The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-30
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BoAap or TRApE. "A special meeting
of the Board of Trade was held last week
for tho purpose OF hearing the re-
mort of the committee on the united plan
| of advertising the valley. After consider
alton of the report the following commit
tee was appointed 10 sec how much could
| be raised IN this city ior the purpose, u
two months trial first 10 be made. u u
| Manteith, j II Townsend and T l. Wall
| lace. This mode of united adver-
tising has been the best plan adopt
| cd in many states, among others CAl-
| fornia, and il Albany men would see the
whole valley grow together they should
come to the front literally, II iaa scheme
in which Albany is houndito get its share
Of the results. Only 10y building up the
whole valley can each part receive n
permanent benefit, Let the world find
out that the Willamette IL the finest, most
productive, healthiest and best valley In
the world for home, and there viii be
no question but il will receive u boom.
Make il as familiar as the Puget Sound to
the world and immigration will be here
instead OF there. We have the country
to back us,and the natural resources on
every hand, for farming, commerce, min
ing, manufacturing and business.
a HEALTHY BJtLpISG YEAR.-Plans
have hecn drawn by Architect Ayers for
handsome residences for ] NJ Ralston and
Il II Hewitt, the former In the second
ward, the .atte- In the first ward. Both
will he ornaments 10 Albany. Major w
& Cassell Is just finishing a handsome two
story residence near Jefferson street + a
Schiller has 4 large two story residence
up on his Washington street property /;
Louis Miller Is building couple cottages
10 rent Mr. Donlay has eommodious
residence up, and lit,y to one hundred
others IN different parts OF the city are un-
der gay, besides many that are Contcm-
plated. The ground Is ready for the Bal
timore brick, which promises 10 be a
handsome one active work Is going
ahead on the Oregon Bank and other bricks
will he started \ healthy building
growth Is going ahead thu makes solid,
reliable cities built un rock and not on
Anacortts sand or sea foam. Albany's
present outlook Is the hesi In the history
of the city. In the tutu,r the real estate
market will bs governed To quite an ex-
tent by the demand of property Tor use,
and promises io be considerable, and less
for purely speculative purposes.
Ask wheres the city ? AT Albany, on the
willamette
In Oregon. At the junction OF the $ t., o.
=. and \. \.
A kENrUCEY paper created u decided
sensation last week by publishing the ten
commandments. The people there
thought Il was the new constitution OF
the republic OF Brazil, and excitement and
commeGt ran high, and special editions
had TO be run of, to supply the demand OF
such news
The above Is one Of species of articles
that appear in the newspapers under the
head OF humorous. and come people laugh
at them; whcrcas, they are ridiculous eX-
aggcraiions. They would not be recog
nized by Addison As literature at all, TX
aggrfatiOr and falseiiood are not wit Ocsl
casionally an oyefdrawn statement with
focus 20 Il, has merit, because leading 10
something worth consideration, Ball Nye
Is worth reading. bat hc Is soda water.
causing bclching laugh, some substance
and lots of froih; bu, bl sss us most any OF
Us would like to BE- In hi. literary shoes.
ar SALEM.-Rey J " Prvi,s, formerly
stationed a, a point in Washington, arrived
Yesterday % ysSe charge Of the Eyauge!i.
cal church here, a. the representative OF
the Bowman conference lie was cntcr-
tanned Yesterday by Pr, siding Elder Bow
ersJx and Rev Z ) Bclliugcr. lie Is pu'-
ting 10 his time visiting the members oi
the church who are not 40 much attached
to the prcss ri pastor - 10 prevent their
according him - '0rdial greeting. Mr.
Preiss says hc represents the church and
will push their vplk here vigorously, and
for tiIe present 'ni> society has two pas
tors. The present trustees viii not allow
the newly arrived minister To use the
church nor recognize his authority -
Journal.
\ PERLous RrDE.-Port Captain Thos
Brown was the only Oregon City man
who rode the rapids at the Cascades on
Sunday when the Harvest Queen was run
through, says the Enterprise. lie says
he left Oregon City with the intention Of
making the run and that lac had 70 cast
of the line and hold on TO that to dragged
aboard. lie describes the ride as wild
one in which the boat ran mile n min
ute for five minutes. The total time con-
sumed in making the run Of five miles of
getting turned and started and making
fast below the Cascade was but eight and
one half minutes.
DAVE DoDGED THE ASSESSOR. AT the
time when D p Thompson's scalp con-
tanned fewer gray hairs, a friend met him
in Milwaukee. Hello, Dave, what are
you doing here?" "oh, I'm living here"
said Dave pleasantly "Where IL your
fa,pitx, fsfrhat, a -, hoo rIspf, xVaa fha
reply. The fact OF the matter was that
Mr. Thompson was temporarily residing
in Milwaukee 10 escape assessment in
Oregon City. He was then dodging his
taxes as he is dodging them now
Courier.
A PERILoUs TRiP-W II Templeton
crossed the Cascade mountains last week
bringing two horses with him. lie was
four days making the peri'ous journey.
The snow on the summit, he thinks, Is I5
! to 20 feet deep. He came over by wav OF
the Santiam route, and in doing so took
desperate chances in losing his wav and
his life. He says that Martins buildings
at Fish lake are badly damaged by the
weight of heavy SHOWS on the roofs. Bill
relates several narrow escapes from death
in the treacherous ocean Of snow on the
summit Prinevillc News.
| CHLDRENs DAY On the first Sunday
of June. Childrens Day will be sppropri.
ately kept by the Christian s. s., on 9Th
street. Recitations and music will be the
prominent feature OF the exercises, except
one piece performed by IL young ladies'.
representing the different heathen nations,
and are TO be dressed in their respective
costumes as worn in their native land
WoN'T FALL.-Two and half miles
from here where lots are being laid out
and streets cleared, fir tree six feet in
diameter,and IT'S feet high, has been sawed
clear off, but will not fall, and the saw IL
held too tightly to be extricated. The
tree was cut off six weeks ago, but refuses
to tip over, though 1t has moved or slid on
the stump over two inches.-Astorian.
HAM EATERS. Chief Engineer Barr, Of
the Albany & Astoria railroad, returned
last Sunday, and is purchasing supplies
preparatory to putting his force at work
Among other purchases yesterday was
900 pounds Of hHm, which shows that he
proposes to feed his engineers and survey
ers while en- route. Historian.
LEFT EyERYTnNG.-The following is a
little squib which great many men with