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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1929)
( PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon Thursday Morning August 8, OF BIG TROPHY Other Communties Share in 'Honors for Meritorious Work This Year Salem story Steady Growth Is Opf Yet Fast The E. B. Stewart trophy, for which every legion post in Oregon competed, goes this year to the Wauna post, Clat aop county, and Wauna de serves it.- It was this little town which had a distinguished le gion post during the past year a post which increased its membership 234 p e r cent over the average maintained for the four preceding years. It I safe to ear that almost the entire population of Wauna to proud of its legion post and the record it has made this year. Word has come to Salem that on Saturday the , Crosaett Western company will close down its saw mill so that all of the legionaires nay attend. I Many Trophies Available There are numerous American Legion trophies to be awarded and presented to various posts at tht convention. A number of these cups will appear in downtown tore windows ia Salem within the next few days. The various district member ship trophies have teen won this year as follows: No. 1, the Graham Glass, Jr., trophy, Wauna. No. 2, Sherwood. No. S, the Frank C. Stellmach r trophy. Newport. No. 4, the George E. Love tro phy. Lakeriew. No. S, the Charles J. Johnson trophy. Wasco. No. 6, the Harold J. Warner trophy, Condon. No. 7, the Frank C. McCulloch trophy, John Day. The trophy of most interest to Salem, folk is the Clifford W. Brown enp, offered by Capitol Post No. 9 last year for the first time as a memorial to Mr. Brown, who was prior to his death two and one-half years ago, one of the leaders in local American Legion work. Won in '28 by Portland This cup goes to the drum corps which wins the state contest, and It was won last year by Portland Post No. 1. It is a perpetual tro phy, and .should the drum corps j contests at some future date he discontinued, it will revert to ' the Salem post. Capital post pro vided this trophy after it had won permanent possession of the pre vious drum corps prize. .- Other drum corps awards in- j elude the Major Bealey trophy, j uicu goes 10 me corps receiving the highest military rating, and the Seiberling-Lucas trophy, whieh goes into the possession of the corps with the highest musical rating. The former was won last year by Cottage Grove and the lat ter by Salem Other general awards include i 4 ft A fiam Joolr onn mom rr- ol trnnhw ! which goes to the post deemed to have performed the greatest com munity service in the past 'year; the Edward E. Spafford trophy, a membership award based on the three year averages, which was won this year by the Silverton post; and the William B. Follett trophy, for the post best qualify ing for the state and national pro gram. The Medford post1 won the Sam Jackson trophy last year. Sldtimers Recall That Less Than 30 Years Ago This City Was Mere Mudhole With Population of 4,500 Persons About 29 years ago Salem was a nice little muddy town with a population .of 4,500 and as fine a collection of muddy streets andwoOd sidewalks as could be found in the west. Twenty-nine years isn't so long ago even if you have spent all the time in Salem. By the year 1910, the city had taken a wonderful spurt in population and was officially registered as having 14,094 people within its city limits. And then time went on, the war came along and then the 1920 census, giving Salem a population of 14,679. And then things began to happen. In 1920. the buildine rjer- mits in Salem amounted to $455,590 and the next year, people were almost surprised to find the total permits amounted to $533,420, the largest total for any year In the city's history. Along came the year 1922 and the dty just wouldn't Quit grow ing and the total of building that year amounted to the marvelous sum of 11.073,000. Just think of it more than a million dollars of building In one year. Some of the wise ones figured It was about all over as far as building was con cerned. Salem was just getting under headway. The year 1923 showed permits amounting to $1,285,832 and the year 1924 registered total building permits of $1,731,200. Salem just wouldn't stop grow ing. The city was going ahead and In 1925 total permits were $1. 794,935 and even that figure w-as not the top record, as during the year 1921, permits in saiem amounted to the sum of $2,904,- 104. - : " " i ' The year .1921 waa.the peak of building activity ,ln tht west, but the following year showed Salem going strong with permits amount ing to I2.12M27. , Last year, permits la the city amounted to. $ 1,(05,(43, a won derful showing compared to other dtlea In the northwest. The year 1929 will bo a great building year for Salem. For the first seven months of the year, bunding will exeeed $1,400,000. These- figures Include the $125, 00 grand stand at the state fair grounds, $11 5, 00 at state insti tutions within Salem ; and the $500,000 state office building now being erected Just north of the Oregon supreme court build ing. BuUding of homes in Salem has kept pace with the remarkable de velopment in the business dis tricts. The U. S. census of 19 ?0 credited 'Salem with 3,87? dwell ings. Today the number is .24 5. That is an increase of 5 per cent in dwellings and the chances are that when the U. S. census is tak en next April, Salem will show an increase of 70 per cent in dweU ings during the ten year period. If apartment houses ' are taken Into consideration, it may be said that today the housing facilities of Salem are fully 100 per cent higher than ten years ago. The past ten years has seen the erection of almost all of the large apartment houses. The Salem city directory of 1928 lists 51 apart ment houses. However, with its 6,245 dwell ings and an estimated population of 28.000 within the corporate limits. Salem, maintains its record as a city ot homes. I For Sale signs, For Rent signs. Legal Blanks, etc for sale at the Statesman. ' , . Follow the Sportn In The' Statesman foU sport news re ports fresh each morning. For Sale signs. For Bent signs. Legal Blanks, etc for sale at the Statesman. ' ' WES 5L 3 3 Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members If you want a key to the city, see us. We have them by the gross. Get a "Square Deal" at the Square Deal Hardware Co. O.N.Com'l. Tel. 1650 Atwater Kent Dealers Welcome to Salem Legion and Auxiliary and welcome to the VHITE HOUOE Meals That You Will Enjoy and fountain service 362 State St. WS PLACES OF INTEREST IN SALEM (Continued from Page 1.) The products of the Kay Wool en mills are sold nationally. Tour ists industrially Inclined enjoy the hum of machinery. To the farm er, a Tisit to the Valley Packing j company would be of interest and i especially the fact that the Salem J market for hogs is 25 to 50 cents a hundred higher than the Chica 4 j go market. . v . State Fair Grounds Attract I ' Do not forget a Tisit to the Ore gon State fair grounds. Nor a Tisit . r . .. to the State Institution for the 1 Blind nor the State Institution for ! the Deaf. That is, .if you enjoy tueh things.: i : Six miles north of Salem at Chemawa is the Salem Indian School, the largest In the. west. ' .i ; This school is soon to be the school for higher education for ' - Indians and only the higher type 1j of Indian children will be sent to ' r Chemawa. Note the substantial appearance of the brick buildings. ; Last but not least, tell your tourist friend Herber Hoover llred ta that house on the northwest corner of Highland and '- Hazel ; streets and that he helped finan cially in the building of the friends church on Highland ! street. Road to Donald Takes One on to "Old Champoeg" Donald Is located in the north ern part ot the county. In the center of one of the most fertile! farming districts of the Willam. ette Talley. It Is on payed roads, j which within a few years will he i extended a few miles connecting Cbampoeg the great historical spot In Oregon. , Donald is serred by the Oregon Electric' railroad and stages. There r are fine schools, churches and fraternal organizations. Also a bank and stores. Donald Is a friendly com munity and newcomers are wel come. Located in "the center of one of the most fertile districts in the Talley, . there Is - prosperity Salemi's Leading Fwmitare Store (0)M American Legion Welcome! 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