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

white farm houses OF the gteinors
and Looneys, with grand old mr.
crowned Looney's butte to the right
OF the old stage station, where David
Looney has his model dairy farm
One may travel long way and see
no such cattle as the Looneys have.
There is no grander strain in style,
size and milking quality, vigor, beau
ty of coloring than the Looney herd
Marion Looney, who has the Nod
Looney place, is a progressive farmer
and dairyman. Hon. A. G. Libby was
out with a force putting the roads In
order He says the present county
court is getting a great deal of vol
unteer work done and is not scatter
ing county funds broadcast TO do it,
either Roads are graded and grav-
eled out of the district funds and the
county treasury is barred pretty tight.
Mr.. Libby made careful and conser-
vative member of the legislature, all
though HIS nomination and election
were fought by the Republican ma
chine. He is a member of the Grange
council and does not hesitate to say
that II the Republicans nominate a
machine man for governor a Demo-
erat like Lane will be elected. Libby
has some of the best spring wheat
we saw on the road, and Mrs. Libby
is good cook.
We we're just 20 minutes by the
watch going from Libby's to Jeffer-
son, about as good as any auto. At
the Cottage hotel we had the bridal
chamber, a fine breakfast cooked by
Mrs. Frances Wied Campbell, OF cof-
fee, hot biscuit, cakes, eggs and fried
pork and French fried potatoes for
two of us all for s1.00. At the liv-
cry stable IL was 75 cents for one
horse. But Il is one of the best kept
stables we ever put a horse in. He
had plenty of good bedding, plenty
of good hay, a bite before going TO
bed and we'll groomed in the morn
ing. ] paid IL cheerfully. If any one
is going to be slighted, | don't want
Il 10 be my horse. Jefferson seems
to be growing some but it was pretty
quiet. IL was explained to me that
John Aupperle was out OF town. We
pulled out for Scio and Lebanon at
6 O'Clock. The afr was cool, clear,
crisp, with the tang OF fir and the
wind blowing off the mountains as I'm
the evening Il blows from the ocean.
We passed Idlwylde farm owned
by ]. T. Funk. who has some OF the
finest grain in the valley and Is
good, practical, sensible farmer In
spite OF the poetic name up over his
farm gate. A jack rabbit came bound
ing across a ileld to meet us. He
reminded me OF some OF the members
OF the last legislature. He was all
ears, hind legs and no tail.
S. NJ. Shores, who lives at Munkers
says grain and hay crops are all right
in the valley--that is In the forks OF
the Santiam. AS you go back toward
the foothills IL gets better-had more
rains. Take II the Willamette valley
over and there will be fair grain
crops and good hay crop. The rains
put that dark green color on grain.
which shows II has got onto its feet,
and II there not so much straw
to thresh there will be Just as much
grain.
We were less than an hour from
jefferson TO Scio. With a few live
men in IL that town is Just beginning
to wake up. IL has a rose show,
horse fair and carnival June 10. IL
is interesting to watch the evolution
OF little place out of n crossroads
into pretty city. John Aupperle
has been back OF about all that has