Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-17
STILL ROLLING ON
A journal 5000 Mile Man on the
Road.

Road.
ON 1HE ROAD, June a. Leaving
Waterloo Oh the morning oftbe 10Th
ran down TO within about two miles +
Lebanon, and started south to Browns
vile, passing east over Peterson's
butte, over a very slight rise OF ground,
yet the butte or butte IL about 1000 feet
high. There are several Of these pc
culiar looking hills Ia this part Of Linn
county, and must have been parts of
some gravel avalanche when the lowest
o. the Cascades were taller thau MI.
Hood Is now. Many Of them are now
surrounded by level plains, and tower
up from 800 to 1000 feet, some being
nearly perfect cones. The roads here
are very good, except some rocky
points. The road grades have been
very we'll used, except in few places
where some supervisor in the past was
afflicted with tie house-rOof idea, but
the later work shows quite an improve
ment in this.
About noon / pulled into about the
pryttiest little town in this valley
Brownsville. 1t is built In little cove
of the foothills and on the north bank
of Calapooia creek, which furnishes
ample water power for the wooden and
Touring mills, and the manager now is
jolly Dutchman, called Jaeger. He
told me some of his funny experiences
when first coming to America, and
hunting for a job, without knowing a
word of United States, aud showed me
the inner workings of the factory. The
mills are closed down just now for some
repairs, They employ go hands in the
mills. Albert Cavender IL chief ink
singer on the "Tlmes," and keeps the
Brownsvillians up-to-date in the news.
o. p. Coshow, the rustling real estate
man and secretary of the Linn county
pioneers, is just now busy as bee get.
ting the camping place fixed up for the
meeting the pioneers, the 10th, Goth
and 2lst Of tails month. AT the store
of Geo. Dyson saw some Of the richest
specimens Of gold quartz that ever
happened to come across on this coast.
Mr.. Dyson and three Others own The
mine, which Is about 80 miles mp the
Calipoola, from Brownsville. He ssys
the ledge Is TO o feet wide, and they
have uncovered II for 1900 feet. IL
must bo a bonanza.
The road north 20 Albany IL almost
dead level, but a fool supervisor or
some one else has sign up on side
road Of "ls miles 10 Albany" and this
road led me out across u lot Of swalls
aud ended short up against one of
Of those buItes, Ia the brush. / en-.
quired Of one of the natives the wsy
out, apd, by climbing several f,nots
aud going mile or Two around tho
hill, ! got 10 the road agaiD, Som,
body please knock that sign board
down for nae, lfy0u hit the man gbo
pui II up, ! dou't care, I saw nsar lhis |
road eulysri ~ nne ~ iaoh sewer |
pips (which probably eosi ~ per fioi) /
lef exposed aud bsing broken up by /
wagon wheels, whsa feg minut,s
work would have made Il seeufe
ArnYod 81 Albany in linls for supper
~ my old fIiepds', h D. Ramp and
family, fpfMoly ~ hrauhs fiauk b
Esiliug fsl iB ihs grocery Lusinsn /
whether hs 10 gsiiipg iieh af noi i
sailed op ihs psmoerai and iisfbld
aiross apd road fbslf etehansrs. ioI
1aieh up pa ihs psss
1hs pfuslsa ls flf . 10, pn. 10 ii b.
Ialnlng hss,iiy % lbs noHb srd lhf
iiouds sn itiub hffs