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17 The Importance of the Salem District as a Cucumber Producing and Pickle Manufacturing Center Is Groiving Faster Than Eveyr THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1928 t J r. : mi us mm GLASS NEAR CITY Pioneer Operation of This Kind at the Field Chest nut Farm The largest operations in the Salem district In cucumbers under glass are carried on at the Chest- Hut Farm, on the extension of Cen ter street some rods beyond the cute hospital grounds; and the largest operations in tomatoes un der glass, too. The Chestnut Farm is under the direction of Field St Bagley; Het ta Field and A. W. Bagley. the for mer a graduate of Willamette uni versity and the latter, her nephew, a graduate of the Ore iron Agri cultural college. They both labor with their hands as well as worry, with their heads orer the tasks and problems they dally meet. j aO.OOO Feet Under Glass i v They now hare 20,000 square feet under glass, the largest amount of ground in a single own ership in the Salem section devot ed to vegetable growing under glass, though there are larger greenhouses here devoted to flow er production, such as thnsn of 'Mr. Breithaupt of Salem, for in-j stance, ana tne cnase Gardens at Eugene are larger also now pro ducing exclusively cucumbers and tomatoes. The cucumbers grown by the Chestnut Farm are a developed va riety; originated there; made up of the Abundant and the English Telegraph varieties; mostly from the Abundant. The tomatoes are of the Bonnie Best variety exclu sively. Season Nearly Over ! The harvesting and marketing reason is nearly over now. It will l last about two weeks longer. It- has been rather an indifferently successful season, owing to the long period of cool, cloudy weath er. The cucumber harvest started about April 1st. The cucumbers are of all sizes, from three to 14 inches long. They are graded for market Into six classes, according to size and shape and color. The original greenhouse, still in use, is 70 by 150 feet, the next in or der of age Is 40 by 150 feet, and there is a new one. of iron frame construction. 4 0 by 150 feet. The same central heating plant serves all three; with a furnace burning oil. The heating is done with hot water, pipes. The marketing is done locally and by express shipments all over the Pacific northwest. The Pioneer Plant This is the pioneer plant here. Dexter Field, father and grand father respectively of Miss Field and Mr. Bagley, started there in vegetable plant growing in 1875. having acquired the land in 1871. This is in fact the pioneer plant of the kind for the whole coast. At first Mr. Field grew tomato and other vegetable plants for the trade. Then he became an exten sive grower of leaf lettuce under lass, shipping to the big city mar Xets, and he sentthe first cucum tiers grown under glass to the Portland market. Mr. Bagley has been active in the operations since 19 24. They grew nothing but cu- ; cumbers and tomatoes under glass They have four acres under the ; Skinner (overhead) irrigation sys tern. They do some truck garden ' ing, besides their greenhouse op erations. They have 35 acres in all. Tomato Outlook Good under glass is good this season at the Chestnut Farm. LARGEST GROWERS I SCT 1 (E. E. Settlemler and son have been the largest growers of cu cumbers in the Wood burn section. In 1526, they produced nearly 35 tons off of five acres, with a gross return of over 91000. Last year, discussing the industry, they wrote as follows to The Statesman: ) ' With the installation of severs1 large plants in this section of the Willamette valley, cucumbers arr becoming one of the main cash crops for some of the farmers. It is possible to take in a gross re turn of about $200 per acre. Us r ually about half or this or slightly less than half is paid out for pick- Ing. This leaves the grower about & $10 to distribute among fertil izers, labor, irrigation and profit. Taking out $30 for irrigation and fertilisers and allowing $20 for; rent of land, this leave the grow er $50 that he can consider his own providing that he did his own work. Other Benefits There are other advantages, of course, from growing this crop, other than the profit derived. The Vrop following after the use of I commercial fertilizers and culti- t ration necessary to the production 1 Jft cucumbers usually receives the benefits of part ot the soil ele- I ments made available during the i summer months. This is true, how- i ever, with most any cultivated crop. In other words, cucumbers j can be fitted Inio the crop rota- f tion of most any Willamette valley I farm and pay a profit, providing k that the soil conditions are right ana insi mey are nanaiea proper ly. Irrigation is a big help in the production of a high Quality cu NEWSPAPERMEN OF OREGON AND ENJOY f- mm: r w ' t .rr-s Y 1 3r f t c i :i v i t, iLaaai y y Above View of Crater Lake, la htart of Crater Lake National Park. This lake of deepest indigo blue Is one of the wonders of the Pacific Coast. - Below, left E. W. Sawyer, publisher of the Bend Bulletin and president of the Oregon Editorial Association, who presided at the Oregon rassion; B. W. Price, manager of Crater Lake lodge, who was host to the newspapermen, and Friend W. Richardson, former governor of Call fornia, and president of the California Editorial Association, who led the delegation from the Oolden State. CRATER LAKE LODGE. Ore gon, July 7 (Special) In south ern Oregon, 60 miles north of Cal ifornia, stands the broken remnant of a once mighty mountain. In its ancient crater bowl lies one of the world's scenic wonders a lake whose romantic setting and be witching coloring are unduplicated anywhere. , This broken mountain itself is still lofty, its upper crags soaring 7.000 to 8,000 feet above the sea. The lake is over . 1,000 feet below their summits, and is one of the deepest fresh water lakes on earth. " The mountain crags, the lake, and the surrounding terri tory of mountains, pinnacles and forests are collectively known as Crater Lake National Park. The "story of Crater Lake and how it came into beng was one of the most fascinating features ' of two state editorial association meetings here during the week of June 25 to July 2. During the early part of the week the Calif ornia State Editorial Association, led by its president. Friend W. Richardson, was welcomed at this great resort, and immediately fol lowing them, on Thursday, the Oregon State Editorial association convened for its annual meeting. All members of both organizations were guests of R. W. Price, man ager of the Crater Lake Lodge. With Robert W. Sawyer, pub lisher of the Bend Bulletin and president of the Oregon State Edi torial Association, presiding, the Oregon delegation held one of the most interesting meetings in the history of the organization. Mem bers present heard the report of the activities of the new field, manager. Harris Ellsworth, and listened to a number ' of noted cumber that will make a good pickle. The growth will be more uniform throughout the entire summer where water is applied than where the plants suffer, for the lack of moisture due to the high rate of evaporation at certain times. There are drawbacks to the use of Irrigation, especially the overhead spray system. The writer tried both systems . last rear and had considerable mildew with the overhead system. This Is not condemning this system of irrigation, however, as It certainly has some distinct advantages. It Is possible that this mildew might b controlled with the use of sul phur sprays or dust. The Right Fertilizer In our plantings last year, we treated all of the seed with a mer curic disinfectant known by the trade name as "Semesan." While this was not used in an experi mental way and check plots tried on untreated seed, we feel that it was well worth tne trouble ana expense, as we obtained nearly a one hundred per cent stand. j In purchasing fertilizers it is necessary to pick these that fur nish to the soil elements in which your soil is deficient. It would ot be policy to use a fertiliser high In nitrates on a heavier dam soil, as encumbers grown In this oil have tso much leaf for growth due to the high nitrogen content of this soil type. Fertilisers should be spelled early enough la the spring; so that the rains will take the plant food Into solution In recommending commercial fertil isers do net think hat we do not believe in the use of barnyard manures where available. Planting time usually ranges from the first ' to the .tenth., ef June. It is possible to plant Later and obtain a good yield, provid ing the tall weather conditions are favorable. In summing up the cu cumber situation as ft appears te us. it can be considered as a quick BEAUTIES OF CRATER LAKE speakers. Local and state prob lems, were also discussed during the meetings. Visiting 'newspapermen from Oregon and California learned that Crater Lake's dwelling place. Mount Mazama. is about 100 miles north of Mount Shasta. Cal ifornia's great sleeping fire moun tain, and is a true member of that chain of extinct volcanoes that in cludes Ratnler. Adams and St. Hel ens in Washington, and Hood, Jefferson and the Three Sisters in Oregon all snowcapped peaks to day of rare scenic loveliness and Lassen, the still smouldering vol cano of California. Mount Maza ma's fires, however, are utterly stilled. Its day as a fire-breathing mountain has been over for nntold centuries. ' Its loftiest crag Is now but 8,156 feet above sea level. Yet there was a time when this mountain was probably equal to Rainier and Shasta, perhaps over topping 15.000 feet. Created by the volcanic forces that cast up its neighbors. Mount Mazama, like them, grew cold. There came a day when great gla ciers gathered. Such glaciers may still be seen upon Rainier, Adams. Hood. Shasta and other volcanic cones of the Pacific Northwest. Yet Mount Mazama is only 7.000 to 8,000 feet high today. What became of the rest of it? Evidently there was a vast cata clysm of nature that carried the upper half of Mount Mazama away, leaving a yawning depres sion. But surrounding plains of Oregon do not show debris of an explosion. Yet seventeen cubic miles of rock and lava hare van ished from the earth. The con clusion of geologic science is that the entire upper half of Mount Mazama fell in upon itself. But growing cash crop, that will pay a fair profit with an expensemt lay within the reach of most any farmer. HILL-BILLY SAGE' Granville Jones Tells Home ly Philosophy From Ozarks Here Tonight "Abrahanf Lincoln, Patrick Henry, and Henry Clay are some of the great jnen Granville Jones personally suggests. He is a composite of striking characterts- ties." (vu the report of one Taper (after Mr. Jones' lecture. Yet. Granville Jones, who is on tonight's ' Chautauqua program here, is like no one else. Though he reminds one of Lincoln with his tall, angular body, rich ho mor. and native simplicity; of Patrick Henry with his fiery ora tory; and of Henry Clay with his courtly bearing and sympathetic understanding; he is still him self the "Hill-Billy Philosopher." Granville Jones has been on the lecture platform for 45 years and the' chaatauqua platform for 20 years of that time. He repeated on the same circuit for six consec utive seasons. - "I have lectured in, every state except Rhode Is land." Mr. Jones said once, "and I "was eating supper when I . pass ed through there." ' Mr Jabr' childhood closely parallels that of Lincoln. He was born in a log cabin In the moun tains of Arkansas.' one hundred miles from a railroad, which in the . days . of horseback' transpor tation orer mountain toads might. f CALIFORNIA J!'J?!" this is only half the story. The resulting crater, or "cal- dera," 6 miles long and 5 miles wide, has been healed and coolc ( by the falling rains and snows ot ages. This precipitation, rising foot by foot, has covered over the great pit to a depth of nearly 2, 000 feet. The site of the vanished summit is thus covered by a vast glittering lake of deepest indigo. And what a lake! In 1853 a party of prospectors were ranging over the Cascade Range in search of a lost mine. The mine was never found. But the mule of one rider stopped suddenly, his fore feet planted at the brink of a mighty crater. It was then that Crater Lake, bluest of the blue lakes of nature, was first beheld by white man's eyes. For years after the great dis covery. Crater Lake remained ac cessible only to travelers on horse back. But every party that reach ed the spot brought back storlesj of the witchery and mystery of this fre3h water lake without vis ible outlet. And so the varied wonders of Crater Lake cane to be known; Its blue waters and its painted cliffs, and the prospects that could be obtained from those cliffs, Llao Rock, the Watchman, the Cloud Cap, Glacier peak, Garfield Peak, Vidae Peak and others. It was recognized that here was one of the most interesting scenic spots In the West. So It was made a National Park, and set aside as a place of public recreation for all time. Newspaper men of both states some of whom visited the lake for the first time, were enthusiastic in their praise for the area and the lodge, and many are planning to return for longer stays later Just as well have been five hun dred. Mr. Jones still has his home in the Ozarks. It is a log cabin which he calls "Hill-Billy Home." and it is here he goes to test between lecture tours. Great men of the ages have found strength to go on with their work in the solitude of the moun tain. When one of the crises in Christ's life came ne went up into the hill. In the hills of the Ozarks Granville Jones found a philoso phy of life which was simple, con vincing and satisfying. This phil osophy, together with that of a whole life of rich experience, has been wrought into his lecture. "The Philosophy of a Hill-Billy The Philosophy of a Hlll-Bil- i - r- ly" is delivered in simple uium Saxon words clear, logical, and powerful and it Is spiced with the richest humor. Jresh and un studied. ' Dr. Frank L. Loveland says "Granville Jones Is one of the rare types of men of the Inde scribable sort, a human rail split -out of some genealogical tree that Is as yet uncatalogued. with the bark and slivers still clinging to htm. but sound to the center; a strange mixture of the Aristocrat and the democrat, a commingling of the. blood of the dashing cal valier and the stern Puritan, with a brain and a heart that balance each other with all the delicate accuracy ot a chemist's scales.! Wilbur Glen Voltm says that the world Is as flat as a saucer and it must be confessed .that most of it is the greater part of the time. Carp Tnr May la Oreiroa Bar Monnraoata MaSo at Ratoia. Orr CAT IT AX MOirmCEKTAI. WOtXI J. O. Jaaaa Co., Proprietara All Kinds at Monumental Work Factory Otfiea: rUO S. Caaa'l. Opaoalta I. O. O. T. Caaatarjv Bax 21 Ffcaaa S8 SaJanfc Orafoa. i X BECOLIECTIDIIS OF The Oregon Country Was Not Held in High Esteem in Kentucky in 1844 (The principal address at the old timers' annual picnic at the Btate fair grounds last Sunday was delivered by Hon. Charles - B. Moores, long a resident of Salem, but now of Portland. The follow ing is the full text of the address) : Some 40 or 50 years ago a fa miliar sight on the streets of Sal em was a half grown boy care fully guiding from time to time the footsteps of his blind father, and stories were current that the same filial spirit was being shown in his kindly and constant assist ance and care of his mother in her battle with poverty and in her struggle to do her part to provide the ordinary necessities and com forts of life. He was happily en dowed with a militant and ag gresive spirit. It was as an en dowment richer than any surplus of worldly goods. It sustained him through a long series ot years. Al though for half of his life he -was one ot the "submerged tenth," his fixed determination to make a success of life enabled him te bat ter down every obstacle and has finally landed him as one of the members of the judicial bench of this district. Conditions that sur rounded his early days developed a somewhat sour and belligerent disposition. He was at war with the world and his temperament was pugilistic rather than judi cial. There are evidences that his experiences on the bench have al ready tempered his disposition somewhat, and the concensus of opinion ie that he will ultimately develop into a splendid citizen and become one of the greatest orna ments of the Oregon bench. This is a brief character sketch or a. man who is responsible for the discomforts that are momentar ily to overtake you. Presumably I am expected to flounder about without chart or compass or pro gram in any field of historical in quiry, with Salem selected as a radiating center. We are confront ed with a confusing wealth of ma terial, embarrassed with the task of making a selection of topic, and hampered by a limitation of time that cannot be waived with out Inciting a riot. A few days ago I was confront ed with an article from the Louia ville Journal dated March 21, 1844, commenting upon what was termed the Oregon Craze. This was published 20 years after Dr. McLoughlin had located In Ore gon and ten years after Jason Lee had established his Oregon Mission. We append but a few ex cerpts, which follow. Listen: "We would not be subjected to the Innumerable tortures of a jour ney to Oregon for all of the soil that its savage hunters ever wan dered over. That such a wretch ed territory should excite the hopes and cupjdity of the United States, inducing them to leave comfortable homes for its heaps of sand, is indeed passing strange. Russia has her Siberia and Eng land has her Botany Bay. and if the United States should ever need a country to which to banish its rogues and scoudrels, the util ity of such a region as Oregon will be demonstrated. Until then we are perfectly willing to leave this magnificent country to the Indians, trappers and buffalos that roam over its sandbanks and by the side of its rushing and un navigable waters. Those sections of Oregon that are most advan tageously situated are unhealthy and abound in reptiles and insects which render life unsupportable. There are moccasins, copperheads, rattlesnakes, scorpions. Hxards, tarantulas, fleas, ticks, mosquito, galllnippers and the pestsof which neither entomology, nor zoology, nor hepetology give any account Wherever the mud is sufficiently oleaginous to produce, mosquitos they swarm from it In flocks that obscare the sun at noon-day. Af ter, these rapacious insects, have eaten all the flesh from the bones the autumnal agues commence their interesting experiments. Per hana those who reside in the -wamns of Illinois, or on the wa- or ,Q the low lands of Red river flatter them- eelres that their knowledge ot the agues is consummate, but it is re served to those fortunate indivi duals who reside in the smiling t valley of the W'Ulamette to be car ried to the seventh heaven of de light on the wings of immortal SALEM NAVIGATION COMPANY Water Transportation Portland Salem Telephone 067 Whe-Ta-Lon A superior Breakfast .Food v- ..." A Trial Will Convince You v Whe -Ta - Lon Cereal Co. M. A. BUTLER, Manager Tetepfcewe 10PO-W agues. A man enamoured of the loveliness ot Oregon Is as crazy as a coon In the last agonies of starvation." If thb is the country to which onr forefathers came their most enthusiastic eulogists ot modern days have done them scant Justice. We have our critics In modern days who sometimes sorely try our patience. We have been told a thousand times about the trials, the hardships and the infinite pa tience and courage of the fore fathers of Oregon, and all the tribute offered are well deserved. Their status is thoughly establish ed. It now behooves us to meet the attacks and the criticisms that would questions their judgment. How much do we value our her itage? With even the most pa triotic there is a trace ot the sor did element. Our patriotic pride is largely gauged by the number of benefits we enjoy. Philip No lan was not the only man produc ed by America without a coun try. There are hundreds of thous ands who are only concerned about the benefits they are denied. "Know your own state" has been offered us as a slogan. Let us see that our advantages are pro perly listed, and specialize on the slogan as a test. Dr. I. D. Driver on the floor of the Oregon con ference, preaching loyalty and pa triotism, declared that If he lived in h 1. you would always find country. If the greatest logician him "whooping it up" for his own of the Oregon conference did not consider this profane or irreverent any layman can at least endorse the sentiment expressed. I am from Missouri, next to Oregon the greatest state in the Union. I landed in Salem 75 years ago last March. Joseph A. Baker is Salem's oldest settler, now liv ing. I am his "runner-up." In this count no lady is included, for no lady ever reaches the age of 75. Joe and I have witnessed greater world wide achievements, during the 75 years we have lived in Ore gon, than were ever witnessed by the total aggregate of all the peo ple in any 1000 years of preced ing time. Having spent 75 years in Oregon, and knowing her varied attractions, we are of the opinion that, considering all of her ad vantages, she is entitled to the blue ribbon over any state, power or principality on the face of the globe. There may be people who do not share in this opinion, not ably in southern California, but they have never spent 7 5 years of their life in Oregon and they have not given the matter suffi cient consideration. It is not wise or neighborly to make invidious comparisons as to the climatic ad vantage or disadvantages of the various states, especially in the way ff criticism. Ae a matter of propaganda, or defense, such com parisons are entirely legitimate. There is considerable human na ture In Oregon. Some of us are just as "touchy" at hearing ex aggerated stories about our rain fall as Californians are at any al lusions to their occasional drouths or to the earthquuakes of San Franciaco, Santa Barbara. San Di ego or Los Angeles. There are some people in Calif ornia who think, or pretend to think, that the people of Oregon are a webfooted race, that the sun never shines in Oregon, and that there is here a continuous drizzle of rain every day of the year from January 1st until December 31st. and a pained expression of sym pathy and commiseration over spreads their countenance as they reluctantly refer to our painful condition. They could be disabus ed of their erroneous impressions if they were to pay 60 cents for x copy of the World's Almanac and carefully peruse its pages. They could also get valuable in formation, of which they are paln- .ifully in need, by applying to any office of the government weather bureau. They would find that Portland's rainfall is almost ex actly the same as that of Boston. New York. Louisville and Wash ington, D. C. and considerably less than that of Atlanta. Montgomery, Galveston, Charleston, New Or leans and ether cities of the Miss issippi valley. In the matter of ex- rtremes of heat and cold, Portland W. W. ROSKBRAUGH COMPASiT Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces. Fruit Dry ing Stoves, Smoke Staqks, Tanks. Steel and Foundry Work, Welding a Specialty. 17th Jb Oak Sts. Salem. Ore. DEPENDABLE WELDING Electric and Acetylene C. D. OPPEN Phones: 372; Res. 2086-J 695 Mill St. Salem, Ore. OH r. Zwtcfcar. ITa Phaaa 114 SALEM FLUFF RUG & MATTRESS FACTORY New Mattresses Made to Ordet Old Buttress stemming and re ranking. Carpet cleaning, fit ting, sewing and sizing. Hair Saga t U saeff U ktaSa at alS awyatar Soala 13th Wilbwr Sts. has the advantage of almost all of the cities of the eastern states. If chairs relating to the science of meteorology were established in all the colleges of California it would greatly enhance their knowledge of the uses to which water can be put, and would in tensely Increase the happy rela tions existing between the two states. Some people seem to prefer a dead monotony . of sunshine throughout the whole year to an occasional shower, having little use for water as a beverage and using it sparely for bathing pur poses. In Oregon the verdure of our valleys and our fir clad hills come from the hand of the Al mighty without the artificial help of man. In Oregon there is a hap py mean between the arid acres it the extreme south and the cold and disagreeable blizzards of the north. The champion pessimist of the world Is the man who com plains of the climate of Oregon. If he craves the continuous mo notony of sunshine he should be condemned to a life sentence in Yuma, Arizona, if he is loXatuated with cold weather he should be staked out for six. months in the dead of winter on the plains of Iowa, Montana, Nebraska or the two Dakotas; if he is fond of cj clones and tornadoes he can find them in Kansas, Oklahoma. Illi nois. Florida and Missouri, if he enjoys the excitement of a flood of waters let him go to New Eng land or the valleys of the Mississ ippi. There is an infinite variety of climate in the United States, but in Oregon we are free from the menace of destructive floods, we do not suffer from extremes of heat or cold, and there is not a cyclone cellar in the whole state. No pessimist needs to remain in Oregon, for he cau find a wider and more seductive field in which to suffer and complain and make himself and others miserable! about him. The millions of people who live In other states and do not flock to the Pacific coast to ihare its advantages, are entitled .o infinite praise for their self ab megation, their courage and their independence and their patriotism. Thoy are a standing rebuke to the pessimists of Oregon who don't Know a good thing when they see it. This is the country and these are the happy conditions toward which the ancestors of Jo Baker and I guided our footsteps over 75 years ago. It was. the next thing to being born in Missouri. Now will you permit me to make use of the personal pronoun a few times if I do not abuse the privi lege by attempting to exploit any great achievement? . Jason Lee was the real founder of Salem and the "Oregon Institu tute" was its real birth place. Mrs. Chloe A. Wrllson was the first head of the "Oregon Insti tute," later chartered as Willara ette university. Joseph S. Smith, later congressman from Oregon, Rev. J. H. Wilbur and Rev. N. Doane, were, with Mrs. Willson, in charge, at various times, of the school until the advent, in 1860, of Rev. F. S. Hoyt, who was pres ident of the school for ten years I enjoyed the personal acquaint ance of the first four heads of the school and was in' later years a pupil of Mrs. Willson. I was after- wards a pupil of Lucy Anna Lee, the daughter of Jason Lee and of Miss Emily J. York. the first grad uate of the university. I have been well acquainted with every presi dent of the university from Dr. Hoyt down to the present time. I was led by my father,, when six or eight years of age, through the stile fronting the old "Oregon In stitute," and into the "kindergar ten" department of the school, and was thereafter a continuous stud- BRING IN YOUR NEW WHEAT And exchange it for hard wheat patent flour, or any ot our long list of milling specialties. We de custom grinding. We sup ply what you heed for what you have. CHERRY CITY MJLLIXG CO. Salem, Oregon. 4S1 Trade St. Phone. 31 Oregon Pulp & Paper Co. -Manufacturers Y - BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made Paper for Your Office Stationery Capitol Bargain and 105-145 Center ; . . . TeL 393 All Kind of Junk Bought and Sold Anything from a Needle h - " to a Steamsngine " .:. CASH PAID FOR RAGS, BOTTLES, BARRELS, OLD " PAPER,- CARPETS, IRON,' WOOL, PELTS, GRAPE ROOT, CHriTAM BARK,PEPPERMLNT OIL, ETC. ent until I was graduated in 1870.' Thereafter I was for several years secretary of the board of trustees and for a brief season a member of the university faculty. I hare had the pleasure of attending 64 banquets of the Alumni associa tion, a sure sign that I am a lover of good provender and good so ciety. I have been, for 50 years. in continuous service as a member of the board of trustee, and as I look down that long vista of years to 1878 I find that I am the lone survivor living of the 33 men who in that year constituted the board of trustees. This prodigal use of the personal pronoun does not in- dicate that I have been much of x factor in the upbuilding of the university, but it does qualify me as an authority on the history of the school, and as a fairly well preserved relic of prehistoric time8. The old historic buildings and the old historic characters of our earlier days have mostly passed away. The old "Oregon Institute" where our first courts and our first legislature in Salem met. and which, for years, furnished a home for Salem's first church, went to the ash heap in 1872, and our old wooden court house where our first and only constitutional con vention met followed but a few years later. The disappearance of these buildings was preceded by the destruction of our first capi tol at the hands of an incendiary. Our pioneer senators and repre sentatives and governors have long since gone over the long trail and the earlier pioneer builders of Salem have for years been quietly sleeping on the slopes of Fairmont. It is the order of nature. Oregon has become the heritage of a new generation and she in constantly growing in strength and in beauty as the years go by. A new Oregon and a new Salem are in the offing. May the com ing generations worthily build ou the foundations laid out by the forefathers. May they constantly find inspiration in the romantic background of the past. May the scenic beauties of Oregon give them an impetus to reach the highest ideals, and may they take advantage of all their potentiali ties to push Oregon into the front row of states and make Salem the outstanding scenic and municipal gem of the Pacific coast. EXDIRAXCK SL1PPKRM NORFOLK. Neb. For 21 years A. W. Nichols has worn one pair of house slippers. They were given him before he was married and he has worn them every evening, since. GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of . Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 26 Ore. D. A. WHITE & SONS Carry DR. KORINEK'S Veterinary Remedies and Minerals Air Painting DONE WITH A GUN M. B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer ;- House & 1 I - ; b'i tai t I : l'S! ...:. . .