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The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. January ; 19SQ-,13
Half Century Brings Loss of Statchouse, Thcii a New One
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"A v'ejy .runaway and a noisy
New "YearV UiWme featured jthe
first day of 1900 in Salem SO years
. ago; , .
The half century since that time
has found the day, in the main,
quiet one- (after the first few
wee hours), but some interesting
little tidbits of news, were gleaned
from . old Jiles of Trie Oregon
Statesman.
Some of them follow:
. (0 Yean Are Today ''
Salem Dr. John F. Calbreath
of McMinnyille . succeeds Dr D,
A. Paine as superintendent of the
state hospital.
Portland Multnomah athletic
club eleven beats Stanford 11 to
6. . ... . -
Manila American troops defeat
. rebels at ' Cabiuago, Luzon.
Salem Civic leaders announce
that famed concerts Rime. Nevada
will sing , in Salem. ' '
45 Yean Ac Today
Salem The. Rev. W. S. Gordon
of the Leslie M. E. church spoke
on "Forgetting the past."
t Salem Virginia Campbell is
married to O. L. Martin. !
Salem $12 men's suits go ion
. saiel of $6, and The Statesman has
a classified ad for a four-room
brick) house at $5 a month.
Yean Axe Today
Salem -- Work continues all
- through New Year's di tn hntn
completion of Portland, Eugene &
Eastern Railway street car tracks
In Salem. '
Fresno, Calif. Snow falls here
for first time in 16 years.
Woodburn First car runs from
West Woodburn to Woodburn on
newly-completed Valley Electric
; Bailway. . t Y
tS Yean Age Today "
. Salem Fifteen volleys are fired
by 15 members of M company,
ONx3, to usher in the new, year.
Petrograd Turks cross into
Russia, in the Caucasian mount
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J Salem Stateman's H. J. Hen
' dricks writes - that "Salem will
, have 50,000 people in the course
. of" time." . ', , r . j-
i Salem Apron gingham adver
tised at 5 certts a yard.
20 th Century
Many
Yule Contributions Help
More Aid
, Ctratitude for the many jcoritrl-
butions which meant focjd land
clothing and toys and a inerrier
5 Christmas for families short on fi
nance was expressed this week
. end by Marion Bpwen, Marion
COUntV welfare administrator
Meanwhile, welfare funds for De-
. cemDer reacned rock bottom.
r : AU but 17 of the 129 families
who received outside aid for
Christmas were those of emnlnv.
able unemployed. Those 17 includ
ed some receiving old, age assist
ance and others getting regular
welfare grants. The employable
; group, said Miss Bowen, have been
receiving: only emergency, short
term assistance. Most of them
have families (as large as 10 chil
dren), at whom aid was directed
principally. v
freed Greater This Year
Most of the Christmas baskets
were delivered by the donors, but
' many were taken out by welfare
workers. An were cleared through
V other relief agencies to eliminate
duplication, as well as' to assure
that any needy family known to
any agency was helped. The need
was greater than atr any time
- since before the war, said Miss
Bowen, and the public response
matched the problem, -i- 1
General assistance funds, run
ning low before Christmas, were
down to $250 on December '29,
- while daily expenditures during
1 the past- two weeks have ranged
from $230 to $1,260. When the
1 county gets to the end of its $20,
000 budget for December, it .can
not overdraw or 'borrow on next
l-month's, the office stressed. The
funds are limited by those avail
able from, the state, which pro
vides 70 per cent to match the
county's 30 per cent.
Migrants Need Aid 1
AThe migrant families arriving,
even at this time of year", consti
tute an added drain on welfare,
funds,; since many of the new ar
rivals have no : established resi-
. dence and become the responsi-
cmiy oi me community. Many re
, portedly have been attracted here
by the beginning of Detroit dam
construction but lack the experi
ence required for. a majority of
workers there. : ,
One of the groups which gave
generously to the Christmas bas
kets was Englewood school, which
demonstrated the means of visual
izing and inspiring its job. Each
of the 18 classrooms was given a
needy family. Not knowing the
names of the people to whom they
were giving, the children invent
ed names for them and even cut
... and pasted magazine pictures of
a mother, father and each of the
children in the family.
While several organizations,
! firms: and Individuals mnrrfhut!
to the much - appreciated bas
kets. manV tM-eforml tn romntn
.'anonymous and others were spon-
wuiruusvr lormea groups, with
out namr-s. v--Many
ne Welfare ; " ?
Otbert-v her gavo, as listed by
the Welfare office, included
Amertcan Legion auxiliary unit
136,lAltrusa club, Berea class of
First Presbyterian church. Brown
ie troop 9L Bush school. Business
and. ( Professional Women's dub,
two i groups at Calvary Baptist
church, den 6 of Cub Scout pack
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50 Years
(From Files of The
A serious runaway ccarred
on the streets of Salem which
happily terminated wltheut fa
talities. T. C. White. Kaiser's Bot
tom, had his team hitched to
an ordinary 'farm' hack, tied In
front of Etamon Bros. Grocery
store (on Commercial street),
when the delivery team of Sa
vage & Reld. standing Ln
front of the latter firm's store,
took fright at' something and
started to ran away; turning in
the street to go north, the de
livery team ran into "Mr.
White's riff, frightening the tat
ter's horse, and they- promptly
broke loose and started down
Commercial street at break
neck speed.
" The frenzied horses kept to;
the street until' after crossing
Division street, when they took
30 Years Ago Today '
Salem Fred Hammond of eight
miles north of Salem told a report
er he had vmost encouraging re
sults'' from his first planting of
Golden Bantam corn, getting 8
cents a dozen last falL
'Salem F. W. Jobelman, night
clerk at Bligh hotel, entertained
20 Salem newspaper carrier boys
at a banquet. and theatre party.
; Pasadena Harvard beats Ore
gon 7- in grid game at Tourna
ment park. ,
Salem. 1920 came to Salem
"like a lamb," Statesman says, but
five persons were shot by drunks
in Baltimore, Md.
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25 Yean Ago Today
,Salem-2,000 people attend YM-
CA open house.
Chicago Windy City hit by
season's first big snowstorm.
Salem Wedding of Clella Curts
and Richard Fisher solemnized
at Colonial Dame Tea shoppe as
bells ring in the new year.
19 Yean Ago
Salem From The Oregon
Statesman: "Bells, auto horns, mill
whistles, train whistles, sirens.
bagpipes, drumsj patent noise-
msstra&vei anl WAArk4. 1
to make the instant of midnight
the noisest Salem has exDerienced
in several years." .
.Washington, D.C. iHoover's
White House reception one of most
brilliant-ln years.
Pasadena USC beats Pitts
Necessitated Than in
10 Explorer Scouts of troop IP,
three .groups at First Christian
church, First Congregational
church, three groups at First Me
thodist church," fourth grade at
Garfield school, two groups .at Ja
son Lee Methodist church. Junior
Chamber- of Commerce, two
groups at St Paul's Episcopal
church, Knights of, Columbus, Li
berty Church of Christ, Salem Li
ons club auxiliary, first grade of
McKinley school. Optimist club,
employes of Pacific Telephone and
sorority. Phi Delta Theta frater-
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to the sidewalk la front of the
Babcock residence, following It
for a hundred feet, they
then jumped the hedge Into C
M. Parmenter's yard, carrying
the hedge with them. This leap
over the . hedge caused the
breaking of the pole and whif
fletrees; and the horses were
released from the hack, leaving
it -standing in Mf. Fannenter's
front yard, while the frightened
animals continued on-out-of
town, never diminishing their
speed.
The damare to the hack and
harness will be about $15 or
429, while the horses, although
somewhat scratched up, were
not seriously Injured. Mr.
White says this Is the tint run
away he ever had. The team of
. Savage 4c,Reid 'was captured
without sustaining any damage.
burgh 47 to 14 in Rose Bowl.
Salem Willamette loses to
Multnomah 27 to 24 in basketball.
IS Years Ago Today
Salem Fifty motorists get slips
warning them to have new licenses
by tomorrow afternoon or else.
Portland Salem's Jimmy Nich
olson leads Oregon High, School
All-Stan to 19-7 victory over
Washington All-stars, in grid
game.
Salem Maximum temperature
50, minimum 32.
Pasadena Alabama defeats
Stanford 29-13 in Rose Bowl.
II Tears Age Today ;
Salem Statesman survey indi
cates Salem population 32,580.
Pasadena USC defeats Tenne
ssee in Rose Bowl 14-0.
Salem Dr. Trank Brown en
tertained a committee on week
day religious education, at Knight
memorial church.
I Yean Ago Today
SHAEF Germans lost 541
planes ln greatest air strike at
Sf
auies in inree years.
. Salem New Labor Temple
opens.
Pasadena USC beats Tennessee
Z5 to 0. In Rose Bowl
DIES FROM RUM '
LILLE, France Profiting
irom tne temporary absence of his
parents, four-year-Kld Jean Dum
oncheL of Merirourt-sous-T.n
Jiear here, downed a pint of rum.
ine cnua aiea shortly afterwards
Needy Families
Several Years
relegraph company. Pi Beta Phi
nity, Roberts Mothers club, Roh-
land's store, Salem - Willamette
Supply 'company, Salvation, Army,
Spinsters club, Sunnyside Friend
ly club, Kappa Alpha Theta alum
ni, Tri-Y clubs of Salem high
school and YWCA, wage records
division of ; state unemployment
compensation commission, United
Commercial Travelers auxiliary.
White Shrine, two groups at St
John's Lutheran church, YWCA
clubs, youth of Leslie Methodist
churd, Zonta club.?
: Salem '
parting , Jxtetaltve'
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in'49
Not Far Off
From Normal
By Winston Taylor
' Staff Writer, The Statesman
The year of weather extremes
promised by events of early 1949
didn't last very long.
Outside of January and Febru
ary, the rainfall and the temper
atures averaeed out neariv nor
mal, according to mWris at th
Salem airport weather bureau
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The mercury dronnM tm Jan
uary IS tO 11 deffTMS .th lvarorf
since the S degrees recorded in
1943. But also it didn't get above
96 degrees (on July 14 and Sep
tember 13). Not since July, 1948,
has the temperature soared above
iw degrees; then, it was 105.
Months Set Records i
Right, in succession, ! January set
a new record-fori lack of rainfall
and the wettest February on r.
ord poured down. January had .57
men oi precipitation, mostly in
light snows, compared to a pre
vious low for the month, of 1.3
inches in 1917. Februarys rain
totaled 12.31 inches, rising above
me earner record of 11.68 inches
in 1940. Low in rainfall was July's
.26 inch. Heaviest 24-hour rain.
fall was 3.16 inches over the night
of February 16-17.
Snowfall was about the usual
Salem variety -- gone almost be-'
fore it lights: January had 3.5 in
ches, February 2.4. Inches along
With the traces in March, April
and December. Ground stavoH
white tniite.a spell In higher ele
vations near salem.
Rainfall Below Average
Onlv Whrnanr onH Mo mm
above normal in precipitation,
wnue mosi montns were slightly
behind the average. The year
showed 84 clear days, 86 partly
Cloudy and the rest rlnnHv Win-
xls the final two days, the rain to
tal was J3.il inches, compared to
a normal 37.80.
Every dav in Jamiarv h?t ih
freezing mark, compared to a 56
year average of 13 freezes for th
month. Three days never got
aoove sz degrees. The month es
tablished a new record for local
stretches of freezing wathr
January's mean, of degrees
was 10.1 below normal but not
down to the record 27.4 of 1930.
February had 12 nicrhts with
freezing temperatures. Deviation
irom tne normal temperature was
about evenly solit Februarr drnn.
ped down 2 degrees, July 1, Aug
ust 0.8 and October 5.5. Those
above average were March n
April 1JS, May 2.6, June 0.4, Sep-
lemoer ut and .November 3.6.
Winds Are Recorded
December's mercury has ran. a
aea as low as 24 aeerees tmt nm
warm days are .expected to keep
me average near a normal 41. ,
' Just to prove that there was
considerable wind durfacr th
(even after the lpislatnr re
journed), the bureau's anemom
eter recorded a high pne-minute
average velocity of 46 milmi nr
hour on November 26. At several
times during the year gusts hit be
tween 50 and 60 miles per hour.
Cities and counties in Georgia
collected $6,900,000 from alco
holic beverages in 1948.
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DO IT HOW
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The river boat "City of i Salem" Was ln artioti when Cronise Studio
opened for business in. 1880, and placed ads like the one at the left
from the files 6f the Statesman, urging other pioneers to remember
their friends in-"The asL. i
A lot of history hta been made In Salem since Cronise Studio ' ' ..
oponed 70 yeara 0x70. Down through the years it baa remained
In the same f am fly ... has grown and progressed 'with the dry.
Today. Harry Cronlae. the present owner and manager bollev
Ihe policy his father followed is the best way' a business can .
prosper and 'grow Into cm lnatiration eVffled WOTkmcmahlp . .
latest equipment fedr prices and a pride m one's work. Salem has
been Kind to us in the last 70 yems and wo humbly say. Thank
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.PICTUKING SAXEM SINCE 1830-
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Taken Just a half -century ago, tn
PPet photograph of Oregoa'S)
eld statehonse Is part of the col
leetloa of Milton Ii Meyers of :
Salem. The historic edifice was
destroyed by fire in April of, .
1915. Rising on the same site te
the new statehonse shewn at the
' left It was completed in 1939 at
S cost of $2.50t.00i. Of madera
Greek architecture, tWe new cap
Itol has a sheer white 75-feat
central to war topped by the na- . i
tionally-famoos bronze statue of :
the "Pioneer,' his eyes looking v i
to the west. The .new strnctoro
haoses the executive department, -
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.ra. .t il. .1.1. : m, i
the state land board. On the sec
ond floor are the two bouses of
the state's legislative' assembly, i
the sienate chamber in the east
wing land the house of represen
tatives la the right wing. Busi
ness of the growing state; already
has outgrown the new state
house and an additional state of
flee building Just to the Mrth
eas at tt is to open within a.
few months.
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