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Great Changes Grow
Out bSilyeKtbn's
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Statesman Correspondent '
SILVERTON A new high school building, a sewage disposal plant, an extension of a sewer
system, a swimming pool and a new form of city government are among the objectives accom
plished by Silverton's Community Planning council in three years.
The Planning council itself was the outgrowth of a youth committee of the Lutheran Brother
hood. Alf O. Nelson, chairman of this committee, because of his work as justice of the peace at
Silverton, was widely conversant with the youth problems, and thought the idea of youth im
provement at Silverton entirely . - - r -i- :
too large an issue to be cared 1
for by any one group. He called
a public meeting with an invi-
tation to all who wished to do
so to attend.'
Permanent Group Named .
Approximately , 30 interested .
citizens did attend and at onre
a permanent organization was
. formed. Special Invitations were
Issued to all local civic; fraternal
or religious organizations to send
three of their members as rep-
resentatives at ' the Planning
council
T. T. Leonard was made the
first president and- Dr. P. A.
Loor has served as president
1 since Mr. Leonard's term ex
. pired. ;. - ,
A new high school, to relieve
the crowded conditions in the
Silverton schools, was the first
undertaking. That , the - issue
wouldn't carry was the concen
sus of the street opinion at Sil
verton, but In spite of some op
, position, the issue did carry, and
, with a comfortable majority. .
V Sanitary ,. Issue Talked v
- Next, the- matter .of a sewage
disposal1 plant was brought be
fore the . council. Silver creek
. was filthy. .It . had fallen far
short of the beautiful stream in
tended by nature, Community
Planning council members said.
, Again, the Street said it
. couldn't be done, but again the
, voters carried the issue.
Measures for additional sew
age system and for a swimming
pool were likewise voted by the
people of Silverton. - -
But, says Dr. Loar, certain cit
izens of Silverton became alarm
ed. The Planning council, to
quote President Loar, was ac-
cused of spending too much
money. The city, Dr. Loar re
ported the conservatives as hav
ing stated, "couldn't afford to
spend as much money as the
Planning council was responsible
for the people of Silverton vot
ing upon themselves."
City Finances Problem
And. so, Dr. Loar further ex
plains, "The Planning council
thought it time to take up the
study of city finances to see
why Silverton couldn't afford to
have, some of the things other
towns of its size could afford to
have to make living more pleas-
ant and a better place for our
youth.
"After a year's study in mu
nicipal research, ' the Planning
council chose to change the form
of government to that of man-
the v issue, the new charter, in
the future, might not' be held
legal. .,;..;; , .."'.: '
' The , Planning council as such '
, continues. Headed by Dr. Loar,
It has other plans for the im
provement of the city. One by
one, says Dr. Loar, these , will be
set before the people of the town.
Many of them, he adds, will
cost the city nothing. In the
meanwhile, he invites, "the Plan
ning council meetings are al
ways open to the public."
School Still
Heart Civic
Activities
. By LOIS CRAWFORD :
Statesman ; Correspondent
BRUSH COLLEGE How did
, this community derive its name?
Breeze Gibson (long since de
parted) called it that in a spirit
of fun and the name clung. The
little, one-room schoolhouse in a
setting -'of underbrush and trees
was the center of civic life then
as its successor is today. The
school district , was organized in
1860.
After the first building had
. been torn down, the one now ;'
In use was bu'lt by donation of
labor. It is a modern two-room
building with basement, heated
by furnace and containing
kitchen .with an electric stove,
a dining room, and equipped so
that the two large classrooms
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may lurneu into ciio lurge
room for use as an auditorium.
School Compared
Modern school , furniture,
piano, electric lights and auto
matic water system offer great
contrast to the properties of the
original building, ' which had, a
desk and chair for the teacher,
benches for the pupils, a water
bucket from which all who came
might dip their drinking water,
and a few windows for-lighting.
A central wood stove 'provided
doubtful' heat.
Today the' school building
serves, as church and grange
hall, too. Life still centers about
. the place. A Parent-Teacher , as
sociation organized in March,
1914, became the Brush College
Community club, incorporated
, in 1920, an organization which
holds title to six acres of land
east of the schoolhouse. ; The
property was deeded to the club
for a picnic ground by Byron
and Cornelia Harritt. ' The an
nual homecoming picnic there
the first Saturday in ' June 'is
the outstanding event of the
year and has been attended by
as many as 250 persons.
agerial form. This changefrad
to be initiated over the opposi
tion of the city council, and it
carried by a vote of 55 to 368."
The city council, however.
headed by Mayor Zetta Schlad-
or, simply ' replied at its first
meeting following the vote, "If
that is what the people of Sil
verton want, they should have
it. After all, we have been elect
ed only to carry out the wishes
of the majority of the citizens
of the town."
New Form Temporary
And so, January 1, 1941, the
manager form of government
was set up temporarily the
temporary condition being
brought about because of a test
suit filed by- the former city
water commission. The commis
sion, headed by Dr. A. W. Sim
mons, felt that because ballots
were provided - at the election
only for republican and Iemo-
- cratic party voters, and because
a few non-partisan voters ap-
' ceared at the polls to vote upon
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Dallas Schools Are
Modern, Growing
DALLAS Expressive of , progress in almost every phase
of Willamette valley life is the up-to-date school system in Dal
las. Easily traced is its growth during the past 20 years under
the guidance of Superintendent R. R. Turner.
; On the site of historic old LaCreole academy stands the
modern high school building of cement and tile construction, ,
final unit of which was complet- '' , .
ed in 1939 at a cost of $50,000.
The $80,000 first unit was built
in 1924.
The building contains an at
tractive autditorium ,wlth a seat-
ing capacity of more than 700, a
gymnasium, three offices, a mu
sic room, attractive library, man
ual training and machine shop
rooms, study hall and 18 class
' rooms. '
Originally constructed to house
, the high school, the junior high
. school building is of brick, con
taining 14 classrooms, ah office
and a library. An adequate gym
nasium was built adjoining it a
few years ago.
Grade School Unusual
Most unusual is the elemen
tary school building, erected ear
ly in the last decade at a cost
of $45,000. Of single story co
lonial design, it is almost entirely
of. wood products, reflecting the
chief Industry of the community.
It contains 12 classrooms, a cafe-,
teria, an office, health room,
book storage room and physical
education room or auditorium.
Through the cooperation of the
Willamette Valley Lumber com
pany the classrooms are beauti
fully finished in different types
of wood: Two are. in knotty pine,
four In knotty hemlock and six
In noble fir. The principal's of
fice is finished In cedar.
Total enrollment of the Dallas
city schools for 1940-41 is ap
proximately 1000. An increase of
33 per cent has been recorded in
the elementary grades during
the elementary grades during the
past 20 years, while the high
school enrollment has increased
from 110 . to 400. 'T lilt latter,
growth Is partially explained by
the , fact that buses now bring
students here from other dis
tricts . where high schools are no
longer maintained. .
More Teachers Busy .
The number Of teachers In the
system has i increased propor
tionately during that time. In the
high school, where there were
seven, there are now 18 full-"
time and two part-time; teach
ers. In the elementary schools
there were 12 and there now are
21. Twenty years ago each teach
er was assigned to approximately
40 students; now the assignment
is approximately 30. The ideal
set by current educational ex
perts is 26 students per teacher.
Dallas high school was the
first such school in the state to
offer a two-year course Jn public
speaking, an innovation which
has been reflected for many
years In the school's often un
excelled competition in county,
district and state debate and
public speaking contests.
First in the state to offer a
four-year course In physical edu
cation, the high schooralso has
an outstanding department in
manual arts. It offers three years
in woodwork and one year in
machine-shop work in addition
to the usual academic subjects.
During the past year welding
and forge work have been added.
Original Grant
Held in Family
Of First Owner
WALDO HILLS The first
land grant patent Issued In the
state of Oregon was Issued to
.King Hlbbard, and still living
on the old donation claim are
two granddaughters of the orig
inal owner. The Und has been
divided and on one portion Mr.
, and Mrs. J. C. Currie have built
and on the other Mrs. Helen
Paget The two sisters are wide
ly known in Marldn county.
SwJ Anniversary EdlXod
Old Kirk's.
Romantic;
Story Told
Chronicles of Silverton
Historian Relates Tale of City
A ND it came to pass in the
year 1846 that James Smith'
and John Barger saw much and
large virgin timber growing on
the banks of a. clear stream a
mile and a half above the town
that is now called Silverton.
And the two built a sawmill and
sawed timber there for eight
years. , ('
And yet others found the
place fair to look upon and
other businesses were set up.
Larce among- these was the
two story building- of At
Coolidgre.
And in 1852, It came to
pass that other merchants and
years old, Silverton was first
known as Silverton in print.
But during that same year the
name came into general use and
shortly thereafter the post office
was established at Silverton and
Charles Miller was made post
master. And so unto this day Silver
ton grew and flourished until
it is now only under Salem in
size in the county of Marion.
L.L.M.
other mill men came to gate
upon the new town and saw
TBO flat" place PIpoii which to
set their buildings. Only hill
sides and a creek were left.
So Beuford Smith returned a
mile and a half down the stream
and there built his sawmill also
along Silver creek but orT a
larger space of flat land.
A year passed and Beuford
nthuiltunnjyL
side of his sawmill.
And it was in 1853 Waite and
Holland, whose first names have
not been chronicled in Oregon
histories, built the first building
on the site which has since been
called by the name of Silverton.
Ai Coolidge, since then
widely known for his business
acumen, saw the wisdom of
the move down stream. So Ai
Coolidge fathered all bis busi
ness together, Including the ;
building already built, and be
gan the tedious journey down
hill -But- Coolidge could not
discontinue his ' work and
buying and selling went on
. even as the building went on
for three months down the
country road.
And so it came about that on
the first day of September, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-five, in
THE- OREGON STATESMAN,
then but little more than four
Receipts Up
INDEPENDENCEPostal re
ceipts here for 1940 were great
est in the history of the local
postoffice, a total of $9,857.44.
Starr Fruil Products Co.
1 Packers o
CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BERRIES
PRESERVES, JAMS AND JELLIES
"KffiRSSCA
BRAND"
. Royal Anne Cherries
(MARASCHINO TYPE)
Manufacturers of
Crushed and Shredded Cherries
Maraschino flavored Cherries
' Glace Cherry Pieces (in pails)
Whole and Broken Cherries
Dipping Cherries
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OFFICES AND FACTORY 105 S.E. YAMHILL
PORTLAND, OREGON
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Many New
Homes
By MRS. WILLIAM ' HARTLEY '
Statesman Correspondent
SWEGLE from the wind-'
ows of the first residence built
just five years ago between Gar-
den road and Sunny view avenue ,
one ' can today count . 36 " newer
bouses. Homes are the heart of V
Swegle, this Salem suburb which .
is Just a year younger .than The
.Oregon Statesman. ,
: In 1852 six families, still -weary
from ; the long ox-team
trek' across the plains, took up ,
land' grants here. The , Simon'
Swartzes, Herrons, Gilberts, ' .
ZENA The flistory, of the
oldest protestant church in Polk
county, .the Spring Valley Pres-
byterian "church relocated ai
Zena, readsllke a story. ,:
First services of the Cumber
. land Presbyterian church were
held In a small schoolhouse
which stood at Zena corners
where now stands the building
once occupied by J. R. Shep
ard's store. A subscription was:
raised among the congregation
for a building fund, some donat
ing .lumber, others money and
some labor for the new church
; building which was completed
in June, 1859. , , ,
Bell Around Horn
The clear-toned bell which
hangs in the church's belfry was
brought around Cape Horn. The,
lumber came by steamer from
Portland and was hauled by
oxen from Lincoln on the Wil
lamette river two miles east1 of
Zena to the building site. At
that time there was no road
thorA nnlv o ' trail thivuiah ' 1
underbrush.
On a knoll overlooking the
valley with Mt. Hood in the dis
tance the long-completed church
still stands. To the north lies
the cemetery, its land deeded to
the church by Jesse Walling,
father of the late J. D. and
Grant Walling, from his dona
tion land claim.
Early Members Return
Many of the" members of 35
years ago participated in the
Spring Valley Christian Endea
vor's impressive seventh annual
homecoming ceremonies held
this year at the church.
Among the charter members
of the church were Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Bolivar Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson Purvine, Mr. and Mrs.
John Toner, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Emmett, Mrs. William Fletcher
and Mrs. Harriett Crangle,
whose descendants still live in
the neighborhood.
Monkers and Charles Swf;3
built not of logs but of luaL'Jc
hauled from; the - sawmill at
Oregon City.' Not one 1 of ' tl.'J.
original- houses still. rsU.VJj, i tut
children- of 'the. pioneers b'ulit
larger. than their parents and-
few of these sturdy .structur
are still In use. t "
' Aeene Chances '
;The broad, .flat .aeres. flrs't
covered with,-sheep, later har-1
bored a hopyard, then berry
fields. Today ..there are !l(J4 resi
dences In the Swegle ccnmunify,
most of them -on acreages of
five acres or less. . One hundred
iprty-five of these -homes sic
supported by Incomes made, in
Salem and. Its suirounduig en
terprises. The DeSar hopyardi;
a few orchards, some truck gar
dening . these - comprise f tte
community's commercial ' agri
cultural pursuUs. "
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