The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-11-04
MISFITS.

M1SFAIS.
Oregon is now being run without
ailfoad commission and board OF equal. m
zation, two boards full of knots we are g
lad to see thrown asids. in
ci
Having $l5 900 damage suit on hand "
he Corvallis G Eastern is decidedly In 6,
he Swim and can now put on as much Il
'tyle as the Examiner with it's damage u
Iuits. q
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Astoria is very lively place. few n
lays ago a couple OF members OF jury p
there had a regular fist fight over the
,ase in the jury room, and the row was
almost general so much feeling was en- u
gendered over the matter. :
DR.. ID. NJ Jones, member OF the leg I
islature, does not believe in "appendi. !
citis." He says it had great run in .
Linn county but has now gone out OF T
favor. For awhile nearly everything I
people had was resolved into appendici- ]
II
This from the Telegram sounds fshy {
The steepest sidewalk in Portland up
which a bicyclist has been known to
pedal 10 aitusted on Hamilton avenue,
jusi below Hamilton Heights junction.
This block rises some 400 feet in length
OF 200. AL Malone, nov in Alaska, was
seen to work his way up on this steep in-
cline, but no one has ever dared attempt
ing to ride down.
The state legislature wanted 10 show
its economy by doing away With the
railroad commission. bat It stopped over
by establishing an office that will be
assailed as earnestly, that of state fish
and game con missioneTs. at n salary of
81 200 year and 81 100 for travelling ex.
pentes, with power to appoint three
deputies.
The Telegram says the state fair should
be held in Portland il it would be a
succese. This is probably fact though
II Is not very pleasant 90 zee that city
get the whole shooting match. Certain-
ly II is fact that there will have TO be .
material change in the program or Il
nigh; as well close up shop. IL Port
land gets il il should be with the dis
tinct agreement that il will not call on
the state for aid.
Foor BALL.-A game Of foot ball will
be played in Albany on Saturday Nov
9Th, between Albany College aud the q
4. practice game for the la i
TIE Albany boys are practicing ~ /
/ evening The positions thougl ave |
! no, all been aet,led upon. The IN is |
light one, but very wirey. i, while |
they will not be equal to . v.s ran team
like the U. A. c. they viii oiier enough |
resistance to make it Interesting Tor the |
farmers.
The ex railroad commissioners Ars
telling the people how much they mis-.
sed in doing away with the railroad
commission. They seem 70 take /, vary
much 10 heart IL is plain though that
they would like 20 see the coming lesis-
laturs establish some kiud OF q commits
sion for them. and il 10 evidently . lob
they wish. Now that the com mmissiofI is
gone il may be remarked that there was
no one thing that put them more in dis
. iGvor With the people than the ally jun
keiing expeditions they made over the
state drinking the railroad companies
wines In their special cars and hobnob-
bing with the officials as IL their inter-
ests were the same.
Again long ieit want 10 TO be fiiIed il
Portland BY the starting oI another daily
backed by sufficient capital. There l.
evidently 4 vacant place in the bone
yard And yet soloe day there will be
another big daily started in Portland
that will pay. The righE man At the
heAc will make II 60 Portland is now
large enough tor swo good daiiies OF met
roPoliian makeup.
oregonians will do vel: 70 stand in
with BinRer Hermann, for il has been
estimated By the department 6. Wash
ington that ia case the Philippine islands
are annexed TO the Uuited States, To-
geiheE With Porto Rico and the Ladrnnes,
AF. Hermann. ~ commissioner OF tte
. general land office. will have 500 ap-
Po:nimenss at his disposal.
The presidens has proclaimed Thurs-
day. Nov. 81 as day for thanksgiving
and this viii in due time be endorsed by
oregon's Lord. The optimiss this year
viii Ind many things TO rejoice over.
Ethel Livingstone. an inmate of the
girls home ~ Portland, hAs run away,
and IS the Telegram sa,s she is q terror,
Ee give notice 10 the public 70 get their
shot Ruos and look out Tor the little girl
when che arrives down the valley, ii she
shsll get as far as AlbAay.
A three year old lid in Salem was
run over By 9 careless bicycle rider.
Every city has its fool riders who haven't
sense enough to ride in decent way.
some OF them should be ierked "bald-
headed" OIL their wheels and kept of,
30 that respectable riders will not have
10 be criticised for their reckIeesness.
The Linn County Republican ssys:
The election Of Joseph Simon as seua-
Tor has rent in twain the republican
party OF this state. No man lives who
can bridge the chasm. The gulf 10 wide
deep and dark and no compromise or di.
plomacy can unite the shattered ranks or
again cement pretended union that FOR
years has lived living lie." This 10 the
opinion OF many other republican news. |
! papers and thousands OF memb bers OF the
=. o. p, even il they don't express them.
selves in pRblic.-Jaeksonville Times.
Pat Donan secured the National Edt.
toriai Association for Portland next year |
in a speech, OF which the following is
part:
"In climate, Oregon is q realized l
dream of paradise. All lss, winter, while
whlskey was freezing from Dakota to
Maine, the grass in Portland was as
green 40 May, lawnmowers were runaing,
and flowers were blooming everywhere.
And all this summer, while YOU people
East have been picking baked apples
from your trees, digging roasted turnips
and pototoee out OF your gardens, and
oafrhiny haflai natEah aot ~ mona i.L