The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-22
Buena Vista correspondence.

April Is, 1871.
Ed REGISTER BY glancing over the
REGISTER, find that you are literally
supplied with correspondents from
majority of the leading villages and
towns of Oregon, but l fear that your
appreciation Tor the denizens of Buena
Vista is not very great, since they are so
slow to chronicle the important transac-
tions of this eyentful city. You would
blush with astonishment to see the
amount of business transacted here, and
yet so little notice taken of the place by
neighboring counties and towns. Although
We are not at present blessed, as you are,
with railroad facilities, there are no
superior boat landings to ours, on the
river, and in a very few years we are
| confident of being able to visit you by
rail via Portland or Eugene. We have
/ three substantial warehouses that are an
nually filed to overfowing with the pro>
ducts of the surrounding country. An
excellent saw mill, two potteries (we are
two ahead of you), that are capable, and
do furnish, the valley with all the crock
cry that the trade demands. One of
these institutions has very recently start>
ed here, and | am unable to give you
much light respecting it, but the other
conducted by the Smith Bros, is an old
firm fully alive to the business. They
furnish employment for six men, and
mold more clay into usefulness in one
week than do all Albany's brick makers
in two years. Every few days they
make heavy shipments to the various
points on the river, besides their exten-
sive sales in inland towns. We also
have one full dry goods store much need
a second two drug and grocery stores
two blacksmith shops that run almost
night and day; two wagon shops, one
furniture store, number of boot makers
carpenters, and other mechanics neces-
sary to the upbuilding of a town ont
harness shop, one gun shop, one lawyer
two doctors, justice of the peace ant
, constable, fine day school, Sunday school
, well attended, but no saloon or newspape
can we survive? In fact, Buena Visit:
is one of the permanent conyeniences o
the State. Can't you move the REGISTER
i down? Ii not, come down and see US
: any how; you can get square meal a
| any one of our fine boarding houses, o
you might perchance find some sympathet
ic friend that you were acquainted witt
in America, that would serve your rave
r nous appetite for fifty cents or such
matter-(horse feed and lemonade extra.
If, after taking a survey O.. the city, yo
| | should feel inclined to visit Polk county
/ you can either cross at the ferry now i
a operation, or wait few weeks and tax
a passage by a new one that is soon to b
3 put on in opposition to the old. 1o
a may think it behooyes me to enumera,
n the dwelling houses, but cant see tn;
# there is any speculation in putting in
IS half dozen counting houses, boardin
e myself. wife and FIVE orphan childre
|, just for the sake of letting your reade
v know that Buena Vista is between IL
l. size of Santiam City and Chicago.
II From the REGISTER, see you ha,
r, rain up your way. Very different fro
% US. We have no rain, Summer III
y Winter; consequ emily we have not gol
te to the expense of laying sidewalks alor
5 the streets. Nevertheless, we can re;
the Constitution and are able to pay
. man to write our names.
Yours for two weeks,
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.