Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-26
UP NORTH NEWS.
OREGON.

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business Of every sort is good at spo
kane Falls, Oregon.
Sheep and other stock have Jared well
IN the Tucannon country, Oregon, this
winter.
Senator Slater writes to Oregon friends
that he has put in protest against the
proposed abandonment of Camp Harvey,
and thinks there is prospect of prevent
ing it.
The water of the Columbia river is very
low Tor this season of the year in fact it
has been so low for the past two weeks as
to almost prevent boats running at ALL
Last week passengers were five days COM
ing from Portland to Wallula.
The committee appointed by the citizens
Of Albany to confer with Mr.. William
Reid in regard to bringing the narrow
gauge road to that city has been granted
further time. It will report at a future
meeting, to be held in few days.
The Weston Leader, Oregon, has inter
viewed 81 Democrats and 30 Republicans
on their Presidential choice, with the fol-
lowing result: Democrats-Tilden, 80 !;
Hendricks, l.; Seymour, ; scattering 0.
Reppblicans-Blaine, 81 ; Grant, IA Sher-
man, ] scattering, s.
The local railroad from Walla Walla to
Waliula is being thoroughly overhauled.
New tlesare taking the place of the old
ones. The work will be completed in about
ten or twelve days from the Touchet to
Wallula, and several gangs of men are
now at work putting in new ties. 1t is the
intention to place the whole line from
Waila Walla to the river in first-rate re-
par within the next three months.
j. c. Abbott, a prominent cattle man of
Grant county, Oregon, arrived in Winnie
mucca on Saturday from the north He
told the Steer State that the past winter
has been the most severe on stock ever ex-
perienced m southeastern Oregon and
northern Nevada. In Harvey valley and
on the north side of Stein mountain fully
twenty-fiy per cent. of the cattle running
at large have persisted of cold and hunger
10 OHM River valley, on his way here, he
was informed that on II. II. McColley's
and Colonel Hardin's ranges 200 carcasses
of dead cattle could be seen within an area
of few miles square.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Hereafter there will be a daily mail be-
tween Walla Walla and Dayton.
At a hunters drive on the st. Joe river,
in Spekan county, recently, the Indians
killed 2S3 deer.
Pomeroy correspondence The prospect
for wheat this year is very good for fall
sown, there having been sufficient snow to
protect it from the cold, but if this weather
don't let up soon, but little spring grain
can be sown.
Major Truax is constructing lumber
chute of half mile in extent, through
which he expects to send his wheat from
the summit Oft the Alpowa bluff to point
near the river, whence he can sack and
ship it aboard the steamers at the land
ing near his house.
Marshaltown is located on Lake creek,
seven miles from Spokan, and on the
Northern Pacific Railroad survey. This
town has come into existence within the
last few weeks. 1t has one store, one
blacksmith shop, sawmill and splendid
water power 1t is located on the stage
line between Spokan Falls and Pine Grove,
one stage passing each day. The town is
surrounded on all sides by plenty of tim
Der, and the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company have several thousand ties on the
line ready fos next summer. A large
warehouse IS already built.