Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-09
COAST AND STATE.

Flour IS very scarce II al paris VI OAoA
Ronde valley-something unheard OF since
1864.
Crops in Powder river valley, Oregon, |
will be good. This is especially the case
near the foothills.
The fishing season in the rivers of South.
ern Oregon will soon begin. The product
of the Umpaua and Sinslaw lest season
was about II, 600 cases. The fish, while
not equal to the "Chinook," or Columbia
river salmon, is of good quality and sells
readily in European markets.
Silverton Appeal, Oregon Marion coun-
ty offers more substantial inducements 70
the immigrant to settle within It's ponn.
diaries thar any county in tn 9 state. Uuf
land is the best in the State, q no desirable
bargains may be had in real eA,'ate. Inc
county is centrally located, and ahe wnole
area abounds with number one wafer pow
er, now idly awaiting the manufac, urer 8
wheel.
The Gridley Herald is responsible III
the following: A private letter from Pratt
vile informs us that p. r. Welsh, of Hum.
bug, caught q four pound trout Wednes.
day of last week, in the bladder of which
he found small pellet of tin foil. Inside
tfit pcllct, CoSCLCu Will oCdkinR' WaA, W oo q
en-dollar greenback dated Washington,
April 10, 1876. As the object was held in
the bladder by growth of thin skin over
it, it is clearly evident that the fish must
have swallowed it some time ago. What
motive caused the currency to be thus
fixed up and thrown away, is mystery
around which fancy might cluster some
fearful suspicion.
The Gridley Herald says "Fred. Nc.
earthly, an attache of the Herald, met with
singular adventure while fishing in fresh.
er's slough, Sunday He had caught
small catfish, weighing probably quarter
of pound, and was swinging it in1o shore,
when huge pelican swooped down, COB.
bled the fish hook and all, and started to
| fly away. The sea grass line proved too
strong for the bird, aud, after hard strug.
gle, Fred. succeeded in pulling the var.
mint of the air to terra frma, whers he
speedily dispatched it with club and got
his fish. The bird measured three feet six
inches from tip to tip OF it's wings and
weighed about nine pounds and half.
This is one way of hunting birds, but Fred.
says he'd rather use gun, as he received
several severe raps by the birds wings be.
fore the battle terminated in his favor.
| IlaNluS WieASoocu spO oSShSf NC SSh FouSii
for the truth of this item."
Speaking of Suffers grain crop, the
Farmer says: "The extraordinary yields
so often met with two years ago are rare
this year, but forty and fifty bushels of
wheat to the acre are net uncommon, as
high as fifty.five bushels have been re-
ported in district No. 20. The aggregate
wheat and barley crop in the county will,
in our opinion, equal that of 1850, and that
was the largest ever harvested in the
county. The quality is uniformly good,
but there is wide difference in the grade
of the wheat as to cleanliness. The good
accomplished by the extra or side.cl
ers is now universally acknowledged.
Speaking of the yield of grain in his neigh
borhood, B. F. johnson says that Gus.
Monsoon got LOGO sacks of wheat of an
average weight of l35 pounds, from l27
acres Eric Nelson raised 1900 sacks on
40 acres while the best yield was on III.
B. Heiken's place. as he thrashed $40 sacks
at one setting from two stacks, which were
forty feet square. This last was from win
ter-sown grain.