The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-12-23

, there yesterday morning. The second
one Is one the road and is expected abou,
the 2oth inst.
/, Sodaville will soon have n money order
Office. Postmaster Fisher having already
filed his bond. This will be n great con-
!, vcnience for this place aud will be duly
appreciated by the people.
Died-At the residence of the deceased
near Waterloo Tuesday, Dec I3, OF
dropsy, Robert McCulley. aged about So
years. The body was taken 10 Salem
this morning, where the funeral will take
place.
One of those petty little cases was called
before Justice Ireland, last week, In the
name of the state but only resulted In the
dismissal of the defendants This was a
case of disturbing a religious meeting,
and from the information at hand, It ap-
pears that the parties arrested were mo-.
the only ones implicated.
Sodaville has an item. Living near
here is a lady, Mrs Simons, mother of Dan
Simons, who is over 100 years of age,
and is now drawing pension from the
1912 war fund. She can only remember
back tn her wedding day, and her mind Is
gradually becoming weaker She enjoys
very good health ard Is able 10 get around
| the house most of the time.
A mass meeting of the citizens Is called
| to meet at the council rooms al ? O'Clock,
| sharp, Thursday evening. for the purpose
of selecting one or more persons 10 go to
TIE legislature with the petitions, and as
sist In securing the passage of bill ap-
propriating funds for, the improvement
OF the mineral spring at this place. Re
| view.
LEBANON Mrs. Barbour. formerly of
Lebanon. has opened toy store In Moose
min. Northwest Territory. Canada.
A great many fruit trees are being set out
| in the Tennessee neighboEhooi. Ruff.
Hiatt has put out about 1900, and she
Fronk brothers have set out 1000 and are
thinking Of buying that many more.
Two young msn from Sweet Home. Row
| ell and Rolf. who are attending school at
Socaviiie. were arrested last week on a
charge of disturbing a religious meeting
They had been acntting up" with some girls
al prsyermeetiag. but when Attorney Wyatt
went up TO prosecute the Case tae young
ladies knew nothing abou, disturbance,
and there being no evidence agains; the
young men, they were not brought TO ifiai.
While working on the new parsonage
Tuesday the I7-ycaT-old son Of Rev. ]. M.
Turner lost his balance and fell from
the scaffolding TO the ground. n distance Of
about sixteen feet. No one saw him fall
and when he was discovered be vas In an
almost dying c0uditisn. lie was taken
into Mr. Slaser's house and medical aid sum-
moned, but il was several hosse btfofe be
regained Consciousness. Il Is no, ye, known
hos seriously the young man IS ia,ared. bnt
no bones are bTokea and il Is though, shat
be Will entirely recove'.--Aevsnce.
Two ELKs kILLED.-The AcMinnyilleI
Telephone Register tells the following
very peculiar incident: Thursday Thos
Fryer, Of Carlton, discovered large bull
elk in the pasture Of ] Edison feeding
with number Of mules. He returned
to Carlton and several accompanied him
10 help the killing. Several shois we're
fired at him and he was finally brought
down by Fryer and Kelsey. On Monday
a number OF hunters al %apato. among
them Theo Hauswirth, ,ni North Yamhili,
killed another large bull, having six
prongs on one horn and seven on the
other. The strange thing in il is that
the elk should be down In the valley q,
this season of the year. The settlements
en- the Tsask il said by some 10 be the
cause OF it as elk viii not stay within
hearing OF human hapitation. They
were probably on their way TO the Cas-
cAdes
The Lumberman Gays four elks were
recently seen above Green Basin. Let
| nimrods take notice.
BELONGING TO THE MiLrTIA.-without
knowing II good many of Us are members
OF The state militia, there being s&oo in I.iun
coun,y, according to the record made by
the assessor. According TO The laws Of Or
egon the assessor each year makes out an
alphabetica list OF the names of all those
-ubject 10 military duty. The persons on
this list are divided into two classes. the one
consisting OF those enlisted IN ih. active
militia of the state. which is known rs the
Oregon National Guard, and tie other Of
those not erlistei in the active militia and
who Constitute what is known as the Oregon
reserve militia. There are n few able
bodied men in the county between the ages
of rs and IS who are exempt frnm the
above list on account of previous military
service and osher exemptions. All active
members of the Oregon National Guard are
exempt from all military, poll or road tax or
jury duty. There are in the state of Oregon
about 30 companies o. active militia, contain
ing in all 1924 drilled men, one of the best
OF which Is + Company OF Albany.
1 SHOULD BE REPEALED.-The next leg
islature will be asked to repeal the law
requiring b;cyclists TO dismount one hun
dred yards from a team, IL Is settled
everywhere that bicycles have as much
right on the roads as any other vehicles.
The English law on the subject Is u rca.
sonable one: Every bicycIist who over
takes any wsgon,or cart,or other carriage.
or any horse, or any foot passenger pro-
ceeding along the carriage way. shall,
when within q reasonable distance before
passing such, by sounding horn, bell, or
whistle, give audible warning of the ap-
proach of his bicycle. Every bicyclist
who over;akes and passes any wagon. cart
or other carriages, or any horse, shall keep
his bicycle to the right or off side of the
road. In everv case where a bicylist
meets o. ovedakes any horse which NAV
become restive, such bicylist shall take
every reasonable precaution, to theNbest of
his judgment,by dismounllng or otherwise,
so as to avoid danger Any person who
breaks any of the foregoing laws Is liable
for any one offense to fine not exceed
ing $40.
WALLA WALI.A AHEAp:--A writer in
the St Louis Republic says: s'For years /
have collected and indexed every news
paper item bearing upon the subject of the
tallest and largest American family. From
an analysis of this array OF giant literature
have come TO the conclusion that the
petitohn family of Walla Wala county,
Wash, deserves the palm. The family
consists of ten children, seven boys and
three girls, the average height of the ten
being 6H feet and the average weight be
ing 244 pounds, including two children
not yet grown. The baby Is boy of IT,
who is 7 feet one inch and s6s pounds"
The SAME GREKNwooD.-The following
from the Walla Walla Statesman ID
about former resident OF Albany, and
reads sort of familiar: w II Greenwood
who runs photograph gallery and oyster
and chop house on Second street north
Of Main, caused the arrest OF his partners
in the chop house business this Monday
afternoon on the charge OF assault aud
battery. The young men who gave theil
names as Herman Collier and Arthur
Provost have had trouble with Green
wood several times and the police are
, frequently called there to quell q disturb
ance. Saturday evening, Greenwood
, claims, his partners assaulted him and
elected him from the building with suci
. orce that he landed in woodpile OF
he outer edge OF the sidewalk.