Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-04
State EfcEias.
[Gleanings from State Exchan ges. !

shore line at Point Adams. at the mouth
of the Columbia river. with view OF
ascertaining the annual encroachment of
the Ocenn at that point. This survey
is made yearly f"r scientific purposes.
In this connection we my state that
the Boards Of Engineers of the Pacific
coast, of which Major Robert is a
member. have under consideration
proposition to remodel ne defencns a,
the mouth of the Columbia. Those
now in use are classified "a temporary
works, while those it is contemplated to
erect are TO be of the class termed er
manent.
The Albany State R;gh's Democrat
says: Abe Hacklcman and Squire
Deekard have returned from Crooked
River. aud report Il G nights as being
very cold IN the mountains. Ice froze
tn the thickness Of half an inch in
their buckets during the night they
.amped near the summit. While com
ing ont they met ffty,two teams Of
emigranfs en- route fr Eastern O-egon.
II is estimated that during the present
mouth over one hundred families have
eros led over the w V Il C. NJ. Road
| destined for ahodcs in the Valleys
ot Eastern Oregon
Over $50 900 worth of brick build,
ings are BOW in process of erection at
Albany.
The CaIipooia River is to be cleared
If distractions from the base Of the
mountains t" Albany. so that sawlng~
can be RATED down it to supply Parkcr's
mill in Albany,
The Albany Register says: \ new
post .tiice has been e-tabllshcd. ca led
Shields. at point on the Oregon aud
California Railroad twelN Ne les south
of this city. aud .ae people in thnt Vi
cinliq now have the advantage ot daily
COMMUNICATIONS with the out side
world.
FROM the En- .ene City Guard Of the
2Sih lust. We CLEAN as follows
The front" j. now at the farm of
the Widow MatIuck just six milr>
south of this ci'y We 10 K a ride on
tlc c, obstruction train Ia Thurs. 'ay and
saw where some huc wutk had beru
done The excavations A'op. the
" iIlamcttc river at Mclay's Bluff,
four miles frnn here. show that llaIrtt
hi~ no chilli play about that iocaluy.
The grading i. all donc mp /" Pas
Greek, but the want Of trcstie tlmbor
rct,rd- The laying of the tack. The
advance. force "i grsi.rs are between
Ambrose Station aud q ,kiand
The amount nf Iron on hand ut .he
supply pile near Harrisburg * on y
about six miles, IN adlditlon Ia what
l. already laid down. The Bark Alice
Graham has arrived in the Columbia
rivcr with about three ihonsInd bars at
IRON 1t takes four hundred aud eighty
bars to Iny IA mile of track 50 the poS
>ibitity is, if the rains do not come 800
Suddenly. that The rails will he lad Ia
the new town OF CreS,wclI by the fr-t
ot December. The tnwn ste j. near
thu old Rolslnett stage station and was
'ieedci by Rpninett anl Martin to j
e llughr>, as trustee for the railroad
COMPANY.
The Railroad Comy any advcrt,ses a
II t. at alternate lots IN the new town ot
Cre>swcii. recently laid out mt point
about twelve mi es south of this place.
near the residence of james X blnett.
to take place on Thursday, November
ID.
The Corvallis GozcIc of the 2sth
inst. says:
The laquina null carrier was attack
cd lie second time hy cougar, lew
days ago near Elk City. The animal
presented itself in the middle of Ihe
ro,d as il he intended 10 impede his
progress, but as I is violation ot the
law to stop the Z s mails our gallant
hero shot ut his honor (the cougar VIC
meau) couple Of times when it "skc-
daddled" No arrests as yet have been
made.
The Oregoaion says: George Myers,
of Wapato Lake, has n hog which
weighs one thousand and thice hnndI ed
pounds, aud is foot larger in the giit
than the big hog exhibited at the State
Fair.-Grorga Edgar, C ming from
Canyon City to the Dalles, was stopped
BY u highwayn,an and robbed of S92 80.
lie had S5OQ in greenbacks that the
robbcr did not find Miss Mary Bum,
Of Lafayette. did suddenly one night
last week Her hard breathing in the
night aroused her parents, aud when
they reached her bed she was dead
Tho gold mines Mt Randolph are said
to be yielding handsomely. "A little
boy. son Of John Daniels. of Oakland,
ran foot race the other day with
shot gmn in his hand, and in conse>