The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-01-23
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tended lstter from Mary Wager Fisher
OH her recent transcontlnental trip
h rough the Willamette Valley. II
interesting 10 see how ether people see
us. After notice sf Eugene she takes
occasion % remark that she had not
tasted Oregon butter that was coed
poor woman That was because she
ate at hotslS, where the world over enc
rarely finds palatabls butter. We could
psint her TO many gilt edged butter
makers in our midst equal 20 any We
ever knsw ia butter making New
York.
She says: "rhs prsttlest part OF the |
valley thought lay between Eugene
and Albany, the mountain scsnsry be.
Ing sbarmIngly diversified but at al
most any point In the Willamette or
Umpqua, the country was sufficiently
attractive, from an agricultural stand
Pslnt, 70 suit the most eKactlng, and
before We had left the valley, We had
In fancy sought q plantation and 10
Gated ourselves uPsn II. Our stage
ride from Albany 10 Corvallis was de-
eidsdIy 0xhiIarAtlnE. for tho driver al
lowed Us all 10 sit upon the seat with
him, aad he drove his four horses at q
galloplng gait. cracking his whip with
great gusto. We crossed the VII
lamst.s on . ferry propelled by the
river current simply. We had several
hours Of daylight at Corvallis, which Is
regarded a. . place OF more than or
dInary promise. Nearly all the tswas
Alosg the Willamette have Touring
mills, which turn the immense crop Of
wheat isto -four for proportionateIy
cheaper transportation. Tie State As-
rIcul,urai College Is At Corvallis, but IL
was after school hours when we reach
ed the bulldiRE. where we found no
sns but . Chlnaman, slssplng. There
was nething attractive ab0ut the col
lege-no trees. no flowers. nc beautiful
ly kept grass. At the hotel al Corvallis,
We had the best food We ha as while In
Oregon 10 had such . homelike taste
and we much enjoyed II, that vsutur-
ed 70 speak OF her table to tbs lAndlady
who supsrIntendsd IL personally
whereupon sine told mo that her cool
aud all her kiteh en- help we're China
men that she paid her cook $40 {
week, and the tive others IS dollar
each /; that 1t woHld be impossible &
keep . hotel on this coGst withou
Chinese help, a. It was the ouly kin
that could BE depended upon-whii
cssks would 60 OF on a drunk, and q
for women, they couldn't be hired 9
all In this town we ate OF the famou
Oregon prunes, sudIng them fairl
Gosd. Facilities for properly dryin
them have net yet become genera, an
o. TO add q profitable market for all kind
sffArm products, is, and must be. Il
some time to come, q serious qusstio
fer producers But 30 long as orsgo
and Washington import butter irol
!. California. lard and dried Lssf fro
Chicago, there is an opportunity f
that much improvement At lsal
There can be ne reasonable doubt b
4 bu8b III TIC 0A
would make money IL he turned b
attention to o variety Of prsduc O.
egEs. butter, pigs, stock. etc, Some
the farms on the west side Of the riv
were rather better titled than any '
saw on the east, and we saw heaps
manure In few fields, and apple trs
planted along the roadside fences. II
- fruit raised in Oregon is unquestlonab
very fac, and the fame Of its cherri
equals that of its plums, pears aud q
pies. The climate 10 mild, and la
In Corvallis wondered how people
New York and Pennsylvania manag
to keep warm during the long. cC
WINTERS. We asksd several conducts
concerning im migration, and the /
variable reply was that rs many p
ties returned East a. come here, q
they seemed to regard the majority
persons moving here with their faI
lies from such States rs Psnnsylvar
and Illinois, as little short Of feols
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