The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-09-17
Hon. J. HI. Mitchell at Court
House wednesday night. Let
every Republican attend:
Handson.e Places.

Less than n mile south of the city are
several neat suburban residences. that |
seem to be built with special reference /
to the comfort oftheir owners and families /
The grounds surrounding them are tastily |
arranged, and filled not only with flowers /
and shrubbery to attract the eye, but fruit |
trees mingle their fragrance with the |
Towering shrub and ornamental and shade |
trees. As you drive southwark from the |
city you gradually ascend until reaching |
point less than a mile from the Court |
House. you are many feet above the city, |
and can actually ''look down. upon its
spires. its stately buildings, its dusty
streets and long miles OF wooden sidewalks.
Among the several farms that dot the
prairie. our old friend Mr.. Milt. Hale
owns one of the best kept and most pro-
fluctive His neat and comfortable dwell
ing stands ont boldly in the foreground,
and is environed by flowers, shade, orna-
mental. fruit and nut bearing trees.
among the latter some noble white and
black walnuts, among the finest and hand
soonest appearing trees that adorn our
Eastern homes. Mr.. Hale has a large
and we'll cultivated gar,len south of the
residence, his waternclons and cantelopes
being specially nice, we know for II
| fact. We noticed some noble animals of
the horse kind. two to five year olds, all
| of them. 10 use a common expression. as
| 'ta: as butter; - ami what was more
/ peculiar about ali of Mr.. HIS stock, all
| seemed TO be pets. He told us he breaks
| his horses himself. and in training them
to ride, uses neither h-idle or saddle.
| The law OF kindness, in his experience,
ia better and cheaper in training domestic
| animals than mere brute force. Mr..
| Hale's Is happy household. and We here
| return thanks for Kind hospitality extend
ed to us OH a recent visit.
| Immrtliately south of Mr.. Hale's resi-
dence and garden. is the pasture /; and
here we noticed something that struck us
as remarkable: The pasture is a level
piece of ground of some acres, and scatter
ed here and there over it are several huge
stones of different varieties. varying in
size from wash-tub to almost a hogshead.
The query vas. where did those rocks come
from These are isolated rocks, there
being no others IN the vicinity that we
could see in the prairie. Mr.. Haie's
theory was that the Willamette valley
| in the remote ages was an arm of the
mighty ocran that vast accumulations OF
ice, formed in the frozen North. had by
some force broken loose from the land,
taking with them portions of the rock and
earth upon which they were formed. and
as icehergs. they had been carried by wind
and waves and currents into this arm o
the ocean, and gradually breaking up ane
melting. had left these clingiug rocks a.
mpmentoes of their presence. However
, they may have gained their present resi-
dence. they at least give room for muel
speculation for tie curious thinker.
South and east OF Mr.. NJ. Iale's is th;
farm-home of Mr.. Andrew Hale, one o
the best titled market-garlens In th'
prairie. As Mr.. Hale did not take charg
of the place until late in the spring. TIN
crop was not as fun and mutitarious "a h
. intended. hut the yield of the severa
varieties of ..garden truck would astonisl
, some of the Yanks. In the way of water
melons he has no less than three patches
hundreds and hundreds in each-enOugI
to supply the whole valley. apparently.
large. red cored. luscious melons. tim
make ones mouth water to look at. IL
is building fine addition to his residence
and when finished he will have NOR
room than many of the hotels in Oregon
The cosy residence is on the apex of tn
> high ridge running across the prairie, an
gives fine view of Albany and the height
beyond The Santiam Canal that run
but a short distance south OF his place
affords splendid opportunity for irrigH
ton, and will enable him to raise the bes
of vegetables. and especially small fruit
in the Glryest season. The Canal is a ''bi
!, thing indeed to those owning land alon
ITS borders. Mr.. Hale is a genial. we
informed gentleman, and therefore hs
n been and will continue TO be successful
"a his chosen pursuit. We shall rememb'
our visit TO his pleasant place, a few da,
:, since. with pleasure.
10 We intend to he out among the foil
III and shaE take pleasure i'm noticing Il
genen-al outlook as we move along