The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-23

Springs, Fish Lake, Ochoco, Crooked
River, Camp Harney, &c., Is now open
for travel. There are hundreds of cat
tie and horses already on rDutc over the
mountains by that road, and many
others are preparing to start. John
Gillilanl, Esq, thearoad agent, has been
in the mountains with q number of
workmen repairing the road, and re-
ports the road now clear of logs and
other obstructions aud the snow fast
disappearingifrom the mountain passes.
There are yet several miles of snow on
the summit of the Cascades, but stock
pass over 1t without any difficulty; one
wagon has also passed over, and Others
will soon follow. Last week Martin
Luper went up on the ROAD with Il
workmen. to further improve the route,
and We learn that the Company are de-
termined to render this road superior to
any other mountain road In Oregon
before the summer Is ended. They
have already this spring made some
valuable improvements in the way OF
bridges, cuttings around crossings OF
streams, etc. When this route Is fairly
completed it will be of vast benefit to
the people of both Eastern and West
ern Oregon, and we wish the Company
goodspeed in their laudable enterprise.
TPF JULY NUMBER of "Peterson's
Magazine't is on our table, and Is unusu-
ally good, even Tor this unrivaled
Monthly. The principal embellishments
is u spirited steel engraving, Ahead oi
the Field" illustrating an oldfashioned
love story. The fashion-plate is on
steel, and richly co,ored. peterson, !"
be it known. is celebrated for the sur
passing style and beauty of his Paris
fashion plates. The stories are all orig
inai, and by our very best writers. 1t
gives more for the money than any
other. Indeed, ii is Il staining won'ier
how so COOL n magazine can be pub
lished ut so low u price, viz, S2.D TO
single subscribers, or Sl.50 to clubs
OF four; bat it is t. b. accoantei
for, We suppose. by its enormous cir
culation. No lady OF taste ought to lie
without Peterson" Now is the time
to subscribe, for the July number be-
gins q new volume, and subscriptions
will be taken, If desired, for six m ,ths,
ut half price, SO that the subscription
may enl with the year. Address
CHas. / PETERSON, 306 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia.
MASONIC GRAND LoDGE.-Follow-
Lodge \. +. & y. NJ. of Oregon in
stalled at the twen:y.irst annual COIN
munication, held at Salem. June X,
1871: NJ w. G. NJ, w. ID. Hare; Il.
W. ID. G NJ, 7. Nc. + Patton; 6. 8.
W., a. Van Dusen; G. ]. w, J. 3.
Cougie; G.. Secretary, J. L. Hurfor,l;
G.. Treasurer, B. I. Brown: Chm'n Ed
Fun-l Committee, J. r. Bailey; Grand
Orator, i. II. Gea!y; GranI Chap,
Rev T. VI. Martin: G.. 8. D., Asher
Marks. G.fJ. D., a. Wait G. NJ, +. J
Babcocis; 6. Stan iar,i-B carer, J. Con-
ser; c. ssworIi-B Bee Ter, II. Y V. John
son Grand Stewards, NJ. V. Brown, J.
B. Booth; Tyler, \. p. Deiin.
DER GARTER ITEM.-There are few
who have any i,iea of the magnitude OF
the garter business, and fewer still who
have any conception of the high prices
some of the fancy articles in this line
conmanl. According 10 a Boston p;;-
per, the factory ut Hampton, Mass,
has a capital of S3DO,0ij0 and produces
about two million pairs per annam.-
The ranging price of gartcrs is eighty
five ceats. The highest cost begins 1T
fifteen dollars, and run mp much high
er. We have the sans authority that
the las. novelty in the ijne 0f Ia lies
garters are broa! velvet han n, heavily
fringed AMI siIycr-mosuted.
THREE FUNERALS IN a DAY.-Fa tx
Aiphin tells us that there were three
funerals 1T Engene last Sabbath. A
man going home on horse back from
the circus last Friday nj .ht, was thrown
from his horsesand killed. Another
man, who was engaged az a workman
on the railroad near that city, went in
the river bathing and took the cramp
and was drowned; ami another man
died of consumption. We were unable
to learn the names of the deceased
persons.
THE Cosmopolitan Benevolent Soci-
ty of Nevada City shows list OF Ref
erees which could not help to satisfy
the most incredulous doubter-if such
p one could be found on this coast. Its
friends are legion, and its managers
fnost reliable as well as shrewd busi-
Hess men. The second drawing will
c9me of on our great jubilee day
Fourth of July-anI he who neglects
buying ticket deserves no more fa-
vors from Dame Fortune.
ALBANY can now boast of having a
reguIar Arctic Soda Apparatus in oper-
ationsyithin its limits, "a thing We could
have hardly hoped for at this place; but
a. Carothers & Co., who look after
these things, determined that such
should be initiated, and now have one
in full blast at their establishment.
IT'S cold. very cold. Try it.
A UNIyERsALIsT PREAcHER-Ol-
ney Fry, sen., has shown us 20 1etter
from Rev. u. ). MandeIl, now preach
ing in Eastern Oregon, to the effect
thai he will probably visit this valley
soop1or the purpose of preaching the