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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1938)
Capital Journal Golden Anniversary and Capitol Dedication Edition Six Salem Takes Place As Industry Center Of Upstate Oregon j From the earliest times of Oregon settlement, men have i visualized the Willamette valley as a great Industrial center. ; It was no accident that J. B. McClane started mill in North j Salem, for he was one of those that saw industrial posaibili- ( UCB ill WHO iuuiiu;i That development has come. But it has come so slowly that many people today fail to realize Its significance. They continue to think of Salem as the center of farming com- I munity. and the seat of Oregon ; But, if it were not for industry, Salem would be nothing I more today than a straggling village. Take away the $2,500,- 000 annual payroll of the Salem industries, and there would be precious little left for Salem's 30,000 population to aub- sist on. ! True, Salem is not a 100 per cent industrial city, and it I hu nerhana avoided many Ill-fated eonaequenoes that nave fallen on j "factory towns." Nevertheless, It la the largest Industrial center In the atate outside of Portland, Raw Products Absorbed This city's 25 -odd Industrie mean more than a payroll to the com ' munity. They also absorb raw pro duct of the Wllllamette valley and serve to draw millions of dollars In to Salem via the cash register. In the state of Oregon as a whole, 35 48 per cent of the people are em ployed In manufacturing and me chanics. It Is safe to surmise that over one-third of Salem' citizens directly or Indirectly owe their llv. tout to Industry. This condition of Salem is the latest of a series of development that nave transferred the commun ity from an agricultural to Indus trial status. When Salem was founded by the Methodist missionaries, there was only the sawmill and gristmill on the mill stream in norm eaiem, For the next 40 or 60 years, agricul ture In Marlon county and surround ing areas tended to concentrate on wheat Consequently, whatever In dustry was found here was tied In with the wheat crops and lumoer. Diversified Crops Just before 1900, however, far mers began to see a light They saw that wheat production In this valley was limited. Consequently. the cultivation of so-called "minor" crop sprang up fruit, vegetables, truck gardening, among others. Thus began the real development of can neries. In the same fashion, lumbermen who had been shipping out lumber began to divert wastage and "pieces" Into the paper market The most recent addition to Industrial ex pansion of this country came when flax was planted, thus boosting the production of linen mill. Today, Salem product are ahlp ped over the world. Paper of all ' grades has world market, and Sa lem paper Is especially popular In j central Europe. The paper lndus- try of Salem I, next to the can neries, Salem's largest export. ' (The paper Industry, Incidentally, enjoys a very direct relationship with fruit producers. On the recom mendation of the U. S. department of agriculture 10 years ago, fruit shippers began to wrap their pro duct Individually In oiled tissue paper. This process save the fruit Tax Troubles Early Government Col lects 8000 in 3 Years While the provisional govern ment of Oregon functioned, from 1813 to 1848, IU total expense ran to 123,000. Today this might not sound like in neb money, but in the light of tax-raliing diffi culties of that time. It loomed large. Best available records show that the provisional government, during those six yean, probably did not take In more than 18000 from taxes, licenses and fees. The remainder was made op by ecrlp and warrant of Indebt edness. ' The legislative committee In 1844 placed a tax of .00128 on all kinds of property except farms. Despite the Increase of this to .0025 one year later, and the placing of a M-rent poll tax, the Income of the government was always unatahle. A Complete Stock of Automotive Varts And Accessories Shop Equipment Tools W.E. Burns Dan Burns Not Brothers the flame Man High at Ferry Salem, Or. FHONB 1151 government by accident. ; v.. Pioneer industrialist of Salem and closely associated with the development of Salem's water supply was R. 8. Wallace (above), who took over the wa ter company in the late 1880's. His son, Paul Wallace, Is en gaged In business here at the present time. from a disease called "scalding," and saves several hundreds of thou sands of dollars on spoilage.) Salem Canneries In Salem alone, there are 10 can neries, with a payroll of $664,900 and an output value of 15.000,000. Many nationally-known brand have can neries here, and Salem I the rec ognised canning center of the state. These canneries are especially valu able Because they absorb most of the fruit and vegetable production of Marlon county. A different situation exists in lum ber mills. Whereas canneries tend to concentrate In Portland or Sa lem, lumber mills will be found wherever there I standing timber. They log from Lane county ta Forest drove with Impartiality. Only in Portland Is there any concentration, and that Is because of shipping facilities. Salem's chief lumber company Is the Spauldlng concern, with a i tall market that extends over the northwest There are others, how. ever, In this city's trading area that contribute many dollars to the flow of commerce. Of lumber. It might be said that In the future, exportation of paper will increase a the timber resources decline. Paper manufacturers want spruce and hemlock, while lumber. men want fir and pine. It Is safe to predict that Oregon will probably follow In the path of Washington, where earlier and faster exploita tion of lumber has depleted fir and pine. If this situation develops, eaiems paper Industry will probab- WHY GAMBLE with "HIT OR MISS" INSURANCE THERE is a plan of insurance that will meet the requirements of everyons but it should be bought from recognized agents. The man who sells wash ing machines, radios, insurance, tires with a new line every week or two cannot be efficient in any of these lines. . . . Buy Your Insurance Carefully INSURANCE Is and should be purchased and understood, from recognized companies for their stability through their records of prompt settlements and service. Insurance companies have stood the test as a sound investment throughout all periods of stress. We Can Brief Your Entire Insurance Needs in Only Reliable American Companies McKILLOP INSURANCE AGENCY West Coast Life Insurance Co. 118 So. High Da 5131 Traditions Of Jewelry Firm Strong A family tradition of jewelry mer chandtslng rest In the Hartman's Jewelry store, one of 8alem's pion eer firm. The store has remained "In the family," so to speak, for over 60 years, although It ha changed own. ership once. Founded In 18M by John O. Bsjt. where the First Na tional bank building now stands. It would not be recognized today as one of the city' oldest merchandia lng concerns, for It modernistic de sign Is perhaps unsurpassed In Sa lem. It was In 1909 that R, W. Hart man came to Salem to work In the Jewelry concern that was then oper ated by his cousin, John O. Barr. Six years later, In 1915. the brother, O. A. Hartman, arrived and the two brothers took over the firm. Large Background Behind these new owners was a tradition of skill and craftsmanship. The Hartman Jewelry store that their father, H. Hartman. opened In Ohio In 1876, Is still being operated by another brother, C. S. Hartman. It was In this store. Incidentally, that all of the Hartmans learned the Jewelry business. In 1909 the firm, then operated by Barr, was moved to It present site on the northwest corner of Liberty and State. There it has grown and prospered steadily until today it Is recognized as one of the leading Jewelry store of the Willamette valley. The store wa remodelled three times to make way for Improve ments. This spring saw the most re cent changes. In five weeks' time these improvement were made: Points Listed 1. Indirect lighting, which permits a better selection of articles, and at the same time fit In with the gen eral scheme of the Interior. 2. A carefully-selected color con trast which features light wall colors and deep-toned display cabinets and trimmings. 3. Larger display windows with an open background, thus permitting the prospective customer to see not only the selection of articles on dis play but also the Interior of the store. As In past years, the store confines Itself exclusively to Jewelry of all sorts fine blue-white diamonds, watches, rings, bracelets, clocks and Interior pieces. Only leading lines are handled. Some of the are Ham llton. Elgin, Waltham and Omen watches; Towle, Oorham and Wal lace sterling and plated silverware. R. W. and O. A. Hartman remain In charge of the store, assisted by four employes. ly Increase greatly within a few years. Tradition in Wool There Is a peculiar historical fla vor to the woolen mill Industry of Salem. Woolen mills were establish ed in Salem as early as 1856, chief ly because the wool production In the valley was growing too fast and same way of converting wool Into cloth was needed. There has been little change In wool production of the Willamette) valley. Even so, the Kay Woolen mills now ship cloth In wholesale quantities to the At lantic seaboard. The story of the first woolen mill In 8alem, Incidentally, bear re telling. Joseph Watt, Amity far mer and sheep grower on a large scale, came to Salem one day and persuaded hi friend that an Ore gon woolen mill was needed to ab sorb Oregon wool. Somehow, the needed 135.000 wa raised and the mill started after three year of prodlgous effort So hard was the money to obtain that the trade Store Remodeled O. A. and R. above In their newly-remodeled name of the mill product was Hard times." Salem ha two linen mills, utiliz ing the fast-growing flax produc tion of the valley. They have a mar ket for twine and gill-netting, as well a bulk linen. $12,000,000 Output All in all, Salem s Industrial out put Is valued at over 1 12.000,000 nearly 5 per cent of Oregon's total. Nearly 20 per cent of the Oregon paper output Is manufactured In Salem and something like 30 per cent of Oregon's canning output is concentrated In the Salem area. Salem I not a center for metal Industrie (although the Gerllnger concern In Dallas Is one of Oregon's largest.) Nor Is it a lumber cen ter. It rank as only "fair" In dairy product. But a long a farmers grow flax. fruit, vegetables, hops and wool, and as long as spruce and hemlock continue to grow In Oregon woods, theye will be Industry In Salem. In dustry and agriculture are necessary to each other In oalern, as else where. Washington Owner of Ship That Abraham Lincoln almost came to Oregon as Its first territor ial governor Is known to most Ore gonians. That George Washington was also connected with Oregon his tory I not a well known. Captain Robert Gray was the first white man to enter the Columbia river. That was on May 11, 1792. The ship on which he sailed wa the 'Columbia. A letter from New Spain offi cials to the San Francisco garrison commandant in 1787 (on Gray's first trip to the west coast) Instructed as follows: Welcome Stranger! "Whenever there may arrive at the Port of San Francisco, a ship named the Columbia said to belong to Gen eral Washington of the American States, under the command of John Kendrlck which sailed from Boston in September, 1787, bound on a voyage of Discovery and of Exam ination of the Russian Establish ment on the Northern Coast of this Peninsula, you will cause said vessel to be secured together with her of ficers and crew." Judge Carey, In hi "History of Oregon," denle that Washington was In any way connected with the vessel, and cite the Nootka Sound manuscript to prove that the mis taken assumption was held by many Spanish officers. '" ' " .a - W. Hartman, proprietors of Hartman' store. Gallant Captain Drapes Natives Early fur-trading sea captains may have been tough but they had their gallant moments. A number of Sandwich Island wo men were abducted on the Vancou ver ship "Discovery" by Caotaln JlAMBLER ROSE Tou-U Sterling ...DISTINCTIVE... 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ROYAL tolNttSO TMPMOMT $1.67 will start " CURVEY PATRONESS AC Aft 1 m0 ' '", '' J.""c, Jewel Precision Movement "Devil ' ' - y 11 CURVEX ACE, 17 Jewel sq gf " Sy Precision Movement 9e5U O-fi GRTJEN KATHLEEN V-f V Dalnty ind '"rat 3319 t AtffiTr ORUEM MARCUS I V h u " " (wl j I l! We Are Exclusive Dealers for World if) .rfitf THE One of These Patterns ! ?w I -n-1' ?tm v.. Hj fwa j HARTMAN BROS. inwfDV nrnicrnrrinw VELM-OF-DISTINCTK Corner of State and Liberty JU YV I Pioneer Blood Strong In Oregon Settlers Despite the strong non-slavery feeling in early Ore gona feeling which ultimately predominated and made Oregon union state a remarkably large percentage of pioneers were from gouthern or frontier states. A compila tion by J. Henry Brown in 1876 shows that nearly a third of the pioneers came irom. mi - sourt alone, and that Virginia con tributed 29; Kentucky 39; Tennes see 33; Maryland 7; Alabama 3; Ar kansas 3; North Carolina 3; Geor gia 1. Missouri's 63 emigrants led all other states, other totals: Con necticut 7; Delaware 1; Illinois 47: Indiana 31: Iowa 13: Michigan 3; New York 55: Ohio 50; Pennsylva nia 31; Vermont?. From these estimates, It may be Judged that 240 pioneers came from non-slaveholding states and 194 from slave states. Almost a third left their homes In the old northwest. Foreign Contributions Listed Foreign countries contributed as follows: England 22; Ireland 8: Scotland 3; Germany 11; Canada 12; Russia 1; Austria 1. Commenting on this situation In an Oregonian editorial of 1877, Har vey Scott coula say: "This com munity of the Pacific northwest has a very pronounced, Individual character; and that character, with certain modifications. Is what was given It by the pioneers. The early citizens of Oregon were of two dis tinct classes frontiersmen and ag riculturists from the southern and western states, and tradespeople from New York and the New Ent- tANOLILMNT MlaYfOCttAT your sterling set WATCH OP RAILROAD ACCURACY CHECKS AIRLINES Accounts Opened While You Wait LSI J I I1 1. I - land state. The former were In reality the pioneers and the lat ter were the commercial adven turers who followed them . . . The southern and western people . . . from the beginning have been tne ruling force in the country, fur nishing the models for Its political, social and religious life, giving tone and character to its civilization. Like the people of Ohio and Indi ana, we are a transplanted southern people modified by different sur roundings and a different climate, by social equality unknown In the south and by a more general educa tion." Average Means The Oregon pioneer was of average means not rich and not poor. There was little In the state to attract capital, and those who did make the trip were usually men In the prime of life who were familiar with hardships and opposition. Many of them had led the vanguard of the pioneer movement into Missouri, Indiana and Kansas. Others were descendant of the Boone era of pioneers. (A grandson of Boone came to Oregon via the Applegate trail in 1846 ) L r CHIPPENDALf Towlt Sterling Renamed Gruen C-l r i yregon Since 1886 Inn