The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-14

census supervisors are now being furnish
ed with Instructions and the necessary
papers to begin their part Of the work. Il
taking the census Of 1890 the estimates ans
bais u beginning the work are made from
the census Of 1855, allowing In oil ease'
TOR the natural or extraordinary increase
In the far western districts. Oregon has
been divided into two listrlets,and the su'
pervlsurs have been appointed. 10 .hs
first district John II Shupe, Of Oakland
has veen named,and IN the second district,
] w Strange. OF I.aGrande,will be the SUI
pervlsor. The first district IN Western
Oregon Is populousand the census bureau
has estimated that Il contains 100000 peo-
Pile, while the eastern district Is estimated
at 5000 The salary OF the supervisors
viii be $leoo, and they are allowed q GER
tain amount for clerk and legitimate ex-
penses incurred Ia their work. The ap.
pointment Of ennmcrators Is in the hands
Of the supervisors, though Il Is supposed
that In most instances they will be chosen
upon the recommendation OF the senator's
and representative"
CROOK CouNrY.--The following ltems
are from the Prlneville papers just reeelv.
ed,and as many here are interested in at
least the weather over there we give them,
though of The date of Jan, aSth
Several parties who have been feedin &
their stock Ia town drove their animals TO
the desert this week. The snow has al
most disappeared since the Chinook came
and the desert Is covered now with ahund.
ant grass and water.
Down IN Willamette they had quite
snow, hut Il Is all gone, ana things look
bright as spring. We have had more or
less snow ever since Thanksgiving, and Il
Is stu here. We are stayers--we are.
But for all that,who would exchange this
climate for that OF wcbfoot 7 Not many
would.
The Oregonian reports foot OF snow
all over the Ochoeo country. We had six
inches Tor day or two. but four inches
has been the average depth here In the
valley during the winter.
SkvERAL FALskMoons. - A Corvallis
paper says
Albany suffered to great extent, though
the damage as yet can not, OF course, be
estimated
Albany did not suffer TO a great extent,
In fact, very h,tle. Also
The only town In the Willamette valley
located on stream Of any size that was
not damaged TO some extent by the food
was Corvallis.
The loss Of Mary's bridge alone was
ten times the loss to Albany. Also
Notwithstanding the water was very high
here, our electric lights burned as bright.
ly as ever. when at It's highest. This Is
another thing that no other town along
The river can say.
Aibany's lights dill not stop at all, and
two Of them give as much ligh; rs the
whole system Of their city.
A SrRASsE TAILS. Report has II that
a man well known IN this section, who up to
a recent date drank more liquor than was
good far him, but who has now "sworn
Of" in deadly earnest, Is preparing tenn
peranee lecture, which he proposes to de-
liver In Pendleton soon.
The lecture win be the narration of three
days experience while wandering about
lhe country during an attack ot delirinm
lremeus.
Those who have heard him relate the
story say II Is intensely interesting, and
equals In dramatic power and vivid por-
irayal some of Poc's wlerd and realistic
II will be something unique
10 the line Of a temperance sermon and
bids fair 10 create a sensatIon-Pendletor
E. o.
TIE ASSESSORS coNyENrioS. Among
he projseis which the food has interfsred
with Is the ASSESSOR convention, with all
is wealth OF promise and I.aucity OF proba-
5ility, claims attention. Il was originally
set for next Tuesday. the nth. but there Is
no probability that II will be held then fiat
all. Governer Pennoyer, being questioned
about Il yesterday, said that he had been so
busy with his prapersy that he had not had
time to think about issuing supplement
tary call. In view OF the Indifferent out
looA for satisfactory railroad connections
and the near approach OF the time for the
assessors TO begin their labors, il Is not
likely that the convention will meet at all
this spring. -OregonIan. The above cor
responds with Assessor Moss experience.
lie made desperaie,effort to get des :
patch from the Governor In reference TO
f; but failed.
A WAnxIse According TO one Salem
paper II Is now learned that the bridge
there was too hastily rs well as lightly
built. The State Democrat says; "Saiem's
frail. toy bridge has gone the way of all
the earth. Il ought TO have been saved.
The undue haste which attended the pre-
liminaries Of building the bridge Indicated
bad result. The thing at that time looked
like job. The irresponsible bridge
builders were enough TO warn the public
against them. But no, they must haze
the contract and they got II, before the
city council were called upon 70 act on the
subject.
IT STooD TIE SroRM.-A gentleman
just from Siayton informs the Jonrna
that the Station bridge, which various ru
mors have been rife about, Is standing Al
solid as the "iock of ages" and az no tim,
showed 'ary signs Of going out, yet thu
raging torrent was very trying on IL. Or
several occasions news reached the cit,
thatIth splendid structure had gone out
which, II true, would have been a cool los
az almost $4,000 TO Marion county ant
the citizens of Stayton.--Salem Journal
II The DEMOCRAT remembers correctl,
Linn county owns half Of the bridge, an
IN case of loss would lose about as mueI
as Marion county.
A CLOSE CALL.--Hon George Wag
goner, who was on the VIM NJ Hoag, go
ing north to Oregon City, gave DEMO
caAr man the particulars Of the falling {
Mays bridge. lie and six othere, wer
on the bridge when 1t began falling. The
ran about 100 feet and reached tn e shor
Just as It toppled over. Had thev falle
all would certainly have been killed, {
both sides fell over on the bridge as
turned around and went down.
HE Was HUNGRY.--A horse weighin
r,Ioo pounds, owned by man In Dove
N. IL (, got hungry In the night, left h
stall and climbed long. steep and narro
pair of stairs into the hay-loft, where
was found the next morning. Albar
people when hungry walk into Conn Bro
grocery store and order their goods ar
the result is universally satisfactory.
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