The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-10-31

teemed young lady. She has relatives ant
friends in this city who win rejoice at hsl
fortune In getting good husband, and pros
poets for bright future.
The power OF forco OF habit was well illus
trated in q case In tho Circuit Court last
Tuesday. A witness In narrating On event
repeatedly added. ''and he says 10 me, and
though stopped tho next sentence would
have tho samo expression, much to th
amusement Of the spectators.
| EFT Fisher. County surveyor Of Linn
county. Is prepared with field notes and
township plata Of this county TO correctly
locate corners OF land where tho same has
been lost or destroyed, and will replace the
same with permanent monuments. Persons
wishing surveying done will please address
EN- at Miller's, Linn county, Oregon.
Tuesday night Mcknight Brothers stAl.
lion oneco was brought TO Albany from
Eastern Oregon, where no was entered 10
three year old race. and made record
Of 2'4l. Those familiar with tho stallion are
confident he will have o:20 speed when
five or six years OF age, and II trained next
year lcok for nearly ai30 in 1885, with much
reason. for at Union no trotted half mile
in LII without skip. and has already gone
quarter at a 2;30 speed.
An exchange gives tho follow ing account
Of bght between an Indian and deer /.
''Some gentlemen recently returned from
trip to the dividing liue between Multnomah
aud WaSco counties. ia the Cascade noun.
tains. report fight between an Indian and
an elk, which proved fatal to both. Tho
Indian saw tho elk aud shot at II, but only
succeeded in giving II mortal would. Be-
fore he could reload his gun the elk wa.
upon him aud fight ensued. 10 tho death Of
both. When found the Indian was cut be.
yond recognition. lie died that day aud
was buried near by.
One Of the criminal eases tried In the Cir.
cult Court Tuesday was that Of the State act
Kendall aud Shough. two young mon arrest.
ed charged with stealing about four bushels
Of wheat. After hotly contested trial thew
were discharged. the jury agreeing on the
srat ballot. II should be remembered th..
the arrests were maae when wheat was oser
90 cents. o;ss Il might be considered a sm.l,
affair. There Is no danger OF wheat beipv
piifered at the preseat market price.
The condition OF thu roads between Car.
Wallis and the Bay can DO judged Of f,on
the following item clipped from the Po.t !.
..sam Irwin and wife had quite an sYn.,;
enes coming in from Corvallis last vet
They were about three days making a..
trip To Elk, arriving there Saturday after.
noon. aud. Sam says, bad four diasr.n,
teams before they succeeded in getting one
that could pull them through. The ro.d.
bed seemed 10 have entirely disappeared :,
some places. We certainly wish our young
friends better fortune in their journsy
through life than TO be compelled 10 make
any more such tEips."
The assessment roll Of Polk county shows
tho following; Number Of acres Of land
A3. Ill it, assessed value, 81. 2g7, 236.
Town lots leiG I; assessed valuc, ss3. $50
value Of improvement. $3s5. $50 n.erchan
disc and implements, s27G. s47 money, noter
and accounts, 81, ,25G. .5s4 household furni
turc, sll2. 9il hsrzes 2759 assessed vaiu,
ssl3 322 cattle 50iG. assessed value Ss2.
O24 sheep 10. s36 assessed value 81, oll
swine 6S52 assessed value si4.6is gros
value OF all property. s3.659.0I7 indebted
ness, $780,, ,isl exemptions, e255. 900
leaving total value Of taxable property o
s. .4o2, ,s3s and 927 polls. Upon this Oh
couaty makes alevy Of IL mills. from whic
State tax is to be paid Of $l9.055.ss.
school tax Of sl3.6il.34. leaving balanc
Of sl4.97247 for county purposes. Thi
makes total tar TO be collected by IN
Sheriff Of 81. .639.7O
A Portland paper has the following no
item. which sll should digest "The lArs
amsant Of wheat damaged this year has hs
TN effect OF causing fas hogs TO be moi
plentiful than common. Some 400 were =
ceiysd yesterday by A II Johnson. from var
Gus portions of the state. They were all
prime condition and many Of them we
heavy. weighing 400 pounds aud upward
They will speedily be converted into ham
: bacon and lard, which will put stop TO Il
: importation Of these articles from the east
some extent. II is pity that there are n
more hogs in the country, as with the Il
rates Of grain and the largo amount unfit
u shipment hogs can be fattened with prof
. and it 10 about time that the importation
hog products into this state was stopped.
- stock pig weighing 100 pounds alive, eqr
y to 20 pounds dressed. when fattened wi
~ ten bushels OF grain will weigh 20O pouu
dressed. The price now paid for dress
." hogs by packers is about cents SO it v
20 be seen that tho man who has enough he
30 to consume his damaged wheat will be q
to realize fair price for it.
% What will be the metropolis Of the Mort
C. west is an uncertain and immateriAl quest
u to us. Newspaper articles from places cla
ing advantages are certainly amusing. I
~ following is from the Oregontdn; Portla
nc has grown within the last twenty ye
or rem city of 5000 to one of 10000, and
T. t Is accessible by the largest sea going
sells, and as the general government Is
I'D proving the channel through the bar at
mouth of the Columbia, thore is no percel
NJ BILE reason why Portland should not maini
no its lead and ultimately bssome a riyal to
Francisco itself. Tacoma, the ocean tern
III us of the Northern Pacific, and Seattle, /
II. situated on Puget Sound. are thriving
M enterprising towns, and both with the
terest jealousy Of each other aspire to be
To- future great city. Their harbors are n
NJ excellent in every resp ect, except that I
Ar are too deep to afford good anch orage. Z
ne claims to have the bsst harbor and he
pa Of everything else, but so far as a disin
Ith l