valued at $300,000, turning out yearly $200,000 worth of blankets, flannels, tweeds, cassimeres, yarn, and knit goods; two flouring-mills, both making an excellent brand of flour; one oil-mill; two tanneries; three lumber-mills; four sash and door factories; one foundry and machine-shop; four wagon and carriage-shops; two cabinet-shops; one bag-factory; three printing-offices; one book-bindery; two gun-shops; three breweries; three saddle and harness manufactories; and four millinery establishments. There is one banking-house, numerous dry-goods and grocery stores, three bookstores, three drug-stores, and two hardware stores. Not that every branch of business in Salem is comprised in this list; but this is a general summing up of the industries of a population of about four thousand people, outside the professions and the agricultural classes. Probably the assessable property of Salem amounts to two millions or more.
Salem has one daily and weekly newspaper, the Unionist, and Statesman; and one other political weekly, the Salem Mercury. The Wallamet Farmer, an agricultural journal, is also a weekly, having its publishing office in Salem; and the Oregon Medical and Surgical Reporter, a monthly, is also published here. The educational facilities of Salem are good. The Wallamet University, with a Medical Department, takes the first rank. The old Institute building having become somewhat dilapidated, the present structure was erected in 1864. It is built of brick, in the form of a Greek cross; is eighty-four feet in length by forty in width, and is five stories high, including the basement and attic. The plan of the interior is convenient and elegant. There are three entrances, and three separate staircases leading to the attic. From the cupola a
