The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-25

| eav yeAFl ana ~ one IAktleF Expressed u
''yeu cannot SEQ the ground" II IL IL .
lowed to mature without any baOksots. tt
farmers Of Linn county will harvest th
largest crop Of wheat ever raised In the csur
ty, which viii mean greater prosperity ga
better times. So mote IL he.
Afarmer cultivated eighty acres Of Ian
10 wheat and oats. He required one team
and did the work before harvest easily alone
Then he added forty acres 10 the amount
had TO buy another team. and hire han,
the year round. He lost msney by II en-,
new only puts in eighty acres, and doe
much better with that amount than will
100.
The columns OF the DEnooaAr are open
for discussion ON ell sides Of questions o
public interest, whether agreeing with eu
views or not but we do not hold ourselves
responsible for the utterances Of our CORES
pondsnts. We shall only go 30 far 81 h
exclude ell personal matters, or those Of
peculiarly offensive nature.
A company has been formed at Lebanon
oy the name OF the Copper aud Silver Min
Ing Company. They have mine ten milsl
east Of Lebanon. in which cut Of fifty fsol
has already been completed, and tunnel ol
nifty feet begun. The oro is said 10 be good
but a. TO the value Of these miues we ara
unable to say At tho present time.
The following have been elected a. officers
Of Grange No. 10. for 1854 Robert Poster,
Master; c P Barkhart, overseer N Payne,
Lscturer Grant Froman, Steward SAM
BOdine. Asst Steward A L Bloom, Chap.
lain J r Froman. Treasurer Thes Fro.
man, Sec'y; w Misner, Gate Keeper ;
Mary Payne. POmOria; Lola Froman. Flora;
Anna Anderson, Ceres Irvine Powell, l. A
Steward.
San Francisco. CAL, Feb. 20. 1881 use
Ammen's Cough Syrup in my family. /
recommend it-havs sold some on my rec.
ommendation-stil should not have dene
80 cut Of business or friendly consideration
did not believe in the medicine. -
Extracts from letter from Z II Baxter, OF
frm Of Langley & Michaels. wholesale drug.
gist.
Inadvertently last week in mentioning
the manufacturing interests, We left out the
Albany Soda Works. an industry Of good
proportions, Hoffman & Joseph having
large sale for their refreshing drinks, soda.
pop. etc. all through the Valley. By ssrct
attention. to business they have worked up
~ excellent trade, which they deserve, a.
they are public spirited and eaterprising. and
lre always found laboring for the advance
nent Of Albany.
A call has been issued for the twelfth an.
,aal convention Of the Oregon State Woman
Suffrage Association, which will be held in
Portland. February 18th Aad 18th, 1884, At
Turn Hall. All woman suffrage Associa.
ions, ard those in sympathy with them, are
TO send delegates, reduction Of
10 per cent viii be made ia fare, aud enter.
'ainment furnished in Portland. on account
II the presentation Of the Amendment to the
fotsrs in Juas. this il urged by the prssi-
lent as an important Convention, aud she
.hus requests large attendance.
Such 10 the skill Of Mr E w Lansdon at
killing ducks that he il receiving letters
rom all quarters. asking for contracts for
he sale Of the feathers from those which he
daughters. We have only seen one. . very
literal offer from popular business man Of
Shedds. In the 6rst match hunt Mr. Lang.
Ion made 0.00o points, while in the last
hunt be added another 0, his scsre standing
Do. 600. Those familiar with the value Of
The points, viii appreciate the demand for
his feathers.
We have noticed several items in refer.
enes TO the size Of cherry trees. the last be-
ing one IN Benton county. Mr. W w Craw-
ford gives rs the dimensions Of enc on his
fathers place, Hon Geo r Crawford, which
Is ahead OF any yet reported. except As 70
the height. This one Is 25 feet high girth
at the ground, feet 81 inches feet from
groupd. 5 feet, II inches il has FIVE main
branches each measuring respectively, 2 feat
4 inches, 2 feet 0i inches, 2 feet 2i inches,
2 feat inches, feet 81 inches, sxpanss oi
tree ~ feet inches. Il was planted ip 1857
and bears large fruit every year.
Ia 1853 there were 4445 men in businea.
in Oregon. The number OF failures was %,
liabilities 1856, log. In 1892 there were
only IS failures. liabilities sle3, 500 Ia
1878 year of failures in the U there were
only l3 in Oregon. liabilities Sl73, 500, with
2.s7e men in business. The average number
of failures in the United States wAs ia
every o. in business on the Pacific Coast /,
was in every 81, in Oregon in every ~,
the worst showing Of that Of any section ol
country. While tho number in business
was l-l9l Of all in business in the United
States. the number Of failures was l-98.
While some may account for these figures,
it is liable TO give Oregon . rspuEation which
it should be careful to avoid. F6r the abov.
figures credit il due Il q Dunn L Co., OF n.
Y. City.
Corporations. their Employees aud the
Public, " in the North Am:rieas Rsview fer
February, by Carl Schurz, Is sure to com
mand an attentive hearing. To the sam.
number Of the ReuieW G Sharp. Principal
of the University of st Andrews, contributes
an admirable sketch Of tke life and works O
Henry Vaughan, Silurist." Senator J
Ingalls, writes of John Browns Place in
History" The question "Must the CLASSICS
Go r is discussed by Prof Andrew West
Of Princeton College. "Race Increase in tn,
United States" by Congressman Randolph
Tucker, makes very snbstaRtial contribu-
tion TO sociological sc.eace. Finally an i'm
portant question in hygiene, 'Rival System
of Heating" is treated by DR. A N Bell ant
Prof w P Trowbridgs. Published at 81
Lafayette Place, New York, and for sale b,
booksellers generally.
Just Received.