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og Cabin Built Near Present
Road Was First House in Hubbard
HUBBARD, March 27. -4 The
Highway garage owned by JB. G.
Wells ; and son, Hugh Wells,
stands by' the side of the beauti
ful Pacific, highway at Hubbard
where more-than 80 years ago
j near the spot stood a little log
J cabin beside a road which was
j a mere strip of mud or "choking
: dust as , the season ' willed, f
The little log cabin, the first
building of any kind at the pres
ent site of Hubbard, was built by
Thomas Hunt, a squatter? ho
rented his claim to Charles! Hub
bard soon after the arrival of
the latter to the Willamette in
1847. Mr. : Hubbard took.; pos
session of the little cabin . In
1848, later;, .bought the improve
ments,. tl$d a donation land
claim, received a title for' 640
acres fromthe government and
became the: rounder of the town
named in his honor while Mr.
Hunt went on to California to
share In the gold rush and was
heard from no more.
Charles Hubbard was the
grandfather of Milton Kester,
owner of a modern poultry plant
near the spot where stood the
blacksmith shop on his grand
father's, claim. Mr. Kester, son
of James Kester, was born 72
years ago ' on his father's home
stead now the present site bf the
A; J. Smith farm near the White
school house.
Fireplace Made of
Sticks and Mud
Mr. Kester spent much bf hl
boyhood days at his grandfath
er's home and he recalls I many
stories of those early pioneer
days. He says that his 'uncle,
the late Judge William Hubbard,
recalled the Hunt cabin as; being
typical of the homes of the early
Oregon pioneers being built of
logs and haying a fireplace' made
SCHOOL DAYS
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FIRST SCHOOL. AT IIUBEAKD.
of sticks and mud. When Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hubbard and
family of four boys and four
girls came to live in the new
home, the little one-room cabin
did not afford suitable accommo
dations so a larger cabin was
built near the first building.
In 1874 J. B. Jackson bought
the Hubbard home and remod
eled the house by. building: a new
addition. In, later years the
Jackson house was divided, the
new addition built by Mr. j Jack
son being used in constructing
the modern home of B, G. - Wells
located Just west of the -Highway
garaged white the: old part,
that of the Charles j Hubbard
house is made into a heat little
home for. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Wells. -Mr,. Jackson's son and
daughter, Jerome Jackson and
Mrs. Mary Coleman, each have a
beautiful home near the place of
their childhood.
Charles Hubbard Lives 1
to Ripe age of 84 .
After selling to Mr. Jackson.
Charles Hubbard moved to a log
cabin which he had erected on
the present j George Wolf er farm
and there he lived many years,
spending his last days on this
earth at the home of " his son.
Judge William Hubbard in Mis
sion Bottom near Salem, and liv
ing to the ripe old age of 84
years
Where now stands the busy
town of Hubbard then stood a
heavy 'growth of timber, the
homes of wild game including
native pheasants, wild . Igeons,
quail and deer. Mr. Kestef says
that his father would stand in
his own doorway and shoot deer
and that his Grandfather . Hub-
ing a wide field of business ac
tivities. The old Methodist church
building was for a long time
the only
w hi 1 e now
SOCIETY WILL
ENJOY FROLIC
'Social Lions, Patterson and
D'Arcy, Mentioned for
May Day Eveht ' "
"A Coming: Event-fJust . at the
present time society matters are
at a standstill owing to the fact
that this is Lenten season; but im-
churrh in Hubbard, mediately after Lent there -will be
the town has 'o. number of society events. Not-
three churches and a ' Mission ably that of the May party to.be
hall. Where mere trails led from
the farms to town now good
given at the state eapitol, on Fri
day evening, April COth, which will
in order, to determine which boat
has the best of it the steamer clerks
take an account of the number and
beauty of the fair sex on each boat
antf then compare notes. - The P. T.
company advertise to carry passen
gers between Portland and Salem
at four bits each, bsrths and meals
included, and freight at $1.50 per
ton. We presume the Willamette
Navigation Co. carry at the same
rates.' Statesman, Feb. 19, 1866.
roads, many of them paved, re probably start the society: ball a
the pride of Hubbard and vftoin- rolling.' Already the young peo-
EARLY MEANS OF TRAVEL
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BARRON'S STAGE RTATIOV. LOCATED ABOUT SIX MILES SOUTH OF AgHLAXD. THE STAGE WAS THE
LAST ONE TO CtO THROUGH THE ROtitE KlVKR VALLEt AFTER THE RAILROAD WAS OPENED, LN 1887. .
bard enjoyed hunting then on.
horseback.
The Pacific highway at Hub
bard marks the location of the
old stage-coach road. Some of
the hand hewn timbers used in
the rear of the Highway garage
were a part of the old stage
coach barn which was located at
the corner and operated by a son
of Charles Hubbard and the
stage coaches drawn by from
four to six horses stopped on
their Portland-California trips to
change horses at the" Hubbard
barn.
Old-Stage Service
Followed by Garage
It la Interesting to note that
at the corner which served the
traffic in the stage-coach days
now stands a modern garage
thatl serves the present motor-car
age; and at almost the exact lo
cation where Mr., and Mrs. Hub
bard fed the stage-coach drivers
and passengers that now Gar
lands' barbeque feeds the pres
ent day motor-stage drivers and
passengers.
The old stage-coach was done
away with when the railroad
found its way to California. Mr.
Hubbard donated an 80 - fopt
right-of-way to the railroad com
pany which built a station nam
ing it Hubbard, thus beginning
the town in 1870.
When A. G. Gleason, Hub
bard's first postmaster and mer
chant, built the first store here
about the year 1870, and which
afterward was owned by George
Wolfer, pioneer merchant of
Oregon, a road had to be
brushed out in order to get the
lumber to the site of the build
ing which is now the office and
store building of the Copelaitd
Lumber yards.
Settlers First got Mail
At Belle Passe
Before Mr. Gleason came to
Hubbard, the settlers got their
mail at Belle Passe about four
miles south of Hubbard where
now stands the Belle Passe
school house. Now Hubbard has
a good post-office under the
management of Charles Critten
den who has been postmaster
for many years, and In place of
the one little store building that
comprised all the business of
Hubbard in the early days there
are many business houses cover
tly. A few of the old landmarks
rerifain including the old livery
barn and old farmhouses among
the latter being the Ivan Grimm
home and the Waldo F. Brown
home, a picturesque old colonial
type of house located on one of
the many prosperous farms that
surround the Hubbard of today.
Late Trimmings
In Hearses Are
Available $10
"Yesterday Robert Ford and A.
J. Basey received a fine new hearse
from the factory in Illinois, and it
is now ready, for service ... The
hearse is full silvery mounted, with
gold trimmings and bears the lat
est improvements. It is the finest
vehicle ever brought to Salem."
The Statesman, Apr. 27, 1887.
A later ad gave the hearse rate
at $10. I
And probably this vehicle bore
many a fine Salem citizen to his
last resting place.
pie are pairing off, and new dresses
and'fdress suits agitate the younger
miniis; and many older people are
beginning to make tip ami be ready
for this, the season's event of 1886.
The; young gentlemen who com
prise the committee, having the
matter in hand, are working hard
to make this the best party ever
given at the state house, and are
sparing no pains at any part of
the work. The hall of representa-,
tives has been canvassed 'through
out. The music will be furnished
by Parsons and Brey, and will be
a treat in itself, as all selections
will be of high standard. The com
mittee is composed of such society
gentlemen as I. L. Patterson, PI H.
D'Arcy, Chas. S. Reily, Wm. J.
Clarke, F. H. Allison and A. L.
McCully." Statesman, Apr. 16,
1886.
STEAMBOAT RIVALRY
"The steamboat companies doing
business on the Willamette river
are now running the opposition
prihciple pretty strong, j Passen
gers are carried between: Portland
and Oregon City for nothing; and
Atlas Book Store
V. I. "Babe" Needham, president of the above
company is a native of Marion County He was
born 7 miles south of Salem, in the Red Hill dis
trict. 1 Aside from his two child
ren Mr. Need ham's hobby
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is Salem. In 1908 he was
connected with the Sheriff's
office where he remained
until 1917 when he was
elected sheriff of jtfarion
County., Sheriff , for;; four
years, he then, became trust
officer for the Capital Na
tional bank, how the First
National bank. In 1926 be
purchased .the Atlas Book
store, located at 465 State
street. ?!
Old-time Oregon hospital
ity is on. tap at the Atlas
Book store. A cheery wel
come awaits all , callers
whether they come to buy,
talk gplf, the weather; poli
tics or "what-will-you."
Mr. Needham is keenly in
terested in the city of Salem
and surrounding country
photo - by Knnu-EUi and rates as one of the com
'BABE" NEEDHAM - mnnity's leading boosters.
Society Thrills
As Mrs. England
I Opens Her Home
(Here was the guest list ata
luncheon giveq by Mrs. Williant
England at her "elegant residence
on Liberty street" in April, 1887:
Mrs. A. N. Bush, Mrs. Wm. Brown,
Mrs. Geo. Burnett, Mrs. F. J. Bab
cock, Mrs. S. C. Church, Mrs. Ed
Croisan, Mrs. Dinsmore, Mrs. F. E,
Hodgkin, Mrs. McMasters, Mrs. Ed
Hirsch, Mrs. S. R. Jessup, Mrs.
Gus Strang, Mrs. J. H. Strickler,
Mrs. M. N. Chapman, Mrs. Mattie
Scott, Mrs. I. N. Gilbert, Mrs. F. N.
Gilbert, Mrs. Geo. Williams, Mrs.
D. F. Wagner, Mrs., A. Grant, Ms.
E. Lafore,. Mrs. G. G. Lownsdale,
Mrs. W. F. Lemon, Mrs. J. W.
Spriggs, Miss Eva Cox, Miss Mae,
Carpenter, Miss Jennie Gray, Miss
Theo Van Wagner, Miss, Sadie
Nelson, Miss Bertha Mopres, Miss
Nellie Gilbert, Miss Flora Sim
mons, Miss Emma Wheeler, Miss
Lizzie McNary, Miss Annie Mc-Nary.
NO SPEED LIMIT THEN
"A train of ox-teams, consist
ing of forty oxen and six wagons
from Harrisburg, Linn county,
passed through town last week,
en route to Salmon Rifer."
statesman. May 5, 18 62.
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Frank H. Madden
Northwestern Representative
Reid, Murdoch & Co.
Born at Monmouth, 111., In
1855, Frank H. Madden entered
the employ of Reid, Murdoch and
company, wholesale grocers of
Chicago, in 1876. .He served as
traveling salesman, house sales
man, and originated and started
the manufacturing business of the
company, erecting plants at Ham
mond and Plerceton, Ind. He was
director and partner of the com-
nucu 1CII1CU 1U aiiu
came to Medford, Ore., where he
bought a fruit ranch. In a few
years, he sold the ranch, moved
to Seattle and with a partner, op
erated salmon plants in Alaska at
Point Warde; on Copper river;
and at Point Nellie Juan on
Prince William sound. About 10
years ago he sold these interests
and retired from business.
In 19 29 his old firm, Reid. Mur
doch and company, invited him to
become their northwest repre
sentative to handle the buying
and manufacturing, of all kinds of
food products which originate in
this territory. That year he leas
ed and operated for the company
the West Salem cannery and In
the fall the company purchased
the old King plant on Norh Front
street. This was remodeled into
a modern plant nd- in 1930 a
pack of 300.00ft cases of fruits
and vegetables was made.
Mr. Madden's family consists of
a wife and two daughters. They
reside in Seattle, but Mr. Madden
makes frequent trip3 to Salem.