Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

half years the property has advanced
so that he was offered $4,000 fol
the farm. Nothing adds to the
productivity of lands here so rapidly
as the use of tiling. Some day there
will be a large tile factory located
near here. All land values in this
vicinity have doubled and trebled ir
the last few years. Men have made
more money buying five or ten acre:
here and then selling it on the ad
vance than by farming it.
Has New Commercial Club.
At a recent meeting of the Candy
Commercial Club it was reorganizeC
and new officers elected in the fol
lowing persons: ]. A. Cobb, presi
dent; R. S. Cole, vice-president.
Chas. F. Romig, secretary; Rev
VIM. Crissey, treasurer. This is =
live bunch of men and they will 5e
heard from along development lines
Mr.. Cobb is one of the firm of Cobl
& Dillingham; who run the Big Sil
Department store. They conduc
business on modern lines, have Sat
urday special sales, and will erect {
new brick store this year. Mr.. Cobl
is one of the live wire factors in tho
development of greater Candy.
Another Big Store.
Gordon Bros, who established I
big general merchandise store here
eight months ago, have built up re
markably. They handle almos
everything, including groceries, dr.
goods, boots and shoes, hardware
and clothing. They buy and sell al
kinds of produce. The elder mem
ber of the firm was for six year.
with L. Adams, the biggest dry good;
house in Oregon City.
Candy Has Live Bank.
The Candy Bank and Trust Com
pany was one of the few banks In
the Willamette Valley that never
suspended or restricted payments
during the bankers panic. They
paid out gold in unlimited quanti-
ties upon demand. From February
8, 1909, to March 29, 1910, their
deposits have increased from $1O8,.
900 to 100000 and they carry
over forty-five per cent of their de,
posits in cash. The officers are DR..
H. A. Dedman, president; F. A.
Rosencrans, vice-president; L. d.
Walker, cashier; E. H. Carlton, L.
H. Wang, w. H. Bair, G. w. Scran-
lin (of Maxburg), are directors
with the above officers.
A Live Warehouse.
w. H. Bair has for fifteen years
been building up the largest ware
house business in Candy. His first
warehouse was only 24x4O and he
now has over 5000 square feet of
warehouse space, and his carload
extend from Salem TO
Portland. He handles about 800
cars a year of potatoes and hay,
making shipments to points in Cali
fornia, Arizona and Texas. He also
ships carload lots of onions, grain,
flour, and feed. He does a whole
sale business in fresh meats. Ships
Cascara bark and Oregon grape-root
to New York Mr.. Bair conducts
retail feed store and feed mill, and
in fact, all kinds of produce.
Another Big Warehouse.
w. II. and G. "a. Lucke, under the
firm name of Lucke Bros, have
built up a large warehouse business
here for the past three years. They
handle about one hundred carloads
4 year of potatoes, hay, oats, wheat
and onions. They also handle fresh
fruits and make fresh meat ship
nents to Portland. These shipments
average $50 TO 5000 per day. They
maintain a first-class fresh meat
market at Candy with a COOL
slaughter house and cure and smoke
heir own meats.
Large Hardware House.
]. j. sandsness established here
me year ago large general hard
ware and farming implement house.
ie also keeps the Mitchell, Lewis
nd stayer vehicles, a stock Of
Jumps, fencing and building ma
erial, sash and doors, paints and
ills. Mr.. Sandsness was a successful
armer and is a fine representative
+ the large Scandinavian population
n this part of the County.
Candy Realty office.
j. r. Newton and G. +. Romig are |
I've real estate hustlers and are
Iandling many OF the new people |
hat are coming in here. selling them
I've and ten-aere fruit tracts at
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