, 1871-05-04
OREGON.
[FROM THE oRBGoxlAS.D

FROM THE oRBGoNlAN. II
CALIFORNIA AFTER OREGON LANDS
Ex-Governor Curry, OF this city, Real Es-
tate Agent and Land Commissioners of the
State, has received an application from
parties from California to purchase body
of land in this State, of not less than nine
sections for farming purposes. They offer.
to pay one-tllird Of the purchase money
down and the balance in-three equal in
stallments. They propose to establish a
colony of 3,000to 5000 inhabitants with
in FIVE years, but. to commence immediate
ly if the tract of land can be hal on reas-
enable terms. The proposition is a prac-
tical confirmation of former reports in. re-
gard to the interest which is beginning to
be felt among Californians, in Oregon.
The writer Of the letter to Gov. Curry says
the parties applying mea;a business"
A, company at Albany is putting up
lard oil and soap works. The building is
30x60 feet, three stories. This is the first
lard oil factory in Oregon, If not on the
coast: The process of extracting lard oil,
used in this factory, is new one, and on
large scale -. They go the ''whols
hog "-that is, the iron faux or upright
cylinder has space to contain'7 T. 900 pounds
Of polk or lard, which would equal 80
hogs ofi20O pounds each, to fill the tank.
The process then a combination of hot
steam and heavy pressure, reduces the
whole, bones and all, TO fine and COM
pressed mass, minus the oil and grease,
which is an excellent substitute for guano.
A new linseed oil mill is to be put up by
the same parties near the lard works; also
sop works, with McCord's process.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. and
the o. & c. Railroad Co. have consoida,
ted their Ielegraphic lines through Oregon.
I TheWrstern Union Co. assumes the equip
mant of the line, hanging double wires,
which will operate independently of each
other-One wire to be used exclusively for
news aud general business; the other to
be used by the railroad people.
. A few days since we announced the
sailing, March 90, Of the British ship Dos
vrnby, from Newport. Wa'eS, for Portland.
Oregon. We have. s;nee, bern furnished
with a manifest of her cargo, as follows
1856 iron rails, RIA bundles fish bars and
47cases bolts aud nuts, g amounting to a
little over Liza English tons and of the
value, as cleared, off7.2I2 81 cd. The
cargo IS consigned to the o. & C. Rail-
road Company. azr l,.5-- ..a
From the SfdtcsmaR The 2. T. Co.
are now building larger class of boatA
for the river trade of next season, tn be
l50 feet long and feet deep in the hold,
with a capacity to carry $50 tons, about
double that of the present boats. The ap-
preparation of last congress for the inn
provement of the Upper Wallamet, was
SIG, 900, which is going to be expended
as soon as the river is bow enough, and
the improvements made thereby will en-.
able the boats to run all summer 10 AL
bany with more ease than ever before.
From the StatesMaa We understand
that John F. Miller and Joseph Hoyt are
going extensively inio the business Of buy
ing wool and shipping it to Boston, &busi>
ness at which considerable money was
made last year. Sacks have already been
shipped up the country for that purpose.
A farmer in Marion county has his
wheat crops lOF 1OOO Auu lOOS btlli on
hand. He is holding them for 81 25 per
bushel Last week he could have taken
81 20. 1t seems probable that he has
made mistake which he viii regret
Many farmers do jus; 50. t.
The Statesman learns that the Ellen
dale Woolen Factory, in Polk county. was
destroyed by fire on Tuesday night No
particulars are received. The loss must
be heavy. E .
By an arrangement soon TO go into eff.
feet, the railroads and stage company will
put the mails and passengers through be-
tween Portland and Sacramento in about
four days.
A late discovery of fire clay for furnaces,
of good quality. was made at Buena Wis
ia, which the Oregon Irou Works in this
city, has used with success. 80. !