The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-12-27
LOCAL RECORD

AANSO SALA ANAAN<NSA ANA(
DoN'r RE NASRow.-Recsntly we ad-
vlssd the newspapers of city 10 pull to-
gether and said off hand that n Albany
grew, Salem, Astoria, Corvallis, McMinn.
yille and Eugene would also grow. The
fact that we did net mention Independence,
Oregon City. .tlillsboro, Roseburg, Ashland,
Brownsville, Lebanon, n,Harrisburg,scio and
many others was not an inference that
they would not grow, Of course. The
following from the Brownsville Times Is
verv narrow and shows petty spite tha,
shoald not appear In newspapers. There
Is no, a neighboring city in Oregon the
DEMocRAr desires to see prosper more
than Il does Brswnsville +; "The above Is
very good advice, dear Bro. hut you should
have Included Brownsville In the list ef
cities that are to grew, as your intentions
were to do. You have not been very par
ticular about connecting Brownsville to
your list of prosperous cities In the past,
but her future record will arouse ysu."
Tive SrAIGHr MEALs.-A boy about
fifteen years of age solicitei an Albany
man for something to eat, as he was almost
starved. Hadn't had anything to eatlor
long time. fully day. The man took
him to a restaurant and watched the hun
CRY boy Semolish a big mea:. A half hour
afterwards he was telling another man
about the hungry boy.
"why." said the man,@I just took boy
Of that age into a restaurant"
Their descriptions coinciding they went
to the other restaurant, and sure enough
there was the same boy eating like a
starved wolf Two big meals In half an
hour. The men were naturally mad, and
when the voungsier came out gave him
lecture. But, he didn't care. He was
boy tramp, and all tramPs have hearts OF
STONE, and you might a. well trust a cat to
watch pan Of milk as to take the word
of even juvenile tramp.
RICHES VS. FAME.-Riehes are not nee.
essary to fame. louisa NJ Aleott was so
poor that she had to make her own bon
nets, Of the cheapest matcrial, too, when
al the world was reading "Little Wo-
man." SIS Cox, whose name is known all
over the United States, left only 5000
when ne died. On the other hand cities
like Albany fer instance, are full OF men
worth their Thousands who would never
be heard Of but for their money. That Is
their king, and the question of helping
humanity or doing something for the
world Is lost sight of.
SrRUcK LEDGE .-Messrs McCust-
land, Jordan, d A Smith, II W White and
others, while surveying for the ditch for
the Gold Mountain and Dry Gulch Con-
soIidated Gold and Silver Mining compa-
ny, ran on 10 a quartz ledge some eight
feet in width, and the rock looked so well
that they afterwards located the ledge.
They sent some Of the groupings to San
Francisco and had II assayed. and received
an assayers' certificate giving sra per ton
as the result of the assay. The b,ys are
much elated over their prosPects.-Sa
lem Democrat.
CKoOK CoUNTY.-Following Is the list
Of officers for Prineviile for the ensuing
year: II P Belknap, Mayer; NJ II Bell,
Recorder; ] F Moore, Attorney; c NJ
Charlton, Marshal; p A Uren, Treasurer
z Sichel, Linn Woods, w Allen and c
Cohrs, CounciImen.
George Gibson is arranging TO bring 4
lot Of golden pheasants here from the VIII
Iamette valley. He made arrangement
while there In the fall to have mumbeI
trapped and he Is to see TO their delivery
here.
The people over here are more anxious
for the completion of the railroad than
anybody.-News.
BADLY MIxED.-Eastern people find !
difficult to acquire correct pronunciation
Of the name of this beautiful valley, thu
garden spot of Oregon ; but few get 81
wide of the mark as the reporter of tn
Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindealerwho recent
ly interviewed Edward A Abbey, of New
port. He says {: "Corvallis, his home,
in the Yallimett valley ninety miles soutl
of Portland, and seventy-two miles iron
Yaquina, on the bay of the same name
The products of the great Yallimett vale
have been transported north 10 Portland
then IIs miles down the Columbia river
the coast and then 100 miles down TO va
quina bay on the way 20 San Francisco.
The UxIos PAcIFIc.-Few people rea
lie the fact that the Union Pacific rur
directly into ALBANY. Yet this is fac
Their depot Is at the foot of Broadalbi
Street, and Mr. c G Rawlings is the &C
comodahng agent All their papers al
now headed Union Pacific, o r & n b
ing letters of the past. In this connec
ion we are prepared to state that Minister
of the gospel can secure half fare permit
10 ride any where on the lines of the Ur
nion Pacific by calling on Mr. Rawling
BIG SALE OF SPUDs.--George Whit
akcr, who lives on Browns island, sho
distance up the river, yesterday sold
Robert Ford, of this city, eight thousai
bushels Of potatoes at seventy-five cents
bushel, making 5000, which Is pref
nice clean up on one crop. Statesman.
SNOW The foot hills are covered wi
snox. The o p train came through 70
or Eve inches Of snow at the Summit a
the California train cut its way throu
snow reaching to the coaches on the 81
klyous. No wonder the atmosphere
chilly.
LEAVES HIS MARK.--The Roseburg
v,sw IN a long article brands as blk /
cratic Milton Goodkind, formerly p,
llsher Of 4 little paper IN East Portland /
onofher failure at Seattle, and asks
state press to ~press him along
same fellow who did Albany recen