The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE ANp rERRlroE1AL.

Houses are in demand at Independ-
euee.
The Dalles public school was opened
asst Monday.
a new grist mill on Soap Creek will
soon he flashed
a new fort will probably be built at
Klamath next season.
The gross valuation Of property in
Curry county is 1912, 1913.
Oakland Academy will be dedicated
on Saturday, September llth.
The PuyaIlup wv IT, hop-picking
season will commence to-day.
Hay is being put up i'm immense
quantities by stock men in Lake county.
The bell for the new Presbyterian
church at Jacksonville has been pur-
chased.
The Jerome Prairie Academy viii be
completed IN time for Fall term Of
school.
The country north Of Lewiston, Idaho.
has been visited this season oy grass
hoppers.
J. J. Poill, of Springfield, 10 1iaslue.
and his friends fear he is a victiu of
foul play.
Mr.. T. c. Powell and Mis- Minnie
Lockwood will teach the June Oh pub
lie school.
John Crowley, an old Pioneer or Polk
county, died on the Goth ult. az .be age
Of 40 years.
Upper & Matteson's new ccal ufua.
about y miles from Heppner, e. fIr1-
ing out we'll.
The Assessors returns sha over
- NO h Of fas f.fa
Union county.
The Tacoma Ledger is an able expo
nent IF the agricultural advantages Of
Washington Territory.
DR.. Patterson, Of Lane COUNTY. nnds
whites cheaper and better hOD-plckers
than Chinese or Indians.
Large numbers Of hop pickers from
the Grand Ronde and SiletZ reservations
are reaching Lane county.
Elk Senator Mitchell has done excel
lent campaign service in Southern
Oregon for the Republicans.
Ashland College re0peued lGst w4a-
with so students. A full corps l o5...
peteut teachers is in attendance.
The firm Of Smith, Brasfield & Co. 0f
Harrisburg, has resumed business. hav-
lug compromised with creditors.
Robert Mcdonald, a citizen Of Marsh.
field aud resident of Coos county for q
years, died on the 9th Of August.
The sixth annual fair Of the VaiIa
Waila County Agricultural Society viii
commence on Tuesday, the 2lst inst.
The Republicans Of Pierce county
w. T., have nominated Miss Clar
Carly for Superintendent Of Schoo
The contract for building the ST
independent Academy has beer o.
w. r. Sylvester, whose bid was
423 70.
The new lighthouse in course f 4rse-
ton at Cape Henry will, when
pleted, be in six stories, with a b
Of l55 feet
An accidental fire on Camas Pr e
Idaho, last week, destroyed much ne-
ing and hay. Newton Bros. wer- hs
heaviest losers.
A human skeleton was recently found
in a tree on Hood River, about ffte
feet above low water mark. 1t p-ore-
bly, lodged there during the June FREE
Studies were resumed in the A
public schools on Monday moro
Tie teachers are Miss Ella Wh.1yHa
Miss Nellie Plummer and Miss I bio
Brown.
Cohurg, Lane county, has raised sis
900 10 secure the passage OF the marrow
gauge railroad through the town. 10
must be finished 10 that point by ...-
uary 1T.
+. F. Walker and J. B. WrisIev. or
Jackson county, have recently received
machinery for the manufacture o. enr-
ghum syrup and will soon commence
operations.
Crops in the vicinity of Scio are turn
ing out much better than expected
many fields which were considered al
most worthless yielding from 25 to 30
bushels per acre.
A Rsbecea Degree Lodge was organ
lzed at Ashland on August Slst, under
the name Of Hope Lodge, No. "a. Mem
hers OF the Jacksonville Lodge assisted
10 the ceremonies.
Daniel Waldo died at his residence in
salem on Monday, at the age Of 81 years.
lie came to Oregon in '43, aud was widely
Known aud greatly respected. He was
The father Of Judge Waldo Of the Su-
preme Court Senator Waldo Of Marion
and Mrs. David Logan. The
Waldo Hills were named after him.
About 40 Of the catfish received bv 7
B. Underwood, Of Eugene, have died
The cause is supposed 10 be overfeedinO
There are about 90 left. The carp taken
there last Spring by Ed. McClanahan
aud several other gentlemen are doing
iinely. Tie pond is literally alive with
Ihe young, and in a few years there will
be plenty Of carp in our streams.