Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-08

opened.
hills fairly bubbling with springs
and musical with tInkling and mur-
muring rivulets. One orchard we
visited was Glen Alder fruit farm,
owned by Miss Collins, for many
years a school teacher, but who has
become an enthusiastic orchardist.
She has built big cozy mountain
home for herself and her sisters and
father and mother, Judge Collins
and wife of Dallas, when the Judge
gets ready to retire from law prac-
tice.
Met Some Salemites.
DR.. w. II. Becker of Salem has To-
Gated here and has a good practice.
| found two old journal Office en-
! ployes. Alvin Bowman, former
pressman, and Billy McAdams, who
sold papers for me when he was
KID. Among the people at the boost |
er meeting was Rev. Rounds. OF the |
first NJ. Il. church met Mr. |
Kamer, brother OF Miss Kramer. the |
principal OF our Lincoln school, and |
a number of others more or less |
connected up with Salem people. c. |
l.. Starr, now secretary OF the state
normal schools. has been the live
newspaper man OF the town, and one
OF his brothers here is on the school
board. II has run in the blood OF
the Starr family TO have more or
less to do with school matters for
several generations.
Has Fine school.
Falls City has ten-grade school
conducted bv F. s. Crowley, Demo-
cratic candidate for county clerk.
There are Ave teachers, and Il branch
school at Black Rock, the upper
lumber camp. with two teachers.
The school board are Ira Merling,
secretary OF the Commercial club,
q. M. Tice. chairman. Walter Will
liams and II. T.. Starr This board
are not afraid TO rnn a good school
and employ bright and capable
teachers and pay them good wages.
Falls City has It's full quota of
and a good mayor and
city council. at the head OF which
stands Samuel Tetherow. They are
dealing with such problems as city !
water supply, restraining cows from
at large and other soul-stir-
ring matters. moe or less to the sat
isfaction of themselves and the rest :
OF the community.
The Beautiful Falls.
The beautiful waterfall at Falls /
City OF about so feet Is owned by |
w. Il. Newsome OF Portland, who
has converted part OF the power into |
electric current for lighting the city.
The scenic beauty of the falls at
tracts people from far and near. The
canyon Is overhung with firs and
alders, hawthorne and syringas, and !
other towering shrubs, and has !,
great scenic beauty THAT should be .
II will always be one "
Df the greatest drawing cards of this
city to have these falls and the nat {
ural beauty of this canyon preserved. ,
The city should look after this and
pass an ordinance forbidding the
cutting down of the trees ana pro-
vide for keeping the banks green !
lnd parklike. If this Is not done :
he commercial greed of man will :
rob them OF every last vest'ge of
beauty, and the CANYON will become
he dumping ground OF the city. a
Nuisance and unsightly rubbish heap 6
instead of a drawing card for the =
,lass of people who love natures
beauties and have monev 10 spend
visiting such resorts as Falls City y
'an be made TO become.
Has Fine Hotels.
Falls City has two fine hotels,
either OF which would be credit TO r
Selem. They do a large business @
With hOmesteaders. timbermen. and r
tourists and travelling men, who all q
'ke Falls CITY for it's hotels. The
Tavern is conducted by III. Fugitt
and family, a California hotel man \
md real estate booster who came y
here a year ago. The Walker Is rln .
by Col. Matthews and Moss Walker =
who came from Lebanon. both ex- y
men In catering 10 the .
public, and the latter probably the :,
inest chef In Oregon, as a dinner \
We enjoyed there was equal To any !.
hing the city of Portland can pro- i
luce. a
A Woodburn Rooster. 4,
Walter l.. ToOze came here from :,
Noodburn a year ago, and bought A
'ut +. A. Lucas. the pioneer mer- .
'hant and timberman. who Is now .
retired from active mercantile on ;
,rations, but he certain'y knew how \
% build IN trade with the logging
amps, that are supplied from here !,
or mtes around. Mr.. Tooze has n
extended the trade. until he does a =
arge business buying the products q
u the valley for miles below ani
hen distributes them TO the lum-l
'er and logging camps for miles
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