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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.
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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.
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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
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Grand rut, Ore.
SAFETY for Your SAVINGS
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SAVINGS & LOAN
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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.
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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.
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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
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