, 1879-10-16
Oregon Items.

| An extensive forest hre IS destroying much
valuable timber in the mountains southwest
of Lmkville.
1t is said not to be gold, but copper with
| which the floor of the ocean is paved inside
the Coos bay bar
The Ashland ndings says: Capitalists
from ab'oad have offered 100000 for the
Squaw Lake Ditch Companvs diggmgs
-Four of 5. c. Taylor's horses were found
dead ON the range Il few miles north of Phu.
niN, this week. No cause for their death.
Myrtle Creek keeps up its reputation this
week with the performances of young hood.
Ium named HensakCr, who is being duly con.
vctgd and fined.
Mr.. Wood, the gentleman so seriously in
jnred 10y log rolling over Inn at Ashland a
few weeks ago, died Sunday and was buried
the following day.
The Independent says; The majority of
our fanncrs-in fact, all who can afford to do
so-are storing their grain, and viii wait for
higher prices before selling.
The Douglas Independent saws that Pitcher.
head sa vyer at Tpton's mill, had his arm
sawed oil. John Upton, in going for doe.
tor, rode 2l miles in 70 minutes.
Preparations are being made to start a Dem.
ocratic paper at Lakeview sometime during
the coming Winter, to 'plant good seed7
for the next Presidential campaign
The roads toward Goose Lake Valley, in
Southeastern Oregon are lined with emicrants
in all kinds of vehicles, going to Lake county, ,
in the vicinity of Lakeview and the valleys
nocthward.
John Purdue, of Douglas county, isthe loser
of 500 head of sheep They disappeared sew.
eral days ago, and the owner does not know
whether they have strayed or been stolen.
He has five men out, securing the country.
but at the present writing no trace of them
has been found.
A Looking-glass correspondent writes The
harvest is over and the threshing about all
completed in this valley The farmers,
though not raising as much wheat as they ex-
pected have little cause to complain, as it is
conceded by good authority that there is as
much, or more, wheat raised here as there was
last year.
The Jacksonville Times says: The assess.
ment roll shows that Ma ior II. +. Barron is
the heaviest taxpayer in the county, paying
on S22, $40 G. c. Beekman coming next
with $4,000. Several others follow closely
after.
Parties who have correspondence with
Representative Whiteaker will confer a favor
on him by addressing him at Eugene City, in
stead of Pleasant Hill as heretofore.
The Guard says; The market at Eugene
continues to advance, and 81 cents per bushel
is now freely offered and paid. One year ago
at this date wheat was worth only IS cents
per bushel.
Oscar Knox, of Cottage Grove, had a stroke
of paralysis one day last week. He was rid
ing on horseback at the time and fell from
his horse, receiving quite jar and injuring
him seriously.
Looking glass is looking up, and can boast
Of two good stores, two saloons, hotel and n
livery stable, in process of construction. A
good school is kept IN operation from nine to
ten months of tine year.
Mr.. Berrigans party of loggers on the head.
waters of the Calapooia last week put into the
creek with two teams 2S5,000 feet of beauti.
full saw logs, and they claim that such work
has never been equaled on this coast.
John Harvey, of McMnnevlle, had his
face badly singed and his eyes nearly blown
out by the premature discharge of a gun,
few days ago. He was quite blind for
while after the accident, but happily the inju-
ry did not prove as serious as it might have.
The Yamhill Reporter says: A great deal
of wheat has changed hands, during the
week, when the price was up, but since the
decline no sales of any consequence are being
made. At one time during the week buyers
were paying 81 04 per bushel for wheat with
sacks, but last evening the demand was weak
at 81. SO it will probably remain until an
other vessel load is wanted. Our farmers are
willing to sell for one dollar, clear of sacks,
but only in cases OF necessity will they sell ut
present figures.
Milton has a new two story school-house.
Weston is to have high school. The ser.
vices of Prof. T. & Taylor have been secured
| to conduct it.
| MIR. John Walker has raised, on his ranch,
in the vicinity of Weston 900 bushels of
wheat, oats and barley and the average OF
40 bushels to the acre.
The editors and publishers of Eastern Ore.
gon, and Washington and Idaho Territories
have formed journalistic union, and propose
to meet annually for the purpose of consulta.
tion for their mutual benefit. ..... ......
There is talk of establishing an academy at
The Dalles. 1t is claimed that Wasco county
spends an average of 5000 year in the val
| ley towns for education of higher order,
which might as well be provided at home.
East Oregonian G.. w. Lang, the noted
cattle king, who drove several thousand head
Of cattle from Eastern Oregon last Spring,
made the drive in about five months and lost
several head, arrived ON Sundays stage from
Keton, coming from Cheyenne. He will re-
main about one month, gather up what few
We're lost, and contract for number more
which he will receive next Spring.
The trial trip Of the new lighthouse steam
or Manaanita, recently launched at Baltimore,
and intended for service in this district, took
place September 9th, on Chesapeake bay, and