Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-17
OREGON ITEMS.

OREGON ITEMS.
Lang & Ryan drove from Umatilla and
Wasco counties this season 2. 500 cattle.
Crops in Union county look well and
the acreage sown is much larger than ever
before.
The Oregon Tribune is the name of
| new paper issued at Hillsboro. 1t is well
filled with local news, and is independent
in politics.
R. NJ. Smith is going to build hotel at
5Pataha City, to cost $1,000. Hall that
amount has been subscribed by citizens of
that place.
The Southern Methodists intend holding
q camp-meetipg of two weeks duration,
near Island City, commencing on Thurs
day, the 22d inst.
Light bands of sheep have passed through
LaGrande within the past month from
Umatills Grant and Wasco counties, com.
prising &c, $50 head.
Large droves of sheep and cattle are
the Mescham road, starting on their long
journey to the Eastern markets.
The Directors of the Reedville school
district have lie. the contract for new
school. house at that place. The building
is to be 80 by so, with l6,feet walls.
l.. Rsmillard is getting up race meet.
ing to come off over the Union race course
in October. Between $500 and 5000 have
been subscribed by the citizens of Union
towards making up the purses.
L. Baer, of LaGrande, has bought and
shipped this season sc. 600 pounds Of wool.
He has paid particular attention to the
subject, and estimates the wool clip of
Union county at l50, 900 pounds.
There is great demand for tenement
houses in Baker City, and the supply is
very msager. Fifty buildings. costing
about $500 each, total Of $40, 600, could
be rented Immediately for $40 per month.
A few higher priced houses, that would
rent at $40 or SIS per month, would also
be taken quickly.
The amount Of oats used by the stage
company is immense. Wilbur Station,
Union county, alone has consumed in the
last nine months ITO, 900 pounds. Mr..
Goodnough, of Island City, is now deliver.
! ing to the stations on the mountains l00,-
900 pounds more. Oats are now in good
demand, and there seems to be scarcity,
although commanding high price.
The railroad bridge across Clarke's Fork
Of the Columbia will rest ON four crib.
piers, built of heavy timbers and filled
| with rock, each crib being about 80 feet
high above the bottom. They are set l65
feet apart. It will be Howe truss, S25
feet long, with approaches from each side,
| built on trestles several hundred feet long.
The bridge is at an elevation of 2,097 feet
above the sea. The lumber for the Howe
trusses for the bridge is shipped up from
Portland, the timber growing in that region
not being suitable for bridge purposes.
Twenty-four entries were made at the
Government Land Office in Walla Walla
on the 9Th. The officers report the bust
ness of The past three months extraordi-
narily active. Several localities, which
have been heretofore neglected, are now re.
gsrded as embracing the choicest of land.
The entries OF railroad land have also been
very numerous, desire to purchase seem.
ing to have taken possession of all classes
| Of people. It is reported on the street
that one combination has secured shout
100 sections, carefully selected from such
of this property as remains in the market.
A correspondent, speaking of the timber
in the Samish country, says: "Much good
timber is passed through in reaching the
south branch, but nothing like that grow.
ing on the benches of the mountains Dor.
dering both sides of the valley. l thought
l had seen good timber before, but had
never imagined anything equaling this.
Cedars 100 feet or more without knot or
limb; frs from l50 to 200 feet as clear as
a quill, and standing SO thickly that the
light OF the sun seldom reaches the ground
in places, covering all the benches, bench
after bench, mile after mile, even to the
very summit of the mountain, and contin.
uing on around the head OF the valley"
A land. slide took place on the summit of
Mt. Emily on Wednesday. About four
acres of ground was torn loose and depos.
tied on tie bench below. Immediately af.
ter the slide occurred large volume of
water began pouring over the precipice,
and our informant says the size of the
stream has not diminished up to this time,
and is depos;ting large amount of debris
upon the fields located at the foot of the
mountain. 1t is the supposition that the
landslide was the east bank of large
lake on the top of the mountain. Men are
now at work endeavoring to turn the water
into a natural channel and prevent its do.
ing more damage to the foothill farms -
LA Grande Record.
Orcas Island is the newest and least Sc.
tied of the islands of the Archipelago de
Haro. Mosts OF the Oldest inhabitants of
the islands and mainland came to this
country in the Fraser river excitement of
1858. Orcas is an interesting and in many
portions of it beautiful leland. TIE Roll
of Orcas, otherwise known as Coal Point.
facing the Gulf of Georgia, ia delightful,
open, grassy promontory, covered with
hardwood trees. Mount Constitution, 9, 43O
feet in hight, overIooks all the Kingdoms in
this part CT the world. Between i5s water
falls and lakes. lis mountain sheep pasture.
scenery, bays. lodges of lime rock, felsite
iron and silver ore, its coons, deer and
other game, Orcss Island is likely to be.
come favorite stopping place for tourists.
It's Government, agricultural and timber
lands are not yet entirely taken, and some
very good improved farms in the valleys at
the present time can be bought very rea.
sonably.-[Anacortes Enterprise.
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