The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-08-27
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4 Few well.stated Facts CO0eernIng
6e10s Her FrOApec6s, A61Vane eaEeS,
Business Men, Eae.

Business Men. RE.
Mr.. EDITOR THAT your readers may
become better acquainted with facts con-
cerning this little city, feel inclined to
write up some Of them. thus inducing
settlers TO make It their future home.
Seio was located on Thomas creek, IN
the forks of the North and South Santiam, |
and about five miles from either, some |
thirty years sgo. The country around is
very good grain and grass producing Sec
ton of The valley. 1t is sort of natural
focus for trade and exchange large dis
tance around. For a number of years past
her powers have been waning. owing to
the improved facilities for getting out OF
the forks by bridges and better roads to
Albany and Salem. Yet a large amount
OF business is left with her merchants,
nlilers and mechanics, and now that the
railroad is rushing forward at RAPID rate
and will be completed to Scio in the next
forty days, she seems to be getting up her
yonthfuIness and vigor of former days.
Every man woman and child seems to
move with increased impulse.
The warehouse and depot have been
located In the western limits, and lumber
Is now in process of delivery from Jetfrr-
son. Wheat sacks have been sent out to
the many farmers who are actively taking
them away, having full faith that the cars
will soon I've here. But aside from rail-
road consideration, Scio has many other
Inducements for settlement. The foothills
and table-lands gather closely around her,
and the green mountains rise up in grand
uer Just beyond the Sc, all covered as they
are with huge FIR trees, whilst about their
bases the young frs seem to rise up at
their feet, giving promise of renewed
future.
For the infirm and the sickly, Scio offers
many increasing hopes of recovery. The
air is pure ard the water purer still with
the many fascinating views which rise in
succession giving out the voices of many
tentler-throated birds, the soul of the lis
eener drifts away into many calm,
as yet the eyes behold in the tar away
Mount Jefferson and there remain Mount
Hood, and both eterua: giaziers, bringing
the mind back to the period when GLACIERS
hung ana foated upon these Cascades, and
these beautiful valleys, ohe latter the
bottom of seas.
Scio contains three drygoods houses
The firm of johnson & Lunn does very
heavy business. Houston s. Co. appear to
be doing very well. The same may be
said of Mr. Osborn. Chapman has opened
out a very neat family grocery. which de-
unanls good trade. Uncle Dan Is doing
business in the same line, and he makes
money by it.
This is n great place for tlacksmiths, and
we have several of them. Moses Smith
beats iron on the south side of Thomas
creek. in the Bible land of Jerco. He con-
siiers it norAGIi=honorable TO be a smith /;
neither did Elihu Burritt. Mr.. Gill, the
silent man, holds forth in sInithy on the
Jerusalem side aud the north. yet lie keeps
a careful outlook for that cardinal point OF
| the compass. even the west that West Is
| tor Garfield. however. Two houses oi
worship are we'll attended by the Method
| ist EpiScopal people. the CumberIands, the
| Outside and Missionary BaptiSts. the
Christians or CampbelIites. and perhaps
| Others. All these societies have their reg
/ ular pastors located with them in the vii
/ lage. The Sabbath School here is as good
as any In this State. The children OF al
these people attend it. and the Bible Clas;
also. Old father and elder Stipps does The
preaching for the Old School Baptis: peo
ple-talI and bending as he Is with tf'
weight of years, when in the pulpit ht
reminds me of some tall. grand old oal
tree. whose outspreading limbs are bend
ing beneath the falling snow, threatening
to break the main trunk but when looI
into his calm. blue eyes, twinkling witt
tile light OF sunshine, | forget the snow!
locks weighing him down to our mothe
earth. Again when l pass his mansion
and get sight of his two young grand d-daugtl
tiers, as so many butterflies fitting abou
the bloom so clustered In the yard. be
witching the eyes of young -. who call
them to go boat riding at the close ot TN
day when yet the sun is lowering hi
great red shield behind the coast range unt
he drops into tie calming seas. Al;
reminded tina: the old man will live yf
again.
Rev. Mr.. Hurlbert has located with I
in his own pleasant parsonage. He
very genial and popular-an able an
: faithful minister of the Methodist people
John Osborn breaches to the people Il
the Missionary Baptists. He Is a goo
! sermonizrr, and his every day life preaclI'
n his sermons over and over again.
y The friends OF the Christian order
presented Rev. Mr.. Barnes nice ar
comfortable parsonage, located not Il
e from the church. house. He Is now Settle
lin the same for two years ut least. So v
are not at fault in our religious pretenston
= The Rev. Samuel Miller holds forth f
:, the Cumberland church. and while his fl
ia so strange in its actions. putting me 10
chilly in mind OF tlse persimmon aefio
, yet there are many good traits hid de'
II away In his max mp.
4. SciO sports with three doctors. and sa'
Vi them she has no mOurners, for 1t is so III
n. lressingly healthy that no one. sicken