The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-08-27
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l.iSS Co, oe. Aug 20, lSSo
De,n Deaoeraf
As the summer season wanes Rnd the time
when swallows homewaNl tly" approaches,
the Springs campers commence gittin' also.
The past two weeks have noted a sad deple'
tion Of the inhabitants Of pobbinsville and
Doedieburg The last OF the eNo,lnsters to
date were Rev. Harris aud family of Albany,
wi o returned home this morniug with Mr.
Mart Payne We regret to state that Rev.
Harris's health is in nowise henetitted by his
mountain soiourn. Ills family. however. are
much improved in health.
DESERTED cAur
Rev. T. J. Wilson and wiio and Rev. Mr.,
Acheson latter just arrived are now
the only denizens OF Spring Camp, All 9th.
ers have departed. The camp has a deserted
and lonely appearance. Here. where a fort
night ago twenty oamp.lircs lit up score Of
tents and hundred forms aud voices lent
glad life TO the vernal scene. We now tread
the lone and solitary paths under tho tower
ing pines, hearing nothing but the sons-note
of the mountain robin or the whispering rus.
Tie OF the wind.hl foliage. All is as silent
as Goldsmith's Deserted Village, and = sort
lonely and regretful feeling comes over one
a. the faces and forms of those summer
friends file past in ianeied review and left
to our own musings we cannot help indulg.
ing in the poets sentiment over the depart.
ell -
''They that ~ arr happier
Than those they leave behind
The Doodle Bug end of town is all that
now contains habisation. The two L. L.
preachers are bivouaced here. and as natn
raj consequence Farley MeKnisht's chickens
rOost high in the deserted trees Of Dohbius.
vile, where there is not one human being to
molest or make afraid. With the departure
of certain Dobbiusyillians the hens have quit
going into mountain pastures to lay their
eggs. and cows eome TO the corral at night
with apparently fuller uddets
rJsuxEMKx, HUNTERS AND THEIR GAME
DIR. Surman, II. {. Clement and John
Harmon. OF Albany. are eneamped some ten
miles above here. en Alder Creek. where
fish, venison and ilackherries are said to
most abound.
The Professors Condit aud their sisters.
aad Geo Foster. passed down from Fish Lake
the other day. and report glorious trip.
Fish abound in Clear Lake noH. aud great
numbers are daily taken No mountain
voyager's tour is complete without cmbtae-
Jog the romantic region of these summit
Lakes.
We understand that deer have begun their
return trip down the mountains and that
hunters above here in the Santiam Canyon
have commenced bringing into camp some
line yeuison. Il is scarcely PROBABLE. how
ever. that the deer viii take the trails in
very great numbers until after rainfall.
Then the autumn hunters will resel in this
most exciting spsrt.
The mountain travel IS very light nov and
viii continue 50 until after harvest. whom the
road viii be lively with travel until the win
ter SHOWS again close the passes.
StFIud Price passed. here with a baud Of
~ cattle last week, e9 route for the bunch
grass ranges Of Cooked River Vanny
Saitli was his boss '.ro,lera ''
Dave Froman esaght several hunlred
poapds OF front at Clear Lake the front OF
this week and Is now s'kiln-dryin.T them at
Upper Soda. Let al Albany get its lip
ready tor piscatofiaI donations when Dave
comes home
Fire in the mountains somewhere location
not known here is making it very smoky in
this region just now. with no hope Of an
abatement until We are favored viii, heavy
shower Of rain-wiieh we haya't had ioT
nearly two months.
Oae OF the Walton heys. Of Zine Maple.
killed fine tat bear the other day alEo
Charley Mcknight, Of this rapehe, slew
well-grown cub last Saturday. from the steaks
Of which oar party have enjoyed several zaY-
ory meals