Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-22

city into factions. The city owns its
own water system.
Eugene has no backing from her
surrounding territory. She has no
great fruit belts or agricultural dis
tricts to draw trade from her many
merchants. Her great hope is In
materializing proposed railroads.
She is threatened with a new
county on one end (Nesmith and ex-
poets to have a slice carved off the
other end for another new county.
In, the event two new counties are
created out Of part of Lane county.
Eugene's great boast of $4,000, ,0OO,-
900 feet of marketable timber will
suffer heavy shrinkage. While
there may be no dispute as to Eu-
genes surrounding territory being
capable of raising the best fruit and
agricultural products of any place
on earth, yet the fact remains that
she is not doing it now. What she
is doing now must be considered
when comparing her with other val
ley towns. If pretty looks had any
thing to do with the financial and
commercial standing of Eugene, it
would have all the rest of the towns
BADLY skinned" as the curb-stone
orator says However, the poet says.
Beauty is sometimes only skin
deep
80 far as population goes, If
Eugene can muster total of 12 900
people for her coming census, she
ought to be highly pleased.
"As to Salems population, it i5
we'll known that she is much larger
than Eugene, Salem has at least
$4,000 inhabitants. After the pres
ent census returns Salem should
have between 10000 and $4,000
people. She operates over 10 miles
of street railway system, has all the
state institutions, county buildings
and fine city hall, wide streets aud
paved macadamized county roads
leading into the city. She is noted
for being a beautiful city.
"Salem's fruit belts are known all
over the world. She is the cherry
city" Of Oregon, and therefore, the
world. Her famous prunes are eat
en- in every civilized country on the
globe. Her agricultural products
are enormous in quantity and of the
finest in quality Salem is also the
hop center of the world, growing so
per cent of all hops raised Local
warehouses handle 40 per cent Of
the entire output Over 500 cars Of
prunes are shipped out of Salei1
every season, besides many carloads
of apples, pears, berries, cherries
peaches, etc. This fruit and agricul-
tural backing is what makes Salem
forever the most thrifty city in the
valley.
Salem Is not a wide-open town IN |
the popular sense Of the word. Her
saloons are under constant regula- /
ton, and bring an annual income of
something like $4,000 per year IN .
licenses, Salem is also as well /.
known a school town as Eugene.
Her civic policy does not Interfere .
wi h her growing reputation as a
leading school town OF the North
west.
Salem reaches Portland by the
Southern Pacific railroad line and
the Oregon Electric on the east side
Of the river and by the steam boats
sUua 'maIBS eVL IaAII oul SuI6Id
city a Western Railroad opens
Polk county giving connection with
Dallas, Corvallis and Portland on
The west side Salem's mercantile
stores are of the largest and finest.
Two new hotels are being built.
The state legislature and the state
iair are always drawing the eyes OF
he state of Oregon towards Salem,
he Capital City.
From comparative point OF
view, Eugene can hardly be said to
'ank with Salem, either In popula-
ion or commercial advantages"