The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL

No vacant houses in Dallas.
A cooper is needed at Sheridan.
No houses to let in Jacksonville.
Large hay crop in Douglas county.
Flour sells at Lewiston at S4 a barrel
Grain fields about Lewiston will yield
well.
Diptheria has been raging in Umatilla
county.
Rumors Of an evening paper at Salem
are afloat.
Mr.. C.. Jacobs is tie new Mayor Of
Boise City.
Crop prospects around Sheridan are
very promising.
An anti-C Chinese club has been organ
lied at Beaverton.
The wool clip of Umpqua valley will
sell for over $4,000
The ROseburg Literary Association
/ has been Incorporated.
Wrangel, Alaska, wants Legitimate
medical practitioner"
All the saw mills near Dayton, W. T.,
are running on full time,
TiIlamook is a popular place Of resort
/ this season for camping parties.
Through tickets from ROseburg to
| San Francisco are sold at Sl4 80.
| Washougal, w. T., is thriving, and
/ t1ansacts a good deal Of business.
/ Rust has appeared in some fields in
/ the vicinity Of Irving, Lane county.
/ \ fine quartz specimen taken from
claim on FOOt's Greek weighs over 94OO.
DIR. T. c. Mackey Of Empire City has
been appointed coroner Of Coos county.
] L. Of rr~nCf vrrara
shipped from Reynolds Creek, L. T.,
few days ago.
A sawmiH will be put up one mile
and a half from Hillsboro on the Iuala-
tin River bottom.
A thunder storm did much damage to
crops in the upper end Of Jackson
county last week.
First-cIass lime has been discovered at
point twenty-five miles northwest
from Walla Walla.
Joseph Bates, well known as captain Of
the sloOp Tibbals, was drowned at Port
] Townsend last week.
The catch of salmon on the Columbia
is equal to the demand, but there are
. few canneries running.
In the city election at Jacksonville
on the 18th, the Republicans elected the
entire ticket by 100 majority.
There is some prospect of a revival of
the Benton Democrat, of Corvallis, which
= suspended several months ago.
Thos. Logan, a colonel Of cavalry dur
ing the war, and a resident OF Carthage,
: H., died at Walla Walla last week.
Fears are entertained by farmers in
the upper part af the Willamette Valley
that their wheat will be thinned by
rust.
, The third annual fair Of the Baker
County Agricultural Society will begin
> on September 18th and continue for six
days.
E Two large grain warehouses are being
= built at McCOy's, two miles from Perry
; dale. \ cleaner will be put in one OF
: them.
'Bob White" quails, introduced by
Henry Ankeuy, have made their APP
e pearance near Independence, Polk
; county.
i Colonel Forsyth has officially denied
# the late reports of trouble at the Una
/ tilla Agency between the Snakes and
the Umatillas.
Z The wheat and oat fields in the vicin-
n ity of Washougal, W. T., look very
,r promising. The fall crops are not SC
'r abundant as last seasons.
e Mr.. a. :. Watt, of Washington county
d is engaged in collecting samples Of Ore
gon products for exhibition at the Me
chanics Fair, San Francisco.
The deciding game OF ball between
-, the Clackamas club, Of Oregon City,
!" and the Capitals, Of Salem, will be
/ played on the latter's grounds tO-mor-
D, row.
re There is no doubt that the Dayton
70 narrow-gauge road will be completed to
Dallas, Polk county. The labor and
money subscribed will be available tC
a the receiver.
. A terrific rain-storm visited Wall,
, Walla valley on the afternoon of tn,
- 1lth inst. and seriously damaged
: orchards and gardens. 1t lasted but {
few minutes.
Is School Superintendent Fountain, o
In Jackson county, has reported s. ,467 ,
10 as the amount of school money received
10 and distributed for the fiscal year end
Is ing June 30th.
al An Indian trespasser was shot dOwI
" by white man on Wild Horse Creel
a on the 10th. The Indians persisted il
70 laying down his fences and going
IS through his grain.
1r The dwelling Of 4. J. Cochran, ol
~ Wild Horse Greek, was completely de
oi strOyed by fire on the 10th. Loss, 81, 200
The citizens of Pendleton made Mr.. c
Is handsome gift of money.
y Harrison Hunt, who murdered hi
If brother in Wasco county, a few month
!. ago, has been tried and convicted O
"a murder in the second degree and sen
n fenced to ten years in the penitentiar,
~ and to pay a fine of $500.
From the Walla Walla Statesman
r Harvesting has commenced in gOOl
s. earnest and everybody is busy. Goo,
le harvest hands are scarce and are paid 8
" a day. The crops are very large an,
er grain promises to bring good prices.
in West Chehalem farmers are at a los
De to account for the appearance Of some
he thing resembling blight in the earl.
or wheat. Grain has the appearance O
nd ripening, but examination shows it G
IL be entirely dead and the grains shrivele
and IN some instances wholly withOu
any kernel whatever.