tu.v (uutTAii sxxma&JU, SAxmu oitsaoiff, Friday afiul is, 1010. PAGE XHRKB T FLOURING MILLS Fruit Tracts, Schools mm u James Crai General Merchandise PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Country customers are made welcome at this store, which is headquarters for them at Silverton ISCHER FLOURING MILL First quality Patent Flour by the carload or in lots to suit dealers Feed kept on hand at all seasons WRAY'S FURNITURE STORE Carpets, Wall Paper Mattrasses, Bedding Jewelry, Silverware. Everything to furnish a house. DRAY AND EXPRESS LIN Webb & Moores All work done with neatness and de spatch. Sample room furnished for commercial men. Prompt attention N given to all work in our line. A G teelhammer General Blacksmithing $ , oorsesnoemg Repairing of Vehicles and Machinery JOHNSON Drug Store Drugs and Stationer) Prescriptions carefully compounded fiy graduate pharmacists. LEWIS JOHNSON Proprietor FUTURE RAILR OAD CENT APIULY 6RUWIN OPERTY VALU ER UF EASTERN G CITY-ALL ES ARE AD VANCIN Silverton sits In a cozy angle of tho Hills, on both sides of Silver Creek. The city now spreads out a square mile and Is extending Its sub urbs by le..ps and bounds lri every direction. The Waldo Hills aro just south of the city, two miles north is tho Allqua. Two miles west runs the classic Pudding river and tho three valleys aro beautiful. Well im proved farming lands sorround Sil verton on all sides. Tho Waldo Hills, Howell Prairie, and the Abiqua Valley are tho richest soils in the world, with a great deal of beavor dam land. But the foothills aro tho future gold mines. These rougher and cheaper lands are going into apples the foothill lands producing the finest winter apples, in color, shipping and keeping qualities. Tho Silverton Lumber Co.. has transformed Silverton from a sleepy country trading place Into a busy, humming, Industrial shipping point. Out of 902 carloads of freight going out of here C07 carloads were lum ber for 1909 more than two-thirds. Steady payrolls makes a world of difference in the trade of tho town which formerly depended entirely on the farms. About ' $12,500 u month was added to tho payrolls for lumber manufacture alone. Several hundred families are supported from tho payrolls of the Silverton Lumbor Co. Tho town has built out towards tho mill and on two sides of it. The company is building two miles of road to extend Its logging oper ations In the woods. The Silverton Lumber Company was organized In 190G and the mill was started in 1909. It has been running steadily slnco then with a cut of about 20,000,000 feet a year. The plant includes 14 miles of rail road track, with twenty cars, two engines, five donkey engines and planners and dry kilns. The pay rolls include tho office and mill force of about ninety men with ono hundred men working In tho timber and on the railroad. The officers of the company aro R. A. Cowden, pres ident; J. D. Casey, vice-president, and, W. A. Reynolds secretary and treasurer. Started Building Boom. As a result of the establishing of a saw mill here there has been a great advanco In the price of prop erty and nearly one hundred new houses have been erected the past year. Thirty now houses aro Jn process of construction at present. A now brick block Is to bo erected by E. S. Porter of Konny & Porter; a building is to go up on tho Hunto" corner; and Sam Amos, Bock Broth ers, and J. D. Drake may build this coming year. A creamery and loo plant aro under construction nt pres ent. Tho ice plant will have an 8 ton machine, capable of turning out about 3000 pounds of ice per day. Tho capacity of tho now creamery win be about 10,000 pounds per month to begin with. ' Public Improvements. Under this heading Silverton can claim to have a protty good pros pect. Tho ocunty will erect a now steej bridge over Silver Creek Jn place of the old wooden moss cov ered structure. The material In tho old bridge will bo used to build a bridge ncross Sliver Croak botwoen Allen's addition and Gelsor's ad 11 tlon. This will be dono by a sub scription, ..The most progressive poo plo of Silverton want to bond the town for a sower system and there Is some talk about paving the prin cipal business street from Fischer's Mill to tho Southern Pacific depot. Tho city of Silverton owns a rock crusher and steam road roller and thore Is to be a good roads congross held hero within two weeks to pro mote public sentiment for bettor roads. A Big Shipping Record. According to statistics furniiaod llvo stock. This Is a largo potato shipping point and also an Immense amount of express goes out. Two Good Local Banks. Deposits In tho two Silverton Banks on April 1st aggregated $633, 446.00; tho Coolldge and McClaln Bank, organized in 1880, Is officered by Alfred Coolldgo, president; A. P. McClaim, vice-president, M. J. Ad ams, cashier; Ed. R. Adams, assist ant cashier. The heads of this bank aro also intoresfed in two banks at Colfax, ono at Spokane, and .banks in Farmington, Tekoa, and Oaksdnle. Wnsh. The People's Bank, organized 190B, has Marlon Palmor for presi dent, O. L. Hattoberg, vice-president; J. W. Hyett, cashier and E. S. Palmer, Lew Ames, McD. Carpenter additional directors. Additional Industries. Silverton has somowhero between two and three thousand happy, busy, prosperous people. Thoy aro all protty well- employed. There are threo warehouses at Silverton, kept by Wolf & Son, Laughmlller Bros,, and Wolfard & Co. Thero aro two other sawmills, two flouring mills nnd two sash and door factories. A Live Commercial Club. Silverton has a strong Commercial organization with officers as fol lows: . Millard A. Seltz, Pres., Geo. "W. Hubbs, Sec, S. E. Richardson. Vlce-Pres., Trustees James Craig, P. L. Browne, and L. H. Fisher. The 'total membership aggregates about ono hundred, composed of two class, activo and subscribing mem bers. Schools and Churches. Silverton has two fine large pub lic school buildings and a full twolvo grade high school under City Supt. Bootlscher. Thero Is an enrollment of nearly five hundred in tho public schools and a very bright, progres sive student body. Next to Salem, Silverton is about tho strongest church town in Marlon County, and all tho lodges aro represented. Movement for a HospKal. Dr. F. M. Brooks who has boon practicing medicine and surgery hero for nearly twenty years is helping lalong a movoment to have a hospital established at Silverton. He has a well equipped office with, electrical apparatus and X-ray machine, with a chemical labratory and dark room for testing eyes. Associated with him is Dr. R. E. Klolnsorgo, Mlcro- scoplst from tho University of Iowa Tho hospital movement Is boinc neipou along by Rov. H. M. Mason and Rov. O. A. White of tho Nor wegian Lutheran churchos. There aro threo of theso churchos in SI1 verton; supplying about 1,000 bcandinavlan population.. This ele- mont Is steadily increasing, fifty to ono hundred families being added yearly. Tho hospital is bolng organ ized ns a stock company nnd not as a chnrltablo institution. Lights, Water, nnd Telephone. Sllvorton has a water service with a pumping plant taking water from Silver Creek. The city has' flro pro tection In tho shape of hydrants, an onglno and two hose wagons. The city Js lightod by tho P. R. L. & P. Co. Tho Interurban Tolophone Company was organized five years ago by P. L. Browno, manager. It has about one hundred miles of lino connecting Woodburn, Marquam, Monitor, Mt. Angel, McKeo, Scotts Mill, and Molalla and has about four hundred patrons. Two now lines aro being constructed connootlng, up about twonty-flvo moro families, Real Estate is Active. A groat deal of land in and about SHvorton is being cut up in fruit tracts and a largo amount of acreage 'is being plated to orchards. Ranches from a quartor aero to ton ooros aro laid off In each tract and for a milo or two before you reach Bllvorton . by E. L. Smith who has boon agent I you bfgln .t0 fBB" rW8 "'houses ou buijuiuuu nuii iruuiB. mo uiggesi sale of real estate on record was of tho Southern Pacific Company at this point for twenty-two years thero wore 902 carloads of freight sent out during the yoar 1909. A total of 05 cars of morohandlso were received and besides nearly a car load per day of broken shipments. averaging about 15,000 pounds each or a total of 415 oars arriving at SUvartdu. Among the freight sent' out were CI carloads of bops, 63 car loads of flour nnd 19 carloads of mad the other day by Andorson & Fry. They sold 152 acres located two miles west of Silverton belong ing to U. S. Simmons for $22,800. The purchaser was Thomas Johnson, recently from Nebraska. Has Two Nowspapors. The pioneer newspaper is the Silverton Appeal, which has Just been sold out by II. E. Browne and J. B. Hoblet to H. E. Hodges and James Bennott Mr. Hodges Is a practical printer and hns worked in tho offlco for fourteen years. Ho ia a son of Capt. Hodges, a well known Orand Army man and village shoe maker. Tho Silverton Leader Is published by J. E. Hosmer and J. M. Brown and has been in existence for several years. Mr. Hosmer Is also tho in ventor of tho gravity hand culti vator, tho only implement of the kind In existence. A Llvo General Merchant. Geo. Cuslter has for seventeen years conducted a general mer chandise business in Silverton. Ho has seen tho city grow In that time from a moro village of four hundred people to ovor two thousand popula tion and his annual sales amount to $40,000. Mr. Cuslter also buys all kinds of farm products. Tho Vijlngo Blacksmith. A. G. Steelhammer has for eigh teen years been pounding away in tho same blacksmith and wagon shop. Jack Riches was his partner up to eight years ago. Ho now works two men nt horse shooing and ropalra everything from a wheel-bar row to farm machinery. Mr, Stell hammer will bo a candidate for tho legislature on tho republican ticket. Ho says ho will go before the people on tho direct primary and will sup port tho republican nominees, 'oven If Jio should not bo so lucky as to got on the ticket himself. Jeweler, Furniture, Fnrmer. F. E. Wray has beon in business at Silverton for twenty years as n jeweler and In connection with his trado ho has beon In tho furnlturo business for seven years. He carries a largo stock of carpets, rugs and house furniture, and has sales amounting to about $20,000 a year. Ho has lately become tho owner of ' a flno piece of farm property which he Is improving and making himself a suburban home. Bins Threo Hotels. Silverton, has threo well kept hotels, tho "Silverton", tho "Ander son," and the "Wray". Tho latter was formerly known as tho "Cot tage." Postal Business Increasing. Upon to March 31, 1910, tho busi ness of the Silverton postofflco un der F. R. Blackerby, P. M., had just about doubled. Stamp sales In creased $800 in tho paBt year. In four years tho monoy order busi ness hns increased $20,000, Mr. and Mrs. Blackerby work very hard to ploaso tho public and have a fine standing with tho department. I'ioneor Hardware Business , Tho J. Hicks Hnrdwaro Company is nn Institution that has beon dolus business continuously nt tho same stand for twonty-flvo yoars. Tha Hicks family aro among tho plonoors of Sllvorton. Ono of tho brothers, Chas. Hicks, at present bolng Com mnndor of tho Goo. II. Thomas Post Grand Army of tho Republic. Ames Hardware House. This Is ono of tho largest firms In this line In tho WHInmotto valloy. Thoy koop a largo stock of heavy and sholf hardware fencing, and are headquartors for tho staple linos of farm machinery and vehicles. Silverton Department Store. James Craig has for thirteen yoar conducted a department storo that at the samo tlmo is a kind of hoad qunrtors for tho, country pooplo for miles around. Mr, Craig Is' a cham pion Sllvorton boostor and good roads enthusiast, An Irishman from Ulstor, a country whoro sprang tho ancestors of nine presidents of tho United States. Mr. Craig does not contino himself to boosting in tho United States, but sonds lltoratur? out in all his mall and somo of It roaches oven Iroland, as will bo soon by tho following from tho Carrlck- Forgus Advertiser, a nowspapor pub lished in his native town: Drugs and Stationery. Tho Johnson drug storo qf Sllvor ton Is conducted by Lewis Johnson, Ph. G. Ho holds the doublo honor being both a University graduate and a graduate In pharmacy. 11$ has met nil the requirements of tho State Board of- Now York and of Oregon, He got his degree in tho University of Buffalo nnd then went (ConUnued on Page 4.) GEO. CUSITE General Merchadise and Pro duce Taken In Exchange Coupons, With Eyery Cash Purchase ... of Dry Goods and Jewelry . . ILVERTON Manufacturers Oregon fir Lumber Our Specialty HEAVY GE In Carload Lots John Hicks Hardware Co. THE BEST STOCK OF SHELF AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE KEPT IN SIL VERTON, AT THE OLD STAND ogers Kirkwood Successors to Brooks' Drug Co. Prescription Druggists Twenty-two years' experience. Your patronage solicited. S. AMES' Hardware Store ' Our Specialties Fencing, Paints and Farm ing Implements