The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-11-02

July Amount capital stock subscribed,
S3ooo.ooofully paid In. Liabilities, fund
debt S6hoo,ooo iloatlng debt, $I,4oo,ooo.
Amount cash paid company on account Of
original stock, SIoo,ooo, balance of stock
having been paid for by other property sold
and transferred TO the company. Value OF
roadbed, A. assessed, $4,000 rolling
stock, $t43soo stations buildings, etc
5000 other property, $4,000. Length
main track S5.3 miles sidings, SO miles,
Number miles run by passenger trains dur.
ing year,ss.oal mixed and freight, 4i,als
miles. Tons local freight carried IiS,t6s.
Number OF TONS carried one mile s,6o4, 4,a47.
| Amount received per ton per mile for al
freight $.o3s.. Total passenger carried 70
| year, 44,733 Amount received from the
same $Sq9oo.s2. Total freight earnings,
| SohssoSs. Earnings from all sources,
| StS9,0I3s7, Expense running passenger
trains, $fI,ofs.3s freight S2s, s,2eI74 all
other expenses, S276s4gi. Amount taxes
paid (nnder protesi,J Si3s6oIo. Amount
expended for maintenance of way, Sss,-
S7t.gl stations buildings, etc, $s,s07.42
other expenses Tor maintenance Of way
Si,o753o all other expenses, S6,6als7.
cnergY TnuEvRs,-Fr Friday after the
overland train had come In two tramps
helped themselves to commercial gentle.
mans sample case aud walked of into the
darkness undistnrbed. The case contained
about forty pounds OF ladies and children's
shoes, which were all odds and hence use
less except to the owner. No clue TO them
was obtained. so effort made 10 regain the
| property. a mail pouch found missing
from the car was found about eleven O'Clock
| BY Mr.. Meyer beside the track In the
Third ward. II had fallen out OF the door.
and was not stolen as At first reported a
nighiwatchman would come In handy
around the depot nights.
ENrrarame.M Most enterprlsiug men
advertise In the newspapers for their wants.
but a young man who wants position
throws card Promlseuously over the city
dated Nov. a foe Oct. "a. lie Is versa.
tile genius and We hope viii get position.
Here Is the card: sMan with academic
and business college education wilt accept
the best offer within one month To work In
store or Office of any kind, warehouse. fac.
tory, mill or OF the farm. any place ia
Western or Southern Oregon. Evidence
OF good character, temperate and indus
sFlous habits given. Correspondence offers
ADD trials invited. Address, Enterprise.
Albany, Oregon.
AgoCr JRRUsALEM.--A Lebanon young
man wrote to Jerusalem about the country,
and got ;his answer, among other things
In reply to your letter lnquidng a. to Ieru.
salem, have 10 say. would advise no ore
to come here with the idea of making NOR.
ey or even living. II Is rare exception
when this Is done Under different gov.
ern,ncnt things might DC better bat with
everything taxed--crops trees. whether
they bear or not, cattle, etc. etc, what car
be expected -
PRoEEcr Us FaoM ouR FaIEsps.--An
Albany paper reeently produced an Illus.
tratIon parporting 10 be an ocean steamer
entering Yaquina har5or, but which In
reality more nearly resembles a steamboat
passing the locks at Orcgon City. In the
explanation which accompanied this work
of art, il Is stated In cold type that no tug Is
Visible In the picture as the steamers come
and 60 at Taquina without tho expense OF
any towage. Asa matter of fact no steam.
ship ever entered or departed from. va
quina without being accompanied by tug.
and for the credit Of the company we hope
none will be allowed to attempt lt.--New.
por, News.
a PotNT FoR Tug c. PA man who
has evidently killed Chinese phcasanis says
you never find any wheat in their eraws
but plenty Of black seeds. lie doesn't be.
lieye they cat wheat nor that they are any
more OF nuisances than other birds, and
knows they are not when Il comes To eating
them. Here's field for discussion.
Too LAzY.--IiaIf the men arrested In
Albany nowadays are too lazy to give
their real names, and no report Il John
Zones or some other name that takes no ef-
fort The reason most OF these fellows
won't work Is because they are too tired.
| GAME MARKEr.-Burr Sloan and Wal
ter Fest have opened game aud fish mark
ct two doors north of tl.e DEMOCRAT office,
and both being crask hunters, propose TO
keep the market supplied. As they Will
make specially OF game they will deserve
a liberal patronage.
A Rocky CRowp.-Fivc bears, ,threemen,
two boys and four barefooted girls, have
been In the city Friday,coming here from
Corvallis, where they were ordered 10 move
on. II Is a dilapidatcd looking crowd; but
draws full houses, with no money in them.
I68 DAys.-A walla Walla soldier re-
Gently deserted When he deserted, he
weighed 400 pounds, and when found was
reduced nearly half his weight. lie had
subsisted for i68 days on watcrcress and
/ chokecherrics within sight of the post. and
rs can we'll be imagined, the strange break
on his part Is creating sensation IN Wala
Walla
/ ANOTHER CoMPErIroR.--"Thc Salem
and Albany papers are quarreling about
which of those villages shall be the june
tion Of the proposed Astoria railroad with
the Oregon Pacific. Whats the matter
with Corvallis being the Junction. II Il
on the right side of the river for that
Leader. And, why not2 Corvallis is vel
located for 1t, and is on the Oregon Pacific
like Albany,
| BIe.-Mr. Alexander, Of the "Forks, y hal
left on exhibition, at curran & Monteith',
rutabago weighing 81 pounds. w. X
Temple left at the same place an SO pouns
squash. These speak for the fertility of ou
soil.
MARRIED.-At the residence OF the
brides parents in Halsey, on Wednesday
Oct 24th, by J B Fisher, Mr. ] w Bresslc
anaFM Maggie M GodIey--both of Hal
sey.