The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-26
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UNCLE DAVE.

On Monday last the editor of The GAZETTE
was gladdened by the arrival of his uncle
Dave. with whom three pleasant months
were spent in the seclusion of his mountain
home, in Lane county. early last spring.
For those interested in reminiscence of
the pioneers of Oregon we produce a short
sketch of his career and hope onr readers
will find therein something of interest. 1t
has been said that ''tnere is no sweetness in
a cabbage twice boiled, nor in tale twice
late the story so often told of the hardships
endured by that progressive element which
opened up the pathway of civilization and
made it possible for we of younger genera.
tions to enjoy "all the comforts of home" in
this most fertile garden spot of Gods plan.
tation. Our subject. Mr.. David Kitson,
was born near Hamilton, Ontario, Feb. I6.
1926, and at an early age came with his
parents to the United States, locating near
Dayton, Ohio, soon afterward moving to
Northern Indiana, where he received COM
mon school education, after which he was
apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade,
and became finished workman
As early as the year 1916 he hnd decided
to make Oregon his future home, but owing
to failure to complete the organization of
an overland party, his egress was delayed
until the summer of 1851. The "train"
with which he made the journey started
from Springfield, Illinois, aud consumed six
months and nine days time in reaching
Oregon City, then the metropolis of this
great state. Since Mr.. Kitsons residence
in Oregon he has been engaged in varied
pursuits, such as mining, carpentering, both
as contractor and builder, bridge building
and cabinet and wagon making, the most of
his operations having been in the regions of
Corvallis, Salem, Albany and Eugene CITY,
where he is known by many of the older in.
habitants. Politically, he was born dem
ocrat, with which party he affiliated until
1859, when the attitude of the slavery uues-
tion, together with local matters. caused
him to be redeemed from what he then saw
to be the path of error and since has been
an ardent supporter of the principles of the
republican party.
About eighteen years ago he located a
southeast of Eugene City, near the Will
lamette river, on which was found a mineral
spring that has since proved of great bene-
fit to its many visitors who were afflicted
with bodily ailments. This spring is said
by those who have used both to be superior
In its functions to the Justly celebrated
mineral springs at Hot Springs, Ark. and
which, as analyzed and reported to the Ore.
gon State Medical society, by it's special
committee on mineral water during it's
session in Portland some years ago, was
found to contain the following chemical
proportions to the gallon:
Total mineral matter a1A orains
Caciium chloride e...................... 64 grains
Sodlnm cnlorlde. -....................20 .20s grains
other iii'aI1er ~ grains
The temperature of the water is ia de
grees, Fahrenheit, with large and steady
flow. Mr.. Kltson has expended a great
deal of time and money to prepare this
spring for the service of the public by
erecting commodIous bath-house sufficient
for the accommodation of from two to three
hundred bathers per day. In addition
there has been constructed comfortable
two-story hotel and several cottages and
necessary conveniences, besides a commo-
dious and Well-kept camping ground. The
surroundings of this shady mountain
A.oS-~
retreat for the invalid, while those who de.
light In true sport can find ample satisfac-
tlon IN angling for the sportive trout which
abound In the delightful stream that courses
near by, and short stroll up the mountain
side soon brings the hunter to his paradise
where deer, bear and other large game roam
the forests in profusion.
During the summer Kitson's mineral
springs are of easy access, the route from
Eugene being that of the old military
| road, which is said to be by far the best
mountain road in this section of the coun-
try, and hundreds who have made the Jour
ney speak in high praises of what they
found at the end thereof after thorough
test. Rheumatic troubles, chronic, female
and cutaneous diseases have never failed te
be benefited, and Mr.. Kitson is expecting 8
largely increased number of visitors tnis
year over those of the past.
While here he is renewing old aequaint-
| ances and enjoying the pleasures of the so
ciety of bis friends.