The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-07-17

liver valleys and back. AT places the
engineers skill Ii exhibited 10 the ascent
Of mountains, rising at times at the
rate Of l35 feet to the mile, and wind.
ing around suoh sharp curves, and skirt
ing the edges Of such precipioea that
onlv the profession Of the art OF rail-
road building made road possible. AZ
times we could look down upon the
tops of lofty pines, and Mt that elevation
with scream Of the locomotive whistle
our trsin would round q curve and
plunge into tunnel, thrse thousand
feet long When about 10 enter tnn-
mel the ocder was given "for each man
70 sit with his own wife, and the preach
ers to 60 to the smoker" The cost Of
constructing the Oregon 4 California
Railroad was very heavy and It's opera
ton Is not now very profitable, but by
building one hundred miles south from
It's present terminus, Ashland, II will
connect with system Of railroads out
from San Francisco, and vast quantities
OF freight will be shipped out Of the
Willamette valley and make the road o
very profitable one.
Mr.. A. Brandt, the general superin-
tendent Of the road, had charge of our
train and looked after our comfort and
safety on tho trip. The association
gave Mr.. Brandt handsome gold head
ed cane to remember uu by, and ~ q
slight token OF our appreciation Of cour.
tesies extended to MS by him and the
company be represents.
This valley is a good place for men of
some means who are looking for an
even, mild and healthful climate, where
q good living eau be made by reason-
able exertion but IL is not good
place for men 20 go to who have no
means aud are compelled 70 support
their families by their unaidod labor.
In fact as rnle Oregon and Washing
ton Territory do not offer inducements
that should make poor man, without
more money than Is necessary to get
bis family there, leave tbs states. He
is better of in Iowa than Oregon, and
my advice to the laboring man 10 to
stay at home. What these states most
need is capital for the development Of
their resources of minerals and timber.
A man who has from i've Thousand dol.
lars upward, will fnd excellent oppor-
tunities in these states, hut IL Is not
the place tor lahoriog men,"
The editor Of the Dallas Center Globe
was evidently ssleep.--Hexr bin:
We arrived at East Portland at one
foclock p. M, and met most generous
reception BY her citizens with boat and
carriages at our command, and we are
in fact rather the guests Of her citizens
for the coming week than otherwise.
la the meantime visiting Tacoma and
Seattle in Washington Territory, then
returning 60 mp the Willamette valley
to Ashland near the California line, re-
turning by different route part OF the
way, then by steamer to Astoria, and
Monday next start for Walla Walla and
Dayton and then we turn towards home
As far as we have now gone We have
seen the rough places including gorges
and canyons, the sage brush and the
barren alkali countries, the sand and
the rocky river and other blufTs. but
not the farming country IL they have
any to any great extent"
The OsklOosa Messenger man evident
ly had on pair Of Iowa spectaclss, for
this is the way be talks
Portland Is situated on O plain on
the banks of the Columbia river and
back from the city in every direction
arc high hills covered with pine trees.
Business there is at q standstiIl; Chi
nsmen do all the manual labor and cap.
italists are about the only people that
live there many empty store rooms
are on all the streets AMI about every
other store is saloon. This ia no place
for poor man and the only inducement
for the rich is the fine climate. Hotels
do well here from the number Of pleas
ure seekers that come to spend the
different seasons. The whole street is
run by Chinamen.they have their stores,
gambling dens, theaters, doctors. shops,
laundries, etc. The population of Port
land is at present. $4,000, and it would
be safe 10 say one-tourth Of these are
Cinnamon, No wonder the west OPP
pose the importation Of Chinese labor,
it Ia right the dirty things work for
so cents day, thus destroying wages
for white or any other kind Of "a man.
If they were only decent and would de-
mand big wages it would be aII right,
but they will not ard have thus become
the drawback of ell the vast western
cities. Other portions of the city are
beautiful, many fine residences add
beauty to the paved shady Streets"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette takes q
view Of the country and gives its i'm
pressions as follows:
"a short ride then took the party tc
Huntington whore connection was
made with the Oregon R'y Il Navl
cation company, and the journey
through Oregon was continued. Ba.
ker City, magnificent place Of q, ZOO
inhabitants wss reached for supper on
the evening OF the 18th. Carriages
were furnished to take The entire
party from the depot to the hotel, a
distance Of fully a mile, and It was
done easily. Many OF the rigs came
from ten or fifteen miles In tho coun.
try, and everybody seemed anxious
to do something to make the Iowans
happy. Graves, the evangelist, wae
at work there. One of our party,
Artz, of the Gravity Express, got left
at this place, and he was called the
"Lost Arts" after that, but he located
a mine that shows good specimen: