Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-14
A Resident Abroad.

Editor GAzETTE:-It has been ore and |
a hall years since have been IN Eugene. |
and when arrived here and took sur ]
vey Of the young and beautiful city,
was surprised at the rapidity OF its
growth, the beauty and taste manifested
in its Improvement, snd the extent OF its
business. Ths city is certainly making
a very fast and permanent gro"th. ]
notice quite number OF new business
structures here, that would not he dis
credit to the great city OF Portland. The
merchants in all lines appear to be Load
ed up Tiih heavy htoeks, aud tier places
are dre<se up In tasty ard Inviting
manner, holding out to the pnblie all tile
inducements they can fer their patron
age.
In passing through the court house,
notice that large amount of realty is
changing hands, and they report that
large number of Eastern people, mostly
from Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. ale
drifting into this country and investing
in farms and town property. The Real
estate agents are reaping their harvest
and rubbing their hands with great satis-
faction as they count up the profits.
The university has opened in what
they term good, shape. They report
some thirty more new students this year
than last, but they also report large
number of the old students have not re.
turned. 1 have made frequent inquiries
as to the number enrolled up to the pres
ent time, but have been unable to find
out; some tell me over three hundred
others about 25O, bat; ;one of the pro-
fessors told me this evening that he
thought there were very few over 2oo.
All that have spoken to in regard to
President Campbell speak very highly of
| him and think be is the right man for
the place.
| While jam uot mu1h interested in
athletics, | made some Inquiries in re-
gard to this work in that direction and
the foil owing are the conclusions that
have drawn: Firstly, many OF the citi
zens and some of the enthusiastic stu
dents in that line deplore the lack of en-
thusiasm in that i'm por;ant field Of work
not only in the student body, but alst
among the citizens You will see in the
Guard an account of a meeting held by
students and professors on the 7tl inst,
to pump life in the supporters and work
ers, that tie meeting was a failure, ana
that encouragement was written on the
face of the enthusiast. But then DOM
fool yourself, they are not dead, but viii
be very much alive in week or two or
will miss my guess, for if nothing else
will bring them to the front there will be
time of tail twisting, then they viii
start forward with rush.
The hop fever is here. Local dealer:
are out scurrying over the country tryins
to capture all in sight while outside
dealers have good representatives on the
ground looking after their iuterest-bu
the local appear to have the inside track
: How local interest changes in shor
distance. Here you can hear more tall
{ about mines, timber and sawmills in ont
day than you would hear in Corvallis il
three months. Quite a number of rust
ling men living here have interests il
these branches; talk is part OF thu
stock in trade That starts others talk
ing. and pretty soon these branches O
business become town talk and max
the mare GO, when she Is fed from th
profits. j. W. Z.
Engene, Or, Oct. s, 1902.