.The WwOEEG0N statesman, aajyii vnfmifjStotday Morning, September tS, IStS
23' fair
$? It is
Furjos
RASED
BY RED CROSS
Hurricane Relief Vorfc Nov!
Under Way m Salem
and Vicinity . I
With the national Red C-o.
shipping "uppllea anA T'Tacac lo
Florida, the West Indies and T5r-a-ln
Islands tor emergency .Tk
to'i'vlng tre re-ent ffeva-tatl-s:
hurr'cane, Salem r!tiaB4 are
calied upon to make their contrl
but ions to the lmre11aft relief
and permanent rehabfl't-.'l -n. t
-"""The S?Tem quota, taifhn -et
ter-porarlly at $1800, rfto Vax
10 word irom tne nat loud. Rend
Quarters to judge Oeorre
r-i o' the Oregon sbv-- - .- ,-t.
Word to Judge Rossman from he
nat'onal headquarters e?ys the
T- n devastalton lsln "t.rs rl
he 192G disaster wd" llm-?v
havoc wrought in West Indies i3
the worst in their history.
. National Chamber Aetfte.
Not only have Red Croes chap
ters been urged, through proclam
r.tlan of President Coolidge and
te national headquarters, to lend
all assistance in the cause, but the
national chamber of .commerce
.rt--. instructed local ebaptea to
cooperate with the Red Cross in
the relief measures.
William S. Walton at Ladd and
Bush bank will receive contribu
tions from Salem persons who
wish to aid the relief work.'
The natonal Red Cross office
reported to Judge RoMnwn h
the day the president's proclam
ation was issued it had 1000
tons of rice, beans, codfish, salt
pork and flour en route to Porto
Rico, aa well as equipment' for
. two general hospitals
i hundreds of tons of food stuffs.
Many Homeless in Porto Rico Hurricane i
C -H .- - IWJ; 1
r aa iv
GstI view ttC Uie waterfront at8aa Jaaa, Porto lUeo, whirli was swept bjr m disastrous hrrl
Mne. Tens of Ihoasaads of Deraons on the . islaa d were eatimated to be homeless. Aid ia bdas
f rat ni to ttte tetaad to overt the raraces of lam tee aad dte
: : ; i
Idercien present. for that faiator-
- meeting were John H. Moore
na John R. Rebb for the first
yard. George W. Janes for the
econd and John D. Boon for the
bird. Later entries show that the
councomen absent from that
meeung. were Messrs. Cornoyer
-ina i-erguson.
First Official Act
The" first official act of this Il
legal council was to pass a resolu
tion by Alderman Joaes requiring
the, mayor to appoint a committee
o draft rules for tfce council, and
Ordinance No. 1 was passed' at the
lecond meeting, "relating to elec
tions, and the mode of filling va
liancies In office."
Other early ordinances had to
io wkh the mecbanics of govern
ment hnt No; 7 was enUUed "An
Vdinance to prevent fast riding;
and . the subsequent enactments
proceeded to regiTWte the acts of
citizens in like manner. No. 8 re
quired the building of plank sidv
alks in certain parts of the city:
Vo. 9 is something of a puzzle. I.!
ippcars to have been designed "to
prevent skting on the aidewaJks."
Sut tire word that looks like "sit
ting" probably! was intended to be
Tiding."
Ordiaanee No.' 10 was designed
to impose license upon barrooms,
Irinking shops, theatricals, showr
1
ud the other public exhibitions,
otiliard tables and bowliag alleys
- j Gamlas; FBrfciddea.
Ordinance No. 11 was eft titled
to prohibit gaming," and No. 12
"to prevent swine running at
large." This bill was lain on the
'able after hs Introduction, bat
passed unanimously at the next
meeting.
Ordinance No. 13 was designed
to prevent bad lack: te reaalre
owners or oeeapants of lots not
fenced to fill np all holes that are
not used and cover all wells." And
Va. 14 made a curious collation:
ts purpose was "to tax dogs and
sleasure carriages."
In contrast to the evident en
thusiasm with which they iei
ibout to govern the young city in
'he first few months of their
brief rule. Salem's earliest citv
fathers exhibited apparent ennui
with respcet to their task a short
line later, for on Anrll 4. Anril
Tl and April 18 attempts wece
made to hold meetings without
avail; for no quorum -was present.
One of the constructive things
Utempted was to Improve Com
mercial' street by building gut
ters and wooden sidewalks: the
northern terminus of this devel
opment is not mentioned, but the
aidewaJks were to extend to the
bridge on South Mill creek.
S. F. Carter was Salem's first
city surveyor, J. C. Bell the first
street commissioner and J. G. Wil
son the first city attorney; he be
came recorder upon Terry's resig
nation, and the penmanship of the
council's Journal suffered.
A second administration took
office February 20. 1858. with
John R. Moores and mayor and
William - Lawhead. Jonathan
O" Donald, John L. Starkey. James
Holman and Louis Westacott the
aldermen- present at the first
meeting. At the seconJ meeting.
Ur. Westacott moved that the
question of the city charter's le
gality we submitted to the Judge
of the district court. The motion
was passed, the council adjourn
d and after that there Is no rec
ord. First Legal Council
The first legal council took7 of
fice November 27, I860, at "6 i
o'clock p. m." according to the
minutes, once more Inscribed by
the artistic Mr. Terry, who was re
corder again. Lucien Heath was
mayor and the aldermen were
John H. Moores. James Brown, K.
S. Cooke. .H. M. Thatcher, M.
Hirsch and William Rector.
The first ordinances passed were
"to. require the marshal and trea
surer to give bonds," "to enter
t he town site of the city of Sa-
;em.r to license teams." . "to
ireveal- riding or - driving upoa
dde or cross walks," and to pro
rent fast riding. t ; ? !
The Oregon Statesman is men
tioned early In the minutes of Sa
lem's early government. At one
of the first meetings of this le
gal council, the recorder was auth
orized to confer with the publish
er of the "Statesman" about
printing , the ordinances. In the
records of the earllercouncll ap-
l cared a resolution approving As-
ahel Bush's bill for printing.
Something is said of a sugges
tion that more might be done for
Irish damasks .and embroidered
goods b offering these and press
ing their merits individually to
tourists, "as is done In Brittany
and Belgium for their lace pro
ductions." The answer Is "There
might be some little business
picked up in this way, but It
would have very little effect "In
Providing Work For 80.000 peo
ple employed in the linen Indus
try In normal times."
That means that th-reare about
SO. 000 people employed in the lin
en industry in Belfast. In spin
ning and weaving, mostly for Ire
land, grows only about IS per cent
of her flax, and imports the oth
er 85 per cent.
diverted from their course ry the
war department were due id San
Juan the following day.
Judge Corkins toib
Hold Burns Court
Judge O. M. Corkins of Lake
riew has been assigned iy Chief
Justice Rand of the state supreme
court to hold court at Barns for
Judge Dalton Bigs who is ill.
Court will open at Burns Monday.
Judge C. H. McCuIlooh of Baker
wilt hold court for Judge Biggs
at Vale.
DUSTY ARCHIVES OF SALEM .
' CONTAIN VALUABLE BOOKS
Painstaking Recorders of To Years Ago
Tedious Job With Quill Pen-The
Statesman Here Even Then
Had
mrVKLOP CANNING PLANTS
SEVILLE AP) Seville olive
I oil refiners have developed, can
, ning plants in cnnectlon .with
their refineries and are usins mod
. em canning equipment "and .pack
ing methods. Much of the oif for
export is placed, in lithographed
six -gallon cans. Barrels of chest
nut and oak still are' used, but
popular favor seems to.be turning
to the modern iron drunr
v rrro-
While attendance at tbelasl oay
of the Jackson county fair was not
up to expectations, it Is though
the total for the four days of the
was not up to expectations,
thought the total for the, four
days of the fair will about equal
that of ?t year.
Itv RALPH CURTIS
MONG the archives of Salerr
In the vault at the city hall
may be found a thin volumr
which Is priceless as a historical
Twelve locum en t, because it is the onl-
record ever made of the proceed
ings of this city's government
dating back 71 years to Oregon's
territorial period.
X It is a simple ruled account
book, into which-dty recorder
of that time laboriously inscribed
fn longhand the minutes of coun
cil meetings, and the thing most
noticeable on first opening it, ir
that Salem's first recorder, Ches
ter N. Terry, was an accomplish
ed penman who wrote a flourish
ing, heavily shaded scriptT which,
nevertheless, is not always readily
legible.
Interesting Episode
One of the most interesting ep
isodes recorded in this volume,
the facts about which must be
gleaned partly by reading bet wee d
the linos, is that of Salem's gov
eminent which lasted for over ?
year and then turned out to be no:
authorized by law. A charter had
n granted by the territorial
rovernment in 1857, and the fol
'owing year its legality was de-
iled.
"Pursuant to law, the first reg
ular .ision of the common coun
cil for tne city of Salem conven
ed at the council room In the
:ourt house in said dty on Thurs
day, the ls-th day of February. A.
D. 1857." reads the first entry
Wiley Kenyon was mayor, and the
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