The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-06-27

TuE oRoss taxable property Of Salem
ms reported by the city assessor this year
is 81 ,5S6, 900, exclusive OF exemption and
Indebtedness. Although the city IL rich
er this year than last the total valuation
falls 500, llg short Of the assessment of
1880, which shows that the lame assess-
metnt laws let much property escape tax
alton under tho indebtedness clause
Statesman.
The lame assessment laws no doubt also
struck Albany; but this IL u substantial
city, containing valuable property, and
after the indebtedness and exemptions
were taken out the taxable property
footed up $l.7l0,000, or 1924 900 more
than that Of the city which sometimes
sneers at its southern neighbor. II IL
simply ridiculous iora city claiming the
population Of Salem TO present such an
assessment. Not only ridiculous: but il
indicates something rotten IN Denmark.
| Az matter Of fact the value Of Salem
property, even after taking out public
buildings, which play quite IN important
part, is considerable more than that oi
Albany. The showing, though, consid-
ering tho buster about improvements,
which have been estimated ut u million
dollars for 1900, Is a very shamefaced one.
A SANrLe.--A good illustration Of the
hoodumistic tendency Of sparring
matches generally occurred ut Butte,
Mon, few days ago, In the Dempsey
exhibition. Campbell and kessler were
sparring when they got mad, threw OFF
their gloves, and, SAYS Butte paper, In a
twinkling the men were engaged IN II
desperate rough and tumble fight, which
continued with varying fortune 10 the
contestants until separated by the police
Daring the struggle stove was knocked
over and fell through muslin partition
into the audience room. The stove pipe
came down upon the fighters, the side Of
the dressing room eaved in and the house
was in danger Of being fired 10y the over
turning Of large oil lamp standing on u
front shelf Fortunately some one re-
moved the lamp, bat the wreck oi the
house from other sources continued until
the police placed both parties under ar
rest. All those arrested were heavily
fined.
JEFFERSON. Mrs Annie Ridenour and
daughter, Mrs kittio Syiers. Of Albany,
are visiting with Mrs 4 II liuddleson
this week.
+ n Thomas and son, ] 4 Thomas, left
Wednesday morning on M extended
trip east. They will stop first in Iowa,
go from there 10 Ohio, and home by the
way OF Texas. Mr. Thomas came Ia this
country thirty-seycn years ago and has
never been back to tile old home since.
4 few oi the citizens ot Jefferson were
very highly entertained "Wednesday eve
ming by the Mckaulass gang" The
only object they seemed 10 have, II To-
cxtol the merits III u kid koon" that IL
with them, and IL seems to be- the gencr-
al opinion that this WAS about "thineHt
thing" that ever struck Jefferson. Re-
view.
BRowSsvitLs.-M Jaeger went 10
Portland last Friday and purchased
65, 900 pounds oi wool. lie says the trip
fully Justified him.
The work on the new bridge IL pro-
gressug Eleven mcn are ut work driv-
Ing the piling and getting ready TO place
the cylinders In position. The length ot
thc bridge proper will bc $50 feet with
an approach on the south end Oi about
$50 feet. II will hc 10 feet wide, which
is two feet wider than the old one. e.--
Times.
SrorrEp NJ THE PAciFfc.--A young ed
itor, whose own granducr causes the great
monuments Of the world to sink into in
significance, has at last found a great
thing, the Pacific. tiear him.
My di-appointments in travel have
been many. The mountains Of Pennsyl-
vania and the Nirginias were too low. The
Rockies were very tame. Aside from
the Giant aud Old Faithful the gcyscrs
pi the National Park were not worth Wis
iting, except tn say one had seen them
Aside from these, the Falls and Grand
Canyon, Ielloystonc Park was not sur
prlsing. But there IL not a particle 81
dust or discount on the Pacific. II IL
full par legal tender Tor all IL is repre-
sentcd to be, day or night, never tiring,
never the same, cudlessly changing,
clean, pure and beautiful.
4 HoasR SHOE sroaY Twenty-Five
years ago an apple tree was planted on
the Baker place, in the eastern part Of
the city, hy Frank Baker, then n young
boy. The tree grew for ten years without
bearing fruit, when one day il was sng-
gested 10 Frank that ho hang horseshoe
on one Of the limbs. which was done,
more as Joke than eny belief in the pro-
verbal good luck" attending thc saving
81 n horseshoe. Since that date, and for
fifteen years past, tAe tree has been the
most prolific bearer IN the orchard, and
the horseshoe has become lost 10 view
the limb growing completely around IL,
with the exception Of one Of the toes and
this particular limb produces apples OF
monstrous size, nearly twice as large az
any others upon the trce.-Walla Walla
Statesman.
4 SEND Orr. Iaquina Post writes
up an Albany man IN the following com
plimentary terms:
81 Il Blain, the heaviest dealer in
clothing in the valley, as well as the
most popular man in the State, shows
up in this mornings Post. He's fixed
for any customer, and always gets there
with the best, most stylish, and lowest
priced goods in the State. Thousands
attest these facts from one end OF the
State 10 the other"
Coop TEMPLARs.-At their meeting In
Salem the grand lodge Of Good Templar'
elected the following officers: Grand
chief tcmplar, ] J Brown,of Dallas Grand
Counsellor, Mrs NJ T. Vandevort, of So
lem; Grand vice tcmplar, Mrs Minnie
Harrison, OF Jefferson; Grand secretary
o G Riches, OF Turner; Grand treasurer
Mrs + RobinsonSoi the llalles; Crane
supt juv temple, Mrs NJ Peniand, o.
Halsey; Representative to K w g l.
which meets at Edinburgh, Scotland, mex
year, + Wright, CT Portland, and ]
Knox, of Albany, alternate
WHEN Jay Gould was a struggling
young surveyor, with hardly one cent tt
rub against anoiher, he stamped his Initial
ard the date on copper cent and put ir
circulation. Recently Mr.. Gould recelvet
some pennies In change at the Twenty
third street ferry, and on looking then
over he found the coin he had stampct
was not among them.
The above IS going the rounds OF tn,
press. With the last not out there Is som
sense to il. With 1t in there Is none.
A BIG CONTRACT. ~ In the field agalns
several competitors the Sugar Pine {
Lumber Co, OF this city has secured In
contract for furnishing the Oregon Cit
, Soap works with 5000 soap boxes
month, or $4,000 boxes a year. Thi
Is big contract, and speaks for th
push of this company. 1t will take larg
! force OF hands to meet this contract alone
THE WHITE FAMILY At a family re
union recently held at the residence q