The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-08
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
The Sunday school picnic at Turner, Sat
urday, was largely attended.
A tri-weekIy stage is running between
Salem and Independence.
Laban Davis of Polk county was placed
in the insane asylum last week.
W. r. Pogue, an old resident of Douglas
county, is insane.
Shearing throughout Southern Oregon is
nearly finished.
The Getchell Coquille cannery will begin
work next month.
Fare from Empire City to Portland is
now SIS so and each passenger is allowed
fifty pounds of baggage.
N. De Lamatter of Kerbyville has beer
appointed treasurer of Josephine county,
vice George Grotz, deceased.
At Laconner project is being discussed
to found a hospital for sick or disabled
loggers.
R.. L. Shackelford dislocated a shoulder
in jumping from moving train at Waits.
burg.
Fl. L. Bowmer is now associated with E.
N Sweet in the publication of the Colfax
Vidette.
1. Gliesman claims to have been garroted
and robbed of Sl35 at Seattle, last Thurs
day night.
Court convenes at Dayton June 1S There
are 1l9 cases on the docket, all filed since
October 7.
Rye, wheat and barley between Waits
burg and Walla Walla is heading out, which
is reminder that harvest will soon be at
hand.
The examination of John Montague, at
Walla Walla, for the shooting of Chas.
Weiser, has been postponed. Weiser shows
symptoms of blood poisoning.
The town of Pullman is situated about six
miles south of Kamiac Butte, fourteen miles
from Palouse City, and about midway on a
direct line from Colfax to Moscow.
The United States survey schooner, Err
nest is now in Gray's harbor engaged in
making government survey of that body of
water. She will probably remain during
the entire season, and the work done by
those in charge of her will effectually, and
for all time officially settle the question as
to the depth of water on the bar, and in
the different channels Of the harbor.
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of men engaged at the head of the bay in
digging muck, sanding, fuming and the 9th.
er operations attendant on the planting of a
cranberry marsh. They are preparing a
large number of acres for plants, and if the
experiment should prove success, and the
gentleman in charge, man of large exper-
ience, is sure it will, it will open the way
for remunerative industry, as there are
thousands of acres of marsh land in every
way suitable for cranberry culture in Pacific
county.
Miners down from Boulder, 7. T., state
that a very rich and strong vein of galena
ore has just been discovered and located
two miles above Boulder, or between the
Boulder mines and the Senate group, and
prospectors are stampeding for that section.
Boise Statesman, May 81: Tonight the
Wood River Branch of the o. s. L. railroad
will be completed. The ba1lasting train was
within the town limits this morning, and,
nothing unexpected preventing, was to
finish to-day, and Colonel Way will accept
the road from the contractor tomorrow.
Considerable teaming is now going onR. R.be-
tween Jacksonville and Crescent City and
promises to increase rapidly.
A. J. Moody, assisted by parties from
the Columbia river. is preparing to run the
Florence cannery, on the Siuslaw, next fall.
Having has commenced in different focal
tiles and will soon be IN full blast every
where. The hay is good in every respect.
The house and barn on John Bears ranch
on the Willanch slough, Coos county, was
burned on Wednesday of last week. Loss
$4,000.
Indian Joe, who shot Geo. Jordan at EN-
pire two weeks ago, was re-arrested after
Jordan's death, brought before Justice
Hyde, held in s4O0 bail to answer before
the grand jury ond sent to Jail in default of
bail.
Jacksonville Times: There is difference
of opinion as to where railroad depots will
be located. Several parties near the middle
of the valley think one will be located on
their land, and some of them are liable to
be disappointed. The depot tor this place
will probably be located about five miles
east of us.
Applegate correspondence to the Jackson
Vile Sentinel says: With the return of the
warm weather crops are growing very nice
ly. Wheat and oats promise well, barley
ordinary, corn rather backward. Vegeta-
bles look better, at least some better than
what they did last year, AMI should there
be a good year the crop win be simply i'm
nense. cannot speak of a huge crop of
fruit for frost got away with the greater
part, still there will be some. The Dun
yartee peach crop will be immense.
Whitman county, W. T. proposes to hold
4 fair next fall,