, 1879-06-26
Oregon Items.

green peas in Powder River valley. ""'e
The school clerk in Jackson corn,v l..
collected all but 81 of this years taxes' AaS
Two Canyon City merchants cxchan,o,
rocks and bullets the other day. Nobody S.a
hurt "@
The Democrati, Times says JOAQUIN M,,o.
used to drive an OK team for the Phmniy .a..
mills. ''"
The wool crop in Douglas county il la,,o,
than ever before known, the wool of betsto.
grade. '''
Farmers are haying in Jackson county. Tho
crop will be larger than over before in th;s
valley. " wig
An excellent bridge has been built acro..
Griffin Creek, near the Dollarhidc place, Jack.
son county.
The State Line Herald says crops are I,ool
ing we'll in Langell valley, and there is an % IN.
crease of average.
Many lotsin The Dalles are worth more than
they were with the buildings that encumberei
them before the fire.
MIR. JAS. Ford, Of Luckiamutc, died Yrom
the effects OF limb of u tree falling on him
while cutting timber.
The Jacksonville Sentinel has informat;o,
that the wool clip Of Jackson county will ex-
ceed 100000 pounds.
Work is now progressing very rapidly en-
the West Side road, the graders being on the
East si,le Of the La Creole.
Mr.. Mace, Of Bear creek, jackson county
clipped $40 pounds of goats hair. The price
received was 30 cents per pound
The hills in Curry county are almost
covered with fine sheep, and the pastures, on
account of the abundant rains, are excellent.
Jehnny Rohr, of McMinnville, was kicked
| in the face by horse and fortunately escaped
with bruised face, and no permanent injury.
Mark Waters, of Looking Glass, wa.
thrown from u horse and sustained com.
pound fracture Of the left arm below the,
elbow.
The grain crop on upper Salt creek, Mill
creek, the Yamhll valley and tho hills north
| of Sheridan never looked rs we'll ut this time,
of year.
DR.. Aug. c. Kinney is getting some mag.
nticent coal specimens from the UNEMPLOYED
| regions surrounding Astoria. The more the
better.
Immigrants should remember to look into
Nehalem valley before settling. There are
homes there for Thousand families, free for
the taking
1t is thought that $4,000, iuiiciously OK,
pended, will place the Yakima wagon road in
condition for the passage Of wagons with
light freight.
Mrs. Y. Il. Hines, Of Crcsweil, in the alb.
sencc of her husband had u child two years
old fall into the we'll 1t clung TO the rope
and was drawn up.
Joe Smith, of Bucna Vista, has the contract
for furnishing the tmbers and lumber for tho
railroad bridge across the Luckiamute. This
will require about 225 900 feet.
The West Side railroad company has re-
ceived the right OF way for their road through
Polk county, withont being compelled to 70.
sort to litigation in single instance.
The Office Of Marshal at Junction goes .
begging. Geo. Witt, appointed at the last
meeting Of the council, refused to serve, and
j. r. Houston has been rendered tho Office.
An Oakland correspondent writes: The
grain crop prospect Of this section is very
tlattering and from present Indications the
yield will 10 larger than it has been for several
years.
The Canyon City News says: A man by
the name of William Manner ran away with
woman from near Prairie City, taking
with them S400 or $500. A reward Of $50 is
Offered for Mannen.
There is more travel on the road from
Portland 10 st. Jo this year than any preced
ing year since the track was put down. The
attention Of immigrants is being attracted to
facilities for locating on the West side.
The grave of Mrs. s. Chambers, tho emf
grant lady who was buried September Sd,
lS45, has been found two miles from Malheur
agency. The famous and long.sought blue
bucket dicgings are supposed to be in the
vicinity OF where she was buried
The contract for building the bridge across
the Umatila river, at Pendleton, was let last
Monday. Mays Il Zeigler were the lucky
bidders. They got the contract for ,SO0
which was low enough. Work was com
menced Immediately and the bridge will soon
be completed.
The Town Talk says: While all the ma.
chincry of tho Swartz mill was in buzz OF
business, the main saw, n sixty.inch circular
broke into two equal pieces, bending some
shaftng, but otherwise doing little damage.
The saw cost 5000, but in the press Of trade
the damage to Mr. Swartz is great Oh account
Of delay.
The Monmouth Messenger, speaking Of the
Alumni OF Christian College, says: Since
1913 iifty-four young gentlemen and young
ladies' have received their degree and entered
upon the active duties of life. One only Oh
this number has died. The remaining hfty,,
three are blessed with unimpaired health and
vigor
MIR. George Rinehart and son, living luss
above Cresswell, came near drowning while
fording the Coast Fork recently. The wagon
was carried by the current into deep water,
and there capsized, throwing them out n1o
the river, from which they escaped almoss
exhausted The horses, after swimming
down the stream for short distance, TOR