Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-27
Breaks the Rules and
Has Windows in
His Car
That's What Makes Him See
Things Between Stations
That AStOniSh and
Interest Him
Editorial Correspondnece.)

way 1t poured down all night. We 60
a good, large room In a new building
but rain for a week had driven tn
moisture down the cornice, and befor
morning 1t was coming through tn
ceiling.
We got a good breakfast at tn,
Palm restaurant, recommended to Vi
by Conductor Amber, who ran so Ions
on the Albany local. He now punche,
tickets between Ashland and Duns
muir, his family living at Portland
Last April nearly all Of Dunsmuir was
wiped out by fire-the canyon was
about all that was left, but a great
deal has been rebuilt. The town Is
mostly saloons, restaurants and lodg
Ing rooms. At barber shop met AL
McFadden, a Salem boy, who is night
man at the Southern Pacific depot
since last May. He is a fine-looklng
young man, Of good habits, plays the
guitaf beautifully, and his mother
may well be proud of him. Shaving
Is 25 cents here, and everybody seems
to be prosperous. A tramp tackled
me for the price Of a meal. told him
| was a tramp, too, and he ought to
get a meal from some Of the people
who belonged here. He said there
were so many that all could not be
fed. Dunsmuir is the narrow gateway
between California aud all the coun
try north. He said he was a brick
layer, and there was nothing to do,
When | got ready to go TO the DEPOT.
and had about made up my mind to
give him two-bits to carry my grips to
the train he had disappeared The
Bates'Watson Theater and Vaude.
vile Company boarded our train from
the Yreka branch. They had played
to hard-luck houses, were stuck three
days in a landslide. and the world
seemed to be against them.
They went into Dunsmuir a day
ahead of time with no possible means
of support But the ingenue was
head over heels In love with the lead.
ing man, a pale, intellectual looking
transformer, The leading lady
seemed happy with the blgmouthed
comedian, and the rest were happy.
go-ucky crowd. and misfortune
seemed OF cast no sable pail over
their future.
The great McEwen" was also
billed to appear at Dunsmuir. and the
little scattered village In the noun.
tains was literally covered with his
paper He had been here before and
all We're saying what a good show he
gave. The barber spoke Of his liner.
atty In giving tickets for the prlvl.
lege of posting his Autographs. Life
Is not without It's pleasures and ex.
elements, and even good shows and
great entertainers come to this rail.
road division town.
All Tuesday afternoon We role
through the Shasta valley. a famous
stock raising region, where ranches
are large and herds OF cattle horses
ana sheep are seen on every hand
Dwellings are far apart. Bright green
alfalfa hay is hauled TO the focks nv
the wagon load Scattered over the
valley are dead stock here and there
The stock seems to be in good eondl.
ton This region is the principal sun
ply OF oregon for TAT cattle. when OR.
egon stock is poor.
The Shasta valley must have heen
a theatre OF gigantic glacial action ON
a large scale, when the whole region
was covered with icebergs. stranded
here and there they melted and lsft
great oonical heaps OF gravel and
oou'aers' some Of them hundreds of
lee' hlsh' and resembling molshins
IN meadow, AT Shasta Springs
there was the usual rush for frea
drink Of what seemed 10 me to he
mere rinsings Of an apothecary shop
pansmuir is noted for heavy snow.
falls, Rain, snow and slides ara the
terror OF railroading. The round.
house here is an arsenal Of snow.
ploWs, rotaries and wreckins imple.
nents- There are traditions ~ rem
'eet OF snowfall Once the snow was
70 heavy and fell so long that freisht
an an. broke down under it, standing
'uu on the tracks There was about
foo' Of snow on the sides Of the can.
ron when We were there. The fog