The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-04-26
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Easor Democrat.
ind the following local notice in one 8
the Salem dailies of recent date:
CHISAxAx ARREsrED.-John Afinto ever l,ea-s AZ, q.
open TO business IN regard to nuisances a few tay
| ago hs ordered Chnaman who conducts washins
and huting establishment Just back 81 inc Bennet
House, to clean up the back ward Yesterlav be
an Inspection Of the place and found that the naay
mad paid no attention TO his warning, aud no i'm
niedatey laid the clutches of the law unol, him sr
marched him before tho Recorder who foreed him ~
pay the sum Of SIS for his negligence few NOR,
to obey our laws.
Now, Mr.. Editor, this is exactly the kind
of work We want in Albany. The stencil
arising from the Chinese wash-houses in thi.
city is perfectly horrible, and a great amount
of sickness is caused by it. Physicians tel
me it cannot help but breed virulent fevers
and with this staring them in the face how
can our city authorities sit idly by and dc
nothing whatever towards abating the nuis.
anccs which are the prime causes of these
disorders. Ashort timo ago a petition, signed
BY nine-tenths of the property-holdcrs and
business men on First street, was presented
to the Council asking for tho removal of all
Chinese wash-houses from within the city
limits What was the result: see by
your report of the proceedings of the Council
that it was referred to committee with in
struetions that they should ''report an ordi-
nance which would remedy the evils com
planned Of. !" Instead of doing SO the com
nittse reported that the enforcement of a
certain section of our present city law would
be all that was required, and this report was
received and nothing moro was said about it.
In the meantime the Chinese are just as
dirty as ever, and their premises do not smell
one whit the better. Why can't the Council
IN some way stiffen up the backbone of our
City Marshal so that our city papers could
speak of him like they do of Minto in Salem.
The evils that are complained of at Salem
are just the same as they are here. There
the Marshal gets away with it in good shape !;
here, there is nothing done whatever, and
the lives Of numbers of onr citizens are
placed in jeopardy in consequences of ii.
1t seems to me that the Health Committee
Ut there is such a Committed can find enough
work to cause them to have a report at each
meeting Of the Council, and for the purpose
of giving them a start we will mention a
couple Of large privies which should be pur-
fled at Once-one at the Revere House, and
the other tby all odds the worstl behind Fro
mans brick block, in the rear of Blain's
clothing store.
Now know advice is easy to give and hard
to take, so the city officials can use their own
pleasure in regard to what have said. The
health of oar city, and probably the lives of
several of our citizens, are in their hands.
and consequently they should act quickly,
and when they hear of any nuisance within
eur city limits, have it removed. even if in
doing so they do tread on the corns Of some
Of our richest men.
YOu may possibly hear from me again, If I
see chance to grOwl MEMO