Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-15

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Meyer vice-president, w. B. Glass
cashier. It is considered one of the
strongest little banks in the site.
The Brownsville Woolen Mills are
a pioneer manufacturing institution
of this state. 1t was here where
Tom Kay senior first made his start
The mills run day and night and en-
ploy As to so persons, selling their
products at Portland, San Francisco
and New York in competition with
the best. The work is confined to
blankets, flannels and mackinaws
The owners of the mills are Jos.
Cordingly, Jas. Denton and S. Rails
trick. They are turning down orders
and cannot supply the demand for
their product at present. These
mills have taken several prizes at
worlds fairs.
The Brownsville FIGURING mills
are run by N. P. Crume & Son, with
a capacity of fifty barrels per day.
The entire product is sold locally
and to the lumber camps in the
Crume and Rector also have the
electric light plant, and have just
put in a 7O-kilowat dynamo, to be
run by water or steam.
R. w. Trip, manager of the
Brownsville Real Estate company,
which makes a speciality of handling
farms and has sold more than 200
Linn county farms, came from Iowa
five years ago. He has located an
Iowa colony here in that time and is
an up-to-date wide-awake real estate
man. Mr.. Trip has large lists of
and treats people right.
Stannard & Son have built up a
large department store business. The
has been conducted success
fully for twenty-one years and car
ries dry goods, clothing and grocer
les. The firm was formerly Stan
nard & Cable Mr.. Cable went to
Portland to invest his money in
real estate and Mr.. Stannard took
his son into the business.
Homer e. Hilleary, who was for
13 years a Southern Pacific locomo-
tive engineer, is now proprietor of
a large general hardware store. He
was raised at Turner, went to school
at Willamette University, and is a
son of VIM. M. Hilleary. Homer is
a prominent booster for greater
The firm of White & Knapp, hard
ware and furniture, was organized
January /, 1907. Mr.. Knapp was
With Buren G. Hamilton at Salem for
.hree years. Mr.. White came from
Kansas in 1906 and has large bust
ness experience. The firm has a
arge business experience. The firm
has a large stock and reach out for
business in a way that helps build
up the town. They consider that
has an ideal location for
4 prosperous home city and they
lelp it along.
The Brownsville Warehouse Co. is
owned by Chas and David Sterling,
They are Salem men and own and
operate warehouses at this place,
Tangent and Tallman besides a large
flour and feed business.
The Calipooia Lumber Co, main.
.ains a lumber yard and stock Of
building material J.. E. Coppock is
and the company has mills
up the river and owns a fine belt Of
timber. Jas. Coshow is the local
manager.
The Brownsville Canning and Pre-
serving Co. has fine plant here and
under the management of Ed Halo
we'll has made reputation for put
ing up a fine grade Of canned
goods. Mr.. Hallowell is a booster
'or this SECTION as a fruit growing
'egion.
Capt. p. Shannon of Oregon City,
who came across the plains via the
1x team express in 1847, was in
when we we're there 10
invest some money in ranch.
Captain Shannon is a very interest
ng character and went to the gold
mines In 1849.
o. A. Brown handles vehicles and
agricultural implements. He has
,een seven years in the county, and
wo years In this business. He han