Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-29
CITY.
A journal Writer At shs Metropolis
Of the Upper Valley.

The city Or Eugene was iUspeotsu Ny
a IoussAs writer Saturday. This
queen Of the college cities Of Oregon
bears Inspe1tion well II IL not 80 com
pletely q Presby terian town % Albany
although the Cumberland Presbyterian
have here the most beautiful modern
church of that denomination on the
coast, and will next year entertain the
general assembly Of that denomination.
Eugene will then bestir herself to send
abroad over the whole Of this continent
the enyisble reputation which she al
ready bears In this state, for whole
souled hospitality to strangers, ana
complete absence of religious or social
annishness of any sort whatsoever
among her own people. Alderman
Klein, who Is staunch Salemite, lived
In all three towns long enough to know.
He says he prefers Eugene socially,
though In business way 1t Is not equal
to Albany, and in growth and enter
prise is far behind the Capital City.
THE SCENERY
Of the upper valley is noted for It's soft
and charming effects. The Cascade
ranges are nearer by. Individual
buttes stand out in all shapes. reveal
ing cosy valleys among the foothills.
The Coast mountains are veiled In blue.
Wild roses and heur de lis spangle the
fields on every side. The meadows In
many places are striped with yellew
and white, alternating bands Of the
waxiest buttercups and snowiest candy
tuft, with here and there great splashes
of California poppies. Every shade of
green may be seen from the pale ex-
panse Of oat fields to the darkest blue
of fir forest crowning the tops of the
mountains where they melt away In
the mists of cloudland.
SOME sALEMITEs.
Several Salem men are here. N r..
Gaylord runs the boss music house,
and F. J. Catterlin leads in photo
graphy. He struck the town with a
free baby picture offer and all the in
fants In seven miles around were on
hand to be flashed. The block was
surrounded with perambulators and
the advertisement has flooded bis gal
lery with business. Several merchants
have caught on and baby days will be
regular feature 30 long as the mamas
can stand it..
r. H. Miller and his son, Bert, are
on the Guard force. Mayor 8. H.
Friendly, who is almost as much Sa'
lem as Eugene man, seems to rule bis
city with friendly hand. He Is more
of a good fellow than ruler and his
wife and daughters are an acknowl
edged social force.
The roses are all In bloom at Eugene
veranda after veranda are submerged
In the beautiful yellowish blush, or cop
per as It is called, a climber peculiar t.
the University City.
Mr.. Bailey, Wisconsin man wht
has put $4,000 into Siuslaw logging
operations and who has big fortune
In timber lands. hitched onto his car
riage and for two hours we wer'
whirled oyer the miles of well gravelleC
streets from the beautiful state univer
sity grounds to Shelton Park, sur
mounted by the college observatory
The valley here Is about twenty miie'
wide from the Coast range to the Cas-
cade mountains. 1t Is q rich fruit, hoI
and farming region and lands are RAP
idly increasing In value.
Mr.. Coolidge, clerk of the state boart
Of equalization, is an enthusiastic straw
berry and grape grower. He has near
ly every variety of both, including re
cent importatiops of the latter from
Persia. His farm, two miles from tb'
city, Is well worth visit from any hor
ticulturist. Joe Du Bois, well known
In Salem, runs the Hoffman house In ,
manner not discreditable to the fam,
OF the old New York hostlery it Il
named after. Joe and his sons ar,
pleasant 10 their guests and serve cut
Of steak unequalled in Oregon.
"PATIENCE"
was the very appropriate motto In
scrlbed In large letters on the sides o
all the street cars drawn by single
mule driven by the traditional coloret
man. We didn't know at first whether
II was the name OF the company or the
prevailing sentiment Of the communi
ty. Later we learned that the comic
opera was advertised In that way to bs
produced by home talent at the opers
house that evening. The ladies went
to see II and were well repaid by the
presentation. II was given under the
auspices of some church. The twenty
lovesick maidens displayed their
charms in and out Of China silk, and
whenever the orchestra struck up