, 1879-06-19
Oregon Items
has a fire company.

pOuSi1S NONl'tN
A large grain warehouse, with good cleaner,
is to be built AZ Amlty.
McMinnville people prosecute folks who
drive fast over bridges,
A large Touring mill is to he erected in the
vicinity of Camp Bidwell.
Big Appegate got one of the big hail storms
that were dropping around
Taylor Creek, Josephine county, is being
prospected to good advantage
summer Lake is improving and settling up
rapidly 10y good class of citizens.
The Greenbackers have an organized club ON
Red Prairie, over in Polk county.
The wheat yield this season in Lane county
will be the largest for many years.
Quartz miners in jackson and Josephine are
attracting great deal of attention.
Many emigrants from California are finding
their way to Walla Walla and vicinity.
The boys brought 4, 73O squirrel scalps to the
Auditor of Walla Walla county last week.
The miners OF Josephine county have been
afforded a better run than ever this season.
Col. S. G. Whipple, of Fort Klamath, is not
to be retired, but to continue in active SER
vice.
A Mrs. Wells attempted to commit suicide
by taking morphia few days ago at Perry
dale
Webber is Chief Engineer and c. H.
Stewart Assistant, of the Albany fire depart
ment.
Six dwelling houses have already been
erected in Roseburg and as many are to be
built this season.
Seventy-ive ounces of dust from an eighth
of an acre was what was cleaned up at the
Steam Beer diggings.
At Eugene Mr.. Burbank had his arm dislo-
Gated by the breaking of king bolt and run
ming away of team.
The Walla Walla Union tells of a cloud
burst that did great damage at Smiths Hol-
low, Columbia county.
Bob White quails are rapidly increasing in
Boise valley. The jackrabbits must go, or
there will not be room for them.
pected to live, and one of Mr.. NewDy's little
boys is very low with pneumonia.
Large droves Of cattle are vending their
way from Lane county to "new fields and
pastures green in Eastern Oregon.
The McMinnvile Reporter says a seven
year old son of s. Messenger was thrown from
wagon and received severe injuries.
A deer, chased by dogs, took refuge in the
farm yard of David Miller, and Mrs. Miller
captured her Yenison with ak and knife.
Much land in Lake county, that has been
used for sheep range, has lately been claimed
| by settlers, and sheepmen have to hunt fresh
pastures.
Mr.. w. j. Hill on the Moore farm, four
miles below Eugene has 800 acres in grain,
all of which looks well and promises an abund-
ant yield.
The click of sheep shears are now heard on
all sides. The wool crop in Douglas county
this year will be much larger than it has been
for several years past,
There has been n meeting at Jacksonville to
take steps to cooperate with citizens of Cres-
cent City, with regard to location of Harbor
of Refuge at that point.
The big OK of the coast is travelling south.
ward to Yreka. The Sentinel says it is nine
teen and half hands high, weighs two thou.
sand pounds, and is curiosity.
Arrangements are being made by which
through tickets from Drains to Roseburg, via
Coos Bay, can be purchased for $50. The
| traveller takes steamer at the bay.
Chas. E. Johnson, merchant at Sand
llOleS, INdnO, WIS illNi hlhCu Wy
named Hicks, who found fault with the
quality of whisky sold him by Johnson
There are now about 500 people settled in
the Wallowa valley-"the beautiful valley of
winding waters" as Ne2 Perces Joe calls it.
These patriots are going to have big celebra-
ton on the Fourth.
Mr.. Jas. Torrance of Spring Creek, near
Union schoolhousc in Walla Walla county,
has had crop of 20 acres of oats completely
destroyed by cutworms That the ground
looks as fresh plowed fallow field.
The Bar of Roseburg and other committees
managing the proposed celebration of the
forthcoming Fourth of july have selected
Gen Joseph Lane for president of the day,
Rev. J. r. n. Bell as marshal, Sydney Dell
as orator and Mr.. Cresswell as reader.
The Nucleus says: G. H. Marshall, of june
tion City, has 250 acres of wheat on Fern
Ridge which he says is going to be total
failure. In pulling up some of the wheat in
different portions of the field the roots appear
to be perfectly rotten.
One hundred and fifty Mongolians went up
on the Orient to Dayton, and out ON the
railroad to Sheridan. One hundred more are
expected soon. They are going to grub, and
rumors say some of them will work on the
railroad from Perrydale on.
During last Fall stranger hired horse
from the stable of Mr.. S. M. Titus, at Eugene,
and never returned the same. Last Sunday
Mr.. Titus recognized the animal on the street
in possession of another man, and on proving
ownership gained possession Of the animal.
The Baker City Democrat says: We ex-
amined a bar Of pure gold, weighing nineteen
hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy
six cents. This bar was the result of thirteen