The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-02-19
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water works and electric light plants fo
the consideration OF $500.
T NJ Munkers on Wedneaday pul
chased j l. Miller'a residence propert
in the northwest part Of town, consider
alton $1,000. We understand Mr. Munk
ers will move into town in short tim,
We give the boundaries OF sclo au,
franklin Butte precincts In anothe
column. Had the county court taken
slice from the south side, Scio precinc
would have been annihilated. Az IL |
we are one OF the smallest precincts II
point oil votes In the county.
Quite an interesting meeting OF th,
farmers alliance was hIld at the Sell
city hall last Saturday: 4 fair attend
ance Is reported and considerable earn
estness manifested. Speeches wer,
made by Prof Geddea, Mesars Il 4 Darby
Jesso Beard, John Bryant, James Marks
Harvey Shelton, NJ Daniel and others
resolution vas passed requesting the
state alliance TO furnish oil the informa
tion at hand looking 10 the calling Of q
convention OF farmers alliance for the
purpose OF nominating u county ticket
Press.
PIONEER JouRNALrsM. The following
from the Ellenshurg LocalIzer will be oi
interest to Albany people, one of the men
mentioned being the husband oi resi-.
dent now Of this city; Today the editor
and proprietor of this paper begins his
seventy htth year. II Il iorty-seven years
since he entered the field OF Journalism In
MercersbuIg, Penn. and he has been In
the business the major part Of the time
since. Having immigrA,ed to Oregon In
1850 he took charge of the Oregon Spec.
tator, the only paper In Oregon at that
time, and indeed the only one In the
Northwest. The paper was established
at Oregon City In tS4S, by the mission
arie', Rev Jason Lee being the prime
mover In It's establishment. Il was run
for five years with different edltors-col
VIM I Nault, Judge Aaron l. Wait, G en-
Geo /. Curry and Rev Wilson Bialn. The
latter handed the editorial shears over To
Us. The plant became the property OF
Hon Robert Moore. who cmployed us 10
manage il for him one year. AT the end
OF the year we purchased II. In 1854 the
plant was sold TO DIR Wm l. Adams, who
changed It's name TO that of The Argus.
The Spectator had fine time clipping
The news from exchanges, which came
around the horr and az rived here twice a
year. There Tas no editorial piracy
charged against the editor OF the Specta-
tor The papers came by sailing vessels.
HALsEY. Monday Of this week there
passed through Haisey a gang OF graders
with their teams, serapcfN AnI outf:
They have just completed the I'LL al the
lorth end OF the railroad bridge spanning
he Willamette ., Harrisburg.
Two OF our local light weights repaired
70 seeluded spot In The suburba of town
by crowd OF sportr, and
ought four hotiy contested rounds ac~
;ording 10 Marquis OF Goosebarry rulea.
An eyewitness who arrived jlst In time
o see the finish says IL was a nasty fight
while II lasted. News.
TnE CoSTRAcr LEr.-It transpires that
/ Is really genuine transaction that
is to make rain for some
Eastern Oregon people. though some
have thought notoriety was being sought,
Ihe l. . says: George L Sink, Of Wasco,
sherman county, who was in the city
Wednesday, says the farmers there haze
'ntefed into contract with Melbourne,
tho is TO receive <l1OO for making two
inches OF raiIfall the latter part Of May.
subscription for this amount has been
aised, aud deposited with French & Co.
,ankers ut The Dalles, who are to ad
Iance the money 10 Melbourne when he
completes his contract, and collect from
he farmers.
LIsr OF PAIKaTS-Gran,rd 10 Inven-
ors In the Pacif- states thIs week. Re-
'orted by e A Snow * Co. Solicitors OF
American and foreign patents. Opp. u )
'atent Office, Washington, ID c.. & Dick.
'nson. Portland, Or, mail bag;F a Fox,
San Francisco, car coupler; + w liam.
non, Medford, Or. extension and step
adder; w = Humphrey. San Francisco,
'otary excavator for hydraulic dredging
nachinys; ID B Ma,lock. San Jose. CALI,
ruit gAtherer; w & Ne.son, Santa Rosa,
CalH, dish washer; z Nichols, San
francisco. hydraulic motor; c ID Page.
Tacoma, Wash, dump car; ID stark. San
Francisco, car codplr; NJ Williams, San
Francisco. flash light burner.
OREGoS BOYS AnsAD.-The official
'eport received frcm the United States
military academy at West Point giving
he result of the semi-annual examination,
which occurred early In January, shows
hat Oregon's cadet. William B Ladue, OF
Salem, still retains his position at the head
Of his class. This Is Cadet Ladue's second
year at the academy. Another evidence
that Oregon boys who go East to school
have something to them. An Albany
boy attending an eastern school has been
at the head OF hts class In every monthly
since entering school.
q A X AND w r G OFFICERS
Salem yesterday the following officers
were elected for the ems iing year:
IA R.-H II Northup, Portland, de-
partment commander; 4 A Crossan,
Salem, senior vice commander; o NJ
Dodson, Baker City, junior vice COM
mander; Rev Knowles. McMinnville,
chaplain; DIR Gill, Eugene,
medical director; council Of administra-
tion, 4 Barnes, OF Portland, Thos Dealey,
OF Astoria, b L Clubine, OF McMinnyille,
David Macarthur, OF Oregon City, l. +
Chapman, Of Eugene; delegates to the
national encampment, A u Bailey, of
Huntington, delegate at large, ] l. Lom-
bard, J p Galbraith, OF Albany; alter
mates at large, Z Shaw, OF Oregon City,
Frank Story, Of Portland, A q Hardesty,
oil Astoria.
WRC.- Department president, Mrs
M Train, OF Albany; senior viee-presi.
dent, Mrs Il b McElroy, OF Salem Junior
vice-president, Mrs Alta Miller, OF
Lebanon; department secretary, Mrs
Alvina Martin: inspector, Mrs T J Nell
son, OF Eugene instituting and Install
ing officers, Mrs ] A Gault, OF McMinn-
vile department treasurer, Mrs Eliza A
Woodin, Of Albany; junior department
chaplain, Mrs Emma A Tomlinson, OF
East Portland; members of the depart
ment executive board, Mrs Ungerman,
OF McMinnville, Mrs Hessie Shane, Mrs
Eaton, of Portland, Mrs Bnrton, ofSalem
Mrs Ware, of Eugene delegates to the
national convention, Mrs Ada Butter
field, of Portland; alternates, Mrs Byars
OF Salem, Mrs Richardson, OF Portland
A SHOE ITEM.-S EYoung has just RI
ceived large stock Of shoes, for men
women and children, including particu
larly fine line of school shoes TIL,
best makes in the market can be fount
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