The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-25


did not kin MongolIan, grouse, snlpe,
nor lark. There were also several |
other choice birds left untouched.
Ben Dodge thinks IT much better
riding four wheels than two. Didn't |
the boys look daggers Mt him as lie
started for Sudaville Wednesday even
ingg Well he couldn't haul every
body-the hack was full, yon know.
The Lebanon Flour Mil has been
rented by me, aud 1t will be run In the
future rs Il has In the past. | buy |
grain and take In on exchange. Both |
flour and feed on hand at all times us
heretofore. JOHN UNgER.
Contractor Schell set a force OF cur
penters 10 work on the school house
this week. The building Is TO be COM |
pieted some time In September and |
nothing but active work Will accom-
plish the task within the limited time.
Messrs. barker, Garland, Stone
wood, Hale and one or two others re-
turned from their mountain trip Satur-
day They feel amply rewarded for
their tour Notwithstanding the harder
ran low and they suffered many prlva-
tions.
What about the Cheadie canal?
We were told two months since that
subscribed, that this sum was cunsid-
cred sufficient TO carry out the enter
prise and that engineers would be
here forthwith.
Timber and mineral resources OF
Linn county made known ON applica-
tions. mt this Office. Mining stock In
the Calnpooia and Blue River districts
sold at the EMPRESS office. For par
ticulals call and see our specimens and
read our descriptive pamphlets.
The State Press Association which
conNenes at Portland August Is, prom
ises to be well attended. The hnspi-
tality OF the citizens of Portland has
thrown wide open the doors Of the 81,
500, 000 hotel ahd all are invited tn a
feast Of mind and body on that oe-
casion.
A. NJ Wilson, farmer living near
Tallman, reports his grain crops coed.
tie also tells us that Miss ellison, who
lay sick for three months, and whose
life was despaired of several times
during her Illness, has recovered and
will visit In Washington for few
months.
We have reason TO believe that there
are vet a few families in town who do
not read the EXPREss. We are labor
:
we are striving TO build up your indi-
vidual interests in common with the
interests of the masses. Give us your
cooperation.
The Lebanon Midnight Orchestra
catered to the lovers of the harp,
trumpet. and tambourine, Monday
night. Victims of the unhallowed
strains attested their high apprecia-
ton Of the dusky performance by the
! free hestowal of complimentary shoes
and bootjacks.
Families not already supplied should
/ lose no time In procuring a bottle Of
! Chamberlain's Choiic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t Il the only
remedy that can ALWAYS be depended
upon for bowel complaint i'm all Its
I forms. % and so cent bottles for sale
by NJ. A. Miller.
| We hear a good deal about the rising
young men OF our country. Don't
share the delusion that Linn county
/ Is without repres eatative OF this
class. We could put our finger on
several young men who rise at
Q o'clock in the morning, and always
under difficult ca a. that.
Mr.. +. j. Miller, superintendent of
Grants Pass Sugar Pine Door and Lun-
4 btI No.s ~ NlbaHAs gave thtS oiiiee u
l call lately. Mr.. Miller was formerly
bridge builder, and many are the
bridges in Lane. Linu.a1ld other coun-
I ties that have stood for years and
attest the skill of this workman.
Our town is rather quiet Just now,
owing TO the fact that harvest is upon
us, and large percentage of our pop
ulation are drawing fresh vigor from
the mountain air and mineral springs.
When our people return you may
expect something startling and sensa-
tional, perchance a bear or fish story.
| O'Neil Bros. have built good sub
stantial bridge across the canal at the
-four mill. Iu sinking a hole for the
water wheel they reached the water
level before the required depth was
reached. They now find it necessary
TO keep a steam pump in operation
night and day SO that the shoveling
may go on.
Rev Hnnleiter is working hard to
advertise our town and surrounding
country at the coming conference Aug.
Dist. The eastern church dignitaries
will be furnished conveyance to Water
90, So1aville and other noted llces i'm
our vicinity, and we doubt not they
will fall in love with this part of the
country.
The time is comingwhen a general
system of drainage will be adopted in
the Willamette valley that will i'm
crease the yield of agricultural lands
two-fold and greatly enhance the value
of grazing lands. The farmer must
bring to his calling the foresight and
business aeumen that lies at the foun-
dation of all progress.
Presiding Elder, Rev. II. l.. Barkley
of the United Brethren church,
preached near Plainview Sunday.
Rev. Barl<ley is a miner of considera-
bic experience, having worked in the
Black Hills, also in Leadville. We
showed him our specimens, gave him
one of our descriptive pamphlets and
took his name tor the EMPRESS.
A. Cadwalader, citizen of Lebanon
who came from California last spring.
is evidently man of foresight. He
sees what a large majority Of new
comers, with limited means cannot see,
that the unoccupied lands on our
river bottoms viii in time become
valuable. He has taken homestead
and will surely find at the expiration
of a few years ample remuneration for
his time and labor.
The stringent times complained OF
in Oregon of late years, are likely to
be succeeded by the most prosperous
era in our history. We reason thus:
Oregonians have been living as ii
were upon the spontaneous produc-
tions of the country; these resources
are soon to be exhausted aud then
will follow as a natural consequence
the development of rich and inexhaust-
ible treasures which will increase the
1osr capita wealth of our State amaz.
ingly.