Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-01

They 90 TO school four hours Oh each
week day, and have temperance meet
InQ, debate, literary exercises, prayer
meetings, singing, etc, In the eve
nin0s. Their waking hours are kept
occupied In healthful, useful laDor
and in improving their minds. They
arc forming habits Of industry that
will remain with them through llfe'
There is certainly no buster place in
Oregon than the reform school. The
whole order, method and discipline Is
founded upon work.
There are 2lS boys on the rolls OF
that institution now, 1l6 being there
and 1O2 out upon parole. These latter
are the finished product. They tell
the tale Of the benefits of the train
ing there. They are generally doing
well, many of them occupying places
OF trust throughout the state ana
growing into useful manhood. MOI
much new work will be undertaken
during 1896. The year will see added
TO the equipment Of the reform school
a steam laundry plant. A silo may
also be built. Further than these the
efforts of the coming year will be di-
rected TO finishing up many pieces OF
work already undertaken, improving
the grounds, roads and fences making
general repairs and rendering still
more productive the farm and garden
land.
Last summer VIM. Browns little
cottage on State street near Church.
was .rcmodled,. making 1t into mod
ern dwelling house. This building Is
quite an addition to that block OF
handsome residences.
Mrs. Sllas Foster contemplates hay-
ing a $1,000 cottage built this coming
summer. The location has not yet
been decided upon.
One OF, If not the finest residences
erected the past year In Yew Park
Addition to Salem, is that Of Joseph
Albert. IL is situated at the corner
OF Summer and Oak streets and was
erected at a cost Of $500.
The residence Of Banker j. II. Al
bert was remodeled the past summer,
TO the amount Of SI00.
A new front was placed In the Gill
bert & Patterson grocery store last
fall, costing $3.50.
Banker A. Bush has had a new
front placed in his store building on
Commercial street, now occupied by
Mrs. ID. l.. Fiester. The Improvements
amounted TO $3.50,
NJ. Y. Rineman, the grocer, had a
beautiful residence built last summer
on Church between Chemeketa and
Center, at a cost OF $1,000. IL is indeed
a beautiful palace. Harrild g. Olinger
did the work.
Contractor John Gray's 5000 cottage
on North Commercial street is hand
some residence.
Charles Murphy has built cottage
on Chemeketa street between 10th
and 18th streets costing $1,000.
The $1,000 cottage OF +. A. Baker on
street, between Cottage
and Chemeketa, was erected by. Shipp
and McMillen.
A. Burton, the we'll known brick
is now living In "A sub
stantial brick residence, on East
State street, j, A. Dlckey superin-
tended the erection OF the building
which cost $500.
Architect Chas. A. Burggraf has
had erected, the past year, a neat
little cottage on l4th and Lee streets.
The work was done by Welch Bros. Al
though OF modern style the building
was built more for comfort than for
style.
John Shipp is building an $3.50 cot
tage ON 10th street, between Lee and
Walker streets, for w. II. Moon.
The building will be ready for occu-
pancy about February lst.
Last summer, j. l.. Hockett erected
the Keely cottage, costing 1920. II
is located on Oak street near 18th.
L. G. Hockett has recently had a
comfortable $500 cottage erected in
North Salem.
One OF the handsomest edliices er.
'cted the past year is that OF County
Assessor ID. ID, Coffey. The build
Ing, which cost, $500, is situated ON
l4th street, corner Of Asylum Avenue,
md Chas. IL. Burggraff drew the plans
therefor.
The home OF Judge Geo. Ii. Burnett
It the corner OF Center and High
streets, is one of the finest residences
N the city, IL was erected by Henry
Lapf at cost 81 $1,000.
The past season Mrs Il. Il. Waters |
has had $1,000 dwelling house cree |
led ON Summer street near Marion.
Il is an attractive building In an ex.
'ellent location.
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