The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-24
HOME NEWS.

DS~No AoN scb through llie uraW-
bridge on the YamhiIl river.
The benefits Of Mr.. Vinson and Mr..
Cox were both largely attended.
Samuel Pierey will have a benefit this
friday evening at Oro Fino Theater.
The State Treasury now contains q
larger proportion Of silver than ever be-
fore.
During 1872 there were 125, ,995 tons Of
coal exported from Coos Bay to San
Francisco.
A monthly publication devoted to the
real estate interests, is soon to be started
at La Grande.
The salary oc the Superintendent of
Schools in Union county has been fixed
at $500 per annum.
Some Of the farmers of Linn county
are rejoicing in fields Of volunteer wheat
that promise muchly.
The new comedy Of School has been
upon the boards at the Theater, during
the past week, and the audiences are
very large
The winter schedule, as arranged for
the overland stage from Roseburg, Ore
goni to Redding, California, allows four
days for making the trip between these
two points
The printing Of the laws passed at the
last session Of the Legislature has been
finished by the State Printer, and the
volume can be had on application to the
Secretary Of State.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has
decided that the Oregon Volunteers who
served under Captain Jesse Walker and
Captain Nathan Olney, in 1854, are en-
titled to land warrants.
The Southern Oregon Steam Naviga-
tion Company have filed articles Of in
corporation and stock books are now
open. They propose to build a steamer
and run up the Coquille river.
a company has been incorporated in
Coos county Tor the purpose of building
narrow gauge railroad from Isthmus
Slough to the Coquille river. Capital
stock, 100000. Incorporators, Messrs.
Utter, Besse and Camman. Subscrip-
ton for stock is being solicited on the
Coquille and the Bay.
The Sentinel says the following figures
concerning our State lands embraces a
period of nearly two years: Number of
acres Of land sold of the 100000 acre
grant, l2S,742 20-1OOth acres. Notes
outstanding, s73,GiS IS. Interest paid
on notes during last two years, $50 "a. /
Notes paid in full, 81, 1872 81.
The Statesman says that Mr.. William
Ruble, Of Polk county, will address the
farmers and business men of Marion
and Polk counties at the Court House in
Salem, at one o'clock p. NJ, January
2Gth, on the general farming and busi-
ness interests Of the valley, and particu-
larly on the matter of a Farmers Trans
portation Company.
The Roseburg Panfagraph says: The
immense quantity Of copper, COAL
chrome, iron, and other minerals which
are found in abundance in southern Ore
gon, and only waiting for some means
of quick transportation, would produce
an income of untold wealth to the pro-
ducers, and be a source of eXhaustless
income to the State.
The officers of the Highland Farm
Club, for Marion, for 1873, are r. C..
Geer, President; X. L. Hibbard and L.
f. Mascher, Vice Presidents; T. w. Dav-
export, Secretary; b. Leonard, Treas
urer. At its last meeting the club dis
cussed the question: "RcsOlUed, That
raising grain for the market is not the
best policy for farmers in the Highland
district
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South, under the pastorate Of Rev. DIR.
Dawne, was organized in Salem last
Sabbath. Quite a number of ladies and
gentlemen went into the organization.
The enterprise is a missionary one under
the auspices of the Home Board of the
NJ. E. c. South. For the present they
hold services every morning and even
ing in the State Library, but intend
building a house of worship in the
spring.
The Times, Jackson county, says:
Sufficient rain has already fallen to in
dicate the character of the winter sea-
son. That it will not be a dry one is
certain. Farmers generally are so pos
tive of this that they have teen max
ing preparations for larger operations
than ever before. So far as known tC
us there is not a district in the county
suffering from lack of moisture. a ma
iority of the farmers have finished sow
ing, considerable grain already being
up, and the prospects are that Jackson
county will yield an immense harvest
The editor of the Dallas WoImtameer
who has been visiting the machain'
shops Of the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company; says: "From the general ap
pearance of things and from all we have
been able to learn on the outside, W.
are led to the conclusion that the com
pany anticipate great rush of business
the coming spring and summer. Th,
building Of the two hundred and sever
miles Of railroad from the CoIumbjs
river to Pen dOreille lake, will of itsel
require large amount of transnorta.
tion, to say nothing of the regular busi.
ness, and the company seems TO be bari
at work getting ready for it.D
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