the Spokane. Portland A attle .rati t way, several lines of river and ocean steamers and by the broad, well paved lower Columbia highway, a road of transcendent scenic beauty. - Only -a few. miles away on a .con tinuation of this . highway, are- the famed Clatsop beach resorts. Sea side, Gearhart aiid North beach re sorts.'; where surf bathing, swim ming. ' fishing, golfing and other forms of recreation evro-oa the daily programme. Round-Up All Three Days, Loggers Convention July 3. Big Celebration on the Fourth. . 3f kn Piosieeirs mud JS .. ":rt --.. sV--j rriii sit hi n in in rty-sj 'sLwBMeMassMsH I -. f .... )-- . - Jf - .i,f4-- -. 1 ' - ":V2t-i " e ' - '5 ? "-:"-" P 1 ' H i a . ! " TRAIN SOUTHERN PACIFIC SPECIAL TRAINS JULY 3RD AND 4TH Leaves Salem s.t 9:00 a. m ..Arrive at . Dallas 9:40 a. m. Leaves Salem at 1:25 p. m.. .......Arrive at Dallas 2:05 p. m. Leaves Dallas for Salem 11:45 a. m. Leaves Dallas for Salem 8:00 p.m. Roundtrip Fare 90c Also special train from Falls City to Dallas: . Leaving Falls City at 9:05 a. m..:. -..Arriving at Dallas 9:35 a. m. Leaving Dallas, returning to Falls City 7 p. m. r Roundtrip Fare 70c . , t i . - SCHEDULE SHE .x.,.. ao .nni i . j - -.I'll Jf: , k - i "'a.'- - . X t- Hx - UK " ! ' ' r LTvSV :-Jajfc..x-:;Vf a "ivlpr rsn' T? 00511 ifOt- JT . - : . S "S a TBSeaBBHMBBS HMSB SmMSMMMSa Mfl MSMHBmMBWMHHMHMSMSBHSMMaC Justice Charles A. Johns Orator of the Day At i;v - - - - i -. : -- , It 4 4 . J : j Jkv- , t. - .'''' ..in Mil ii ' i inn r" ' i ; H:iJ'l, i,i ;i j I , .!. I. 4 Noon 1 i i ' il. I) And Their Descendants '. 1 i n " i i Jt ' eei ' -e.il a... i V t c -