The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-09-05

Having just returned from the Cascade
mountains, on hunting and aahing sxcur-
sion. Ne note few observations;
Passing through Lebanon we observed a
very great advance in the line Of improve.
menta over last year. New buildlngs have
sprung up. new streets laid out, sidewalks
extended and = general appearance Of thrift
and activity pervaded the handsome little
city. Il is no wonder that the ''oedars Of
Lebanon" once aspired TO the dignity Of
county seAtship Of Limit
The village Of Sweet Home. 10 miles above
Lebanon, still ''holds the fort, " with our cid
Democratic friend, StOnsWAll Moss, - May.
OF, Aad McKennon as MarshAl. while ''Nasby''
Simons dishes cut the mail with his usual
impaEtiAlity and rApidity. tBy.the-way, Il
Il shame that the mail route ever the Cas-
Cade Mountains doesn't 90 by this route In.
stead Of the MeKsnsie. On the present nail
route there isn't sOal 70 accommodate fer
over fifty miles, while on the SAntiAm road
there are innumerabls ranches and perfect
procession Of travellers through all the sum-
mer months. From Sweet Home 10 Camp
Polk there are ranches and settlemeats with.
in almost hAiling distance Of each other. yet
there is no mail; while from Eugene TO Camp
Polk there Is scarcely single inhAbitant /
We have been informed that tho pas ia
much lower by this SAntiAA route, and that
even the winter trips can be made with nuoh
greater euse than by the Mckenzie roate,
Al
Of Postal Agent Steel why he permits this
useless Eugsne route 70 take the place Of one
which il far more feasible and eoavenient
and would accommodate large class Of citi.
sens. not only in the willAnetts Valley but
in ochOoO Valley and other Eastern Oregon
regiOns1
Both going and coming We were treated
with the utmost hospitality by Mr.. John
GillilAnd and his wife and dAaghtsrs. For =
good meal and awarm reception commend Us
t. the veteran tOIl-sAts keeper and his esti-
nshls lady. (By-thS-way, abe Is more gen.
erOus than her husband. because Whea she
keeps the keys Of the gate she makes no
charge fer boys and eOltsD
Charley MeAlsy, at Moss' Butte, has .
splendid rancho. and ''Parley" Mcknight, 1t
Lower Soda. has . very popular summer re-
sort. and i always crowded with campers.
John WAltsn, at Vine Maple BSttOn. has
: large tract Of land cleared And fine pasture,
and his bSys are the ''bOss hunters" sf the
mountains.
Mr.. Keith stiIl ''holds the fort" at Upper
Soda, and is always surrounded by campers.
His place seems to Be the middle ground fer
hunters, and his soda water Is always good
for the afflicted.
At the Mountain House, four miles above
Upper Soda, Messr.. McGm Wilhoit keep
'entsrt2inmsnt for man and bsast, /" and for
genuine. whOIs-sOuled hospitality neither Of
these gantlemen can Be exeelled. Thsir
pasture i excellent and their charges light,
while the place is most romantieaIly Sita.
ated-tOurists always being able 70 6nd
trOuting and fshing to their hearts content
At FiAh Lake, sixteen miles up the noun
tAins, NessrA Barmester + Houston have =
splendid resort. We seinsd there, and in
less than three hOurs caught $50 fine trout,
averaging from to l2 inchesin length This
season the PrOPrietOrs Of this place have
built = new and eommodious twO-story
house, large, roOmy and convenient. Il is
constructed Of hewn lOgs, and rooted with
cedar shingles, and Is one Of the most con-
plete residences between PrineviIIs and Leb-
amen, and 70 Cur mind, when finished, win
be the best house for trsvsIleEs' aceommoda-
dstiOn in the mountain frontiers Of Oregon.
The big trees, the rscy incidents, the
grandeur Of the lAkes and moantains, We re-
serve for another week.