Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-04
a NNHTV MILK CONDENSERY-NEW BUSINESS
EAAV44 IL i BLOCKS-LWELY SHIPPING POINT
AMITY GROWING RAPIDLY--MANY
new HOUSES WALNUT ORCHARDS
AND A LARGE FRUIT INDUSTRY

There is no part of Oregon that il
making more rapid advancement oil
adding values and making improve
ments more rapidly than this part oi
Western Oregon - Amity-Yamhil
county. There is live lot of bust
ness men back of Amity, and it is nc
longer the sleepy place that it was fol-
40 years. 1t has awakened, and will
never be let sleep again. The city is
surrounded by semi-circle of hills
and has splendid drainage and the
richest soils in the valley. 1t has q
splendid class of people, who are hos.
pitable and glad to welcome additions
to their community With such ad.
vantages there is future for the city
and the county. New industries are
being organized, and those already in
existence are being enlarged, and
Amity will be a city of 1000 people
inside of two years.
Good City Government.
Amity has a progressive city gov
ernment at the hands of Walter S.
Fuller, mayor. He is also secretary
and treasurer of the condensory, and
man of spirit and enterprise. His
associates in the city administration
are George Thomas, j. r. Crork, ].
c. Fitzgerald, b. B. Barner, Joseph
Putnam, A. A. Waymire, councilmen,
and J. F. Bashor, recorder and police
judge. Amity has electric lights and
and up-to-date Jail with two cells.
Bank o. Amity
The bank was organized in 1905,
with George F. Hauser president. The
cashier is B. B. Barnwer, who came
from Kansas, and has had some pre-
vious experience in banking. The
bank now has deposits of $4,000. 1t
is located in a new concrete building
and has modern fixtures. The direct
ors are Geo. F. Hauser, J. A. Ruble,
R. o. Jones, ]. w. Briedwell and B.
B. Barner, all residents of the coun-
ty and substantial men.
Electric Light Company.
Besides 90 to 80 new houses that
are going up, there has just been or
ganized an Amity Electric Light and
Power Company, with a capital stock
of $4,000. Water power is being
IA miles away. The tim
ber for the power site and fiume are
on the ground. Perrydale, Ballston,
Mccoy, Briedwell, Sheridan and VIII
lamina are to be supplied with cur
rent by sub-stations. There is to be
a three-phase, 60 cycle current and
24-hour service. The directors are
R. o. Jones, w. R. Osborne, H. w.
Rea, ] r. Wheeler, C. w. Bowers, J.
A. Ruble and F. Robinson. The Of
ficers are: r. o. Jones, president;
w. R. Osborne, vice-president; E. w.
Rea, secretary, and ]. R. Wheeler,
The population of Amity is
about 500. There are no houses for
rent, people are living in tents, and
the population will double in few
years.
Growth of Shipments.
The best proof of the growth and
of any community is found
in the amount OF shipments of pro-
1uce and business furnished the rail-
roads. The record of Amity for car
loads shipped out and in for the year
1910 is 14O carloads out and 76 car
oads in. OF this 35 carloads we're
milk, 45 cars stock and
about as many OF hay. The express
include poultry, eggs,
3ream. dressed meat and fruit. DR.,
the Southern Pacific
agent at present, says the indications
are favorable to large shipments of
lumber from the Roth sawmills. The
-otal cash receipts of this Office for
1907, for freight passengers and ex-
press shipments was s1O,8O5. For
1908 1t was s16,25O. This was an
Increase Of over so per cent, and the
gain for 1909 was nearly as great.
Milk Condensing Plant.
The Yamhill Valley Condensed
Milk Company has a $4,000 plant
here. 1t employs 16 persons, and has
91O patrons. It was established May
). 1908. One hundred shares Of
stock were issued at $500 per share
All the stock was taken locally. and
) largely held by farmers. The plant
las paid no direct dividends, although
t is making constant gains in profits
md has enhanced the value of prop
,rty here many hundreds of thou
iands of dollars. The annual output
s about 10000 cases. There is stor-
,ge room for about $4,000 cases, but
he demand is such that It is shipped
,ut as fast as a carload Is ready. The
manager OF the plant is s. c. Dunlap,
Who was a successful farmer here for
IA years before taking up the con-
lensory management. He was born
n Mercer county, Penn, and raised AT