The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-07-26

ell IN TIE IfeM One uf an amateur phOtntg
rapher from Polk county IL so good tina
we give Il 10 our readers We couldn't Civ
A bany better notice ourselves al
bany ia picturesque town, and he yer,
place 10, an amaieurph photographer To carr
on his iooiIshness undisturbed as The cnl
zens are all too busy 70 notice him. Onl
commercial business soon being done, WI
commenced promeraflIng the town as onl,
country "gentlemsns can. We found the
Main street being exs waited for street
railway. The tosn = oserflowing with
transient men waiting for the q. r. ie
commence work Albany has as fine va.
ter power AZ any town on The Pacific coast.
In iren, OF The Red Crown Touring mills
we found men working on the stone ioun
datien OF the wooien mills soon TO be Ia
operation. We then turned our attention
10 getting photo oi the O r. Co.'S large
draw bri jge," which appeared 10 be diff
Gcult thing 10 do, anj for the purpose the
youag man attempted TO get on top OF the
Farmers warehouse. sad barely got down
a ladder with his he. The foreman said
10 him afi h how did you get down
there has been three amateur photograph.
ers go up there, and yon are the only one
that has ever returned My answer was
brief handed him my card, which had
pcnclled on II Meet me at ak on the
Albany duelllng grounds brick bats ai
three hundred yards After leaving the
wilderness OF brick and mortar. for the
first five miles we followed the road
through forests OF Or down the William.
ette.
WHY Siig Dip lr.-fhe suicide OF Clara
Bell 1'yndall, At Roseburg recently was a
sad one, She lived with an aunt who run
a restaurant, aud the following tells why
she committed suicide. In words that are
eloquent but piercing ; The sun rose In
iis splendor for four long years, years of
vneeasing labor and toll and care to Ills
young orphan girl just budding Into wo
manhood, years in which ,IsIng from a
bed OF rags to greet the dawn, she daily
took up her cross, And TO her lot OF labor
came the PilIng ef wood, wheelbarrowlng
Il In from the shed, sctubbing the floor,
washing and Ironing the clothes. driving
home and milking the COW, waiting on the
tables OF restaurant and all the drudgcry
OF assisting the Chinese cook, and her
stimulus 10 labor was never n kind word
spoken from human lips. but was the cruel
blows oi an iron poker, the slap from =
Chinese mcnial, and cruel words and crush.
ing hlo~S. And then nj night, she went
TO rest Ia the daFksome shadows under q
stairway, on bed Of old rags, grain sacks
and ssras." Such life was teo much for
her
COLLECTING GRAiSs.--Mr Parker, rep.
resentlng the Oregon immigration board
OF Portland, has been In the city and sur.
rounding country. collecting cereals and
grasses for several exhibition cars TO be
sent from Portland on the 18th OF next
month, TO eSposIlions At Philadelphia and.
Buffalo aud state fair at Detroit. Mr.
Ashby. OF the Oregon Land Company
took him ou, iisto the country aud assist.
cd IN pakiag collection for this county,
one. though small. that viii do credit TO
this part Of the valley. Mr. Parker had
been as far south as Ashland, and reports
stnal! crops OF grains, though the fruit
outlook h good. Cereals improve - the
journey noEshward continues, until Linn
county i reached The outlook here he
pFdnoanees com, ,,afa.tsesy remarkably
good. These exhibit ears will attract con.
Siderable attention and our Linn county
people should make Il point TO have their
Interests represented on all such occasions
Liam county Il big and important enough
10 send whole car load Of products east
alone. and should do II. All II costs IL the
collsciing and man to attend TO the ex@
hlblt.
FIRE ~ Tng MousrAISs.--A iew days
ago some irresponsible parties set fire 10 a
drift 10 the North SantIam. six miles above
on NJ. c. BIngham's land, says
the Salem Journal, which not only burned
out the valuable timber In the drift, but
the fife TO the timber on the
south side Of the river, where Il IL still
burning though the rain has checked Il 40
Il il hoped that Il will do no further dam :
age. a few days before a carelessiy left
camp fire al the first siding above Gates
Vile partially destroyed q settlers house
aud burned all hts prepared building mate.
rial. These fire iiends should be caught
and punished.
Coon roR cHILDs.--A pleasant feature
of the visit OF the Nebraska newspaper
people to the Clarke fruit farm was that
there were number from Nebraska City,
and the foreman on the Iiace-Thomas !
Chi,ds-was for many years resident
there and they all knew him we'll. They
talked of Nebraska and Oregon and the
visitors were decidedly impressed when
they asked him how he liked Oregon TO
hear Chllds reply that Il was the best coun-
try he,cvei saw and nothing could induce
him 10 return TO .Sidkesmas.
THE BieGEsr.-The cheops Is the big
gest pyramid in the world the Statue oi
Liberty caps all other monuments /; Ore
gon has the bigge8t wheat ;the n Y fPorid
the biggest circulation Tacoma the big.
gcst boomers Salem the biggest ein pos
pectos !" Corvallis the biggest holes in her
sidewalks Eugene the biggest little State
University Albany the biggest railroad
prospects In Its mind and John L Sullivan
Is the biggest brute.
BANK or ORRooN.-Articles have been
fled incorporating the Bank of Oregon
with Albany as It's headquarters, and HUI
Bryant, II + Merrill and J w Blain rs tn,
incorporates. The capital stock has beer
placed at $4,000, divided into SEQ share
Of $roo each. most oil which will be taker
by the incorporators. The Bank will fit ul
fine Offices and wilt no doubt take prom.
inent part In the banking business Of tn
Valley. II will be solid institution.
SucH LUck.-An Idaho merchant, re
Gently, while waiting on boy, sent to tn
store by man who was never known /
pay cent, disturbed rattlesnake tina
frightened cat that scared a hen tha
knocked a jar Of jam frsm a shelf whic
hit a barrel and turned the faucet causin
the loss of forty gallons OF mslasses b.
fore the merchant, who had slipped an
broken his arm, had time to charge the Al
ticles on his book.