Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
Salem Has Three Splendid Organiza-
tions---Social, Publicity, Commercial

cultivate them" The great minds
in the eastern states are saying the
solution of their social problem is
the return to the. soil" Hill has
brought railroads to what he con
siiers the best of virgin soil and
now he discovers that all it needs
is men. At the same time the men
in the east have discovered that all
they need is contact with this soil.
1t remains for the spirit of enter
prise to put the man and the soll
together and thus bring about the
happy consumation of great idea,
1t is the function of the Salem
Board of Trade to put these two
good things together, to help those
beIated people of the east to help
themselves and thereby help our
magnificF mt Oregon country And
just to illustrate how this is being
done 7 want to digress into some
statements of fact which will prove
that our community is doing its full
part in this happy transition.
To start with the past year has
seen several thousand good, indus
triOuS families come into our COM
munity. They are home builders
They have sought out the besr
country of which they can learn and
they are here doing things. This
is a great boon to these people, and
they are living up to one of the
highest possibilities of social exist
ence, They are helping themselves
and thereby helping the people with
whom they come in contact. In
gaining their heritage they are Civ
ing our community development and
prosperity which is substantial and
permanent.
TO start with, these people have
brought into our county during the
past year about $2,0OO,0OO in in
vestment This is a large sum, but
Il is only II small matter compared
with the influence this new accrption
will have on our future. They have
brought a far greater wealth i'm their
intellectual and commercial side.
II is wealth which will beget even
a greater wealth both for themselves
and for the land of their adoption,
To be more speciic they have
brought an increase to our schools
of about 20 per cent, both in the
census enumeration and attendance.
They have brought to our city an
increase of 1873 per cent in new
buildings over the previous year.
The value of civic improvements is
increased over $1,000.000. The
land sales have increased 100 per
cent, Our postal receipts have in
creased 20 per cent. over quar-
ter of million dollars has been
spent in paving and sidewalk build
ing of a permanent character. Our
county's assessment has increased
about $2,O00.0So. Our university
has had a general increase of &c per
cent and an increase in new students
over last year of 1872 per cent. Our
bank deposits have increased vir-
tually 25 per cent.
These are dry figures, 10 be sure,
but they point TO the more vital
fact i'm which we are interested,
that not only our city but the en-
tire surrounding country has taken
an upward lift, Intellectually and
morally, as well as financially.
These newcomers almost 10 man
realize that they have been the
gamers by coming into our large
country, and they are all striving 10
prove themselves worthy of what
the Creator has done for the country
of their adoption They are not
spoilers but spenders in the broad