The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-09-27
LOCAL RECORD.

master at Baker City has Just received
letter With an enclosed note from younl
quaker named X n Morris, Of Newberg
which explains itself In such funny wa,
shat we glseit
"Po Master fnelosed you will Had q shor
note seeking for a lady correspondent h
your town now am young fellow u
years Old and Ike innosent fun Ms well nj
any person living | reckon But atm no
overly teff for how can be aud be quaker
as am
so will YOU please hand the enclosed
note to some good looking yong lady that
comes into your Office.
| win not seal the note 40 you can read
Il and see that there Is nolhlng offensive
about H."
The note to me un Known young lady I.
nearly es good asihe above.
No IrcNpRR liz LEsr.--A few days
ago We published an Item from Irallula
paper about Ar Starr leaylng there, not
becuase he didn't like that nice country ;
but because he wanted 10 get back to his
od Willamette Valley home. lie Is back
and here Is what the Eugene Register
says "Mr. 4. T. Starr, brother OF Mr..
]. +. Starr otthls city,who has been living
on farm near The Dalles. came.in from
the,e last week aud says he Is going to re.
main IN the Willamette Valley. He raised
a fine field uf grain this year, but when
about ripe hot Wind came along and dam.
aged Il TO such an extent that what was
left was barely enough TO pay tor harvest.
ing. lie has farm In Lian county and
will move there"
A PEcuLiAR SIDEwALk.-J II Aldrich,
who formerly published the Ns,Vs at va.
sulna Bay. writes to ,he Times an interest.
Ing letter. We take the following from u
about peculiar sidewalk chas l. Moe.
ure, formerly OF the old Benton Blade.
is new managing editor VI the Ayisesiss,
one Of the Leading papers OF the Ty. What
struck me most forcihly upon entering
the once for the first tin c. was the pecu-
liar construction of the sidewalk Ia front
OF the door II consists OF empty beer bot
ties driven into the ground close together.
bottom up. whether Charlie emptied all
the bottles without aid or assistance we
did not inquire, thinking II an empty
house al the best.
Tine WAY 1T n DoNR.-A queer fact In
assessing is brought to light IN Pendleton.
as Il illustrates the widely varied ideas dli.
ferent assessors have OF real estate values.
F L Richmond, Portland drummer,
owns piece OF property on Court street.
which he will sell for $500. II was ass
essed for the county 1T $4,000. for the city
at S7SO0, and for school purposes at $3.50
The latter assesxment has engendered con-
siderable kicking on the pari Of Mr. Rich
mond.-Pendleloa = o.
Jusr BARN But It isa cnrious Kind
of an arrangement. Geo + Simpson, Z
W Lsngdon, George Hochstedler and Mrs
c 0 Barnes each own quarter of the
same block. In order 10 economize room
and 40 forth they are building a eombi-
nation barn at the middle OF the block, with
a driveway completely around H. The
barn will have a tower. The Idea Is a good
one and one that rebounds to the ingenui-
~ of the parties interested.
SEVERAL SALEs.-The following sales
no. yet recorded have just been made |
Dubruil.e to Hays, OF Scio, 3 lots H's
4th A, $3.50 j ] Dubruille TO Sarah Hines.
I lot rs 4th A, $sso T L Wallace to DIR
Guiss, lots lis 4th A, SIeoo T /. Wal
lace TO Peter Schl3sser, lots, Eikins A.
$500. Wallace * Cusick, agents In each
case. w II Metzger sold 10 Mr. Grant .
lots in Elkins A. for S37S.
FOURTH DAY STATE FAiK.-Aitendanee
! 5000. One thing is credit to the fair shi
year. as il always has been, and that is III
I;.> stock exhibit, Il is good. The one an
one fourth mile dash was won by Jubilee, the
iayorIte. in 7:IoH. The FIVE eighis mile dash
was won by Kitty Van in 1910, within two
seconds Of the fastest time on record, The
, 30 trot was won by Cioster, a Montana
horse, best time, z:z6.
a PECULIAR DEArm.-John Hayes.
Blue Greek, z. o., farmer, was found dead
under wagon load of rails on the Blue
Creek HiIl last Saturday evening. lie had
been dead several hours when found. The
brake Oft the wagon suddeni, gave way
and the wagon surging upon the horses
caused them TO veer to one side thus over
turning the wagon upon Mr. Hayes. There
were no bones broken and only a few
bruises on the face and head.
Orr The TRAcK.-The following from
the PendIeton e. o. rather capsizes US,
though It Is the kind OF item we hope 10
see made about Albany In a few years !:
Seven electric motor cars for the street
railway at Albany, passed through Pendle-
ton Saturday evening, and were the OBJ
jects Of much interest and curiosity"
Proud OFVIcrALs.-The County Clerk
and Recorder are smilingly happy. A new
incandescent electric light has been placed
above each Of their tables In their respec-
tive Offices, and there Is no reason why
they should not work at night II they
choose. 1t is reported that they worked
most all night last night, so pleasant and
inviting are their Offices.
A GoPHER.--A young gopher was cap.
tured on First street, and attracted some
attention on account Of his bigheadness
and big teeth. It took several of our
learned men some time 10 reveal the spe-
cies of the animal.
A CORVALLIS FIoHT,--L 6 Kline, oI
this city, was quite badly bruised up Mon
day, by being one Of the principals in l
row with B T Taylor over some scraps o.
lumber that the latter used. which were
the property Of Mr. Kline. Immediatel,
after the row Mr. Taylor appeared before
the recorder and paid a fine. Times
THRUST UPoN HiM-"Some men ar.
born great, some acquire greatness ana
some have greatness thrust upon them.
Eddie Hall, the boy who accidently tool
balloon voygae Is one OF the latter, an
is reaping his reward in Portland muse
um.
| THE RIvER.-The "Modoc" has retires
from the route between Salem and Porl
land and Is running on the lower CoIum
bia Not single boat Is running south /
Portland. A larger run has been mad
this year than ever before.
A SALE.--Sept ember Io Mr. A Webst'
Wallace & Cusick agcAts, sold to Mr.
Ralston his home property on Baker stree
Consideration, $1,000 Mr. Webster pa
of.f q xQ<, Cor ft.fs 1acfro ffs. ,.rxx,. - .,