12 PREFACE 



Silvertonites of old, Coolidges, McClaines, 

 Davis's, Browns, DeGuires, JNIcGuires, Smiths, 

 Tuggles, Blackerbys, Hibbards, Riches, Wol- 

 fards, Skaifes, Drakes, Ramsbys, Huttons, 

 Thurmans and Simerals are getting thinned 

 out, and in their places new faces from the 

 middle west and south are coming. The first 

 generation w^re not the stuff of their parents ; 

 conditions had changed, some of the younger 

 men were bigger business men than their 

 fathers yet they lacked a lot of a certain kind 

 of character that made the fathers more in- 

 teresting than any of their sons. The railroad 

 and interurban trolleys change the conditions 

 of things greatly, and Silverton has been no 

 exception to this rule. The departure and 

 arrival of the old Salem stage used to be an 

 event, more than the trains coming and going 

 to-day, but to me Silverton will always remain 

 the same with no other memory second. I 

 remember well my first impression of Silver- 

 ton. I had come to town with mv father and 

 grandmother Davenport. It must have been 

 when I was between four and five years old. 

 We were stopping at the Coolidges', father 

 had gone on beyond Silverton to survey for 



