The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-11-08

| day and has taken his family there 10 live.
Mr. Sage has lived in this place for long
time ana has host OF friends whose well
wishes accompany him and his family 10
their future home. =. Mr. Jos White sold
about six and one half tons Of hops, Tues
aay, to San Francisco buyer, for I cents
per pound. Al. this low figure our hop
ralsers will lose money. -, One day last
week Hugh Montgomery was brought be.
fore city recorder ] II Waters,on charge
Of dlsorderly conduct, and fined IS and
cost, amounting In all 10 SIS 50. He was
drunk the evening before aud was lodged
IN inil for saEety--TA A few months age the
same man was fined In Albany for like
oifensr.and we withheld HIS name until the
next offense. Mr NJ. Is pretty good man
sober -Tnwss,
A DoMEsricArED PHEASANT. The
following from the Brownsville Times
proves that Chinese pheasants can be do
mestleatsd, contrary to general report,
though weprcdlct that some day the one
referred to viii take to the wheat field
aMr o p Coshow, has China pheasant
tha, has never known any but domestic
hEe. Ii was born With brood OF chickens,
aud was ted and cared for by the mether,
until such time as he was big enough to
weau, when he was left 10 shift for him.
self alone with the chickens, This bird
seems perfectly cententsd, going to roost
at night aud feeding through the day with
the chickens"
A BRANCH ilKRE.--alr Harry Miller,oi
the Grants Pass Sugar Pine & Lumber
Co. has been In tho city for the purpose of
establishing a branch factory here, and
making this The general distributing point
for the products OF the two factories. II
will take capital stock of $4,000, of
which Hochstedler & Sears will take $Is,.
600, mergiug their business Into it,leavlng
only $4,000 10 be taken by other eitixers,
which sheuLi be subscribed at once. The
factory would be good thing for our
growing city aud Il Is matter that should
be pushed, The factory at Grrnts Pass is
TO be rebuilt, which win reqai.e all the
present capital of the company.
monthly meeting Saturday forenoon, the
Salem Grange, during the open session,
discussed the tax law. The attendance
was rather small but the discussion was
none the less interesting. The speakers
0ndeavored TO show by what means the
rich property owners who know how to do
Il, avoid the payment of taxes, thus
throwing the burden Of the taxation upon
the poor who do not know how TO avoid
saeh payment. The speakers were p
Robertson, 7 NJ Wagner and John w Min
to.--SfatssmaH.
We WANT Ir.-Albany wants to be q
distributing point as well as a mauuiactur-
ing city. Then we should subsribe at once
the $asooo stock asked for the branch fac.
tory of the Grants Pass Sugar Pine Lum-
behng Co. $Io,ooo OF this Ia already
taken by Hochstedler & Sears. The com.
pany when burned out were doing busl
ness OF over $1,000 month, and stock
In Il viii pay from the start Every cent
will be invested here. The business viii
probably double within a year or two.
These are the institutions Albany needs.
ScIo.--capt Loney, of the salvation
army, with residence at East Portland,
Is stopping for the week with Mr Coins
and family, recruiting his health, very
much broken from hard work and incar.
eera,ion In Jail in East Portland Mrs
Pentland, having sold her property in this
city aid purchased home in Saler, ex-
poets 10 lake her departure for thai city to.
day -. There j. some talk OF a baker shop
with restaurant attached, in our burg be-
fore long. A bakery viii be great con-
venience, to be certainly - Press.
HEAD OFFICES. - Monday Mr. DB
Monteith transferred the Harper cranor
eomer to VIM NJ Hoag. a three story
brick Is to be built on 1t, and all the Offices
# the company located on IL. This Is In
accordance with an item in the DEMecRAT
q month ago. We hope this head Office
business Is settled new, as Il has been
very confusing matter both here and In
Corvallis.
GLASDERs.-Itis Is reported to the DEMO
cRAr that there are several serious cases
Of glanders among some Of the horses on
the Albany prairie, and there is danger Of
its spreading. This Is matter that shoula
be a,tsn Ied to at ones by Linn county's
stock Inspector. But our stock inspector
has left the county. The Countv court
should therefore appoint successor this
week.
WANTS Ir.-Let the people Of Baker
City and Baker county make Il their spe
cial business to confer with the Oregon
Pacific managers and see II II is not posi-
bic TO induce them to change their route of
survey and come via BakIr City. il Is
certainly common sensA and bust Tess
proposition and one, we doubt not, the
company will entertain II properly present.
ed 70 them.--Demoeyaf
IMrRovTNe THEM.-The o p machine
shops Is being enlarged by an addition Of
76 feet on the north end which Is much
needed improvement. Mr. Rankin IL su-
psrintending the work and expects to have
Il completed In 4 few days.--Yaquins Re-
fa6hesS. Getting them ready to move to
Albany probably.
REvEesED.-The matter of the will Of
Martin Wertz, of Tangent, which has at
tracted so much attention, was considered
BY Judge Boise last Monday, a. decision
being rendered reversing the judgment Of
Judge Blackburn, breaking the will. The
will will therefore stand, and was ordered
admitted TO probate.
FoR THE MINEs.-Capt Lsnning and
w F Read left last Monday for the San
Gam mines after ton Of ore, which they
win ship to California smelter In order to
secure a thorough test. The present out
lock for these minesis very good.
Two SACKS FULL.-A Portland paper
is authority for the statement that two
sacks full Of Chinese Pheasants we're re-
Gently shipped from Shedd to San Fran.
Cisco and Offer ed openly for sale In that
city. Wonder who did that.
A Foor RAcE.--A Ioo-yard foet race
was run at Lebanon Taeg day between
Mcknight of that place and Bidwell, Of
Crook county, the latter giving McKnDghi
five feet and winning by seven feet. The
stakes were $50.
ASornER TowH The Willamett
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