Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-29
ne LIKED OREGON.
What II. H. Baslcr, Editor of The Lyops,
Nebraska, Snn Thinks of Nebfoot.

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What H. H. Baslcr, Editor of The Lyops,
Nebraska, Snn Thinks of webfoot.
In the early fall Mr.. H. H.
Basler, editor of'the Weekly Sun
of Lyons, Nebraska, visited this
city on his tour of the Pacific
Northwest. He is an intimate
friend of w. F. Davis and N. P.
Peterson and their families, re-
cent arrivals who are now looked
upon as fixtures in our city. Mr..
Basler is a very intelligent gen.
tleman and is publishing an ac-
count of his recent trip in his
paper, copy of which reached
US. The following extract will
prove that he was most favorably
impressed with Our city and
county and has ably penned a
true picture OF our country as it
is:
At Portland we parted COM
pany for a time with the North
ern Pacific and placed ourselves
in the care of the Southern Pa
cifc Railway company. Again
we find ourselves fortunate in
that from General Agent Miller
down to the most humble en-
ployee with whom we came in
contact there is a uniformity of
courteous treatment extended Us
which made our trip one of great
pleasure. This road from Port
land south through Oregon ira
verses one of the most fertile re-
gions. of the west, If net in the
world. We travelled oA the
main line as, far south as Albany
and then took the Corvallis &
Eastern Railway to Corvallis,
our objective point in this direc-
ton. It is here that our friends
and former townspeeple, the
families of w. G. Davis and N.
P. Peterson are located and we
had the honor of being tEeir
guests during cur stay. Benton
county, of which Corvallis IS the
capital, is situated in the heart
of the far famed fertile valley of
the Willamette. This country
is famous for its magnificent eli
mate, extensive and varied fruit
interests, bouItifal whsat crops
from which cereal one Of the
local Corvallis millers produces
flour which has twice taken the
silver medal at worlds exposi-
tions) and stock raising is also a
prominent industry. We feel
inadequate to the task of review
ing these features as Our stay was
rather brief. The climate in
early September was ideal. The
air was soft and balny, neither
to warm nor to cold, and the sun
shone brightly far the most part
and everything appeared as
bright as an October day in Ne
braska. This being near the
close of the dry season the roads
were rather dusty for pleasase
driving, We took tive drives in
the country while there, with
Messers. Davis and Peterson and
their families, and to say we en-
joyed it is to draw it very mild.
The broad level fertile valleys,
riven here and there by clear
mountain streams and skirted by
foot hills and mountains clad
with forests of oak and carpeted
with luxuriant grasses form a
landscape most beautiful to be-
hold. While the fields from
Which the golden grain had been
taken and the great orchards OF
fruit laden trees and the beauti-
full farm houses and homes which
we passed in eur drive all spoke
of the substantial nature of the
country and lead one to believe
that it was land of plenty. Il
was on this trip after we had fill
ed cur pockets and ''bread-bas.
kets" eith prunes and other sue.
culent fruits taken (hot stoler
for they are Stree as water) from
/ the great orchards alorg the way
that we literally experienced the
fulfllment of the expression as
Mr.. Peterson put 1t, of beiHs
"full Of prunes. y We fenne
our friends here cxultaut owe,
the climatic and Typographical
beauties of the country ane
abounding in hope with references
to the business outlook. Ane
J we doubt not, from what we say
of the Valley, that their expec-
tations will be realized. It i
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