, 1881-09-09
NEWS ITEMS.
JEFF Davis is travelling in England.

{ ing the month OF August.
THE Port Discovery Mill Company have
begun operations again at their logging
camp near the head Of the bay.
The Independent Order OF Acquitted
, Murlerers, is the largest organization il
California. Too large to be select.
I MIR. Ireland has sold the Historian" tc
to Mr.. Parker, late of California. The
price paid is said to have been Sl2, 1000.
; WHEAT is coming down from Walls
! Walla in numerous quantities. Two eX.
ira boats are running on the route to the
Cascades.
y PARDON, TO take effect Sept. 5th, has
been Issued by Gov. Newell to VIM Jack.
son, WHO has been serving term i'll the
penitentiary.
\ son of Quincy \. Brooks, has receiv-
ed the appointment of cadet at West
Point from Oregon. Mr.. Brooks Senior,
was a 49er of Olympia.
THE Portland standard says that
Gen. Sprague has received orders 10 COM
mence the construction of the railroad be-
tween Portland and the Cascades, as soon
as practicable.
The Olympia transcript, in speak
ing OF the movement to organize another
new county i'll Eastern Washington, very
properly suggests that people make mis-
takes by rushing into county organiza-
tions without sufficient population and
property to sHppOrt the necessary govern
mental machinery.
THE Portland STANDARD" says it is re-
ported that the steamship Elder will be
laid up for Il time; that the Willamette
will be placed on route between Port
land and China. and that the Mississippi
will soon take her place in the trade be-
tween California and Puget Sound.
TIE extension of the Northern Pacific
Railroad from Kalama TO Portland will
probably be built on the Oregon side, the
passage of the river at kalama being eff
tected by large terry boat. Engineers
are locating the lines from Kalama and
are now some distance above st. Helens.
The bark Henry Buck, just at Victoria
from Honolulu, brings news that the vol
canO on the island of IIilo, of the Hawai-
ian groupe, continues 10 belch forth lava
and flame. The lava is advancing on the |
town OF Hilo by slow but certain stages. |
1t gains about the sixteenth of a mile |
each day and seems to creep with instinct |
Of a great serpent towards its prey
THE Alta" says that it is just us well |
for politicians to take notice, so ;ts to be |
up with the times, that Conkling Is still |
around in New York state Sessions |
has been condemned by his constituents, |
being refused denomination for State |
senator by the republican convention of
his county, and Bradley is sustained Ses-
sions will now have plenty Of time to de-
vote to his trial for bribery
THE steamer California, which has been |
running between Portland and Sitka, at |
present on the drydock at San Francisco,
will be thoroughly overhauled before again |
taking the line. Her engines are being |
compounded ana condenser placed. New |
boilers will also be put into position,
and the machinery overhauled. These al |
terations will greatly augment the speed |
of the steamer and save the consumption
OF fuel. 1t is the purpose of the owners
to expend $4,000 in making these re-
pairs on their steamer.
THE Puget Sound Iron Company is
about to erect rolling mills. the exact To-
cation being as yet undetermined. Either
San Francisco, Oakland or Puget Sound
will be chosen, as future events may de-
termine. Some OF the gentlemen connec-
ted with the enterprise would like to have
Oakland become the favored place, says
the Oakland ''Times,', but they have en-
countered serious objections among the r
colleagues. There is general impression
that the city is misgoverned and the taxes
are unreasonably high.-Olympia "Cour-
ier.''
IN the June number OF 'Copp's Land
Owner" ruling appears which is of inter
est to n great many of our readers. 1t
relates to eighty-acre homesteads and is
OF general application to that class OF
claims. In substance, it is to the effect
that all eighty-acre homestead claimants
whose entries are uncancelled, may have
them cancelled in due form and without
damage or prejudice, SO that they can
make new entries OF one hundred and
sixty acres each the same as if they had
not made previous entry.
THE o. r. & n. Co., are pushing their
work up Snake river rs fast as possible.
1t was the original intention to cross to
The north bank of that river at Grange
City, but recently it was decided to run
up on the south side to Texas Ferry. This |
will give a chance to get all the wheat out
of the country, bordering Snake river,
this fall. Texas rapids formed a barrier
to navigation at low water, but the rail- |
road will be built TO a point above these
falls, where steamboats, can run all the
year round. The farmers of Whitman
and Columbia counties will have particu-
lar reason for gratitude to this Company
for giving them an outlet to market lust
ut time when wheat is high.