The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-01
Idaho News.


During the absence of John MEG oni-
gle, Esq, j. II. Shepherd, Esq, has
charge of the Boise City 7ri- Weekly
Ne,cs, aud he certainly succeeds in get
ting up sprightly sheet. Following
paragraphs are clipped from the issue of
June 22d:
Our editor has left his post again, and
put sub on in his stead He has fled
to the mountains and we do not know
when he will return, he said he would be
back within a week, but we doubt it and
especially do we doubt him in this mat
ter since his short visit to Silver City.
We ask our Idaho friends to take care
of our editor and send him back at the
end Of the week, with his better half,
| who goes on this trip with him to help
keep him from committing any depre-
dations upon the good citizens of Idaho.
There were some amusing incidents oc
CURED on the morning of the late fire.
Some of our male friends got out of bed
in double quick time and forgot to com
pletely dress themselves before they
started for the fire, and some of our lady
friends forgot that they were sleeping in
houses with doors and glass windows in
them
Mr.. J Ell. johnson informed us on his
return from Chicago the first of this
week, that he had been successful in his
business transactions East; and that ar
| engagements were made for the completion
of the Malhuer Burnt River Consolida-
tion Ditch. 1t is the expectation of the
Company to have the Ditch completed by
the middle of next month With plenty
of water which this ditch is intended to
| carry, it is thought the Willow Creek
mines viii be one of the best camps on
the coast. We hope the miners there
will not be disappointed in their antics
pations.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
James Shepherd, of Keosauqua, Iowa,
who arrived here on last Tuesday. even
ing from Oregon, on his return to his
Eastern home. He is AN active old gen.
tleman of II years. He is accompanied
by ore of his grand daughters, Miss
Lizzie Smith of Oregon. He is stopping
in this City with his son, j. NJ. Shep-
herd, aud will remain with US until after
the 4th of July He is well pleased with
our young city.
We want it distinctly understood that
Mr.. John McGonigle is not responsible
for any articles that may appear in this
paper while he is absent. If there is
any fighting to be done on account of any
article in the paper until his return the
sub editor will attend to the matter, IN
person.
On Tuesday morning, a few minutes
past six o'clock. eur citizens were alarms
ed by the cry OF fire, which caused a
general stampede for the locality from
which the alarm came. ihc fire origi-
mated on Idaho street, below Eighth, in
building occupied by Chinaman- With
in fifteen minutes after the alarm was
given the fire bursted out ot the roof of
the building, and from this building the
fire spread to the adjoining buildings.
The fire is said to have originated from
carelessness on the part of the occupant.
There were some fifteen or sixteen Chi
nese teneueats burned. The houses
were erected by Mr.. Anthony, on the
corner Of Idaho and Eighth streets, i'm
mediately in the rear of the Overland
Hotel. loss, not TO exceed three thous.
aud dollars. Ii is bad policy FOR cur cit-
zens who have houses to rent, to let
Chinese have them within the thickly
Tuesday demonstrates If citizens who
have houses to let do not refuse 10 rent
them to the celesinlS, our City Fathers
ought, for the safety of the City, take
the matter in hand aud eguIate this mat
tel. 1t is shame that city oil the size
of this should not even have a Hook and
Ladder Company. We have plenty o.
good hremen lii our city Who would be
glad to organize Il fire Company. a
small contribution by each of our citizens
would procure good Truck with hooks,
etc, with which vast amount of prop
erty might he saved from the destroying
element. Cannot our City Fathers do
something In this connection We be-
lieve, under our City Charter, they have
the power to levy tax for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining fire de-
partment Ifso, let them do it, and the
citizens will sustain them in this necessa-
ry and laudable movement