McMinnville High School - McMinnvillan Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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The City of Fine Homes, Churches and Schools

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)]£• Cljc Umcolman ir D B- McMinnville cMINNVILLE. the county seat of Yamhill County, is situated at the junction of three paved highways. 38 miles south of Portland, in the heart of the fertile Willamette Valley. It is 26 miles from Salem, and 60 miles from the Ocean. It is the trading center for a population of 10.000 of whom 4.000 live within the city itself. There are three banks in the city whose total resources are'over three million dollars, and deposits of over two and one-half million dollars. Therefore, according to population, it is the richest city in the state. Among the industries of McMinnville are a planing mill, a cannery, a brick and tile factory, a Nestle’s Food Products Condenser, fruit driers, bottling works, flouring mills, machine shops, a sash and door factory, creameries, an ice plant, a cigar factory, two weekly newspapers, two hotels, three theaters, four printing plants, and a monument works. It is the home of the Oregon Fire Relief Association, a mutual incorporated company with 70.000 policy holders and more than sixty million dollars of insurance in force. The Union. Shell, and Standard Oil Companies each have a large district sub-station in McMinnville. The Municipal light and water plants are valued at $300,000. There are especially fine transportation facilities. The city is served by seventeen electric trains daily. Many auto stages and heavy-truck lines enter McMinnville over the five paved highways. There are ten miles of paved streets in the city. Five fraternal organizations own their own homes. It has a new state armory building erected at a cost of $85,000. McMinnville has many musical organizations. Among these is the Elks Band, which is known throughout the state. A week in May is set aside for the musical life of the city. Many state Conventions are held here. The largest so far this year was the Shriner’s Picnic on May 3. The city has a fine educational system. There is a Junior High school, a Senior High school, two grade schools, a paroihial sdhool. and Linfield college. There are nine churches, and a twenty thousand dollar Carnegie library. McMinnville has one of the most beautiful parks in the state, outside of Portland.