The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-03-20
SWEET HONE.
S~eet Home, March II, 's5.

S~eet Home, March IL, 'S5.
As two other esi,ondents from or
near thh enterprising village have
given you the happenings Of the times
and as we rather suspect that they are
not bona 6ds residents Of this imme-
diAse neighborhood, rather above Sweet
Home City, We your humble servant
Si.l undertake TO report at this time for
Sweet Home proper. BIT gentle read
er undentand TO commence with We
are not living wholly in that elysiun
thA, our name would indicate. We
have the usual broi's and di ,cordt that
aiiiict civilization the world over.
The business part Of our city is rp-
resented 10y two general stores kept by
John Donaea and Alonz, Ames, two
hotels and feed stables. The st. johns
kept by mine host, j. DOnaca, Esq.
The Independent kept and run by Geo.
Rowell, his sstimAble wife and daughter.
At either of tho above hotels the put.
lie will be fed aud cared for with the
best the season affords and the most
polite attention, at prices tiAt defy com.
petition. Each Of the above hotels
keeps q feed stable where horses are
cared for at moderate prices. The
Piouser saloon. kept by the genial VIM.
L. Simons. administers stimulants TO
the needy, but is an orderly and we'll
kept house, and drunk man on our
streets 10 a rare sight. The tannery
run and owned by Rumbaugh & Sons
is turning out good product Of leather,
and seems to be meeting with the en-.
couragement necessary to make the
business a success. Luck TO them, as
they are enterprising and deserve sue.
cess. Sweet Home needs more such n
they with 60 head and capital 70 de-
selop her into q manufacturing city u
no small Importance, as We have unlim
tied water power furnished by the San
tam river and Amss Creek. The saw
mill operated by 4. Abbott, ESQ, u
turning out considerable irst-class lum
Der, but the trouble seems to be tha
the demand is greater than the supply
Our enterprising fellow citizsn, E. @
jackson, is building = saw mill on hi
farm above town, on Ames Greek. HI
hores to get bis mill in operation some
time during the coming summer, an'
when he does we expect he will max
il 90, as that is part of his naturs
} The Lewis Bros, shoemakers, are turn
. ing out considerable 6rst-class work AM
r deserve to do we'll as they are frrst-clas
workmen. Tho school in this district
No. 55, closed Feb. 18th, w. s. Ca.
vert, teacher. The board have employ
ed him to teach Eve months more, com
msncing March 2Srd, wages $40 pc
month. Joseph Riggs, ESQ.,, was elect
, ed Director and Jno Thompson Cler
, at the late election. L. K. Brook
! will teach in 2. B. Moss district th
coming summer. We congratulate th
people on securing the services of 8
0 able a teacher, as he has taught tW
- schools in our district, giving anivers
: satisfaction.
JOS. Riggs and Mr.. r 'lfe are prepal
" Ing to build themselves barns. The
h ! are having the lumber sawed at Il
b Sweet Home mill.
The people of this community q
we'll supplied with preaching. On Il
Of second Sunday of each month by Re
% J. Joslin, Free Will Baptist; thi
Sunday by either Rev. Bowersox
. Hollenbaugh, Evangelical fourth Su
: day by Rev. Hamilton, Adventi