Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-10
SALEM SCORES AGAIN.
A Hidden Knight of the Cork I'm
earthed at oregon City.

Salem is becoming noted throughout
the Western hemisphere as having been
the residence and birthplace of some
Of the most famous people before the
American public. We have gradually
added to the number of proteges until
now the galaxy is one to be proud Of
Among our productions we may men
tion Miss Portia Knight, the celebrated
New York and London actress, and
Miss Grace Lindsey, also an actress of
repute; Warren Gilbert, Murray Wade
and Romeo Gilbert, cartoonists, and
Homer Davenport, from Salem's sub.
urb, Silverton. Many government po.
sitions are held by former Salemites
We have sent out some young men who
are now great mining experts, like Bert
Hoover. We have\ army officers like
Harold Fisk, Percy Willis and others.
We had had man con the bridge with
Dewey at Manila in the person of
Guy Osborne. Besides all these we have
a population of over $500 living in an
other popular Salem suburb, Portland.
| Our last addition TO the swelling ranks
of fame is the name of John w. Coch-
ran. John is well known here, having
once been reporter for Salem's great
family paper, The Evening Journal.
From here he went to Oregon City,
where he assumed management Of the
Enterprise, a great agricultural paper,
published every Friday morning at 10
d clock. Being located so close to the
fish ladder the people there are pecul-
iarly apt at discerning hidden gems,
hence it was not long until the talent
for the stage belonging TO John began
to bud and sprout. The elimination of
the discovery came off recently in the
shape of a minstrel performance at the
opera house one night. John appeared
in the role of Sambo Sammy, and sang
with great effect "Snowball Sammy, -
whilst Baseball Sammy tiekled the
ivories. The show was a success from
the box Office to the bouquets. The
reporter in the Enterprise (of which
| Mr.. Cochran is theatrical editor, by
the way) gives an extended account of
the affair in which it modestly states
that the performance was all that
could be expected of Sambo Sammy,
considering his support, which was en-
tirely home talent. Some idea of the
tremendous hit scored may be had from
the fact that the Enterprise got out a
special edition containing a synopsis of
the various stunts. Although but few
actors are warm enough to warrant spe-
cial edition, yet it must not be pre-
sumed that the prominent position of
our John on the paper had anything
to do with the appearance of the ex-
ira. Since the show it is understood
Mr.. c. is in receipt of many flattering
offers from various sources from per
sons desiring to engage such a voice.
John, however, is very modest with his
stage abilities and was as much sur
prised as anybody at discovering his
great adaptability for stageland. Billie
Van is reported to be making tracks
for Oregon to protect his fame. While
Billie is "hitting the trail" we can
take occasion to compliment ourselves
upon another son of Salem reaching the
apex of minstrelsy. May Johns de-
parture from the mucilage-pot and
scissors to bones, tambos, cork and
clog g-steppers be fraught with success,
and may we hope for his appearance
| in Salem ere longf