, 1880-03-18
State and Territorial.
Willamette NRIlcY,

! IN Salem.
The Indebtedness of the Eugene school dis.
trict is Sll0S SO; number OF pupils in the
district, $780,
Thirty-two car loads of wheat were shipped
| from Eugene on Saturday OF last week.
The new grist mill established at Elkton is
in successful operation and is great blessing
| to the settlers OF that locality.
| A car load of horses to work on the con.
structon of the railroad between Cello snd
| Wallula were secured in Lane county at an
average rate of 500 per head.
Polk county farmers are blowing and seed
| ing.
Four interments took place in the Odd Fell
lows Cemetery last week, . ...... ...
One hundred and fifty acres of land belong
ing to the Pugh estate, Marion county, was
sold at administrators sale last Saturday for
50, 400.
Go1pol Baptism will be discussed ar sher.
idan, Yanhill county, in June, S. Monroe
Hubbard, Baptist. and N. Doanc, Methodist,
being the principals in the controversy.
Southern Oregon,
Spring races in jackson county begin May
Ganyoayiile has voted 800 to finish the
district school house.
An unknown disease is playing havoc with
a number of horses in portions of Umpqua.
Farmers on Applcgate are blowing busily,
aud expect by extra eycrtion to get in fair
crop, despite the unpropitious weather.
Green Valley lies four miles east of Oak
land, forty inhabitants, eighteen voters, thur
teen Democrats, three young ladies and two
bachelors. 'f
A Douglas county lassie, while CARRYING
two brimming pals of milk, slipped and fell,
dislocating her shoulder and sustaining other
painful bruises. ih". lt as,. -.C aH'
Geo. Applegate, OF Yoncalla, has construct
cd riding plow of an entirely new style.
He has it In active use on his farm, and It is
pronounced by all a. great improvement c's
the old style. He has applied for paten i
it. -. '- fI'gn tf
New mines have been discovercl n. i, est
Cow Creek that promise well. Various spe-
cimens have been brought in, one of which
weighed So. As soon as the snow disappears
citizens will prospect the new mines thor
oughly.
Salem is going to have sidewalks repaired
within the next six days. ...
Ten persons were baptized in Cozine Creeki
near McMinnvillc on the Cd inst, by ReyS
CD. Burchett, of the Baptist Church. a.I
Prices at McMinnville, March 9Th: Wheat
per bushel 05 c; flour per barrel, S5 50(05;
oats per bushel, 373@40; dried apples, per
pound, 4@5c; plums per pound, logic;
bran, per ton, SIG; ground feed per ton,
$50 50; potatoes, per bushel, SOC; onions, per
pound, &c; butter, per pound, 20@25c; eggs,
per dozen, I6; dressed hogs, per cwt. 4@49c;
wool, per pound, 10000, tallow, per pound,i
&c; chickens, grown, 81 5O@3 4 ....I..I,
East of the Mountains.
Pendleton is soon to have two new hotels.
There are eleven private boarding houses in
Walla Walla. .. ....... r. ...t.
The little town of Island City, about four
miles from La Grandc, is growing rapidly.
Eastern Oregon hens have got down to
business. Eggs lGj cents dozen at Pendle-
ton.
Wells, Fargo Co. shipped from Peudleton
during February total of Sl3,547 l6, of
which $7,92l was silver bullion.
Hay is getting scarce in Baker county. 1t
is quoted at from $l2 to $15 per ton. 1t will
be ut discount after this month"; as the fresh
grass will supplant it.
Adams Bros killed 250 hogs at Almota
this Winter. 'r.'l F4It
The Yakima county commissioners allowed
bills to the amount of S2,5l7 90 at their last
session. 7t '' ..H 1 '
Snake river is down to the lowest water
mark; not much prospect OF boats before the
lst Of April. ''''' 40 t.'"
Most Of the. farmers in the Kittitass Valley
have sold their surplus products to tho rail
road loggers. Logging, it is expected, will
continue until July. % .3nst afaf
The Walla eWalla land office reports the
following During the month of February
there were filed 33 homestead, 0 final home-
steads, 20 cash entries, 30 presumption and 4o
timber culture entries.
Southern Oregon.
a Afpublic school house, 24x44 feet, will
shortly be built at Lakeview, at . cost OF
Work on the scows q. Empire had to be
suspended last week on account of the bad
weather.
Forty.eigbt inches of snow has fallen in
Ashland the pre- sent Winter against ten inches
last Winter. .t ,. ,...,, ........i...
Donizens OF Lakeview wade through the
mud and slush Of the streets and regret that
thGy did not build sidewalks last Fall. a..
Loss OF stock in Lane county will be large
ly among stockmen who depend upon South
Hillside Range" to supply their animals,
The spinning machiucmy Of tho Ashland
Woo!en factory has been kept running at night
OF late, in order to keep up with the Weaving
machinery.
Sheep pelts and beef hides will be abund-
ant in jackson county this season, hundreds
OF which have been taken from dead sheep
and cattle already. .a.- ..
The dead body OF w. A. Scott, OF Port
Or,ord, Carry county, was found on the
beach about four miles below Bandon lie
had apparently lain down and chilled 10 death.