The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-08-19

At11 HONoAhiiictat 10 DulluluR III lie
dian school house nj tho foot OF the
Blue mountains; on little stream
near the stage road, In the vicinity
OF Old Cayttso station. The building
Il 10 DO quite an extensive one. Az
ready 10000 feet Of lumber Is sawed.
Tho school Is 10 be under tho aus.
pices Of tho Roman Catholic church.
There Is considerable excitement
now about the recent discovery Of
several valuable coal veins In King
county. One twelyo-foot vein OF an
thraclte IL reported, and another
large vein OF Ignite coal OF excellent
quality Is also reported discovered.
Men are leaving Seattle quietly every
day or so aud net so suspiclously that.
people half believe they have strucl
something good.
G. M. Rood OF Cresswell, Is having
hauled and stacked, 900 tons of hay.
He Will use II Ia fecding cattle for
the market this winter. Tie hay
was purchased OF Alr Dougherty at
he rate OF 81 80 per ton tin the
field. Mr.. d. cut his cniile crop II
grain TO furnish the hay both his
wheat and oats would have yielded
well but he chose 10 convert the en-
tire crop into hay on account Of the
sIil esospect Of a good price for
cereals this fall.
Most OF The Ties which me down
from The head Of the Yakima are
now in the boom about eight miles
below IIunting's ranch. Sixty thou
sand have been permitted 10 pass
through and will be taken 10 Aims
worth. Tho balance will probably
be taken out at different points and
there taken care of for future use.
Orders for teams 10 haul out the ties
have, 10 great extent, been cour.
ternandcd.
Yakima Ricorl Last week Mr..
Thappell, who has n farm OF Parker
bottom. ON the lower Yakima, sent
Us n sample Of rye grass measuring
nine feet In length. From n note
sent ns at the same time we learn
they had roasting ears ON the 9Th
alt, which were raised on sage land
without wafer. lie has small
lleld Of wheat ON his bottom land,
now nearly six feet high, which he
thinks VIII yield not less than 4,
bushels TO the acre.
Extensive improvements are being
made In tho Oregon City mills. The
old wharf has been raised ls inches
and new extension OF abont So feei
Is being addod, and Il built OF crib
work filled In with stone. The road
way TO the wharf II also being Impro
we'd, aud new bridge Is built. WheE
these improvements are completed
this wharf will be the best landing II
the city, having gradual incline Il
suit all stages of water.
One morning last week thirty-si,
dead dogs were found 10 Tho Dalles
Poisoned meat had been LIBERAL,
dealt out ihcnight before. Various ru,
mors are aiioat IA TO the cause. Some
assert that IL Is only the signal tha
soon the burglars will be at work
white others imagine that I; Is only
the freak Of some half deranged In.
diVidual. Had they removed only
the "iistes" IL would not have been I
matter Of no comment, but some very
valuable dogs were killed, In fac
about all that were killed were valu
able.
lafayette Courier: Every citizen Ia
tho vicinity OF lafayette cannot fail ic
see the many benefits that would nc
crue 10 Us from deepening the channel
or The Yamhill river at and below
this place. Parties whohave examin.
eel the channel and made estimate.
OF the actual fall of the water TO the
place where boats can always run,
say that the cost will not exceed Sl0,,
600. The experiments made few
years ago In blasting show the rock
to be of frIable nature, so that the
water by its own action has deepenqd
the channel where the blasting wa:
done.