The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-09

was, while certain Portland company
loss has been given at less. Perhaps Il
: was simply accidental but Il Is nearly
bad as our item on the Nebraska editor
: Here are It's igurcsof theSpokane fire he
by Oregon and Washington companies
!. Oregon, $4,000 Northwcst,$3o,ooo c
J lumbia, Saa 600 Pacific, $4,000 Earn
! ers x Merchants, OF Albany, Or $66,ooe
State, of Salem, Saoooo Homc,ot Seattl
$4,000. The amount held by the Albar
company was $4,000 In the city, $500
; was relnsured aud about that amount wi
, Ia residenee property, so that the loss WI
$ro,ooo or less
CROOK CouNry,--John Mating, no
, lIerrington and A Roberts returned o
Wednesday from search Ia the nortt,
eastern partot the county for tae remain
OF George Nntting, rhey were unable
find any traces of the missing man, The
intend continuing their search until som,
thing definite regarding his Disappearance
Is learned
Last Monday Cox Rros started min
horses To Albany Tor sale, They were fin
young geldings. and will be no discredlt /
he stock OF Crook county when placed q
the market.
The oldest citizen says the water 4
| Crooked river l. lower than he has eve
before seen Il Water has become Sn scare
that Il Is so impregnated with alkali ,hs
mosquitoes won't bleed IN II,
WAS INTERVIEWED. The ,urveyin,
party of the Albany and Astoria II, X
have passcd cheridan in famhlll county
and arc now crossing the mountains be
yond tina, place The Sheridan Coa,ie,
says ''rhe surveying party OF the Al
bany & Astoria railroad company are run
ming lines in different directions from here,
to find practical route through the noun
taius to the Coast AS Is usually the case
no definite information could be obtained
from the engineer. but Ia anIwer to ths
question whether Sheridan would get the
road, he said Il can't tell what may oc
cur, but Il seems 10 the that the indication,
! are favorable for he road 10 strike some.
where IN this Nieiuity.' lie states that the
cellent one"
A MIXED Cr MArrER. Awe have no
,iced piece published In nearly every
country newspaper In the State, stating
that thiSis year of calami,ies and direct
ing attention to the fact(l that the year
commenced on Friday aud will end on
Erflass sEif- Z. n. 4
year began on Tuesday aad will end on
Thursday, and will have no more Fridays
than any other year -BrownSyille 7 iaies
This year ends On Tuesday instead OF
Thursday. beginning and ending on
Tuesday givec It 81 Tucsdays-one more
than common, The original Friday item
went the rounds without investigation. the
DEMoCRAr being on the list. aud the more
1t Is investigated the more mixed up 1t
gets.
HARVEST CREAM "A Marion county
correspondent of ths Si,vcrtoa appeal says
"Mr Charles and Ilacve Hartman threshed
10 acres that Welded 81 bushels per acre
Mr. K II Scots thrcshcd Que fed of a.
acres that averaged 4, bushels per acre.
Another field Of ss acres went ASH bush
els per acre" In this connection Il NAV
be remarked that whea, yields are a good
deal like real estate sPeculaiions. You only
hear OF the big deals.
STEAM Now.-D ID Preityman, who has
been for the past few weeks working In
the interests of the Oregon Land Com
.Pany in collecting specimens of fruits,
grains and grasses and has Travelled con
siderably over the counties of Polk, Linn,
Benton aid Marion, says that he has not
vet this year seen 4 threshing machine
propelled BY horse power. Steam Is the
universal mStor.-JoErRai
SAME SIZE The lowest bid ior the
main building Of the Salem woolen mill
was put In by + b Souih~ick and was
SS442. This was very little less than
that for the main building of TIE Albany
mills and would indicate that they are
about the same size. A. matter OF fac,
We understand the Mill will be of abou,
equal size. with neal, he same capacity
\ REAL ESTATE OFFIcR.--Hughrs,
BrSwn * Co. have secured the services If
Mr. " E M,Pnrr.on a. manager Of their
Albany real estate Office, located in the
Cusick Block just north of the DEMocR nI
Office Mr. Mcpherson Is an enterp,ising
gentleman and rustlcr. and this office
promises 10 play an important pIrt IN the
transactions OF the valley. Members oi
the firm recently purchased the Ocean
View addition 10 Yaquina City, which
among other bargains will be placed Oh
the market.
CREAMERrEs. Nearly every creamery
started In the Northwest has stopped run.
ming because it was found TO be a non. pay
ing institution. Because Albany would
not invest In one Of these institutions, 4
creamery introducer said we hadn't enter.
prise enough for a pack saddle but !
seems we had some sense. What do Nc
Minnvilie, Walla Walla and one or tSC
other places think about the matter.
Also DIED-Quint Guthrie, the brave
fireman, who stood by Engineer Miller. a
the time of the railroad accident at thi
city, died at Portland last Monday at s4s
Thus. two men have given their lives 70
the criminal foolishEcss of three harves
hands.
a FINE Doc Mr. c. Stewart has JUS
received from St. Pcul fine Gordon set.
ter, full blooded, which the new owne
thinks will makc regular Chinese pheas
ant chaser when the law runs out. A col
lar OIL the dogs neck reads "H g Miller
I IL the name was changed the matter woul,
not look so suspicious.
An OLD TnING.-Some of the william
cite Valley papers have just found out tina
a whole lot of Crook county sheep ar
! summering in the Cascade mountains thi
year. Most all the sheep in this count
have summered in the Cascade mountain
during the past seven years.-Prinevill
NcEVS.
WHEAT FIELD. BURNED Tuesday
jield of wheat owned by Mr. I y Miller &
Miller's Station caught fire from one {
the noon trains and about forty acre
stacked ready for the thresher, was burne,
probably 1000 bushels. The loss Is cons
quently big one.
CIrIFIED. Some of the mctropolitA
institutions in Albany are
A garbage wagon,