The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-20
THURSDAY

NhVH oHo"ihS Is tne report OF the u
S Department Of Agriculture, Weather Bu-
of the Oregon State Weather Service, for
the week ending Monday, September 10th,
1894.
The attention OF all ia being directed TO
hop picking and to securing the fruit
crop. Hop picking was delayed several
days by the rains the first Of the month.
At Lafayette, Yamhill county, COM
menced on the 5th; the crop is reported
to be heavy in this section but owing to
the reduced compensation for picking
the necessary labor has not been Sc
cured. The crop is being secured in
COOP condition; lice have done some
damage in few yaads and mould is re-
ported from few fields. Farm als have
completed threshing. Grain Is being
hauled TO the warehouses. 1t is esti-
mated by our correspondent at Carlton
that the warehouses of that place will
receive only half as much grain as was
stored from the crop OF 1891. This fall
ing OH is due to attention being given to
raising OF other produce, principally hops,
and partly to falling of in yield. The
weather VAS favorable for all crops.
Potatoes have been benefited by the
rains and pastures have noticeably i'm
proved. The curing of prunes will be-
gin This week. The prane crop is not an
average except in the southern sections
where particular mention is made of the
silver and golden varieties. The trees
are heavily laden, The plum and prune
crops or ClacEamas county are medium
as to quantity and Of good quality.
A FOOLISH FARMER Some men don't
know what TO do with money il they get
q. The Telegram tells OF case Joseph
Virgins, farmer from Bntteville, came
to Oregon City Monday with a quantity
oil grain, which he sold for $40 ia hard
coin. That night he put up at Mrs New
some's boarding house. Virgins took
the money, and, placing il in one Of his
SOCKS, took it TO bed with him. As the
night proved very warm, he moved to
another room, forgetting his money. He
.eit lamp, however, burning in his
ROOM The next morning when Virgins
went back to his room, the lamp had
been put out and the sock and Its golden
contents gone. Virgins very naturally
made great "roar" about his loss.
subsequently Mrs Newsome and John
Ranke, runner for the house, were
arrested charged with the larceny of the
money. The case win De investigated.
Virgins has returned to Butteville
sockless and moneyless. TO meet the hop
pickers whom the lost som was intended
TO pay.
PORTLAND Lors IS Iowa. - Several
ministers sold s75, 900 worth OF Portland
lots in Iowa, and now that the bottom
is out of Portland lots the ministers are
getting t right and left. The Iowa Reg
lister gets mad as follows: Preachers are
being generally utilized to work bust
ness and political schemes Of deception
and deceive many Of the elect" The
"S75, 600" placed in that Portland plot
may be worth SIS or IS cents, but there
is very little probability that those who
were duped ty the sharpers. who
preached Ike archangels) AMI between
times placed lots among the brethren, !"
will ever receive ten cents on the dollar
Tor their investment. 1t is well 10 be
aware Of preachers who come to you With
honey in their mouth 10 advocate busi-
ness and political schemes. The devil
always has strong hold upoa that class
of preachers.
ANOTHER STAND UP.-It is o scarce
week that passes without q stand up in
Lane county. The Guard tells OF an
ther: As Mr. Swaggart, who runs beel
peddling wagon, was travelling along the
road short distance above Springfield,
Monday evening, he was stopped by two
| masked men, one OF whom had a shot
gun, and searched FOX money. He had
nothing on his person but an old pockel
knife which the highwaymen took. One
of the men called Mr. Swaggzrt by name
indicating they belonged to the neighbor
hood. Mr. Swaggart had just delivered s
considerable quantity OF beef at the Neis
hop yard and they probably thought he
had some money.
REMARKABLE SRooTISs A -noug tn,
most noted Salem bird hunters might b,
mentioned Mel Hamilton and Col Ohm
stead. Hamilton alone killed thirty-si,
birds yesterday and OlmsteAd " as no
Ia behind. The other day Mr. Hamilton
killed bird and caught it in his banS
before it struck the ground without NOV
ing from his tracks.-Independens. How
easy it is TO preyaricate in this grea
world of ours.
A TEST CAsE.-He are reliably in
formed that the sheriffs OF Oregon
will test that portion OF the new fee Law
as TO whether or not they are entitled 4
mileage. The case, however, will not b
brought until the next legislature ad
ljourns. Our informant, who lives in tn
northern part of the state, Gays that il
the opinion of leading Portland attor
Ineys that the supreme court will decid
in their lavor.-Eugene Guard.
REsENrED IT AT OscE.-A rIan wa
in Brownsville yesterday for the first tim
In FIVE years. He met an acquaintance in
soloOn, and having an old grudge agains
him called hin name agains; the socia
code OF that citv. A rough and tumbl
fight followed at the drop of the tongu
and the name ca Ter was given hv
thrashinz.
An ACCIDENT One day this week M'
Pillar, residing IN the southern suburbs I
.hiJ city, climbed into the loft of ii
BAN to get scme hay down, NJ: Pill
being Ill at the time. In some mannt
she fell through the hole to the floor b
low bruising and injuring her considerabl
though no: beakiug any bones.