The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10
Jhe 9entotrat.
LOCAL RECORD.

WHAT Cosr. An exchange has done
the following figuring: "Do you know
what l. costs to talk in the Presbyterian
general assembly," said commissioner to
a reporter. "One minute, $50; rive min
utes, $2so; twenty minutes $1,000. The
general assembly Is composed of about
600 commissioners. The cost of transpor-
tation, including meals to and from Port
land, and entertainment here / estimate
at about $4,000. As the commissioners
are largely professional men and mer-
chants of ability, low average capacity
would be about $40 day or 10000 day
for all. The length of assembly sessions
Is ABOUT 10 days, and six days more are
spent travelling, making 10000, which
added 10 $4,000 makes the total cost of
$T7I 900. Ten DAYS session, averaging
six hours day, or 90 hours in all, would
cost about $1,000 an hour. Therefore
every minute of the assembly's time Is
worth $5o;a five minute talk $2so; and a
twenty minute talk $1,000.
THAT TELEPHONE LNE.-~-Work on the
Portland-Corvallis telephone line
through this city is progressing rapidly
and will be completed to this point in a
short time. The first of this week the
pits for the poles were dug as far as the
graveyard this side OF Hillsboro, the
poles were set to the Hillsboro city
limits on the other side, and the wires,
two substantial copper ones, were strung
to point about hall mile farther back.
The line follows the wagon road. There
is full force of men pushing the work,
and ere long the people of Forest Grove
will be enabled to say "Hellol" to those
of the metropolis and intervening towns.
The telephone line has arrived in Forest
Grove and will be on the way to Cor
Wallis before the paper reaches our
readers.-Forest Grove Times.
WILL Losz THRM.-A Portland paper
saysa Chinese merchant of that city Is
authority for the statement that within five
years time there will be very few of his
countrymen remaining in this state. The
extension of the Chinese exclusion law
removes the last hope of continuance oi
profitable business here and the number OF
Chinese ,emaining in the city will each
: year be greatly diminished. It has been
learned completely that they are moi
needed ror desired. In Albany white men
can take their place in everything. They
have been crowded out as servants and
wood sawyers and in laundry work are
surpassed by white people.
A SOAP CREEK MAN INJURED. Last
Saturday, "Tood" Stroud, who lives in the
Soap Creek district. came to Corvallis and
promptly went on tearing spree Toward
morning on Sunday he started for home
ia an almost helpless condition. Wheu
near Joseph Bryant's place north of this
city he was either thrown from his horse
or fell from it in consequence of hi:
drunken condition. Some time afterward
he was found by two men, and Mrs w
Wells, of Wells station, coming along {
few moments later, her buggy was USED
to convey the injured man to Bryant's
house where medical aid was summoned
and everything possible done to relieve
his suffering Gazette.
The WAGON ROAD CAsE.-yudge Gil
bert of the q circuit court, has render
States VS. the W & c NJ w r Co.,
overruling the motion of the defendants
to strike out portion of the complaint.
The case will now be tried before the
district court on the question of the
construction OF the road. 1t is to be
hoped that this case viii reach final
termination at the earliest possible date
30 that the question Of title to these
lands may be finally settled, and al
those who feel an interest in seeing the
case settled, and who know anythin:
regarding the construction of the road
should inform u s District Attorney
Mays of the fact, 90 that their evidence
may be taken before the court.
COOP o P ITEN.-The following from
the Malheur Gazette is very live o
item, and shows that business is meant
Nothing like 1t for this end of the route
though, has been heard Of THE Ore.
gon Pacific officials telegraphed Mr. Bar.
clay last Wednesday to prepare to begin
work on the Malheur division on the
first ofJune. He therefore threw up hi
contract on the big ditch at Payette auC
returned to the railroad camp ABOVE
Vale with all his teams, men and sup
plies. This is great good news and will
make Vale the liveliest town in Oregon
this summer"
ELEcrED AT the meeting of Safet,
Lodge No lS, A OU W, held last even.
ing, the following officers were electel
for the ensuing term:
e r NJ Carter, NJ w.
John Chiswell, foreman.
A H Martin, overseer.
i Sites, recorder.
X A Parker, financier.
A Saylor, receiver.
+ Parsons, guide.
M Cowan, w.
WE Kelly, w.
L Z Gray, trustee.
THIRTY APPLICANTS. There Is a sur
chance of twenty-nine men in the state c
Oregon being badly disappointed in III
near future oveI the fight for the appoint
ment of Collector of Customs for th
port. There are just thirty candidates fc
the place from all parts of the state. VIII
the favored one will be no one exactl
knows, but Indications point 10 Portlan
applicant being successful. Welcome
While 1t is probable some such man
Jim Lotan gets the Office, the peopl
would be better satisfied with a vale
man, Ike Hendricks, of the States.na
for instance. They are tired of Portlau
men being candidates.
THE EXCURSION to Lyons Saturday
reported pleasant affair. The game
= base ball between the Albany and Co
wallis clubs was the main attraction. Co
sidering tfe ground the score was goc
one, Io to 9 in favor of Albany. Con
Harlow in the box for Albany did son
splendid work, only one safe hit beir
made off him. Rogers, of Coryall
umoirea, and like most umpires Great
dissatisfaction.
A BIG NUcGEr-H X Shultz car
down from Myrtle Greek Monday W
loaded down with gold dust from part
clean up of the "Blue Buck" mine
Fawcett, Shultz & Co, In Bear Gulch.
exhibits a nugget washed out by
Fawcet there, weighing $40. 1t Is I
largest ever found In that section a
looks uncommonIy large In these ha
times.-Reyiew.