, 1880-04-15
State and Territorial.
SOutherIs Oregon.

rouhdS IN Ashland ana Phpnlx, and
are migrating towards Jacksonville.
where a fine field for operations presents
itself
The strike at Eastport has not vet
been adjusted. The miners demand
dollar per ton, and the proprietor refuses
to giye moro than 81 J cents, hence the
strike.
The recent storms have furnished
enough water to enable many of the
miners, who had commenced cleaning
up, to resume ground sluicing. So
far, the inclement weather has been a
benefit A'.. .n 'tro
President Lambert, of Willamette
University, is in Southern Oregon work
ing to bring about union between
Wilbur Academy and the University
over which he presides He will prob
ably succeed. ..,.........,,,,..-.
The Coos Bay News says "This bay
is without u single church building fit
to hold service in, and Marshfeld, a
town Of 700 inhabitants, is without a
public school house. There is need of
an awakening somewhere" "
The Ashland Woolen Mills are turn
ing out large quantities Of fine cassi-
meres and tweeds, fannels and blankets
besides socks of the very best quality.
These goods are finding ready market
on account of their real merit. .f
East OF the Mountains.
Pataha City contains one hundred and
fifty inhabitants.
A million brick are to be burned in
Colfax this season. ..... ..,.,.
The Wslla Walla Union has entered
upon its twelfth year. s su. r.t
Pendleton and Centerville have trotted
out their rival base ball clubs. .,...y
Second Day Adventists will hold a
camp meeting near Milton in May.
One of the few thoroughfares of am
bilious Colfax is named Wall street.
According to railroad surveys Spo-
kane Falls are 1850 feet above Aims
worth.
Philip Ritz has leased his nursery for
two years to two young men who will
carry on the business with energy.
The latest testimony in regard to
Yakima valley is that it is ''too dis
tressingly healthy for good physician
McCords stean saw mill has been
moved from Pocahontas to the head of
Sutton creek, about nine miles south
west Of Baker City. M ... l...g.
In Harney valley and on the north
side of Stein Mountain fully 20 per
cent of the cattle running at large have
perished of cold and hunger. ht.
The Watchmar describes the Dayton
brewery as sort of white elephant
covered with shingled roof, two
mortgages and Judgment. a..0H
March was favorable month for
farming in Umatilla county. Farmers
are in consequence a month earlier with
their Spring seeding than usual. 'yo'
Another good Indianl He was
found near Pendleton with a bullet
through his head. 1t is said that he
used to steal horses, but be won't do it
any more. ~.' n" ''' a" 1
Thecommittee appointed to investigate
the cause of the sudden rise in Powder
river at Baker City put blast Of pow
der in the ice and blew out the gorge
that caused the trouble. '.. ''"
Of the Prospect Farm, in Umatilla
county, owned by Allen & Lewis, j. r.
Foster, j. II. Kunzie and Others, 1900
acres have been plowed and the plows
are still going, under the direction Of
Lee Morehouse. .' a. '.'' '',
From the Walla Walla Watchman;
Wheat still sells at 60 cents per
bushel and every day 100 tons le,ve the
depot for foreign ports, There is wheat
enough in the country to keep up the
lick all the year round. .....t
Lewiston is described by corre-
spondent Of the Walla Walla Union as
having one long narrow crooked street,
l,l0O inhabitants and presenting dr.
lapidated, forlorn, woe.begone look that
speaks plainly 0: better days. s..
Capt. s. r. Smith is building a large
ferry boat near tho saw mill for his
ferry at the mouth OF Snake river 1t
will be IS feet long and % feet wide,
built steamboat hshion IL will be run
down the river as soon as finished. He
iutends to run il by steam, ...i..