Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-04-26
eAUeHn FRoN THE VII
Al Interesting Acoount ofa Sunday TriP
% slveron Va . B.cycle.

Il Ton over sunday aWbeel. Ihe Old
time saying had failed and the first
Sunday after Easter in the year 1877
was the clearest. brightest, hzpplesf,
is1oshineT daT ever seen. All nature
smiled, and the pretty little town Cf
lSuverton nestled 10 the foot Of the
Waldo Hills bai on her Drettiest
yer5ure. Green waving grass, the
hun n busy bees. the sweet smell Of
fruit blossoms were everywhere.
Sflverton is not altogether an or
thodox town. The stores, excepting
the saloons, were all open for business
on Sunday. Over one Of the best look
ing buildings / noticed the sign Free
Thought Association and in Tay-
lOr's barber shUp, where had a good
ffteeu-ceut-Sunday shave, the first
paper 1 picked up was the Torch OF
Reason Of SilvertOn, q free thought
organ.
On the other hand 1 found the Lu-
theran church well filed with sturdy
Germans wOrsblping according to
their belief.
"Cyclers keep the streets" Il the
hand writing on the wall at Silver
ton The sidewalks are too precious
u be spoiled By them new tangled
machines"
Some nice stores were seen. VOLTS
general merchandise store is as spa
cious and neatly furnished and
equipped a. any store in Salem. I'D.
Guiss's new drug store, into which he
i just moving. is as neat and clean
and roomy as could be desired. The
SilvertOn Bank building is a hand
some One-stOry stone and brick struc-
ture with elegant furniture and
handsome plate glass windows.
All along Silver creek, running
through the town, could be seen men
and boys trying to coax the trout TO
rise to the fly. but they seemed lazy,
yesterday and little bait was needed
to be successful.
The road twixt here and Silyerton is
excellent for the wheel. Just dry !
enough not TO be muddy and not dry |
enough TO be dusty. A trifle jolly |
but good wheeling, AS you pass the
Fair ground you see farmers sowing |
spring grain and from there on, ten
miles, there is hardly a field In which |
some one is not either plowing or seed
ing. Even on Sunday six three horse
teams were seen at work while the sun
shone. at the half-wayhouse this is
edge Of Howell prairie we drank water
cool and clear from an old oaken |
bhcket that hung in the well and at
Howell prairie hall We ate our lunch |
and drank cool water pumped from an
old wooden pump. A quarter beyond,
the re is fork Of the road with no
sign board. Its penalty on the road
supervisor. Across Pudding river bot
tom, quarter OF a mile, is rough for
the wheel but from there on is grand. /
Smooth and hard. Two miles this
side SilyertOn is a handsome red barn,
grand enough for a dwelling but
Just in front Of il excavations are be-
ing made for the finest mansion in the
valley. The rock for the foundation
makes hundreds OF tons and the stuct-
ure would haye been built in 80 but
for the Cleveland, gold-standard-re-
publican-follOw-up-pollcy hard times,
and may not now be built un less times
get better.
The most important thing in Silver
ton was overlooked, the Silvertou ,
band, composed Of twenty-three
pieces and well drilled was practicing
yesterday and plays for the benefit of
the people every Sunday afternoon.
II is the pride OF the town. Homer
Davenport has made il famous by
drawing a picture Of il on one Of
SOusa's great marches aud a great
composer has written a great "Quick-
'tep" and dedicated il TO the "Great
SilyertOn Band OF Oregon" No jok-
ng il is a good band and Mr.. Cooley
old me they intend TO make il second
10 none on the coast. The photo
graph OF the band recently appeared
n COnn's musical review, an honor
seldom accorded band.
i met DIR. Brooks, who seemed TO he
busy, aud Photographer Billy Jones
whose pictures show about as much
kill as one sees any where, and l was
introduced TO Dentist Blackerby
shom took TO be a good tooth puller
Without sampling his art.
Allen Forward an old college ac-
Iuaintance, was seen on the streets
md In a store was seen an original OF
Ome cartoons by Homer Davenport
md Frank Bowers, both artists
laimed by Silyerton.
Just as We left the liberal little
own took sQuint at the school a.
louSe which / believe in point OF
ize aud beauty OF architecture is
ecOnd 10 none In Salem excepting
'ossibly the East school. IL is tine =
tTucture.