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11; p ft Thel OREGON STATESSIAN. Salem, Oriu Thursday Morning Jannary h 1931 PAGE SIX Camp Bmm&Bs Bgs M to fjffl VISITORS r-i, - .... . - BUY HOI HERE 2730 Cars Registered Pub lic Auto Camp ; $10 Out- K r go Daily Average 'i When tourist and Ms aato fall or people atop In a city over .night, it Is estimated that each a f party t least fit be fore hitting the road the Xollow- : lng:. flay. On thla basis, tourists who stop ped at the Municipal Aato park - thla rear, spent In Salem the tarn . of 121.709. aa the official record of II. 8. Polaei, in charge jot the city auto1 park i shows registra tions ot 2,730 ara for the year ; to 1930. It la estimated that all other : auto camps in the city did as . much, or more business and on Uhls basis, It la safe to say that "jtourlts left between 150,000 and ! ito,Q0o in saieaa oaring isso. I . It Is for this reason that the 3Chaciber of commerce distributed ; during -1930, more than 19,000 ' copies of its tourist folder and ; state map, known as the ."Trail '.'Em to Salem- folder. This -' folder sent., to tourist, headquart- : ers throughout ! southern Cali- : fornla and to anto camps on the Pacific highway, i Statlaticans who stud the val- ne of the : tourist, say 71 J3 not ; the food or gas purchased In a ; city, but the general shopping and buying of necessities that; ' bring the average up to $10 a; ' day for the car and occupants. - Residue of Visitors Remain i . ' But the cash distributed Is not ? the only value of the tourist as ' records of the Municipal Auto park -show that once the tourist -' has stopped over for a few days . In Salem, the lure of the city an aurroundltjg country . remains and such tourists often return to stay permanently. It 1 figured that fully one-half of all tourist are potential prospects for perf ' manent homes, as they are out looking the countrr over before makinr tho final ; more rte the Northwest -:' ';' i In 1927, when tourist business was -extra heavy in the Worth west, 49 families who stopped aereral days at the Municipal Auto park, located in Salem aid Ticlnlty, many buying propertyj The-year 1928 saw 28 families locate in or near Salem, all of whom, had remained several days In t&e city's municipal park and then! decided this country looked all-right. j In 1929 there wag a total? of 29 fi rallies who first stopped j at the Municipal Auto park and then figured Salem and Ticlnlty was the country ' they, were look lag for. : j . Many of the tourists who fin ally made their home In or near Salem bad received tourist liter ature from the chamber ot com merce, i TPoisel In Charge of Camp The year 1930 ha also brought a number of permanent residenta to Salem and Ticlnlty. According to rl. . S. Potsel; In charge. of the Salem Municipal Auto park, many families finally locate in or near Salem after re maining in the park. a. few days but do not report to him after thev have finally located. However, the . following", who had stopped a few days in the city municipal park, reported to Mr, Polsel. It shows what a high class municipal auto park will do or a community in the way ot making permanent . residents of most desirable people. Here is the auto park record for 1930: : George W. - Haines, from southern California. - Bought a farm on the Silverton road. Four in family. Sending boys to Wil lamette university. I. Erb Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, talesman. Now located on North Winter street. Four to, family. 990 N. Front (S Cold Storage for Fresh . Perfect Rcfriccratlca Chancer of Tourist ?Crop" islApifiiiM by Bool Through Cooperation ! otunts Are Kept Uut or Business men s puagcre i j I :.; By JJH. Chambers Preside Sates. Ctuunber 103O . Daring the year 1930 the two outstanding features ot t work of the Salem chamber of eem merce was In attracting tourists to the city and in preventing all sorts of advertising schemes from preying on .merchants and pro fessional men. One of - tlva biggest crops ; In Oregon. Is the tourist. The cham ber. recognizes this fact and dur ing the year distributed in ho tels, i auto parks and general tourist information headquarters 19,000 of its state map and fold er Trail 'JEni to Salem." Tne re sult has been a fair share ot the tourist travel and records ot the Salem municipal park show that 14 families have located in and near Salem and many have pur chased property. j , Ad Schemes Blocked Through tire cooperation of members of the Salem Business Men's- league, the chamber has prevented dosens of advertising schemes from working the Busi ness district. This is a valuable service - to the city. This work also included a campaign against all kinds of solicitations with no merit whatever. The chamber is the only or ganization in the city work Ins at all times for Salem and Mar lon county publicity. More than 37,000 pieces of literature have been distributed during the year. - The Marion county booklet, "Come to Oregon." recognised as one of the best farm booklets in the westf, has been placed with railroad emigration and 'farm agents and other places, such as the Los Angeles . office ot the state chamber of .commerce. It; goes without saying that with more than 8.000 of these book? lets in the hands of easterr farmers, Marion, county and Sal em bare received Talnable ad vertising. The Salem chamber la in re ceipt dally ot letters . from east ern: farmers who have disposed of their holdings and who want to 'come to Oregon. Here Is where the Marion county book let,! published by the Salem ehamber, . does Its best advertis ing work. The booklet Is mailed and also letters written answer ing! all sorts of questions that a J; H. Harris; formerly of Pasa dena, farmer. Bought tract near Sunnyside and has three In family. j John Benson, farmer from Ed monston, Canada. Located I on route , Salem. Has a family ot six.j ' : A. R. Cameron, farmer from Wahoo, Nebr. , Located at 811 North Summer street. Fire ' In family.: . Harry Killer, from Los Ange les. Jeweler with two in family. Now living on North Summer street. : ; . . E. M. Tingley. Bought land on river road, near Salem and built a house. Has fire In family. T. C. Bennett from Roseburg, Oregon. Located on North Sum mer street. Has boy in Willam ette university. , Hi E. Shellabarger from Santa Monica, Calif, i Bought 20 acre tract In Resedale district. ' Three in family. .-, Henry From, living at 18(9 State street. Has five in family. A. B Snead from Los Angeles. Located on South Commercial street, i Five In family. i - J. S. Steel of Phoenix. Arlaona. Located on South Thirteenth street i Has five in his family. v W. H. Aldiich from Seattle. Located at 412 North 21st street. Has. two In family. James Baker, Elslnore, Calif. Bought .small tract near South 112 th street. Family ot four. it . . : - - j . . ' ' - . - "i . ' - ; j ', j '.:' . ;- - . 11(3 Fruits, ' Vegetables, Meats, etc. Bonded storage warerboms :1 Carlot With Merchants Many Fake Advertising farmer wants to know about the Willamette Taller. - Another source of revenue la addition to th tourist which the chamber ; brings to the city Is that of conventions. Conventions do not 'Just happen. They go where - special efforts are made and where . there are induce ments. The Salem ehamber has been especially active the past year In helping to bring 12 con ventions to the city during 1931. Many ot them will have attend ance of from three to tour hund red. Just f iguto tho" financial and advertising value to Salem. The Salem ehamber daring 1930. cooperated with engineers of the War Department in secur ing . information ot tonnage be tween Portland and Salem, all working toward the four foot channel in the river to Salem. More than i 500 meetings " of civic inetrest wera held in - the chamber rooms during 11030. This in itself Is a great et to Salem, that ot having con venient rooms Clthout charge) for meetings of civic interest i The dairy train of the Oregon Electric Railway was handled by the Salem chamber and lunch eons served to more than, 900 who attended the - speaking at toe armory. The chamber rented the armory for ; thla occasion. Much Information Distributed Magazines, statistical folders and -publishers ot all sorts i ot information about ; cities write continually to the - chamber V for corrected figures. They get. them MANY CLEAR DAYS BEAM ON SALEM DURING PAST YEAR Rainfall Here Much Lesir Than That in the . Large Cities of the East r According to the official' print- ed record ot the United States weather bureau issued by Ed L. Wells, meterorologlst, there were more clear days In Salem in the first 11 months Of 1930 than either part clear or cloudy days. The clear days numbered US, and part clear 108. Inasmuch as part clear days Include wea ther conditions in which, a mere trifle et clouds is evident, - it may be reckoned, that' there were nearer 225 clear days In the 11 months. There were 113 cloudy days In the same period, which means that despite the Jokes and laughs about Oregon weather, it really Isn't so bad after alL This is further, borne oat by the. official BIG II Mil : III BUSY SB! Hunt Brothers Packing cor poration, operating -one. of . the largest fruit, packing plants la Balem bare Tory large interests in. Pacific coast fruit centers. Main offices are In California. W. G. allien of Salem is man ager of the northwest division, with plants here, Albany and Sumner, . Wash. The Salem plant handlea the largest portion of the northwestern pack ot fruits and berries. ; Mr. Allan may be called the dean ot the Industry here; and has done much toward Improv ing the grade of fruit' grown here, also in Improving mechan ical operations In canning plants. The Hunt plant ran' all through the season here, though the reduction in berry crop par ticularly cut - down : the number of cases put up. No plant changes o I d icing. i right. Photographs are sanfc to magazines from time to time ind articles written or inxormafflon given regarding the capital city of Oregon. ; ' As a member of the chamber of' j commerce of the United States, the Salem chamber has entered the National Health con test and as Marion county is now the healthiest county of its else in the-country; Salem' will stand a good chance of reco glu tton as one of the healthiest cities in the United n States. . As everyone knows, . the r Salem chamber -was responsible tor the health, program of. five years 4ut on In Marion county oa which more than $280,000 was expend ed by the Commonwealth Fund. No .wonder Marion county stands out and is known all over the United States. . i cm rice Pay Long : One . Incidentally, the Salem cham ber is at the service of the com- f munlty every day from 8 o'clock in the morning. The Monday, noon luncheons bring prominent speakers to the city and while the luncheons hare nothing to do with the chamber 'activities, yet they give its members oppor tunity to hear prominent men. ' Correspondence, publicity and giving correct Information to vis itors in the city and sending out statistical information about the city that is correct, goes on day by day, not very exciting in it self, but absolutely essential to the city in our present mode of contacts and doing business. weather bureaa figures on rain fall which show the average an nual, rainfall for Salem to be less than the 38.33 recorded for Cin cinnati, the 41.48 for Indianap olis, the 4541 for Tacoma, the 47.00 for Galveston and the 57.42 for New Orleans. Salem's rainfall average . Is. 37.71, or vir tually the same as in Kansas City and St, Louis. February saw the heaviest rainfall In 1930. with MS. The fall for the other months was: January. 3.98; March, ' 1.93; April, 3.9 if May. 1.78; jane. .99; July ,01; August .01: Sep tember, 2.03; October, 1.92; No vember, 8.78. The rainfall In the first ,20 days ot December was t.S0, of Importance were made In 1980. and the eompany has an nounced no special outlays for 1131 though it takes pride In keeping its plant well maintain ed. :" High at Stayton Doubles Number In Three Years STAYTON, Dec. 81 The past three yean the high school has doubled its pupils, now there are 100 attending, while before bus transportation was Installed there were only 80 During the past year some Linn county ter ritory: has been annexed by the Stayton district, Stayton Is highly spoken of as the logical place for a union or consolidat ed high, school. 1 Next year the Smith-Hughes agricultural course is to be ad ded. There" are seven teachers in the high ichooi and six In the grades. . - , x ' - if Phone 177 Paclced BUILDING GOES OfJ QUITE WELL Save for State Office- Out lay, Started In '29f '30 Hear Normal 1 Salem'a bnflding progra. 1980 was smaller In volam than in previous years, but large structures were orf an completed durina be early part of the yearr ope was thenew sUU office building. a 1600,000 prole, which was not finished until the last of March. The tel ephone building- on State. street was completed- early in the. year tor the occupancy of the offices, but the exchairge . will not be transferred until early In 1931. Building permits totaled 8197, 228. In the first Hi months of 1820,1 which compares with 1, S89.1TB for the twelve months of 1920. This last figure Includes the 8800,000 state building. De ducting this the comparison fs not se unfavorable. Some important work of size was undertaken during' the year in addition to the building: ot many .small residences. Here is a list of the more Important buildings completed in 19 3 Or South Salem fire station. Capital City Laundry building, new plant, i Portland Gas it Coke company, new warehouse. Reld. Murdoch 4k Co., remod eling plant. . Salem Mortuary, new funeral parlors. 1 Western Paper Board, Products Co., new plant. Edw. Schunke, business build ings. Several new service stations. A. A. Gueffroy, residence. Important work now under way includes: ! First Evangelical j Lutheran church. ' , Castle United Brethren church. Publle works construction dnr Ing 1930 was in reduced, volume. About Z0 1 blocks of paVlng was laid. The! Church street sewer project was completed, as well aa other sewer work. Four bridges: ! N o r t h Commercial, South Winter, 18th and Lee, 12th and Leslie were built. Among I contemplated projects may be mentioned the Salvation Army home on which bids have been received. ' ti Vl " V Lit ' 4 i. r 4 , Alt W H ' f - . - . .. t t it V 1 f h.' It Is and always shall be the pol icy of this bank to promote those interests which look to the con stant buildino; up'f Salem and the aSjoininsr communities. The First National Bank endeavors to be a constructive community " in fluencemore than a! mere clear insr house for the depositing and lending of money, : ., tut AID TO LID VALUE Realtors ! fleport ; Farmers j Making Money; Out ). look Encouraging EDITOB NOTE The folio wing article was writ ten for the annual edition b the ecretary ot the Salem Realty board, who la in as close touch with the- property situation aa anyone: The rear estate situation In Salem and the Willamette valley Is probably as good as any other business today. It is true, sales for the past year have- not been aa high as in recent years, bui this is offset by a new emphasis on cash transactions. More prop erty has sold for actual, hard cash the past year than ia many past. On top of this,! there hare been as many exchanges as in other years. ' : ' The Willamette, valley on ac count of the diversify of crops, has suffered less from the so called financial I depression than any territory ot eqal area In the United States. Farm la prices have maintained a higher level than any place in the coun ty of which the Realty board of Salem has any knowledge. valley Farmer Blessed Furthermore, the farmers rhere have less cause for com plaint than those elsewhere. A number of farmers in. the ,WU lame-tte, valley , have acknow ledged a profit for their labors of the year now dosed. - From the reports of other parts of the United States, the attitude ot the Willamette' valley agriculturists is very hopeful In comparison. The , number of inquiries re ceived by realtors from other sections Justifies the hope of in creased business for the coming year. ; The situation of city property la bv no means discouraglna. While true that there were not in the past year so many sales of, either residence or business sites as for the few years prior to -1930. the slack is being taken up from over building, and there is every reason to look forward to an advance In building in 1931-over the year Just ended. The losses in the stock, market should have a wholesome effect V- J V j t ' v Vh i 1 Sale Jiri st.UJ 'iiL!J I ii , r . i t i i 1 (- ' j oa the real t estate market and this effect, already apparent, shoald find results la Increased investment In real estate, a com modity . which j. may fluctuate la price bat which never leaves the owner destitute. - - ; Home Ownership Praised , 8chool, churches and civic or ganizations . are more and more becoming educated to the fact that home owning is the cheap est : and best guarantee of good eltlsenshlp. In ; the past year In Salem two large business buildings, the state office building snd the tel ephone building have- been com pleted, the msgnlflcient Daniel Fry Jr. home on Fairmount hill was constructed, erection of two tine churches Is under way, the Roth - grocery" store ' has been built, and a number of unpreten tious; but comfortable homes On Our January Clearance r WATCHES ; DIAMONDS SILVERWARE - .y Jewders ' on tht Corner BUU and Liberty. Salem, i . . . brings a new opportunity for ac complishment in all things, greav and small. It is our hope that yoi may attain your most covetecl do- sires during the , year just begin ning. .:. The First National Bank' is pleased to extend to its many' customers and friends best wishes for health, happiness arid prosperity in 1 93 1 OFFICERS DANIEL X FRY, Chairman of the Board E. F. SLADE, President B. ELLIOTT; Vice-President - H. E. EAKIN, Asst Vke Pres. and Trust Officer ( C; W. PApLUS Cashier " A. W. SafllBER, Assistant Cashien ' V A. B. BATES, jAssktant Cashier 1 V I DIRECTORS Daniel J Fry It. 1C Holer D. B. Jarman W. U. Hamilton i B. F. Blade ., Carl Gerlincer B. L. 8teeves - J. OV Terry v J r- have gone up. ,' - ' " Altogether, from th stand point of the realty dealer, the Salsm board feels' that real es tate ralues are probably' more ... stabilised and. standardized thin la anytime In recent years. . , Right now the- prospective In vestor ,-can approach s ituatibn with greater certainty than at anytime oince the .war. An op- , tlmistle outlook toward real es Ute as weU as all other branch es of business will go far toward ushering In f enulne prosperity - .LEADTNO INDUSTRIES ! ' 'gaUm's largest Industries are: 21.000,000 Pulp and Paper com- , pany; 8M0O.00O logging on panyj 8800.000 meat Pklf,f plant; $380,00 woolen mm; 8480,000 linen rnHl; and a 250, 000 UneV ml11- ' ' ' ' May Your New Year Be Happy .arid Prosperous Oregob B, B. Elliott : W. W. Moore i T. A. Llveeley Joan II. McNary B. B. Lee Stein er Caster 13. 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