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Duniway Seeks to Preserve
Historical Salem Building
By BEN MAXWELL
' Preservation of the Holman bujlding, erected in pioneer times
and used as Oregon's legislative hall from 1857 to 1876, is the
objective of a local group led by David Duniway, state archivist.
Hawkins and Roberts, owners of the structure at the north
west corner of Commercial and Ferry streets, have informed the
-jrchiv!st that the old building
may be removed within a year
and the property used for a fill
ing station and parking area.
Duniway hopes to persuade
the owners that their purpose
might be fulfilled and the land
mark retained to serve as a civic
auditorium and historical museum.
Wallace Chief
Figure in Probe
Pittsburgh, Dec. 7 UP) A for
mer member of the house un
American activities committee
today said Henry Wallace was
the "chief figure" identified dur
ing committee hearings a year
ago with arranging atomic ship
ments to Russia.
Former Rep. John McDowell
(R-Pa.) made the statement, he
said, "In view of the recent
broadcast of Fulton Lewis, Jr."
The ex-congressman also ad
ded he could not recall the name
of Harry Hopkins being men
tioned at any committee hear
ings. McDowell referred to a broad
cast made last night by radio
commentator Fulton Lewis, Jr.,
in which the commentator said
former Vice President Wallace
was the government official who
insisted that atomic materials
and plans be sent to Russia dur
ing World War II.
The name of Hopkins, late ad
viser to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, was also brought in
to current committee hearings
when witnesses said he pushed
the sending of atomic materials
to Russia in 1943.
'Outstanding Doctor
Of Year' Named
Washington, Dec. 7 (IP) Dr.
Andy Hall of Mount Vernon, 111.,
today was named the "Outstand
ing General Practitioner of the
Year" by the American Medical
association.
Dr. Hall, who will be 85 next
January 8, is the father of three
sons who are doctors.
The AMA house of delegates
voted him a gold medal for
having "Rendered exceptional
service to his community."
. Wardens of District
Lodges Entertained
Dayton Joppa Lodge No. 51,
AF&AM were hosts at a banquet
served in the Masonic hall, in
Lafayette for the Masters and
Wardens of subordinate lodges
in the district. The Grand Master
of Masons in Oregon Schalor
Eldridge, Portland, and many of
the Grand family were present.
There were 22 members of
Jacob Mayer Lodge No. 108,
Dayton who attended the district
meeting, following the banquet,
which was held in the grade
school gymnasium, for all
masons in the District No. 4
Here is the chronology of
events that lead to the use by the
legislature of the Holman building:
By act of the third territorial
legislature the capitol of Oregon
was moved from Oregon City to
Salem and the session of 1851
was conducted in the basement
of the Oregon Institute. This
structure, occupying the site of
the present Willamette univer
sity gymnasium, was destroyed
by fire on the night of December
27, 1872.
Likewise, the session of 1852
was held at Oregon Institute.
Came 1853 and the House con
ducted its meetings in the Nes-mith-Wilson
building located
near the northeast corner of
Front and Trade streets.
The council met in the W. H.
Rector building (destroyed by
fire June 3, 1885) on Commer
cial street immediately south of
the Smith building.
Oregons new statchouse, a
massive wooden affair and lo
cated on the site of the present
capitol, was not perhaps entirely
finished in 1854 but the terri
torial legislature for that year
conducted its business there.
Early in 1855 the legislature
re-located the capitol in Cor-
vallis. But the federal govern
ment ruled that Salem was the
true capitol and refused to allow
for salaries and expenses in
curred elsewhere. Legislators
quickly returned to Salem and
resumed the 1855 session in the
new statehouse.
Early Sunday morning, De
cember 30, 1855, this building
burned with astonishing rapidity
and brilliance. Suspicion pointed
to incendiarism but the insinua
tion was never proven. Again
the legislature returned to the
Rector building for the session
of 1856.
Joseph Holman's three-story
brick skyscraper, still standing
at the northwest corner of Com
mercial ana Trade streets, may
not have been entirely finished
when the day arrived for the ses
sion of 1857. Even so, it was far
more commodious and imposing
than the wooden Rector build
ing built in 1851. The House es
tablished itself on the third floor,
and the Council opened its ses
sion on the second.
And here the legislature con
ducted its business for nearly 20
years, until the second state
house, though only partially
finished, was occupied in 1876.
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Farley Depicted
As Errand Boy
Chicago, Dec. 7 W) Elliott
Roosevelt thinks Jim Farley
generally credited with master
minding Franklin D. Roosevelt's
political career "was usually
the errand boy for Louie Howe."
In a radio interview, young
Roosevelt said:
"The one person who stands
out in my mind as having play
ed a far greater part than most
people give him credit for in my
father's career is Louie Howe.
"He is what might be termed
a president maker. He did the
master-minding and all the in
tensive work that went into the
years of building my father's po
litical career.
"While Jim Farley gets most
of the credit today, he was usu
ally the errand boy for Louie
Howe.
Farley formerly was chairman
of the democratic party and was
postmaster general under the
late president. Howe was one of
Roosevelt s secretaries.
Young Roosevelt made his ob
servations on Bob Elson's 20th
Century Limited transcribed in
terview over ABC.
Efforts Made to Preserve Historic Landmark Holman
building at the northwest corner of Commercial and Trade
streets serving as the legislative hall and state office building
from 1857 to 1876 may be preserved for civic usage. David
Duniway, state archivist who would preserve the pioneer
structure, proposes that upper floors be remodeled for civic
usage.
This structure, burned April' 25,
1935, was located on the site of
the present capitol building.
Besides the legislature offices
of the secretary of state, the
treasurer, adjutant general and
the school land . commissioner
were located in the Holman
building. Here Col. E. D. Bak
er, the celebrated orator, was
elected senator in 1860 and
"Fighting Joe" Hooker, a dis
tinguished Civil war commander,
had his headquarters here while
he was building the government
road from Wilbur to Scottsburg.
Various tenants occupied the
ground floor of the Holman
building. Oldtimers may recall
that Weller Brothers conducted
their grocery at the corner in
the 1880's and 1890's and that
Shafer's harness shop was there
at a later date.
On the second floor of the two-
story structure immediately to
the north was located what may
have been the second theater in
Salem.
'
Joseph Holman, builder of the
block that has carried his name
through more than 90 years, was
among Salem's first and more
outstanding pioneers. He was
born in England in 1815, the
year of Waterloo, and came to
America at the age of 19. He
was a carpenter by trade.
Holman started for the Ore
gon country with the Peoria
party in 1839 and arrived at Fort
Vancouver June 1, 1840, the same
day the bausanne anchored here.
Soon thereafter Holman came
to the site of Salem with Metho
dist missionaries. Years later
he stated that he was the first
white man to cut a stick of wood
in this locality. His son, George
P., born here February 6, 1842,
was the first male white child at
the Mills that ultimately became
Salem. Holman s claim, a mile
square, was located immediately
east of the state hospital.
Holman, associated with Da
vid Carter, opened the third
store in Salem near the north
east corner of Commercial and
Trade streets in 1849. He con
tinued as a merchant until 1853.
Holman was also a director
in the Willamette Woolen Manu
facturing company and was ac
tive in organizing the flax in
dustry and Pioneer Oil works in
1867.
Joseph Holman died June 25,
1880, and his grave is located
in the IOOF cemetery in Salem.
Birthdays Observed
Lincoln A birthday party
honoring the anniversaries of
Mrs. Fannie Emel, Mrs. Leo
White, Claude Mix and Jeannie
Smith was an event for which
Mr. and Mrs. Leo White were
hosts. Additional guests in
cluded Mrs. Claude Mix, Mrs. El
nora Mickey, Mr. and Mrs. L. I.
Mickey, Mr. and Mrs. Hale
Mickey and Sharon, Jimmy
Mickey, Marvin Webster, David
and Kathleen Mix, Leo White,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Libby.
Farm Building Loans
To Farmers Available
Portland, Dec. 7 (IP) Loan ap
plications for farm building con
struction and repair are now
being received at county offices
of the farm home administra
tion. State Director Walter A. Duf
fy reported the money comes
from the fund provided by the
last congress. Oregon has been
allocated $317,190 for the period
ending June 30.
Duffy explained the loans are
available to farmers unable to
obtain private financing.
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