The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-01-16

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book agents have to have iiccnse.
The Albany DEMOCRAT quotes Shakes.
peare Ia THE fashloni "UneasY lies the
head Of the man who owes the printer"
Our experience Ia that They lie very easily.
Salem Journal.
Has Is hay, particularly for the william
ette valley. just common every day
cheat hay IL $to loose, and STA baled;
timothy &f6 loose and SIS baled. With
oats At so cents bushel |, costs some-
thing 10 feed hefse flesh.
A great many people IN our city lay
aAldc clothes plenty good enough TO wear
a long time yet; but being able to buy
better ones deem best 10 do so. There
are other people In the city unable to buy
the clothes they need for comfort, hercas
we'll as everywhere else. The DEMocRAr
suggests that bureau be formed or the
Ladies' Aid Society take Il III hand, Tor
collecting these things. and leaving them
where they can be secured In a quiet nan-
ner by people needing thetn. This i be-
ing done In some places With good reaulta.
ChIldrenq, boys ard older peoples clothes
should be included.
The people OF Pasco have originated
another plan 10 "boom" their city, and
keep your eye on Paseo" will again be.
come the watchword. A contract has
oern entered Into with CsE Mayne. u
prominent San Francisco real estate man,
who doomed Ogden and Omaha,to adver-
Use rAsco. Mr. Mayne 10 to receive $so,-
600 worth OF Pasco property and In return
must scatter 100000 pamphlets portray
Ing It's advantages, send out 100000 per-
sonal letters, and advertise In 1900 news
papers In ths United States.
One young man At Eugene deserves the
education he Is receiving. The Journal
says Carey + Mar:in.one Of the students
OF the uniyersity,spenl the Christmas and
New Years holiday vacation In running
logs down The Middle Fork OF the WIZ
lamette at IS day, realizing about $40
for working In the water moal OF the time
up to his shoulders. During the last two
or three summer vacations he has spent
the whole time as chief cook for a gang
OF ioggers aud sswmlli men, making
enough TO pay hia college expenses. In
addition 10 keeping up his studies and do
ing much outside work he Il now learning
to set type and spending eonsile' able
time at tina, brslness.
A Spokane Falls man has done . great
thing by inventing boot backing ma
chine that does the work in fifteen sec
onds.
The greatest friends 4 county OF city
has are those who work for improve
ments wherever needed, though they
cost something. The greatest enemies
are those who oppose them.
Albany did not get smell at Salem In
the principal offices, but look out for the
Po. That Is one thing Marion county
can't get.
The average mortgaged indebtness In
Linn county is about 90 cents an acre.
In Kansas Il 10 <i6.3e. No wonder Kan.
sas people want TO come 10 Linn county.
] Miller Murphy, the successful editor
Of the Olympia Standard, has Just open
ed new theater TO the public. II cost
him $4,000. Mr. Murphy has been pub
fisher and editor o. the Standard for
more than thirty years.
At meeting Of taxpayers In Toledo
the vote was almost solid against incor-
porating as city. Quite right. There
should be state law allowing incorpor-
ations as cities only when the town has
n population OF 1000 or over, and when
the state increases sufficiently larger
than that. II IL ridiculous 10 call every
little collection Of houses city.
Little things often take a man back
into the misty past. An Albany man
seeing DEAocRAT mans buckeye watch
charm said. THAT reminds me of when
was q boy in Virginia. was ata horse
race one day with string Of buckeyes
around my neck. Another boy bantered
me 20 bet on the race and put up the
buckeyes, all / had, and lost. Great
horse races they used TO have In old
Virginia"
According 10 our exchanges Pendleton
has an opportunity to do some whole
sale bonus giving. An eastern capitalist
offers 20 eapend $f00, 900 in the establish
ment Of q woolen mill, securing mill
and grading warehouses, beef packing
establishment with cold-storage depart
ment, a sawmill, soap works and glue
factory, paper mill. q tannery, steam
laundry, brewery with capacity to
furnish beer for all the trade in Eastern
Oregon, and broom and basket factory,
provided he IL given subsidy Of s7b, 900
and bond for eighteen months upon
property valued at 100000.
The Yakima Herald tells an incident
which rather surpasses anything of the
kind yet reported: "George Wharton,
Of Brown county, tells blood-curdling
snake story. Mrs William Hnxelly liv-
ing in q log cabin, was making soap in
the back yard, having kissed her. sweet
little six-months baby TO sleep in tbs
cradle. Presently the baby screamed,
and she rushed In and was horror strick-
en- to find q hideous blacksnakc OF enor-
nous size trying 10 swallow the child.
IL had engulfed the hand, swallowed IL
up TO the armpit and was writhing in It's
contortions and efforts TO make further
progress. Grasping the hideous reptile
In the middle, IL seemed TO relax it's hold
and disgorge the child's arm,then turned
upon It's mother. She dashed IL 10 the
floor, and in her wild frenzy stamped II
TO death. II proved to be Of the black
racer species, seven feet two inches long,
and measuring six and one-half inches
in circumference. The babe lived, and
the only Inconvenience II suffered from
It's terrible experience was that it's arm
and hand were blistered as II scalded in
hot water"
Bell and Peniland have already dis
solved partnership In the West Side, ol
Independence. The Corvallis Times ear
casticalIy gives the reasons as follows
"Beil refuses to play unless he can be the
ring master and Pentland says he won't b
the trick mule"
a couple years ago Hen K A Irvine In
troducsd bill 10 do away with horde 0
unnecessary clerks for the committees Il
the legislature. But Il was defeated Thii
year like resolution has been passed ans
only FIVE committees In each house VII
have one clerk apiece. sensible move
The editor OF the Tillamook Headligh
, has published $40 timber land notices ant
$50 homestead notices. As he receive
$40 apiece for the former and SIS the latte
his income has been pretty lively on'