The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-05-22
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Of It's University. Brownsville aud Oregon
City Of their WOODEN mills, and Albaay of IL
inagniiioently uniformed bands !
Last Monday our strawberry friend Mr
William Peacock again camo to nand with 81
unsurpassed box Of trawberrisu. There wer,
only thirteen Ia the box, and they measured
ell tho way from q 70 ~ inches in cir
enmference. They were of the Sharples'
variety.
Mr. David Burkhart informs DEMOchAI
man that he saw blackberry vine on The
farm Of Mr. i 4 Baker, IN Benton county, 9
leet inches long. all OF this years growth.
THIS completely oyershadows tho vine men.
toned by contemporary 4 feet 2 inches
long.
| Some are grewling because pennies are
vending their way towards Oregon. II does
look small 10 those who have been IN the
habit Of seeing change within iivo and tsu
cents but IL il business, aud not an iacoa
vooiencs when one gsts assd to it.
The large rains did one service OF great
value They hoatsd about 2 OH. 900 feet of
lumber down the CAlipOsis, thus enabling
Robinson Il West U bsgi1 saving and to
nsst their large number Of orders. This firm
has been very unfortunate with their logs
this season.
A NJ Cox, OF Harrisburg. challenges any one
| ia Albany 10 o one days liahtnQ canLsst on the
| Upper Willamette" for $50 a .ids. Au AL
bany fisherman bids defiance aud agrees t0
fish for 500 aside on any trout strsAm in
Oregon. which would indicate that tho parties
are tso far part 10 ever meet.
| la the arrivals ~ ono Of the Portland
hotels lAst Monday we're the uamss OF four.
teen keddens all from Miehigsn. and all in .
row. No donLt this large family will redden
ssms LEGALITY. We are willing te run tbs
risk oi lis being inn. aud tAts tho chances
Of their being blood thirsty family.
Every county in Oregon would like 10 have
the State immigration board run la its iatsr-
cst;but only ooe county comes any whers Lear
q, A1d that 10 MuItaomAh. A. the same
time Lima county certainly 6Annot complain
NJ the number who are settling here. what
ever the cause may be which induces them
u come here.
Albany Should bs prspsrei L. recsivs the
Iowa editors on their way through Orsgoa
When at Albsay. With two thoroughly
uniformed bands there is no reason why we
should not be able to make an impression on
thsm that will enuTe % our bsnsht. AZ all
Of ths,n will travel with thsir pencils aud
note books IN their hAndS, 10 behoOvss the
psopls here to do something
One cubic inch Of gold 10 worth S2IO one
cubic foot. S3l2. $50. aud one cubic yanl,
W. 1D6, 752 tcoEnting the ounce at 1l5l. Al
the commencement of the Christian era there
were altogether $i27. 900. 900 worth Of gold,
but a. the time oi che discovery Of America
nnly 81, 900. 900 remained. ~ present the
vAias Of all the gold n III. World IL counted
st ~. 9sO. .OO0.O 900.
The first Of the week Mr Fcank Propst
living f=w miles from this city breught 70
the DEAOcgAT Office fos specimen OF seven
headed Egyp:ian wheat. q fset inches tall
from roots o. end oi blaid. IL Was in splendid
condition. the heads bsing we'll dsvslopaj,
and tells OF bountiiul crop siE weeks hence.
The editor Of the History Of the Willaa-
stte Valley - ia Sputhsrn Oregon getting up
an Immigrants Guide. re predict the work
will be COOL one. a. Hr Lang IL we'll suited
for u la all kindness though It may be said
that his iorts 10 not la Publishing Histories Of
England. or even Of the Willamette Valley.
Polk county hs, t~o young bsys. wh, fer
pure ''casso4nrss." are not oft.n cquAilel
They wore recsntly arrested for horse steal.
iag. plead guilty on two indictments and
were ssntsnos,l 10 GO days Imprisonment IN
the County jail. When they lsaye the jail is
viii be with two other indictments over
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When one Of the ladies ia "East Lynne"
said shs woald da anything to sse her broth.
~r elected, even kiss . blacksmith, aud then
pointed =. our irsnl on the corner OF Ferry
aud second Street, there was sGasiderabls
embarrassment in his leeali,y We under.
stand. though. he hepes the election will be
q close Que aud require such payments for
! votes.
Al exchange says Newspapsr., though
everybody does not think so, are always paid
for in advance. II the honest aud thought
ful subscriber doosn't do it the proprietor
has 70. The paper and ink manufacturers and
the printers will not wait until o year. per-
hAps dozen years, expire before they get
their pay. We wish thai some OF our sub
.cribers in arrears wonld think Of this.
Mr. Alex Cooley. OF Cottage Grove, has
been sued by QUO Hiram Lee for the sednc
tien Of his daughter Elsie, aged 10 years, iu
the snin OF $40, l5S. Ii is but jnst to say tha
Sir Cooley 10 an estimable and respected
gentleman. having lived in Lane county fol
many years aud has borne sn excellent reps
tation. He Is about sixty years Of age, Nj
Cooley claims that this is merely q black
mail schems and that he will fight it to the
end.-GHard.
How shall Women Dress :" is q question
that one would hardly expect to be discussed
in so grave an organ OF opinion as the Nortl
American RepietD, and yet in its June mum
bsr this interesting topic Is to be treated in
symposium, by tive eminent writers VIII,
have given the subject much attention, viz.
Charles Dudley Warner. Elizabeth Stuar
Phelps, DIR. William A. Hammond, Mrs. z
N. King and DIR. Kate j. Jackson.
The story started that Frank Lewis o
Corvallis, aud Jack Gibson, are one and tn
Same person, and that he threw the San Fran
cisco race on March 18th, are denied, and will
much reason, at least as to the former o
the latter We do not know sufficient about
70 state. Lewis has been in the StSte q
least three years, having been married to
Bsaton county young lady for some time
: II no threw the race it was his first one q
far as is known here, for he has never bee
beaten in Oregon.
As some Linn county people have th
Harvey Valley fever we give the followin
glowing q account Of it taken from the In
gentleman in Dallas q few days age who Ia
D recently returned from = trip 90 Harvey Va
Icy aud the Malheur county, to which plac
he had gone with the intention of Locating
He was not very favorably impressed wit
that section and says that the gilt edg,
nickle plated accounts of the country are e.
agerations of the worst kind and that en-
!, grants are almost invariably disappointed.
: The lease Of the Oregon Railway and Nav
igAtion line, il is now understood, viii elthe
, be made jointly by the Northern Pacific an
Oregon Short Line company, which is con
:, trelled by the Union Pacific, or by th
! Northern Pacific company alone, with q
: amicable traffic arrangement with the Un
!, ion Pacific. Renta! will be paid at the rat
Of 5 per cent on the Oregon Railway an
Navigation Co.'s stock for the trst thr,
i years, and per cent afterward.
A drover, says the 0rcyoaiaa, who has ju
Z returned from trip through Eastern oregs
q SAYS that he was in Walia Walla on ti
II Saturday before the rain began, and that Il
}. streets were almost deserted, and that ever.
4 body in town looked unhappy. Last Satu
= day he was there again, and the streets wei