The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-03
RAGTIME SKETCHES
Al Albany = Salem Man VINO
Was a Willing Performer.


hoose alongside Of il, with a name thA
ought 70 be sent into the drydocts for re
pairs. the finest bu'liing in the city j.
the reconstructed oourtbouse. IL COS
The people Of Linn county only SIS, 90.
and would have cost any other civiliEet
community t45.o .ooo Or SO, 600. Bat ihes'
barbarous populisis and unvsshed dem
ocrAts hired . GermAn-American Arehi
tect Of Scandinavian descent and be
broke all the agricultural traditions and
nearly all the Contractors. What is an
architect for but % enable contractors
10 run big bills against the community
| The vorst Of tits the belatej populists
who run The county vere 50 hesstly orn.
cry they made the people vote this i'm
provement and pay for il right out q
their own pockets before it Was put Up
and no e. dlsss chain e warrants was is-
sud and bonds sold in nieuE yOEick 20
enrich the idle elAss with money piled
/ np while they enjoy the interest insyeE.
rup. This way Of doing public business
/ fit is kept up will destroy our entire
( professional class and eastern interest.
eaters and il ought 70 be stopped or we
will all inst Be- plain common working
people, and then hoE will We ever get
the seed for an Artisocrscy sprouied in
America. Men who viii build such a
public b1ilding, for one-hAli or one-third
what il ought 70 eost Il il is 70 give the
best people an even chance with those
vho have to work for living, are set
ting q contagious example and il is 10.
mored some Of the state officials are Try
ilg to initiate them on some q the state
baildings. They will be called ansrch-
lists or crazy IL they DO.
They tell abou, = salem newspaper
man Who invited 8 Salem business man
in to the Albany bre gery recently 10 DO
him up in a beer drinking contest 1t
was one Of those bot cooking days hat
makes Albany 80 much better iovn for
the beer business than any town IN The
valley. and the brewery people we're
alarmed Tor a while least the stock shoald
be e1hAused. The editor thought the
man be challenged easy game a. be j.
church member aud 8 very nice quiet
sort Of man who is very popular with al
classes Of people. He gave the breEery
man the wink and told him 70 bring
them = glass. They talked ieW inmates
and At the eighth or ninth giAss the
Newspaper man gAve it up, paid the bill
in subscription and left the place viih
the merchant quietly discussing Gno,her
variety they had no, tired. lie says be
Eil never Judge 8 man by HE reputation
or Appearances again vhen he invites
hin into q brewery, and KolA
Nies .s made very bot At this lA,es, way
q sticking him siih a newspapeF be hAs
tri-i every ssy 20 get rii o.
The only Amusements 10 Albany from
WaybAek have leen church soc.ab.vs and
irAiernAl ofdsrs. Nos they are s1ing
. have club room moielivd after the
Ilihee Al salem. Although i i. located
on the same lot with tie church that is
going up, and tie bowling alley vul be
Almost righ; cot hack Of Tie parsonage.
IL II i run like the lilihee il uill not te
prohibition institution, or leave The
pastor much time ioF quiet meditation
on sunday. The salem Iliihee makes
li- burden ior about half abe saloons
IN tie city, and yet n would SEEN to b.
run on the plan Of the army cAuteen,
and takes a class out Of the sAloous sho
might he grrA, deal worse than when
they arr Al the lllihee, and possibly il
Improves the character q the saloons
ist little bit BY their absence, If that
l. tue about their behavior, and Ne
never bear q any more broken heads
coming out Of the club room a. salem,
although there are broken pocket books
Occasionally. Bot the Albany club room
is 10 be ran on the orAnge-cider plan,
and the only games 20 be = 10 Fed will be
Oh Mail, Chalsnqus whist. guessing
the Agc 20 Frances willard anI the year
John B. Cough vac born. Bui Albany
IL boupd 10 have amusemrnts besides
tiddleuinks, siraw rides and watermelon
parties. High lie is 10 break loose
there iu about m0uth, or vhrn tllr
average ci,ilen is getting bis winters
supply ol squash into the barn. Tie Sa.
lem IlIihee braves ami the jefferson
cooked hat rollers are 10 De invited up
aud Albany viii cease 10 be a rural VII
lAge in the same class With Corvallis,
Halsev and CrawiorlsyiIl1
DO not get the impression thA; Albany
has no high line society, or that there