The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-27

tanu, Is TIE county seat OF Linn county
aud boasts the finest Court House Il
the State--(d Ia San Jose. 1t has
population of 1,600. The houses ar
mostly frame, but neat and large, an,
heautified by shade-trees and flowers
The streets arc macadamized and tn
walks are of plank. The citizens ar
intelligent, industrious and progress
i've. The Albany City Touring mill
owned by Mcssrs. Beach & Monteith
Is the most complete I'm the State.
has n capacity for turning out 35 90
barrels of flour per year, contains eigh
bins twenty feet square and thirty-nin
feet high, holding 10000 bushels wheat
each. Five hundred barrels of flou
can be loaded on steamboat or car
In three-quarters of an hour. The mil
Is run by water power. In fact yer,
little steam Is needed i'm Oregon. as tn
water privileges are abundant.
A view from the helfrey of the .Acad
emy Is truly grand and picturesque
Far away on all sides waving grain
fields meet the eye, with here an,
there beautiful grove breaking tn
monotony of the scene, while through
all like a thread of silver winds tin
broad and clear Willamette-and yon
der to the north are mountains robe,
in the garb of Summer green, and fa
above are the snow capped twin sisters
Hood and Jefferson.
ALBANY CEMETERY.-After the ex
penditure of ten dollars in advertising
and after an energetic excrtion of tw'
years and over, u sufficient number o
members of the Albany Cemetery AS
sociation to form quorum were gath
cred together at the Court House OF
the 18th inst, and the following pro
eeedings were had:
Hon. y. III. Cranor was elected Presi
dent OF the Association, John Smitl
was elected Treasurer, and J.'C. Pow
ell, +. A. Freeland and $. +. Young
Trustees; after which ]. c. Powell wa;
elected President of the Board of frus
tees.
The Board of Trustees were instruct
ed by the Association to procure, j
possible, an addition to the Cemeter,
Grounds. This duty 1t is hoped the,
will not neglect.
1926 in the Treasury. If there has
been a proposition to apportion this
among the members would there have
been as much trouble to secure a quo.
rum of 12 out of membership of 81
who live In Albany:
There are quite a number OF persons
owing for cemetery lots who can have
their deeds by paying to the Treasurer
the amounts due.
1t is hoped that a greater interest
will hereafter be manifested In regard
TO this matter, and that our silent 'city
of the dead" will not hereafter be ~
entirely neglected as il has been In the
past.
SPEAKING of the best time to sell
wheat, an exchange says: This is one
Of the most difficult questions that IA
farmer is cal ed upon to settle for him
self, and he is about as likely TO decide
wrong rs right. AS most of ones
knowledge. worth anything practical
Is, is gained by experience, we have
taken the trouble to look over our files
for the last twelve years and see the
average price OF wheat during the scv-
eral months OF the year. during all
those years. The conclusion that we
arrived at. after comparing the ruling
prices during term of years, IL, that
- 70 T. In, ufS tr.
hold his wheat over till May or June,
the sooner he sells il after harvest the
better. For the last twelve years the
highest prices haze ruled during the
of May. June and July, and
the next best during September and
the first half Of October, while the
lowest prices have been obtained dur
ing the months OF November, Decem-
ber, January and February.
THANKs.-Our Harrisburg friend,
Dir. Il. Il. Holt, sent to us by the cars
the other day a box full of luscious
grapes of a very superior variety. The
editor is doubly stimulated to toll when
friends so far away remember him i'm
that kind and substantial manner
Such presents are our "best Holt"
Our bosom friend, ]. A. Afiiiard, has
placed upon our table several mann
naoth clusters of the Red Resting grape,
which for flavor and beauty beat any
thing we have yet seen in this country.
Mr., J. L. Nye, Of Sweet Home Pre-
cinct. this county, has presented us
with some specimens Of vegetables
raised by irrigation this year which arc
the finest we have yet seen. 1t is not
generally known that irrigation will
aid inthe production of veg
etables in this Valley; but the expert
ment Of Mr.. Nye satisfies him that
during dry season like the past sum-
mer irrigation is just the thing needed
to successfully mature all kinds of gar
den products.
CoRREcTIoS.-We rise to excIaim
that we made a mistake, last week, in
stating that Mr.. Collins had his shoul-
der dislocated in front of Conner's new
bank building. The accident occurred
on the opposite side OF fbe street from
the bank, and was caused by some OBJ
struction on the sidewalk I'm front OF
Thompson & Irying's new brick
building. It doesn't make much diff
except that if the accident had
occurred on the other side Of the street
from where it did occur 1t would have
then been necessary for us to have
stated that the other side of the street
was the opposite side from the side up
on which it happened and therefore
that we had committed another grave
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