Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-15


Two Good Local Banks.
Deposits in the two Silverton
Banks on April 1st aggregated $685.
446.O0; the Coolidge and McClain
Bank, organized in 1880, is differed
by Alfred Coolidge, president; A. f.
McClaim, vice-president, M. ]. Ad-
ans, cashier; Ed. r. Adams, assist
ant cashier. The heads of this bank
are also interested in two banks at
Colfax, one at Spokane, and banks
in Pennington, Tekoa, and Oaksdale.
Wash.
The Peoples Bank, organized
1905, has Marion Palmer for presl-
dent, o. L. Hatteberg, vlce-presi-
dent; J. w. Hyett, cashier and e. s.
Palmer, Lew Ames, Med. Carpenter
additional directors.
Additional Industries.
Silverton has somewhere between
two and three thousand happy, busy,
prosperous people. They are all
pretty well employed. There are
three warehouses at Silverton, kept
by Wolf & Son, Laughmiller Bros,
and Wolfard G Co. There are two
other sawmills, two Touring mills
and two sash and door factories.
A Live Commercial Club.
Silverton has a strong Commercial
organization with officers as fol-
lows: Millard A. Seitz, Pres, Geo.
w. Hubbs, Sec, S. E. Richardson.
Vice-Pres., Trustees James Craig, P.
l.. Browne, and L. H. Fisher. The
total membership aggregates about
one hundred, composed of two
class active and subscribing mem
bers.
Schools and Churches.
Silverton has two fine large pub
lie school buildings and full twelve
grade high school under City Supt.
Boetischer. There is an enrolment
of nearly five hundred in the public
schools and very bright, progress
sive student body
Next to Salem, Silverton is about
the strongest church town in Marion
County, and all the lodges are repre-
sented.
Movement for a Hospital.
DR.. f. M. Brooks who has been
practicing medicine and surgery here
for nearly twenty years is helping
along a movement to have hospital
at Silverton. He has a
well equipped office with electrical
and X-ray machine, with
a chemical labratory and dark room
for testing eyes. Associated with
him is Dr. r. E. Kleinsorge, Micro
scopist from the University of Iowa.
The hospital movement is being
helped along by Rev. II. M. Mason
and Rev. o. A. White of the Nor
wegian Lutheran churches. There
are three of these churches in Sn.
verton, supplying about 1000
scandinavian population. This ele-
ment is steadily increasing, fifty 10
one hundred families being added
yearly. The hospital is being organ
zed as stock company and not as
? charitable institution.
Lights, Water, and Telephone.
SilVerton has a water service with
pumping plant taking water from
Silver Creek. The city has fire pro-
.ection in the shape of hydrants, an
engine and two hose wagons. The
,ity is lighted by the P. r. L. & p. |
20. The Interurban Telephone
Company was organized five years
lgo by p. L. Browne, manager. It
has about one hundred miles of line
Woodburn, Marquam,
Monitor, Mt. Angel, Mckee, Scots
dill, and Molalla and has about four
hundred patrons. Two new lines
ire being constructed connecting up
lbout twenty-five more families.
Real Estate is Active.
A great deal of land in and about |
'ilYerton is being cut up in fruit |
racts and large amount Of acreage
S being plated to orchards. Ranches
rom quarter acre to ten acres are
aid off in each tract and for mile
n two before you reach silverton
-ou begin to pass rows OF houses on
uburban fruit tracts. The biggest
ale of real estate on record was !
made the other day by Anderson &
Fry. They sold 1852 acres located
wo miles west OF silverton belong
ng TO U. s. Simmons for $22,sOO.
The purchaser was Thomas johnson,
ecently from Nebraska.
Has Two Newspapers.
The pioneer newspaper Is the
iilyerton Appeal, which has just
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