The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-08-19
THE VALLEYS OF OREGON.

THE VALLEYS OF OREGON.
Above which Angels Fold Their
Wings and Rest. a Land
Flowing Witla MILK and
Honey.
NUMBER 6.
The National Editorial association, on
its travels, has an opportunity Of seeing
more OF the towns passed through in one
day than the ordinary tourist would see
in five. The advantage of spccia! train
operated with the sole idea Of giving the
members of the press every advantage Of
sightseeing is obvious. Then it must
be borne in mind. too, that there Is a
great incentive usually on the part Of
any town or locality visited to put the
best foot forward, for great is the power
OF the press to reciprocate. Oregon, for
instance, could not obtain for 100000
in the ordinary way the amount Of ad-
yertising it will receive gratuitously
from this visit of the National associa-
tiOn.
The railroad companies appreciate this
fact also, and while in Oregon their
representatives were very anxious to
haul our special to Salt Lake City and
then north to Yellowstone Park. But
much as we would all liked to have
visited these two interesting points,
few had the time to spare. But lest the
reader may hug the commonly accepted
delusion that it never costs q newspaper
man ANYTHING to travel, it is well
enough to drop the information right
here that the association paid the
Wagner Palace Car company the nice
little sum OF $500 for the special train.
These trips cost the newspaper men fully
as much as the laymen travelling in the
ordinary way.
In making up one Of these special,
trains for the use of the National
association, the secretary, vino has
whole charge OF the NATTER assigns one,
two, three or more states to each car.
depending upon the number Of delegates
and their ladies from state. captain
is appointed by the secretary for each
car. whose duty it is to keep his car of
people informed as to the days program,
time of arrival and departure from
points to be visited, or any change in
the published itinerary and to make
himself generally useful in this capacity.
The South Dakota, Iowa and Michigan
delegates were assigned to the Wagner
car Des Moines, with VIII Parrot OF
Waterloo, captain, a gentleman from the
ground up and known by good many
Kimball people. The excuTsionists
called our car Of thirty-ive people the
Happy Family" presumably because
it was the liyllest and happlest and best
crowd gathered in any one car, the last
to roll into the berths at night. the first
out in the morning Except "yours
truly') and as jolly crowd as one oftel
meets, with not solitary kicker in tht
whole shootin' match. OF the personne
of the car l may have more to say late,
providing our readers do not become
tired OF reading these sketches. Any
how, those who do not care for then
don't have to parusa them; anybody buy
ing duck at this shop needn't eat tn
feathers unless they want to.
As intimated, the railroad companie!
haul the Nationals special largely t
please the crowd and without referenc
10 any prearranged schedule. II any
body wants to get off to pick wild flower
it's a queer conductor who won't pull tn
cir, and unless there is siding to b
made at a certain time, they will wal
while few run up town to get shaved
1t was remarkable sometimes how til
crowd would make a break from tn
, train and scatter all over town Will
the engine or engines were coaling G
taking water and still no one get lef1
At other times the $50 or 400 people o
/, the train would leave the cars in th
early morning before it was possible
!. ascertain the leaving time, scatter a
/ over city Of perhaps 25,0O0 or 5000
people and still all be on board at star
ing time, word having been passed frol
enc to another, in stores, on street car
% in hotels, restaurants and on the stree
= But let's get back to Portland.
: We left this city early Sunday morl
:. ing, July 8, for the trip down the benut
: full valleys OF Oregon, of which wro
= last week. The special was made up
Il two sections. with two locomotives
. each section, going out Of Portland oy
:: the heavy grade of the Southern Pacifl
's To the first section was attached the pl
vate car OF c. II. Markham, general pa
seDger ngent Of the S. p, who with 9th
Is officials, made the valley trip with I
W The locomotives on tLis line all bu
l. wood and frequent stops are necessa
le to wood up" Sometimes a locomoti
At would eat up in twenty.mi!e run, 1
s. the fuel the tender would hold, pill
k way up above the cab.
'g The first stop was at Hillsboyo, pr,
Nv ity l1ttle t0Wh, anG Where large CO
ir course of people awaited our arriv
even though the stop was to be five mi
utes only, and the ladies of viii
be brought great quantities Of beautii
% flowers and passed them into the cars.
ch a similar reception, only on q lare
Sc scale, awaited us at McAIinnyine, cous
er seat OF Yamhill county, which county
no very rich in resources and has popll
MT tion Of 10000.
nd Then came Corvallis. another n
en- town of $500 people in Benton coun
This city is the home of the state ne
cultural college, has a city hall VIII
lat cost 81, POO and a public school buildi
an which cost $4,000. The buildings c
p, rss nected with the stat college cost @