The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-08
SPLENDID WRITE-UP
Here Are Editorial Notices TO Be
Proud Of.
How oregon and Her People Appear Ir
the Eyes Of Fasteners.

Orcgonians are peculiar. So thinks
the editor Of the Urbana Citizen and
Gazette. Of Ohio, which says:
'fSome OF the peculiar matters here
are the things the people eat and
drink. They have baked Salmon,
mountain lamb, with mint, highly cul-
tivated frogs, spiced crawfish, which are
very palatable, but which look horrid
oyster toddies, spring chicken, CLAIMS
from the soft Pacific seas, etc. and in
fruits plums, peaches, cherries, prunes,
strawberries, raspberries, all are very
fine, some Of them superior to our Ohio
products, especially the cherries. IN
drinks they use native wines, white and
red, peculiar beverage which is spelled
beer, orange cider, another which
they call Manhattan rOostertail, and
Bull Run water.
"The phenomenal peculiarly Of these
people OF the northwest IL their amaz-
ing hospitality. We know little Of it in
the east. When you realize that these
people came more than 800 miles to
meet us, that they chartered the hotels
10 entertain us, that the great Oregon
Railroad d Navigation company has not
only furnished us free transportation
over their road, but sent out their en-
gines, engineers, passenger agents and
commissariat 10 meet us and ask us to
take these courtesies and to carry us
free Of all charges over the Columbia
valley, you will begin TO understand
something Of the nature OF our welcome
TO Oregon.
"We thought that Ohio was the whole
thing and we hear good words for the
grand Buckeye state from all quarters,
/ but it really does lack the snow capped
mountains and the magnificent flowers
and fruits and the heavy drapcry Of foil
age and the equable temperature of this
wonderful land. As the colored brother
remarked, Il ann powerfully taken with
Oregon and the slope
Cattle, wheat, hay, horses, oats.
swine, lumber, gold dust, apples. hops
and cheese are the principal products,
all going up in the value beyond a hun
drcd thousand dollars Of production last
year.
eve venture to say that nowhere on
earth do roses grow in such perfection
as in Oregon. The climate seems to be
just right. The ladies Of the delegation
have simply gone wild over them. Every
Eastern lady you see has an armful Of
roses.
Returning home almost 30 tired to
think, the writer cannot do the trip
Justice, with its superabundauce of items
Of interest, " says the Gazette and Re
porter, Of Odcll, III. "But then IL
would take all the adjectves in the die
tionary, all the colors Of the paint pots
and all the promiscuous preyaricators OF
the Pacific coast 10 properly color the
delightful details OF the journey"
We take the following splendid write
up from the Waterloo, Indiana, Press
OF Aug. 3:
"On the morning of the nth We ar
rived at Eugene for breakfast where
one oi the most unique entertainments
had been provided. Adjoining the rail
road station stands butte that is a
high hill resembling mountain, the
meaning oi the word being alone aris-
ing out OF the center oi most lovely
valley, covered with the varied green of
the the growing harvest. On this emf
ncncc IL grove, and the citizens had
prepared long table on the shady side.
Sportsmen, the night previous, had
caught supply OF rainbow trout
Large pans, like those used in sugar
camp, were placed over trenches in the
ground, and these fish, rolled in -four
and fried in mixture of lard and butter
by the ladies Of the little city, were
served hot, and 10 say they were delic-
ious hardly does credit to the patriotic
people who prepared the meal.
The emphatic Endorsement of the
fraternity was placed upon this unique
meal, served in the nyigoating
outdoor air, ON the top of this wonder
iul formation OF nature, from which is
afforded a beautiful view OF the valley
ana the thflNlnR town oi Eugene, SIT
uatcd on the south bank of the Villa
motte river, II is one OF the thoroughly
live towns OF lane county, 1900 pOpu-
lAtion, with 22 600 in the country. Not
so large but that new conner can grow
up with IL, and yet 80 situated that il !
viii never be- dead town. Ii has all |
the industries and advantages of an
eastern town OF like proportions, includ- /
ing electric lights, manufactures, banks |
and a progressive people. IL has fine |
system of public schools, the state uni !
yersity is located here, and IL is "A health |
iul place in which to live.
The county ahounds in plenty OF eX-
cellent water power, and the people OF |
the city offer great Inducements for |
Eastern people To make their homes j
With them, Lane county IL rich in az /
riculture; over one million of dollars |
marks the animal receipts for cattle, !
horses and hogs. Wheat is the leading |
product, and oats, hay, hops and fruit, /
with other products, add to the receipts, /
IL is delightful place 10 live and the /
climate comes under the influence of I
the ocean, not miles away,