The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-10-12

| AN ADVERTISING ScnEME.-- The DEMO.
Graf received call Saturday evening from
ID. Leubrie staff correspondent OF the
Chicago IHtey.ocAas. Mr., Lcubrle has
been In the city for the purpose Of making
arrangements for an advertisement of our
city and county. lie offers 70 write us up
In that largely circulated journal provided
our citizens will subscribe for that paper,
furnishing fifty three months subscriptions
or twenty-five six month subscriptions at
80 cents week. The proposition Is rea.
| sonable one, and our citizens would get the
worth of their money In any event Mr..
Leubrle has quite an exalted opinion of
Albany and Linn county and told a DEMo.
cRAT man he believed this city would have
population of 5000 In five years aud
$4,000 In ten years. It's location being the
central position In the Valley In connect
ion with the great trans.contlnental line
that will pass East through Albany gives
Il an advantage that Is bound to make Il q
fine inland city. Outside OF Oregon Il Il az.
tracing more attention than any other city
Ia Oregon south OF Portland, and there Is
little doubt of It's future. As this scheme
costs less than most any yet presented, and
Is valuable one, Il win no doubt be acted
on. In fact our business men are favor.
ably impressed with IT, and the Board of
Trade Will probably assist Il forward.
a Bio ONE.-Recently the DEMOCRAT
gave an account OF big devil fish caught
on the Mexican coast, and told the Astoria
Pioneer man he would have TO try again,
which he docs as follows, and we admit
that living on salt water he Is the biggest
"form" cleaner; "a curious phenome-
non was witnessed here during the recent
high tides. A Pioneer pressman had been
missing large quantities OF Ink and was at
loss TO account for lie Disappearance.
The mystery was solved, however, on
Saturday at ago p. 81, standard time.
When the pressman went into the room
he was surprised TO see plank removed
and large devil fish sixteen feet long and
eighteen feet wide from the edges of the
pictorial fms was iloaling on the tide which
ebbs and flows under the Pioneer office.
Its head and neck projected through the
floor and II was calmly taking on board
supply of ink which II throws out 10 black.
en- the water when pursued. Upon being
discovered Il hastily withdrew TO It's native
element, first making few marks on the
side OF the ink barrel with It's ink stained
whiskers. When the astonished pressman
recovered sufficiently, he looked at those
marks and read; Il am somewhat of liar
myself Our Albany contemporary will
have to return to snake stories. We are
to near the sea TO be blufed out by cut.
tle-iish yarn.
IrcHISo FOR a DEBr.-People who arc
tching for Albany to be in debt several
hundred thousand dollars should remem-
ber that the city already owes about SIo,-
600 on It's school house. At the proper
time wepredict Albany will owe enoughto to
suit the most fastidious iogician. In the
meantime 1t Is crawling. We are getting
a sewer system gradually though no. very
systematically. tits true we might bond
the city for 10000 for bridge across the
Willamette, might buy the water works,
ditch, etc, for Stsooco and put $4,000 in
woolen mill, and with a debt Of quarter
of million and S3s,ooo interest annually
to pay would certainly be on the high road
to prosperity for a city of 1900 people.
That looks a little ridiculous yet there
are people here who talk as II they favored
some such move. II Is all right for n city
To be In debt, and II should maSe improve
ments whether II Is or not but the amount
should always be regulated by the assessed
wealth of the city. and not by the vision
AIRY wealth ia fr0speef0.
a BIC BArcH.-Saturday evening a
tramp made himself conspicuous In Jones
barber shop 10y helping himself TO razors
and iiourishing them in dangerous man
ner, when he was arrested and placed In
the caiiboose. William Garnett, brother
tramp, who made himself conspicuous n
year ago by having fits, and who has since
been in the insane asylum, was also arrest.
ed, but escaped. The ether tramp made
night hideous In the caliboose and the next
morning was discharged by the marshal
without any hearing. Last night both OF
the men were again arrested and placed In
the caliboose, where one Il liable TO re-
main for several days. About a dozen
others around the depot promised TO leave
the city. Now Is the time for some en-
phatic actor Our citizens are getting
tired OF this tramp nuisance.
ONEco woS.-The special race, at
Walla Walla, mentioned Saturday, was
completed Saturday afternoon. Four heats
had been trotted Friday, Oneco winning
two and Maud Knox two. Purse $500. ID
K w won the fifth heat and Oneco the last
and race in a;34H. This is quite feather
in the stations cap, and shows that he has
the qualities for making very reliable
trotter when trained down. Though he
secured record of only 2;32K he has
trotted in less than z:29. This season
Oneco has entered in four races. In the
first he won third money, In the second,
second money, In the third and fourth,
first money. Mcknight Bros, are to be
congratulated on the good performances of
their horse.
SEVERAL CHANGEs.-G. w. Willis, of
Lebanon, was in the city Tu esday. He
has Just moved TO that city. The farm
which he sold to Hermann Ncugdaucr sew
eral weeks ago for $1,000 that gentleman
has Just sold to NJ. Z. Dow, recently Of
Salem. for $2roo payable in grocery
store at that city.