The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-07-13


CRoPs.-Following is the report of the
Department of Ayr culture, Weather Bu-
reau. of the Oregon State Weather Service
for the week ending Monday, July 9, 1894
The weather conditions are most favor.
able and beneficial for all crops. Having
Is In full blast and ell the hay Is being Sc
cured in excellent condition. Wheat oats
barley, rye and corn sre growing finely.
Fall sown wheat is turniag color: some
small amounts have been harvested in the
southern counties. Special reports have
been received from many correspondents,
who generally report that the wheat aphis
Is not doing damage; some few estimate
damage at 10 per cent. The general tenor
of the report Is that little or 10 damage
will result from the aphis; il has generally
left fall wheat and is now on the spring
wheot and oats. There has been no gen
eral damage to the fruit from the caterpil-
lar. Orchards without care had the foliage
destroyed and fruit ruined, with care the
caterpillar was killed. Hops have a most
prolific growth and will make good crop.
Hop louse have appeared. Garden truck Is
growing finely. The acreage of potatoes
has been increased and large yields are in
dicated as the weather has been very IA
vcrable
B. & L. A's-It is estimated that hall
million houses have been bull. in this
country by the local building and loan
associations, such as the Albany Associ-
alton. According to the recent report Of
the Q commissionary of labor, the first
building and .loan association IN Amer
lea was organized at Franxford, suburb
OF Philadelphia, in 1881, but the move
ment really started from lS40 TO 1850.
The total number of building assoeia-
tions in tha the United States is 5,s3S.
Pennsylvania has the largest number,
l,019; Ohio next, 72l; then Illinois. 669 !;
Indiana. AS; New York. AS: Missouri,
336. and New Jersey. 2SS, and Maryland,
24O. The net assets OF the building socI-
eties all over the country exceed four
hundred and fifty million dollars. There
is no other one agency THAI has contri-
buted so much to the building OF houses
for people OF moderate means, and thus
to patriotism and the stability of the
government,
REACHING CUr.-If items like the fol-
lowing were not common jokes with the
Salem Statesman, We would feel like ad-
vising our citizens to get in and rustic:
Salem could make Scio and the rich
country tributary to the forks OF the
Santiam directly tributary TO her. This
she can DO by the expenditure OF only a
few hundred dollars. She can afford ii
and should make the expenditure, for it
would be dollars well spent.
NEW TINE TABLE-A new table wen
into effect on the Oregon Pacific today
Under it the passenger trains will be ex-
elusive. The west bound will arrive from
the front at IL :05 and return, leaving al
80; the east bound will arrive from the
Bay at II sc and leave for there at 1925
A freight will 60 to the Bay on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, and return on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. leaving
Albany at 7:30 and returning at 4:30 the
next day.
A SURGICAL OPERATION - Last yeaI
Mrs W E MCPHERSON spent several month.
in the east fer treatment for necrosis Of a
bone. The treatment proved unsatisfactory
and Monday Drs Maston and Davis per.
formed an operation on the deceased bone
that seems to be very effective. The opera
ton is delicate one, but was successfully
performed, and Mrs Mcpherson is doing
well under the treatment.