The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-28
AMONG THE FARMERS.
Travelling Correspondents Visits
Hill Ranches-Note and
Comment.

Hill Ranches-Note and
Comment.
w. S. Tomlinson is successful far
mer living on the farm of old Judge
Guyles, whose daughter is Mr.. Tomlin-
sons wife. Ye scribe was royalty enter
tanned by these people at dinner and
their home life was enjoyed for couple
of hours. One loves to inger in such
home, for love dwells there and comfort
and peace are its happy companions.
Mrs. Bertha Ridders, widow living a
little below Mr.. Tomlinso'ns, has a fine
home and an excellent farm. She super
intends her Broad acres and devotes her
life to the care of helpless, invalid
daughter, who has been bedfast for over
two years. This patient mother, who is
not young. cheerfully takes the burdens
of life and hopes for rest in the ''be-
yond'' for hcr weary hands and tired
feet. Here is case of motherly devo-
ton, love and care that causes one to feel
that he is OH holy ground. None but
mother can know the anxious days of
trial, care and sorrow that are spent in
ministering to the wants of this invalid
daughter. May He who paints the lilies
of the field with the beautiful tints of
color, who cares for the chirping spar
row and watches over I'll our ways,
smooth the dying pillow of the daughter,
aId comfort the broken heart of the
mother, is our hope.
]. A. Carter is a successful merchant at
Wells, whose hand we grasped and felt
that we were holding the palm of an
honest man. We also met one of the
successful farmers near Wells, F. w.
Dodcle, who has fine farm we'll stock
ed and we'll titled. Mr.. Dodele is a man
of affairs and reasons for himself. He is
intelligent and active, influential and
popul ar, and deservedly 81.
c. N, Stewart, commonly called "Cal,"
is full of enthusiasm and hope for the
future and prosperity for all.
Very likely the writer has omitted
some names which he would gladly re-
call. Such omissions, if any there be,
were not intended.
We noticed, especially, the politeness
and courtesy everywhere extended to us,
the hopeful expressions for the future,
the belief in bountiful harvest and good
prices and the entire confidence express
ed OF the early return of prosperity.
Not one acre of poor grain was seen on
the trip of three days and the faces of
the persons we met were all wreathed
with smiles.
Fruit trees are in fine condition and
are generally loaded with fruit. With
only few exceptions, all orchards are
looking better thai ever before, due
largely to the more intelligent care that
they are receiving than heretofore.
The region gone over is very we'll
adopted to fruit growing and large guam
titles will be harvested this autumn if
present impressions are at all reliable.
&, The section travelled over is one of the
bet in Benton county and in few years
will be shipping fruit by train loads.
was uniformly well treated and it has
been a very great pleasure for me to re-
new old acquaintances and make so many
new ones.
STILL ON FHF WING.
met, near Wells, A. G. Williamson,
whose farm shows the effects of skillful
and intelligent effort.
In Kings Valley, saw the old pio-
neer, Gabriel Long, several of the
Chambers boys, A. c. Miller, Dick and
James Dunn, Mr.. Cady, Perry Eddy, Mr..
Watson, James Plunkett, Sam King and
family and H. H. Glassford, all of whom
hope and courage for the fu-
ture. Many seemed anxious to have the
tariff bill passed soon, that the Cuban in
surgents be recognized by the United
States and expressed sympathy for the
Greeks.
was told by prominent citizen of
Wells that the lane leading from that
place west into the county road running
from Corvallis to Monmouth, as we'll as
portion of the latter, was not worked at
all last year, and so far this year nothing
has been done. Who is to blame, the
writer does not know, but one thing is
places have been impassi-
BILE during the past winter. Many teams
were stalled, rigs and harness broken,
and the air for miles so impregnated
with the sulphurous fumes resulting from
the profanity of the luckless wights who
were compelled to travel over these
places, that vegetation looks siekly, the
only place so affected in the entire north
half of the county.
stopped over night with T. c. Baker,
who is jolly and full of energy and the
owner of a 13oo-acre stock ranch. In
BIodgett valley was entertained by w.
A. Gellatly and wife. Will owns stock
and grain ranch of about 1900 acres and
leases another large farm. He has 600
acres in grain, which is all looking well
and his sheep and cattle are in fine con-
ditien. Everything on the ranch goes
on like clock work.
Also saw Isaac Norton and sons. Ned
Simmons and the Nortons were making
road. Passed Underhill's and Bob Nc
Farland's places, but both were on the
back part of their ranches, building