The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-07
NEWS ITEMS
STATE AND rERnlroRr.,

SLATE AND TERRITORIAL
Inc Glencoe grist-mill is being rabns,
Seattle will have new oaas. 5,l- ou-'.'
.vare,a dre nop crop on the Sound is less tb- -r
good this year. ''''s Is unu'ua by
Willamette University is stu utt
out President. WIN
/ Wheat has been damaged bv rr.,
/ Douglas county.
| Hon. r. P Earbsri aud family L...
gone 10 IiNac0. W 4.
Boats eau soon 90 10 further up the
l Willamette than Salem
y number of substantial dwellings are
being built at Vancouver.
Chill club wheat has been damaged to
some extent in Linn county.
Coos Bay imports peaches and fresh
vegetables from san Francisco.
Good beaver dam land can be had two
aud One-half miles from Seattle.
Crops around Lewiston are almost all
harvestedi the yield is immense.
Harvest wages are 81 80 per day iu
the neighbOrhOOd Of Jacksonville.
Geo. G. Hewitt shot and killed A
Smith at Port Blakely on the 5th.
The Dalles has received its third class
Amoskeag fire engine. IL II is called
Jackson No. 1.
Many farmers in the vicinity of lIc-
Minnville are in need of room for taking
care Of their hay.
A great many hOmesteads are being
taken up in Washington county. More
good land remains.
Mr.. Jesse George has sold his Seattle
residence to Mr.. VIM. Walker, of Port
Townsend, for $4,000.
Mrs. VIM. Jackson, Of HillsbOro, was
seriously Injured last week by being
thrown from a carriage.
1t is said the acreage Of grain sowu
in Washington county this year Is 80
per cent greater than last.
A sack Of flour with a bottle Of whis-
key in it is called "skoOkum flour by
Eastern Washington Indians.
Ashland school district has vo ed q
ten-mill tax for the purpose Of purcaas-
ing lots and building a school-hOusa.
The assessed valuation of property in
Walla Walla county, w. T., is 3, 957, $50,
an increase of S256, $50 over last year.
The Astoria police court does au i'm
mence business. Tie daily docket
numbers from eight 10 eighteen offend
ers.
Mr.. Levi Smith has bought Mr. Hines
residence in Forest Grove for Sl,2l).
Mr.. H. paid l,OOO for it less than "a year
ago.
The bark Gem Of the Ocean, from Se-
attic for San Francisco, has gone ashore
on NaunnnUar leland Tho EnfTra crow
escaped.
Hon. NJ. Wilkins, President Of the
State Agricultural Society, says the rust
in wheat Will not do very much damage,
and that it is sporadic.
A lake of wonderful beauty, which re-
mains full at all seasons, although 10 has
no visible source of supply, exists on
the hill two miles and half from Em-
pire City.
Colonel Bernard has found Indians ia
the vicinity of the Big Payette Lake.
Catley's squad was defeated by the T.
diaus on the 2Sth ult. FarrOw, with
his company of Indians, will join Ber-
nard, and they will seek the hOstiies.
a man named Elliott recited the verse,
"Wine is a mOcker, strong drink is
raging at Sunday school in Cottage
Grove recently. A salOOu-keeper took
offense and assaulted him after the
meeting, for which be was fined $50
and costs.
It is considered that the most impOr-
taut discovery Of iron ore yet made Oh
the Pacific coast is that at Port Town
send, w. T. The mine is a quarter of
mile from fifteen fathoms of water THE
bay is land-locked aud secure, afiOrdiug
excellent facilities for shipping.
A salt bed of great extent has recently
been discovered at the upper end of
Warner Lake, from which is taken salt
Of the finest quality for table and dairy
use. Mr.. De GarmO, who has taken oil
about two hundred tons, has had a
chemical analysis of it made, and it
proves to be considerably purer than the
best salt Of commerce.
The Independent says Mr.. Heigpath
had some late sown grain last year
which rusted, aud be cut it while the
stalks were a little gren and loosely
piled it up. The wheat ripened in the
pile, and the heads were filled with the
plumpest of grain, and the wheat thresed
theretrom was Of a superior quality.
The wheat was cut when the grains
were "stiff dough-