The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-22
NEWS ITEMS.


is 1929
Pendleton's new hotel will soon 5e
completed.
The population Of Kliokiiat county,
W. T., is 1 l09.
The hop crop in L,ne county prom
ises To be large.
a few lots Of wool sold in Roseburg
last week for 81 cents
A man named Norris was drowned at
The Dalles on Monday.
Lafayette's Garfield and Arthur Club
has forty five members.
The Adveniists are holding a series Of
meetings in Forest Grove.
The population Of Baker county is
1924, and Of Baker City SIS.
Grasshoppers are doing some damage
to the crops Of North idaho.
a county lodge Of Good Templars has
been organized ia Polk county.
4 steam ferry is TO be placed on the
Snake River at Penewawa, w. T.
The military telegraph has heen com
Pleted from Walia Walla 10 ColtaX.
Boise county, Idaho, has a population
Of :, ,l73, having decreased since 1870.
y new bridge is being built over Pud-
ding River on the road to Woodburn.
y large warehouse Tor the w. o. r..
r. will soon he constructed at 81. Joe.
\ new Presbyterian church building
is being constructed at Gpldeudaie, w. I.
\ party Of emigrants, direct from
Missouri across the plains, have reached
Co.fax.
Spokan Falls post Office is to be
money order Office from and after Au-
gust 1T.
The Albany Democrat ssys the wheat
crop in Linn county viii be very large
this year.
The report Of the County Treasurer Of
Douglas county shows a balance OF
s. 0O6 on hand.
The Clarke County, w. T. Repuhli-
can Convention will meet at Vancouver
on The 2ith inst.
A. VI. Hurley, Esq, has heen ap-
pointed D-puty Prosecuting Attorney
for Gamhill county.
Emigrant wagons direct from Mis-
souri,, three months on the way, are ar
irving at Walla Walla.
The firm of Caro- Bros, of Roseburg,
have failed. They claim that their as
sets will meet all liabilities.
The Asf0rian says the run Of salmon
in the Columbia last week was unprece-
dented IN the canning business.
Miss Emma Remington, eleven years
OF age, recently killed "A large rattle
snake near Fishers Landing, W. T.
The YamhiIl Exporter says the wheat
crop between that place and Salem
will average thirty bushels 10 the acre.
Port Discovery's new sawmill cuts
50 900 feet Of lumber a dav, and will
soon be cutting from 20 600 to 50 600
'eet.
The potato, hay and other croTs Of
Clarke and Cowlitz counties, W. T., .
will be very short this year, owing to
high water.
The o. r. d y. Co. will raise their
tracks at The Dalles aud other points,
30 that traffic will not be interrupted by
future floods.
Mr.. John +. Kimsey, an old aud re-
spectacle citizen Of Polk county, died
suddenly Of heart disease at his home
near Dallas last Saturday morning.
4 water spout burst in Umatilla
county on Sunday afternoon, greatly
damaging ranches on the upper portion
Of Willow, Rhea aud Butter Creeks.
An Eastern star Chapter for MasOns
AMI their wives and daughters will be
in Jacksonville this week.
\ like chapter is in a flourishing condi
tiOu at Ashland.
Captain Wilkinson arrived from the
Warm Spring Reservation last week,
having in charge seven girls aud eight
boys for education at the Indian school
at Forest Grove.
Mrs. B. c. Kindred, living near Fort
Stevens, discovered a bear iu the viciu-
ity Of her home recently, and, shoulder
ing q rifle, went forth and killed it,
Mrs. X. is so years Of age.
More building is in progress at pres
ent ia Walla Walla than ever before in
the history OF that city. Many Of the
new structures are,of substantial char
acter and present an imposing appear
ance.
The Linn County Agricultural Asso-
citation have decided 70 hold fair this
Fall, 20 commence October 9Th, and TO
continue four days. Every exertion
will be made by the managers to insure
success.
Mrs Elizabeth Cornelius, mother OF
Hon. Thos r. aud Beui. Cornelius.
died at Forest Grove on the 18Th inst,
aged IS years. She was one OF the pio-
ueers Of Oregon aud was the mother OF
fourteen children.
Il is reported that important discov-
cries Of gold have been made In YAM
hill county, placer diggings being found
in Moore's Valley aud quartz veins on
the north FORK of the Gamhill River,
near Daniels mill.
The Vancouver Independent says that
]. b. Allen, Thos. II. Brents, ID. f. Per
cival, Irving Ballard, DIR. 4. +. Minor
aud 4. 5 Abernethy are all avOwed
candidates for the Republican nOmina-
iion for Delegate TO Congress from
Territory.
J. Tilton Sheets. civil engineer iu
charge Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
engineer party, has reported favorabiy
upon the Matches Pass Of the Cascade
as a route for a direct line OF
road on the eastern side Of the Casca les
from A4usworth 10 the Sound.
The State Teachers Association will
meet In Salem August p, 1850. and con-
.inue in session three days. Teachers
lnd educators in all parts Of the State
are urgently invited to attend aud par
.iripate in the deliberations and discus
lions. The usual arrangements will be
made for half fare rates on all the prin-
,ipal lines OF travel for all who may at
end the sessions.
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