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PAGE FIVE Impressive New Oregon Capitol Is Completed Ahead of Schedule MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1938. FIRE DOGS HEELS OF LEGISLATORS SINCEJEARLY DAY Every Building in Which Legislature Has Convened Since 1851 Totally Or Partially Destroyed. v. ii By ROBERT LODMEI.I. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) SALEM, Ore., July 18. (UP) Every Salem building In which the Oregon legislature convened since .'851 has been either destroyed or badly dam aged by fire, records and d-jcumenta at the state library revealed today. There has been, however, three buildings which housed either the house or senate which were not burn ed, but four of the Joint meeting places have been completely destroy ed and the other one badly damaged by flames. First One Burned. First legislative building to be de. stroyed by fire was the $40,000 ter. rl tonal capltol. The 1884 territorial legislature met In two rooms of the uncompleted building and voted to change the capital to Corvalll The following year they met at Oorvallls and immediately voted to go back to Salem. They returned and were in session in the nearly-completed capl tol when on the night of December 39, 1855, fire broke out and destroyed the building. The second legislative assembly to . be destroyed by fire was the first Salem meeting plaoe of the legisla ture. It was the Oregon Institute building and was located on the present Willamette university site. The third and fourth territorial legis lature met there in 1861 and 1852. (The first and second aesslona had been held at Oregon Olty the flrat state capital.) The Oregon Institute building burned December 37. 1873. tsed Two Buildings. On December 6. 1863. the fifth territorial legislature convened in two buildings the house In the Nesmlth - Wilson building on the northeast corner of Front and Ferry streets and the senate in the Rector building on South commercial Just south, of the present Statesman Pub lishing oompany building, rhey met for the sixth and a portion of the seventh sessions In the Territorial capltol, but when that building burned, both lawmaking oodles re-ttu-ned to the Rector building which was destroyed by fire on June 8, 1885. ' . The second capltol, first occupied In 1876, was the meeting place of the state legislature until It was destroyed by fire on April 35, 1937. On May 38 of this year, firemen conquered flames in the Holman building which housed the ninth and tenth territorial legislatures a well as all state legislatures until 1878. This building still nds on the northwest corner of Commercial and Ferry streets, although It was badly damaged by flames. Three to Go. The three buildnlgs which housed either the senate or house and were not dstroyed by fire are the Nesmith Wllson building, the Marlon hotel and the Armory. The Nesmlth-WU-'son building which was the meeting place of the house during the terri torial session In 1853 was totn down many years ago. Both the Marlon hotel and Armory, which housed the senate and house, respectively, dur ing the special session of 1935 and the regular session still stand. Today, Oregon's first fireproof cap. ltol and legislative meeting place was open for public' Inspection and the "fire-Jinx" which has haunted Ore gon lawmakers for 87 years li dead. ELK HERD LACKS YELLOWSTONE PARK, Mont. (UP) Park officials are eager to re duce the elk herd here. Contrary to a prevalent notion, elk are far from extinct today, although they were quite scarce at one time. Wholesale slaughter by sportsmen last fall failed to bring the park herd down to a size supportable by tbo available range, and other means were being sought to reduce Hie number. There are 18,876 bead In the mam moth herd, 3.800 more than officials estimated could be grazed on avail able feed, despite killing of 3.581 by hunters more than a thousand of which were shot In a deliberate attempt to tMn the herd. Zoos and private herds took only 314. some going aa far as Korea. A limited number of buffalo also are available for private herds, park authorities report. CARPENTERS, PUIS PLAN SUNDAY PICNIC Local union No. 3067. Carpenters and Joiners of America and local union No. 1134. Painters. Oeeorators and Paperhangers of America will give a Joint basket lunch picnic at the upper Applegate picnic ground near MeKee's. Sunday. July 20. All union and non-union carpen ters and painters of the Rogue river valley and their families will be welcome. Ire cream and coffee will be free and swimming and other amuse menta will be provided. Lunch will be about lp m. in oft-isi ,-. ., J . mm aMi u Nil c ftfcf. w sr-f t.-f I- If U If . w. spa mm ; mm.- ssasu,us r. ' CAPITOL BUILDING , U 111 j , l t '( j lj I ' P n- ' f. eg&aiwr'tjvw-: - : i -....-w- - ' ' - S-r J h i t ?..) - f t i "i 4 " Ml 1 " 1 t t r i 3L s r 4 if'"- " XJt?- Vrt THE SENATE "iZ.Shl tn mgi-w'ir.f: THE HOUSB fM""g?SU.-W".1 ti.-g.Sli!lii-'mili"liiaf i.u.i-UiJiij!! mjn . i i..)wa-aiwai-ii)ii I , i' -a 'X-r-JiiXk:itL' i-i " .vi . ' y v' ' i I vri "-- . 1 ' ' . ., ., ' 4 , , I i ,- i t'i -r i-i- ti- W "j it r . oui--y x - . ' , r ' t " " -i ' f .r r-? . . - j 1 U . . .nT mm mt 1 I ' Mw-J, " y. ill "I- . - 7 y F S'JU 4- '. f r i - it i HOUSE GALLERY The cost of U. 6. Intervention In Halt! between 1915 and 1930 was more than 123.000,000. The Holland tunnel between New York and New Jersey is 9.2S0 feet long. WELL DRLL1NG New Modem Equipment R0BT. BURNS RL I. Boi JfiJ. Plione 55 Grand rut, Ore. SAFETY for Your SAVINGS JACK80N COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 EAST MAIN ST. Tje- H f2 ' ' J' SENATE STAIRWAY Oregon's Imiirrfitlvc wlilti capltol, formally accepted by the capltol re construct Ion commission, the board of control and the puhllo- works ad ministrator, was occupied h executives and departments this week. From the high marble dome, a stutiie of a typical pioneer will look across the lush Wlllnmrttc valley to the const and Cascade mountains, legisla tors will occupy the house of representatives and the senate In January when the nffiilrs or the slnle will bo pondered In an atmosphere which preserves rnrly Irndltions nmlrlst modcrnlstlo simplicity. The vtruoture, completed abend of schedule, cost $,500,000 in state and federal funds. It. replaced the historic state house destroyed by firs mora than three yenrs ago. Ntnte officials began the task of moving In this week. (Photos by Associated Press.) 5 f Vhvj f Saataaw "df SmZMflttn n:.n,, ,'a.-v 41? s -v.. ... J r 5 ' ,:;. -: ;;- 'Wi: .fivpr,.,., s ( -'4V,' , ,: VYl J?rv ewt:. i.fiv v Aw-f w --,y.'',-.-.-?v .( I t. I aVl-fVKK.kt . i Is.- U. -.i0.-.-M..,. ... THE STATI E AT ROTARY MEET Ben Harder entertained the Rotary club with an Interesting aooount of his recent trip to Alaska, as a feature of Tuesday's luncheon-meeting. The Rotarlans and guests were taken on a verba pilgrimage to the vast and romantic northern territory where airplanes are used by fur buyers, great fisheries supply millions of cans of red salmon and giant mines prof itably operate on 88c per ton ore. tn his Introductory remarks, Mr. Harder told briefly of the Russian settlement of the'Alnskan territory In 1784. of establishment of Sitka as their base In 1799 and later sale of the vast territory to the United States for 87,200,000. This sals, ex plained the speaker, was made as an exchange for aid given to the North during the Civil war and history has proven that "Seward's Folly" was a highly profitable Investment. Alaska, according to Mr. Harder, has an area equivalent to that of the United States with the exception of Texns. while the population is but 92.000. ' Harder told the Rotarlans of his Journey through the famous Inland Passage, to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skag way and Sitka. The romantlo atmos phere of the picturesque city of Sitka especially appealed to the speaker who described the famous St. Mich ael cathedral, founded In 1816, the army air base and Indian schools Sitka wss known as the "Paris of the Pacific," when San Francisco was mining settlement, Harder said Bells In many famous, old Spanish missions In California were cast in Sitka foundries. Priceless art objects in the St, Michael cathedral espe cially attract tourists who visit this historic settlement, many of them brought from Ft. Ross In California, Concluding his account, Mr. Harder lauded the courtesy and hospitality of Alaskan people and commented upon the fact that living costs average but 16 per cent higher than In the Unit ed Statu, despite the fact that many of the necessities of lift mutt be ship ped from the ttstt, Portuguese It gutge of Brasll. the official lan- Phont 542 well haul away yout refuse, city Sanitary Service. An unofficial flying model airplane contest will be held at Medford mu nicipal airport at 8 a.m. Thursday under sponsorship of the local Junior chapter of the National Aeronautlo association. The contest Is open to anyone In terested In model building and a nominal entry fee will bt charged. It was stated by George Ollllngs, secretary. Entrants will bt regis tered tt the airport between 8:90 and Thursday morning. An official contest for member only will be held on Thursday. July 31. Anyone ten years of age or older It eligible to join the Junior chap ter, Ollllnft pointed out. Duet art nominal. Meetlngt tre held every Monday at 7:80 p, m, at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Weather. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday, txotpt fog on the coast and scattered light thunder showers ovtr mountalnt, not so wans, in delta regloni gentle changeable wind off the ooatt. Oregon i Fair tonight and Thurs day, with fogt on tM coast: gtntlt northwest wind off the coast, slightly warmer la the northeast portion to night. . . ; DIFFERENT f THAT'S THE , LUBRICANTS n PMWl SAFETY SYSTEM...IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE .1 IN CAR MAINTENANCE. I av-MWini I " 4ST) Bnm "rZ,lfl mHtwYZAlt mftmr TEAM" Why I Like Golf... 'Tennis In a great game, 111 admit," said the sales manager. "I used to play a lot of tennis and still play occasionally, but mostly I play golf." "You see, It's this way in tennis I have to be right there, when and where, the ball goes, or I miss the point In golf whether I smack one down the fairway or putt on the green, that little oI ball Just sets there and waits for me." Most advertisers like newspapers for about the same reason the sales manager likes golf prospects don't have to be In any one place at any one time, because the newspaper may be picked up and read at any rime that suits the convenience and the mood of the prospect. Dad may do his reading on the train or car, mother in mid-day or after dinner, and Junior members of the clan at whatever time they're home. But all will read it sometime for newspapers are a universal habit. The Medford Mail Tribune Prepared by West-Holliday Co., Inc.
