The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-02-09

N. P. railroad" The roadbed is graded for
miles further up the Struck valley, passing
near Sumner church. There will be four
Howe span bridges across the Puyallup
Stuck, White and Black rivers. The
bridges across the Puyallup will be l62 feet
long. with two Howe spans.
Prineville has five lawyers.
Wheat is worth four cents pound at
Baker City.
A case of smallpox has been discovered
at Alkai.
Snow is five feet deep ON the summit of
Blue mountains.
Quite number of new settlers are tax
ing up ranches on upper Smith river.
Several cases of smallpox are reported in
Dayton and Walla Walla.
A new town has been laid outsnear What
com and named Fairhaven. 1t is on dead
water bay, a mile south of Sehome, and on
the line of the contemplated railroad from
Seattle to Burrard Inlet.
A place in the Palouse country known as
Fourmile is to have Touring mill and an
other sawmill. Persons are surveying the
roads entering that city with view Of
corraling the trade and offering greatest in
ducements for the county sat.
The Potiach mines are attracting much
attention from Lewiston merchants.
The Northern Pacific has made contracts
for delivery within few months of one
hundred locomotives, two thousand freight
cars, ffty-six passenger cars and ten dining
cars. The company reafirms the statement
that the entire road will be completed and
ready for business in September next.
Sleighing is good at The Dalles.
The Sisters building at Gervais is COM
pleted.
The Dalles has an organized Board Of
Trade in full operation.
A -four mill is SOON to be erected at juno,
tion City.
The remains of Vic Trevitt were buried
at Memaloose Island, last Sunday.
District Attorney Hyde, of Baker City,
has been at The Dalles, suffering with the
measles.
Thirty thousand dollars of this years
taxes have been collected by the Sheriff of
Lane county.
It is stated that the railroad company
will probably build round house at Airlie,
next summer.
It is reported that large number of
horses have died of glanders at Perrydale,
Polk county, IN the past two weeks.
A correspondent of the Coos Bay News
says thera are large quantities of the very
best lands in the State vacant in Curry
county.
A writer complains that lots are too high
at $50 in Airlie, Polk county. Probably the
fellow wants them for nothing, and farm
and railroad thrown in.-Staadard.
Says the Times: The spirit of improve
ment seems to be pervading in Southern
into everything since the railroad began
moving this way. A great deal of grubbing
is being done, and much new land will be
cultivated this season. Jackson is destined
to become one of the wealthiest and most
populous counties in the State at no distant
day.
Oscar Fauts, near Dayton. w. 7. is said
to have the smallpox.
Philip Ritz will fence 700 acres of land
near Ritzville w. T., this spring
Geo. Pollar's residence at Huntsville w.
T., was burned last Wednesday. Loss, a.
bout $1,000.
The o. R. & N. company are building
new warehouse at Prescott, w. T. to replace
the one burned last Fall.
According to an official report sent out
by the Treasury department of the United
States there have been 712,5 542 immigrants
arrived in this country during the last six
months of 1882, of which 229, 996 were from