The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-03-31
MISFITS.

The Journal accuses a cotemporary OF
not paying any taxes sinco 1895. That
is pretty serious charge.
One OF the newspaper annoyances is
being asked by friends to leave tnings
out OF the paper that get into ell the
other papers. Please don't.
Quinine has advanced sikty-fye per
cent in the East. That will mean consd.
erably when it strikes Oregon, wner9
quiniue 10 rampant.
Salem is tax ridden city. They
amount to over per cent. Outrageous,
and yet Astoria beats that cent and
half. Our 3 cent tax is certainly enough
judging from public comment
Senator D Driver says that orchard.
lists are more scared than hurt II lie to
be hoped this is true, and it 10 often so.
The DKMocRAT with Senator Driver pre-
diets q good crop OF frnit altogether.
A young girl in Texas wanted to kiss J
Bryan and he told her he was not Hob |
son. Correcs. Some style 10 thai. By.
ran is a man of experience.
The Salem Journal promised 10 pub
lish how different members OF the state
legislature voted on prominent bills, but
has not yet done IL. Ne expected TO get
some copy from ii.
Pendleton is a very religious town ac-
cording to the papers there. Recently
the celebrated Max Beudix gave q con-
cert there. and there were present only
| htty including tie janitor aud every
body. The reason given was that l. was
pray er- meeting night and during the
lenteP Ceason. Even lns editors were all
absent
i This is funny. The engineers recon-
mended $4,000 appropriation for Coos
Bar. The government granted $3.50. 600
Then they left Yaquina ou, entirely
though there vas much more reason Tor
the appropriation. VIII some one with
J . very big head explain 1t.
Brother Flagr voted 'or the sugA' beet
J bill which carried an appropriation
J 500 ,0C0 for the Artesisn well proper
tiod, which amounted TO $i2 eco mo-
i, for tao normal schools in Southern q g
gon costing SIS 900, aud for ssvers' o ner
qnesiionable propositions. and 81 e. the
cake IT obtaining q small sppra.. tAtion
for the state faIr. And this sore papers
designate statesmanship.-Ssi~ II Indep.
endenr.
Uncle sam stands good deal. The
editor OF Gbe Salem Statesman receives
ten dollars day from the government
'cr an Office filIed down in Portland nnf
{ runs the paper a. the same time. and
CbAuncey u. Depea back ia NeE foTl
state receives IS 000 O yeaE irow Unel'
J Sam as . senator and ss the same tim'
$1,000 year as president VI the Cen
e trail Pacific. No employer bot Unc-,
!, Sam would stand these Ihings.
/, A big, demand is being made in aaleu
that the city Indebtedness be rebondeC
at lover rate Of interest That Is busi
Ness. Pet the interest down.
: The deputy game and forestry wariel
viii receive 500 year. aud there ar
" twenty three applications Tor the posi-
Is ton. The price is more shan the war
j. den and deputy together will he worti
= TO the state
II Highwayman Merrill, OF Portland, ha
=, been seuienoei to thirteea years in Tbs
!. state penitentiary. That is a gSod dea
but none too much. Iae high aymal
should lie thoroughly set down on and
II the business discouraged
o II Cncle sam doesn't lookout Johr
= Ball will get ahead Of him on the Alas
!, ks boundary question. John has Ind
. great deal al boundary experience ans
;, his paw Is that Of lion.
Il is a cold day nowadays when = nev
i. trust is not formed. Bu; they can ne,el
form = trust on the cir we breathe anc
the water ws drink. though some Of III,
miilionaires Of the country would be giar
10 do 50.
Newspaper quarreis are galore in SA-
lem. Roseburs and Pendleton, and NOR,
or less in few other places. A news
paper should no more attack conlem
q porAry personally than 8 merchant an
= other merchant or n iawSer anothel
their own and they have a right 20 do a,
they please in the matter.
u The Associated Press got considerable,
ahead OF time when they reported ths
death Of John sherman. Mr.. Sherman
> 10 not th- kind OF a man to die auy soon
4 er than possibIe and he insisted on liy
ing The report wss undoubtedh mad,
by some smart yoDng man DOWN on tn,
= Cuban coast In order 70 scoop the rest o
e the boys.
Some county. bonds were recently sole
in Montana for ~ per cent. The rat
of the Corvallis district bonds has beel
4 lowered TO per cent from 6 per cent
> by the holders of the bonds themse'v yes
the German Trust and Security Com
L pany OF San Francisco. The bonds o
Q the city OF Albany can nox be had easil,
r for per cent il not for or A. per cent
:, II possible the city should at once pro.
Coed to rehond the Indebtedness, il moi
take up the bonds as last as due. HerS
e Is an item alone that suggests saving
( OF considerable money. II possible LEI
= Us add no more burdens by saving wher,
ever possible.
, DIED.