The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-14
G5e }ie'u Mort5west.
=. MARCH II, 1873.
HOME NEWS.

The School Fund for distribution in
Lane county this year is S4,379 %.
A fine coal mine has been discovered
d few miles below Auburn, Eastern
Oregon.
The Albany Collegiate Institute will
close a successful term tonight with a
public entertainment.
AnIllinoisian writes to the Statesman
that he is astonished to find that news
paper is printed "away out in that wild
country, Oregon"
The Services of Miss Nail, a graduate
Of the University at Salem, have been
secured as assistant teacher in the dis
triet school at Jacksonville.
The new paper at Coos Bay will be
called the Coos Bay Ne3cs. It was said
that the first number would have been
issued on Thursday yesterday Of this
week.
The Corvallis College is undergoing
repairs and changes in the rooms to bet
ter accommodate the pupils, and at the
same time add to the convenience Of the
teachers. The institution is i'm 4 very
fiourishing condition.
The San Francisco Bulletin saws Of S.
c. Adams synchronologicaI chart: as.
c. Adams, Of Salem, Oregon, teacher
Of long and varied experience, is the in
ventor Of a synchronological chart, ap-
proximating to skeleton of the worlds
history, that challenges the admiration
Of all educational men who have in
spected or carefully studied its fea-
lures" "Mr.
Adams has been engaged upon this i'm
portant work for several years, begin
ming it for the purpose of illustrating
his historical lectures, and now his
chart is finished he finds that he is in
possession Of valuable invention. 1t
was exhibited in the rooms of the Board
of Education and ELECTED highly favor
able remarks from all the gentlemen
present"
The following educa tional appeal is
made by Judge Chenoweth to citizens
Of Benton county: 1t is known to you
that the Legislature of Oregon has per-
manently located the State Agricultural
College at Corvallis in your county. To
secure this location the members of the
Legislature from Benton county and the
friends Of the enterprise pledged TO the
7 T.aOfclafara fbof tho oftf1apc nf Ila,f,r
county would purchase a suitable farm.
Two years ago a farm of thirtv-five
acres, adjacent to the town was pur-
chased and decided to the College for
agricultural purposes, at a cost of s., 800.
$500 has been paid; $500 more is on
available subscription, and the remain
ing $500, with interest, remain unprO-
yided for. Unless this amount can be
promptly secured, the mortgage will be
fOreclOsed, and we will not only loose
the land but all that has been paid upon
IT, aud, in our judgment, also the Agri-
cultural College"
The AlbaAy and Astoria Farmers
Company incorporated at Albany on
the lst. The capital utock of the Com
pany is fixed at $4,000, shares, S25
each. The business, according to the
articles Of incorporation, will be to ''con-
struet, build, equip and run steamboats,
barges, and all kinds of water crafts
and the same to operate upon the vii.
lamette. river, in the State of Oregon
from the mouth to the head thereof, anC
so far as the same is, may, or shall be
navigable with its tributaries; and also
the Columbia river from its mouth tC
its head, or so far rs the same is, may
or shall be navigable, together with its
tributaries, in transporting upon said
Willamette and Columbia rivers anC
their tributaries, and upon the higt
seas, up and down and upon the same
passengers, freight or other things, as
is done by common carriers. Also, tC
build, own, and have warehouses
wharfs, docks and boat landing, and re-
ceive, store and transport any and al
kinds of grain, produce, or other thing:
susceptible Of storage and transporta.
ton, and to charge therefor in any man.
ner not contrary to law; to purchase
take, acquire, and hold lands, moneys
or other property, real and personal, anC
to sell, cucumber, mortgage, or convey
the same, or any part thereof to the us,
of the corporation. The termination o
the enterprise and scope of the business
of the corporation shall be co-eXtensiv
with the State Of Oregon, and its navi
CATION Of the streams in the article
mentioned shall be from the mouth c
the Columbia river in said State Of Ore
gon, to the head thereof, with its tribu
taries, and from the mouth Of the VIII
lamette river, in the State of Oregon, &
the head thereof, together with its trib
utaries." The principal place of bust
ness is Albany, and Martin Luper, J
R. Mcclure, F. S. Powell, Philip Low
G.. w. Vernon, f. +. Tanning, c. !
Burkhart and G.. A. Barber are ineol
porators. The following named person
were appointed to open books and re
ceive subscriptions: J. r. Mcclure
Philip Low, G. w. Vernon, f. s. Powel
and +. +. Tanning.