TAtLY, CAPITAL SrOTJI&AUi SALEM. ORKOON.SAT,JJHI)AY, OCTnEIt 17, 1008.
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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.
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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
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. 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Of LUMBER : : : :
A. R. Baker
Manager of
SALEM YARD
Offices 349
South 12th St
Phone 52
Telepboic Mail 172 121 Ceerciil
Street
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