The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-05-27

Gled for The Bellevue aud Wood River
Ditch Company The rights have been
secured to take water out of the river
about . miles above that town, aud
from thence convey the same along The
foothills cast of Bellevue upon the
Slams below. Tor ilrigating purposes
II ia move Of great Importance to
that town and the agricultural e untly
balow.
Itnow appears chat the cator,illars
that uade their appearance in myriods
in tie Butte creek region are not iden-
tical with the army worm. They
seemed to ooulino themselves entirely
to The foliage Of the ash, stripping
every tree completely and leaving them
au stark aud bars aa ia Deeember
After feaeting for awhile on Che ash
foliage they disappeared as my-letiously
as they cane.
Tho Ashland WOODEN Manufacture
ing Go. will employ un extra spinner
soon and keep thoir spinning machine
running day and night, in order to
supply tho yarn 10 keep the other
machinery 1t work on The largo
orders on hand. 4 new sci ofknitt.
ing machinery viii probably ha added
soon, 10 keep up witt, the increasing
demand for the soelss made "A ri
factory.
The programme for thc closing
exercises of Ashland college viii be MS
follows: Examination Of claves,
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
| May 23d, 2ith, 25lh; aunual sermon,
Sunday, May 22d; annual lecture and
literary exercises, Monday evening,
AIuy a3d; musical entertainment,
Tuesday evening, My 9Th;
anniverssryaud graduating exercises,
]
"Wednesday evening. >lay 25.h
\ rerson aho lps Travelled cHlen.
sively in Eastern Washington ays ttat
the acreage Of wheat soo.t o., present
season i abou. cme.hjri and ,r baGey
aud oats at les. ouc-ha fmore tlnn nu,
pres ions year Tie crops especially ia
the valleys are booking 0ei! md prom.
ise an abundant harvest iicaho says
there ans ue signs of eraeshoprcra ia
tbr Paio4se country This is siania.
cant as they api.carsi early in ths sra.
son last year.
2 =. s:ccn & Co'u..lia county has
Just sbearrl 2Jis shccr, obtaining au
average of ak pounds Of @oolto tie sheep
! Ills iloct contains about l000lambs. Ht
! sold 1883 wcthcls to "a drovgr hy th,
nameo Of B5cilchcr, s. ho IS illtako them {,
eastern markets. Tie price rcetiycl
was s, a5 per he,, Boottchcr vii
drive avay about 1880 sheep; s.od
jarI. q Montana droyer. 1900 ana
| Ross, a large drove, numler not stated
The I=t.ar has bought Ssrecrs Aouis
doel, ahou: 5000 The gtelsc. part d
these sheep. altogether about 4o.o0l
vii bo driven from Estern Washing
ton, tbe buyers leaving over aG0.ge0 II
: The s8naEfy.
6. y. L1aplsgin baa an oh factory
ION his fsm "a the CaHe', aboat 1
mile frsm Waitsaure. tis4 Las ca
pacity Of making 100 gallons e castor
oi! dai.y. The acs is run by hylrau
lie power. Ths cylinder is made ot
solid wrought iron. on the top q which
are placed four iron bpcke.s, Tire twC
bottom ones of which arr pierced witi
small haloE. The beans are placed IN
layers of about oue ard-a half lecks
eacl, AMI steel plate - placed ietwcer
each layer When the bnetr.s ase
fiIled and al Is ready the patsla arc
turned on and tho cylinder co'emeucea
slowly 10 ascend A- he top of tbc
press Is "a heavy iron cap olle - Gl
tight in tl,e t,sese.s and "a the press
RAISES Tho oil ia the heans is pressed out
and runs through the rolc5 IA tAs bot
ton buckets into a gutter surrounding
the same from thcuc- into vcssol
PLACID % receive il. The oi IS ,hen
strained and pat iuso tanks whefo It IL
boiled, refined, clarified and cannei
ready for market.