The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-08-04

VIII Ue FatSeu On some farms round
about" Vancouver.
G. w. Dunlap, at the residence Of
Uncle Billy Moore, in Umatilla county.
attempted to hang himself to an apple
tree last week.
The Eugene baseball jugglers are
practicing tor the State Fair tourna-
ment.
The station agents ofthe Oregon and
California Railroad Company will not
accept of trade-dollars-in business.
A sand-hill crane, who has apparent
ly lost all ipterest in cranedom, has as
sociated himself with the geese on q
Douglas county ranch, and to all intents
and purposes concluded to make
goose of itself.
The Mercury says: "For about
year past two practical miners have
been prospecting for god in the noun
tains along the Santiam river. These
men, named respectfully Frank U. Hull
and A. j. Patison, have persisted in
their search through thesswinter's snow
and rain and summers heat with varied
results. Last fall they struck upon
bar about two miles south of Quartz
vile, which yielded them very encour-
aging prospects. They have since sue
ceeded in interesting some of their
friends in the matter, who, after visit
| ing the mine and surroundings, became
Econviuced that it would pay to open
and work it. They then took the init
iativs to organize and Incorporate a
company. They have obtained over
60 per cert oftic stock. and on the 22d
inst. the stockholders held meeting in
the law office Of w H. Holmes, Esq,
in Salem. and organized the ssMount
Lookout Mining Co" by electing J.
W McGrew, a. J. PatiSon and Fl. n.
Y. Holmes board of directors. The
directors then elected ]. w. McGrew,
president: w. H. Holmes, secretary;
H. n. Y. Holmes, treasurer, aud Prank
FL. Hull, superintendent.
The following are tie footings of the
assessment roll of WaTla Walia county
for the present year. The total assess
ed value of the real and personal prop
erty of the county is 81, 500. .12o. The
amount of stock assessed in the county
is as follows: Horses, 5,2S1; mules,
232; cattle, II, 147: sheep, 13 ,233; hogs,
1929. The number of acres of timothy
is 1,774;. wheat, 21,000; this is aside
| from the large amount cut for hay; Bar
/ ley, 5,120; Oats, 1900; Corn, 10; fruit
trees, GOO. Number of Touring mills
in operation. s. Whole number of per-
sons assessed, 1912. The present pop
ulation of the county is estimated at H.
900.
A letter in the Statesman contains
the following, written by one who has
just returned from Eastern Oregon:
The uplands of Eastern Oregon and
Washington Territory are good grain
lands. saw them harvesting last week
in different fields, and they told me
| that their wheat was going fifty bushels
to the acre. So far as | could learn,
this was the average. / am sure that
If they get this wheat to the Portland
market this fall they will crowd the
market.
The Salem 1Hercury of last Friday
says: The rumor is c1rreut on our
streets to-day that a well known citizen
had eloped with his sister-in-law. GER
tain dashing grass widow, who but re-
Gently was connected with notorious
| mail robbery case. He leaves behind
a wife and three children in rather des-
titute circumstances. It is said that the
guilty pair were accompanied in their
flight by another citizen. whose matri-
monial relations have not been very
pleasant and agreeable of late, and that
his irate spouse, on learning Of his es-
eapade, left this morning III hot pursuit.
If she catches him, we doubt not but his
already scanty capillary adornment will
be further reduced IN proportion"
The Union county Sentinel says:
"On Saturday as T. J. Hits was return
ing from the Warm Springs on the
Thomas RuckIe road, where he bad
been for the purpose of conveying Mrs.
Ellsworth and family, his team took
fright and started to run, and getting
the advantage of Mr.. Hilts, threw him
ont and completely demolished the bug
gy. Sam ] ODE came along soon after,
driving the stage, and found Mr.. Hits
lying in the road entirely unconscious.
He was breRght. to town, and although
seriously brnsed, it was thought he
would be all right in a few days
i The Lafayette Coetrter of the goth
says: "Young Chenette, of uiflsboro,
loigged in Jail last night at this place
for stealing horse from some one at
Wapato lake. He says ESQ we are IN
formed that he wanted TO go to friends
house and seeing horse handy. Thought
it best to ride. lie had an examination
at North Yamhill, and in default OF
bonds, was committed
The Indian chiefs. How-Iish-swam- -po,
We-nap-snoot and Young chief. of the
Umatilla reservation, were each paid
last week their annual payment of $500
) by Agent Gornoyer. Young Chief re-
ceives the payment which Homely for.
teited by tot divorcing all his wiye.
) but one.
Ochot.o boasts of two sawmiIis both