The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-08-05

" that be rclhcstea i any station
should bear lis name It should be this
one.
Michael Hanley, veil to-do farmer,
states that there are at this time a inii |
lion ponnda Of -four IN Rogne River
valley unsold and awaiting market.
New wheat is being cut, and The pre-
cursor Of an immense crop Is being
taken TO the mills this week.
Harvesting ia in progress on Prospect
Farm, Umatilla county. Last. week
? headers, 0 header wagons and about
40 men were in the fields. A steam.
tbresher capable Of thIeshing from LOO
TO 1000 bushels per day was at work,
and the crop was :ieIding about 20
bishel, TO The acre. The cook house
Is located close by (the men literally
living 10 the field which makes great
saving of time in going to and from
their meals.
Quite heavy force Of hands are at
work on the SiuaIaw wagon road, and
have completed il across The summit
lt 10 expected that the road will be I'm
ished TO The coast by the fall Up
wards of 1000 people lave passed over
the trail this summer. IL shows what
tho travel will be then n good road has
leenconAtrucIed.- = The -grestsE part q
the people living AZ the mon1l Of the
Sinslaw river have come ,iats tbe val
ley, where they will work IN tie har-
vest field.
iSentinal For the past week or ten
days number Of Cinnamon have been
engaged at the jacksonville cemetery,
exbuming the bones Of dead Chinamen
preparatory TO shipping them. 10 the
celestial empire. About fifty dead,
who have been deal Eve or six years,
are being taken up and the bones Of
each placed in a separate sack and Ia
beled with the namo Of the deeease.
These sacks are afterwards placed in
boxes 20 many sacks TO each box
and then they ere ready TO be shipped
TO China. II is a ghastIy process.
Grant County Ne,cs The Chinese
Of Prairie City had a war this week.
The trouble grew out Of = dispute
about water used for mining purposes.
A part Of the Duck Coon Company
were in Chinese house, presumably
engaged in gambling, when a delega-
ton from the Sin Lee Company ap-
peaIed before the house end demanded
admittAhce. This being refused they
beat down thesdoor, when general
melee ensuej. Pistols, hateheis and
knives were freely used, and some Of
the Cinnamon are badly cut up. One
has three bullets in him, aud one is
thought TO he killed, but it is inpossi-
ble 70 tell. The party in the house
had Che BEST weapons, anI the assAil-
ants got the worst OF the bargain.
Eight Of the Sin Lee Company are now
confined in the county jail
An opponent Of camp meetings, Joe
PknFy ny Hame; Irtrsmptea 70 66s6ruct
the ROAD to a camp ground near june.
ton City recently, ir Telling trees
across the same where j. passed through
his premises. This -attsmpt brought
him ia collision with one Williams,
who, unaware Of the obstruction was
driving toward the camp ground. The
result was an attack upoa-the latter by
the former with an ax. Ia tile melee
Pitney was thrown TO the ground. BY
Williams, who had been struck in the
face, but the AK had been wrested away,
Pitney falling under, and was being
very severely choked whep other par
ties arrived. On the conclusion Of the
meeting the debris was cleared from
the road anil about 30 wagons passed.
Pitney will try to make these suffer for
trespass, while Williams has entered
complaint against Pitney for assault
with deadly weapon with intent TO
kill.