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

. "iuk LOSS 0kkATs And now come
: the report that the loss by the recent hlgi
vater In Western and southern Oregon
not great. After reading about the numeE
. ons bridges, dwellings, warehouses, manu-
!, factories, wharves, barna, saw lo0s, etc,
that were swept away blythe food reade
Of the OfeReniap would naturally supp 1s
that some one had lied. Many miles o
9 railroad have been washed out besides /
pI vast amount OF rich farming land hai
hsen washed away BY raging rivers. II
Jackson county the lDss BY the laties Il
placed at 100000, and yet the "loea Il
not great The loss throughout the state
cansed by the recent food Il doubtless owe,
Szooo.ooo The Union Pacific Compan,
are heavy losers, while the loss 10 the ore.
gon * California Il doubtless un In the
hundreds Of thousands. Baker City Blade.
Il Most OF the loss 10 The railroads and
those mentioned by the Blade were from
the snow blockade Ii Southern Oregon
and had nothing 70 do with the floods.
The loss by the later In the valley 1t least
Is remarkably email. considering the ter
rItory covered. We publish the above TO
show how things get mixed after going
only few miles. What would they be
on reaching the Easti
ir GLUED iiiM.-A certain business
place In Albany has been afflicted with an
overdose Of men who have nothing partl
enlarly 10 do but to bottom chairs. A
reasonable amount OF chair seating does
very well but where Il becomes peren.
NAL II loses. like hash, It's merltorIous
qualities. Such was the case In the certain
business house mentioned and 30 At the
proper time, chair was well smeared with
Pages liquid glue. The bait took, and Mr.
Chair Bostomer on seating himself found
| that he was glued 10 the chair, and on al.
| tempting 10 rise the chair followed suit.
| The predlcameut was an excrucsa,Ing one;
but II was greatly appreciated BY an ex-
eept the vicilm,who vii probably bottom
chairs some where elae In the future. This
Is somewhat like the stories about Peck's
bad boy but Il Is an Albany isct-never.
thcless.
DfsuEARrgNisa. - A private letter
to Mr.. James Eiklns from his son In
Prineville. as well IS other letters re
eeived In Albany, confirm the reports Of
the Prlneville papers and previous state.
ments. that the damage done In Crock
county is very great: In fact, dishearten.-
ingi perhaps the greatest In the history OF
the country, entailing immense damage 10
siockmen, as well a. paralyxing business
At lese. for t1e Time being. The situation
is really = bad one. fact that will be
greatly regretted hy Linn county people,
who take = vital interest Ia iheir next
eastern nelghbor, msny OF whose residents
formerly resided here. and have numerous
relatives In this county. But Crook l.
young and rigorous county aud will soon
jump UP from the disastrous FesuIta OF too
much snow and cold.
BuaY dollar In walla waila real es
tate now and when you kick Il up three
or four months hence IL will be q twenty
dollar gold pieee.-Statesman.
There's confidence Tor you. There's
prospects. Tweniy.fold ia four months.
In Albany u we double IN four months Il
is considered iine thing. but In waila
waila It win Increase twenty-tcid accord.
ing 10 the above This great Northwest IL /
blooming with real estate Jack o. lanterns. Il
rhey loom up on paper, but when you
reach on. yeur hands, well the result Il
good. but old towns like Wallis wsiIa don't
tweniy-fold 40 electrically.
A Bio PEKcgsT.-. Every Eastern Ore
gon paper contains sorry aceoun, Of the |
stsck prospects there. The Baker City
Dsmocrs, says, The los Of stock Ia this |
state viii probably be greater than Ia any
previous winter. The principal loss vii
be In the south and southeastern portions
Of the state. There are some very large
herds 10 that section. Lux, Miller q De-
vine had 6o.ooo head, Glenn l. French, at |
Stein mountain. 10000 head; Riley * |
Harding, at Harnev lake, ss.ooo head. and |
there are many other large herds. There |
are tens OF thousands OF sheep In the |
southern part OF the strse. Of which a |
large percent will be iost. ThIa last cold |
snap IL what has done the business for
the poor beasts.
busSiso 70 RIDDLES. - Passenger
train service on the Oregon q California
Is nos running daily north TO Sissons by
transferring near Delta. and ri. weekly
from Sissons 10 Glendale. seventy-nlne
miles north of Ashland. Trains run reg
ulariy from Portland youth 70 Riddles.
private stage line is running temporarily
between Glendale add Riddles, thirty.
nine miles.
The traveller can get through to Port.
land for S3t.s0, which includes local and
stage fares.
FINE HoRsEs.-Messrs Chas Wood and
chss crandalI were in Corvallis Tuesday
nig.t on their way from Eugene to Me-
Minnviiie, having In their care four fine
horses. They were Lady Beach. five years
old, and known as one of the beat animals
In the stsss, having trosted mile In z:s7
last year; Conamah, three year old, and
Alteo, coming two.year old, all OF which
are OF the celebrated Altamont stock The
other was a two-year old, by Oregon
Wilks. They are being taken to McMinn-
Vile, where they will be driven and put In
training for the fall races.-Benton Leader
The Ttemizer has been trying for some
time to elevate the moral tone OF Dallas.
Its work is a grand success and Dallas IL
soon TO have another saloon.--Indepen-
dence West Side.
There Is some sarcasm In the above, ,sug-
gested BY both places desiring the county
seat but the item offers an interesting
theme. While Dallas gets the saloon
keeper Albany loses him, and Il is IN or
der TO suggest that the Itemizer man necds
more than ever to preach sermons to the
young men OF that city, for their tempta-
tons will be greatly increased by the addi-
tion.
ANAcoRTRs. - There Il now an i'm
mense boom Ia existence at Anacorte., In
the northern part of Washington. II IL i
proposed great railway terminus, and once
before sprang Into temporary prominence
but nothing came OF Ii. Within the las
month about million dollars wsrth oi
property has changed hands there. Al
present Il Is principally on paper, but every
day the papers have something new about
1t, and It at least Is bound to be heard from
as boom. These are days Of speculation,
and it is hard to tell what Il what from
many newspaper articles.
EASTWARD IT Go#s.--We read a commu.
nication few days ago from one Of rhs
officials of the o. p. railway tU promi
nent citizen of Harney, in which 1t wat