Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-06-17
The Journal Mans Notes on
the Rail.
A FLYING TOUR To YAQTEA
That Leaves You Hanging on
the Top cS ,he Mountains.
Up THE EVERGREEN vALLEl.

landscape, hedged with q border OF
evergreen forest and the blue smoky
Cascade mountains in the east.
Cray cloud-hanks rest stationary in
the upper air. That is one peculiar
ity of this country. The say al
ways presents magical floating APP
pcarance, as tho it were composed
of painted clouds upon n heaven of
canvas. In the eastern states the
cloud fields are on the move, inn
PEELED by stiff gales in the upper re-
gion that race the cloud-ships across
the continent from 40 to 100 miles
an hour. In this valley, when not
impelled by the stiff western sea-
breeze from the Pacific, they lie
still like herds at MONDAY in the
meadows.
We passed a peach nursery where
an enterprising man was engaged
/ in rearing a few million fruit trees.
He drove his cayuse mare with u
loose rein, the traces dangling at
her heels. A sucking colt was TAX
ing lessons in horticulture aud put
ting in his spare moments at the
end of the rows quaffing the staff of
life from natures equine dairy.
AT ALBANY.
We dine, and get glimpses of
spreading vis,as of cottages, city
spreading over an excellent town
site. The editor of the Democrat
met us on the platform, happy
grin on his face. Like many of his
race, he has not taken much nour-
ishment since election. The Albany
railroad house sets good table,
disdainine style, empty dishes and
diruy food. The cook is white
man aided by two Chinese scullions.
There is plenty of good food, the ta-
bles are snowy and the dishes shin
ing.
There was actual cream and the
butter had not that ancient perfume
sometime noticeable in hotels. The
number of dogs about the place was
limited. The chief clerk is sub
stantial looking Oregon woman.
Al least she took our change.
TRYING TO MAKE THE TRAIN.
A drunken man went staggering
down the track AS we pulled into
Albany. He was getting away from
the depot about as fist as his uncer-
tain legs could carry him, aud
imagined he was going toward the
depot. He walked over the open
Ties of culvert and then fel! fiat on
the level track. Several men rush
ed after him and before they over
took HIM he was again on his feet,
going cock-sure, deud-heat for that
train, which was every minute liable
20 run over him. He saw the men
were close 20 him and flew the track,
plun9ing headlong down twenty
foot slope, sliding over the ground
ON his face ina way that a sober
man would hot want To undertake
for 5000. a priest raised him up,
put his hat on his head and he start
ed down town with IA bacchanaian
striGe, without IA scratch:
"I'll make that train (hic) er bust"
was the last we heard of him.
"sALEM'S GRowINGw
so! yes; Sa!em's growing. She
hasn't any boom but she grows. If
she hadn't Stacked up from the wPy
she was going last fall, she'd be rs
big as Portland now.n
This was the talk of n couple of
strangers in the passenger depot.
1t is the talk everywhere, salem is
going to be big city. No one has
any remarks to make that are un-
favorable 10 Salem. Her character
is fixed, her reputation Is good, the
future will bring the greatness. The
decade from 1890 to 1900 will see q
remarkable growth of American
cities, and Salem will be one of
them. She is not noisy as some, but
her growth is steady and sure.
rhcre is 30 mushroom or bombast
about it. No Los Angeles rainbow
pros perity.
80 ENCITEMENTS.
"Have you any eXcltcments tC
offer along the road?' We asked the
conductor.
"Well, nothing, unIes~ il he q
-ma-h-up, said he.
"Plea,e put Us onto it at the ear
lic-t possible moment We said, IL
such bcsccching manner that lac
, al once consented 20 accommodate
u.. He was an obli.ing official anC
would go 10 any length 10 make m,
trip an interesting one, even II h'
had 90 run the train in the ditch.
CORVALLIS
h ono Oh the loveliest aud mos
slightly cities IN the valley. Th'
, fields look a dark green, and the
, foothills rise in rich grandeur Of fol
iage. Twenty miles away rise
- Mary's Peak, it, snowy top over
T hung with clouds, one ofthe finest o
i the coast range, II j. a lovely camp
E ing ground and could Craze thOus
auds Of sheep aud cattle. Here th
se.a-breeze strikes pretty squaTel
/ aud at Corvallis new people nee
: overcpais Of evenings Ia publ