The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-10

nd came near bringing the "porlco i,
own on to our exhausted frame. Ana ]
u the way, that would have been q q
crsion for Ashland, Tor they have had I
ci \ government and Mayor and ke- {
order and Marshal and the other 'ise
css appcndages Of country town ~
year and half and haven't yet had
single Observation-Disclosures
II their neatly constructed calaboose.
Indeed, the last Legislature was 90
lugcd with long-wilided bills grai.ting
Incorporation charters 70 the towns
throughout the State, at cost OF many
hundred dollars u the taxpayers and
( IL probable that these charters were
all about as badly needed as the one at
Ashland. However, this is rarenthet-
ical.)
Tho little city Of Ashland is decided
" the most beautiful and romant'caIly
situated Of any town in Oregon u
nestles in little nook ct the southern
Hiait of tie Rogue River Valley, and IS
tho very footstool Of the giant cham OF
siskiyou Mountains, which divide Ore
eon from California 4; it Is carved and
clicckered BY irrigating streams which
cause every home within its limits e
bloom with lovclicst flowers and feed on
richest fruits. And beside being little
paladise Of homo lovoliness, its unrl-
vailed water power is busiy engaged in
driving large Touring mill, woolcn
factory. and other important industries
Indeed, Ashland may well be called the
4 Lowell Of Southern Oregon, aud Is des-
tined in time 10 outstrip many OF hel
more pretontious rivals. And, by the
way. there is one thing peculiar about
that burg, viz: Although it numbers
some eight hundred Inhabitants yet 1t
contains neither church nor saloon
and II is claimed to be the most moral
nlace in the world The mystery to us
liz how in the dickens did tley all get so
strictly moral without having some
b,instone talked into 'em or having the
terrible example Of o gN-mill daily
thrust in their faces. The peculiar
morals of this town everlastingly
knocks the philosophy end reason out
from under us, and leaves US IL chaos
of uncertainty whetherto advise against
the establishment Of churches or jerk
an ethical discourse against the liquor
I'tratfic. Come to think of it, however
morality is only precept which all men
preach and but few follow, hence our
Injunction to abolish churches and sa-
looms would most probably have about
the same weight with this degenerate
world
At Ashland we met many old time
friends whose tuns-tums seemed to VI
brate with ccstacy at sight Of our night
blooming serious countenance. Here Is
the mountain rctiracy Of Hon. W. A.
Mcpherson, once State Printer and
therefore much cussed hero IS Hon,
Juo. Mccall, at present member o.
the Legislature and q hospltable gentle
man for Republican and here, as
the blooming City Marshal for whom
there is nothing to do, is Uncle Isaac
Miller, formerly Of Linn county, and a
Democrat in whom there is no guile.
And here arc several other Linn county
nomads, among whom may bo named
Hon. Ed Tarlow, Superintendent OF
pull;c Instruction for Jackson county,
Dan. Gaby, Jas, y. Fountain aud Elias
Miller, all Of whom got their start in
"Oll Linn" and all of whom express
an abhonent disgust of anybody that
won't brog on our grand county We
we're glad to learn that they were all
Goulishing like the Traditional green
bay horse, and expect to keep UP their
lick" till they make their everlasting
fortunes,
From Ashland we drove out on the
Lnl,villo road Ten miles, to tho Sara
toea of the Siskiyous, the Soda Springs
u famous place Of resort for southern
Orgonians. Mr. JAS H. Russell keeps
ao elegant hotel here, and "hys himself
slout' for thc accommodation of his guests
who drink his soda water oaanallo WY
Me1s Our bctler half told us conf
tlcntialIy Chat "Nlr, Russell kept .
very nice hotel but i all the induce
ments he oilimcd his guests was thai
nasty truck called sc,lo water he coulln'
get her patronage ogain for long Sc
rles of years Mr. and Mrs, ), w
sawyer (troyclmg on their woddinI
y tcm,) were with us, and they 'mani
q mously ratified the scditious sentiment
+ above quoted, SO far as the under
7 signed II concerned he can state that b
likeS this soda water lts coinponcn
tlttt arc varied and copious, The nor
in L corodcs Tin cups and gives cast
iron coating to tho stomach; the eaer
yescing qualities makes q smoke.stuck
out Of your nose, and its peculiar taste
of the green pclsimmon ixes your
mouth for Whispering politely to q waiter
at state dinner And then il is more