The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-07-30
LowER sonA SrRiSos.
LINS Co. July a5. 1880.

Since my last letter a week quite
spirited aud enlivening change appears in
Spring Camp, Then there were but two or
three camping parties: now the spacious and
stately grove Is dotted with from fifteen to
twenty tents, with an average of at least i've
persons to each. In fact, with little more
system and order in pitching the place
would not look unlike .siented field" of
soldiers. Among the number comprising to.
nights hivouae we note Major and Mrs.
Ierrcn and d. Y. $. Reid aud family Of
Albany; Rev. Mr.. Wilson and family Of Hal
sey; J. ii. Meyer and family, Geo C. Blake
| ley, Dr.. Starr, Henry Blaleley and wife,
Mrs. Galbraith, Geo. Sporgy and Mr. and
Miss Smith of Brownayille John Ralston and
family, Isaac Long and family and +. keeb-
Ter and family Of Lebanon Yieinage, aud
others whose names We didn't learn
Dr. Alexander and son. Of Albany. are
guests Of MeNniehts Hotel tonight, on
their return from Upper Soda where the doc.
tor was summoned on a professional visit.
| Some idea OF the crowd here tonight may
be formed from the fact that ''AIaes9 eapae-
ions stable is fall Of horses accommodating
something over forty head.
We arc informed that Mr.. John Walton at
Vine Maple, and Mr.. Keith at Upper Sods.
as also Messrs. Burmester & Niokerson at
Fish Lake, are each having good run of
business as the travel opens up. and therefore
our popular mountain ''ranehers" viii all do
well for the next three months. Goodness
I knows they deserve it all and more too, when
we take into aeeoaat the long distance and
! tedious route over which they bring their
supplies aud the long interval each year
| when these mountain resorts are ice-bound
and snow-eovored. pnapproaehed and unap.
proaehable Yet, notwithstanding the many
drawbaeks and har,iships uader which they
labeF, and thsir brief season Of monetary har.
vest. there isa't "Aog" among them The
customary '-ileecing and gougins' Of the
average summer resort are in no manner
praetised or tolerated by the GentlemaIily
proprietOrs OF the camping aud lodging ranch
ss OF this route. Only fair rates. with
reasonable marginal profit, are charged, and
no mountain road OF pioneer country ever
d. Froman and wife OF Albany. and L. +.
Williams and Oscar Taylor aud families from
Salem, are snugly enseoneed at Upper Soda,
with others whom we know not
Blackberries are fast Iipcning aad the
''patch' of about twelve miles in length be-
tween here and Upper Soda VII! be shortly
filed with Valley piskers.
Sunday features to-day was q small Sab
bath School in the grove interesting to
those who participated
Hunting and fishing ooeary ti,e time Of the
men aud boys OF the camp Trout abound
in the sAutiam and It's tributaries. aud the
skillfal disciple Of Isaac Walton will hardly
fail OF bringing in a day's supply Tor his Ia
bic at every trip. Others, less expert. don't
do so well Major Herren fished up Vcsts
Tor Dobbinl Creel, the other day. and while !
rashly following bis dcroyiHg eras1hopper
over the boulders he ssdaenly slipped and
iell 'kerwoilop' into the raging stream, ,stril1.
ing his knee-cap on regk sad bringing him
self into camp for arniea and rel-lannel pur-
poses. We are glad 70 be able TO chronicle
his speedy recovery, however. sud 10 he able |
TO state that has Hlishsp in no way cooled his
piscstori4I ar,ior or his Simrodical Ambi- /
tiOnz
Dick Reid ast0uisiied The camp land him
self, think. by bringing in earcasses o. TWO
cub bears the other morning. lie shot them
from zap tree with shotgun. aud couid
have got the old mad mother Of them if he
hadn't Just then come suddenly TO the con.
clusion that these two young fellows weFs
all Of the bear family that Iis folks would
want to eat just then. We are mneh obliged |
for some OF the bear measi IL was as tender
and sweet as Young chicken.
Another party Of hunters killed bear
this morning. on Moose Creek some three
miles above here.
This seems to be a central and popal4r re, /
sort. Almost every day we haze callers from
camps above, or from the settIers below. /
Among our visitors to-day was Elder Jere.
Shea, Of the Sweet Home Church Of Latter /
Day Saints (Mormon). He did not open ont /
a regular service to-day, but nevertheless he
held forth in Meningitis barn-shed to an
attentive audience, expatiating most forcibly |
and eloquently on the beauties and benefits /
Of the Church Of Brigham! lie hopes that /
be has sown good seed that will in time
brizg forth an hundred fold-unless per.
chance it IS nipped in the bad by some rash
and foolish act of his more risky young
brother, Elder John Pronk, of the Lebanon |
diocese.
As a political STRAW may mention that
among the men of this camp tonight, the
preferences for President are - for Hancock |
and for Garfield Among the ladies Han |
cock stands the fayorite by % to 3 Isn't
ten to one pretty good showing for one
mountain camp Of simmer tourists in The
wild gorges OF the Cascades Match it If
you can
By-the-way, speaking Of mountain politics
there Is only one Republican rancher between
Moss Bntte and the De Chuttes rivera
distance Of some eighty miles, spanning the
road from the western base Of the Cascade
mountains in Linn to the sage plains Of East
ern Oregon! Is it any wonder that the /
waters are bright, clear, dancing and cool,
and that the ar is as pure and health giving
as that Of the fabled olynpian Mount.
MART YB.
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