The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-01-30

In the Charlotte, Michigan, Tribune, ,ol
January l4th, the DeMocRAr finds ths
following from the pen Of Alice @. Love
wife Of Mr.. Love, tho druggist, recently
with q. L. Blackman. II Is very bright
literary production, which our citizens
win read with interest:
ALBANY, OnEuos, Nov. 81, 1890.
have now been Ia this glorious land
OF sunshine and flowers nearly four weeks
left Charlotte at noon on Wednesday
Oct END, and arrived IN Albany Oregon
the following Monday
The weather here Is very warm and
bright with sunshine. In the yards arc
roses. cryaanthemums and an endless
variety OF other flowers. Great creamy
white roses, dark, damask lovely pinks
and yellow roses, all mass Of bloom and
beauty, though now the latter part ol
November. potted plants are still left
ON the porches or out OF doors. For flow-
ers and fruit the Willamette valley IL the
Mecca" ol the West. This valley varies
| from ten 10 forty miles In width and ID
one hundred in length. Many apples
and pears still remain uagathered, there
being no danger Of freezing. fnever saw
such large, fine pears and apples, mellow,
juicy and Of delicious flavor. came too
late 10 sample the plums aud cherries,
but the residents here say that cherries
grow 10 the size of ordinary plnms aud
are not sour, as are eastern cherries, but
more like u peach as regards the firm.
ness OF the meat, while piuna grow to
the size of peaches aud are perfection Ia
flavor. In the West Shore" | read a
description by + w Alien OF plum tree
on his place, In It's third bearing year. II
bore this year over three hundred pounds
oi fruit. lie says: Two thirds Of the
plums would go over two, pounda TO
every ten pluus." lie adds: $40
resident east this may sound little tiNhy
vet, IL told 10 nn audience oi one hundred
fruit growers Ia Oregon they would won-
der why was occupying their time tell
ing OF so common an occurrence"
came 20 recently that the climate could
not affect me so seriously in so short
time, so whatever | say you can accept
as facts. Albany claims seven thousand
inhabitants.
The Willamette, large and BEAUTIFUL
river, with water clear as crystal, lies on
the north side Of the city. The Calapoa
flows through the western part. Then
there Ia canal running all over the
town, mean IL Is conducted all over the
town aud furnishes water power for the
several mills and factories. The city
water works obtain all tile water for
fighting iires and all other purposes from
this canal. / supposed canals were
bitches filled with dirty sluggish water.
Imagine my surprise on seeing for the
first time a canal, TO behold stream Of
clear water with rapid current moving
80 swiftly as TO form ripplcs and little
waves on It's surface. The canal conducts
the water from the Santa Anna river,
mountain stream,a distance OF ten miles,
before IL reaches Albany. Albany might
we'll be called city of churches. With
In radius OF two blocks from where We
live are seven churches. Services were
held in the universalist church on Mo-
vember 9th for the first time. The ex-
pense of building the entire church,
furnishing IL with organ, chairs and
electric lights and all elae was borne by
one man, Dir Pierce, Of this place. He
purchased the land and after the church
was built furnished walks completed.
lawn seeded down. everything furnished,
he then presented the property to the
UniyersaIist Society, Of Oregon. grand
gift 10 the society aud the church aud an
honor 10 the city. Albany has public
school, a college and school for girls.
conducted by the Catholics, known as
the sisters school," We have street
cars and electric lights, but strange TO
say. there Is no telephone In the city.
The weather so far has been just perfect,
cool mornings with warm, bright sun all
day. The air Is so Iull OF invigorafion
that 10 inhale IL brings sense Of pleae-
generally three months Of rainy weather,
with cool dry summers IL the climate OF
Oregon.
The people here are very social and
try 10 make q stranger feel at home. but
| realize that no place can quite be Char
lotte 10 me.