, 1879-07-10
Oregon .,t,ems.
The Mckenzie road is clear of snow

ley val
The Willamette is below boating stage =.
Harrisburg. ~
Crops about Goshen look well, FAX bo;r,.
IN full bloom. '0"'s
The salem Town Talk deserves its pouo
for it is iul OF items. name
\ new building is Don to be creotod g..
McAinnvillc College. 'of
BY the lst of August the Mimic Pas, mor,
tam road will be opened to the foot Of Momt
Jefferson. ''
The Riverside says the grading on tho West
HiGe roab IS beng pushed ahead rapidly to.
ward the Lack iamutc.
The Goshen and Pleasant Hill Warchouoo
TO, nave elected W. =. billiard, A. j. Keccv
and {. ID. Allen rs trustees.
The Sheridan correspondent of the po
porter says that the plum crop of that vi.
cinlty is u comparative failure.
Prof Catch has been elected Professor of
English Literature, and Prof. Collyer of
Chemistry at the State University
j. Clasgctt of Independence, was knocked
senscless by Il piece of timber, while working
on the railroad bridge at Independence.
a gold mine has been struck in tho bio
canyon west of Dallas. Assays of surface
rock have been made which shows about five
dollars to the ton.
The frame work Of the new pavilion at the
Fair Ground. Salem, is up. Mr.. Potter, the
contractor, is pushing the work forward as
rapidly as possible, and expects to have the
building completed before the specified time
The Harrisburg Nucleus says: AS T..
Hayes was going to the picnic at Roberts
Bridge with his family in wagon, two little
twin boys were standing up and in some man.
ncr one OF them was thrown out under The
wagon and both wheels passed over its head,
injnrins it so that it died shortly after
The Town Talk says: A friend has Just re-
turned from little excursion to Howell
lraries and Pudding river. He states that
the entire crops in those districts promise
well. IL great many fields the wheat
stands SIX feet high, with large heads and but
little of it lodged The fruit crop is good,
Hay fair. Never did the country appear
more charming
a gentleman who has been travelling
through Marion county considerably Of late,
" very enthusiastic over the general business
outlook. tlc reports improvements in con.
temptation on every hand. mill teams con.
stantly employed in making and delivering
lumber for fencing and building purposes. At
Swartz' mill from ten to twenty teams load
daily for Salem, Silycrton and other settle.
ments. The new saw and plancr both work
to charm and the mill turns out 5000 feet
OF splendid lumber daily.
The Blue Ribbon folks mt Roseburg have
shut down business until next FALL
An migrant train of - wagons passed
through Roscburs one day last week.
Sampson Suthcrlin is going to start store
at Fair Oaks, eight miles RON Oakland.
Mr.. No!lard was severely injured at Oak.
land last week by his horse falling upon him.
Lucky MIR. llolgkins of Democrat Gulch,
Josephine county, cleaned up $500 in weeks
run.
The Tidings tells n sad tale of an emigrant
family in distress, the father dying of con.
sumption.
Peaches around Ashland are spotted but
the fruit is not seriously damaged to all ar-
pcarances.
a box containing a human skeleton was
found among the hay in Sawyer's stable at
kerbyvillc, recently by u tcamstcr.
The Ashland Tidings says the horse crop in
jackson county is good, as farmers are rails
ing large number of good colts.
II. l.. Cavit and Lafc Engles left Roseburg
last week for the purpose of completing a
stock trail from this valley to the military
road east Of the mountains. This trail was
completed last Summer to the East Umpqua,
at which place these parties will commence
work.
The Roseburg Independent says: A full
force of workmen are engaged in work at the
pllirL silva. n and th., orn npu rnfn nrt
are being pushed toward completion as fast as
possible. Soon The mining will commence in
good earnest and we hope with excellent re.
suits. The mine is situated about ninc miles
east of Oakland.
Canyon City is to have u new post office
built to order.
Baker county had 225,OO0 pounds of wool
for sale this year.
The sheep men of Birch Creek and vicinity
are driving their sheep to the mountains.
1t is estimated that %, 900 to 30, ,0G0 bush
els Of wheat remain in first hand ut Walla
Walla.
The Idaho Statesman is very anxious to
have an agricultural fair held at Boise City,
this Fall.
A six.ycarold son Of II. A. Rice, who lives
on the Walla Walla, fell from tree and broke
both bones of his right arm near tho wrist.
a daily stage line has been established be.
tween Pendeton and Umatilla, which will be
great n convenience to the travelling public.
G. w. France, convicted of killing iHaven,
in n dispute about land, was sentenced ut
Dayton, W. IT,, to hard labor in the pentcn.
tiary for ten years.
The steamer Annie Faxon came in collision