The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-10-30
LOCAL RECORD.

A liIsroRY or Ir.-The Benton Lead
er publishes column history uf the con
struetion OF the Oregon Pacific railroad
which shows long, uphill work againS
many obstacles, and this Is a fact which I
and always has been appreciated, as vel
as the very important fact that the road
with Its steamship Inc, has oeen tn,
means of Increasing the piice of wheat
TO 10 cents bushel and reducing freigh
on goods many per cent, so that dry goods
groceries, etc, can be purchasedin Albany
IS per cent less THAI In Portland. The
men who did this when other men coulC
not be induced to 70 into Il, have Away,
had the good will of the people for IT, But
this does net excuse the recent conduct Ia
their treatment OF their employees, Aut
they could no, expect the people to stand
In with them there. But they may al
ways expect the backing OF the public
when they do the best they can. The re-
cent experience shows that the manage
ment of the road will be watched, aud Il
there Is anything out % the way the press
and public Will be heard from.
THR TkLKaRAM ON THg q. P.-The peo
pie along the line, completed and pros
pective of the Oregon Pacific railroad are
hopeful that the troubles Of that road,
about which so much has been said
lately, will result finally in the road be-
ing not only operated i'm better manner
than heretofore, but pushed forward TO
an Eastern connection. Colonel Hogg,
who has been at the head Of the enter
prise, and who has been severely CEN
sured for not paying his employees, has
after all done great work, in the face OF
much and powerful opposition. lie does
not seem to have been conquered, nor
oven openly discouraged, by the difficult
ties that have surrounded him, and the
Albany and Corvallis papers, while not
excusing the delay in making payments
' to the men, are hopeful that Hogg and
his associates will secure such control of
the road as will enable them to push it
through to completion.
TMBERLEsS TMBER CLAIMs.-Rather
novel and interesting land matters have
been CLEANED from the county clerks
office. One is that settler is not COM
PEELED TO have trees in order to prove up
on timber culture. lesse Derrick OF
Athena made commuted timber culture
proof before the county clerk on q piece
of land north Of that city, where il seems
rs hard to grow trees as to cultivate hair
ON a bald head. Mr. Derrick and bis wit
nesses testified frankly that there was
not living tree on the land, but that he
had complied four years with the timber
culture law by attempting to grow trees
His proof was accepted and he has re
ceived his duplicate. John J Johnson,
who has less tLan 100 trees, was equally
successful in making proof on his timber
culture north OF Athena.-E. o.
CRooK CoUNrY.-All of Crook county
ex.sheriffs who are living-James NJ
Blakely, ] n Williamson and Iohn
Combs-were in town last Monday.
The attorneys attending court are Hon
W II Wilson. Judge Bennett and Judge
Watkins, Of The Dalles; J \ Duncan, Of
Albany; Nichols, q w Barnes, JFI
Moore and NJ L Brink, of Prineville.
Stock Inspector Dobson has returned
from the Bridge creek country where he
has been inspecting the different bands
OF sheep on that range. Mr. Dobson saw
them all in a good, healthy condition !
with the exception Of three bands which |
were infected with the scab.-Review.
ARREsrED:-W Turnidge, living In |
the forks Of the Santiam, was arrested and |
tried before Justi e Humphrey on charge |
ct obtaining money under false pretenses. |
The facts seem To be that Geo Bradley was 1
the owner of a county warrant In the 4
clerks Office. Some time since desiring to 4
leave the county he gave the warrant to |
hts mother and authorized her to draw Il. |
Mr. Turnidge was coming to Albany and \
Mrs Bradley requested him 10 draw the
warrant, which he did getting the money
on Il. lie paid the money over to Mrs
Bradley, except a few dollars which she
owed him. Bradley had him arrested as
stated above. He was discharged b, the
justice.
AMONG THE BoYs.-An interesting
thing IN connection with the Synod of the
u church held In Albany last week was
the fact that of the fourteen ministers
present, ten OF them were old students of
DIR Black, also present, but not a member
of the Synod, having retired from active
work. The DR.. felt as II he was arr ong
"the boys" again, By whom even now he
Is universally loved and yenerated, and
they would stand by him now as they did
in their college days. DIR Black Is the
father of Mrs Wallace, wife of oalem's
well known and enterprisiug banker, with
whom, with his estimable wife, he Is
spending his declining years.
A PROPER MovE.-The Linn County
Agricultural Society held a meeting
Saturday evening at the office of Curran
& Monteith, with the President, A Hack
leman IN the chair, ard directors, Tason
Wheeler, g F Simpson, ] A Crawford, =
w Sphinx, Geo w Cline and Beam pres
ent. An important step was taken IN the
motion TO enclose the grounds with a seven
foot fence, to place the track in good rae.
ing condition and to build stables contain.
irg twenty stalls. the same 10 be done this
fall or winter. a county fair will pro-
badly be held next year. and the formation
OF trotting circle is quite probable.
Street csT lines should be built at once to
the grounds, and there would be no ques-
lion as to the success of the move.
WHAT PATs.-The outside world al
ways knows more about the inside work
ings OF institutions than the proprietors
themselves. The following from the /
Walla Waila Statesman will be Of inter-
est, particularly the part about creamery |
stock, which Albany has frequently |
agltated somewhat: There is impression |
abroad that the Walla Walla Gas & Elec- |
tric Light Co pay enormous dividends, |
but such is not the fact. There are lust
400 out Of 2o00 shares held in this city
and on every share there is only 25 cents
per month dividend paid. There wonld
be just the same kick if the creamery
stock paid, but as it is worthless and a
failure nothing is said.
ALBANY's PRosPEcTs were never bright.
er than today. Now II has a permanent
color to 1t. The new residences built this
year are of a high order, built for the flu
tune, and all desirable property Is rented.
There are as few vacant houses as at any
time for years. The Oregon Pacific Is
putting itself into shape and there Is a con.
fident feeling, based on good grounds, that
next year will see the road go ahead. Al
hany Is having built the only canfaieyer
bridge, the best made, in the Northwest.
Our sewer system Is good one, and bus
iness Is pushing. Keep your optics on
Albany.
An INSURANCE MATTER.-Mr julius
Gradwohl informs the DEMOCRAT that
under rule Of the insurance compact
parties having gasoline stoves in their
houses are obliged TO notify the insurance
company, in case they carry insurance.
In case OF fire on failure 10 do go they
Il % ALL