The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-01-03


would be terrible, though 4 really Is unfaii
Tor our citizens to be Obliged to pay the
present enormous taxes Seven mills,
think Of that. In Seattle they are only
thIrly-seven mills and In Tacoma about
thlrty.five mills even ia Portland they
are not over twenty-five mills but here
Ia Albany they are seven mills ! a man
tells us that Ia the Eastern city where he
ca mc from, run almost as well as Albaay,
the taxes were only City mills,and he
knew OF one city where they gst as low as
one hundred mills Albany people GER
tainly have reason 10 complain, and the
DEMOCRAT particularly feels sorry for the
old resident here who has 10 see nm elec-
trio light at his corner slo, " burning out
$t2 so worth of electricity every month,
Just to Ugh, the city, aud against his
wishes
The MASK BALL The Mask Bali at
the Opera House was one Of the gayest
events Of the season. The decorations, TO
begin with, were gay. TWAS a gay crowd
and everything conduced to make the
event lively. The music was furnished by
Links orchestra. There were sixty mask
ers, besides other dancers, and large
crowd of spectators. Many OF the cos
tunes were attractive, some on Account OF
their elegance, others because OF their
pesullaridcs. There were Japs and Gyp
sles, all kinds of queens, pages, dominoes,
tamborine girls, clowns kings, sportsmen,
cavaliers, dudes Little Lord FauntIeloy
was present, etc, too many for publication
Ia to'days DEMocRAr.
USDERsrooD Ir. "A gen,lem an,now a
resident Of Albany, possesses 50 acres OF
land IN certain part Of KansaAtor which
he paid $4,000 few years ago. Desiring
to secure loan Of $500 on Il 20 Invest in
Albany property he had local agent
write to General Investment Co. with
branch office In Portland. The following
letter received explains the situation so
well. and, is wiIhal, such good joke, that
We giveit,
IN replying TO yours In reference to
loan OF $500 on So acres In Stafford Co,
Kan. viii say that the gentleman applies |
to the wrong place TO sell his 50 acres, as
we are pretty well acquainted In the vi /
cinity of his place, and one Of my employ \
ees has 100 acres not over five miles from |
the gentleman's SO acres and he will take |
$500 cash and give a deed free Of incum- |
brance, so you see he evidently wants 10 \
borrow wilhlntention OF mortgage taking |
the land. We are from Kansas ourselves. |
A oUeER PAPRR.--The Sunday Wei.
come Is "queer" paper. In It's last issue
1t says:
Country papers are queer Institutions.
The Albany DEMOCRAT saws Il knew OF |
the East Portland piekpoekeis taking a /
purse from Linn county man--published 4
last week In the Wrleome-but refrained 4
from printing the same on account Of the l
promintnee OF the gentleman involved y
Now compare this with what the DEM
ochAr did say and see how "queer" the
Welcome Is:
"rhe DENocKAr knew Of the latter
Saturday but by request did not publish IL, /
very naturally the parties concerned not
desiring no,oreIy."
You sec the DEMOCRAT did no, say |
word about the "pcomi 'rce" Of the gen.
tlemen involved, and herein Is where the |
Welcome is "queer"
FoUSD BUr RuISED-A few days ago /
some boys playing In the Santiam Ditch,
this side Of the Elkins falls, ,founda watch, !
a chain and charm. They were duly I
advertised in the DEMoeRAr. and like all /
ada. in this widely circulated family paper.
the ad. found the owner, MFR c II Hari,the |
well known painter and a. list. The item I
proves to be a sequai to another one In the /
DENocRAr several weeks ago to the elect /
that Mr Hart gave chase 10 a tramp whom 4
he suspected Of stealing a watch. Sham
and chain out OF his vest pocket while |
working on the n r Merrill residence. On /
catching the tramp nothing was found. !
While crossing the ditch on the railroad
he bad, unseen, dropped the articles IN .he
water. They were, of course, ,about ruined.
SOME ADvIcE.-Here Is some good adj
vice. Its our own, but we stole II and In.
sert the name Of Albany instead OF the
name that was used. All paper, are doing
this little trick and so VIC do a. The last
city that had this item was Astoria, and n
the advice Is good for As,orans |; is for
AlbanIans: ALBANY realty Is Albany
money. Advertise your city. Put mon.
in Albany and you put money IN your
own pocket. In assisting the wheels OF
Albany progress you ride IN your own
carriage. Call the attention OF outside
capital TO home enterprises"
A TALENTED TRoUP-The John S
Lindsay Co. was grected.by larger audi
ence Saturday night, and it was delighted
one that listened to the presentation of
Richelieu, one of the finest tragedies ever
presented, only surpassed BY Hamlet. Mr.
Lindsay as RicheIieu Is power,and those
who also saw Min In that character in
this city remarked at the improvement.
The support was generally strong. The
company's Interpretation OF the play was
literary treat rarely secured in this city.
TIE MAIL SERvIcE,-Some mild ex-
ceptions have been made 10 the criticisms
in which the DEMOCRAT has INDUCED In
regard TO the miserable mall service to
which the people are treated. The DE.
MocRAT knows not what clerk Is to blame
but we call attention to the fact that the
local mail made up for Albany between
Portland and Albany on Tuesday evening
was carried by this Office on south and
brought back next morning. The Salem
| Journal Is more irregular In its arrival
here than the Daily New York World.
The MAN OF Excuses. Some one has
said: "Beware of the man of excuses
There are keveralin Albany. Whenever
asked to invest in come enterprise they al
ways have some excuse, quite Transparent
to those VINO are acquainted with them
They would go into business but--,or if
As Il is thought. well, etc. and they keeI
their moneyin their pockets and spenc
their time thinking about what might baye
been.
MEAN PRAcTIcE.-Sunday morning
at just z45 o'clock some hoodlums, (the,
, must have been hoods whether from tn
city or country in going past the U
chrrch fred fo..r ~ - enofa II 5000