The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-29
IN LINN COUNTY.

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prospects for good crop. of hay
wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and
hops. OF the latter, the few fields
seen promise well, and of the wheat
and oats crop they all think it better
and more Of it than last year. Heard
of 1ictle- rust and that mostly on the
blade instead of the stem, hence but
little injury to the growing grain, and
it is confined to spring wheat as the
winter wheat is too far advanced to
be affected by rust. In fact quite a
number OF farmers were engaged IN
cutting the fall wheat, many using
the twine binders.
The question with many appears to
be where will they find sufficient sto-
rage room, as most of the warehouses
are part fall of last years crop. One
encouraging feature in the grain busi-
ness Is the prospect that prices will
advance a little in the fall, at least
the present state of the market and
freight supply indicates an advance,
but it may be small. Scarcely any
farmer expects 81 per bushel this
year.
At Peoria they need store. They
have two good warehouses on the
river, and a live trader might find it
fair opening for the merchandise
and grain business. II. Rudd, pear
Peoria, just returned from pleasure
trip to the Wood river quartz mines
al d brought some fine specimens OF
silver bearing galena, and predicts
that these mines will turn out large
quantities of silver bullion within a
few years.
At Shedds times seem to be i'm
proving. Messrs Davis Bros have a
large stock of goods, and are putting
up large sale and. stock barn. They
have large and fourishing school,
and propose to have graded school
this fall. DR.. Fisher proposes to buy
the drug store. and Morgan will put
up hotel. The Boston mills are
turning ont lots Of -four, and then
there are various shops, telegraph end
postoffice, all surrounded by fine
farming district. d. P. Porter near
Shedd, sold the balance of his last
wheat crop at Albany for 7octs per
bushel. Mr.. Wheeler has fine
warehouse on the railroad ready to
handle large amounts of grain.
We took a ride with Mr.. Davis
through a constant succession of wa
wing grain fields, and by many
white cottages, apparent abodes of
thrift, distance of nine miles to
Brownsville, which with the new
railroad presents an air of unusual
activity. Swarms of men from the
factory, the various mills, citizens,
travellers and strangers, at meal time
principally in and around the Browns
vile hotel kept by j. B. Irvine, one
of the best landlords in the country.
During the past year many improve
ments were added to north Browns
vile among which We noted fine
town hall, new livery stable, one very
fine residence and several plain but
comfortable ones, improvements and
new machinery at the factory, new
store building and very large ware
house at depot, large addition to the
Brownsville hotel, and many minor
additions. In fact B. is putting ON
town airs quite rapidly and viii sup
rort them gracefully.
The N. G. railroad is being pushed
on to Coburg,l7 miles above Browns
vile. They are laying steel rails, 81
pounds to the yard, and will have
the road completed this fall.
Tangent is looking up too: fine adj
dition built on the old warehouse,
making room for about 10000 BUSH
els of the new crop, besides large
amount of old wheat now in storss
two small stores, shops, church and
school. During the year some dwell
lings were added, and now they talk
of voting tax for new school room
and make it free school nine months
each year.
A correspondent of the New York
Sun, who found Mark Twain on the
roof of his house with long pole in
his hand Watching the comet, re-
ports Mark as saying: "They are all
wrong about that tail. I've ciphered
on. that tail until / understand every
inch of it. It's absurd to suppose
that the tail isn't solid and pretty
tough, too. Do you imagine that
this comet could go bulging through
space at the rate of two hundred
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