The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-03
A SAMPLE


or the Diseourses INDUCED by Eastern
Editors About Their Oregon Visit.
We take the following from iour-col-
umn editorial write-up Of Oregon in the
Angela, Indiana, Magnet, of July 2S:
Salem, the capital city of the state,
was our stopping place for dinner. II
is substantially built town OF 10000
population, with unusually wide streets,
and its site is almost as level as prai-
rie. The Willamette river-which is
navigablef or quite large steamboats, be-
tween there and Portland, 50 miles dis
tant-hows through the Western part
( the city 1t was the design of the local
entertainment committee to take their
visitors from the railway depot, which
is nearly mile from the business part
of the town, in street cars to magnif-
cent park almost in the heart of the
city; but just after the cars were
loaded, falling pole broke the trolley
wire and temporarily paralyzed the
street car system. Twas an unfortu-
nate mishap, sorely mortifying TO the |
Salem people, who were making a
mighty effort TO entertain the editorial /
party most royalty.
After waiting an hour or more, the |
eXcursionists wended their way TO the |
park, some of the ladies going IN car
riages and others on foot with the gem
tlemen. In the park an elegant lunch
was served, every want of the visitors
being supplied by ladies of Salem, who
wed with each other in graceful at
tentiOns. Lunch over, carriages were
in waiting to take the visitors out for a
ride, and most of them improved the
opportunity to view the beauties of the
city and vicinity.
Soon after arriving i'm the city, the
writer and daughter were sought out
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Gilbert, who
spared no pains TO make our stay in
Salem most pleasant. They had seen
our names in the lists published i'm
Portland papers, and improved the first
TO find us. Mr. Gilbert
and his brother, +. n. Gilbert, were
Steuben county boys, their father hav-
ing been the owners of the jamestown
Touring mills many years ago. They
went To the Pacific coast in 1891, and
have been there since. They are now
engaged i'm banking, under the firm
name of Gilbert Brothers, and appear
to be doing prosperous business.
Mr.. A. T. Gilbert kindly took us
about the city i'm his family carriage,
driving TO the Insane Asylum and the
State Prison, Just out Of town. A halt |
was made at the Prison, and we were
shown through the insti-
tuition, which has between 800 and 400
Among them is a gray-haired
man apparently sixty years of age, who
is musical genius. He has a crude
of his make: and being di
AI hxs an AIIi la. ]
guide to play for us, he gave our party
m exhibition which showed him to be
OF wonderful ability. He is
serving l2-year sentence for forgery.
Four miles from Salem our train
halted half an hour that we might visit
4 Government Indian Training school,
which has about 450 pupils-boys and
girls ranging in age from 4 To Is years.
A full cornet band with an Indian lead
er, all the instruments in the hands Of
Indian boys, serenaded the visitors, play
ng national airs and other selections
very creditably. The matrOn is bright
we'll educated Indian woman. School
was not i'm session, and the pupils were
dispersed about the shaded lawn in front
IF the buildings. The girls wear blue
calico dresses, and the boys dark blush
gray suits. The children are from all
the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast
tribes, and there is great variety in
faces. Many are bright, and some are
really handsome, while few look
coarse and ugly. Most Of them speak
English quite tluently, and those who
have been there several years are per-
feet in their pronunciation. We con
versed with one girl whose brown hair
and almost blue eyes attracted much at-
tention. She said she came from
Alaska six months ago, and that her
age il sixteen. Her color is very dark
brown, but her features and form are
quite unlike the Indians Of the Pacific
Coast States.