Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-04
Real State Builder Is
Resident Of Halls Ferry
(Cmital Joarnal Special serrieo,

| aiital Journal special Service1
Halls Ferry. Nav i've have In
our neighborhood an old pioneer and =
state builder in the porsouage of
X. l.. Schwarts. who is erecting f,Il,.
iequipped saw mill ia this nearby II.
einity. Mr.. Schwarts generally known
as Dick is one among the few real
~ first settlers left with lis who wore
among the early advcn,uresome ones "a
come from the east to the far west
having walkea across the plains vita
his brother k.l0nzo, barcfooted in 1850
Tie has always since coming to this
part Of the country been associated in
the milling and lumber industry. and
through his labors many Of the build.
ings of old Salem, as well as the sur.
rounding countryside We're made "'pos-
sible 10 be- through the humming ma.
chinery of his mill Some of the outpnt
Of his mill going into the construction
Of the state capitol building, the peni.
tentiary, the state asylum building. the
orphans home later used as Salem hos
pital and many others. his first mill
being located on the Salem and Sill
verton road ON Little Pudding river.
being distributed from that point all
over the country. Few men can have il
to their credit to be such sure and sub
stantial state builders as Mr.. Sehwarts.
A meeting and bond election was
held at the Budd house for school dis
trict No. 1913 to vote on a bond issue
for the purpose of securing sufficient
funds TO build a school house in said
district, and be it said to the full cred
it to our loyal neighbors, there was not
one dissenting vote on same; the poles
were open from p. m. to Z p. m. Mr.
Snyder, John Coleman and James Scan
lon acting as judges and Mrs. Nan
Pettyiohn, who is clerk of the district.
acting i'll the same capacity at said
election.
j. A. Lankford who recently purchas-
ed the John McNary place, more gen
orally spoken of as the "Bill Orr"
place, has been making some decided
improvements on same, remodcling the
house and improving the grounds in a
manner that is quite attractive and
substantial.
We feel ourselves as a community
under very great obligations to our
G.. NJ. Hoyser, who is the
county road supervisor in the district
adjoining us on the south, for some
greatly needed road work in our own
district. We also have a regularly ap-
pointed supervisor for this work but
it appears as though he is afflicted
with the same malady as his preGeces-
sor-there are more ways than one of
being "stung."
c. G. North, deputy assessor of Lin
eoln county, while transacting busi-
ness at the capitol, was also a pleasant
visitor at Riverside Park Farm at
Halls Ferry.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman who
have been Crying out oUK climate
for the past few months, being from
Nebraska, have rented and are domicil-
ed in the Budd cottilge at Halls Ferry,
and think favorably of locating i'll our
wonderful vicinity The early Towering
trees and shrubs having won them.
Geo. Neyman, son of Robert Neyman
of Homestead Acres, has recently pur-
chased a 10 acre tract, with some I'M
provemcnts thereon at Homestead
acres, and expects to put out his acre
age in beans. Geo. is a fine young man
and is at present working near Halls
Ferry.
R. d. Thomas, formerly of Halls Fer
ry but who later purchased snug
sized tract of land at Homestead acres
decided it was mot good for man to
live alone" therefore he now has a
snug sized house on his snug sized farm
and snug sized wife to rule it all;
congratulations from Halls Ferry.
A pleasing attention was given Mr.
and Mrs. Kugal last Saturday night
when the G. 7. club perpetrated a sur,
prise stepping party" and bountiful
refreshments at their home near Halls
Ferry.
Master Jack Lankford celebrated his
fifth anniversary with most charm
ing birthday party. There were ten
tiny tots came to help him enjoy the
the decorations were white
and pink in the dining room, with tiny
favors at each dainty plate; delicious
things that such little folks enjoy were
served.
A. II. Barks of the Imperial Egg
farm, who makes speciality of fine
birds. recently shipped one dozen hens
which netted him the neat sum of
$21 20. being at the rate of SLIT per
bird; he is some chicken man, eh