8 Capital Journal, Salem,
River Rages The American
' and melting snow, swirls around the Horst ranch near Sac
ramento. The city of Sacramento is shown at upper left
'above the "H" street bridge. The first line of trees in the
'picture (upper center) is the highway while the second line of
, trees is the bank of the American river normally. Waves
' In the water make the ranch buildings look as if they were
' planted in the ocean. ( AP Wirephoto)
Pleasant and Unpleasant
Things in History of Salem
By BEN MAXWELL .
Salem's salad days were ebbing with the 1880s. The 1870s
brought a railroad, a water system of sorts, gas for illumination
and a feeling of civic pride along
cation. . ,i
"When Rev. O. Dickensen,
church and proprietor of a seedf
garden on Garden- road (now
Market; street), wrote in his di
ary for January 3, 1864, he rec
orded some basic facts. Salem
then had a population of 1130
family men. 100 single men ana
the number of dwellings was
.
In that year this frontier town
had Congregational, Metnoaisi,
Episcopal and Baptist churches
with a total membership or ioj
The Episcopal thurch still stands
on Chemeketa street, aajacem
to the. alley and lust across the
street from Stan Baker's gar
age. Taxable property within the
corporate limits for 1863 am
ounted to 699,261. Average
daily school attendance was ISO
By then, no doubt, the terrl-
tale stench-arising from behind
the Bennett house and so of
fensive to an editorial nose in
1860 had been abated. The exe
cution of Beale and Baker, that
attracted a crowd of curious
townspeople and a horde of gap
in yokels from three counties,
was yet a year in the offing. That
spectacle was accomplished near
Church and Mill streets. May it,
1869. Old timers remembered
this "hanging" until the end of
their days and were happy to re
call it for any occasion.
In 1867, says the Pacific Coast
Business Directory. Salem was
to miles from Portland and 710
mile from San Francisco. Dis
tances have not much changed
Only routes and means of trans
portation are different.
When Tim Davenport left Sa
lem for Oregon City on the
morning of October 5, 1862, he
paid $7 In gold coin for stage
tare. And he arrived late, too,
because enroute passengers had
to' lend a hand in getting the
coach out of a mud hole.
V In 1867 overland stages pass
ing through Salem to Sacra
mento 514 days, fare $50 had
a depot at the Capitol hotel on
the site now occupied by An
ita's apparel store.. Earlier R. N
May had run the Marion hotel
on this site and there, in the late
1850's James O'Mearas slum
bers were disturbed by desper
ately social bedbugs. Bugs,, beds
and the hotel were reduced to
ashes by a spectacular fire that
burned down the Marion in July
of 1864.
4 .
' Homer- Smith was proprietor
of the Capitol hotel In 1867. Sa
lent - Dally Record proclaimed
that his was the best hotel in
the' city; open all night, with a
hospitable bar and a fireproof
safe., Though the safe may have
been fireproof Capitol hotel was
not It blazed to final glory at
1:3,0 in the morning of Novem
ber 1, 1869.
- Stages for Portland left Cap
itol hotel at 6 o'clock In the
morning and arrived at 7 in the
evening. During winter months
this was a four horse pull. A
Concord coach acquired for the
run In 1859 cost $1 100.
In Overland stag coach days
teams were housed ia a large
barn situated about where the
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preacher' at the Congregational
armory now stands. Attached to
or near this barn was a gage in
dicating maximum height of that
flood of floods in 1861. When
that old barn was razed in early
March of 1910 one of the last
landmarks showing that the Wil
lamette reached 39 feet at Salem
about 6 o'clock in the evening of
December 3, 1861, was obliter
ated.
No bridge spanned the Wil
lamette here in 1867 and none
was built until nearly two dec
ades later. During the summer
of that year, however, a steam
ferry, estimated to cost nearly
$8000, was under construction
for operation at the Salem-Polk
county crossing. J. N. Matheny
St Co. were proud to announce
that it would carry a saloon deck
and had capacity for eight teams
and wagons. Launching was an
event for November 25, 1867.
Leabo operated another ferry
between Salem and Indepen
dence on the so-called short
route to Corvallls. In the Sa
lem Dally Record for October
25. 1867, he advertised in these
refrains:
"So come one, come all
We are always glad to hear
you call,
So come by night or come by
day .
We are always glad to work
for pay."
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Union Would
Put Teamsters
On Unfair List
Portland, Nov. 21 (IP) AFL
engineers who operate building
heating systems have asked the
Central Labor Council to put
the AFL Teamsters on the coun
cil's unfair-to-labor list.
The engineers claim of jur
isdiction over a worker class
ified at the Teamsters' hall as
a Janitor. The engineers say
he handles the automatic heat
ing system and thus ia an en
gineer. Progressive Party
Picks '52 Candidate
Washington, Nov. 21 (U.PJ The
communist-sparked progressive
party has selected Elmer A. Ben
son of Appleton, Minn., as its
1952 presidential candidate.
Vlto Marcantonio - desclosed
this strategy to the communist
newspaper Daily: Worker in a
discussion of the recent general
election. . .
Marcantonio was defeated for
re-election in the house by a
New York City coalition of
democratic, republican and lib
eral parties in his district. In
the house Marcantonio always
voted the communist party line.
He is boss of the American labor
party in New York state and
master of the progressive party
nationally. -
Tm for Benson for presi
dent," Marcantonio told the
Daily Worker. "I feel that the
progressive party is the only
political apparatus to mobilize
the people in the right direc
tion."
Local transportation in the
1860s was geared to the roads
and streets that sustained it.
(Continued Tomorrow)
IT SAYS ON THI lABElt
In Parliament
Local members ofthe Atlantic
Union national council. Justice
James T. Brand, Miss Laura Kel
lar, and Steve Anderson, were
informed yesterday that an At
lantic Union resolution has been
introduced to the British houses
of Parliament by 46 members,
with the approval of Winston
Churchill.
The Atlantic Union resolution
calls for a convention of the At
lantic democracies to explore
the possibility of joining togeth
er in the formation of one large
nation. A similar resolution was
introduced in the last session of
congress and has received the
support of about 80 representa
tives and senators.
In July the Canadian senate
passed a resolution almost iden
tical in content with the one
previously introduced in con
gress and now submitted in the
English parliament.
A meeting of the local mem
bers of the Atlantic Union or
ganization, headed by Dean
Gregg of Willamette university,
will be held at the Marion hotel,
Wednesday, November 29, at 8
p.m. ,
Fire Destroys
Alaska Hospital
Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 21 VP)
Fire destroyed the Alaska native
service hospital at Bethel last
night, forcing several score evac
uated patients to take tempo
rary refuge in a nearby quon
set hut.
Temperatures hovered near
zero.
Bethel is approximately 1,000
air miles northwest of Juneau.
Hugh Wade, area director for
the Alaska native service, said
he understood none of the pa
tients was injured. One hospital
employe was flown to Anchor
age for treatment of Injuries.
The $300,000 bulding was a
complete loss, said Dr. Duncan
Chalmers, head of the hospital.
Wade was unable to say how
many patients it held but all
70 beds were filled.
The patients including 27 in
need of immediate hospitaliza
tion probably will be flown
to other hospitals in Alaska.
Chalmers said the blaze be
gan in the boiler room but its
cause was not known.
Eisenhower Buys
Gettysburg Home
Philadelphia, Nov. 21 VP)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has
bought a 200-acre farm near
historic Gettysburg, Pa., and will
make it his permanent family
home, it was disclosed today.
Attorney Richard A. Brown
said that he and John C. Bream,
a real estate dealer, closed the
deal last week.
The property is a dairy and
general farm, with a nine-room
house, three , miles south of
Gettysburg. It has a good view
of the Civil War battlefield.
Russ Rewrite
To Prove Reds
By DANIEL
Berlin, Nov. 21 UP) Men with apparently the shortest memories
in the world are rewriting modern history for 800,000,000 inhabi
tants of the Soviet bloc.
What they claim to be historical truths are being dinned into
all peoples under Moscow's domination in Europe and Asia.
The last war? Russia fought
alone they say.
American lend - lease aid?
Never heard of it,
Winston Churchill? A blood
sucker imperialist who always
plotted the enslavement of Rus
sia.
Roosevelt? A weak progres-
Ive behind whose back Wall
Street senators flew to Berlin
seeking a separate peace with
Hitler.
The exterminated Jews? Nev
er heard of them, either. It was
the Soviet people who bore all
the sacrifices.
General Eisenhower? He nev
er fought a battle. The Nazis
just quit on his phony Western
iront.
Allied bombing? It was car
ried on to terrorize Innocent
German civilians, destroy world
industrial competition and lay
waste the cultural heritage of
Europe. Russia disapproved,
Stalin? Genius of revolution,
builder of Socialism, generalis
simo of victory, leader of the
world peace camp.
Because illiteracy is high
among Iron Curtain peoples,
tnese Russian allegations are
most effectively illustrated in
documentary films.
People can see and hear when
they can not read or write. The
documentaries compare favor
ably with Moscow radio broad
casts in influence and seem far
more impressive for the untutor-
ed masses than communist books
or newspapers.
Two super epics from So
viet studios now are making
the rounds of village theaters
from the Elbe river to the China
coast.
Both are in color, number
their casts in thousands, and
cost upward of 10,000,000 rubles
to produce. Each calls itself
a literal recreation of wartime
events, based on Soviet official
records.
In the schools, press and pub
lic forums, ruling communists
now are ballyhooing the Soviet
war pictures as the gospel
truth.
Publisher to Retire
Baltimore, Nov. 21 VP) Paul
Patterson,- a newspaperman for
more than 50 years and for the
last 31 president of the A. S.
Abell company, publisher of the
Baltimore Sun papers, will re
tire next January 31.
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Gospel Crusade
Plans Formed
A banquet meeting of those
responsible for the success of
the Greater Salem Gospel Cru
sade has been called for 5:15
p.m., November 25 at the Mar
ion hotel. At that time. Dr. Paul
Rood, world wide evangelist will
be introduced.
Dr. Rood recently returned to
this country from Europe and
he will be asked to give a brief
report concerning his tour and
discuss his aspirations in the
campaign which will open in
Salem November 26 in the Sa
lem high school auditorium and
continue for two weeks.
The crusade is sponsored by
the Christian Business Men's
committee, Youth for Christ,
Child Evangelism Fellowship
and several churches and Chris
tian organizations. It is com
mended by the Salem Minis
terial association.
At the head of the local or
ganization are: Gary Risher,
general chairman; Rev. Lloyd
Anderson, vice chairman; Sarah
Heinrichs, secretary; Ralph
Eyre, treasurer; Fred Kruse,
prayer chairman; Dr. J. R. Turn
bull, personal workers chair
man; Chris Seely, financial
chairman; Rev. W. S. Frederick,
publicity chairman; Paul W.
Evitt, transportation and Ron
Rush, music.
Rep. Macy Quits GOP
Post Following Defeat
Great River, N. Y., Nov. 21
VP) Rep. W. Kingsland Macy,
beaten for reelection in his tra
ditionally strong republican dis
trict, has resigned as Suffolk
county GOP chairman, a post he
had held since 1926.
Macy, an intra-party foe of
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, an
nounced last night he was step
ping out of party leadership in
the eastern Long Island county.
He was nosed out of his con
gress seat at the Nov. 7 election
by retired schoolmaster Ernest
Greenwood, a comparative new
comer to politics.
A reeanvass, completed yes
terday, showed that Greenwood,
democratic- liberal party nom
inee, won by 138 votes out of
more than 150,000 cast.
fllTS BUILD OREGON TOGETHER
Silverton Corn
Show Readjed
Silverton Craig Clark has
been named as host chairman for
the state corn show welcoming
and entertaining committee the
big event to be at Silverton,
December 8-9, at the Silverton
armory.
Committee personnel assisting
Clark are Bruce M. Billings, H.
A. Barnes, Maurice Schnoren
berg and T. J. Denson.
Meeting with the local cim-
mittee during the last of the
week were R. E. Fore and Rex
Warren of Corvallls, co-chair
men for the Oregon Corn Show.
Also at this meeting were Harry
Riches, Marion county agricul
tural agent, Silas Torvend, mem
ber of the state committee, and
Roy Rutschman of Central
Howell. Riches said that Marion
county led by a large majority
in corn acreage in the state with
a total of 8,000 acres for the
year 1950.
Implement companies are to
be asked to show movie films
during the show and also a gen
eral program to Include talks
and musical numbers during
Friday evening.
Of interest to adults as well
as kiddies, Santa Claus is com
ing to town Saturday, December
9, invited by the Chamber of
Commerce and will have treats
for all the youngsters.
Corn raisers planning to enter
the show for prizes will be in
terested to know that complete
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list copies that are available
from the county extension of
fices and may be secured by
writing here or calling in per
son for a copy.
To faciliate judging, the areas
will be in two divisions with the
Cascade range of mountains to
be the dividing line, north to
south. Attractive awards are of
fered in numerous divisional
sections in judging as well as
exhibit groupings.
Church Dinner Dated
Liberty The Liberty Chris
tian Church of Christ will have
a family Thanksgiving dinner
on Thanksgiving day, Thursday,
Nov. 23, at the church on Sky
line road at 12 noon. Rev. Ilery
Parrlsh, extends all families in
the Liberty district a cordial in
vitation to attend. Mrs. Eugene
Bloom is the chairman in charge
of the dinner. Anyone wishing
to come may contact Mrs. Bloom
by calling 2-0161.
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