The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-03-29

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house there Is rented and business Is good
The Touring mill being started by Mr.
Douglas will be credit to the city. II will
have capacity Of fabout fifty barrels day
VIII have the roller process,t the maehiner,
all being in position but the purifier anC
shutter. II will contain three centrifugal
reels, scalplng reels, cleaner, asplrater, etc
Mr. N A Rogers who did the work on the
Red Crown Mills, and the mills at Scio
Junction and Hillaboro has the contract on
this mill, which Il an indication that the
-four manufactured will be iirst-class MT
John Johnson, recently of Silverton, will
build a mill at the site OF the Bundy mill
and get Il to working this summer. The
DEMocRAr hopes to see Linn county cities
generally come to the front,and Harrisburg
Is now setting good example.
HUSBAND AND wrFK.-The following
viii be of great and vital interest to great
many people Of Oregon as well as of Cali
fornia; "By decision Of the supreme
court OF California rendered yesterday, the
principle Of law Is laid down that husband
and wives, In the privacy of their apart
ments. may say Of each other, or Of any
body else, anything they may choose
The Judges aver that the relationship of
husband and wife Is Of such a character
that In the seelusion OF their own home,
whatever each may say to the other, shall
be regarded as having been said each to
himself or herself"
FRoM Across rlIE Mrs.-Mr. David
Mcleod has just returned to Salem frcm
Eastern Oregon, where he purchased three
thousand wethers. He stated to a States.
aas reporter that there was no grass across
the mountains and said "Some sheep
men assured me they will be down soon
In the Willamette valley and buy farms.
The majority of them want to sell their
flocks. Stock raising extensively isplayed
out In Eastern Oregon-the bunch grass is
gone forever. came home Saturday
night by the Lebanon road over the Cas-.
cades and met with four feet OF snow on
the summit from the head of Cash creek to
Big lake two feet of snow on the Sand
mountain no snow at Fish lake, nor on
the seven-mile hill. Deer Is plenty at Fish
lake they came up early from the desert
and nav be counted by the hundred"
THE WATER woRKs.-Mr. John A
Crawford arrived in the city Wednesday
from San Francisco, where ne had been to
inyestigate the workings of different kinds
of pumps for the Albany water works. He
has not yet made a selection but will pro-
badly order a couple large pumps this sea
son,oue of which will have capacity OF at
least 100000 gallons a day, and the other
larger than the presenttwo. Thetw now
used have a capacity of 6oo,ooo gallons a
day. He proposes In time to make the
works completely efficient so that they will
meet the demands of the growing city. Mr..
Crawford reports a very enjoyable time In
the metropolis of the Coast, but thinks II Is
too far from Albany fer its own good.
ANOTHER o. p. SUIT.-Frank Malone
and p. Costello have instituted legal pro-
ceedings to recover $46,soo from Nelson
Bennett, the we'll known railroad contrae-
tor. Malone and Costello state in the COM
plant that they entered into a contract
with Bennett to perform specific work for
the Oregon Pacific r r Co. and furnished
supplies. The defendant, however, neglect
ing to carry out his part, the plaintiffs al
lege that they have been damaged In the
sum asked for. Mr.. Costello will be re-
membered as the principal witness for
James Bannon in his preliminary examin-
alton before Justice Humphrey.
RATHER RIcH.-Considerable fun Is had
in Stayton at the expense Of a justice Of
peace. 1. is said that Saturday of last week
John Giebler was arrested for assault and
taken before his honor, who adjourned the
case over for examination on Sunday, and
on that day held court and bound the pris-
oner over In the sum of 5000 to await the
acrIon Of the grand jury. The reason as
signed by the court for holding the trial on
Sunday Is that he wanted II held while the
saloon was closed so that everybody would
be sober-.SkafcmGH
CROOK CoUNTY.-No news yet Of the
appointment of a Nasty to succeed Post
master Moore. The department ought to
act in this matter, for Mr. NJ Is tired oi
serving under a republican administration
besides there arc others who want the of.
Gee The grass on the range Is getting
excellent, and now Il Is In order fer sheer
owners in Wasc0 and Sherman counties
to drive their hocks over here and eat oui
ranchers out of house and home. Th'
legislature has said they shall not be deniec
this boon, 90 the sooner they eat us out th'
sooner our agony will be over.-Rerfezv.
In FUN.-Col. Yisscher, of the Tacomi
sGLa6e,referred to Thos. Mast as decayini
man, and the East Oregonian said that tlh'
trouble with visscher probably was that h'
had decayed brain. Thereupon the Col
onel remarks that the probabilities are tina
the E. o. man never had any brains to de
cav. OF course this was all In fun, fol
neither Mast nor Visscher have decayed a
all and the E. q. man is chuck full of goot
brains.
PRosPERoUs.-An authority on towI
growth and the real values of real estates
saws that when town Is in anormally pro
perous condition, It's best corner lot of s
feet front by Iso feet back will sell for jus
about as many dollars as there are peopl
in the place. In the case of Albany fgur
it out yourselves and you will see that W
are evidently more than normally prosper
Gus for our best corner lot of that siz
would sell for $500.
The SrEET RAILwAY.--A meeting
the directors was held on Saturday eve
ing. The bylaws were adopted and II
franchise as granted by the city count
accepted. The executive committee we
instructed to ascertain the plant require
and report at the next meeting of the q
rectors when bids will be advertised +
and the contract let Regular meetin
will be held the first Monday of ea'
month.
4oERs.-C w Haskins, of TIC Eleven
street, Oakland, Cal, is making list
immigrants to the Pacific coast in IS.
who are estimated to have numbered 6
900, and requests any forty-niner who
name is not recorded in the books of a
pioneer association, to send him pos
card containing the name, the time OF |
rival and route Travelled, with the name
the vessel, II by water.
PArNTINc.-Miss Minnie Parker, daul
ter of John Parker, Of Portland, has loc