The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-07-25

An EMBARRASSING PosifioN. The fol
lowing census story Is from the Walla
Walla Statesman, and as II IL little diff
ferent from anything else, we give IL to
our readers
One OF Walla Walla's modest young
enumerators had rare experience. In
/ one OF the families no visited he found
the mother In bed, while three little
children tumbled around promiscuously
[ at their own innocent will. The enum-
: orator, with some ditlidence, inquired OF
. the lady II she was sick. She replied
with sly twinkle In her eye, that ahe
, was. Our young census taker then in-
formed her that II was his duty 10 record
the nature Of her disease. Without un-
necessary parley, she pulled down the
! covers and revealed 10 the blushing emu.
+ merator rs plump specimen of iniantile
humanity M was ever heheld. The first
name to be given TO IL will be the same
as that Of the bluahing young census
, taker for North Wnlla Walla district, and
the reporter has the facts from the lady
/ herself.
Tax MATTER SErrLEp.-Eyery estab-
lished local newspaper receives subscrip-
tions from large cities which puzzle tho
/ publisher to account for, hub the New
| York Times lately threw some light on
the matter: "A Wholesale grocer In this
city, who has become rich at the busi-
ness, says his rule Is that when he sells
. u bill of goods on credit, To Immediately
subscribe for the local paper OF his debt
or, so long as the customer advertised
literally he rested, but as soon IA lac be-
gan to contract his advertising space, he
took the fact as evidence that there was
trouble ahead and invariably went for
the debtor" The man who IL too poor
to make his business known IL too poor
10 do business. The withdrawal OF an
advertisement Is evidence of IL weakness
that business men are not slow TO act
upon.
"YEs," says the Herald ut the bottom
OF the DgaocRAT's and Astorian's remarks
on the railroad commission, "we have "A
supreme court, governor and several other
officers including quite a sprinkling Of
| legislators every two years. And what
do they do? Why not abolish the whole
arrangement and go 1t on the cheap style.
| Don't II make YOU mad to think Of pay
| ing all those enormous salaries, and all
for doing nothing but just sitting around'
\ man must be up tree, where he can't
see, 10 compare Orcgon's useless railroad
commission with the other branches Of
the states governuetnt, which Of course
are necessary 10 its management. The rail
road commission, though, as managed
| now, Is n mere sinecure, and our conten-
| pornry Is the only paper We have yet seen
that was so thoughtiess ~ 10 come out
and defend IL.
\ SroCkMEN's CkNrEn.-lh here arc
few, II any, 'owns in Oregon the sIke OF
Pflneville that serves a. depot OF sup
piles for an area of country nearly or quite
seventy mites square. II is little wonder,
when the facts arc considered, that a single
mercantile house In this town will sonc
times sell in one day much a. five thou
sand dollars worth OF goods. The annual
purchase of stockmrn's surplirs Ia this
town Is simply immrn.c. M purely
agricultural region is nore prosperous
than our o~n. Our sralih j. our stock,
| from she aair Of which wc get more profit
than the valley farmer can possibly obtain
| from the sale ot t,at az zg cculs per
hushcl News. \ pducsiilc man in
forms us that uEv hfm there lid busl.
ness OF Si.S.ucO Atar. until this year.
Nhcn II viii drop la sin,ooo to Ssoaoo, |
duG 10 the recent DISASTROUS winter
Nor TuE o. p ] nc Astoria Coiumbi. |
IN sass ,lcrc I. grow log is.pres,iou that
thr Oregon Pacific company IL behind the |
Alhany Y Astoria raj road project and that |
the line will be pot through as saou as pos. |
sihic. II j. hFid that the auIVris Riil be |
l"ishcd ihis month as.j that large force |
ui graders will be- rug 30 work i'm .nedtatriy
20 d1 all tie woik that can be dome before
lhe winter faias e"n 'ucHer. I he gutS'
manner iIi Witch et,s thius /. oeing done
leeds confidence TO itr .lupTessiou that She |
company mesns bu n,... and that the sur.
vcJ Ing is not part ~ sume boom scheme.
BENTON CouSlY. s. 4 Cumnln .,thc
genial agent for ih.- Ot.gon Pacific com
pany At this place. h.ss taken months
| leave Of abseuce from i. Iu'ics. Mr. Tab.
Ter, asssislant agent "a .!ibany Is filling his
place
After residence Of 81 years IN Benton
county, J l. Aiken has soIJ out his drug
store In Philomatk and left with his family
last Tuesday for Ccn.ralia Washington,
where he will engage In The real estate
business.-Gazette.
VIZ have a railroad commission In this
state, drawing an aggregate salary OF
| %, 500 a year. What do they do They
draw the salary. That's al.-Astori-n.
Correct You are" and II makes the
average citizen mad to contemplate the
fact. Nothing causes more general in.
| dignation than for n man TO get pay for
doing nothing. Huntington discharged
whole crowd Of just such men as form the
railroad commission, and It Is to be hoped
Oregon's next Legislature will have as
much sense as Huntington.
NfcE SroKAHE.-A spasm OF virtue has
struck In on Spokane Falls, and every
device Is being tried 10 hunt out and pun
ish the crring The lates, and most novel
means pursued is far good looking police
officer 10 60 around the city turing big fat
women TO sit on his lap in order TO testify
against their character. Why he should
pick out "big fat women" Is couundrum,
unless on the principle OF the Hoosler
schoolmaster to ''git plenty while you're
Citing. yakima Herald.
Ten YEARS ago Baker City was bit q
struggling village, kept afoat by the pat
ronage she received from mining camps
and stock ranges which surrounded her
on all sides. To-day the Queen City
stands the metropolis Of Eastern Oregon.
l-Democrat.
Yes, the census returns show that its
population has been increasing ut such a
, balloon like rate that 1T now has q popu-
lation Of $500, the gigantic increase Of
: 200 i'll ten years.
THE NECESSARY expense, $500, has
been guaranteed by citizens Of Albany
to defray the expense OF their hose team
while training and attending the North
west Firemen's Tournament at Spokane
Falls.-Gazette.
That statement is certainly too pre-
i yious. There has been no guaranty
not even team organized, and it ID
doubtful if one be organized at all.
WHAT Dm IT CosT,-A Linn county
! man bought q cayuse pony for $50, AS wild
as deer. He took him home, where he
,, got out OF the barn yard and ran for his
life. The new owner got on 800 horse
and followed, catching the animal ai
c Knox's Butte, crippling his own horse in
n the effort, reducing his value to about
), $50. Question: What is the value Of the
cayuse pony?
d A FORMER ALBANIAN.-S r Copeland
J of Harney, was granted license on the
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