Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-11-01
STATE ITESM.

The FIRST wheat shipment of wheat
bv railroad, Walla WalEa aad Wallua
railroad took place Tuesday Oct 14th-
twenty>four tons from Cumming
Station, to Wallula. The length of
the trip was nine miles and it was
made in little over an hour. The
people of Walla Wala valley think the
affair q big thing and, of course, the
beginning of a new era"
The WaIla Walla Union of the 18th
of Oct. mentions the arrival of . nuua.
ber OF enigrants who have crossed the
plains the past season in the good old
fashioned waY-with OK teams. They
came from Illinois, Kansas and Iudi>
ana.
The Albany Brass band went out
serenading the other evening, and all
came home-happy.
A Post Office has been established
as Little Elk, Benton County, with
Mr.. E. III. Baker as Postmaster.
The Chinese in Astoria have become
somewhat heightened, having pur-
chased and equipped sloop for their
own private use.
A jockey club has been formed in
Grande Ronde Valley, and on the
11th, 18th, 18th of November the
Fall races will come off.
A pawn brokers' shop has been
opened at Salem, and b'hoys are only
awaiting the owner thereof to secure
the license to give him call and greet
him as "unele.'
DR.. Dawne informs the Statesman
of the fourishing condition of the
Agricultural College at Corvallis.
There are between two hundred and
seventy FIVE and three hundred students
there at the present time. The
prospects of the College were never
better.
Tke Statesman complains Of danger
Gus pitfalls for foot passengers, caused
by excavations made for the reception
of gas and water pipes. But what are
these compared to the pitfalls in that
city during State Fair week.
The Jacksonville Sentinel man
thinks he has dead thing on wood
thieves" He has no wood to steal.
The Fall term of the Circuit Court
for Josephine county, Judge Prim
2resi ling, convened at Kirbyville last
Monday.
An elopement from the classic
rigions cf Champoeg, in Marion coun-
ty, is related in the Statesman. The
parties were a Miss Hunt and a Mr..
Riley. They were hotly pursued,
and are now luxriating in hymenial
bowers.
immigration to the Goose Lake coun
try has not been near so large as had
been anticipated, the war having
deferred many from going there who
had written to their friends last Fall
that they intended to come this season
There is nothing now in that whole
region to cause alarm.
The Statesman of the Gath say: I,
is astonishing to see the amount of
business that is being done at these
mills at the present time; whoat is
rolling in and flour rolling out by hun~
hundreds OF tons every week. Mr..
Kinney told US yesterday that they
are turning out four hundred and fifty
barrels, or forty FIVE ton of -four daily,
During the present week, sud previous
to yesterday, they SHIPPED four thous-
and barrels. or four hundred tons of
-four to Portland, when it will be re-
shipped, per steamer Ajax to San
Francisco. They are now making up
q cargo for England, which will be
shipped rs soon as 1t can be ground.
We were also told by Mr.. Kinney
that the Company have just put in
one new stone at the mill, and have
another neatly ready, which will be in
use iu few days. They will also have
a chop stone running in about week
and when in full blast thcy expect
to turn out 500 barrels of flower pc
day with ease.
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