Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-10
ARMORlES TO BE
ESTABLISHED IN
MARION COUNTY

A delegation of Salem and Wood
burr business men met with the
county court Friday afternoon and
presented monster petition asking
for the establishment OF an armory
at Woodburn to which the county
will give $500, and another at
Salem in which the county will con-
tribute $4,000. The understanding is
that the city will give as much more
and the State Military Board the
same amount, and thus the armory
at Salem will cost $4,000 and the
one at Woodburn $4,000. Strong
addresses were made in behalf of
the armory proposition by leading
business men OF both cities and after
short conference the County Court
granted the request of the petition
ers.
The Armory Petitions for the
Building
Following petition was signed by
about five hundred Taxpayers.
To the Honorable w. M. Bushey,
County Judge, and w. II. Goulet
and ]. T. Beckwith, County Com
missioners, sitting for the trans
action of County Business;
The undersigned, your petitioners
respectfully allege and pray as fol-
lows:
% That under our system of
government it is jnezpedient to
maintain a large standing army, and
that for military protection both at
home and abroad, and especially on
this coast, we are compelled to rely
almost entirely on the National
Guard.
CD That, according to an Act of
Congress the National Guards of the
various states are armed, uniformed
and equipped at the expense of the
United States, Provided that the
State and County where National
Guard Companies are located, must
furnish suitable armOries.
Cd That the Military Company
at Salem is not provided with a prop
er Armory as required by the War
Department, and that the said Com
pany has been notified to vacate
their present Armory inside of a
year, and will consequently be forced
to disband unless new Armory is
built That in view of the growth
OF the County 1t will be necessary to
build a accompany Armory to cost
$4,000.
(5) That the State Military
Board has agreed to furnish $4,000
of this amount. on January l, 1911,
provided that on that date the. city
of Salem and County of Marion furn-
ish like amount.
(6) That aside from the above
urgent reasons. we are not unmind-
full of the grave duty of the County
Court to give the National Guard
their hearty support in order that 1t
may protect the lives, liberty and
property of the citizens of this coun-
ty In time OF need, and being aware
OF the great benefits to be derived
by the Community in general from a
Military Training of our youths. we
deem the erection of an Armory OF
great Importance to Marion County,
and deem It advisable that one-fourth
OF the cost Of such Armory be paid
by Marion County.
WHEREFORE. We do most re-
spectfully petition this Honorable
Court to appropriate $4,000 for the
building of an Armory at Salem, pro-
vided the City of Salem appropriate
a like amount
Recapltulation of the petition
showed that there were 500 names
from Salem.
So from Silverton.
Fl from WoodbuTn.
IL from Aurora,
~ from jefferson.
10 from Scottsmills.
0 from Turner,
200 from scattering over county.
Property In value of $4,000, 900
was represented on this petition.
You Must Read This IL YOu Wnnt
the Benefit.
]. w. Greer, Greenwood, La. suf'
fered with severe case OF lumbago
"At times the pains were so intense
was forced to hypodermic lnjec
tions for relief" he says. "These
attacks started with slight pain In
the small of my back which gradual
ly became fairly paralyzing in =