Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-01-25
HULLY WRITES AGAIN.
Iowa Man Replies to the Roast of
the Editor.

! c. A. Hully, of Iowa, who has been
stopping at Salem. has written an
other letter in which he gets back
on The Capital Journal editor as fol-
/ lows:
/ (Atlantic, Iowa, Democrat, Jan. III
1t appears like some of the Salem
people think | have acted unmanly
by not endorsing everything | see or
hear in Oregon. | wrote Mr., Conine
in joking way, knowing he would
enjoy a little fun; did not think 1t
would so into print, but it went into
the press and it is all right, if some
of my friends in Oregon did kick
about IL. for | was able to substan-
tiate all | said. have been well
treated while here and like the peo-
pie very well and am getting along
with them very we'll. Had l written
letter applauding Oregon and the
crops and said few flattering words
about land agents and all the rest
of the people in general, they no
doubt would have said that is all
right and then forget all about it;
but when | hit them a slight stroke
with few facts they hiked out to
their good editor to have him roast
me and because | had visited the
asylum and penitentiary Mr. Editor
was not sure whether | was luna
tic or an inmate of the pen, and
thought Mrs. Hully might have made
a mistake and went out with the
wrong man. But Mrs. Hully thinks
she has lived too long with an Iowa
man to make a mistake and go out
with an Oregonian. and we have to
pay as much for apples here as we
do in Iowa If we do eat them. ] am
glad few people of Oregon are taxi
ing exceptions to what l said for It
may have a tendency to stir them up
to a diligence of their duty. | am
pleased to see Mr.. Hofer. editor of
the Salem Capital Journal, contend
for the good things of his state, for
| admire a man who is true to his
country, and by his great physical
and mental development you can see
at once that he was raised and edu-
Gated in Iowa and methinks we can
see by his faraway looks that away
down in the bottom of his heart he
has n longing for the feshpots of
Iowa.
AS to our jolly Insurance and land
agent, who came from our town in
Iowa and is doing a good business
here, reminds me of the Irishman
who came from Ireland and went
straight to Oregon to buy piece OF
cheap land. This jolly agent took
him out and showed him piece of
land and wanted TO sell Il to him.
But the Irishman said he would see
an attorney first. went back to town
and said to his attorney: What is a
piece OF land worth?" The attorney
told him that depended on the lay
of the land. We'll" said the Irish
man, II will describe e to you"
Then putting both hands out in front
of him and raising them upwards,
he said. 1T is all long, no wide. up
Hill and stony as the divll." The at
torney shook his head and the Irish
man took the next train for Iowa.
We are willing TO admit that fruit
trees in Oregon will bear more than
Iowa fruit trees for in Iowa apple
trees bear only one crop at time
and that is apples, but in Oregon 7
have seen them bear two crops at the
same time. one of apples and one of
moss (no moss backs In Iowa). But
the most of any one thing | have seen
raised in Oregon is umbrellas. Il
heard a preacher out here on Thanks.
giving day say had the Mayfiower
with the Puritans landed first on the
Pacific coast instead of the Atlantic,
they never would have crossed over
the Rockies to the Atlantic coast.
NOW we think that Is very true for
they would soon have been possessed
with that dormant climatic atmos-
phere, ready TO sit down and take
the world easy.
Just one more item. In Iowa sa-
looms are run with open view In
front. the same as any other store
or business place; no seats or tables
inside. no side rooms or back doors
and no shaded windows or doors
to blind your view from the sidewalk.
But how is 1t in Oregon? | have
not been able to. see the inside of a
saloon since came here. With
friendly feeling to all. remain as
ever.