Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-01-01
SKETCH OF wooDBURN.
Its Rapid Growth-Progressivenss
and Enterprise.

This city Is located IN the northern
portion Of Marion county-on the
northern side of the historic French
Prairie surrounded by the finest agri-
cultural lands In the state OF Oregon
and Ia productiveness second TO no
farming country on earth. Ten years
ago the present site Of the city was
covered with timber aud blackened
s;umps,sn an occasional oasis verdant
With waving grain. Tocay thriving
town and progressive population Of
1900 to 1900 people having beautiful
Residences and substantial Business
houses--are predicting q population
of 5000 inside of five years. and such
hopes are not without ample material
upon which to base such n prediction
of successful growth and development.
This city is the junction of the Co
burg branch of the s. p. r r. Co.,
n iiUe running 100 miles to Natron in a
southerly direction, and which taps,
for its entire length, most productive
agricultural territory.
WOODBURY. RESOURCES,
Located within the city limits,
is one of the best equipped Touring
mills In the county ard state. SCOTS
Mills and SCOTS brand of flour, carries
| the best of credentials wherever intro
duced. The plant represents a cash
outlay of $25 1000, and is successful
and paying institution, farmers haul
ing grain for twenty miles owing 10
top prices being paid for theis product.
Large shipments of wheat are inn
ported from Eastern Oregon to supply
their immense trade. Woodburn has
three dry goods houses, carry ing large
stocks, one livery stable, two groceries,
three hardware stores, three black
smith shops, two drug stores, one paint
and oil and wallpaper store, one i'm.
mense book store and confectionery,
one produce store. two barber shops,
one boot and shoe store, one shoemaker,
three hotels, tne harness shop, one
racket store, two millinery stores, three
butcher shops, one foundry and una.
chine shop, one bank, five lawyers,
four doctors, one tin shop, two jewelers.,
one photograph gallery, six churches,
a $4,000 school building, in which
graded institution Fix teachers are en-
plOyed aud three hundred pupils ere In
attendance under the leadership of
Prof. s. f. Adams gentlemen Of fine
address and conceded ability and fit.
ness for his position. Consider the
number Of business houses In the city,
yet WOODBURY. has no saloon. Electric
lights and watefworks would long
since have Leen feature of city COM
fort aud improvement, were 1t not due
to the lack Of authority granted to the
city council by present charter, mat
Ter which will he remedied In the leg.
isla'ure Ibis session without doubt.
Oue year hence these improvements
are an assured fact, as several capital
lists stand ready aud eager 10 com.
mence the task. The sales Of the city
and WOOdburn nurseri,s Is estimated
cOnsefvnliyely at over one half million
Of dollars annually. The Setllemier
nursery being the most extensive In
the Pacific Northwest. Az least Ia
dozen other nurseries are In and about
the city. The principal exports from
WoOdburn consist Of hops, wool,
wbeut, oats, potatoes and Hour, Wood
burn Is a commanding hop center and
viii be the most prominent point In
the county for hop transactions IN The
very pear future,
Walter l., Tooze, tbs pioneer pro-
duce hop aud grain buyer has shipped
over one million pounds " choice ore.
Ron Burr apk polaloes already this sea-
500, These potatoes we've sold by him 10
parties Ia Texas, ATksDsas aud Gait
DTgls over one million pounds 70,
nlalp ~ bis FicrebOuses ready foT ship
ment W0odbuID's exports " bOIs,
polaiOes, gfuin aud Hour may be esll
mated ~ 1000 t0ps annually, aud iiA
business yeaIly Increasing with aston
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