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Soils Fruit Lands Center of
Hop Industry Shipping Point
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STATE
Capital Stock - $25,000
Deposits - - $125,000
Assets $169,000
BFWTC Cashier and
Lll 1 3 President
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A F WII I
REAL ESTATE
AURORA, ORECON
The Wealth of the Home
Depends Upon the Wealth
of the Soil
There are no better lands anywhere for the prices
charged per acre than around Aurora, Ore, I am pleased'
at all times to correspond with those who wish to know
about our country. I would consider it a favor to
send .my printed list of properties, such . as fruit .lands,
farms, berry lands, etc, My auto is always at your ser
vice to see these lands,
A. J. MISHLER
L. L GRIBBLE
Misie
HOP
r nriDDie
MERCHANTS
AUROR A, ORE G O
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Hotel
tHE OREGON
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With Elegance
Our Rathskeller Grill finest dining service in
city, with Hawaiian orchestra from 6 to, J 2
Riost perfectly furnished, moderate priceiJ,
modern hostelry -in the metropolis of the
. Northwest
WRIGHT & DICKINSON HOTEL CO.
Owners and Managers.
Also Operating Seattle Hotel, Seattle.
OLD STA6E STATION OF MARION COUNTY
NOW A LIVE COMMERCIAL CITY
Aurora was quite a place botoro
Salem was much of a city. It' was
the main stage station between Ore
gon City and Salem, and horsees
were changed there and man and
beast refreshed, and people are still
living who tell of the wonderful
good meals served there In the
pioneer times when white German
cookery was a luxury. In the old
colony days this place, was an in
dustrial center. They had their own
woolen mills, flouring mills, saw
mills, to say nothing of a religious
and educational system all their own.
One industry that was not much en
couraged in tho old days was mar
riages, some of the good brethren
and sisters thinking it was an institu
tion 'that might as well be reduced
to a minimum. In spite of some of
these minor peculiarities, Aurora has
always enjoyed the distinction of be
ing a highly moral and prosperous
community where people were not
ashamed to work for living, lived
within their means and saved some
thing for a rainy nay. Today Aurora
is taking on modern airs, building
many new homes, laying off lands
into orchard tracts, making street
improvements and dreaming of an
electric railroad across tho country
from Wilsonville to Wllhoit Springs.
It is on the old main line of the Ore
gon and California railroad and has
good train service.
Strong Bonk Organization.
Tho Aurora State Bank is one of
tho strongest little banks in tho
"Willamotto Valley. It has deposits
of $125,000 and assets of $169,000
The officers are Henry L. Bents
president and cashier, Henry A
Snyder vice president. Directors, the
above and Dr. B. P. Giesy, W. S.
Hurst, Franz Kraxberger, J. H.
Miley, and Grant B. Dimlck. The
bank was organized in 1896, capital
stock $2G,00D. Mr. Bonts has prov
en a careful man at the head of this
bank. He has. a fine farm in tho
Buttevllle district, and a beautiful,
little bungalow home In this city.
.Good Olty GoTernment, .
J. G. Miller is the present mayor
of Aurora. He is the father of the
city in several ways, taking a live
interest in all that la for tho good
of the community. The Aldermen
are Geo. KrauB, J. W. Sadler, A. F.
Will, and A. H. Will. The Itecorder
Is Geo. Fry, and tho treasurer A. M.
Fry. The city marshal wo did not
get acquainted with but tried to keep
out of his .way, although we have no
reason to think he was not attending
to his duties and Is a model officer
and that Is a quality that Is op
predated among real estato men
Laying Off Acreage Tracts.
Tho Dr. Martin Giesy farm east of
tho town is to bo platted into orchard
tracts as soon as ho can make nr
rangements through his son in Port
land to put them on the market,
They contain tho famous Aurora
mineral springs that will some day
bo tho center attraction for a health
resort. Tho Fargo Orchard Tracts
Company of Portland has COO ncres
and has laid off a hundred ncres and
planted it to fruit and is platting
another hundred acres west of Au
rora on tho Oregon Electric, whero
they1 want to put in the townsito of
Fargo one mile south of East Butte
vllle. Tho success of the Hubbard
Investment Company In selling off
$24,000 worth of fruit acreage at
Hubbard has attracted tho attention
of tho most conservative at Aurora.
At Aurora Fred Hurst is selling off
tho bottom land that was at one time
the mill pond, in tracts to suit buy
ers for $75 to $150 per acre.
Good Shipping Point.
Geo: Miller, S. P. agent since 1883,
says anout 100 carloads a year are
shipped out of here. About 4000
bales of hops 50 carloads go from
hero to tho markets of the world.
Besides hops there are potatoes, pil
ing, mining timbers, lumber, grain
and stock shipped out of here. There
are about 40 acrloads merchandise a
year sent In hero. Tho express ship
ments avorango 10,000 pounds per
month. The Muecko estato is send
ing out about 30(000 pounds aspara
gus in a season. About, fifty patrons
ship cream to Salem and Portland.
The city would support a bakery and
laundry.
W. S. Hurst has been In tho pota
to and produce business here for 15
years. Ho Is also In business at
Canby and Hubbard. "At tho latter
place he Is secretary of the Hubbard
Investment company, which has sold
1 . ,nj nnn 1 1. .. . I
uii. ouuub jii,vuu win m ui uureugei
and do not roqulro tllo dralnago to
produce fino crops of fruit
Has Good Hotels.
Aurora has two hotels, tho Pioneer
kept by Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Millor,
and tho now Aurora hotel kept by
John Lundeon. Both have good bars
In connection, and aro popular re
sorts with tho travelling public. Mr.
Lundeon came to Aurora threo years
ago from Mlnne-oth and has dono
firstrate, although ho had tho mis
fortune to lose his brother Andrew
who died last year. Mr. Lundeen Is
a man who works hard to bring in
now people to. locate at Aurora and
has sont out a great deal of literature
to friends in the cast.
Many Now Homes,
Fred Will, Sr., and (Fred Will, Jr.
O. H. Smith the barber, Anton Will
Mr. McGomgle, Joseph Erbsland
Clarence Schouror, J. W. Sadler of
Sadler & Kraus, have fine modern
cottages and bungalows on South
Main street In Snyder's addition
On Liberty street there aro fine
residences" owned by Anton Will
Mrs. Will, Jacob Millor, Fred Will,
and Henry Kraus, that would be
credit to any city.
Dr. Ben Giesy has a. modern
$5000 bungalow.
Banker H. L. Bonts has a beauti
ful $3000 bungalow.
Capt. Wm. Miley, ex-county com
mfssioner, is building a neat bachel
or's cottage that will cost him
$1000 when he gets through
Frank Miller Is building a garage
30x50, to hold Maxwell, Ford, White
Steamer, and Chalmers Detroit, for
all of which ho has the selling
agency. He hns sold nlno machines
and will run a livery.'
Has a Good Band
Clarence E. Sevens has been lead
er of the Aurora brass band, com
posed of 22 players. Bevens makes
23 but ho is not a 23 man. Ho plays
a b-flat clarfonet and is a good
director. The Aurora boys number
some of the best instrumentalists in
tracts in that vicinity. Mr. Hurst's . the state. W. H, Ehlen on tho cor-
father loft Salem 25 'years ago and net, A. C. Scheurer as bass, Walter
conducted flour mills at Champoeg, Grimm and Wesley Yodor o the
Salem, Corvallls and Oregon City. trombones, and several 'others are
Mishler & Gribblo have been buy- above tho average. Practically the
ing hops and dealing in hop sup- fittmo men have been playing together
piles hero for tho past year. They tor s,x years, and they aro in demand
have had reasonable Buccess and i UP an down tho valley. The boys
have, handled 2000 bales in all. They
ship hops from Mt. Angel, Hubbard,
Aurora and Portland, and havo an
increasing trade in supplies.
Largo Stock of Hardware.
George Hartwig bought out Miller
ana son four years ago and has a
and the town io very quiet and order- f lno trade Ho ha8 one of tho ,orgest
ij. iuo city u uit eiecmc ugms ana
water with hydrant pressure for use
in case of fire. A 30,000 gallon
tank is being planned and the water
Is pumped from a flno spring on the
edge of town. Aurora ins the best
kind of spring water and uses a great
deal of it.
Churches, Schools and Lodges.
Aurora has a number of strong
lodges and fraternal societies. The
Masons, Odd Fellows, and Knights
of Pythias aro very strong hero.
There is a Presbyterian church with
services every two weeks by tho
pastor of the Woodburn church. The
Gerrddn Lutheran church is the larg
est here on this a very strong Ger
man settlement, and has been ever
slnco Dr. Emanuel Keil founded tho
colony that migrated from Bethel,
Missouri, in 1856, members and
descendants of the migration having
scattered all over the northwest.
The German population here has been
ministered to by Rev. Flathmann of
the German Lutheran church for
the past eight years. He holds Sun
day services at Aurora and Macks
burg, and on the first Sunday of each
month ho holds services at Lebanon.
Kev. Flathmann conducts a parochial
school where the German language is
taught during the summer months
which has a large attendance. He is
a scholarly gentleman of fine ability
and very devoted to bis people.
Clarence Phillips Is principal, and
Miss Mamie Hall assistant in the
public schools and there are nine
grades taught. About 100 children
aro enrolled in both schools.
Has A Live nastier.
The real live hustler of Aurora Is
Anton -F. Will, who makes a special
ty of all kinds of farm property. He
has cut up his own ranch In to' email
tracts which he Is selling at $125 to
$150 per acre. Mr. Will has sold
some of the large farms around hore
and has conducted transactions
amounting to $25,000 to $30,000.
He has a motorcar and is prepared
to show people the desirable lands In
this eountry If anyono Ban, as he
was born ahd raised here and knows
every roan, woman and child in thej
eountry. His reputation for integri
ty is second to no man in the state!
stocks of general hardware, farming
Implements and vehicles in tho Will
lamotte valley. He does tinning and
keeps a stock of bicycles. His ma
chinery warehouse is one of the best
buildings of tho kind in the state,
Ho is a man who has travelled and
seen a groat deal of the world, both
In this country and Europe
A Live Postmaster.
H.onry A. Snydor Is the hustling
postmaster, sending out five free
rural mail routes from this place.
Ho is besides a notary public, insur
ance ngont and undertaker and em
balmer for tho people wpo need his
services. Mr. Snyder Is a public
spirited man who holps along in
many ways for the upbuilding of the
community, and we regretted to
learn that he was very ill the day we
were In the city. There was general
sympathy expressed for him and
many called at tho houso and made
inquiries about him. Aurora could
not be considered on tho map with
out H. A- Snyder.
Good Ruso Boll Team.
Aurora has a baseball team that
has not been defeated this season.
Tho boys aro below the average in
weight and aro nicknamed tho babies,
but put up a great big gamo of ball.
Mt. Angel, Scotts Mills, Park Piaco
and St. Paul havo gone down before
them. B. II. Will is captain, Clar
ence Phillips is manager, and Long
and Frost are tho battery. Most of
the men weigh less than 130 pounds
but they are ball players bo far aud
bid fair to hold out for the season,
, Fruit and Walnuto.
No one can walk over tho streets
of Aurora without concluding that
this is naturally a fruit and walnut
region. The largest English walnut
trees in tho county are in Aurora, on
Mr. Snyders grounds. He has trees
fifteen years old (hat have been
bearing for ten years, and every year
be gotp gunnysaoka full of nuts from
these trees and all the neighbors help
themselves as the trees stand over
the 8troet. There aro black walnut
trees here three feet In diameter,
and eherry trues are loaded at this
season. The higher lands about
Aurora drain In all directions and!
are quick to respond to cultivation
think if they could get "Tex" Stoud
enmoyor to train them a few months
they would havo one of tho really
good hayseed bands of Oregon. As
It la they can play all around some
bands from bigger places.
L. Shears, a cement contractor,
has located at Aurora.
' Somo Notes on Aurora.
There is room at Aurora for a
good custom gristmill. The old
colony mill was burned after J, D.
Hurst & Son run it a while.
A. D. Smith has tho Wm. and Geo.
Fry blacksmith business.
Dr. Wm. W. Giesy has practiced
medicine and surgery hero for 29
years, since his graduation at .WiU
lamotte. lie ho,i a nlco offlco, homo
and practice that ho will sell for
$2,500 on account of bad health.
Tho Independent, Bell, and Farm
ers' Mutual telephone systems, with
connections over tho Homo Tele
phone, make Aurora well equipped
in this line,
O. H. Smith, formerly at Salom,
has tho only barber shop In the city,
Ho has baths and has run for soven
years a Jewelry and watchmaker's
shop in connection.
GL A. Slmklns has bought out tho
Kllngor place and sells tho Salem
beer.
Dr. Martin -Giesy has conducted a
drug store In Aurora 49 years,' He
was 4 yearn at Port WUllpa, Wash.,
and practiced medicine for about 35
years.
Dr. Ben Glosy haa a largo practice
and has been hero about ten years.
Ho has taken a post graduate course.
at Philadelphia Jefferson college
of physicians and surgeons.
N. E. Gole has -run a ford mill,
planing mill and saw mill at Aurora
for six years. He is one of four sons
of J, P. Cole, the only strictly
speaking cold water apostle In this
community who has absolutely lived
up to his professions.
N. E. Cole Is putting in a new
saw mill that can cut about 8000 feet
a day. The planing mill Is a good
one and produces all kinds of
dressed lumber. There is no lumber
yard at Aurora. Mr. Cole expects io
supply the local demand at Aurora
and thoro is a good building prospect
ahead.
Mrs. Hose Giesy sonduots i mil
linery business.
The Aurora Electric Light and
Power Co. was established seven
years a( i by Hurst Bros., and has
built up : fine business. John Hurt.
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GEORGE .HARTWIG
General 5.
Hardware-.
Wholesale and Retail
Stoves, tinware, sewing machines, paints, oils,, . glass,
doors and windows, wagons, buggies, farm implements,
gas enginest bicycles and bicycle repairing! .
Car of Studebaker (World) Buggies,
both rubber and steel tires;
are now due.
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The Host $1,00 n Bay Ho
In Northern Marlon County
Flrst-Class Bar In Connection
THE NEW
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