Oregon City, Ore., March 28, 1851 Salem. Ore,. Marcr 2&, ; 1931;
PAGBELEVElf
IN
RIGGS FOILED
IN GREAT AIM
Bell-Fixer of Salem ' Can't
Repair olid Liberty; Mes
senger in East v
"From S.
books" 1875:
A. Clarke's scrap
How many in Salem
today know that in 1875 there lived
a very fine old gentleman, -Mr. IX
L. Riggs. who was the very soul
of patriotism : and was a machin
ist, and whose inventive genius had
perfected a 'process for- mending
cracked bells, for in that day bells
meant 4 more ; to the people than
they do now.' He had this process
patented and' when tried here in
.Oregon had succeeded admirably.
This man's name was D. L. Riggs.
who - had been -brought up near
Philadelphia, where he had heard
the Old Bell ring, and took it to
heart that nothing had been done
to restore the Old Bell to service
for present generations. His whole
heart, was to invent a process that
would restore the. bell and set to
ringing . again for the centennial
in 1876, the great day when it rang
out "the joyful peal, because the
Declaration; of f Independence had
been- signed and announced to be
free.V " . ' .-V -: :
Goes t'oPhiladelphia
To-Offer Service
Having proved that his process
was certain,: he went to Philadel
phia to offer hisiervices for the
repair of the " remarkable messen
ger of. liberty. . ' ' ' ' -
They received his offer with con
sideration, and promised to accept
it. He was to built each side of the
crack ' in the bell out of crucible
clack, a furnace in which to make
charcoal fires, and arrange to bave
sufficient power of wind to blow
these charcoal fires to a white heat
which would melt the bell metal to
run together again and the bell
would be as sound as ever.
But alas! Although they had
faith in his work, the people in
Philadelphia had so much senti
ment about the bell, they finally
refused to ' have it restored, and
Mr. Riggs returned to Oregon a
disappointed man, as it had been
te pride of his life - to--heap its
clear tones again. He had- mended
a bell in a church in Salem with
perfect success. Mr. D. L. Riggs
was the father-in-law of George
H. Hines of the Historical society.
S.C.D.
FIRST RAILROAD STATION
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FIRST ORBUON CALIFORNIA RAILROAD STATU) AT HALKM. ORK.. IV 1870. THE RAIMIOA1 WAS
OPEXKB TO TRAFFIC TO THIS STATION OCT. 11, 1870. THE .DEPOT WAS IX THE 8AM E LOCATION AS THE PRES.
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$5000 Required
To Install Pipe
To Water Plant
Water company installation costs
were-not so high in the 80s; one
finds : 'on J examination of The
Statesman's . files. It was in 1886
that the suction pipe. was put into
the Willamette river across Minto's
island at a. cost of f 5000.
This iron pipe was 2157 feet, in
length and when installed was the
longest suction 1 pipe' west of the
Rockies.
"The company has in active oper
ation between seven and eight miles
of mains and distributing pipes,"
reads a "paper of "1887." "During
the-past season repairs : and im
provements to them have cost over
$15,000. About three miles of
wooden distributing mains have
given-, place to pipes of cast and
wrought iron."
EPIDEMIC AT LAFAYETTE
"An obliging correspondent at
Lafayette writes us that the 'putrid
sore throat' is prevailing there to
a considerable extent. There have
been five deaths from it in town in
the last three weeks." Statesman,
Mar. f9, 1860.
DEATH OF COL. BAKER
"The first news dispatch trans
mitted across the continent entire
ly by telegraph, brings intelligence
of the fall of Senator Baker in bat
tle." Statesman, Nov. 4, 1861.
PRE-NYE PERIOD
Senators Morton, Saulsbury and
McMillan came to Oregon in June,
1877, to investigate the election of
L. F. Grover to the Senate.
Back : in 1888 "J. H. McNary
has been appointed deputy record
er, vice, L. F. Conn, resigned."
SALEM WELL CHURCHED
(Continued ironi page 10)
Indeed there was a strong senti
ment against it. Whether condi
tions are better or worse I am not
saying; it is a matter of individual
opinion, but when I was a boy and
young man, drinking among women
was unknown.
Home Band Flourished
On Ex-Circus Equipment
The Home Amusement Band was
HAWKINS & ROBERTS, Inc.
1 'One of the outstanding business successes of
Salem and the Willamette valley is Hawkins &
Roberts, Inc., Investments.
Organized in 1913 by Harry Hawkins and
Thomas Roberts, this business has grown with
the community, expanding into one of the larg
est, first mortgage loan concerns, in the state.
Fromi meager quarters, the expansion has re
quired more office space through the years un
tik today nearly all of the second floor of the
Oregon Building is used by "the firm.
Originally the firm engaged exclusively in
first mortgage loans on farms and city property.
Later different service departments were made
available for clients. In 1927 the Dyer Insur
ance Agency was merged with the Hawkins and
Roberts, Inc. Since 1927 a complete Insurance
service has been available.
Hawkins and Roberts, Inc., today is one of the
most completely organized investment houses in
Oregon, doing an extensive loan business, also
dealing in bonds, stocks, short-time paper, col
lateral trust bonds. .
A branch office is maintained in Eugene, with
representatives in Medford, Klamath Falls, Cor
.vallis, and all points of the valley.
Officials are, H. M. Hawkins, Pres. Thomas
A. Roberts, Vice-Pres. W. C. Dyer, Vice-Pres.
. Frank H. Spears, See'y-
an Institution. : The leader, Pro
fessor Coomer, was a piece of flot
sam from the wreck of a circus that
had stranded in Salem. He was an
accomplished musician and a gen
tleman. Every year .the band gave
a minstrel show ChatUe Kelly, and
Billy Dougan were the' end. men;
Professor Cooroers. cornet . solos
were the principal feature.-
The bar . aftd f the? medical pro
fession : were ably represented.
Ashael Bush was the town bank
er. The principal merchant were
Breyman Brothers; M. Meyer Levi,
and J..;J. "iDalrymple. JoKn'-.G;
Wright and Farrar Brothers did
most of the grocery business." D. E.
Howard was the big butcher of the
town. R. M. Wade & Co.'and Cun
ningham Brothers sold hardware
and farm ' implements. "Pete" Emf
erson ran the best restaurant , un
til he went to. Port Townsend on.
the boom in the early '80's. Later
Amos Strong and Charlie Helleh
brand were the. leading restaurateurs.
When I went to Salem, Ephl I
dinger operated the only public
conveyance, a closed hack, or car
riage. Afterwards Bill Chambers
and Henry Price were "opposition"
in the business. Their turnouts
were more elaborate. The tops of
their carriages could be let down
in pleasant weather. The fare to
the depot was 25 cents for towns
people! ."drummers" and strangers
I -efj I
Purest Water is
a Prime Essential for
Stolz Carbonated
Beverages
Of paramount im
portance is the wa
ter tha goes, into
every bottle of
Carbonated Bever
ages that leaves
the Gideon Stolz
plant. A good car
bonated beverage
cannot be . made
from poor water.
To be absolutely
in control of tLe wa
ter situation, at all times, and
to be able to pupply only the
purest water for all of our
beverages, we have installed a
"Perfection" Water Stilt.,
which is capable of praducingr
from 6 0 to 7 5 sallonsrper
hour, of distilled water;- a"
pure and sparkling as drops
of dew. Our arbonating and
Bottling plant contains " the
latest mechanical equipment.
Every . bottle that leaves the
establishment is washed,
filled and capped automatical
ly, without contacting human
hands until it is ready for
delivery to the dealer.
We ake pride in
the product of our
modern plant
where all kind of
Carbonated drinks
are manufactured.
Rest assured that
our label on any
bottle of "soda
pop" Insures a
s a n 1 1 a r y,
- quenching
safe,
thirst
drink.
Ask for bottled, flavored
sodas bearing the label of
Gideon Stolz Co. :
SAL KM, OR5.
paid 50 cents. A like discrimination
was - made at Hotels and eating
places. The only apparen differ
ence' between the "drummers'''
table and other tables 'fn. a dining
room, "was a plate of oranges or
apples set ; in. tbe center of the
table. . . O
: My offering to your special edi
tion must necessarily be of little
interest to the greater number of
yo.ur readers, but It is possible that
Margaret" Cosper, the Breyman
girls, Mrs. Patterson, Ben Taylor,
Ed Weller, "Ner" Bush, Ed Croi
san, the McNary boys, George'
Waters, Hal Patton," Rube Boise,
Mob Hendricks, Doug Minto, John-
i i
ny J ones ana a xew oiners may dc
prompted to ' recall some of the
happy times we boys and girls had
in Salem. I am talking of times
ID years ago; .but I do not feel
old en. that account.. I have kept
my health and vitality; my hair
is not gray; I still have my teeth,
my tonsils and my appendix, and
am able to laugh at myself. If it
he that "He laughs best who laughs
last," it behooves us all to laugh
last.
SINCE 1880
Salem Abstract Company
Thero. M. Hicks "Walter. B. Minier Frank Lynch
Tres.
Vice-Pres.
Sec'y.
Abstracts and Title Insurance
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