The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-04-12
LOCAL RECORD.

A GLoRinus CocNrRy.-The following
from the New York Sa Is peculiarly
Linn county item, and We are entitled Il
most OF the credit: "whas glorious eoun
try we have, What aboundlng resource
we enjoy. Here are the dispatches IRON
Oregon about the opening ap Of Asw tim
Der ranges In the Cascade mountains. W.
are told that the Cascades, which have beer
opened up BY new railroad, arc covered
with magnificent forests OF cedar, larch, Cir
myrtle, laurel, oak, ash, sugar pine, cahi
net maple and other valuable trees and are
ready for all uses known 70 the arts, and
that constitute variety ofiumber surrass'
Ing that found 10 any other part OF the
United States, even Michigan, Maine ei
Georgia We are also told that mineral
belts aud Goals mlnes have been discovered
In the same region, and that the fertile
farming lands but await the hand at In
dustry TO give abundant crops OF cereals,
We are disposed 10 believe these wonder
full reports from Oregon. All that the
state needs for the development OF lis re-
sources Is population. ftcan sustain TWEEN.
ty millions OF people besides the half mil.
w " lfSVltS ittN hffhk Rf%sNt
TiRRE WILL BIZ A STIR. Articles were
fled Thursday With seeretary Of state In.
cooperating the Albany Mining aud Mil
ting company with'A d woodin, w 7
Read, A A Rhodes, Robt Brown, NJ Cow
an, b NJ Huston G + Bronnell andP Don
lay,as ineorporalors. The capital stock of
the company Is placed At $7oo.ooo dollars.
and besides the ineoporators II Ames,
and John MeChesney will have stock In
the eompany represented by their claims.
The value OF their claims will be placed at
halfthe capital stock aud the remainder
will be put on the market. Reports Of nd.
di,ional good finds come TO Albany daily,
and the number Of prospeetors filling the
mining region has greatly Increased. An
Albany gentleman recently In the mines
says he could writc a startling account OF
the prospects there. lie serapcd up twen.
~ dollars worth OF gold In a short time.
getting ninety cent nugget. withln a
year or two the Santiam mines win be as
famous a. the Cocr D'Alene.
A Ficnf wtm TIAMrs. The other day,
at Pennington, w. T. pitched battle took
place between the crew Of the passenger train
and four tramps. who had been attempting 10
steal ride aud otherwise making themselves
obnoxious Coupling pins. fists aad clubs
were pus 70 lively use. aad tho fact that one
Of the ,ramPs received broken rib As the
hands Of brakeman, only seemed 10 aug
ment the anger OF the gang. add they savage
ly continued the eight. They were rompsll-
ed to desist at the poirt of revo,vsrr, and
moved away slowly aud sullenly. Ia tho
evening party was organized in Pennington
TO hnnt ep me sramps, aud all feur were
captured. Tw1 were taken by stFntageu,.
A brakeman was sent on before, apparently
alone ard nnprutecsei. When some distance
ahead OF hls friends ha was sayagsly attack
ed: bat the party rushing 10 bis rescue soaa
eosiarsd ths'two varminss, and marched
them iriumphantly to jail.
Irony. Several days ago the DINO
Graf published a story on Nelson Ben
neii, being careful to quote Il, bat not Civ.
Ing the paper Il was taken from credit
thinking Il had aiso clipped Il from some
other journal. A Salem paper published
IL giving credit 10 the DgMocRAr, ard now
the Astoria Pioneer sends us copy Of iis
issue with the story and the clipping from
the Salem paper attached. There Is moth.
that gets to some editors necks more than
to have some other paper credited with an
article II started on the rounds: vet Il Il
done continually and most OF US take Il
sereneiy and eat three times day lust the
same; but those salmon eaters get SO many
bones 10 their threat they upset on small
proyoca:ion. The DEMOCRAT almost uni
yersally credits clipped articles; but any
thing Aiat seems 10 be going the rounds
Ike kicked foot bali, We sometimes
help along.
THE ZIG HoRsE - Thursday several
hundred people inspected the big horse In
the tent near the DEMccRAr Office, and
everybody was pleased at the sight, for the
horse Is really marvel OF greatness It
should be remembered that his bignf Is
not sideways; but r. is as well pr.por.
toned as race hoi e, g feet 10 inches tall,
weighing s76o'pounds. lie /. thirty-four
inches across the back, his body Is the right
length .or his size and his feet are In pro-
portion; yet the four shoes weigh thirty.
two pounds. Among the visitors yester-
day were Mr. Race aud about ten Iaoies
and children from tho st Charles, some of
the ladies getting on the animals back In
order to see how It seemed to be on such a
large horse
AK EASTERN PAPER on OREooS-An
Indiana farmers journal Is good observ-