, 1879-08-07
Oregon Items.

llnStrV pfpl 10,
shape OF glove factory.
Smith Bros. are erecting u new saw.m;u
two miles south of Hillsboro.
Do A good wagon road is being made from
ort Oxford north to Coos Bay.
John A. Hunt has paid 81, 900 for q two-
thirds interest in the Fair Oaks grist mill.
Dayton, w. T., now has $50 inhabitants
3O7 voters, 207 dwellings and 200 families
Douglas county has 3, 72O school children.
jackson, 1898; Josephine, 745; Lake, 6OiS =
There are good many emigrants canned
about Weston, nearly every day brings more,
A. j. Gallt, of Yamhill, shows oats that
grow eight feet. He calls them the Ecyption
John Perry was caved on in a placer mine 2
miles above Canyon City and died in q few
hours. ''I - tI'
Uncle John Andrews, of Yoncalla. will
probably lose one of his eyes as the result of
an accident. ''t
A nugget worth 81 900 is SAID to have been
found on Salem creek and so reported NJ
Jacksonville
About 40 loads Of hay daily is being tucked
away into barns about Salem and selling from
So to IS per ton. 'a.o :. tn = "'N
Niin' iINOiJ NlTS DelUIllnSter
thrown IRON carriage at Walla Walla and
received injuries.
The Cornelius Courant says Grain harvest
ing has commenced in portions of this county.
The yield is large. -
Cattle are accumulating in Josephine coun.
ty, comparatively few having been driven out
in the past two years.
Mr. James johnson, of Umatilla county
had horse worth $500 badly injured by run.
ming against barbed wire fence.
The Doten Brothers. of Siskiyou county,
have sold their entire band of cattle, 1000
head, at Sl3 per head, all round
Harvest has commenced in Umatila coun
ty and harvest hands command 50 day
sometimes Crops are excellent there.
There is q telegraph station at Cottage
Grove, and a railroad switch, and the folks
think they ought to have regular station.
Robt. Long, of Yoncalla, is probably Grip
pied for life because q sulky horse kicked him
In the ankle, while he was riding on a sulky
rake.
Magruder Owens h Co., who have pro.
jected an immense mining enterprise, will re-
sumo operations on their Applegate ditch in
a short time.
Major Surgeons company, 2lst Infantry,
which has been stationed at Fort Candy for
long time past, is now under orders to proceed
to Fort Lapwai. '. 1"r'
French & Glenn sold recently $4,000 head
of cattle which had been ranging in the
Stein mountain country. The cattle will be
driven to Nevada. .g8r
The sum OF S36, 1912 was distributed
among the various counties of Oregon for
school purposes, by the Board of School Land
Commissioners, on the 9TH 40, as
Calipooia precinct, Douglas county, is
troubled with rust in wheat The same may
he said of many other sections, but the
amount of damage cannot be estimated.
Capt. Lawson of the coast survey service,
is engaged with party on inland work, lo-
eating and establishing various triangulation
points between the Sound and the Columbia
river. '-. 81" hiiH9t
w. B! Kincaid & Son have been awarded
the contract for furnishing Fort klamath
with roo cords Of wood and will commence its
fulfllment at once. They receive an average
of $3 per cord. .aa
There is not vacant house in Sheridan,
and the town would soon double in size If
proper inducements were held out to new
comers, but we are bottled up-Mr. proprie-
tors give us sea roorn
Farmers who pretend to know, estimate
that there will be at least 300, 600 bushels of
wheat threshed in Jacks II county this seas
on. The surplus is not liable TO be as large
as was at first expected. au
The State Journal says: Lane county bids
fair to exceed itself the present season. All
along the railroad can be seen fields OF most
grain, and we appear to be more
fortunate than Linn county, in this respect.
Grain of all kinds is rpening fast and the
farmer has in some instances commenced cut
ting The prevailing weather is OF great
benefit, especially to wheat, which is finely
filling out. Barley and oats are also OF an ex'
cellent quality.
Walla Walla Union says: The good news
comes to us from all sections Of the country,
that the crop is heavy beyond precedent.
From Colvlle, the Spokan, Colfax, Deadman,
Assotin and the Pataho country the same
cheering good news comes eIt
Arthur McGure, of McMnnville, was run
away with, was wrapped in the lines and was
dragged by the team hundred yards, ana
after bounding thus at fearful rate, between
wagon wheels, was found with no bones
broken but fearfully bruised.
Major Stewart, of Fort Candy, standing
next on the list of promotion, since the deatn
of Col. Barry, will be soon advanced TO the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. There IS some
talk of the Infantry now at Candy being
transferred to the East. Major Stewart also
expects to go East
The meadows of Clatsop county. are very
pleasant to look upon Just now. The farmers