The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-07-20

seat OF Linn county; and this II due, no
only 10 its many natural advantages Of 10
cation and resources, but also TO the enter
prislng and liberal nature OF its cItlxenl
No matter what may be the natural advau
tages of place, unless disposition Is die
tent, but little profit will be derived fron
them. The history Of the west Is fuIl of In
stances where towns have grown apae
and developed Into cities Of wealth an
commercial importance, though possessing
less natural advantages than some one O
more of It's Unsuccessful rivals, slnpl,
through the energy, enterprise and unites
action of It's citizens. In a stil NOR,
marked degree has been the progress ol
cities In which both these elements ar,
found In combination, as there are 10 al
hany. In the matter Of transportation fl
ciiities Ii surpasses any other city IN the
valley. or, in fact, IN the state. save Port
land. II has always possessed an outlet bs
| way OF the Willamette river, and Tor fifteef
years has had the main line of the Oregon
* California road passing through Il. This
road now belongs 10 the Southern Pacific,
aud constitutes portion Of the great over.
land route between Portland and San
Francisco, the link by which the great
southern and northern transcontlncntal
lines are connected ON the Pacific coast
| Albany also has the Oregon Pacific, which
gives II an independent outlet 10 the see aE
Iaquina bay, connecting there with reg.
ular steamer line 10 San Francisco. This
ocean ports In Oregon-~Portland and Va.
quina. Farmers from an extended region
| go TO Albany 10 trade, aud send tie pro.
duct Of their farms there for shipment,
There Is scarcely aa advantage Of location
possessed by any ether city which this
thriving place doea not enjoy, while at the
same time. Il has other advantages peculiar
TO itself. There Is little that ono could look
for OF desire In a thriving interior city,
that may not be found In ample propor-
lions In this prosperous and most beautiful
place. WeR SAore.
THE STATE PRStrENrtARY.-supi @.
S. Downing's report for the quarter ending
June 3oth, OF the condition ard expenses of
the penitentiary shows the total general
expenses to have been Su3I.II, and
amount paid for salaries $s.S0s.7s. making
the total expense Of the quarter S6.os6.s3.
The earnings were, for the foundry, ST..
sSI4o board Z. s, prisoners. Sa6o; board
Of judicial prisoners $6sI.rs sale OF stock.
SIS total, Sss57. S. Paid IN the laundry
and workshop, is9o4s. No prisoners end
OF quarter. 76s No. received during quar-
ter. 81 No. discharged, ~ pardoned,
died 4 ktNfEH fn the salt 4
The convicts were employed as follows
Contractors. I7s aunkies, etc, tailor
shop, , shoe shop, , hospital steward.
hospital waiter, prisoners Kitchen,
, bakers. butchers, soapmakeFa
officers kischca, g boiler house, ;
yard. 10 laundry, 7 carpenter shop. ;;
blacksmith shops /; plumber, gardener.
; ! care ct stock, teamsters, J general
farm work, 4 sick In hospital, I unable
to work temp aged, decrepii. etc. =.
Total, s6s.
THE Rock CREEK AfFAIRs-A cores
pondent Of Salem paper writes IN the fol.
lowing emphatic manner about the shoot.
Ing scrape "The examination before the
Linn county granS jury was not concern
Ing the shooting OF Chas. Thomas. Il was
about the letter that the so-caIled yigilants
sent 10 VIM. Thomas And as TO the ex.
pectatIon of bloodshed, Il il not expected In
the least. II there are ans of our citizens
going armed, I would like for your inform.
ant 20 tell who they are. In regard to
peddling all that Is said In the neighborhood
| concerning this affair. can say this !:
There Is much more peddling done outside
| of the neighborhood tran there IL In II. We
have some tattlers as well as other neigh
boEhoods. Those thinking all arc that
way inclined had best come and see be.
fore they say too much"
VERY BRIEP.-The following IL an ac-
count Of about as brief career In partic-
ular capacity as II Is often ones fate 10
meet "Pitt Smith, recently killed In
Graham, Idaho, while discharglng his
duty as an officer. arrived at the place
where he met his death, on the 27th ult,
was appointed Deputy Sheriff on the 2oth
lie had formerly served us deputy under
Sheriff Timer, at Boise, and had won rep
utation for nerve and cooiness in the face
OF danger, but like many another such
| whose lines are cast on the outposts of civ
| ilization, he crossed the path of gun
Fighter whose quick eye, unerring aim ane
murderous instincts, furnished the little
mining camp with man for breakfast
TmE RRsuLr.-Jo John Fistenmacher wa
a man who lived in Portland. BY living
small life, eating shavings with pickles 70
a relish, hating himself and everybod,
else, and being miserable generally h
managed to accumulate $40, o,3664o Thei
he died, leaving no heirs, and this sum ha
just been turned over TO the state. w
often condemn people who take thing
easy, spend allthey get and enjoy them
selves; but 1t Is about as good wa
as that followed by the Portland mise
We come very close to having a few Els
tenmachers in Linn county. Not you, ger
tie reader, for they never take newspaper
| VAccED.- -"Old man" Miller, who ha
been on the county for a long time, ha
caused considerable trouble recently b
running away, begging of people and lis
ing in an uncertain way generally, La
Thursday he was brought to this city
Alex Brandon, was convicted of vagranc
and sentenced TO the county Jail for day
This will probably fix him SO he will b
willing to stay with Mr.. Morris hereafte
though Mr.. Morris is to be congratulate
on losing him, very repuisive lookih
man.
| About o'clock m Thursday an alarr
was sounded on the fire bell, and immed
atcIy everybody took it for granted the fiji
was in the vicinity OF the "three alarm" a
fair. A barrel of straw had caught on fir
in the rear of Parker Bros. bakery, an
was easily extinguished BY being ejecte
in the alley. Just why the alarm was give
we do not know. Perhaps to ascertain
rAtt.- 70 I,r..n "a !, arr, 10 fnnA La il.n,..