The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-03-08

niissrs aaa Frsprlessss.
somr DAv.--aone ofthese days the hi
tory Of the Santiam mines viii be wtlne
up, and there viii be strange tale Of earl
discoveries, and how, as fay 1,Nek as lsoS
people went into the mo hns prospect
Ing, and that In ths sss, ~ Of isos An
Rus Mcdonald, a n6tolchman, made III
astonishing dIscolery Of the White Bul
ledge. How companies Incorporated e
build roads,a sawmill and set up and oper
ate quartz mlll, and that Il proved tina
their dlscovcrer 1T upon "chlmney,"ver,
rich In gold, but the main ledge did no
paw. Then the mountains were abandoned
and for years nothing was done. About
the year 1900 there will be live towns
planted In those moursaln gulehes,railroad'
will reach them, and there win be the ever
lasting din Of machinery pounding and
grinding all through the twentieth century,
cleaning up millions OF treasure. People
will wonder how Il ever was that so many
years passed and so many prospectors could
find nothing, when the mountains were
fairly alive with treasure. -OregoNiaR
Won't you please change 1900 to 1880. /,
would suit us here better.
A SAoK's ApvIcR.--Mr. Thos. Alphine,
the Sage of Millers, and a pioneer of AZ,
informs the DRMocRAr that In ISSoit never
rained from March until after harvest and
the crops were splendid. In rS47 Il only
rained ten days ir June. lie pronoances
the moon dry one and says II win not
rain In March. His advice Is for farmers
to SOW their spring wheat at once,for II we
have late rains II viii then be too late after
wards, and II continued dry weather nowis
the only time. March will be month Of
light but not killing frosls. II fruit Is In
iured Il will not be until April Mr. Al
phlnc considers the crop outlook a Tine one
for this season but thinks the National
government will be run for awhile like the
last legislature and then look out.
lie CAUGHT THEM.-wednesday the
dray team of F. E. Allen, driven by James
Hail, was standing on the o. =. dock when
a boat came In. The whistle frightened
the horses and they ran out Of the building
aAd up the street, knocking Mr.. Hail down
In the meantime Turning at First they
were making at rapid rate west along the
stree.,when young man named Eels,who
arrived In the city from California on the
merning train. ran, jumped on the dray,and
reaching over on 10 the heels of the horses
caught both lines and stopped the team at
Broadalbin Street. He did splendid job
that most men would shrink from. Mr..
Allen awarded him handsomely In peeun-
larry manner.
STORE RoBBED.-Saturday night two
men entered the store Of ]. W. Stewart, at
Springfield, Lane county, and robbed the
safe Of $50 or $50 in money of which there
were fourteen or fifteen one dollar gold
pieces and two as cent gold pieces. One
OF the dollars had a hole In Il. There was
also gold ring with set taken. II was
known that two men did Il but the only
thing aseertained about them was that one
Of them wore No. boot Marshal Hoff-
man was notified OF the above facts and re-
qaested to keep look out. Any one In
the city seeing any suspicious dollar gold
pieces, which are rather rare,should report
TO him at once.
SOME DIFFKRKNcK.-Mr. Julius CT ID
wohl has shown us letter from his nsph-
ew, Mr.. Albert NJ Sake, of Springfield.
Mo-. in which he says they are having very
disagrec-ble weather there, snow one day
and rain the next, so thar II takes a man OF
iron to stand IL In speaking Of DAILY
DEMOCRAT which had been sent him he
remarks that II would be a credit to Spring.
field, a place Of 3s.ooo Inhabitants. In
contrast to their weather consider the mag
nifcent climate Of the Willamette Valley
this winter, its only fault being that II Is
too good. In the matter OF enterpries too
we think Albany will stand with any of
the Missouri cities several times as large.
BRIDGES WAHTED.--Hon. Alex Down
ing,of Linncounty, opposite Stayton,was In
the city with petition fora bridge acrossthe
Santiarn at that place.to be bull. jointly By
Marion and Linn counties. About four hun.
dred have already signed the petition. This
section Of the county is building up very
rapidly and a bridge Is said to be needed
there badly. Linn county must be liberal
In its appropriations for bridges and should
also erect one at Waterloo.
WooLEN MILL.-Mr. Kay has been in
formed of the completion of the bonus and
viii leave shortly for London, where he
viii make the purchase Of the latest Inn
proved machinery. Before leaving, how
ever, he viii see that construction of the
buildings Is well under way, so that by the
time of the arrival of the looms, jacks. etc,
the factory will be ready to receive them
Journal.
A BIC SALE.-Mondsy John Rector,of
HaIsey, Oregon Land Co. agents, sold his
farm near HaIsey, s7I acres, probably the
finest In the county, to Mr. ]. l.. Holiday,
of GridIey, Butte Co., Cal, for $I4,275. Mr..
Holiday sold his California farm for $roo
and gets a better one for $7s. He will put
out 100 ceres TO fruit Mr.. Holiday Is
former neighbor of Mr.. Lasalle, of this
county.
PROBABLY WALKED.-A patent mud
turtle, plainly labeled sent by express from
Minnesota to the daughter of the local edi-
tor of the DEMocRAT, for Christmas
present, has just reached It's destination,
after a trip of ten weeks duration. Itmust
have walked all the way, else the Express
Co. supposed to be the NEST efficient Of all
transfer agencies is getting terribly careless
and lax In it's duties.
WILL co TO PoRrLAND.-J. Fred Yates,
who has been studying law under the tu-
torship of Hon. J. X. Weatherford, in this
city, for the last year, has accepted posi-
tion in the law Office of Fred Strong, OF
Portland. Mr.. Yates many friends here
will regret to see him leave, but all join In
wishing him success in his new field Of la
Dor.
WHERE They LIvE.-We have recent
ly leaned that some of the biggest Prevari
Gators in the world live in Eugene, City
A couple of them on the cars few days
ago w~re eulogising Eugene and running
down Albany, IN the course Of which one
of them remarked that land could Abt