The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1893-08-25
BEsroS couSrY.-Mrs j O writsman,


days visit in Corvallis. Mrs Writsman
was accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Stella.
1t is rumored that President Bloss, of the
Agricultural College, is sick. He is now in
Indiana. AS to whether or not his aiIment
IS OF a serious nature we did not learn.
Monroe Childers, of Willamette precinct,
was in town today. Tho thresher in which
he Is interested is kept busily at work and
threshing large amount of grain. On VIM
Gird's place 60 acres yielded $500 bushels.
A party cf nine Germans came up from
Portland on the west side train today and
took the o. p. train for the bay. They re-
Gently arrived in this country from Europe
and are making tour of the United States,
seeking pleasure and recreation. They
were dressed in hunting costume and each
one carried gun.
The Times contain statement to the
effect that NJ Alexander. of Scio, started the
first dray in Corvallis in 1850. Theeditor' 5
memory must be little, rusty, for we are
informed by an old resident that Z + Tay-
lor, now living in Grand Ronde. was running
a dray here in the spring of 1857. II p
Harris purchased the outfit the same year
and continued to run it for some time.
In TooK.--Just outside the Worlds fair
grounds some boys were selling California
(genuine. not Oregon grown pears. peaches,
apricots and cherries, and the little fellows
were loudly crying their wares Fresh
California fruit California peaches
California pears!' The 0regonians APP
preached the boys, examined their fruits.
and told the boys that it was not California
fruit they were selling and assured them it
was grown in Oregon. The boys said it
night be from Oregon for all they knew
they saidit was from California because that
made it sell better. Then the wise men
from Oregon dug down in their jeans and
brought up some shining two-bit pieces
which they gave to the boys with the un-
derstanding that they were 10 shout ''0re-
gon fruit. Oregon pears, etc, during
the remainder Of that day. rhe boys tried
their lungs ON the new proposition and the
results were astonishing. People who had
horticultural disylay opened their ewes.
'.what. y said they. Oregon fruit! Well.
we must try some of tit looked so beau
tiful af the fair" And they did try IT. So
many tried it that the boys soon sold cut
their stocks and hnd to return to headquar-
tiers again and again for more, and up TO
last accounts these selfsame boys were cry
ing. Right this way for Oregon pears"
Statesman.
CoRyALLIs. and odoriferous
of fish, John Dyson and Bob Huston &C.
companied by their better-halfs returned
Monday from the Yaehats.
D. p Hubbard, OF Washington d C and
representing the department OF the In
terror, will arrive here tomorrow to take
evidence with TO the claims OF r G Kiger
and Richard Dunn against the United
States for depredations committed on
their property by Indians in Eastern
Oregon several years ago. The claims
aggregate several thousand dollars.
Some uneasiness Is felt by his family
about the safety OF L L Horning. He
left here five weeks ago, for the gold
mines of SOutheron Oregon, and no ti,s-
ing OF his subsequent movements have
been received. !
Four Corvallis youths, viz, Don Ho.-
gate, Jim" Bier Bill Horning and John
Zeis, all under Is, break the record as
spoltsmen. One day last week they
fished in Fall Greek in the Alsea ccun-
try and from ten O'Clock in the morning
until dark caught 500 fish and hagged a
flns buck to boot it, Times
Resulted IN FiGHr.-Last night
while the show Of Walker Bros. was be-
ing packed in freight car At the depot,
3 row started that probably would have
had fa'al results had il not been for the
interference Of bystanders. John West,
Sr-, among others, was watching the pro-
ceedinss and passing comments on the
size OF the cattle. West said that he
knew the cattle were not as heavy as
represented because he had always han-
died cattle and could make close esti
mate OF their weight This was taken up
by one Of the showmen. who tried to run
a bluff by Offering to bet large sum Of
money and have the cattle weighed. This
angered West, who called the show fake
and those connected with it rascals
Loud and deponstrative words were used
bv both parties which soon resulted in
West striking the Snowman light blow
on the ieis ear. The Snowman wanted
no better opportunity and proceeded to
ness Not being satisfied with this he
was in the act Of stamping West when
the crowd took him of. No arrests ere
after the departure of the show INDIE
pendent.
THAT EXTRA SESSION. Polk county
farmer ON Icing interviewed about the ex-
ira zession of the Legislature to pass a law
staying executions for year. hit the nail
on the head: ..As soon as il was known
that the legislature was to convene for that
purpose, the merchants throughout the state
would Immediately refuse to give credit. and
would force collections. They would be
compelled to do this because their creditors
| throughout the East would take fright q.
the intention of passing such a law and
would crowd them. The result would be
1 ruinons in the extreme. Governor Penney.
4 er knows well enough that no such law viii
\ be passed and he has done this allfor effect
| think if you could hear him talk to thOss
!; whom he does not pretend to deceive, thai
You would hear him chuckie over the mat
ter
PROSPERITY TO Follow. This is from
the Salem Independent: The general i'm.
preston seems to be, that Just as soon a.
confidence is restored and boarded money
once more seeks the channels of trade thai
we will see the most prosperous times tina
have been seen for years% The locking uE
of money is loss Of interest that capital
lists will try to recover by active investment
m view OF this outlook it Is decidedly bet
Il ter for those who can to hold their whea
for higher prices. Better times are surel,
coming in spite Of anything that congress
can do. This was the experience Of thos
who went through the panic Of '73 and i
A will be that Of those who go through the
d panic of '93.
4 SsATE Fair ENTRIES. Not very man,
3 Linn county horses viii enter the races 70
Il tie State fair. Barrows Bros have enterel
De Linn for the three minute trot; and Nc
| Knight Bros, FIeta. Mcknight Bros
Flora De for the 2:28 trot; Barrows Bro
MultonmahB Boy for the stallion races and ID
Norte for the free for all, trotters an
lpacers. The leading horses Of the stat
will be on hand, such as Maud Knox, Kit
Ham. Bishop Hero, Pearl Fisher, Do
Sperry, Combination George, etc. Th
! lists for running contests are good.
| A FATAL JeMp.-This morning as th
eouthbound overland train was comm
into town over the Deer creek trestle, al
unknown man who was beating his wa
Ijumpedof The distance was miscal
culated and his skull was crushed an
one leg was broken by the fall. He wa
! picked up this morning and brought I
'tsse Central lodging house. He died q
ltaalf past two this afternoon, havin
nH yer regained consciousness. There !
mo clue 10 his identity.-Rosenurg Re
Naee