The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-09-20
sAelrC coastyus.


The self binder is growing in favor.
Wheat sells for 75 cents at Roseburg
Tacoma hop pickers have stopped
work.
Autumn leaves arc falling and no
frost yet.
chills aud fever have struck Salem
hard too.
A salmon packing company has been
started in Seattle.
The Douglas wool clip will amount
to 100000 pounds.
Fishermen are In demand ON the
Umpqua At good wages.
Data sell ~ high Is 4 osas aud a haIf
per pound - L. Grande,
Carlton, YAmhilf county, wants .
doctor No qaaeks need apply.
Tue Dayton and Sheridan Road lacks
about ten miles of being completed.
Tumwater is fast becoming the grain
market for tue upper sound country.
The Jacksonville TIass dominates
p. 2. Prim for United States senator.
jackson county will have an abun.
dans and ekcsllens crop Of fruit. this
yeAr.
Contributions 1t Eugene on Sunday
for yellow fever safI.rufs amounted To
$3.50.
The Gilbert boys drove baud Of
thousand sheep through Salem on Sat
arday.
Diphtheria, which has been scoarge
for long time about II orAndc, Is
abating.
About fifty stables for farm and daft
horses will Ls built on the Fair Grounds
at Salem.
The hemlNck tAnner?.. I upper As
t,ris. Is filling an orle for leather
from Omaha.
Candidates for State Librarian are
almost a. numerous a. those for sena-
soriAl honors.
Coos county has shipped since 1871
coal snI lumber 70 the amount Of
s2.924. los rs.
The City Council at Junction, have
appropriated $500 for tho purchase of
uew FIRE engine.
Cinnamon have been employed in
large numbers IN Yamhill county this
season, for grubbing.
james v. o'Dell, ON his ranch near
colfax, tbreshed 299 bushels Of wheat
froin six acres.
The Farmers Warehouse at salem,
q receiving about G.00o bushels Of
wheat PER day.
Since the cnal mines weso opened At
Seattle in 1871 the total export of coal
has been 40s.Os6 tons.
The total value of property in Polk
county is s2,7O7,e95. The indebted
ness TO be deducted Is ssOs, ,s75.
About 5000 hop pickers are wanted
ia PuyalIup valley. Wages offered arc
about 90 per cent. better than last sea-
son.
During the month of August the
shipment Of coal from Seattle reached
the unprecedented figure of 5000
tons.
L. A. seeloy. of PIeasan. Hill pre-
cinct, harvested 1900 bushels of cats
and barley from about 100 acres Of
land.
The Olympia Oyster Company viii
supply Portlanders witL two and a half
tons Of oysters a day during the rest Of
the season.
Wheat sacks have been purchased at
junction City to hold 100000 bushels
Of wheat. There are slready 10000
bushels stored there.
Tho Umatilla river for some dis.
tance below the Twelve Mile House is
perfectly dry, the water being lower
than for many years.
Wm. L. COvig, Of Rock Point. will
deliver the oration at the meeting ol
Southern Oregon pioneers. soon to b
held in Jackaon county.
Coy. Ferry has shipped 100 Spring
field rides te Tscoma for militia com.
paniea. Four thousand rounds Of am,
munition accompany them.
John Morrissey, the Pendleton sheep
stealer, has heen overtaken. He was
striking out for British territory, bu,
was caught on Snake river.
Salmon are very plentiful and cheap
in Seattle. Fresh salmon, jast out Of
the water, are sold for ten CENTS each
or three for twenty-five Gents.
Vessels in the coal trade Of Nanaim6
are now getting in many cases. only
" Do o ton-the lowest rate for carry
ing coal attained on the coast.
Pleasant Judd. of Damascus, gather,
ed in 40 bushels Of wheat to the acre
on his entire crop of about so acres,
Thai is enough to make any other Judd
pleasant.
Assessor Goddard, Of jackson coun.
~. reports large increase in the value