The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-03-29
B O YAKIMA, W. T.
YAKIMA, ". T., March /, 1872.

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Our people are preparing for the Juno
election. Our new country out here is
very sparsely settled but is rapidly fill
ing up, and the political grounds will
be very closely contested by both par
ties, but with Judge McFadden as our
standard bearer, for delegate to Con-
gress, we hope to carry the election
throughout the Territory.
In regard to this country you may
say to your readers, that, notwith-
standing the hard winter just past, our
people have in general got through
safe, with but a small loss of stock
From the best information from all
sections of Yakima county, the loss of
cattle, all told, will not exceed 100 head.
and the loss has been mostly confined
TO new corners, who got here too late in
the fall for their stock TO get in condi-
ton for the winter, and were not pre-
pared with feed. y great deal of stock
has wintered through on the range
without being fed. y number of the
old settlers have plenty of hay left af-
ter wintering their stock. The price of
hay has ranged from So TO $40 per ton
through the winter.
The snow on the low valley land,
10 inches in depth, while back a
the foot hills it was from 10 TO - inches.
The snow went off in the fore part of
February and we have had very pleas
ant weather since. The grass is grow
ing and stock is doing well. The far
mers are blowing, and sowing their
grain with high hopes of reaping Il
heavier crop of hay and grain than
heretofore. The snow went off very
gradually and was absorbed into the
ground, so that our farmers and stock
raisers anticipate a more abundant crop
of grass and produce of all kinds than
they have had for several years.
Our county seat is situate at the
mouth of AttaHum creek, a central
point Of the county, and bids fair to
make a lively business town. We al
ready have two stores. one hotel, one
blacksmith shop, land will be supplied
with another in a few days by a nan
from Salem one saloon, and q Touring
mill in contemplation, to be butt the
the coming season in time for the fall
grain. Respectfully yours,
E. ?. BOYLES.
"a PUBLIC ISFANY.n-The Yreka
Union, under this heading, excoriates
the Common Council Of that city for
its failure 70 enact stringent measures
excluding Indian haFlots from the
town. 1t says they shamelessly paratie
'their infamy upon the public streets
of the city, spreading Generalization
among our youth and casting a moral
poison " an entire community
Albany is infested in the same way
and our decent citizens need protection
against this revolving state Of affairs.
IF the Indian agents cannot be COM
PEELED TO keep these filthy creatures
upon their reservations, then our city
authorities owe it to our citizens to ex-
clude them from publicly parading
their beastiy practices upon the very
thresholds of the pure and sensitive
class of our people.
AN ATTRACTIVE PLAcE.-To those
who admire the beautiful and artistic
in the mechanical line a visit to Mr..
Whitlow's furniture store will certain
" be a rare pleasure. There may be
een the very finest Of parlor and bed
room sets; marole-top tables, stands
and bureaus; all walnut and walnut
trimmed furniture; whatnots and dain-
ty corner-pieces, and everything to be
found in a frst-cIass furniture estab-
IishmeDt. Mr.. Whitlow himself is a
superior mechanic and can turn out as
fine work as any cabinet maker in the
State. Our lady readers would be par
ticularly fascinated with the beautiful
display of furniture at this establish
ment. Don't forget to call.
Z. P. PREsByTERY.-The Presby-
terry of Oregon &C. P viii meet in AL
bany, Thursday, April 4, at q p. ~,
and will be opened with a sermon by
". r. Stewart, on the subject of Pres
byteria1 Church government. On Fri
day afternoon, at 2. NJ, a conference
will be held on the subject of Sabbath
Schools, and in the evening Rev. J. N.
Dick viii preach on the subject OF
"Praise.o On Saturday, at 1 P. NJ, a
conference will be held on the subject
of SPrayer,"and in the evening Rev.
r. ]. Thompson viii preach On Sab
bath Rev. r. n. Fee viii preach and
Introduce communion service.
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TREssP4ssING.-The Herald will
please remen1Ber that the heading,
"Paeific Coasters,H is ours by virtue OF
originality, and although we have moi
yet copyrighted It, we would esteem
it a special favor if it were not used by
our distinguished contemporary. L
.doesn't really mattek very much, but
somehow or other a fellow hates tx
have other folks step right over into
his domains and take About the only
thing away which is likely TO ever i'm.
mortalize him. You know how it i
yourself, Bro. Taylor.
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