The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-10
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boats to ascend IT'S far us Albany.
junction City had a fifty thousand dollar
fire last Saturday, which destroyed seven bus
mess buildings.
Mr.. Delano, Portland typo, has shipped as
a jolly tar, for the purpose of sailing the seas
| over to England.
sale of 10000 pounds of Oregon wool was
effected in San Francisco on the 18th inst. at
2l cents per pound.
The city of the Dalles was visited with a
light frost Monday night of last week. earlier
i'll the season than usual.
Hon. B. p. Anderson, long and favorably
known at Astoria, has fallen Il victim to the
yellow fever in Tennessee.
On the nth inst, the handsome horse, Path
finder, died at Wasco county, aged % years.
At one time lie sold for $4,000
In the Oregon legislature an effort is being
made for the enactment of a law that will rid
the state of the tramp nuisance.
The steamer Ohio was sunk on the Claca-
mas rapids last Friday, with 50 tons of wheat
on board, some of which is damaged.
The total loss in both warehouses caused
by the fire at Forest Grove was Sl4,425, of
which amount the farmers sustained a loss of
SS,025.
Yamhill county has raised potatoes this
year which weigh seven pounds each and it
has not been Il good season up there either
for potatoes
Orc Elmo hall in Portland and about half
the surrounding buildings i'll the block were
burned on Tuesday morning. Buildings all
old and insurance light
The Luckey brothers have rebuilt their
sawmill at Hood river which was destroyed
by fire in July, and are now cutting about
10000 feet Of lumber daily.
Owing to the low water stcamboatng on
upper willamette is not paying business at
present. The recent rains raised the river Il
triilc only, which is already run down.
The prospects of the salmon Matching es-
Ia blishmcnt of the Clacamas are very fattcr-
ing, and eight to ten million young salmon
will probably be turned out there this year.
Last Week Justice Bishop, of Pcndleton
held Youma, Asph and Qui-tit-tum, three In
dians to answer before the next grand
jury, on the charge of numbering George
Coggan
In Weston, Umatilla county, the people are
at their wits end on the water question, as
the creek is dry, the wells nearly so, and such
scarcity of water at that place there has never
been before.
The creditors Of Mr. HoXtcr, well known
merchant of Forest Grove, have attached his
property and closed his store, his liability be.
ing placed ut 100000, and his assets covering
not more than hall this sum.
No less than thirty barns with their con
tents have been burned IN the willamette val
ley this season. Most of this unusual de-
structon of valuable property is known to Lc
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about $li00.
ID. |. PAYNE. living near DAYTON. thresLcd
1143 bushels of wheat. machine measure frnm
20 acres of measured ,rround. lie thinks if
will nrohobly make 11GO bushels bv wri,rht
II was too ripe and badly shrllpd nv wind, he.
fore if was cut.
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