The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-17
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well.
South Salem is being considerably
improved.
The debt Of Washington Territory is
S35,974 0S.
Anew Court House for Marion county
Is projected.
Wool is selling at 60 cts per pound at
Eugene City.
The Oregon City free school has three
hundred pupils. Ht
The Forest Grove postoffiee is now n
money order Office.
The Waldron Dramatic Troupe are
playing in Victoria.
The people of Ochoeo Valley have reg
ular mail facilities now.
A number of new buildings are being
erected at Forest Grove.
The assessable property of Douglas
county amounts to S4,55l,O00.
An Independent Democratic ticket is
in the field in Jackson county.
1t is still asserted that the o. s. y. Co.
has sold out to the y. p. r. r. Co.
The corner stone of the Sisters Acad-
emy at Salem was laid last Tuesday.
NJ. s. Hart, the defaulting and alb
sconding contractor, is now being tried
for perjury.
The Democrats of Washington Terri
tory have nominated Judge McFadden
for Congress.
A line of tri-weekly stages is to be put
on between Albany and Pioneer City,
via Corvallis.
Hon. a. B. Meacham is nominated on
the Republican ticket of Union county
for the Legislature.
1t is definitely settled that the Wash
ington Territory election has been post
poned until November.
ReedsviIle is the name of new town
on the line of the Oregon Central, about
fifteen miles from Portland.
\ troupe of japanese Jugglers will
commence performing in Orc Elmo
Theater next Tuesday evening.
A very pleasing exhibition known as
the Pacific Coast CharmioscOpe, was
given at Orc Fino Theater several even
ings last week.
The Portland daily papers contain ae-
counts of proposed City Gardens in
Carothers Addition, similar to Wood
wards Gardens in San Francisco.
A lot of Cashmere goats wool was re-
Gently shipped from Salem, Oregon, to
Paris. This is the first shipment Of the
article ever made from this State.
The independent Republicans of
Washington Territory, opposed to the
election Of Garfielde, contemplate hold
ing Convention at Olympia to nomi-
nate a candidate for Congress.
Twenty-Five hundred acres have been
sown with flax-seed in Oregon this sea-
son. OF this six hundred acres are east
ofthe mountains, fourhundred in Marion
county, and the balance mostly in Lane
and Linn.
The Cascade Mountain Wagon Road
to upper Soda Springs, is reported as
being free of mud but somewhat OBJ
structed by land and rock slides. 1t
will be cleared in the course of two or
three weeks.
The Oregon State Agricultural Society
offers premiums ranging from 81 to So
for the scalps of animals killed between
January = and October !, 1872. In the
award of premiums squirrel scalps will
be made the standard, one jay bird being
equal to /, the panther to 80, one wolf tC
80. one gopher to is, and one wildcat
10 20.
VIM. r.. McCord and family, formerly
of Albany, left Portland last Tuesday fol
Puget Sound, intending to permanently
locate in Seattle. Mr.. NJ. intends going
into business with Mr.. Hiltabidel, also
former resident Of Albany. We take
pleasure in recommending both thesC
gentlemen to the citizens Of Seattle rs
thorough-gOing, energetic business men
The following independent ticket has
been nominated in Marion couny: Fol
Representatives, Samuel Allen, f. Z
Eldridge, G. W. Lawson, Geo. S. Down.
ing, John P. Cole; County Clerk, VIM
NJ. Laughead; Sheriff, Jacob Conser
County Commissioner, r. NJ. Wade
Treasurer, Hugh Owens; Sup't Com
Schools, p. 5. Knight Assessor, Thos. @
Shaw.
Preparations are being made for
grand Fourth of July celebration in thi
CITY, in which the citizens of the Who'll
State will join. Arrangements hav
been made with the o. & c. r. r.. b
which tickets will be issued, good fC
round trip, the return TO be made With
five days, at very low rates-less tina
half the regular fares. Cars will be SUI
piled at all the towns and stations to az
commodate such as may wish to go
local delegations. Arrangements hay
also been made for an extension of I'll
excursion, for such rs may desire to g
to either Astoria or the Dalles. III
entire double excursion can be MAD
within the five days covered by III
tickets. Rev. Mr.. Shaw, of Albany,
experimenting the arrangements.
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