Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-08-05

[Gleanngs from State Exchange.
SURVEYS Of TIE UMPQuA.-Maj
Roberts, in charge of the harbor and
river Improvements in Oregon, under
the appropriations of Congress, has re-
Gently caused survey TO lie made of
the Umpqua river, for the improves
ment of which there is an applopria-
tion of So, 900. The engineer sent
to do that work reached home on Sun
day. Ills observations lead him to
conclude that a practical channel can
be made with the appropriations as high
up as Roseburg, for steamers drawing
two feet of water, at seasons when the
water is FIVE feet above low water mark.
During the low water of the summer
months navigation is totally imrractica
bic without costly SYSTEM Of locks,
as the water runs, in many places, only
through deep crcvices in the rocks.
There are frequent places where the bed
rock OF the river has been worn by the
action of water and hard boulders into
sort Of irregular honoycomb through
the holes Of which the principal part
of the river runs at low water At live
feet above low water mark, all this rock
will be covered Of course deep enough
for steamers to pass over, and with the
removal of ,omc distractions IT is be-
lieved that navigablc channel of 81
feet in width can be made as high up a.
Roseburg - OJfgontoH.
From the Builetin Of August second
We cuIl the following
PORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT -
The Board OF Foremeu Of thc Portland
Fire Department met last evening at
the Police Courtroom. 1t WAS rcsolv
ed unanimously to parade on the anniver
sury oil the organization in Septembo"
next, aud the Board adjourned to meet
again on wednesday evening, August
9, lSTl.-The movements Of frci2htS
in this city for the month Of July past
has been greater than for any like Pc
Rod since the opening of business in
Oregon. 1t has been carefully e>tima-
ted that our city trucks and draymen
have moved not less than fifteen thouS>
and tons during the month.--Thc sloop
Bell of Astoria, is now at Tongue Point
| under charter t. a corps Of hydro
graphical surveys in the service Of the
Government, taking the soundin.~ and
currents at that place for some purpose
unknown to our Informant - This
morning the police found COW in the
city very badly chopped between the
shoulders and ribs on one side. by
long handled axe. The blade of the
axe was almost out of sight, and the
poor brute was bleeding a stream.
The act was probably done by the
owner of some ornamental grounds IN
to which the unruly creature had broken
to feed - yesterday morning, about
three o'clock, at the Indian camp IN
the upper part of Albany, some lndl-
ans while gambling got into a drunken
row. during which half>civilized In
dian named Jim Kirk, owning and livr
ing on a ranch near Brownsville, IN this
county, shot and instantly killed anoth-
CIR Indian named Charley. The mur
derer was caught and is now held in
close CONTINENT in this place.
Quite sharp thunder shower occur
red here night before last.
SCANDlNAvIANs. MIR. Hadsen in
forms the. Oregoniaa that considerable
party left Christiana, Norway. on the
l4th of July, for Portland. They will
probably arrive within three weeks.
The Marion County Teachers Associ>
alton will hold its next annual session
in Salem commencing Tuesday the
18th inst. A general invitation is ex-
tended.
The Statesman has this /: We con-
fess that we never have been able to
appreciate the devotion of the Gov.
to the fortunes of Bill Watkinds, until
the matter was yesterday explained by
laboring man who evidently has great
native shrewdness. He spoke as fol
lows: {" You see, Bill has got the
drop on 'em, and they darsen't remove
him, because, if they did, he would be-
gin TO tell what he knows, and they
couldn't stand it." We see no other way
to account for it. Evidently, "for ways
that are dark and tricks that are van"
the Salem Ring is peculiar.
County Court meets next Monday.