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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1950)
T Rosette from Holman Building Saved by Archivist Before i wreckers reached the chamber of representatives in the Hol man building, 92-year-old Salem landmark now being de mantled at 197 South Commercial street, Dave Duniway (right), state archivist, and his assistant, Robert McLane, removed this rosette sustaining the candelabra from the vaulted ceiling. State legislatures met in the Holman build ing from 1860 until 1876. Building Now Being Razed Dates to Days of Pioneer By BEN MAXWELL Removal of the three-story Homaln building now underway at 197 South Commercial street eliminates a pioneer Salem land mark whose foundation was laid in November 1858, 92 years ago. On July 6 a permit to dismantle the old structure was issued to the Union Security company and the site at the northwest corner of Commercial and Ferry- streets will be used for a mod ern car storage and parking project. Viesko & Post have the contract for wrecking the vener able structure. Joseph Holman, who left for Oregon with the Peoria party in 1839, arrived on the site of Salem with the Methodist mis sionaries in 1840. He was keen and sagacious and among the more active leaders in Salem's early commercial development. Holman, associated with Joseph Carter opened Salem's third store in a wooden building, just north of the northeast corner of Trade and Commercial streets, late in the summer of 1849, 101 years ago. Holman acquired title to the site of Salem's first three story brick structure in 1856 and dur ing November of 1858 was en gaged in laying foundation for the building. Heavy rock for this usage may have come from a quarry near the present peni tentiary annex or it may have been brought across the river from a nearby quarry in Polk county. Brick for construction likely came from John Baker's kilns located in what is now Kay's addition to Salem. First session of the legislature following Oregon's admission to statehood is popularly supposed to have assembled in the Hol man building. This appears un likely since the session convened May 16, 1859, when the building was in early stages of construc tion. The next session Septem ber 10, 1860, undoubtedly, met In the Holman building, the sen ate on the second floor and the house of representatives on the third. Nor does it appear unlikely that Holman constructed these upper floors particularly for legislative sessions since the fire that destroyed the territorial capitol on Saturday night, De cember 29., 1855, left the govern ment without a residence. In the Holman building, at any rate, the legislature and other state business continued to be conducted until the new state--house was occupied on the sec ond Monday in September of 1876. This second official resi dence of government was like wise destroyed by fire April 25, 1935. . At the 1860 session of the legislature in the Holman build ing J. W. Nesmith and E. D. Baker were chosen to represent Oregon in the senate. Here, and perhaps about this time, Rev. Joab Powell, Oregon's homespun Baptist missionary, was asked to serve as chaplain and make the opening prayer. Legislators, suppressing amusement at their seedy, tobacco chewing chap lain, expected Uncle Joab to loosen his camp meeting thun derbolts against sin and sinners. Instead he looked them over coolly and briefly thundered: "Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Seven brick store buildings were under construction in Sa lem in June of 1859, one of these, of course being the three story Holman building. Bush, in his weekly Salem newspaper, presumed that not as many bricks were going up elsewhere in the state and that near $100, 000 was being spent for this total construction. Cost of the Holman building may have been near $25,000 or $30,000. J. B. and M. Hirsch, probably first tenants, moved into their new store room in the Holman block during November of 18S9. They advertised drygoods, ladies dress goods, gentlemen's fur nishing and declared, "Our stock will be sold at prices to suit Hard Times." Next occupant, in the store room north of the central stairway, was L. Westa cott who likewise came in with a stock of drygoods and, in addi tion, sold groceries, looking glases, furniture and bedding. A two story structure, adjoin ing and to the north, is like wise regarded as part of Hoi man's building. This later addi tion, it may be presumed, was build following a disastrous fire in Plamondon's saloon, on the night of April 17, 1865, and quickly consuming . the entire row of flimsy structures on the west side of. South Commercial street between Griswold's brick and the Holman building. Sa lem's second regular theater has been located on the second floor of this . structure by some local historians. When Capital Journal report ers entered the Holman build ing a few days ago they found Can Stars Be Seen in Daytime From Bottom of Your Well? By J. HUGH PRUETT (Astronomer, Extension DivUlon, Oregon Higher Education Syitem) Occasionally we encounter the of a well stars are easily seen in the daytime. Some assume that the small circular patch of the heavens visible overhead would present a midnight blue dotted Others, claiming to speak from experience, tell us mat. tne small area of sky in view from the bottom of smoke stacks, collieries and wells is so bright that the idea of seeing stars is purely a myth. . In my boyhood days i oc casionally descended into the cavernous depths of a farm well but for more laborious tasks than astronomical research. Un desirable rodents and tree roots, flavoring the water supply, had to be removed. I can, however, contribute no personal data on the subject under discussion since I did'all my youthful star gazing from less "spooky" loca tions. If stars are even seen under these conditions, surely, they are only the brightest. In the mid dle latitudes, only three bright stars ever pass directly over head. The planets are always considerably south of the zenith. But in tropical . regions, all the planets and many bright stars at times cross the zenith. Per haps the stories originated from that part of the world. The late Dr. Clyde Fisher, knowing of my interest in this subject, sent me a few years ago copies of several letters he had earlier received. Dr. F. L. Whipple, Harvard astronomer, had written . that the brighter stars may be seen in the day time through chimneya. Dr. Jacchia and Dr. Prager had faintly seen bright stars in the daytime "without a well, chim ney or tube." Venus is easily seen in sunlight at certain times.,. that "at Columbus, Ohio, as I t van W I fg to 7 'eueeri !fVCOUR GIVES af GREEN STAMPS the interior had been subdi vided into a maze of rooms of odd shape and some without windows. Many tenants, some of questionable morals, have oc cupied the upper floors since the legislature left the structure nearly 75 years ago. All have left some mark of wear and tear. Long ago the building was considered a firetrap and the reporters found upper floors cluttered with debris left by former occupants. State Archivist David Duni way has officially obtained pos session of the rosette that once sustained the candelabra in the hall of representatives. This scrolled creation in plaster of Paris is massive but not parti cularly distinctive. Original red paint, now smudged, covers the rosette. Likewise a massive door lock for the senate chamber has come into the archivist's posses sion. . . Wreckers stripping away de bris and partitions added in later years are impressed by struc tural qualities not heretofore vis ible in Holman's building. Heavy trusses, morticed and pegged with wood pins, support the roof and the vaulted ceiling in the chamber of representatives is an excellent example of design and workmanship. Submits to Eye Surgery Grand Island Louis Will and daughter, Miss Barbara Will of Yachats were recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Will while on their way through to Portland where Miss Will entered Good Samartian hospital for eye surgery. Miss Will is a student at Oregon col lege of education. statement that from the bottom with twinkling stellar oDjects. passed an open iron door lead' ing to a smoke stack, I looked inside to see if such stacks sway slightly in the wind. It was a clear day and the wind was brisk. While looking aloft, 1 saw a point of light in the sky. Having often been told that stars could be seen from stacks and wells, I took that to be the true explanation." From N. C. Nelson's letter we read: "While attending school in Minnesota I had OC' casion to descend to the bottom of a well (30 feet deep) to clean out accumulated mud. While waiting for the bucket to come down, I looked up and to my elation distinctly saw a star . of considerable bright ness in the clear sky. I men tioned the observation to the owner of the well and others but they were not surprised as it was a matter of common re port that stars could be seen under ,such circumstances." For additions to existing data, I shall greatly appreciate first hand observations from anyone in the 11 western states where this weekly newspaper column is used. Address me at Eu gene, Oregon. , "Jutt Good Furniture, Pleasingly Priced" BRADLEY FURNITURE MART 1978 North Capitol Street Ton are very welcome to look around dec's Nation's Economy is Jumping Every Which Way, Mostly Up By SAM DAWSON New York, July 18 m The 24-day-old war has acted like a burr under the saddle of the nation's economy. It's jumped every which way. Inflation got a big boost. Prices on many commodities soared. The cost of living jumped. The volume of trade began to swell at all levels, from retail to factory ,f some of it due to scare buying. Industry anticipates from $1 to $6 billion more in federal defense orders soon, to boost inflation again, but to assure a booming business year. . But the economy jumped the other way too. The market val ue of all the shares listed on the New York stock exchange is now TVi billion less than it was when the North Koreans crossed the border. Volume of trading in stocks has been high. The market is skittish. Traders swing at every rumor, like punch-drunk boxers. Uncertainties hang over the business world, thick as flies at a picnic. The main exception to this is higher taxes. Every one expects them. The unknown quantity is just what kind they'll be and who'll pay them. Businessmen seem to fear most the revival of the wartime excess profits tax. A hike on the ordinary corporation income tax is generally expected. Al ready the promised decrease in excise taxes on luxuries has been scuttled. Another wartime casualty seems to be the two cent tariff on copper import. Foreign copper will be sought now, even more than before the Korean outbreak, when al ready copper was in tight sup ply because of the booming durable goods demand. Scarcities and even more the fear of scarcities plague many segments of industry. Scare buying is by no means confined to the grocery or the used-car lot. You find it in the factory purchasing rooms, too. Tin, rubber, and pepper three items that come largely from Asia have jumped the highest in price in the last three weeks. A speed-up in military stock piling competes with industry for copper, tin, rubber, zinc and other war essentials. Washing ton is taking three of its syn thetic rubber plants out of wraps and speeding up output. And this will put a squeeze on civilian chemical industries us ing styrene, a component of synthetic rubber. Nylon also uses raw materials that go into synthetic rubber. Besides, in total war nylon would go into parachutes and other war goods. Controls seem likely to many observers. The steel industry expects some form of allocation soon, so that military orders will be sure of priority. The auto, television and radio in dustries see a chance that their output may be limited to make sure there'll be plenty of metal for war needs. ' Consumer c r e d it controls may be in the offing. The fed- You Can Cook An Entire Meal in 5 Min utes Including Meat, Vegetables and Dessert ... All Prepared in One Labor and Time Saving Utensil. See it today! Mr. Devitt, of the National Cooking School, will be In our store through Monday. See him cook complete meals in only FIVE MINUTES! Plan now to attend the demonstrations. ME Chicken Dinner Pillow Cases Nylon Hose Sheets . 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From this post she retired in 1939 to devote herself to com posing hymns and band music at her home in Hartsdale, N.Y. Knights of Columbus Set Catholic Day Picnic The annual Catholic Day pic nic and program, sponsored by the Marion county councils of the Knights of Columbus will be held this year at the State Fair grounds in Salem, on Sun day, July 23. i The day's program will com mence with basket luncn at noon and the afternoon will be given over in games, sports, band music and a short speak ing program. It is expected that hundreds of Catholic families of Oregon and their families will be in attendance that day. eral government may end its easy home mortgage credits with which it has been support ing the construction boom. And over all of the picture hovers the probability of higher prices, more costly living. i - V : LEARN HOW Sears Presents Harry Devitt In His Famous ii Dinner-kwicks ii Daily or 10:30, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 Grand Awards Of Phone 3-9191 550 North Capitol Mars Flying Boat Lands Safely San Francisco, July 18 (PI Two of the navy's huge Mars flying boats one loaded with troops westbound out of Hono lulu experienced engine trou ble in midflight the past week end. Ninety troops were aboard the Hawaii Mars when an engine conked out Friday and she was forced to return to Hawaii. More spectacular was the Caroline Mars loss of two en gines on her flight, with 18 aboard, from Honolulu to San Francisco Saturday. About 600 miles off the main land both engines on one side conked out. Normally operated at 7,000 feet the Caroline Mars dropped to 1200 feet before she safely set down on San Fran cisco Bay. Passengers' baggage, 19,000 pounds of cargo, thousands of pounds of gasoline and all loose gear were dumped overboard to keep the ship up. Both passengers and crew praised the skill of the pilot, Lt. Cmdr. A. C. Snider of Ala meda, Calif., in bringing the four-engine craft to a safe land ing. All aboard were navy per sonnel except one marine en listed man. All were from the bay area. The navy said an investigation would be made this week of the Caroline Mars engine fail ures. Tansy Ragwort Spray Work Now Under Way Forced spraying of tansy rag wort is under way in some areas of Marion county according to Jake Neufeldt, district weed in spector. Work of the district up to now has been to help land owners identify, spray or in other ways control the weed. The Oregon weed control law gives the weed inspector full au thority to have problem patches of tansy sprayed to prevent seed formation. 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BONESTEELE SALES tr SERVICE I SALEM, Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 18, 1950 17 FBI Adds Bank Robber, 44, : To 'Ten Most Wanted Men' Washington, July 18 iU.B The FBI today added a 44-year-old. bank robber with an array of tattoos and aliases to it list of 0 most dangerous fugitives. i He is Thomas Kling, a slight, brown-haired, blue-eyed crim inal whom the FBI describes as "a wise guy" who if "dangerous and vicious and believed to be armed." Kling is sought for attempted robbery at a Bayonne, N.J., tavern the morning after Christ mas, 1949, and for violating his parole from the Eastern State penitentiary at Philadelphia. He had served 10 years at Eastern State for his part in a $39,433 bank robbery at Hawley, Pa., in 1934. This was the "highlight" of a crime career which began at the age of 10. Kling has used seven aliases, of which "Scup" is the one us ed most frequently. 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