The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-12-02
THE PROPER THING = Kepresentativ e.


THE PROPER THING. - Representative O.
eject NJ A Miller has been investig atins
the matter of the construction of fish
ladder at Oregon City, and he informs vi
that one OF the representatives from thi:
county will introduce bill in the nexl
legislature to make an appropriation fol
this purpose. There have been two ol
three fish ladders put in at these falls al
great expense, the legislature at one ses-
sion appropriating $4,000 for the con-
struction OF one, but they soon washed
out. Mr. Miller's idea is now to make q
passage way by blasting out steps in the
engineer in Portland last week he was
told that this would cost not to exceed
$4,000, and it would be indestructible.
The people on the Columbia have here
| tofore been opposed to fish ladder al
this place, but having learned that the
| upper Willamette and its tributaries are
the natural spawning ground for salmon,
their representatives VIII now favor the
| measure. 1t is said that permitting the
fish to come above the falls will benefit
the people of the upper Willamette val
ley to the extent of $50, 600 per year, and
Mr. Miller says the Linn county delega
ton will de all they can to secure an
appropriation for this purpose.-Ad-
vance.
Nor BELsHAw BUT BuRKHARr.-Iast
evening the DEMocRAr published an item
from the Rural Northwest in reference
to the wheat raising of George Belshaw
of Lane county. A paragraph reads
"As indicating what h's skill, in con-
junction with the favorable nature con-
ditions found in Oregon, can do. is the
fact that wheat grown by him took the
first place both at the Centennial Expo
sltion and at the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton " The truth is Belshaw's wheat did
not take the first place AT the Centennial,
though he has been very cheekily claim
ing it for several years. Mr. CP Burk.
hart, OF this city, secured the first
premium for the best display of Is
varieties OF wheat at the Centennial, and
shows the DENocRAT his diploma to
prove t. David Prettyman. of Polk
county, took the first premium for the
best single bnshel. 1t is time Belshaw
quit claiming a credit that belongs to
Linz county, and big enc, one any
community may well be proud OF.
HEAVENLY FIREWORKS. Wednesday
even here in Albany we had q shooting
star exhibition rarely witnessed here.
Hundreds Of them at intervals were seen
dropping about. Little was thought
about it at the time though. In the
east a more lively meteoric display was
1 made. A dispatch says: The heavens
| were filed with celestial fireworks last
night, and those who kept their eyes and
minds on things earthly missed o beau
tiful and interesting display. All over
the sky bright spots and streaks Of light
darting and streaming. They cane from
all quarters, and darted in every direc-
/ ton. Some cleaned suddenly and
i brilliantly and suddenly wen out ike
the intermittent flashes from tropical
i firefiies in the dark forests. Other:
i flashed across the sky, behind them q
streak of reddish light that often seemed
to extend clear across the armament and
last until the brilliant head and all were
swallowed up in blackness.
HENDERSON GUILry.-Wiiliam Hen
derson at Oregon City was last night con-
victed of murder In the first degree. The
trial began after noon and consumed les.
Than five hours. The evidence sho~ed
that September Io Henderson, Cy Suser
and others were in e saloon In Canby
i playing cards, when quarrel ensued
Names were callba and the game wa.
broken up, Henderson and Suter swearing
about cheating. Finally Suter seemed to
conclude that he ~ouId make up, snd,
coming across the room, laid his hand on
Henderson's shoulder and said: awe
won't quarrel, will we.' Henderson.
answer was 10 slip from his sleeve long
sharp knife, with which he made pass Al
Suter. infiicting long. deep cash acros.
the abdomen, out of which The intestincs
| protruded. Suter seized chair and woulc
/ then have struck him, but the bartendet
prevented him from doing 50. Hender.
son at that time tried to reach his baci
and passing by DR. knights, told him 4
man was hurt in the saloon, and ther
skipped for the woods, In which he hid fo
several days. finally turning up in Port
land, where he was arrested. Suter died
Henderson Is the man who put out Ale,
Purdoms eye, of this city and there Is con
siderable satisfaction among Purdom,
| friends in seeing Henderson get justice
A TRAuPs ExPEzIEScE.-Last Tuesday
evening a tramp lost the tips of two
| fingers. His story for the accident il
that he was enroute to Salem and at
tempted to get on the step of the Las
coach. There 10 some gravel near ther,
and he claims his foot slipped on it ant
he fell with his body partly on the rail
10 save himself he placed his right han,
on the rail and showed his body out O
danger. The wheels caught two fingers
curushing them fiat. DR. Shorrey am
putated the fingers at the frat joint
: Woodburn Independent.
WEArHEE AED WATER.-Under new
( :vstem, local weather bureaus only receiy
lsspatches for the flag service when
hange of weather Is indicated. If there
n o flag the prevailing weather Is indicated
2 he river service Is row of importance, an
d isplayman French makes daily reports
.ast night the Willamette rose nearl,
Il uec feet: but began falling at IL O'Clock
10 'wering FIVE or six inches, and is now 81
fe ct above low water mark,
WHERE FRoM.-The total number O
st udents enrolled this term In the Stat
gricultural College is 74o. Number q
fr, ec scholarships, 70. Baker ha.
Be uton 10Y, Clackamas 9, Columbia |
Co os 6, Douglas IS, Gillian 4, Grant
ia, :kson /, Josephine I, klamath 3, LAX
1, Lane 6. Linn ~. Marion "a, Morrow
Nj iltnomsh s, Tillamook /, Polk s, Sher
ma n /, Umatilla !, UnioH "a, Wasco !
w: tsrIHgton ;, Yamhill 5, state OF Wash
ing ton 4.
MALL r. R's.-The following item
con eernins the business OF short lines {
rail way in the states were obtained b,
an Tx from the railroad commission
The Rogue River Valley Railway, who's
line extends between Jacksonville an
Med bDrd, reports total gross earning fc
the Fear 1921. The road is 81 miles j
leng th- Cost of road and equipment
SAL, Sc The Observation-Disclosures
Rail way whose line is ~ miles in lengt
built Between the towns OF Monmout
| and Independence in Polk county reporI
tot. Ll'esfning for the year $3453. Th
road snd equipment cost $22,702.
AN Ashland TRANsAcTIoN.-The naml
Of tw o. former Albany people appear
the pllowing real estate sale at Ashland
o Fl Blount las bought the thirty-acl
tract of the l. Martin estate in I'll
soutl Iern part of town; consideration
$370' J. 1t includes ten acres of produ
tive orchard, good house and barn ar
other improvements. Mr. Blount move