Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-14

the town is to be plated into orchard
tracts as soon as he can make ar
rangements through his son in Port
land to put them on the market
They contain the famous Aurora
mineral springs that will some day
be the center attraction for health
resort The Fargo Orchard Tract.
Company of Portland has 500 acre,
and has laid off hundred acres and
planted it to fruit and is plattinf
another hundred acres west of Au.
rora on the Oregon Electric, where
they want to put in the townsite OF
Fargo one mile south of East Butte
Vile. The success of the Hubbard
Investment Company in selling off
$24, 900 worth of fruit acreage at
Hubbard has attracted the attention
of the most conservative at Aurora.
At Aurora Fred Hurst is selling off
the bottom land that was at one time
the mill pond, in tracts to suit buy
ers for SIS to $50 per acre.
Good Shipping Point.
Geo. Miller, s. P. agent since 1888,
says about 100 carloads a year are
shipped out of here. About 1000
bales of hops-50 carloads-go from
here to the markets of the world.
Besides hops there are potatoes, pill
ing, mining timbers, lumber, grain
and stock shipped out of here. There
are about 40 acrloads merchandise a
year sent in here. The express ship
ments averange 10000 pounds per
month. The Muecke estate is send
ing out about 10000 pounds aspara-
gus in a season. About fifty patrons
ship cream to Salem and Portland.
The city would support a bakery and
laundry.
w. S. Hurst has been in the pota-
to and produce business here for Is
years. He is also in business at
Candy and Hubbard. At the latter
place he is secretary of the Hubbard
Investment company, which has sold
off about $4,000 worth of acreage
tracts in that vicinity. Mr.. Hurst's
father left Salem 25 years ago and
conducted flour mills at Champoeg,
Salem. Corvallis and Oregon City.
Mishler & Gribble have been buy
Ing hops and dealing in hop sup
plies here for the past year. They
have had reasonable success and
have handled 1000 bales in all. They
ship hops from Mt. Angel, Hubbard,
Aurora and Portland, and have an
trade in supplies.
Large Stock of Hardware.
George Hartwig bought out Miller
Ind Son four years ago and has
Inc trade. He has one of the largest
stocks of general hardware, farming
Implements and vehicles in the Will
annette valley. He does timing and
Keeps stock of bicycles. His ma
'hinery warehouse is one of the best
of the kind in the state.
lie is a man who has travelled and
ieen great deal of the world, both
n this country and Europe.
A Live Postmaster.
Henry A. Snyder is the hustling
postmaster. sending out five free
'ural mail routes from this place
he is besides a notary public, insur-
.nce agent and undertaken and en-
'almer for the people who need his
erVices. Mr.. Snyder is a public
pirited man who helps along in
many ways for the upbuilding of the
and we regretted to
earn that he was very i'll the day we
yere in the city. There was general
expressed for him and
many called at the house and made
Inquiries about him. Aurora could
lot be considered on the map with
ut H. A. Snyder.
Good Base Ball Team.
Aurora has a baseball team that
las not been defeated this season.
he boys are below the average in
1eight and are nicknamed the babies,
ut put up a great big game Of ball,
It. Angel. SCOTS Mills, Park Place
nd st. Paul have gone down before
hem. b. II. VIII is captain. Clar-
nee Phillips is manager. and Long
nd Frost are the battery. Most of
he men weigh less than 13O pounds
ut they are ball players 80 far and
Id fair to hold out for the season.
Fruit and Walnuts.
No one can walk over the streets
Z Aurora without concluding that
his is naturally a fruit and walnut
egion. The largest English walnut
rees in the county are In Aurora. on
ir. snyders grounds, He has trees
fifteen years old that have been
caring for ten years. and every year
e gets gunnysaeks full Of nuts from
hese trees and all the neighbOrs help
themselves as the trees stand over
be street. There are black walnut
rees here three feet IN diameter,
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