The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-07


: papers about this new booming city on
) the Sound that Is attracting SO much at-
I tention, and where real estate sales were
80 unprecedented. Mr.. G. Smidt, the
well known Yaquina Bay man, arrived
In Albany direct from that place. A
DrMocRAr man seeing him, cried,
"Hello, Smidt, where froin2'
"Anac0rtes. =
As that place has only been IN exist
enco about u month IL was rare treat to
see man who had been nc that city aud
the DEMocRAr man hcrcely attacked
! Smidt for information Anacortes lies
ON an island at the bend Of the sound
towards the Pacific, and Smidt SAYS will
be the junction OF the Canadian Pacific,
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail-
; roads, besides possessing many other adj
| vantages. There were twenty-five hum
dred people there when he left. Houses
of all kinds were being erected as many
iS fifty being started In day, besides n
, large number of business houses. Three
hotels were up already, one nearly as
large as the Revere, and n $4,000 house
was TO be erected at once. Business
Tots sold for $4,000 and $4,000 and resi-
dence lots for $3.50 10 $1,000. Lots for
business rented for 80 front foot, rent
ers putting up cheap structures OF all
kinds for temporary use. II Il one OF the
greatest booms OF the Northwest and
Smidt, who bought some lots there, OF
course, Il interested In helping Il along;
but the facts he gives are probably about
as they exist there. This IL an era Of
booms, but Anacortes seems 10 lead them
all just now.
FivK WouLD-BK TRAMrs.--Five we'll
known Albany boys, concluded after due
consultation and many meetings that Il
would be a fine thing 90 he tamps, and,
stealing rides ON the cars, travel over this
glorious country and live on the fat OF the
land, without labor, probably contem-
plating being at Chicago during the
Worlds fair. II was scheme of im-
mense magnitude, and il took nerve to
put II into operation. Not many Of our
citizens have the courage 20 deliberately
give up respectable, peaceful life for the
degrading one OF trampdom but these
five tlfteen-year-old youths concluded Il
would be n fine thing. They set last
Monday as the starting time, and OF course
the depot rs the trysting place. just as
| ttit = sNo tt.liil was preparing 10 ltuNe tuct
stole noisclesaly with their tickets on 20
the blind baggage As the train ratified
along and the danger Of the situation ap-
peared the enterprise began 10 lose It's
poetry. At Junction they were discover
ell by the brakemen and met the regular
fate OF tramps. They were dislodged.
After spending the night in tramp style
they boarded the blind baggage ON this
mornings train and arrived in the city
without being discovered, part az least
well satisfied with their experience ~
tnmps.
Boys, Of all professions. don't study for
trampdom. BE real estate man. u life
insurance agent, "A book canvasser, or even
an editor, but don't be tramp; II is the
depths Of degradation.
Az oLp HoRsE.-The following from
the Ochoco Review win be Of great inter
est TO old residents here, particularly
horsemen : "Bellinger," )" Crook county's
best known and most noted horse, is dead.
He died at ii Glaze's stables in this
town on February %. Foaled July 4,
1885, he was twenty-four years old. lie
was sired by "Flying Bill, Linn county's
fastest l0O0-yard horse his dam was Jim
Elliott's Telegraph also runner Of
considerable note in Linn county. He
was a Lummax or Pointer, and IL almost
the last of that fleet footed type Of horses
that Oregon's pioneers loved 80 well. He
was brought 20 this county by Uncle
| Dave Prime in 1871 or lS72,and since that
time there has been but few races in this
county where one Of the contestants was
not a "Bellinger," and equally az few
where the 'Bellinger" was not an easy
victor.
Nor So.-Last week correspondent,
writing from Lyons, gave an account of
the experience Of G h Fort and c II
Griggs in getting out from the mountains
through the deep snow. Mr. Fort has
been in the city and informed the DKNo-
cRAT that the statement in the account
about the provisions giving out was in
correct, their tobacco only giving out and
he consented 10 90 on account Of his com
panion. Had he been alone he could
have made the trip in two days or less,
but Griggs being younger and not go
. hardy il took much longer. The expe-
rience was really rough one. Forts
J feet were frozen bat there was no
J thought ofamputation as stated and they
: are now nearly well-
SEATTLE.-In another column viii be
found well written ad. on Wassom's
addition to Seattle, a fine property in
that growing city. The owners are Mr.
Jonathan Wassom, Of Lebanon, w w
Beck, Of Seattle, Rev r Kirkpatrick, oi
Lebanon, and Miss Sarah Althouse, Of Al
/ =.
. 30 acres, cut mp into lots 30xi20, which
will be sold for 1900 TO $1,000 according tc
location, some being desirable az business.
locations, already several business houses
adjoining it. Property in its location j,
increasing rapidly in price, and this il Il
safely predicted viii double in value ir
90 days.
WHEREAS, Under the present law the
! publication Of an itemized account OF thu
expenses Of this county cannot be pub
lished much below what would be rcquir
I ed to publish one each year and mail (
copy to each taxpayer Therefore,
Resolved, That we favor a change in tn.
j present law so as to make ii the duty o
n the county commissioners to publisl
4 monthly an itemized account Of the ex
penses Of the county at the close Of eacl
, month and mail TO each taxpayer Of tn
county.
It The above are resolutions passed by tn
: Marion county grange. Our grange friend
! are generally supposed TO be economical
It but they couldn't have considered tn
d cost very much when they proposed tn
= above. A long printed notice to 1000 ia:
i payers, twelve times year, would
several times what it costs now in tn
newspapers. The proper way is to Civ
z such notices through the press.
n The SALEM b. K l.. A.-The director
of the Salem Building & Loan Associatio
met OF the Capital National bank Las
. evening, and after transacting the rot
tine business, loaned $340O Of funds be
longing to the association. The first loa
y was one Of 1920 and went to J T Hughe
at sixty-six months interest in advance
lg The next was $1,000 and went TO Wylie
b. Moores at sixty-one months, and the thir
= was for 1920, which was bid in by A
= Linn at sixty-one months. A premium
IN Of 81 per share was placed ON the stocl
fr Statesman.
~ A LoNG sIDEwALK.-The constructio
70 Of sidewalk from the south end Of til