Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 17, 1908, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextTAtLY, CAPITAL SrOTJI&AUi SALEM. ORKOON.SAT,JJHI)AY, OCTnEIt 17, 1008. v ti 4. 'il. s,S( V i REASONS WHY SCHOOL CHILDRENLIKE SALEM lidle Boys and Girls in Two Rooms of the Lincoln School Write Essays That are Very Creditable and Will Help Advertise the Peerless Capital City The Capital Journal has asked ' and think It the finest town I ever . MMren n tWO 01 UiQ ruuiuu ui , uw. P'" . . .- -I T L Lincoln school to wmo csmij m why they like sniem, aim prims ae of the very crcuunoio cumpu i.m We regret lack of spaco btnti printing them all and wo to give Koine more of tho room3 tkince to ncip om m iu buuu ,-i of boosting for our fnir city. Tie third grade pupils, taught by , Laura Uean, produced tno roi- laj, which are very Interesting: I tncilo Dc Witt, A, iko 0. When I first saw Snlom I thought mi the most heautlful city I er seen and T still think no. Vita I came to Snlom I left a Urr covered with tmow and Ico. tlere I found green lawns, slng- r tlrds and flowers. I kite lived In Salem throe years I Wit It better than when I enmo. kyfon I take a car rldo to tho istllel fair grounds I am glnd It lit Ultra also tho beautiful lie home nnd groundB nnd all tt fine stnto butldtngs hospltnl tie Insane, prison, muto school llaitltute for the blind. tt electric road to Portlnnd, Ills; seven trips a day (that's It). I rode on that tho Inst time l;lted the Indian school at Che- In, (our miles north of Snlom. kttnd best of all nro tho schools. Jim glad I live In Snlom; It's 8t Roth Jones, 8-B, ngo 0. V I like to llvs In Snlem: Uaallttlo girl nlno years old. ute lived In Salem nil my llfo I am glad I live here because when I finish the public schools 1 will not have fo leave my homo and mamma and papa to finish my edu cation. We have a good high school. The building is n fine new ono made of pressed, brick. - Then wo hnvo tho Wlllanutte university whero I could learn most anything. Then there Is the Busi ness college, and tho hospltnl where I could learn to bo n nurBO. . .1 like the nice wide streets with trees on either side. . There nro plenty of candy Bloros nnd flvo-cent shows, too. Thoro are a fow 6f tho reasons why I llko to live In Salem. ' 4. Salem is a good place for raising fruits and flowers. 5. Salem haB paved streets. C rSalem has tho big. State Fair.' 7. Salem has a good climate. 8. Salem Is n pretty location for homes. 9. Salem has good roads 'lead ing Into town. 10. Salem has tho Oregon' oloc-' trie line. Alice Johns, a-A, Ago 8. (Chinese.) Salem Is tho best town. And havo nice smooth pavement. The electrjc car are handy to go to Portlnnd. Thero nro some bcau tlfiul churches. Nearly every street Is paved. They have a new kind of tele phone. Thero nre five schools In Salem. We have n good place to go to Bchool. We havo six teachers In school. tho advantages of other cltys be cause it ! the capital of tho state. '. It Is the "Cherry City" of the, world. Fifteen hundred bales of hops, 200 car loads of pruno3 shipped out of horo annually. Wo havo four good public schools, a flno High school, nnd also a flno university, and the new Eaton hall. Salem has good street car ser vice; two miles of pavemont. TMb year In September wo had tho Oregon Stnto Fair, Wo have tho Oregon Electric rind tho Southern Pacific; two good flouring mills, nnd a flno stovo foundry. Esther Lii ens, Arc 10, The reasons I like to llvo In Sa lem: Because it is one of tho most busl-ncss-likc of the three or four capi tals on this side of the Mississippi our,rlTor. Wo havo good street car service In kinds' of beautiful flowers are snlse'd i : , hnra ! 4 . Salem Is noted for its flno streets and roads leading to out stdo towns nnd Salem also .has th'o best of schools and university. Thero is the university, high school, academy nnd Ave public schools. ' Salem also has tho stnto house, cotirt houso nnd a flno postofheo. Tho stato fair Is held hero every fall which brlngB thousands of peo ple to qui city, Salem has a flno newspaper sys tem. lorn lBvtho capital of .Oregon. It Is noted ferMts schools; vTjaas a uni versity, ahigh school and flvo good good public schools, and tho very best of teachers. Tho capital building Is ono of tho best of tho western states. Tho capi tal is noted for Its beautiful lawn nnd shrubbery, It also haB a boautl ful postofllco which posted over a hundred thousand , dollars.' . It has thn vnrv boat of mat service. It Uibo haB n beautiful court hSuBO. Sn lom also a Board of Trade composed of tho best buBlncBs men of Salem. I It has beautiful wide paved street Salem hns thn ntntelntmnn nsvlum. and tho best of strootcftr service. Tt ponitontlary and tho blind school and a n no flro dopartmcnl, two dally on thcoutsklrts of Snlem aro tho deaf newspapers, The Capital Journal and muto school nnd reform school. to Statesman. Wo havo tho very Salem has Its own flour mlllB and l'st city" water, woolon mills which is a great holp It la also noted for Its churches to tho city. I """ Rnlnni hna n ntilnnillil flrn nvntnm: and nlCO homes. also streetcar service. Thoronro many boys nnd girls In. Salem. our school. In the Fourth grade, taught by Mhs Emma Kramer, who .1b alao principal, nearly all tho children wrote articles and we print tho fol fel fol eowing: Clifford Dane, Age 0. , The reason why Salem 1b tho most bcnutlful city In the world Is on ac count of the surrounding sccnory Wouldn't you want to llvo In a town that Is always Improving? Within tho last year tho streets havo been newly lighted. Thero arc paved streets and now buildings going up nil around. Snlem is n good town nnd tho peo ple in it wnnt to mako It hotter, Ilnymoml Lewis, 3-11, Aro 11. I like to llvo In Salem because it has good Btreeto. Bccauso it has an electric railway. Bccauso It hnB good schools. HccauBe its BtrocU aro woll light ed. Bccauso it has good water powor BocnuBo It ljaB good flro depart ment. Because it hnB woll-kcpt lawnrf. Because thero ore plonty of hotels and rcstnurnntB. Because It has got beautiful flow ers. Bccauso It 1b the Capital City. Dorothy ltnrktter, Ago 10. Salem Ts located In tho beautiful tho broad paved streets, tho city i Willamette vnlley and It has lots of Innrks, tho government, stnto and i fruits, such aB chorrys, apples, vounty buildings, beautiful shade; peaches, pears and prunes, trees to bo found evorywhoro on the nnd prunes. public thoroughfaros J The state capital building nnd nil By taking tho street car you can the principal Institution cxcoptlng tho go to tho Fair Grounds, tho nsylum, tho ponitontlary, or tho Falrmount Hill, overlooking tho city. Salem Is sltuntcd In tho contor of tho moBt productive fnrmlng lnnd Some ot tho products most extensive ly raised for tho export trado aro Salem Is tho best plnco to llvo for wo havo all kinds af fruit and vego- tables that can bo raised. Add llnrt, Ago 10. Tho reasons I like to llvo In Salem. Flrat u la tho capltnl of tho Btate. Max I nc Elliott, -T, ago 10. 1. Salem Is a good placo to go to schools. 2. Salem In tho capital. 3. Salem Is tho "Cherry City." hops, prunes, cherries, nnd many other fruits nnd vcgctnbles, nnd dif ferent kindB of grain. Snlem hns moro churches nnd cducntlonnl Institutions than any city In proportion to lta size In Or egon. The Snlom high fichool is ono of the most bcnutlful buildings in tha city and haB a vory largo attendance of studontB. t oin. . i, i,nnf ninnn in Thero nro a croat many Improvo- Mvo thoro wold not bo so mnny peo- cta Going on, some of tho BtroU plo como horo'. Mc bo,nK lmvod nnrt n R00(1 many ' , buildings aro going up and tho town Florence llnync, Ago 10. ' booming nil around. I llvo in Oregon, which 1 think is Second There nro two packing tho best Btato In tho United States'. ! nlnnts. two lumber yards, two sash born la Snlom, which is tho nnd door factories, two uo laciuwea. two Doming lacioriua, iwy iium mills, ono cannery,, ono BRWm'lll, ono coffin fnctory, ono Boap factory. Third Tho streetcars run ovory fifteen minutes that ts ono advantage nnothor Is that wo have tho schools so handy; thoro aro four schools In Salem and a good many churches. . . o Btnte university nnd tho agricultural collcgo, which aro located In Eugene nnd Corvnltls. Tho streots of Snlom aro wldo and pnved. The buildings and houses nre kept In good condition. There aro mnny churches In thU grounds, whoro tho o.hlldron lovo to I wns capital, and I also think is tho bcBt cttl In Oregon. Salem 1b on tho cast bank of tho WHlamotto river. It haB n popula tion og fifteen thousand people Tho roason I Uko to llvo In Snlom. Wo havo broad, ahady Btroots, good Bldowalks, comfortable and pretty homes nnd lots of hnppy chlldron. Salem has flvo good schools nmong them a flno high school building. Lincoln school, whoro I go Ib lo catod In South Salem In a lovely grovo of oak and maplo trocs. Also a flno big flr trco on tho city. And tho best of nil nro tho schools. ,Wo have good public schools, thon our high school Is ns flno as any. SPAULPING LOGGING COMPANY Carries the largest stock of Rough and Dressed Lum ber and Building Materials kept at Salem Give us a chance to Figure on your Lumber Bills, Large or Small, and you will Save Money. LAB WOOD $2.00 to $2.25 cording to Length of Haul Phone Main 88 Office-F erry and Front Streets , '- . . . Eugcno Houston, Age 10. lnirn Mills, Age 12. Tho reason I Uko to llvo In Balom. Salem Ib a beautiful city to llvo In bccauso It Is located on tho bnnks of the old Willamette which flowr north. Thoro nro a groat many trccB In Salem such as tho maplo, oak and play. Snlom bolng tho capital of Orogon and county Boat ot Marlon county, nil tho atnto institutions aro at or near horo. Thcso aro tho stato fair grounds, stao Insano asylum, peni tentiary, roform school, blind school, dont muto school, stato houso. llnxcl Dclancy, Ago 10, Why I like to live in Salem. 1 Whero Ballet Flew. David Parker, of Fyotto, N, V R veteran of tho civil war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, Bays: "Tho good Electric BltterB havo done Is worth moro than $500 to mo. I spent much money doctoring for a bad crm of stomach troublo, to llttlo purposo. I thon tried Electric Blttors, and thoy cured mo. I now tako them as a tonic, and thoy koop mo Btrong and woll." GOo at J. 0. Ferry's drug store. o Wouldn't It bo nlco It " hunting troublo had Its snort eeaion, uko hunting gamo? Bocanvfio It Is In tho contor of tho many others which holp to improvo beautiful Wlllamctto valley. It hla tho looks of tho city, and also all ' ' " 8 Company Opposite Capital National Bank Beftre placiig your order for a cooking stove investigate the Loraine Steel Ranges A Standard Range With Many New Features Full Line of Heaters Salem Hardware Company You take Kodol JUBt for a little whllo when you havo- KntI,Rl.t. . ot Indigestion, nnd you take It Just a mil. lmnn In nrflAr Ifl KM reilBl .'""A- t.,. of lndlKNUon or havo got soveral roaBons to Btato why I NerV0UB rjygpopBla. Trv Kodl t0 Salem Ib the beat city to live In. Sa-I day. Bold by alt druggists. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 HI 1 1 1 1 1 III " I " ' ' ' ' t4t The Curtiss Lumber Company Main Office and Mitts Mill Gly, Oregon Manufacturers off LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES OUR ENLARGED YARD CA PACITY ENABLES US TO PILL YOUR ORDERS PROMPTLY WITH A SUPERIOR QUALITY t Of LUMBER : : : : A. R. Baker Manager of SALEM YARD Offices 349 South 12th St Phone 52 Telepboic Mail 172 121 Ceerciil Street - riniimiinHimniHiiinHmtiuitHiiniiHi .m mK 9 r -i ' J '