Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-12

hotel people. Mary loves flowers
and always kept up the flower gar
dens around the depot at Albany, TO
which people now are helping them
selves in a lawless manner. But she
keeps her dining room supplied and
will soon nave them growing at the
new place, just caross the railroad
track from the old place. They
have 26 rooms and will double their
capacity and put In steam heat this
fall. The Vandran serves the best
meals and has the best beds and
cleanest rooms In Albany. | went 10
the Aico club, which has the finest
gymnasium In the state outside OF
4 ortland, and then took in the John
son revival at the big tabernacle.
Albany business men who have got
any religion are not afraid to put
up for Il. They put up the building
and pai~ for this man TO come and
hold the meetings, and in all spent
about $500. II win all come back
to them In better citizenship and
prove a good Investment. The same
men dig for their club. have hired
a new booster. put up for the big
conventions, for the apple show, for
bitulithic pavement, new brick blocks
baseball games. race meets and poul-
try shows.
There were q thousand people at
the revival, several hundred in the
choir, ministers on the platform,
business men for ushers. Albany for
Christ" In big red letters, and john
son working like a steam woodsaW
and rock crusher combined, TO con-
vert sinners. While wouldn't go
la L.. I
fled he was doing his best and doing
really good work that was worth all
| IL cost Albany. He viii probably
single one OF them taken out OF the
criminal class Is worth more than
that. IL costs about 1880 to send
man to the Denitentlary on an aver
age, and then the man 10 lost to
society. II the Albany revival has
saved ono horse thief or house break
or Il is worth all Il has cost. and
more too.
After the revival | went out and
did tne town. Il was Saturday night
and two electric theatres were crowd
cd with people. A street preacher
was holding forth TO lot OF working
men on socialism. He roasted Roose-
welt TO crisp, but before sailing
into Teddy he cast n searching glance
around TO see N there wasn't some
fellow close by who would land on
him.
on down the street there was
big dance going on az the skating
rink. At the opera house the comic
opera THE Burgomaster" was In full
blast. The American people are not
going back on real religion but are
going 10 develop a still higher ca
pacity for amusement.
Driving out OF Albany we came
through by the -. G. Strattan place.
is now farmed by his son Clarence,
who married May Palmer. one OF
Engeno Palmer's girls. He has the
finsest stand OF winter wheat we saw
on the whole trip and was setting out
q patch OF kale. Mr.. and Mrs. STRAIT
ton, Sr., are Just home from an eight
months tour OF Iowa. Indiana and
hai. the states In the union. including
Texas. He said he saw no farming
section equal to the Willamette val
ley.
At Alabny I met Jas. T. Wood
ward, from near Omaha, who came
out 20 visit his sister, Mrs. Jane Ris-
Icy OF Alban.-, whom he had not seen
for 36 years. IL was a happy reun-
ion, and Mr.. Risiey had his eye
cooked 10 coax Mr.. Woodward TO
oregon, who're ho would enjoy a
green old age.
Coming down toward Buena Vista,
around the Looney Butte. are had
the finest view across the valley I
have ever beheld In the United States.
and l have been over Il In summer
from West Virginia 10 Southern
California. The hillsides dotted
with great oaks, here and there a
majestic fir tree, groves OF second
growth, great blocks of grain felda.
streams OF water, wide pastures dot
ted with bands OF cattle, and 10 the
west the rise OF blue mountains. and
above All Mary's Peak with its ridge
OF snowbanks.
Mr.. A. Farlow has a fine place OF
about 100 acres and makes a little
herd o. dairy cows pay him about
81 month each.
Al the j. e. Beckwith place We
found a patent gate. but like most
patent gates II would not work per-
fectly the first time On his home
place the county commissioner has
200 acres OF fine well-drained land.
II slopes every way from his house.
One field or so acres spring wheat
easily beats anything we saw on the
trip. IL will go 25 bushels TO the
acne without any more rain.
The approach 20 the BeckWith
place IL under some OF the most mag
nihcent oak trees In the valley. II is
a gracious act on the part. OF land
owners 20 leave groves of oaks and
mrs, especially the mOnarchs OF the
forest tnat crown the high covered,
slightly building places.
Coming up to the Beckwith place We
passed house on the old Anderson
ranch where they seemed 20 be cele-
brating the Fourth. II proved to be
a party In honoP OF the 37th wedding
anniversary OF Mr.. and Mrs CHARLES
Hartley. who seemed 10 be weIcom-