The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-10-07
FRIDAY
GEO. HARRIS ATLAKEVIEW.
LAkRvIRw, Or Sept. %, 1898.

| EDITOR DEMoCRATs.
We are nov camped at the above place
having arrived here the l4th Of this
month.
We left the town OF Silver Lake on
Sept. after two weeks stay, in which
We cut anu set up on the lot where the
IS victims of the fire Of 1894 lay, l2S feet
OF stoneI curoiug, the lot being - feet
squa e.
After leaving the little town OF Silver
Lake and travelling ab ut 1 mites We
EcAme to the beach of Silver Lake. The
lake is about l2 miles long and from TO
miles wide, and is a very nice body OF
water to look upon. We travelled all the
afternoon along the leach with the hills
and mountains on our riSLtand The lake
on our Left. There are only three ranches
along the lake. We went into camp ut
she head OF the lake at deserted ranch i,
about O'Clock. Turned our horses ia
the pasture and no one kicked about il
either. The next morning, old Bill ana
Dan, having had good pasture, did not
care to leave as We intended, but We tin-
ally got started and ciinoed the noun
tain until We reached the sage brush
plain, which we 10 lowed until We
reached Summer Lake, WATCH is about Is
miles long and s mules wide, and its east
bank is as white as snow, it being a CON.
position OF borax aud alkai, its vest
bank or beach is lined with tine slocr
and fruit ranches With good improve
menta.
After leaving the lake We cruss 4 sage
brush Hat tor about miles and came TO
the town of Paisley, which is situated on
the Shewakan river. Paisley is a towu
of about 100 population, has all the mod
Ie u improvements of an Eastern Oregon
| own, viz: or ) stores, q hotel, black
smith shops, feed yards, saloon, roller
Touring mil, race track and y large s
span bI idge across tue river. Here We
cAmped one week and placed some wo. k
in the cemetery for one OF the merchants
of the place. Uns OF the greatest sights
which met our eyes here Was 100 acres
of Jack rabbits on the hill just before We
cross the river going into Paisley. There
is a neId oi barley grown by irrigation.
The barley had been cut aud tue whole
| tieid was covered with Jack RABBITS and
it was q wonderful sight to see them run.
ming in all directions, crossing the road
in front and behind us within ten feet.
After finishing our work we lett Pals
lev on the 18Th, and alter travelling about
twelve miles We struck the Moss grade.
Mr.. Moss lives here so We stopped TO
camp for the night, but Mr.. Noes did not
| see tit TO eel US any hay for our horses,
though he had i've large rieks OF hay and
TWO barns full. We went 4 mile above
and camped without hay. Inc next
| morning after ieast on melons and
crushed barley. We picked up and started
and on reaching the next ranch We tried
TO get hay Ter our horses at noon, BOT the
man would NOT sell Us pound but would
put our horses in the stable and feed
them wild hay for the small sum of T5c.
We concluded 70 not stop so at O'Clock
1 We arrived at this place and went into
camp and are still here.
Lakeview lis q very nice place. 1t 10
four miles from the lake with wide val.
ley spreading off to the west and the
hill and mountains towering hundreds Of
| feet above the town on the east. One
| man here has a shute which runs from
| the top OF the mountain down TO the
street and he hauls wood, stove length,
| 10 the upper end OF his shute about q
| half mile abOve the town and sends il
down the shute right into the heart OF
the city. There are four or five churches
here, eight or ten saloons, several stores.
livery stables and feed yards, lots Of
blaeksmiths and wagoL- makers, electric
lights, ,telegraph,line soIe point il CAL
iiornia, two daily mail lines, undertAk-
ers, fair grounds, (tair opens Ocs- 81, q
large brewery, water wOs ks, tire engine
and about forty boiling hot springs with
in tEo miles of the toSn. This il most
ly a stock country bus there are lots OF
.ruit, vegetables and melons IN nai ket
Last Wednesday night We hsd ice IN
the wash. pan one-halI inch thick.
You may think the wind bloSs in the
| Willamette valley some times. bot it is
only q whisper to wha. it can do here in
the Goose Lake valley. They have to
brace thei. fences, houses and barns,
and nearly every body here wears braces,
and hard, long boot straps, which they
| take hold OF to bold themselves down.
The chickens are 50 used to going from
the wind that their feathers are all turned
the.wrong way.
Goose Lake is 3s miles long and Il
wide. I was down 10 Ibe state line l6
mile below here, last Saturday, and came
back Sunday. Fine country all the ~ay
down the lake. We are getting out some
work for three different parties here and
| will be here this next week, then We will
start home.
1t has always been q mystery to the
4 writer " here the Creator left off on the
9th day. Well, think have found it
out here. when ! zee the roughnass oil
the country and find at these hot springs
how near We come in contact with old
satan, he quit sooner than he intended
70 and after resting on the Tth day be
did not feel like finishing up the job and
il Mr.. Ross had been there about the
morning of the Sth day with his greys
and brown stick he could have got a con-
tract sure. G. W. II.