The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-08-19

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Grain sacks are iOa cents at sola;
wheat 20 cents n bushel; harvest
hands scarce.
The warehouses Of Corvallis con.
tain about 30, 900 bushels OF wheat OF
the harvest Of 1880.
The Oregon city sawmill Is lsG-
ming . hours u day in order TO meet
the demand for building material.
Mayor Hendricks, OF Eagene City,
offers 800 reward for the arrest of
any person guilty of arson or orattempt-
ed arson in that city.
The annual meeting Of the Union
County Agricultural Society Will be
held at LaGrand Ia October, COM
mencing on the 10th.
Preparations arc being mlde for
the Grant eouniy fair, which VIII be
held nj the grounds at Mount YER
non beginning on the 3d of October.
The present buildings In progress
In Walla VILLA represent capital OF
$4,000. rho brick yards arc unable
TO supply Tho dcmand for brick.
Taere are no Idle mon In Dayton,
and laborers arc scarce and In de-
tnand. Every day farmers come TO
town In search OF harvest hands and
return home without them.
During the year ending July 3ith,
there were G25 money orders issued
at lllllsboro post office, aggregating
the sum of sll, 1926. 81; amounts Of
orders paid at the same time, s3io3.
80.
:'eveniy.ilye men aud boys are
now employed at The Seattle barrel
factory, where slaves and headings
are being turned out asionl.hingly
rapid.
Wheat commenced comlng In to
the Salem mills last Saturday at a
lively rate. The mills Issued on that
day about 5000 sacks 10 farmers.
The wheat Is thus far of u superior
qualify.
The rain of Saturday and Sunday
was not general throughout the val.
ley. Farmers were busy In the fields
Monday afternoon IN lie district Wis.
lied by the storm, showing that It's
effects were temporary.
A large per centaee OF the grain In
Polk and YamhIll counties II siiiI
standing, and will not be ready TO
cut for ten days or two weeks. Ap.
pearances indicate q yield unprece-
dented in Oregon harvests.
The county bridge at Lafayette Is
fast approaching completion. The
span Is almost completed, and Is a
llnc structure. II Will when done
be tho finest and most substantial
wagon bridge In the state.
The Fowler Brothers at Glencoe,
Washington county, have sold over
900, 900 shingles this year. More
buildings and improving Is being
done, take the county all over, than
at any previous year IN It's history.
The Baker County Agricultural
Meeting commences on September
2Gth. and when toll and attractive
speed program will he presented
The managers are determined TO
spare no efforts in making the fair a
success.
From 100 acres Of wheat John
Moorehouse, o: Utnatiila county, re-
allied 7lG0 bushels OF excellent
wheat. 70 acres on the farm OF II.
Macarthur. yielded 9750 bushels, ma
chine measure. Barney keenan,
tbreshed lG7s bushels OF wheat from
IL acres.
Mrs. Sansbury, ware OF II. II.Sans.
bury, who was drowned above Cello
on tho Oh the 9th Inst, arrived at the
Dalles from San Francisco In time 10
attend tic funeral Of her husband,
which took place from the Congrega-
tional Church at the place first named
on the 18th inst.
Alfred Thomas, who owns O fruit
farm near Walla u ALA, has already
sold this year eight tons of fresh
fruit and has dried ten tons more.
His orchard has l0Co apple trees, Of
1Gi different kiE;ls, besides this, he
has 500 peach trees, 250 plum trees
and $50 pear trees, all In full bearing.
A correspondent says There Is a
vast amount OF COED farming Land In
the snoqualmie valley above its juno
tion with Snohomish. There Is one
large swamp, known asthe Cranberry
swamp, that has ab'ut two thousand
acres ia II, and Is easily drained.
This swamp when drained will make
good homes for at least flfien fami-
lies.
Whitman county makes tho fol-
lowing showing according to the
assessor Numblr OF inhabitants
7l6S; number OF names entered upon
the assessment rolls, 21o7; number