Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-20


A party of excursionists in True
kee are making arrangements to
scale the summit of Castle Peak on
the 4th of July next. Castle Peak
IL situated about four miles north Of
Summit Station. The mountain Is
nearly 1000 feet high, and higher
than any other Of the Sierfas In that
region. EE 20
One of the finest vineyards and
fruit orchards In al southern Cali
fornia is that Of LII. Rose, known
as Sunny Slope, near San Gabriel.
Nj. Rose has been there thirteen
years, and has 1000 acres of choice
land, well watered by large springs,
which are permanent. He hAs 1885,
ono vines in full bearing; $1,000 or
ange, lemon and other trees in full
bearing, $50 English walnut, and in
all at least IL 1000 choice trees of all
all kinds. The grand Orange ave-
nue. over half q mile in length, lead
ing from the road to the house, Is
lined with orange trees its whole
length.
ARIZONA.
Arizona wants Q Government as
say Office.
Three qaartz mills and about 20
arastras are now working gold rock
in Yayapal county reducing between
200 and $50 tons Of rock each week.
The Prescott (Arizona) Miner
says jack and oottOn-tan rabbits
have increased wonderfully all over
the Territory since the government
took to feeding Indians and citizens
have made it their sacred duty to
kill coyotes.
A gentleman who recently ar
rived at Prescott, Arizona, reports
that the different focks of sheep on
the Little Colorado river and its
tributaries numbered, when he was
there, about 4O,000, and more were,
every week, being driven in from
New Mexico.
MONTANA.
The u~nrelenting grasshopper con-
tinues to do sad havoc in the
Prickly Pear valley, and fears are
expressed that the crops will be al
most entirely destroyed
A Montana paper says 1t is proba-
BILE the Utah Northern Ra.lrOad will
be extended to Marsh Valley, and
not improbably to Snake river, this
year, yia byx.u
The cash deposits In the Helena,
Montana, banks were probably new
er greater than at present. In the
burglar proof safes of q single one of
them is $40, 0O0-currency depos-
its.
Mining has been commenced in
all the camps in Deer Lodge COun-
ty, Montana, but the supply Of water
In many places, is still short, con-
sequently but little has been done
towards taking out money. Z
Montana stock men are driving
no less than seven herds Of fat cat-
tie, numbering 1900 head, to the
Utah and Nevada markets, travel
ing the old road by way Of Ban.
mack, Salmon river and Lsmhi,
where they find plenty Of grass.
A Montana paper says, "The de-
s~truction Of crops by grasshoppers
have already commenced. The
army that came into this valley last
summer, too late, however, to do
much damage then, deposited their
eggs, and now the earth's alive with
young ones, which have attained
sufficient growth TO lay waste the
young and promising. crapss Of our
farmers.1
The opening Of the Wallowa VAL
ley for settlement, IL . great good
for the future prosperity Of Eastern
Oregon.
The Knappton Mills have secured
q contract for furnishing 224,0OO
feet Of lumber, for the new wharf
extension.
Twenty-seven steamboats, are
now regularly employed below the
mouth of the Willamette, on the Co
lumbia river, including the four As
tOria tugs,
VIM. Royals, Of Soap creek, Benz
ton county, Is now. having con-
struoted Q canal one hundred and
twenty-five rods long, seven feet
wide and four and one-half feet
deem; for the purpose of transport
ing wheat from his farm a. inc
Willamette river at GallOway's
warehouse.
For sometime past the panthers
have been preying upon Ari Can.
trells Angora goats near Corvallis.
A few days ago he killed one
measuring nine feet In length. On
the following day he bagged one a
foot longer, and two days after John
Vineyard, q neighbof, killed one
measuring nine feet In length.
The heavy rains Of last week
have caused considerable damage to
fa.l-sown wheat in the northern
cOuSties of Oregon. In Southern
Oregon wheat is in excellent con-
ditiOn and viii give an immense
yield, providing the rainfall Is not
too heavy. Crops east Of the noun
tains are threatened by myriads of
crickets. The surplus Of wheat in
the State IL small.