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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1872)
. . . rlQiflttft glCjiiSlrV, I A tlwrirr of llMM. KDITOE REGICTEK : ' - Having again paid a visit tojour county, on a Christmas visit, among frierwls and relatives, I concluded to pea down a fi?w th'uBjs under the title of "a chapter of items." THE RAILROAD. We went on board the noon train of cars at tlie store and depot of the gentlemanly proprietors Daven port & Wolfonl, Salem, whose kind ness and business tact render them so popular. To undertake to write about thciucideutsof a ride, and the stations along the route, &c, tfcc, would be superfluous; as these events are of daily occurrence and experience to thousands of persons. It might, however, be proper to state, tha the road and ears, and the kind s.ml gentlemanly conduc tors are all No 1. This road, lead ing up our valley, and southward to connect the great National Ar tery the Union Pacific makes an important era in the history of our country; and will tell upon the fu ture growth and general prosperity of our young and growing tato. The days of our former isolation are nearly ended ; and soon it will he demonstrated tliat Oregon is not a "cowconuty" of California. This noble enterprise is but the prelude to other important railroads that will traverse our State. All the advantages of these roads to our State cannot be shown in this short chapter. Time ami cireutpstances will fully develop tlie vast value of such thoroughfares. It is certainly to tlie reciprocal advantage of both tlie owners of the road, and the people of Oregon to foster and pro mote the interests of the road and of all producers. It is to be hoped that the rates of passage and transportation of freights upon the road will be reasonable, and such as will encourage travel and trans- portatiortupon it THE WEATHER. It seems that each tenth winter reminds, us of old times in -tlie west ern and northern States. Tlie snow, which fell eight or ten days ago, was partial to some sections of the valley. On Pudding river, in Ma rion comity, it fell four inches, at Salem 8 inches, and at Shedds' sta tionand on Albany prairie 12 inch es. The recent thaw and rain melt ed ofi most of it and raised the mountain and valley streams, and covered tho4w lauds with "mist." To-day Christmas the Bky and the earth assume the appearance of a liard set-in of winter. Although people generally prophesied that this would be a hard winter, yet hun dreds of tons of nice, clean straw were burned iu this valley, this sea son, merely to get it outoi the way! Stock feed is very scarce and dear. And worst of all, there is a great lack of shelter for stock. I admit that most of writers in Ore gon have been too lavish of praise concerning our mild climate, and open winters, and green pastures all the year rouud. These arc gen eral ; hut there are "striking excep tions," and this winter is one of them. When we take into consid eration, the northerly latitude cf our State, and the altitudes of our mountains, and the lack of cur kuowlege of the laws which govern tlie winds on this coast, and the wonder is, that our seasons are so good, ami our winters so mild as they are. Yet, it is worse than folly, for persons to meet these winters without a reasonable amount of stock feed and good shelter:, and other needful family preparations. Great fears are entertained, on ac count of the probable condition of stock, and of the snows east of the Cascade Mountains, at present. It is well known tliat a very large proportion of the sheep and cattle, and many of the bones of tiffs State, are now quartered on the vast plains of Eastern Oregon. The season was so dry, that but little hay could Ik made last Summer iu most of that region of country. Hence, if a severe, snowy winter iirurs in that region of country, iinmciiw kc must be the com qaeuoe, 1 ft ar the worst, but hope for tlie bekU ukskrai. ptoaFsan IN UJfX. An observer cannot travel through this county, without noting the general thrift and signs of prosper ity, which mark tlie towns and set tlements in it. Newagons, new houses and barns, fields lately fenced ; and the large amount ot -fill wheat and fall plowing ; and the extended improvements and city-like appearance of Albany tlie beauty of tl valley and de pots ami stationsalang the railroad, all a-Mire him that Old Linn is de servedly styled the Empire County of Oregon. May her shadow wide ly expand; Let this short tribute suffice. llRAIXIXO. This county has more operand superior fanning lands than any other county iu Western Oregon. Hut it is also true, that much of these lands are very llat. Where the sub-soil is clay, and retentive of watov underground draining is es sential to the production "of good crops. Almost all the lands in Linn county can lie successfully drained. It tlie superabundant water which falls here in our "misty" season, is suffered to remain upon the earth, they chill it, and rentier it clammy; and frequently crops MWgfr. be sown or planted late in the Spring, or "mudded" in, which is worse; These gray lands can be mode kind and productive, if well drained ami deeply plowed and are pulver ised; And fbr raising heavy crops of grass for hey, these lands should be thoroughly drained. Ii would be better fbr the land-holders of such lands to sell one half of their lands and spend half of the proceeds in ditchi, and the other half in s.ilj. stantial improvements, than to farm these lands without draining. With the Collins nlow. awl the Chamni- Molines and some other strode plows, ditching can be successfully doue. I have written so ranch late ly, and endeavored to rouse atten tion to deep plowing, that I shall not touch upon that subject at pres ent. , PRICKS OF LAJfllS. These are ho low that strangers are suspicious that our land titles are not good. Unliko California, wo h.we noue but good, original ti tles in our State Tlie idea that good lands with some improvements upon them can be bought witbhf from five to fifteen miles of our val ley railroad at from ten to thirty dollars per acre clear title is rather hard on strangers to believe or accredit. Yet, such is the case. One crop cf wheat will generally pay for the land on which it grevs. We liojie that the day is near at hand when those old donation sec tions add half sections will lie sub divided, and ten times the popula tion sustained here, that are here at present. It is not yet known how much a given amount of this land can Ic made to produce if fully and properly tilled. TIMBER. There is a lack of valley timlier near tlie lest prairie lands of Linn county. And here the great benefit of the railroad is manifested. Sur plus timber from those districts where it abounds in such abun dance, can be brought in lumber for fences, building, etc., upon tlie I i i j- . i . m i , A nwi.niiu .iivui.,uu.ti aiung uic line ; at rcasonaDie rates, linck in vast numbers can be made of the gray clay here and laid up in buildings. And here let mo call attention to the matter of Osage Orange hedges in this valley. The hedge of .Mr. Joel Jlouston, twelve miles south east of Albany, fully proves that the Osage Orange can lie made a perfect success here, iu hedges . I could give full directions as to cul tivating and forming hedges of tlu's most valuable hedging timber, but space will not jxtrmit THE Fl'TrRE CROP. It is manifest that our crops should be more varied. A much larger amount of root crops and- hay. should be produced here than are. As proof, I would refer my readers to the price of hay here now and scarce at $25 to $30 per ton ; pota toes at 91 ou per bushel and scarce. But it 1 can obtain pardon ot yon, Mr. Editor, and of your oe pieaseu, ana so close tins writ- i mg. DAVID NEWSO.M. A MXLil I.AK CASE. wup Hmi-roMi of Two Y.Kinc MMve4'lMr.oia Their llil. (From Hie Louisville Owrter-Jcmrrml, h iaau A small cottage on Isi-t M.irkel street was tlie scene, night In-fore last, of a most remarkable oowin-etuv. If the history of the most noted burglar- ies the world over iuruubes a parallel , . Vou shall stand for eternitv In case it must liave Iiapeueil in tlie ifcij moou a wnruing to all SabUith pf kiiiglit-erranlry, when Hit slippery! i hreakew." gnie tWfflfrHtew't "tody ivL..ur a : .1'('....t',!1,m (he stranger vanished. lock other golden liair wis In more esteem ttian the fables wealth of tin. I fa4A.ll 'the Cottage consists of jaly three rooms, all ou the first flooif oj-eupled by a family of taste and reljiemei.t, a thc clinging vines and beautifully iMtoruwi iiower-iiois in Uie.roiit yam Indicate. Ou batnrday uigit,la.-t, the uiiek room was ocoupieu nytwo young a, lie,, daughten Ot the ten.ly. Kie lather and mother sleeping in a room a,lJ'""- sosu: tmf. iu-iuND pif SIGHT tlie room of the ladies was emen d so mlutoiaalv ilnit notiiiio' was known of tin. intriisinn until next uiorinn. 1 li bmlar left belilnd abuidaut tnioes of his romantic adventurh but nothing to indicate bis idcistir. Korentering the wimlow he kul bMigut into rn ulsltion a small ladder usedasaframo work for flower-pcsS placed them on the ground in SUcllU manner as Hot to Injure them, and men moved the lad der to the wimlov sill until his pur nose was effectei, alterwaids replac ing everything is lie foulid It. The sash was raised, noiselessly, al niost bi-eathlesiy it must have been, and the inidlilght rover entered. There "with nUIIielr en-ors, And uli ihi-ir .Harms like death without Its terrors." slept his bejtttiful victims, their wealth of golden lair sweeping in rieli pro tttsTou am? inimitable negligee over tHe snowy i'U(.w. He approathed the bedsiile, oiutioHsly, gently rolTetl down the eovedng until neck and shoulders lay bare and, tlien wlat? IS IT A HUttDEH, lient en deetl of blootl ? or an escaped ui.nr.ie. possessetl of an infatuation for drawing tlie glittering steel across sw;!u-like throats? Happily neither. A few clicks of the scissors, making les.s a sound,' and all is orer. Those flowing tresses, the "glory of a wo man," as Holy Writ declares, are shorn closer than '.iaiiipjoirs beneath the faithless lingers ot Delilah, taken ou as close to tne scalp s a burner might have done by dayiigiit. Several .u-tVi.lu. nt i,,-.lrJ i.yt.,t.u.i fnim articles ot jewelry were taken from ineir proper piuce.iuunoiie were uiKen away. Alio apartments occupied by other menibers of tlie liousehuid were entered, clothing thrown alwttt cou fusedly. a gold ioeket, abrettstpUi, sev eral pieces of money scattered around, but ail answering promptly next morning. It is evident that whoever the in truder, lie or she, was only bent on getting possession Of "thii g'iory of the ix.'' TIIF FIKST TNTrATlO-, j Of HlO utirhtV ,loli,..j .v. .-..... .1,., youiig ktdies, who awoke and found thejilselves tlie victim of this "taking oil'. " Like Rachel, they wept bitter ly nacuei ior Her liens, tlie ladies lor tuelrhalr. 'tlie whole transaction is ino-t mysterious, bid some one in vade the sacred precincts and thus violate "vested right" in the interUts of the braid mauttiaetnrera ; and even now do these wavy tresseJ adorn some shop window on Four; h stretf Or lus some envious female, Willi carroty hair, turnip nose ami bean eves thus deprived her rivals of their Chief Orna-' uiei.t.-" Or has that straiige gentle uuui who Iniested tlii city about a ! y. ar aeo, breaking into bouses and in- ' duiglug his mania for gazing ar sleep-! big links, returned, with an addition ' lo hii programnie!' U'e wet not. i Surml ex that chloroform was admin-! (stered are rile- In the family, for tlie ladies declare they are extreenily j vvukcral. However, and whoever, and ' wnyever. it is or was, this Modern 'rape of the lock" may be set down as one of the most daring successes and roinautieenterpriseei tliat ever startled this fjuiet and usually well behaved city from its pi opriety. Postal Telernjili. The following I'l tielC Is troiB tlie Pittsburff Tsmkr idt Dee. 10th : Tlie Associated Press papers pub-lislK-d yo.-tenlay moniing a long ex- ii.it.-t, inuii itie new' ions rrmawi against tile po-ital telegraph project, and opposing it principally on the PW'"" W 't wli gve Enisttet "Of pov.erto inlliiem pnbf.t! otfliiloii f.;raday or two just as he nbased. Tlie mini icat ion of this very ..extract shown that the Western Untp.iiJioiio pnly. hi private hands, cutt-bc made ftp Influence public opinion" quite as effectively. (Or it, iccures tlw; wide domination of tha Trmou article against llio jost;!l telegraph, ami Ignores the articles of the other papers in favor of it. Commodore Vauder bllt controls Lire W estern Union Com pany. which controls utore than ihree flMrtiu of the telegraph lines in the llltled States, llo is ;is IIIcbIb in im to "influence public opinion"" through tins jio'.venui liistruincnlajlty ng, tlie President) and to be much more un-sc-mpulous iu the means he employs to do so. If we must liave an autocrat of the telegraph, let us rather liave tlie Preskwnt of the Jnlted states hedged iu by the Constitution and watc-lied by Congress ami the jieople than an irresponsible speculator and railroad "oiiertitor." An Trisbmau, on being asked which was the oldest, he or his brother, re plied, "I am the oldest, but if my brother lives three years, we shall both be of ail age." h The Vs 1n 1A"im f 'Ox nlli.stioii wlu ttier tin- moon is lulutl I lurtinllv mjIv- , b tjR. following German tale : ago tiwiv went one ssiimmv moruUif " oW .Ban J,'L?'00,1i .,f , his WSV Home in 11 1 ""'-": . - 1 L. ill Nliitl.1V SUK. waiKllip iiranru-. me church. Tills man Btoppedaad asked llo yon know mat mis i wiutiay .,rti. . wheii all must rest from their laDOrS? , "Sunday on earth or Monday in 1 1. .V1ii ii U ail out' to me ;" laughed the yood-wttw, Tlivii bir vonr bundle forever,"' I answered the stranger, "and as you I10t Sunday on earth, your 1 . ix-riK-tual moon-day in heav and tlie man was oiughl up with his stick and liis laggots Into tlie moon, where he Nanus yet. The suwrstttion seems to be old in fierumny. tor the full moan b spoken of as tntdd or m&tl, a faggot. i . esctanJEB .,miy remark: : ...V . "Vrn(J, frt t ,mK., little, sleep too little, and whikv. i.et the,., turn ,,,.,., ;.,, thp IH.,, njr, ,t Kmw pWood. sleep e.ioml. ami they will l , m0K healthy. Niys Dr. fltt,: 1 "If yon want to keep a dead inaa, put him in whUkv: if von want to kill a living man, put the whi-ky into him.' PATENT GATE, ETC Sclf-Openia? and ScIf-CIosingr GATE. PATENTED BY JOHN D1CKASOX, June 4, 15u7. , 'I'HK GATE IS SO CONSTP.rCTF.DTIiat I when i he vehicle approaches It tlie wheels on one st-.lo tis- over a fever n hleh Is oonnoetod lo the trote hinge by rod, (Una openlnRthe sjte before you mid mst enire.. tt open, AflW Ifotng through, the carriiise ttasws over n similar lever, also connected wiihihcRate UlnKO, eaustng the gate, in lis rotation, to shut behind you and liistcn. No Getting Out of Tour Vehicle ! No liaising ot l.atclu-8 Tfor Pulling of Strin E weptthc "rihlmns" of your team. It Is oiicn caned THE "LAZY MAN'S GATE,'' And a "Dead Open and Sunt." This ctate is simnle in its construction. both of iron and wood work, and not likely I ?ot, ""f 5? lr a 9F& f'i an state I ia dcsire'l, it may lMMn:ideiijht. with three er0HS ot woo l and one-fourth inch wire, neatly curved at the ton, the lower cnu inn in uic hotiom wr. wntrli is tne stylo of a factory made pule. The sates im.w ... ,i,i.-iii-iu h. in M'venti . uie eonntiesaround San Kmncisco, and plenty of testiwoninals can he given. THOMAS J. SAFFORD, Having .purchased the. Right Tor L.inn Co., Oregon, Iln9 now on hand, and will manufacture tlie abo-.e described irate. Itiernvet ii luu Iweii used it lins rccel vod the bltiliest en- oomtnms. u in Ktnre luimhor of eertin catesi'roin prominent tenners In all parts oi me couniry, now m my nanus, wdl testily. CARRIACE8 AND WAGOK 8, Of All Descriptionn, On hand and manufactured to order, niacksmilhing and Repairing Done to order at most. ninnlic rates. Shop t'oi of Ferry street, opposite Beach, Mniiteith Co.v flonrinff niuTs. TftOMAS J. SAFFOttD. Albany, Oct. 28, l--7l-s l Ml-LLlNEH'y, VMSd MAK1NU MILLINERY. DRESS. HA1IN6 LADIES AXD CIIHLRREX'S FUHIIISEINO HOUSE! rl'IIE fXDKTlSKiNEn HAS OPENED A 1 new ptock of millinery j;oo-.ls, triin tnlnga, lu!lit.s and eliildren's furniihin? gofids, of all Kinds, of the lutcst and most iasi.ioiiai.iic si ics, wnu.-n anc oners to tne I Intlies of Allmny and sun-minding couniry ait i I. i t .ti'Aot iviajj 111 1l.ii Dress Making Department I (ruarr.ntcc entire satisfaction. Charge umm, SPECIALTIES : Ithlr;.- Always on lamU.liMiim'Bnd enlldraaa' ready made under clothing, clonk-., Niclis, aprons, etc. Dress Trliumiotpt. An extensive va riety of silk, eat In, cotton und woolen dress triniuihi . always in stoi-c. Clonkliw. noney-iinh,aRtralir.n and water-pnmf cloth, ol Hie licst qualities, I'nn, Ee.-Ijdie' and ohlldren'ii rom plelo seta of furs and swandown, of laicst styles. 'hlcnont. latest styles constantly on hand, ut low flguies. Ilwlle neons. -Lining and flndlnm of all gradi-s and nualilics, a lidl assort ment. JACONETS, MtrSLTKB, EMIHl-IIIiErtiEH DIAl'Ell I .IN EN, KID AM) ALL OTHER VAKIBTIKS OF GLOVES HOSE, ETC. My detcrnilnntlon belnir tottlve atlftc tion in style and quality of work and prices, I ask a share of public utironaaa Call at store Opposite A. Carothers & Co., First street, Allianv, Oregon MENDESnALIi it UODIXT. XIt. C. P. M l.MU-;.', HALL, HUB. SAIIAH U. OOBLM. Har Agent for Mrs. t'nrpenter's C& Bbateu Vuim Model. Nov. 4, 71-9v4 P. C Harper A Co. 5 m .a H 0 a w g ft pM v i. m .2 CO DRUGS, ETC. "They Who Have Nothing for Sale arc Farthest from Market M A. CAROTHERS & C0.9 WHO KNOW THIS TO HE TIUK, Are ntiw koo'in'.', nnil als ci-nstai tly re The Largest Stork of Goods USUAL TO THEIR TRADE ABOVE PORTLAND, And AT 81CH PRICES That Purchaser Shall be Satisfied. Besides a targe Stock of DRUGS, CDEiMCALS, PATENT MEDICINES, Paints, Dye Stuffs, and Oils, They keep Yankee Notions, Confectionery Finest Tobacco & Cigars WOSTENHOLM'S CUTLERY, SPICES, PERFUMERY, (AU kinds), TOILET SOAP, AMD Evorytning USUALLY OBTAIN KI) IX A STRICTLY First Class DRUQ ESTABLISHMENT. NO AHilCI.i; SOU) )LI '-' IIIIMIM But what it (iriiarantced To Be JUST AS REPRESENTED, And Must be Good. Arctic Soda! A. CAKOTIIF.KH CO.
