- Oregon City. Ore,. March 28. 1851 Salem. Ore.. March 28. 1931
Page Three
garrison Election Occasion for
Torchlights, Flags, Great Time
"Never-in the history of - Salem
has there been heard so much noise
ss was. made and heard last night;
never-before were the streets of
the capital city so thronged; never
was such enthusiasm expressed."
That vas the lead on the States
man story of Nov. 11, 1888, re
viewing the grand rally celebrat
ing Harrison's election over Grover
"Cleveland. Further the report says:
"Nearly every place of business
on Commercial, State and Court
streets; the court he use, capital and
over 40p residences! in various
parts of town were lighted up with
candles, Chinese lanterns, colored
lights, etc. The procession start
ed from the' Chemekete hotel (the
present Marion) and; wound, up at
Reed's opera house (present, Miller
block). Jasper Minto j was mar
shal, George ' H. Burnett, Frank
Hodgkin,' Harvey Jordan and
Frank Welchi-judes. ;
Here was the order of march:
Marshal
Aides v Aides
Capital's Enginel and Cart
Pyrotechnic; Car
Tiger's Engine
.. .. Foghorn Calliope
Carriage with Speakers
' Voters' on Horseback
Colored Voters in, Carriages
. Salem Band
Voters, with Torches
s. - - ; Battleflags
Harrison Voters- of 1840
American F;lags
First Voters with Transparencies
and Colored Rights
Voters with Torches.
Young. Republican America with
every known instrument
of noise
"Capital's steam engine which
led the van was drawn by four
horses and was handsomely decor
ated with bunting, 'flowers and
S ; 1
Photo Kennell-r.llit
Oscar D. "Frosty"
Olson:
OSCAR D. OLSON, Inc.
organized and opened for busi
ness as. Salem's leading florist in
September, 1927. Mr. Olson has
been a resident 91 Salem since
1916. being employed by a local
florist, with the exception of one
year,- spent ' at MarsM ield.-
Mr. Olson opened up on the
corner of Court and High street
with a modern . florist establish
ment and has been expanding
ever since. He owns 5 acres of
choice land on the Pacific Highway.-;
north .of Salem, which was
improved as . follows: 1927, one
green- house: 1928. 2 green
bouses: 1929," I green house;
1930,. 1 green ttous Toral In
veHtKieut over CiC.OoO. Annual
payroll more, than $8000. An
other green house is 'planned for
1931-3?. Mr. Olson Us a Salem
booster, member of .the Art club.:
Lions. American Legion, ilks, is
director Chamber of; Commerce.
He owns his home? here and
look3.for a bright future for the
city.
EARLY DAY MAIL CARRIERS
V. Copyright; courtesy Cronit Studio
FRONT: OEORK K. HATCH. MIDDLE ROW, LKFT TO RIGHT: JOHN H.
TARRAK. SfBSTITlTE; CHARI.RS K. COSPKIC: BV.S P. TAYLOR; AMOS XV.
LONG. SUBSTITUTE. BACK: SILAS K. HOWARD. HATCH AND TAYLOR
WERK THE FIRST MAIL CARRIKRS IS SALEM.
brooms. The hose cart bore a
stuffed sheep with the wool on,
a very, suggestive emblem to) free
wool democrats, and two real coon
skins." "The fog horn calliope was one
of the successes of the demonstra
tion. . It consisted of an eight-foot
tin horn mounted on a truck which
was covered with a huge square
tent, giving it the appearance of
a monster calliope. The wind power
was . furnished by a blacksmith's
bellows."
A. K. Gilbert was chairman and
the speakers at the opera house
were John Minto, Prof. M. G. Lane,
Capt. S. B. Ormsby of Silverton,
Hon. Rufus Hallory of Portland,
Hon. E. B. McElroy. j
"A prominent feature ori the
stage was the small log cabin with
a real coon skin attached and sev
eral appropriate , inscriptions.! Dur
ing the progress of the meeting in
the opera house, some scoundrel
with the imp of darkness for his
inspirational -power, rung the fire
bell and almost started a stampede,
Salem's
Pioneer
Meat
Packers
THOMAS CROSS
1852
E. C. CROSS
1 884
Third generation
CURTIS B.
CROSS
'1907
but luckily coolness prevailed, and
as the rascal did not dare remain
long at the rope the falseness of
the alarm was recognized in time.
Policeman Glaze came within a
scratch of catching the wretch and
was on his track late last night,
having received a description of
him."
General Palrner
On Trip to View
Tillamook Area
; iJ j ;p .
"In the course ot a few days
General. Palmer, superintendent of
Indian jaf fairs, will (leave' with a
party for the coast; for the purpose
of thoroughly exploring the coun
try along the same, between Tilla
mook and Kowes rRJvers and the
valleys of those streams. They
will also explore from the source
to the mouth the Yaguinna, Nekas.
Alseya and Scisticum rivers with
their tributaries. ! J f
"The xbject of the expedition is
to see whether, .the., country, if not
adapted to -ettlement by whites,
will not" afford a suitable home for
the Indians of the -Willamette val
ley and? lower Columbia. - j '
'The 'country on the coast, re
ferred to above is believed to be
generally unadapted ;to cultivation
or to settlement by whites; while
its small streams, bays, etc., are
said to abound with fish, eels,
clams, oysters, muscles, crabs, etc.,
and the! country would gain enabl
ing the: Indians to live much after
the manner hey :do here." The
Statesman, August, 23, 1853.
INTANGIBLES EXEMPT
"The 'last session -of the legisla-
ture appointed a tax commission,
which has prepared ja bill to be
considered by that body , next
month. ' The proposed; law provides
for several vital changes, which I
should never favor. I refer to the
preposition to make mortgages and
other forms of credits non-assessable,
and to prohibit the exemption
of indebtedness by debtors." T. T.
Geer writing in Statesman, ' Jan
uary 1, 1887.
Best Livery in
State in Salem
In '90 Claim
"Salem has the best general liv
ery and feed barn in the state of
"It is the new 'Fashion Stables'
of Jasper Minto and W. S. Lowe
(Minto and Lowe) at the corner of
Court and High streets opposite
the court house.
"This is the headquarters for the
famous Gurney cabs, with their
popular fares, and Minto and Lowe
also have the finest large cabs in
the city, always ready for orders
by telephone, telegraph or ohter
wise." Statesman, Jan. 1, 1890.
CAMP MEETING
"The camp meeting of the How
ell Prairie Circuit, Oregon confer
ence, D. L. .Spaulding, P.E., will
commence at the Newsome camp
ground (now owned by the M.E.
church) on the 21st day of June,
1877. On the Thursday of the pre
ceding week before the meeting
the friends will meet on the
grounds to be cleared,- prepare
seats, pulpits, tents, etc." States
man, May 23, 1877.
440 STATE
STREET
SALEM,
OREGON
-5 ft I
3 U-
TRAVELER'S PARADISE
Free Day Parking at Eiker's Garage
Club Breakfasts ft to 11 A. M.
FAMOUS DINNERS, 50c 75c S1.00
Served from 11 AJ: M. to O 1. ! M. Children Half Price
FOUNTAIN LUNCHEONETTE
Delirious Toasted Sandwlehee Malted Milks
A. A. t "Kum As You Are" T. P. A.
Home of "The Silver Grille"
,1 .
$500 Capital, in 29 Years, Has
i Created Nearly 1500 Stores
-.1
The 3. C Penney
store in Salem is
a local organiza
tion, with an in
terest in all that'
Interests Salem.
Mr. J. C. Penney showing: head of a
J. C. PENNEY, INC., World
A public institution is the name often
applied to the J. C. Penney Co. Found
ed 29 years ago on a cash capital of
$500, today there are nearly 1500 stores
in the chain. At Kemmerer, Wyo., Mr.
Penney started Store Nol 1. Ability
to serve the public with wanted mer
chandise, at low cash prices, convinced
Mr. Penney that other towns needed
stores operating under his genial poli
cies and management. The first' year's
total volume of business for store No.
1 totalled $28,898.11. The Penney
stores transacted a volume ofi$20i),
90, 417.77 in 1929.
Every J. C. Penney store is a part of
the community it serves. The man
ager and associates are interested, not
only in selling merchandise, but in
herd of prize-winning pure-breds
's Largest Chain of Stores
helping build up the community. The
diversified interests of Mr. J. C. Pen
ney indicate the influence of the Com
pany bearing his name. Mr. Penney's
'outstanding activities of a philanthrop
iic nature are: founding of PenneyMe
morial community for retired minis
ters and their wives. Emmadine
Guernsey farm at Hopewell Junction,
N. Y., for improvement of blood lines
of dairy stock. A blooded sheep farm
at White Plains, N. Y. A 120,000 acre
experimental farm.
Mr. J. N. Chambers, local J. C. Pen
hiey j Co. manager, started with the
company as clerk as do all the execu
tives of the company. Mr. Chambers
sis a: Salem booster, being a past presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, is
a; Ki wanis, and an Ad club member.