, 1878-05-22
OREGON NEWS.

c,terpillars are troubling fruit trees
oh the sound.
Travel to the upper country con-
6pues unabated'
a The Touring mills at McMinnville
hive been burned
ATinn county proposes to build a
&idre across Muddy.
4 The farmers in the vicinity of Salem
te praying for more rain
R;ne strawberries have made their
.bnearance rr in the Salem market.
4 The wool crop of 1873 has already
hmmenceG to come down the Colum-
Ea river.
The 6remen of Salem intend giving
nrand bail ON the evening of the 4th
July.
u A few of the new dollars, used as
,cket pieces only, have arrived at
Vancouver.
4 The celebrated case lof Delaney VS..
\ all has been decided in favor of the
kfendant.
1The city council of Vancouver have
Sted an appropriation of $500 for
&rk improvement.
\ The Salemites are making extensve
Heparations already for grand cele-
&ation on the 18th of July.
Y The Pacific telegraph line is now in
Nod working order from Union to any
Art of the United States.
The Salem hook and ladder company
mye voted donation of $50 towards
elebrating the 4th Of July.
MGeo. Nolan has been arrested at the
Males for robbing man of $l6S.
Milling to give bail, he was committed.
THE bridges on the line of the O. &
Mr.. r. have recently been examined,
Nd where needed, repairs are to be
Made.
Independence, Polk county, is rap
Y improving. Thirty new buildings
ve been erected during the past
Mar, and others are going up.
NAustralian coal and shale are used
light the streets and houses of
lem. A long way to ship, but the
icle seems better adapted than our
0ne Goals.
The bridge over the Mckenzie, in
Ane county, will be of three spans,
1 the largest this side of the Rocky
Suntains.
Col. James Fulton, of the Dalles, has
NJ his band of unbroken horses, con-
In, of between five and six hundred
S, for the sum of $4,000, to Y. M.
4cs, of Gervais, Marion county.
Sixty tons of Oregon hops will be
Npped on the next steamer for New
rk. Our soil and climate are well
Rpted to growing an excellent article
hops, and the crop is found to be
Ny profitable.
NJ. B. Baird has started with drove
&bout 200 head of horses, in search
Hnarket. Mr.. Baird's horses are all
Pd animals, raised in Union county,
in case he finds fair cash market
realize him quite an amount.
LAST week Mr.. p. Schulze, land
fnt Of the Oregon Central railroad
hpany, and Mr.. Brotherton, attorney
the bondholdcrs of the road, paid
bfvallis visit, and on the 1st of May
Kompanied by Col. James Kinney,
Void railroad contractor, made trip
fthe line of the road, in carriage,
m Corvallis to st. Joseph. The
fer place is at present the terminus
the road. Messrs. Schulze and Broth
pm were perfectly delighted with
country along the proposed rail
II route, and expressed the firm
eviction that the road would be pros
pted with vigor early next spring.
order to secure this object, Mr..
Ptherton will at an early day make
up to Germany for the express pur-
OF laying this matter before the
pdholders, and urging the compile
OF the road to junction with the
c. R. r.
:e'tchville is really commenced, and
us natural advantages is bound to
an extensive commercial place from
t'me forward. There are eight
iaings to be erected immediately
store Tor general merchandise, a
ooi house, a new postoffice, a large
~ house and four dwelling houses.
vicinity is well settled, and il is
cry favorable point from which TO
gram. Ii is the most fertile part