The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 23, 1949, Page 6, Image 6

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&m Ali-Arouncl BniejrGGfclinig PfiaceSalem, U.S. A
Massachusetts
City 'Mother' of
30 Namesakes
(Editor's aote: Erie Berrmaa, aaill
mnUr I lull-Urn editorial Mart
MMtM of THE OREGON STATES.
' MAN, U aa a Batioa-iriaa tmr as
- a special asaicoaaeat Is wrlUnf ahos
ta tttoo's eUtcr HalaM be Is vtatttaf.
Fallowing U Ui 10th of a Mrtcs.)
Br Erie Berrmaa
SALEM, Mass., Aug. 22-(Spe-cial
to The Statesman)-In March,
1948,. The Oregon Statesman pub
lished the probable fact, and the
Salem. Mass.. Evening News, gra
ciously acknowledged, that Salem,
Oregon, is now "The" Salem In
population."
So it was with special interest
that the wife and I looked things
over here.
Daniel J. Foley, managing di
rector of the chamber of com
merce, invited us to luncheon and
cave us much information con
'a cerning this Salem, the birthplace
of Nathaniel Hawthorne and tne
' haunt of "witches" during the
witch trials from 1652 to 1692. Fo
ley auote the population here at
42,800 and believes this figure will
remain about the same nence-
' forth, since the city has little room
for expansion. (The estimate for
Salem. Ore exceeds 30,000).
Interesting to us is the fact that
Salem is the actual county seat
(shire town) of Essex county,
' Mass.. and all necessary county
ttinm mrm hruiuH hr Kilt dupli
cate county buildings, are located
t Lawrence. Mass., because of the
large size of the county.
Buildin Overpasses
Salem's government is the
"strong mayor-council 'form" with
. six ward councilmen and five
councilmen at large. Present may
or is Joseph B. Harrington, a de
mocrat and good friend of Paul
Dever. Massachusetts governor.
The city is presently maintaining
34 veterans' housing units and Is
constructing through the housing
authority 134 more units. Under
way Just recently are two new
million-dollar overpasses to eli
minate railroad street crossings.
The city contributed the land and
.assumed condemnation costs, and
. funds for construction are the con
trihution of the state. -
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Years a eo. when discontent was
breaking out at the settlement at
Cape Ann. Roger Conant and his
companions landed then at a place
known as Massey's Cove, near
what is now Skerry street here,
r.nd the settlement was known
then as Naumkeag, an Indian
tribe name. In 1629, a Congrega
tional church was organized, the
first Congregational society in
a : 1 1 I 4 .,t Wa
America, inutryciiiraui, vi an vww
religious affiliations.
In Heart of City
Until a few years ago, the church
occupied the original site in Town
- House square, the heart of the
city. Jt was consolidated with the
North society, under the name of
First charch. The sit of th ori-
rinal church was sold to Daniel
I Low it Co., 82 years In th Jewelry
business her.
W were Interested to find why
Salem' was named Salem, since to
day, throughout the U. S., there
-are more than 30 communities.
Including 22 with post offices, who
nave been called saiem.
Here's What th Salem Evening
News says:
"Some of the early settlers In
writing horn claimed that th
nam of th colony, Naumkeag,
was rather Hebrew than Indian.
Cotton Mather writes 'Nahum sig
nifies comfort and Keik signified
haven, and our English not only
found it a haven of comfort, but
happened also to put a Hebrew
name upon it, for they called it
Kalm. for the Deace. which they
had hoped in it.'
"More Fancy Than Fact"
"Som writers of th early days
claimed the name Naumkeag was
proof that the Indians here had
anciently some knowledge of the
Jews, but Felt, in his annals of
Salem states that it is very prob
able that this is more fancy than
fact, as not on of 10 persons
called upon to writ the flam,
without consulting each other,
after it had been pronounced by
the natives, would ha v spelled it
the same."
Salem people are proud of the
fact that the city has been the lo
cal for much writing.
People all over America, says
the chamber of commerce, have
spent more than 88,000.000 on
books written about Salem. Som
of the titles of these are "Th Sa
lem Frigate," by John Jennings,
"Yankee .Pasha,- by Edison Mar
shall; "No Ship May Sail," by
Charles F. Haywood; "The Run-
t-. ning of the Tide, by Esther For
bes; "Peace, My Daughters." by
Shirley Barker; "Salem and the
Indies," by James Duncan Phil
lips; "Chronicles of Old Salem,"
by Frances Dianne Robotti; "Na
thaniel Hawthorne." by Randall
Stewart; "Nathaniel Hawthorne,
The American Years," by Robert
Cantwell; "Evening Wolves," by
Marie McCall and to be published
shortly; "Devil In Massachusetts,"
by Marion Starkey. -Tewn
Being Publicised
We learned from Managing Di
rector Foley, also, that National
Geographic magazine will publish
mn October article on Salem and
that Coronet' magazine has Just
completed an educational film
here.
A writer could spend a life
time in Salem, Mass, and find
things of Interest every mmute of
th day..
In comparison with Oregon's
Salem, it la slightly larger in area;
has a third of th bonded debt;
half th postal receipts; a third
- the mileage of paved streets; half
- the number of churches and thea-
iree oat lour tunes as many
parks; twice the park area; twice
the hospital beds; three times the
assessed valuation; a 50 per cent
greater tax levy, and much larger
j, fire and police departments. ; :
Industrially, too, it is "top.
between 1839 and 1943 th num-
-, ,"VS
sat 1 Ik awT" rijeaajiia i , M u urn iji flft in i i i itfni mi ipn . . y i-mm -"t c, ajw.- . 'TrsaTirisaaran iqj il - misjismim isssi"--
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j - . C--' '00m J ' I quiet picnic spot. Salad ... pickles .. . 14 'XljJ gmmm I
'J -':'' I;"' I U'fe: '" Yfti I I cold plates and light Olympia. II ij Q)
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2 K P I thing, of life. y i ll
SALEM.: Mass The "mother" f the Batten's Salem has a mere
severe ; climate than Oregon's like-named city, as evidenced by the
right-center snw-lw phete provided by Daniel J. Foley, manag
ing director of the chamber of commerce, bat it also has many
historic places like the est at lower-right which shows Edward
Everett Ilorton. movie star, chatting with s goest and with Foley
(standing) while dining la th Stephen Daniel hoase, bnllt la 16(7,
now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. P. UaUer, formerly of
Salem; Ore. The photo was taken by Fred Abodeely. The other
photo, all. by Erie Bert man, shew th exterior of th Stephens
Daniels hoase (Up left; the fame as Witch house (center left); the
boose of Seven Gables, of 1889 vintage, aboat which Nathaniel
Hawthorne wrote (lower left), and, at top right, th basiaeos district,
with the -Sales Saviags bank at the left, the Boston and Mam Kail
road station In the ceater- (with towers.) and the cablelo at the in
tersection where a peUeeflkea serves aa traffic coordinator and dis
penses Uarlot lnfonnatlea.
bcr of industrial establishments in
Salem increased from-88 to 110,
and th capital invested in pro
duction i facilities went up from
$17,200,000 to $34,200,000.
Many Large Xndaotries
Among the large industries here
are th Naumkeag Steam Cotton
company, makers of Pcquot sheets,
in its 111th year; Parker Brothers,
Inc., makers of sueh parlor games
as "Pit, "Monopoly," and "Book";
Hytron Radio and lectronica Corp,
dating from 1923, makers of radios
and tubes; and many others, in
cluding th leather industry, tan
nod, curried and finished leather,
represented by some 80 different
establishments whos total prod
ucts in 1945 were valued at $16,
147,111. ' i
One large weave shed of the
Pequot ; mills alone covers nin
acre of floor spac on Salem's
harbor, : where Salem people may
look daily at the breakers of the
Atlantic nrean.
Those in Salem, Oregon, who
might . have believed that the
heavy cruiser U. S. S. Salem, com
missioned at Boston, May 14, 1949,
was named after Oregon's capital
city, will b told differently by
th chamber of commerce her.
On July 3, 1949, the Salem was
in Salem harbor, and was pre
sented with a complete silver ser
vice by the citizens of Salem.
The iUSS Salem's? newspaper,
"Th Witchcraft" definitely at
tributes its name to Salem, Mass.
Many IMstorte BaUdings
Being on of the earliest colon
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ial settlements, Salem's buildings
are nearly all of historical inter
est, especially th famous Witch
house, where som of the witch
trials were held; Hawthorne's
birthplace, built by Benjamin
Pickman before the Witchcraft
period, and the House of the SeV
en Gable, so named from Haw
thorne's tale.
Other Interesting spots Include
th assembly house where Wash
ington and Lafayette wor enter
tained; Derby Wharf, famous In
East India trade; th Hawthorn
and Roger Conant statues and
several churchyard burying
grounds containing such famous
tombs as those of Governor Brad
street; Richard More, a passenger
on th Mayflower, and Col. Tim
othy Pickering, secretary of war
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Mrs. Bergman and I had dinner
with, friends from Boston, Mr. and
Mrs. John Shaw, at th Stephen
Daniels house, built in 1667, and
recently restored by Mr. and Mrs.
T. P. Haller. formerly of Salem,
Oregon, and one owners of a
similar eating and antlqu estab
lishment at Oregon City.
Salem may only b described as
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beautifully historical from begin
ning to end. the mother of the Sa-
1 lems of America, the picturesque
seaport city on the northern shore
of Massachusetts, famous for its
colonial architecture, its unusual
ly perfect doorways, its abund
ance of tourist attractions, its bal
anced climate and friendly citi
zens.
(Next Salem, N. H.)-
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Mrs. Bragg
Found Dead at
Palm Springs
SILVERTON. Aug. 22-(Special)
Mrs. Fay Bragg, 46. member of a
prominent pioneer Marion county
family, was found dead in her bed
Sunday at Palm Springs, Calif.
Death was attributed to natural
causes and it was believed she
had died Saturday night. Fun
eral arrangements will be an
nounced for later this, week at the
Ekman Funeral home, Silverton.
F. M. Bragg, who has a govern
ment job, had gone to Sal ten Sea
over the week-end in connection
with his work. Neighbors who
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thing was all right and had found
her dead. They called Mr. Bragg
who returne to Palm Springs Mon
day after he learned of his wife's
death Monday and telephoned her
brother, OfL Oickerson at Sil
verton. Mrs. Bragg went to Palm
Springs about six weeks ago be
cause of her health and Mr. Bragg
Joined her there as soon as he was
released from the service. Be
sides her widower at Palm Springs
and her brother at Silverton, sur
vivors include a son, Collin, who
is sow at Silverton. a sister, Mrs.
Amos Bepson (Helen Dickerson)
of Eugene, an aunt. Mrs. Emrai
Coberly of Silverton; an uncle. Al
fred Hullt of Ketchecan, Alaska
and three nephews at Silverton.
Her parents wee M. A. and
Margaret Hullt Dickerson. both
members of prominent pioneer
families. She was born at Silver-
ton, September 29, 1902. 3 BotB
she and Mr. Bragg had been prom
inent n Silverton Legion and
auxiliary work and were charter
members of the Palm Springs
American Legion post and auxil
iary. I
Bids Opened for
Fairvicw Boilers
A Salem contractor, W. R Ran
som Se Sons, submitted the low bid
of $475,653 for improvement of th
Falrview home boiler plant, it was
reported Monday by R. W. Rem
ington, state purchasing agent. ;
There were six other bidders.
Ransom submitted four alternate
bids indicating deductions for It
ems listed separately in the stat
specifications. Principal work
would be replacement of three ex
isting boilers.
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