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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12

The City of Jefferson is built on
the east bank of the Santiam river
and is surrounded by rich farm
ing region, highly developed in
some lines such as dairying, fruit
growing and general farming. There
are still thousands of acres of land
that is not under cultivation and
which is being settled with new
home seekers. Some of the larger
ranches are being cut up into fruit
tracts, and within few miles of JEFF
ferson many farms have been i'm
proved and planted to fruit and the
owners have in few years realized
double and thribble what they paid
for the land. There is no better
field for investments today in the
Willamette valley than right around
Jefferson, where telephones, free
rural mail, and good roads are be-
ing extended in every direction.
There is a good market for all that
the farmer has to sell, and fair
chances for employment for those
who want to work for living. JEFF
fersOn is sixteen miles from Salem
and eight miles from Albany, the
county seats of Marion and Linn
counties. 1t has a beautiful loca-
ton and many beautiful homes and
cottages of the modern styles of ar
chitecture.
On the line of Linn and Marion
counties, there is to be fine steel
bridge put across the river here this
summer 1t will cost at least $50
600. and the two counties will di-
vide the expense. Jefferson is on
the line of the Oregon Electric sur
Rey from Salem to Albany, and has
a large passenger traffic to tempt /.
the managers of the inter-urban to
come near enough to capture it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Has RanIking Facilities.

The Oregon State Bank of Jeffer-
son was organized in 1902 and the
present enterprising management
took charge in March. 1909. The
officers are T. B. Garrison, Jr., pres
ident: A. j. Shumaker. vice presi-
dent; b. Robinson, cashier; ]. n.
Robinson. assistant. Directors same.
MIS-. ]. M. Robinson is the acting
cashier OF the Bank OF Oregon and
is the only woman who Is the active
manager of a bank. She has been
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Fine soclal Advantages.

The church advantages of Jeffer-
son consist of fine houses OF wor-
ship and regular services for the
Methodist and Evangelical denomi-
nations.
There are organizations Of all the
principal fraternal orders, Masons
and Odd Fellows having large we'll
furnished halls In their own build
ings. AS a social center Jefferson
extends influences far into III ecoun-
try The Woman's club has existed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12

interested in banking for a number
of years, and was the stenographer
to the director of one of the largest
banks in Kearney, Neb.
'Tip" Humphrey established the
Jefferson Review fifteen years ago.
He is still running it as a live week
ly newspaper of Independent poll
tics. He has made himself recog-
ty affairs.
Light and water at Jefferson are
managed under public ownership.
The plant cost $4,000 and is pay
ing operating expenses. The city
has arc lights and hydrants.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Boosting Jefferson Firms.

A. B. Tucker & Sons succeeded A.
b. Huddelson in 1900, and have a
large stock of general hardware,
stoves, and fencing material, tin
ware, pumps, hay tools and har-
vesting machinery.
Frank Reeve has the blacksmith
shop that was owned by c. j. Wolf,
whom he bought out last March
He does general blacksmithing and
horseshoeing.
r. c. Mason, who is a brother of
d. p. Mason, of FOshay e Mason.
the large Albany drug firm, has the
only drug store in Jefferson and
keeps very full line of drugs. Miss
Ella B. Dunlap is the registered
pharmacist who does a large pre-
scription business.
Fred M. Reed has been in general
merchandise at Albany for nearly
10 years and carries a good general
stock.
Nib r. AdCty mas DbcH III the
millinery business at Jefferson for
nearly 90 years and carries a good
stock at all times. She is assisted
by her daughter, Miss Pansy Racey,
a skilled modiste.
The livery and feed stable is con-
Quoted by Reeves & Bilyen, who
have been proprietors for three
years.
o. e. Edwards has the fruit. soft |
drinks and pool room parlors. He
also has confectionery and tobacco \
and cigars.
Miss Efhe Weddle is the popular
telephone operator at Jefferson.
II. l.. Ward runs the Racket Store
and has bought out the Sherman
stock that recently burned out. Mr..
Ward came here just before Christ
mas and will gradually enlarge and
win build a larger store adjoining
he present place.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Good shipping Point.

Shipments OF farm produce such
as eggs, poultry, dressed pork, veal,
butter and fuel wood are increased
each year. The Southern Pacific
station agent is Geo. H. Van Buren.
a Jefferson boy who has been with
the company IL years. He says the
freight and passenger business has
more than doubled In the last Ave
years.
There are three warehouses at
Jefferson that are used for potato
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
TEEEEDCONY he Farnou Peach Creamery
O4-A' AAAAOO4N of the willamette Valley

eight years The literary interest is
keen and the best books circulate
freely. The ladies of Jefferson are
noted for their social graces, hospi-
tality and maintaining high stand
ards in matters of dress.
Jefferson has one of the best high
schools and public school buildings
in the county.
r. L. Tucker is the leader of a
fine orchestra that bears his name.
and plays for all public gatherings
and dances for miles around.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12

shipments, as many as a hundred
cars going out in a season, and 20
cars going in a month.
John Jones and f. e. Mangis
and E. ]. Mangis are heavy shippers
of spuds, and they are sent mostly to
California. Mangis Bros. buy for
four different firms. Their business
is growing so that they intend to
build a general warehouse this sum
mer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Fine Cattle breeding.

d. II. Looney is the pioneer Jer-
sey cattle breeder, and he has taken
thousands of prizes at the cattle
shows of the Northwest. A few
years ago Mr.. Looney went to Wis
consin and bought a carload of the
best bred Guernsey cattle and has
developed fine herd--the best on
the coast, and they are showing fine
qualities Of adaptabiIity to this eli
mate. A picture of one OF his prize
winners is given on this page.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Jefferson Has a Creamery.


G. V. CIodfelter, owner of the
Jefferson Creamery, sends his pro-
ducts to Portland, South Bend
Wash, and Southern Oregon. It
carries the proud label, Jefferson
Creamery" wherever it goes and
brings good prices at all markets.
The dairy herds about Jefferson are
the finest in the state, get the best
care. and are fed a great deal Cf
green food in winter, such as kale,
and many have ensilage. The cham
pion Guernsey herd of d. II. Looney
is a contributor to the Jefferson
Creamery. The Jefferson Creamery
uses no cOloring matter whatever,
and Mr.. Clodfelter claims that no
other creamery in Oregon can sur
pass him for color and flavor at this
or any other season. Patrons of this
creamery are given a pound of man
butter for a pound of but
ter fat. Forty thousand dollars a
year is paid out to dairymen at the
little Jefferson Creamery.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12

lcOntinued on page 10
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
JeTerson Has industries.

From an industrial standpoint
Jefferson has more actual equip
ment than any little city in Western
Oregon At the very foundation of
its future growth is the magniflcenct
water power of the Jefferson Mill
Co., with a modern Touring mill of
$50 barrels a day capacity; a saw
mill that cuts $4,000 feet in "a
hours. The water power could be
converted into electricity on a large
scale. It's location will make Jeffer-
son power center wherever the wa
ter power is fully developed. The
Jefferson Milling Co. has a fine re-
tail trade in flour and mill products,
and sells on a million feet of lum-
Der year. The president and man
ager is J. A. Aupperle, who built
the up-to-date sawmill and planning
mill and overhauled the flour mill
in 1904 A bank, high school,
creamery stores of several kinds, a
public light and water plant have
been added since. Mr.. Aupperle and
his associates came to Jefferson.
Others might have done as much
but no one has ever done any more
than Mr.. Aupperle, and no one has
ever done as much, as a matter of
fact. The city has a volunteer fire
department a twelve-grade high
school, and large increase in ship
ments of -four, piling, pulp wood,
potatoes, prunes and hops has taken
place. The Jefferson FIGURING Mills
have sent out since January 10.
$4,000 lbs. patent flour. Wheat is
bought by this mill in $1,000 bushel
lots. The Jefferson flour is shipped
as far south as Ashland. Mr.. Aup-
perle prides himself upon building
up any business or community in
which he makes his home and counts
himself a citizen.
Jefferson has good fire protection.
The recent fire in the Odd Fellows
building was well under way at mid
night when the alarm was given,
and the excellent water pressure
saved the building, and the best
part of the town, as it has once be-
fore.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
GROWING CITY OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Jefferson and Its Industries Power City Water and
Electric Lights -Fne High School, Churches and Lodges
---Dairying and Fruit Center-HaS Live Commercial Or
ganzatiOn- Become Center Of Great Peach Industry
As 1t Has of Hops, PruneS, Hay, Potatoes and Butter.

Leading business of Albany impressed with the bus
Jefferson recently that they hired special
holding big booster meeting at the Mason
orchestra played speeches highly compmen
Those making speeches exNIa
Davis K Shnn, Schmit H. H. Hewitt
Struble, salaried publicity of Aban
number which they
enthusiasm. Following made hit the
Tramp, Tramp Tramp, the Marching:
a.
Jefersons growing place,
And in
a lively city of the state:
the peoples
Spread advertise,
won't be long you'll have to wait
Boost, Boost population,
Tune Boosters, and they'll Gomez
you hardly know
You'll begin to and
And thousand will call Jefferson their home.
(2D
Marion the best
all n
They're as Islands,
Let boost things all together
o stormy weather
And sure can be We'll make it hum
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12

The Jefferson Mill Co. has splen-
did warehouse facilities and handles
from $4,000 to 10000 bushels of
wheat in a season, and also a large
quantity of oats. The Mill Co. has
also large lumber yard and COM
plete stock of building material.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
CAUSES FOR LTVING'S COST.

AS was to have been expected, the
ever-continuing and increasing discus
sion of the high cost of living could
not proceed very far without some one
coming to the front with the sugges-
ton that the wage workers themselves
are to blame for it. Prof. J. Laurence
Laughlin, one of the economists OF
the faculty of the University of Chi
cago, is one of the champions of such
an argument. And what he has to say
on this phase of the subject is not sc
far wrong at that. In delivering an
address on this topic before Chicago
audience not so long ago he said:
I'm the last twenty years the stand
ard of living has undergone an evolu-
ton. Thousands of toilers now de-
mand the 1uxuries of life and are try
ing to keep up with the procession of
the rich. Where formerly they We're
contented with SIS bicycles they now
want $1,000 automobiles; they want to
travel more and to stay at high-priced
hotels.
"This all has a tendency to increase
the average cost of living, and the
standard will continue in it's upward
flight until there steps in a new aris-
tocracy-the aristocracy of the simple
|
gold and give greater respect to the
virtues of honesty and right living
Professor Laughlin does not, how
ever, place the blame entirely on these
changes in the standard of living
among the wage earners. He is broad
minded enough to see other important
and controlling reasons and in discuss
ing them he said in part:
"But perhaps the most pernicious
feature of the increased cost of liv-
ing is to be found in the high tariff
duties on raw material. This is bur
den on the manufacturer and the con-
sumner alike, but many of the big
manufacturers have also contributed
to the cause of the advancing price by
organizing and thus obtaining a firm
hold on the prices of various commod-
tiles.
zone of the strongest holds the So
called trust has on the consumer lies
in its power over the wholesaler and
retailer The psychology of the retail
market also is a study worthy of at
tentfon. In that market there appears
to be no fixed price for many of the
commodities. Habit. caprice and So
cial condition of the consumer all are
factors in the forming of a price scale
tablishes himself in a neighborhood he
can put up prices at his own free will
perhaps the real cause for the adj
yanced cost of our table products. such
as butter, eggs and milk, is to be
found in the wholesale desertion of the
farm by the youth. AS a result the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
.AYHAWKER JOTS

One man in Leavenworth grew and
sold 1000 worth of lettuce last year.
This is another proof, says the Post,
that there is big money in vegetables.
1t is told by the Howard Courant
that young girl in it's vicinity accept
ed pup some time ago on the assur-
ance that it was a lap dog. The pup is
now as tall as the table and is still
growing.
1t occurs to the Hill City Era that a
boy who is made to attend Sunday
school against his will gets about as
much pleasure and instruction out of it
as a blind man gets at a moving pic
ture show.
1t don't cost anything to say a good
word for another and many times it
helps him out of hard place. Kind
ness costs less and pays greater returns
than money at compound interest
Sterling Bulletin.
If. says Tom Morgan's ottawa Re
public, Halley's comet succeeds in
making the short turn around the
sun without skidding on the track it
will become visible to everybody in the
course of two or three weeks.
Bill Sincaller is quoted by the Vim
land Vine as having addressed his son
thusly: II just heard your mother
caution you not to speak so loudly
have noticed that you are a good deal
of a human motorcycle. You make
much more noise than the results war
rant"
Commenting on former Governor
Hoch's statement: 81 love Tom Wag-
staff the Emporia Gazette remarks:
Let it be hoped that this love affair is
purely platonic. Governor Hoch should
know by this time that if he tries to
kiss Tom-in spite of his mad, pas
sionate love-it certainly will cause
talk
Brother Walkers soul must be in bel
ter condition than ever after the lifting
from it of this honest confession: I'VE
wanted to write four or five columns
of editorial this week saving the coun-
try, but the advertisers stepped in and
ers a whole lot more good anyway. We
are a patriot and love our country, but
OH you advertiser
and fifty young people took possession
Of the Gaede home" says the Chapman
Advertiser in an account of a wedding.
1.-The house was a blaze of light but
out of doors was the moon, and the
moon is what makes weddings, so being
a hopeful crowd, the house was desert
ed and the moon looked down on Skip
To My Lu,' Miller Boy and a dozen
other games that in former days made
our dads our mothers Sweethearts.
But youth is always hungry and Will
even leave cupid's games when Mr.. and
Mrs. Gaede give the supper call. So
with love and the moon and ice cream
and cake the hours passed and the
consigned them to their doom. That
their doom may be a long and happy
one is the wish of all their many
friends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News, ]

IFrom the chicago NeWs.J
Running never tires those who
walk.
No, Alonzo. all club men are not on
the police force.
The signature on check is a sign
of prosperity.
Even a truthful man is occasionally
guilty of exaggeration.
Some of our first impressions were
made by mothers slipper.
A girl isn't necessarily a jewel be-
cause she is set in her ways.
Men are more or less afraid of
woman who is fattery proof.
The trouble with the unexpected is
that it too often refuses to happen.
Many a man who is smart enough
to make money hasn't sense enough to
keep it.
Country people make their own jam.
but people in the city get theirs In the
street cars
We don't mind seeing other people
get up in the world so long as they
refrain from using US as stepping
stones.
Every man who owns a single share
of stock in $1.0O0,0O0 corporation
thinks he could run 1t better than the
general manager does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

Every good business man is able to
get rid of an agent quickly.
A man should be taller, older, heav-
Ter. uglier and hoarser than his wife.
When you are trying to sell a man
something, don't be too cordial, or he
will notice it.
The devil and all his imps do not
bother us half as much as the men
who have funny stories to tell.
Men who want to argue the tariff
with US on the street must carry
chairs; we are tired of arguing stand
ing.
1t is mighty rich girl who can re-
sist the temptation to reply to an adj
vertisement of lady cashier wanted at
So a week.
Although the average layman is will
ing that the preacher should take a
vacation, it is never because he thinks
the strain of overWork demands it.
An optimist is one who can think Of
what fuzzy things peaches are, any
way, when the frost nips the buds, and
of the trouble in canning them, and
how the seeds scratch his throat.
Why stand on the streets and argue +?
You must realize that you invent facts,
knowing that the other fellow does not
know enough to controvert them. The
other fellow plays the same game on
you; he knows yiu are ignorant, and
takes advantage of the fact. 1t is a
waste of time to argue.
When a. man lights a cigar he throws
the match on the floor. This means
that some of his women folks will have
to stoop over and pick it up, and every
time they stoop over to pick up a
match they see more clay to their
Idol, until finally, in the course of a
few months, he is so much clay that lie
is no longer an idol, but a good location
for a brick yard.
When woman rides down to a dry
goods store, she ties the horse and goes
in. Why? Because no woman on
earth will trust to clerks Judgment
to selec- her calico and thread. But.
when the same woman rides to a gro
Gerry store, a clerk has to step out 30
her buggy, and tell her what they
have. She takes his word for the cor
dition Of what she buys, and let's him
make the selection.
81 have four uncles,'' writes a CORE
spondent. who are all widowers.
Uncle Sam and his wife used to fight:
Uncle Tom was always flirting with
other women. and Uncle Joe was ruin
ed by his wife's extravaganza Uncle
Martin, alone, loved his wife, and
when she died, he was broken hearted
Still, he is the only one who married
again. He married girl who has all
the qualities he used to proudly boast
his wife lacked. Men are funny, and
grow funnier as you know them bet
ter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
QUAKER AIED1TATIoNs.

IFron the Philadelphia Record
Many fellow marries because he
is too baShful to get out OF It,
The matchmaking mother is always
on the lookout for a ready-made tie.
When a man can no longer grapple
with situation he is losing his grip.
Lots of us would be willing to dis
pose of our stock of experience at less
than cost.
Some young men are SO callow as
to suggest that they might be prema-
turely young.
Just because a man doesn't act like
a game cock it doesn't prove that he
is chicken-hearted.
The fellow who tells a girl he would
die for her may later be forced to eat
her angel cake.
Wigg-There is nothing like trav-
cling to take the conceit out of man
wagg-Yes. but coming home always
puts more in.
Sunday School Teacher-It always
pays to speak the truth. Tommy
Tuffnut-Dat's right. De old man ticks
me like thunder when he ketches me
in a lie.
Blobbs-I understand YOU had a
better time at the musicale than you
expected. SIobbs-Yes. fully half the
people on the program failed to show
up.
$50 you think the author of this
play will live. do you?" queried the
tourist in Frozen Dog. Yes" replied
the manager of the Opry House. Ties
got a ten-mile start, an I don't think
the boys kin ketch him."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many individuals are more liberal
than practical with their charity.
y x x
Very little is accomplished in any
line of endeavor without somebody
getting q trifle the worst of it.
X X =
Some persons have it all figured out
to their own satisfaction thai it's i'm
possible to be good and happy.
::
If women were as particular in pick
ing out husbands as they are in select
ing hats. there would be fewer di-
VOrces.
X X X
The people who are always telling
of their dissatisfaction with most of
never appear to be anxious to die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
SOCIALISM IN MILWAUKEE.

Milwaukee, first made famous by its
| beer and more recently by the fact that
It is the home of Ad Wolgast, premier
/ prize fighter in mis- class, now occupies
the center of the stage because the
municipal ticket headed by representa-
tives of Democratic party, So
cialists, in other words. was successful
by an overwhelming majority at the
election of the other day. This is the
first opportunity that the socialists in
this country have had to put to test
the principles of government for which
they stand. and the results will be
watched the country over with great
interest.
AS is the case with many of the So
cialists OF the country, those just ele-
waited to positions of public trust in
Milwaukee are sober-Tninded men, who
are alive to their responsibilities. Mr..
SeideL the new MAYOR. says there will
be no wild antics INDUCED in. There
are going to be no unreasonable as
saults on corporations. Everybody is
going to get a square deal, and so on
and so forth. Mayor Seiders talk in
these particulars sounds about the same
as the talks of all men who are placed
at the heads of city or state govern
sincere in such utterances. But, any
how, the people of Milwaukee have no
occasion to fear that their affairs are
going to be turned inside out.
In Milwaukee, as in all other cities
of the country. the hands of reformers,
whether they be socialists or any other
variety, are tied by conditions over
which they have no control and they
have as difficult time in redeening the
pledges they made prior to their ele-
walton to office as president of the
United States has in getting a recall
citrant majority in congress to make
good the pledges of its party platform.
For instance, one of the issues on
which Mayor Seidel made his cam
paign was a three cent street car fare.
Naturally that would strike a respon-
sive chord among the voters of the
city. 1t now develops that the street
car company operating in Milwaukee
has a franchise which has several
years yet to run that will not permit
its being compelled to put in a lower
fare than it is now charging. Then
again, the state railway commission of
Wisconsin is vested with the control OF
street railway rates. And so this is
matter concerning which Mr.. Seidel and
his friends will not have much to say.
Mayor Sei6eI also stood for the largest
possible measure of home rule for his
city. This is another proposition that
is intensely popular with the people of
any city. They want to run their civic
affairs in their own way. 1t is a mat
ter, though, that is in the hands of the
state legislature and at its last session
it refused to give Milwaukee a more
liberal charter. Thus are two of the i'm
portant reforms urged by the AIilwau-
kee socialists put out of commission
without their having chance to under
take them.
However there are other principles
of socialism which can be tried. The
opportunity TO test their merits is at
hand and the municipal experimental
ton OF Mayor Seidel and his friends
will attract a lot of attention.