The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-18

will also be Of interest to Albany, as we
are somewhat excited over the same mat
ter "Noticing that your city Is endeav-
oring to make an earnest move toward CO,
operating with Astoria looking to tn,
building of railroad to Tillamook, I W Isl
to Say that we arc fully alive to the impor
tance of such a road, but OF course we ar,
too poor to do mitch, yet something nigh
be done by the citizens here In securing
free right of way through the country
Much of the route, In fact nearly the Who'll.
of It, Is through continued succession o
narrow valleys and passes, every foot o
which Is claimed and settled, and an earnes
move In the matter on the part OF our cltl-
zens might do great deal toward easing
the right of way, or might clear Il altogeth
er. have travelled over the route severa
times and can say that Il will be no trouble
at all to build road from Salem to rilia
NOOK"
LACKS ISFoRMArIoN.-Mr. Julius Grad.
wahl has shown us private letter from a
friend In Springfield, Missouri, In which
the writer 81 Us they are having the mild
est winter ever known In that state, being
more like summer than winter. not having
any snow yet, and closes up by saying
that he supposes that the weather In Ore
gon Is very severe. The writer Of the let
ter Is far from the mark. Our winter has
been remarkably mild, no snow, yet, giound
has been slightly frozen, grass BEEN grow
ing all winter, only two weeks ago ripe
rasberries were picked from bushes In the
garden. No, Il Is n rare thing for the ther
| mometer TO reach zero In the Willamette
valley. II has done so but three times In n
| period oftwcnty-six years. To-day farm
ers are busy Plowing getting ready for
spring sowing. Oregon against the world,
including Missouri.
TAcoMA.-The smallest man Is said to
live In that city. lie lost his wife a few
days ago, and ciosee his store TIL after the
funeral was over. Upon again resuming
business he docked his clerks for lost time
-. Perhaps no hotel In the world has such
large employees rs the "Tacema" Hotel.
The head waiter tips the list Of heavy.
weights with ass pounds, and the rest fol
low in this succession +; the second cook
77s pounds steward ava pounds head
iaundress 272 pounds Fieetwoods, the
clerk, 24S pounds Cheney, the cashier,
77o pounds head cock. arc pounds head
bartender sos pounds. Total, 7oo7 pounds.
THREE IrEMs.- Here are three items
from the Benton Leader, each to the point:
"The county school superintendents have
committed an outrage. Our friend, the
Albany DEMOCRAT, speaking about the
necessity Of action regarding the Astoria
railroad, says that Albany must get up on
Its ears. II need not exert itself so much.
Let them trail on the ground and lie down
on them. -. The Albany DKMocRAT says
that the front street Of that city y rs good
at the bottom rs that Of any Town IN the
valley. We cannot compete. Ours has
no bottom
FLAT.-Mr. r ID. Wilson, OF Pendleton,
passed through the city day or two ago.
While In Oregon City, "Mr. Wilson, who
has been head miller at the Pendieton
mills. which shut down for want Of wheat,
reported In town Saturday." fays the
ORyiey, ''that Pendleton Is getting fiat on
her back. The town refused TO subsidize
Hunts railroad, but Walla Walla did.
Hunt left Pendleton out and ran his road
to Walla Walia. That brought the wheat
trade to the latter place, and Pendleton
business men are packing up"
ANOTHER PIoNEER.-Mr Isaac Hayes
died at his home In this city Thursday at
the age of O. wears. lie came to the
Northwest In about 1851 and TO Linn
county ten or twelve years afterwards, re-
siding near this city until about four years
ago, when be moved into the city. Mr..
Hayes was member of the Grange, aad
has filed the position Of marshal twice.
He was In the Mexican war a short time
He leaves wife, six sons and a daughter
and many friends TO mourn his death.
How NAMED,-A Stayton correspondent
Of an exchange says 1.-The .. r. railroad
is still pushing ahead and the end Of the
track is nov within ten miles Of Rfeiten-
bush Fork. This is quite stream and will
without dOubt delay track laying for some
weeks. This stream was named for Louis
Rreitenbusb, Prenchman, who was the first
TO report its existence, having speot some
months hunting and trapping ON its banks.
This was sometime in the fiities."
A FoRTUSE-Sevcral days ago we
mentioned the story In "Frank Leslie's'
about the young man finding $4,000 worth
of ambergris at the mouth of the Colum-
bia +; but now comes the report that a
Nestucca man has found a 400 pound piece
of this famous whales liver perfumery
making article. II true he Is worth $780,
900 but we'll wager It is nothing more
than ocean beeswax.
THEY KIcK.-Pomona Grange, of Mari.
on county, has resolved as follows, on the
school book question eResolved, that we
condemn the action of the school superin
tepdents as making an unnecessary ex-
pense, and we ask the Intervention of the
legislative assembly to arrest this proposed
changes and to SO amend the law that such
changes cannot he made without the desire
of the people,
Our AGAIN.-Ed. Davidson Satur day
donned completely clean suit of clothes
from top to bottom and stepped out into the
world again after residence at Mrs. East's
of just four weeks. Mrs. East Is now able
to do her own work. This ends Albany's
small pox scare, we hope for many years
to come.
SHE DIED sUDBENLY.-The Salem Jouy-
nal, in speaking of the death of Mrs. Mary
A. Long, who died in Salem on the nth at
the age of 60 years, says: "Last night she
retired in commen health and slept sound
ly until about I2:3o, when she was taken
suddenly Ill and died in less than an hour"
LEVEL HEADED.-Albany is one of the
bright and most prosperous cities of Ore
gon and in time it promises to be the lead
ing city of the interior of the State. 1t Is
well located and enjoys excellent railroad
facilities. ~ Yaquina Republican.
THE YoUNGEsT.-Hon. Jeff Meyers, Of