Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-10
A JOURNAL wHEhLMANl
Reports dis Progress On the Good
Roads Cause.

mas kept IL so close JuhJ lew nave bus-
pected IT, Here met one OF The
JOURNALS former typo. Then Miss
Mary Fisher She IL now married and
engaged In gardening and poultry rails
ing bat her husband Is still engaged in
newspaper work at Salem. They haye
a beautiful home here.
The road supervisor at Marlon|has
just graded up about mile of road
running east that is the most serviceabe
piece Of work that / have seen since
leaving Multnomah county. IL has a
rise from outside t) center Of about six
or eight inches aud almost a perfect
curve. 1t has not worn down well
yet, but / predict that this will coon
be the best road In the district; aud
there Is no danger of a vehicle turning
over II driven a little to one side of the
center, as on many Of the socalled
graded roads.
saw some very poor fields Of hops
In that section, aud lots OF corn yellow
and needing sunshine. | met the gem
lRl correspondent Of The JOURNAL
here and found him to be progressive
farmer. One OF THE JOURNALS sub
scribers, Mr.. Norton, ls making jersey
butter and wants to trade some to The
JOURNAL force for subscription, and ns
he can deliver at Salem for 10 cents per
pound, / think we can trade. / find
hundreds with all KINDS OF needed
products Of this kind TO dispose Of and
in need OF what We have to sell, but
made to sell for any price ct all Ia
money. The road from Marion to JEFF
ferson is pretty fair; but some bad spots.
The road follows around the points Of
the hills near the railroad, and there is
quite . lot OF rocky land with some
very rich farm land In spots.
Jefferson is q thriving village Of
about 500 inhabitants. The people are
we'll supplied with bieycles-l9 In the
placa and more coming. There are
only few lady riders, among whom
10 the: e:lady who presides over the Jefier.
son hotel. II. b. Burrows and q. B.
Hoyt are enterprising wheelmen who
read THE CAPITAL JOURNAL.
Lebanon, In Linnl lcounty was the
next point on my road and here l ran
into crowd. OF multiplied thousands
OF the members, families ana friends Of
the different fratsrnal orders; Masons,
Old Fellows, Workmen, Woodmeu,
sto,, congregateditogether to eat, drink
aud bs merry. There were several
bands playing for points and a prize,
and as they were all 30 good / don't
SEQ how the Judges could decide which
was best. Among the speakers / no.
ticed Mr.. q, NJ. Irwin, who believe
carried on the prize M speaker The
trial. OF speed aud endurance betwe's
the hose teams on Maln street was eI
oelient aud the Lebanon team goa the
prize, although the Albany team made
a better run but little slip on the hose
coupling knocked them out. The TAT
folks did not run but the bicycles did,
aud made good time, considering
the lraok which Was not as
good ~ al ordinary road. think
the winner made 2B time. Your
seTlbs took run o. MI up.a team but
lhs nAn nest mo Fan around Ia front
ai tho start and laid down IN
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aud his machine aud went sslllng iu
the AiT quite . distance, but ! wanted
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