SECTION TWO
Pages 1 to 6
North High Street
Development Section
an:d V I G O R o u s
: sfkentV-sixth year
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY JMORNING, SEPTEMBER 10,'1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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f x i r v c "a i r in ni s n nn
MACK' ILLB
STORE HAS STYLE
Ninety Per Cent of Hats Sold
Are Designed tor balem
in. Clients
x A complete line of women's
hata, coatg, dresses and ready-to
wear rlothlng is sold by the
Mack's Millinery store, located at
the corner of North High and Cen
ter, streets. The company has been
situated therf since June, the
building having been- completed
last December. ,
Betievlnc that the district
aloDK Nofih High stret will : be
come one. of the principal business
streets in the near future, the
co.mpaoy'has. located thus far from
thej heart of the ctiy, with an eye
to the, f uture. The present rapid
growth of Salem, cannot help but
bring th district to the center
oifthe town 'in a few years at the
A , staff or six women Is em
ployed in the company'a shop all
tne time, engaged i nine manu
facturing of hats.: About 90 per
cent of the hats sold are made this
way in tne company a snop, as a
Superior grade of" hat can" thui be
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'.The. remainder of, the hats sol
and -'the' majority " ot ' the Icoa'ta,
dresses, . and other .stock are
br9ntbt : from .factories the
noriu west. . . :v . .
' ; The best lin . ot coats and
areases n town- is van ine own
era c)lhi for tbeir tock. wtll
tai'4spction successfully, they
?The; boJldinjg Is located on the
cornerf High and Center, with
MitfitnVqt.Kf feet and a depth of
ioi T The . shop for making
bats- and artering clothes is in the
Iklt rp??m. ad show, window Jn
Thsarae;;1comP8y'.ti89
a barber sbop, located ; n$$t aoor
to Chii millinery store!" E. C. "Red"
Sfclhney Is in- charge of the shop,
wathe: is equipped I wjth two bar
ler' chairs and all modem barber
bon,' apparatus. The shop is paint
ed ' white jnside, the floor, walls
and equipment .being kept Bcrup
piously clean.
Business in this part of town
is; continually lncreafling and the
dhftrlctls growing np, glrlng evi
dence o fthe Increased value of
property 'there for business- pur
poses.
- jIUtrbecued sandwiches prepar
d on a " special gas barbecuing
machine are featured by the Nook,
formerly known as Knight's Bar
.becue Shop and cafe, situated at
379 North High street. Miss Dor
othy Hutcheson aad Miss - Qrace
Oiiliam are the owners. This Is
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1ETERIA OFFlS
HEST SERVICE
Gleaning Repairing, Press-
ing and Mom rrooung
i- Are-Soecialties
The Valet eria cleiuinff and
pressing establishment, located on
tlod of North High, is one Of tha
newest and most modern business
es of its kind in Salem. It-was
opened May 3. by Rodney X,
Meyers, the proprietor,, who has
been in the cleaning and laundry
business for the last 20 years. '
,' General cleaning, repair, press
ings and moth proofing Is done,
with a continuous flow system In
the cleaning room. Thia gives
wasE,Jnd purified gaa fdrclean
IngjVthe time.
'vlTfe shop Is equipped with the
nntversally advertised Taleterla
cleaning service system- which
goes under the motto ''Cleaning
aery Ice that shapes your 'clothes.
, In this system of cleaning, the
clothes, are first tumbled in warm
dry air. then spotted with a spe
cial fluid, and soused In cleaning
fluids. They are then dried in ater-
lie air, and fluffed to bring out
the nap. They re next pressed in
uve aieam ay a special process
that shapes the clothes. -V jxA C
slllar garments are all treated
by the company. . v
, Mr. Meyers, the, proprietor, has
Ijeen in this business U orer the
country learning the betineth-
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Capital Business College
Anniversary on Saturday
Institution Opened 37 Years Ago With 10 Students, Will En
tertain Saturday in Most Commodious School i ,
Quarters on Pacific Coast ' :
it is significant that the Capital Business College starting
in Salem 37 years ago in the old Firt National Bank building
with eight or ten students should be holding its 37th anniver
sary open house in the new Chambers building Saturday af
ternoon and evening in new and commodious quarters occupy
ing almost the entire second floor and capable of accommo
dating 300 students, '.' "
The growth of one of the oldest institutions in Salem and
in fact the state of Oregon has been gradual and steady and
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BACKS HIGH STUEET
O. L. Newton, president of, the
Newton Chevrolet company, might
well be called a pioneer, being one
of the first business . men in Sa
lem to realize the city's growth
and. establish bis firm at the cor
ner of North High and Chemeketa
street in the spring of 1924 At
that time many people predicted
that It was suicide to move out of
the center of the - business dis
trict. - . .
But Mir. Newton had foresight
and today he Is in thlicenter;of j
he business development on North
High street. ' ;V;iY - ': - j
The Newton Chevrolei'company ,
is the authorized official distribu
tor for the. Chevrolet 'automobile 1
products' for . Marion and Polk
counties,.;-.
j The ; property north ot - Court
street adjoining the present busi
ness district will, in a few years,
be almost entirely;buslness proper
ty, la Mr Newton's, opinion
Local Firm of Architects De
velop Ideal School and
Store Plant
The new Chambers and Cham
bers furniture store building was
erected according to plans drawn
by Freeman and Struble, Salem
architects, whb have had wide ex
perience in designing buildings of
that nature all over the state
Oregon.
It -was specially designed to
meet the purposes for which it
will be used, a combined store, of
fice, and business college building.
The building has an area of ap
proximately 11,000 square feet on
each floor, including the bane'
ment. The court in the center of
the bacony is designed to give
maximum of light and also of show
space as one enters the building
The second floor Is occupied
principally by the Capital Business
college, with five double office
rooms across the front. Plenty
of light, ventilation and room Is
combined to make one of the most
efficient business college plants in
the northwest.
The building is heated by a vac
u urn-vapor system, using crude
oil as fuel with an oil-o-matic
burner. A large oil tank supplies
the fuel, and the amount going to
the burner, is regulated by a ther
mostatic control which operates
the motor which feeds oil to the
burner.
Carl Emgstrom was general con
tractor for the building. J. M.
Barr . "had the heating ' contract,
John B. Nat h man, the plumbing
epntraet,- tire -Hatcftv -Electric com
pany, the wiring, Hutcbeon's? paint
store the painting, and. Nelson'
Brothers .put on the 20 year roof.
Freeman and. Struble were also
architects, for the Capitol Motors
buildin gacross the street, for
which Henry Carl was contractor
They were also architects for the
Rigdon Mortuary and numerous
school buildings over the state.
Included in- this list are the
Dallas high school, Silverton grade
school, Hillsboro grade school, Ti-
gard grade school. Central Point
high school,. Cottage Grove grade
school. Corbet "Union high school,
a high school "at Washougal,
Wash., and a grade school at Van
couver, WaSb.
The firm is also architect for
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at tna present time offers courses
and studies in the most advanced
methods of typing, business law,
shorthand, bookkeeping, penman
snip,"' arUbmetfeV' ppelUng, letter
writing, rapid calculations and
training In office organization and
management and appliances.
Tne graduates of the school are
located all . over . the northwest
and many are in business for
themselves, while others are In
managerial or other executive po
sitions; The more recent graduates
are found in nearly all the busi
ness houses In alem. and a large
number are employed tn the state
house. ,
More than half of the enroll
ment In the school comes from
districts out of Marion county
many of them from air parts of
the Willamette valley and from
the coast countlea and some from
eastern Or egonA -These students
stay from six to 12 months in Sa
lem and, spend on the average of
$60 a month.
. conncetloa with the school
an employment bureau Is conduct
ed which places many students In
paying positions even before they
hare completed the full course of
training offered. '
,The personnel of the teaching
staff of the school is composed of
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Model Chambers
Is Ready
Business Founded by J. William Chambers, Carried on, by.
Himself, Joseph W. Chambers Jr., and L. Reed -
Chambers, Expands
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The new home of the Chambers & Chambers Furniture
company , recently opened on North High between Chemeketa
and Center streets, is the result of years of study of the needs
of a furniture plant, made by its founder, J. William Cham
bers. Mr. Chambers has been in the furniture business 4pv
years. Associated with him in this company are his two sons,
Joseph W. Chambers, Jr., and L. Reed Chambers. -. ;.
The firm was in business at its old home on Court street
near High for the last 10,'years. It outgrew the old plant
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J;. WILLIAM CHAMBERS
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Pholo hy Gunnoll-Robb.
TOETII CHAMBERS, JR.
EJPITJL MOTORS
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v The - Capital Motors company,
located on North' Illgh street be-t-en
Center -and Chemeketa has
recently befen enya-rged by addi
tipn. of the J red ;M Powell-Motor
Cars," which formerly 'ohccupled
hkjf of the building. A. JVBous
sfau and "Biddy", ; Bishop, who
were interested . in - the, Capital
Motors company before, now own
the' whole , concern. " , .
They al-e contlntjing1 with the
agency ; f or .Oldsmoblle and Pack
ard cars, which ; were formerly
sold- by the two companies. The
Capital Motors originally had the
Oldsmobiie-line', and the Fred M.
Powell company had the Packard
' The organization of the new
company , is the "same as that Ot
the-old. wlth the addition of Tom
Wilts, considered, one- of the best
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Building
For
ection
t mere ana, casting around for a
Insp
good location for a new home,
the owners decided on the North.
High street location, which, they
believe' to be the coming business
district of Salem. ' ' "- 1 "
The new plant has a -basement ,
main floor, mezzanine floor' and
top floor. The furniture company
occupies the basement and most
of the main and mezzanine floors.
A store space on the south side
of the boflding is used' by the
Portland Music company as its
place of business, and the ' top'
floor is taken up by the Capital
Business college and 10 - office
rooms across the front: of the
building, facing the street. '.',
The floor area occupied by the i
furniture company is 84 by 167
feet on both the main floor and
basement, and the same area mln- '
us a big opening similar to a court,
on the mezzanine floor. This
opening which takes up most of
the front of the mezzanine has a
balcony running around It which '
permits a panoramic view of the
whole main floor layout. - v-
tThe whole main floor; is" one
big room, with Tjig" window in the ;
front permitting entrance of an
unusual amount of light for-such
a large building. -The. mezzanine -flpor
also- i consists . . of . Jat ' on ; ;
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4 A distinctive feature - of." tife
bQllding is the absence of stairs.
Entrance is gained from the. math
floor to the basement by. meant
of a runway or "ramp" leading
from the center of the' store byva,
gradual grade to the basement.
Similar runways on each side of -the
store leadfrom the main floor
to the mezzanine. '
A covered Idading room is. built -Into
the rear of the building. Into
which trucks can enter from the H
alley and discharge or load their
cargo without getting It wet. '' '
Another freight entrance leads
from the sidewalk in front of the
ouuaing 10 xne Dasement:
"A modern type of heating plant
called the "Oil-O-Matic" furnace Is
used. A hot water circulating; '
system is installed in connection
with this furnace, giving an even
heat at all times. The heatlnr
Dlant is built Into a special asbes.
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L. Lunsford's New Organ
ization to Carry Excep-
tional Stock .'I
The Porltand Music company
which, occupies spacious quarters
in the new Chambers building is
under the management of 1. Luns
ford, who has had many years -training
in the piano and music
business For the last five years
Mr. Lnnsford was in charge of the
piano department "of a local mu
sic house. Two years ago the
Portland - Music , company" was
formed with the ODeninr of a ator'
in Portland in which Mr- Luna-
ford has an interest. '
The store In Portland and the
one here will work hand in hand
to give the music buyers of Salem
the best values for their money in
pianos, phonographs, radios, rec
ords, and small goods. Well es
tablished lines of pianos now In
stock include the Gulbransen.
Bush and Gerts. and Kroeger. The
Kroeger has been manufactured
since .1852. ; Mr. Lnnsford - said
new . lines, will be added to ' the
present stock from time to time to
assure the public of the best qual
ity pianos available oh the mar
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In connection with the comple
tion of the Chambers building and '
others jbnlb?orth,4ni4h;Btre?t, the
Portland Music company will hold
open house for" the-citizens of Sa
lenr and community on Saturday
afteraooQ and evening.
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