The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-08-12

an excellent place to deposit those few dol
lars you owe him.
One Of Enoch Boyles boys, who went Of
with him when he left his wife recently
writes back home that his father was drown
oil at Astoria few days ago. This is a
bosh; the Astoria paper contains no such
news. The old villain wants his family e
think he is dead, but he cannot hoodwihl
them in that manner
r.. A. Irvine had smash up last wesk
which was rather eestly In It's way. He had
bought twine attachment TO his Osborn
wire binder and just had il placed in posi-
ton when his horses scared and ran away
through his pasture aud into an ash swamp
For a wonder tho Osborn choked down
when il got in among tho ash trees, and
finally busted all to thunder. Irvine viii
have to buy new machine or else hire his
harvesting done.
We are indebted TO MIR. j. II. Townsend
Albany's gardener. for fine lot of roasting
ears. pie-plant and blaekberries. lie also
gave us couple Of boxes Of ripe strawher-
ries, which are somewhat Of variety n this
time OF year. One bunch Of Strawberries ON
the stem showed the berry in all sizes from
the blossom to the ripe berry,
Fox Baum and Co. expect to bring on the
largest and best assorted stock of goods this
year ever offered TO their customers. They
believe the prospects for good harvest aud
good price viii justify thom in buying
larger than usual and ask their customers
and the public generally to take notice that
they mean to have the best goods. the best
assortment and sell at the lowest prices.
Mr.. Baum goes to San Francisco Aug Goth.
The large flax warehouse near the scutch.
ing mills is now receiving tho lax crop
daily as IL dries after leaving the rotting
ponds. The estimated crop OF lint fax
raised in this section this year will be
30, 900 pounds. This will keep the lax
mills going for ak or eight months. 1t is
said that the lint is Of very line quality
and although the crop was much deprecated
on account OF foul seed aud ground, "a many
instances the ground being SO bad as to
choke the flax out entirely, yet the crop as
q rule will be a paying one all rOuAd
This week the wool pool of 50 900 ponds
was sold, and twelve carloads of il were
shipped from the Farmers' Warehouse in
this city for San Francisco. The price real
iEed was wc believe &c cents per pound.
Our friend Van Cleve of the Register says.
''this thrswa twenty thousand eight hun
dred dollars into circulation in Linn County. :"
Thst is very good, but how much bettcr IL
would be IL the wool was TO be manufactured
here. and besides the price paid for The wool
the wages OF operatives and the value of the
manufactured goods all kept here. Let
every citizen think of il and do all he can TO
bring woollen mill here.
Messrs Fox Banm and Co. deserve much
credit for having obtained for tile farmers
who composed the recent wool pool "a good
price for their weol as they did. This is
the second time they have come 70 the froat
aud paid better price than could be obtain
ell elsewhere. Farmers feel little sore over
the result of their operations in connection
with this pool. as they realized only &c cents
and day or two before the pool was formed
they could have sold for - eents in ANAL
lots. Had the pool been formed earlier they
could probably have realized more. a. pools
Of 80 large an amount always command a
percentage over regular quotations.
At4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, little
Tommy Murray was drowned 5. the mouth..ef
the CAIapooiA Heard two other little boys
were in swimming. and while going from the
mouth Of the creek mp TO the boom be was
taken with the cramp and sank 10 the bot
tom. The alarm was given and his brother
James hurried down and in . few moments
found him by diving. Drs. Hill and Jsnes
used every endeavor TO resnseitate the little
fellow, but were not successful. He was fol.
lowed to the grave on Wednesday afternoon
by q great many of our citizens. Tommy
was aged about ten years. aud was son Of
Edward Murray, proprietor Of the Exchange
Hotel.
Ballard Isom and Co, have added largely
to the appearance of the red crown mills by
giving them good coat Of paint, and have
also had painted on them large red crown
under which is the name Of the firm IN large
letters Work on their storage addition IS
progressing rapidly, and everything will be
in readiness as soon as the extra room Is
needed. Capt. + ]. IAnning is to have new
quarters ia the way Of pleasant Office.
The proprietors OF theae mills first added
every Improvement in the way Of new ma
chinery and better methods for the inside 81
their mills and these outside improvement
are but natural consequence. Their
trade is rapidly increasing and this year
promises to be much better than ever before