The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24

new sidewalks and improvements In
old ones. It will be to the interest of
the town to have this work done at
once, for soon no lumber can be gotten
on accountof the muddy roads.
The very latest discovery in these
parts is what is pronounced by judges
to be a superior quality of fire-clay.
Thus one by one our resources are be-
coming known, and our advantages,
even now, outweigh those of other
States old enough to be present when
Oregon was christened.
If you want TO see the fine points of
the genus eq,tus, throw the industrious
end of hundred-foot lariat over the
head of an illiterate Cayuse pony and
view his antics from distant church
steeple, and-our word for 1.-THE fine
points of the animal will exhibit them
selves faster than you can look at them.
1t is not likely that our gas field will
be developed this winter. but we opine
that the year 1891 will witness revo-
luton in the matter of fuel and lights
in this part of Linn county. Present
indications point TO an immense reser-
voir of coal oil everything an inexhaust-
ible bed of coal. When these discov-
cries are made it will be our time to
laugh.
H. E. Parrish has heen hauling lum-
Der with which to enclose the public
school grounds. Our school board Is
composed of men who are thoroughly
alive to our educational interests, and
they certainly deserve the thanks of
the entire community for their pains
taking industry, to which the people
of Lebanon are indebted for one of the
best and most tasteful school buildings
in the valley.
The circuit court docket for the Oc-
tober term, which convenes Monday
next, contains an even 100 cases, OF
which number ~ are for the recovery
of money, Is are suits for divorce, and
As are for various other causes The
great number of divorce suits and the
ease with which divorces are obtained
in this State will ere long give rise to
the railroad cry: ALBANY, Oregon;
twenty minutes for divorcep'
An ordinance was proposed at the
meeting of the city council Monday
night, which, if passed, will raise the
liquor license of the town to $1,000 and
the bond for an orderly house TO $1,000
The law viii probably pass at the nexi
regular meeting. This will be prac
teal test of the efficiency of high
license. Another very stringent law
against gambling has been proposed
and will be passed in due time.
Every available seat was occupied IL
Union hall Monday night at the meet
ing of Lebanon Literary Society. Tn,
army aud navy question was discussed
in a very interesting manner by som'
of our most talented men. In addition
to the debate, the program for mex
Monday evening includes select read
ing, defamation and music. One cal
hardly spend an evening more pleas
,ntly and profitably than at thes
meetings. Everybody come.
Montague must be preparing for
boom, Judging by the way he is stock
: ing up his Mammoth and One-Pric
Cash Stores. BY purchasing his good
in such large quantities he naturall,
gets much lower prices. He guaran
: tees good goods in all the department
: of his extensive establishments a
: prices that absolutely astonish othe
merchants in the valley, some of then
going so far as to say that Montagu
, retails his goods as low as they bu
them at wholesale. The careful buye
: invariably goes to Montague's.
The complaint seems to be genera
e that fruit viii not keep this fail. Th
d reason is obvious, fruit is not SOUND
5 Orchards have been so long neglecte
: that they have fallen prey to myr
ads of insects which thrive under
system of cultivation. Fru
! growers will yet find that somethin
> more is required than merely settin
: trees and then leaving them to battl
their way to maturity. Nature
bountiful, it is true, but for all that sh
: has her revenge upon neglect.
!, The One-Price Cash Store has b.
come one of the features of Lebanon
r. AS everything is new and fresh, and tt
prices are so much below that charge
!, in credit-giving establishments, pc
: pie who desire to buy their gooC
- for cash naturally go TO the corne
where they do not have to make up
= the storekeeper for the non-paying Gu
TONERS who, when they can do so, bu
on credit, and who are Constitutional
IS opposed to paying for anything. O.
"A prices at the One-Price Cash Store an
if there is any reason in you that is I'll
"a place where you will purchase yol
1T supplies.
- That Odorous Garment