The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-22

'sAAA - SNsAAt uSAoIS Two years pstSS.
:. Families arrive on the trains an,
: also by wagon almost daily, who ar
bent ON pleasure and recreation. Fn
summer retreats and health resorts
our State ranks high.
It isa mistaken notion that corn vii
not grow in Oregon. A man who wear,
No. II boot showed us more corn /,
the ache-r than quarter.section o
Iowa land can produce.
The ladies of the Nj. E. church will
give a lawn social ut the Academ,
grounds on Tuesday evening next. Re
freshments will be served. Cordial IN
vitation extended to ALL
/ c. o. Gentry brought to this ofIie,
TWO peaches that measured respectively
Il ana IL inches in circumference. New
Jersey ach-growers are likely to be
outdone by Webfeet yet.
There are some campers at Sodayille
who have just arrived from Palouse.
and are in search of farming lands.
fheY come from all points of the COM
pass to this favored land.
Settle Bros. tell us that their ware.
house will be taxed 10 its utmost
| capacity again. Reports from different
parts of the country indicate at least an
average crop Of wheat and oats.
When we stated last week that
! twenty carpenters found employment
IN Lebanon we placed the estimate en-
tlrely too low. Actual count shows
more than forty carpenters at work.
Some one started a rumor last Sun
day Involving two young hearts which
was altogether too good to be true. The
twain are eating at separate tables this
week, which gives lie TO the report.
Bob Mcclure joined the society of
Grangers while he was away, but never
went farther than the iniafory degree.
proferring the camp of the Odd Fellows
70 the mystic rites of the hay makers
There is paint mine on the farm of
Martin Hickman near town. The ore
IS of different color from that which
comes from the Salem connpany's mine.
but in other respects the mines are
Identical.
The conference of the NJ. E. church,
South, was formally opened Thursday
morning, Bishop Hendrix presiding.
great many of the ministry are in
attendancei the laity also are well rep
resented.
Rev. New announced on his last ap-
pointment that he would preach here
next Sunday on Love- As this is an
interesting subject, especially to young
people, there viii probably be good
attendance.
Our old friend w. K Temple, of Sand |
Ridge, kindly furnished us conveyance |
from Tallman into Lebanon Monday.
VIM. says grain has averaged little |
more than twenty bushels TO the acre
up TO this time.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will i
give an ice cream social Friday even- /
ing, August g. at the Mcdonald hall, /
one door south Of Beard & Holt's drug
store. Everybody invited. Ice cream /
and cake, Is cents.
Mr.. Powell brought to this Office a
ooX OF Red AstrachanS which are as
me a lot of apples as we have seen.
We hope Mr.. Powell may be spared to
a ripe old age and that he will re-
member US annually.
Died, at his home near Waterloo
Aug. Is, 1890, Elias SaltmarSh. De-
ceased was born in Tiogo county. New
York Dec. 20, 1890. Mr. Saltmarsh was
an cid pioneer. One by one the early
inhabitants are passing away.
A new style of millinery goods was
selling at y premium lately: so T.. told
as that j. told him that he had been Il
told by some young ladies who had L
heard it rumored in certain quarters.
and therefore the report goes unehaI-
Ienged
A mechanic and a business man was
heard to say that Lebanon is the live
hest town in the state. Not having
visited the towns throughout the State
We are not prepared TO speak positively.
0ut we do say that we have a bustlinS'
town.
There are ten or tweve carpenters at
work on the public school building :
Parents desiring to give their children
good education will find good
recommendations and excellent facili- {
les at both the public school and the
Academy +
Distinguished visitors amouo ms
hink the changes from one season to | ,
mother so slight as to require the
of a calender. PerhaDs
f almanacs and the crsunlscribed
ofeountry newspapers. a
Examine the ornamental werk ON
Iuy,s new store front. We under 4
t9nd that Mr.. Guy will remodel the
rOnt of his corner building to CORE
pond with the new one. William I
oes not believe in the antediluvian
lyle of doing things, but keeps abreast c
the times.
DIR. Barker and his brother Ben r
min spent few days recently in the Il
fountains along the line of the o. p.
y r., inspecting the timber. Doc. ),
iys the timber on the North Santiam q
scattering and of an inferior quality, =
hile the timber ON the South Satiam
large and Of No l grade. W
We predict that the end draweth pl
Ugh; and we base our prediction on
lat passage of scripture which saws a,
The plowmaD shall overtake the s,
aper;" farmer drove out of the
arvest field and down Main street
ith breaking plow on his harvest 81
agon, and certainly he cannot be far til
,hind the sickle and reel
Farmers in this vicinity are market je
g new product by the ton. Our vi
Iper mill will use all the straw IN
rs section ofcountry and the farming th
will be enriched by the sale fr,
what has heretofore been a waste ha
oduct. What we need, and must
I've, IN this country are moe indus
les of all kinds to look after our I'll
astlng resources. w
The Santiam Mineral Paint Companv -
ught several lots in Lebanon last
eek, near the terminus of the railroad. fel
lie company ask of our citizens a so'
lall boDus-which will doubtless be pl'
lsed-and then buildings will be
acted, cooperage will be established pr
d all the appliances necessary for the IN,
of paint will Immediately w
low. :"
Iowa and Nebraska farmers coming e.