The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-11-15
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the Eugene City Guard.
w. II. Byars has withdrawn from
the ROseburg Pldindoaler.
A great many hogs are being paoket
in various parts Of the State.
The Jacksonville papers speak in th'
highest terms of MorrePs minstrels.
The salmon run on the Siuslaw an,
the Umpqua continues nndiminished
Work has been suspended on all the
Cinnebar loads on Beaver Greek, Jack
son county. aaas
1900 pounds of rock from the For
Lane quartz mine recently yieldeC
$2l6 in gold.
Three hundred tons of salmon wal
shipped on the Cassie 7eItair from the
Siuslaw last week,
John Ashmead, of Rogue river
raised 1000 bushels of corn on five
acres of land, this year.
Entries Of timber land under thu
'40-acre" law are very numerous at tbs
Walla walla land Office.
Coos Bay is swarming with salmon
and the Nelcs wants to know why they
are not caught and canned. tee
The Eugene Guard says there has
been more fall wheat sown in lane
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county this year than ever before.
Mexican dollars bought in San Fran.
cisco for SO cents, are passed on the
peOr1e Of Coos Bay for 100 cent dol.
lars.
Mr.. Sale, Of Baker county, raised
40,0 900 pounds of turnips on one acre
this season. Ten Of them fll q wheat
sack. fa'tai t's
"a party by the name Of Johnson
has just left Jacksonville, horse and
$50 ahead of too cOn6ding acquain-
tanee. rs. ssiff
The population Of stevens county,
south of the Spokane river, has doubled
within the last six months, According
to reliable authority.
II. York, Of Josephinei county, gath
cred from one acre OF corn riingt five
bushels, his whole crop averaging
about sixty bnshels 10 the acre. .-aaha
There are 100000 feet Of lOgu
now in boom near the mouth Of the
skagit river, awaiting a favorable
opportunity 70 be towel 70 market:
Rev. H. Lyman. of Pacific uniSer'
sity, has returned from Walla iWalla
and is in very feeble health. Ills son,
W. D. Lynnsn, is tsashing 10 his place.
Clark Smith, U. s. deputy surveyor,
left Cornelius Nov. Sd, 1873, with a
crew Of men, for his surveying con
tract on the Yaquina, in Western Ore
gOn. d..
Linkyille, the old pioneer town Of
the Lake country. is growing rapidly.
No less than half dozen new build
ings are now going up and we hear Of
many more 70 arise in the near future.
There are twenty.four counties in
Washington Territory, containing .
population of $4,000, and yet the tax.
able property for 1873 s quoted at
.$ls,93O,9 ,9G4, or about ss7o per head.
The Pacific Threshing Machine Co.'S
works and foundry at Salem were sold
at auction on last Friday. Thomas
Holman was the principal i'parchaaer,
he having bought tho finished and I'M
finished horse powers; he procured
them at extremely Low figures. The
stovs patterns and fasks were Purt
chased by John Patterson who intends
to resume the uanufacture OF stoves- 8
Geo. w. Snyder and A. R.qR.3 Spy'
der are now equal partnsrai nnder the
firm name Of Snyder Brothers, in the
publication of the YdstGi1 County Re
porter and the Lgfayetts Courier, and
in the general job aud publication bnsif
ness appertaining to tho two Offices.
GeO.'W. Snyder will hereaftef"be the
manager of the Reporter, a4d A. ". p.
Snyder will be Managers Of fbesCOnrisr.
Pendleten oEgdeBsssdeaG.os Work on
the dGartz mines, IS is2ptogffe4singg. The
Monumental Go. are q working 4 S hands
having run their tunnel over 100 feet,
and'aFe now running an uPraisO foV the
purpose of ventilation. 9Lis company
intend to prosecute their work through
out the wintsr, and erect n mil ! snext
spring. The Ratler and phil Sllarir
dan mines are aIl50 Icing worked t6ka
considerable extspt. e woa4 5'nob |.
+ Col, Hogg adSettisest in the Corvallis
GaTetts as follows 4sG Proposal viii bs
received by the undersigned stl his
ohiesain Corvallis, Oregon, forl getting
out and delivering "a 900 railroad ties
ON or Bef0re the 1st day Of Jun June. ]. $40.
Said ties to be eight tlO feet long, Aatted TED
on two sides, to face eight inches, five
inches thick aid to Be tdeiiveked 81
points to be agreed upon, on the line Of
the first ten miles .of, tie Willamette
Valley and Coast Railroad Proposals.
should state. where contractor, prefer to
deliver ties, and the price Of tics lsliy-
cred at such preferTsd point,a s6ass n