The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-07

, OF the former and now get down 10 TN
potato subject. The West Side says
"Mr II w Murphy,one OF our most enter
prising aud successful farmers who live
some three miles south of this city, ha
: already dug and garnered about 5000
bushels Of Burbank Seeding potatoes
This splendid crop of "spuds" makes .
huge pile seventeen feet wide. sixty-live
feet long, and six feet high. Potatoes arr
now worth 90 cents per bushel, with every
prospect Of rise in the market"
And here's another; "Messrs Thoms,
and Huddelson recently purchased ter
acres of potatoes, paving $500 cash for this
'amc, This is at the rate ot $50 per acre
Just think of Il. you people who are living
In the East and hardly making aiving, land
that can be bought for $2S per acre, and
raised crop that sells for twice the pur-
chase price Of The land
Too Mucu FOR HIM. The Sclo Press
man came io Albany las, week, got mixed
UP with the band unit, he didn't know
what fellow he WAS and went home and
wrote about Il as follows; "libcrati and
his band were IN Albany tuesday, AS
specimens oG robust, study manhood thCv
are rank failures hot when the band hegips
to play one fors cts la look At The players,
the music i So cntranelug, We were
there, and small boy Ike could follow the
baad along just to listen 10 such music as
We never heard before. Some OF the In
s.rumCutS were unique, 10 say the least.
Ono Ia particular rcscmbled a stick Of
ccrdwoOd, but the tones urawu from L aS
well as others were enhancing. Albany
has had many fine batdS on her streets In
times past, but none To compare with Lib
| eratL'
lSaiONAuoS MsariSa. The Corvallis
/ Times devotcs two columns 10 the Ore
| gou Pacific, under the head oi THAT
/ MonsirosiJy." IN its previous issue the
/ Times had written Q scathiug article,
/ which brought out the Bla.d oi Trade,
I who passed reaulutions showing the
/ great benefit the road had been 10 the
valley, and la strong language condemn
I ed the course taken by the Times rs ma
| icious and untrue in itH spirit, repre-
senting only the personal malice OF the
editor, and, that vC have the utmost
confidence in, and respect for, the local
officers of such company, Wm. NJ. iioag
aud Wallis Nash, Ral not look upon
temporary inability TO meet corporate
Liabilities Is involving moral turpitUde
or waTrautiuR any personal attacks upon
the general or local officers Of said COM
pany."
CROOK County Las, Sunday ID. b
Nackey arrived here With fine English
Shire stallion belonging to James Eikins.
os Albany, which he was taking 10 Mr.
Elkins place on Beaver
The Jury In tie case Of ,he State IS.
Gotiricd Brose returned aNeTdict Of man.
slaughter on Friday evening u last week,
and on Tuesday Judge Shaituck pro-
ncurced sentence that nc be con,inei la the
penl,eu,iary T.. cigh; ycs's, pay a fine OF
$500 and Pay tie cOsts OF prosecution. The
clime tor which lirose ga convicted was
the ki'llns OF Shield Loons, on Trout
creek on the lJd Of September, isS0. The
trial was begun on Wednesday of last geek,
Disifie; Attorney wlIson, Judge Bennett
and ] Moore representing thc state, and
Geo. w BrneS and J y Duueso the de-
teuse.--News.
BETTER THAs 4 Goip MNE.-TeE acres
when set 20 fruit in bearing condition
will yield from 81. 900 b. $3.50 per year
aud requires no expensive machinery TO
operate u. A iruit raiser in the WILLIAM
ette valley requires but . small outlay.
has all the advantages ot q civilized and
cultured society. has good and convent
cot markets and receives better income
trom the same investnlent theA can bs
had from any other line Of business.
You can get this land from SIS 10 SIS
per acre Of The Oregon Land Company,
OF Salem, Oregon.
sALEN's b. q T.. A.-The board o. di-
rectors Of the Salem Building and Loan
"a taf a. ffa. .fE -
building last evening. They ioaned A7S0
Et sixty months, 1925 ~ fifty months,
and $500 at Eixty-one months interest in
advance total 1885. The sccretary's
first annual reporE showed that $50, ,434
mad been loaned already by the associa-
tion, which is certainlya good showing.
Statesman.
y JUHY's EYEs.--AE example ut the
different ways Of boxing a; the same mat
ter was well illustrated in the case Of 7
Wood agt. Trainer X Thaycr. tried Satur-
day evening in the Circuit Court The
case arose Out Of a Engagement In the
price 10 be paid for the stone used IN the
basement Of ihc Oregon Bank The
plaintiff and defendants were apar, S4g5
and that was the amount the suit was
brought for. The jury looked at the mat.
ter the way the defendants did, only more
so, rendering q judgment IN favor Of HE
defendants against the plaintiff for $3.50.
ESEMT OF WhD OArs.-Mr. William
Wright, who recently returned from the
Spokane country, brought with him the
right for western Oregon 10 sell and
manufacture q wild oat separator, pat
ented by Spokane man. IL is quite an
ngenius arrangement and works to n
harm. For securing pure seed wheat,
ats or barley. it is just the thing.
A LIBEL sUrT.-Hr. F.. q. Beardslcy,
formerly Of this city, has brought suit
against the editor Of the Corvallis Gazette
ior 5000 dam ages for libel, in publish
ing a defamatory article against his
character the substance Of which was
given in the DENocRAT at the time.
IMPROVEMENTS. The s p depot pla,orm
Is being greatly improved. The company
could doa great thing for the public by
building another platform across the Track
and enlargng the ladies' waiting, which is
now so small that one prrson almost has
TO wait fVr another 10 come out before en-
tering, sort Of Australian election style
PICK POCKETS. - Saturday Mr. A
Crawford was boarding the cars at East
Portland for Albany, after a talk with
Judge Bonham, when a couple pick pock-
cts tried TO work him; but he caught
one Of their hands and kept the other of.
As he had borrowed s. to get home with
they would not have gotten much any
way.
PUMPKIN PIEs.-Next Saturdy evening
thee. a. r. will give a pumpkin pie social
at their hall Each gentleman will receive
a numbered card. The lady with a like
number on a small flag will be his partner
| for lunch. There will be music, rccita-
tons, games, etc. Admission, q cents for
men, ladies free Tnc men ore requested
\ to bring partners.
SQCEALrsG Hoes This morning a
double-deck car Of hogs was standing at
! the depot, when the top deck gave way,
| letting the porkers down on TO the first
story porkers. Such squealing rs fol-
lowed IL not often heard outside OF Pam
demOnium and Cincinnati. Three Of the
animals were killed outright.
DRUEK AND CRAzY.-August Winters
was arrested last Saturday for being in
toxicated and crazy, about an equal quan-