The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-09-29
College Notes.

I Preparations are beginning for tl,e o,-
ganization Of foot ball team. Geosoa
L. Pfstt has been elected ,nanaoay
Ansy A'e WyIng TO secure good coach. |
Inc tacuity baye decided to use tale In.
stead ol cha k this year.
There are now tweDty.f..r ll,.jcn,.
boarding at the clnb, and more are ex
pecied.
a student handbook has been Issued
Ihls year. IL is very neatly gotten M
ane 10 very useful 10 the studente.
On Friday evening, Sent, 90 a recent.
ION 70 'he ne" ttudents will be given.
Almost one huEdred siudentg have
tegittered In the regular courge. This il |
The largest number that has ever been
registered In The fret week.
The Y. w. and Y. NJ. G. A. societies
heid Joint meeting yesterday afternoon.
Old Gene, Celestial resident OF Cor.
Wallis Tor thirty-six years. died few
days ago.
Among those losing by the Salem fire
10 J. W. Archibald and son-in-lsw, who
had lZ,0O0 bushels stored there.
All members ofAlbany II i've No. 9 are
requested 70 be preseut at our regular
meeting this Friday evening, business Of
importance. X. X.
| Representatives from every section Of
the country are expected to be present
=. the va Maids Convection, including
MISS Huldah Ann Vanderbilt.
Mr. j. j. Graham has finished pickino
MS hops on his eighteen acre lot az Mill.
eEs, the last bog being filed today.
Inc yield Was about 1910 boxes OF la
ponnds.
The delinquent tax lie for 1897 and
ls96 appears In the Peoples Press Of
Tors week. II tills seventeen and half
columns. The sale is Advertised for
October 23. '''~ 'O'
A big "ar ol the Columbia has re sult.
ed IN the reduction OF passenger rates oa
THE y. X. 4 N. boats 20 30 cents bet can
Portland and Astoria. The fght ii
with The railroad.
Lass Wednesday at Oregon City thirty
,nrse persons died on tim Der Iand,cIaims
: ~ A1ianooS comfy alone. There is A
! nig rnsh for claims rot only there but
= an through western Oregon, and Linn
county 10 getting it's share.
In the Circuit Court OF C,atsop county
at astoria, last Wednesday q divorce
: was granted Mrs. Netlie Monteith from
. her husband, Thomas Monleith, both OF
THIS city. No defence was interposed.
!n the 30 pace at Salem YESTERDAY
john A. Crawford won two heats. The
3 2:Z6 trot was won by Road Boy in three
/ stFaight heats. Beet time 2:2O. The
hoTseless carriage race proved to be a
: great iake, being simply q mule race.
B At Walla Walla WASH, YESTERDAY O.
B u. Byland OF Pomeroy shot his wife and
! ms brother, who had run awav with
D nef, ana then lay down by his wife and
kllieG himself 1t IL horrible affair.
D ihe oyiands II is reported were resi-
: uents ol Linn county twenty or more
!, years ago.
Q One Editor went through tho Valley
, with his eyes shut. He said:
. Unlike most OF the towns visited or
the valley trip. Eugene is laid out ON q
I. level plain, while the others had moi
room to expand without encrnaching on
the foothills.
The new College Club House unde,
! the excellent management OF Miss Clara
| Ferry Ia meeting with great favor by the
students. Over twenty students are
taxing their meals regularly at the neat
place. II 10 splendidly arranged for the
purpose, with capacity oil at least fifty.
The Morris threshing crew, which has
been doing Benton county this year, are
now three miles this side of Corvallis,
; They have threshed about thirty DAYS
already and have about seven more days
work ahead. making long run. fhe
average has besn between seventeen and
eighteen hundred bushels day.
NJ. ]. Anderson OF Dutur, Or, has
patented a summer iallow machine
which II 10 declared will bring him a for.
tune. de has made contract with an
eastern firm under which he will receive
seven dollars for each machine manu-
iactured and sold. and one thousand is
guaranteed for the first year. Evident-
ly Secretary Wilson's anti. fallo talk lie
not feared.
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