The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-09-25
LOCAL RECORD.
nEE Montague has gone

The express has added power press
Its office. 1t has also added = NJ Garlsu
and one or two others TO IT'S editorial stai
An idea Of the magnitude OF the papS
mill building, together With outside etrue
tires, may be had from the fact that mi
lion and half feet OF lumber were used !
their constr Ge,lon.
a third paper will make It's appearance
IN Lebanon In two weeks. The paper ha
been chris,ended Pastor aud People, an
will NC issued hi-monthly. Rev G 5 Han
letter, editor and proprietor.
| II G kleppcr is working at the earPen
ter's trade In Albany. We noticed u iev
days since, while In the latter city, tha
Contractor Scbell was advertising for car
penters, which shows that the county
Is growing.
X Eiatt's hop house, located short dis.
lance below town, was consumed by fire
last Friday. II Is not known how the iit,
originated Several hundred pounds ol
hops were burned with the building. The
total loss apProxlms,es $500. No insur-
anee Advance,
| a TRAMP's ExrERiKsc f.ilow-
lng was picked by a subscriber at Tangent
aud gives some interesting particulars ot
the life of tramp. "About the end oI
April, 1891. left Salt Lake city accom-.
panied by Jim Carney, full of boom, and
without a cent. Passed through Ogden
and eventually reached Poca,ellc, foulsore
and weary. Held chair down all night
and jumped the passenger next day pretty
hungfy, got detected at American Falls
rad hltie punk and water, and boarded
the COW catcher OF n passing freight st
midplgh,; rode her n distance Of eighty
miles; got of near Shoshone. boarded a
coal car at that place and rode her her to
Nampa. Got up pretty cold Ia the morn.
Ing aud walked TO ro'sc City; got Job on
the bank building and worked for about a
month. never saved a cent; started out
with $40 Tor NampA and blowed /, there
Boarded another coal car and made
Huntington; stayed all night with French
Pete, the cutter, and neN, DAY made La
Grandrj worked there two wcrks and
stated out again with SIS, and ultimately
reached Portland. Bummed there ore
week and got Job IN Vancouver; worked
there month and left with SS. Got a
job In Oregon City, made Sac clear; lost
II In Portland and left for parts u,.kuown =,
which Is the life Of slonemason.
THE FoURru DAY OF he fair was the
biggest in its history. The receipts were
saoSl.50. VIM Ryals won frst premium
on Englishshires, Nichols X Huston Bros.
took hrst premium on Clydesdale stallion.
William Ryals also got first premium on
Cannock Oak prise ot ESQ, aud our
streets should be widened before hia re-
turn. g T. Barrows secured Grst premi-
um on three year old trottlng stallion
snd second premium on four year old
trottlng stallion. John Morgan received
second premium on yeariing draft stall
lion, Nichols & Huston Bros. first premi-
um on four year old draft stallion. David
Junkin captured the second premium on
four year old geldlng. Linn county thus
secured more horse prizes than ever be-
FORE. The Singer sewing machine cap
tured first prize. In the races Philmont
Bay won the 2.4O trot, best time a.3l.
Vanquish won the year old trot, best
time. . 4s. The Ia miIe dash Was won
by Idaho Chief in 2 l2ts. Oregon Eclirsc
second. The FIVE eigh,h's dash was won
by PappoOGe in l.02.
THE UFPER WuLAaErrg,-The aaylga
ton Of the Willamette from Portland Ia
Corvallis has keen an important factor in
the growth Of Portland, says the big
0regonian. -Four lines Of railway run
parallel to the river through the VII.
lamette valley, and yet during the year
ending June 30, 1891, the river traffic
reached the total Of II6 .6Sl tons. Besides
the locks that flank the falls at Oregon
City, there has been expended for i'm
proyemerts on the Upper willamet.'
since 1871 the sum Of sla5 $50. This is 4
most I'm portant commercial highway ,ant
has done much towards increasing tht
shipping interests OF Portland; aud NJ
matter how large the railroad traftit
along its banks may be, the Millamett,
will always be Of great importance az
highway for the products Of the VALLEY
on their way to the Portland docks, from
which they are sent out TO the market
Of the world,
An OPAL MIsE.-What may prove
very valuable discovery has been mad
by an old settler in this section. Abou
80 years ago he made the find. which
located some l70 miles from PendletoT
but it was only lately that its possibl
value occurred to him, and he went OF
. with his son to hunt for 1t. After q to
days search the find vas re-discoveret
. 1t consists Of large ledge Of some sub
stance which resembles lime. In this
embedded in numerous geodes. or bal
Of jasper, some OF them containing opal
The specimens brought TO Fendleton a.
=, attracting great attention, and are b
lieved to be valuable. One ia q beaut
ful specimen, a geode broken in tw,
10 which was found to contain large ops
/, nearly transparent, yet flashing al u
colors OF the rainbow.-E. o.
SOMETHING IN Ir.-A pretty Good a
Quaintance il the man who knows Meth
good nor bad Of you.
No one expects people TO believe ii
and bear stories.
Never marry woman thinking she
an angel or man believing he is abo
perfect.
Pay your debts before you go to Il
eirnug
Try and hear both sides OF all storit
Whether you speak III or well OF m;
you are apt to lie about him.
II more business was displayed In ru
ming ones household affairs, alwa
counting the cost, there would be few
unpaid butchers bills, and the print
wouldn't always be left out.
A KICKING HORSE. = The case Of &
Aicking horse mentioned couple OF wee
ago came to trial before Justice Kins
last week. M Francis had sold hor
to A c Barbour, but nothing was pq
down. Mr. Barbour took the horse hon
-snG 1t proved to be kicker and he refus
to pay for 1t and wanted Francis 10 take
back, Francis then brought suit for Il
price of the horse. The case was befo
the justice day and half and then Il
jury brought In verdict In favor OF 4
plaintiff for $45. The amount sued {
= was $32. .so.-Eugene Register.
ROBBED AT SALEM. MIR Gilmore, fro
Halsey, was in Salem attending the sta
fair and was robbed at the depot yeste
day afternoon at the o'clock train. L
was standing on the platform OF the dep
when stranger threw up his hands al
told GILMORE to take that hack, polntir
to vehicle back OF Gilmore. Gilmo
looked around, and as he did so a m;
reached into his hip pocket from behir
and relieved the fIalsey man of $40.
: Statesman.
THE FIFTH DAY Of the state tair, ,thouf
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