Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-15
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Notes aaa Comiiaeiits OF Corvallis Editor
on Mis- trip to California

EpIroR GAzErrE:-If any
one tells you that California, o,
that portion of it at least through +
which the line of the Southern
Pacific railroad passes, has seen
cry to compare with that of Ore
gon, make him prove it. The
trip to Yaquina bay over the
c. & E., IS worth the entire
journey from Ashland to Oak
land pier, if we except the spot
at Shasta Springs; and even here
man has done as much as nature
to provide beauty and attractive
ness
At this season of the year the
far-famed Sacramento Valley is
as dry as Sahara, and every spear
of grass looks like parched ton
que thrust out by Mother Earth
in search of water. Let Cali
fornia laugh at Western Oregon;
it is only the sneer of the painted,
frizxled tailor-made society bud
at the fresh, sweet unadorned
lass from the country.
This is said, not in disparage-
ment OF things Californian, but
with a full appreciation of the
wonderful resources Of this state.
There is such a disposition, how
ever, to speak the word 'sCali-
fornia" with a sort of yum-yum
accompaniment, that I wish to
register as one who can say to
the resident near the Golden
State: .'You have painted pretty
pictures upon the landscape of
California, but come to the Viii
lamette Valley and we will show
you scenery set by Natures
hands. -
The Oregonian, himself, IS
the one who has much to answer
for. If he had one-half the
and could see as far as
the Californian can when he
squints, grand old Oregon would
soon take the prominent place
that is justly hers in the sister
hood of states.
ITO speak disparagingly of
California is regarded almost as
blasphemy by Caiifornians It
ought to be made a capital ofense
to name Oregon without praise.
I saw George Eglin at Ash
land, He is a member of the
city''s police force, and patrols
the depot grounds from II, mid
night, until I p. m. He told me
that the climate there does not
agree with him, but nay famiar.
ity with Georges disposition to
be contrary, leads me to half be-
lieve that it is he, and not the
climate, that disagrees, IF he
continaes in the frame of mind
found him ia, he will return to
Willamette Valley this Fall.
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Dave Rosebrooks is solo COR
netist with the Park band, and a
of the orchestra at the
Columbia theater. / heard him
plays two solos at Golden Gate
park slast Sunday Columbia
with variations. and .sHoly City"
accompanied by a baud of 40
men. Thousands heard and ap-
plauded him to the echo. Dur.
ing an iDtermission, I met him,
and bic deluged me with ques-
tions about Corvallis and the peo-
pie he knows there. He spoke
Of the old Marine Band, and said
that be would always be proud
to say that he had been its
director, for he considered it one
of the best organization, TOR the
number, with which he had been
Identified.
Dave is much broader and
heavier sshan he was 6vc years
ago. spoke of this, and he
told me that he really telt much
larger than he appeared. A new
baby arrived at his home August
80, and a man who is the father
Of two children has a right to
feel big.
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Henry Stewart, formerly a
composites ON the GAZETTE, has
ment in Oakland and vis-