The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-07

Rer9ratiy comes 10 anything. Last luesdhy
morning at promptly o'clock, 10 crisp 50'
atmosphere. the twine biader horse Of Peters
4 Stewart, ey.Couniy Clerk Stewart aud a
DgMocnAT man. began an overland trip, which
: finally, and atrstnuintcntionaI III terminated
!. at the latter place Being through one Of the
most interesting parts Of Linn county. made
! famous by tradition and solid history, in the
present case cf scarcity Of accidents aud
J other startling events, an sccount Of the ad.
ventures and sights sseD on the trip may
prove OF intere to many. though IL msy not
oyercons any either with mirtb or melan.
choIy. Filled with the fresb morning air We
became inspired with the fact that along this
. rout was located SEINE of The mo.t
TnKrFrY nss COUNTY FARMERS,
the Geissndohcr's, BnFkbart's, Propsts,
Paul's. Conn's, etc cling noticeable 10 this
respect. their thrift being characterized BY
vel kept buildings, fences a1d machines, and
energy in harvesting and marketing their
wheat A little inqnisitiyenesa dig"jged the
fact that the whole Of the wheat yield Of Mr.
Frank Propst averaged about 2J bushels, the
fall wheat averaging 30 aud the spring wheat
about lS. that Of the Conn Brothers averaged
81 30 IL said though thSt, like others, they
counted ton many chickens beiore baud,
having previously estimated il at over 40
busheIr.
Abou: i've NIL. from Albany, on tie
right,
LONESOME LOOKING CHIasEY
stood alone. Saturday = large. pleasant house
surrounded 1t. THIS was al the fire fiend left
OF tho home Of ,,ay Parrish. the family Of
whom at this iin,e seemed 80 be making the
beat Of IL in couple OF neat looking tents.
Mr. Parrish is entitled to the sympathy Of
all il this misfortune. Nine miles fran Al
; bauy ths wrecked
sAsbERsos BEIDgg,
across the Santism was about TO run
against US. bat by road switched Us 81 into
, tho stoay bed Of the river, which We crossed
several rolls ielow this immense monument
! Of accidents and adverse criticism. the hubs
OF the carriage only getting sprinklsd in the
that on our return We stopped at the east
end, where seven men. including st John q
u Stone. the contractors, were making new
6 approach TO the bridge. at the time being Al
= work on = peer, . few feet from the excavA.ed
!. bank. They freely expressed the opinion that
!. without breakwate just south Of tho bridge
I. the approach would again be undermined
!, aud swept away, and expresse in most EN-
= phstic language their surprise at the bapl
!. being ordered excavAted. a. il oniy gave th'
a water an additional opportunity to worl
II against the lard aud under the peer. All thi
3 time the old $1,000 tumbled down breakwnte
loomed ominously up several hundred yard
TO the south. Mind. we oaly tell what W
,g heard. We arc not bridge maker howeve
Ie much Of bridge We are accused OF having o
Q our nasal proboscis. Some distance beyons
the bridge stretching over two miles alon
h. the road is the
Dn 1900 ACRE YARN
~ OF William Paul, one of the solid men, n
.rs well as most enthusiastic Republicans, Of th
he Forks Mr. Paul makea . speciality OF raisin
p hax for its seed, for which he has a stead
Isr and reliable market at about dollar and
:" half bushel. An acre yields all the way fro
he ten to twenty bushels, which would p'
'aI much more money in it than in wheat. Cros
Ls ing this large farm is the noieFious Beav
Slough. which Mr. Paul was TO have the Sta
drain should he be elected to the Legislature
As all Linn county people know. he was n
elected. and the slough remains as an in
posing obe;isk to the fact
SixTEES MILES AWAY
the adjoining farms of Quincy Croomp Al
the Mr. Compton were reached and here an no
was spent while Mr. Stewart attended to bu
the ness These gentlemen with Mr. Durthi
. recently purchased 3 j Case thresher a
boz experienced no trouble in convincing Nj
''e' that they were astonishing the neighborho
with its splendid work. A great desire
II see
hen EX-coVSTY rREAsuRER rEERY
Induced us TO continue the journey two mi
farther, which brought us after several {
al counters with gates, in manipulating whi
and tue Dhhoei'A' 'iau oseA"is oApe' ~ o.'
a. Ave, in the eastern suoerbs OF Chick
Bristle, We already having left the imposi
structure known as the post office some di
tance in the rear. Knowing that Mr. Pee
:, lived in this part of the city, after some
. quiry we found his house, but only to
,an informed by Mrs F. that her husband wal
s,a mile and u hall beyond, at Mr. Cyrus faTl
Es. Following her instructions, now that we We
civ in for it, We passed through several mC
ted gatep, crossed Ciabtree Creek, turned to
yon right, then to the Left, passed through
ouy old swamp, and found ourselves
wiz AT THE VERY TOE
Of the Cascade Mountains, surrounded
Arnold & Compton's threshing crew, Buff
. ;, Pitts thresher, q inch, 10 years old, tifte
hands, among others. besides Mr. Cyrus,
Peery and son. being Charlie Croomb, Char
Craft, Mr. Layton and Seth. we did not les
his end name yield Of oats about 20 bush
~. to the acre. Mr Perry and his father
law, Mr. Cyrus, extended us hearty W
come. and as well, at the proper time, an
vitation to dinner, which was accepted "
electrified speed. We have thought of
matter seriously sirce, and know that it J
not Lecause ve were nearly starved, that
tory dinner which followed tasted better to
'hree than any picnic affair Of our hoyhood. w
new we fail to count on both hands the m
For .rlara;al,, coot al tlisbes set before ns.
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