The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-23
RAID on POLK.

RAID ON POLK.
Last Friday morning the muscular
engineer of this goose-quiil, accom-
, panied by c. c. Kuhn. Esq, of Al
bany, started for buggy ride through
Polk county. Crossing the Willamette
at this city, we speedily passed over the
oak hills and through the verdant
wales of that region traversed by the
tagging Luckiamute and the soporific
Soap Creek, and after adrise of twenty
miles arrived ut.
MONMOUTH,
"a village. of something near 800 in
habitants and the scat of learning for
the youths of the Christian Tor Camp
bellitel families of Oregon. This
Christian College is one of the most
popular and successful educational in
{ stitutions on the,coast. Presided over
by the learned Campbell brothers, and
provided with a full corps of teachers
: in all branches of learning, its adj
Santages are sought from all sections
of the State and its spacious apart
ments are almost continuously filled to
overfiowing with students. Non
mouth is beautifully situated in the
midst of an unds,lating prairie of the
richest soil which the couatry affords,
s aud its Inhabitants seem to he intus-
trious and enterprisiag. Ii mas TWO
or three stores and several shops OF
differeat kinds, as well as newspaper,
the Christian Messenger, published oy
Prof. sCampbell, President OF the
College. The paper is ably ccnducted
and has an extensive circu iation
among the adhereuts of the Christian
Church on the coast. We observed t%o
peculiarly felicitous features about
Monmouth that are deserving OF
mention and even of emulation by
other communities, viz: 1t has lots
$ of pretty girls and no dogs. If you
don't think that that approaches very
near to a terrestrial heaven, then pay
up your delinquency and stop your
paper-we shall quit the business and
abandon the hope OF putting our read-
ers on the sure road to bliss. While at
Monmouth we were Hospitality enter
tanned by ]. B. V. Butler, Esq. one of
the most substantial and enterprising
citizens of Polk. He has just conf
pleteJ the creation of large and COM
modious residence, which for con-
venience and appearance has but few
equals in Oregon The house is rich
T. t~,,f fs,,,.Sta.si.ix - f,,ra ;st.a,l tbrouOl-
out with all the modern auxiliaries to
household com ort and luxury. and,
with Mr.. Butler and his amiable wife
to welcome one with their CHEEKY
smiles and warm greetings, it is in
deed rare comfort to enjoy the hospi-
tality of that household. Mr.. Butler
is a warm supporter and an able
champion of the farmers movement
and is charter member of a Grange
which was organized at Monmouth
last week. He is enthusiastic on the
subject of Oranges, and believes their
Inauguration and patronage by the
agricultural community throughout
the Union will eventually redeem the
people from the oppressive exactions of
monopoiies and the official corruptions
of those in power. There are two otlf-
er Oranges already instituted in Polk,
and others will be shortly established
One Mr. Campbell, resident of East
Portland, is State Deputy and organ
izing officer. After pretty throughiy
nosing around Monmouth for couple
of hours, we drove over to
DALLAS,
the capital of Polk county, situated
upon the banks of the raging Rickreal
and surrounded by stretch of the
most delightful country to be found in
the world The soil here is rich and
exhaustless, producing to an extent al
most beyond belief from year to year.
Dallas is a primitive, oid-fashioned
town of perhaps 500 souls, with pub
lie square in the center 1--WE mean in
souls) The public square is nice
place for the county officers to roll in
the grass and play tsinch" astride of a
PROSTATE flag pole which has lain in
the square for decafie or so, and upon
which those Democratic giants, Sena-
tor Nesmith and Ben. Hayden, have
in days agone put mp many a little job
upon the Radical enemy. This is in
deed historic fagpole, and its bleach
ed and weather SCARED surface recites
to the attentive listener many an epic
poem of feudal days in Polk. It's
principal use now, since the liquor
license has been abolished in Dallas, is
to afford receptacle for the deposit
tory of attorneys glassometers during
the progress of Circuit Court
During our stay at Dallas we aosorb-
ed proyender under the roof tre= of
Messrs. N l.. Butler and S. C. Sites,
for allof which hospitality our heart
goes yearningly out to them even unto
this day. To ]. ]. DAILY, Esq, and
other friends, for assisting Us to snipe
folks into subscribing for this contu-
melious sheet, We are equally guilty of
gratitude. If there is any one else
whom we have forgot to thank in this
effusion he may consider himself cor
respondingly grateful.
After a twenty hours absorp-
tion of Dallas patient and long suffer-
ing hospitality, during which time our
horses gave the epizootic to every equi-
noxious quadruped in Tor:. Rich
mond's livery stable, we fed precipi-
tously for
INDEPENDENCE.