The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-04
News Summary.

The Weld of GRIN throughout Baker
county comes up to the Expectations
of the farmers e
1t is announced that the last spike
of the Canadian Pacific Will be driven
early in October
Hon. F. X Mathied, Of Bttterville,
Marian Co., theshed and hauled to the
warehouse in one day and half last
week, 5000 bushels of wheat.
Bears are committing depredations
on flocks of sheep in Grant county.
,NCne day last week $50 lambs were
killed by them in the band Of John
Luce, in Bear valley.
The cost of running the city of Port
land under its charter, for the fscal
year up to the 31st of December last.
was at the rateof $3.50 per day, leaving
out Sundays and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Baker City Tribune says that
the advance agent of Cushings circus
is in the cooler at Boise, and the circus
itself has gone to pieces in Ketchum,
being attached for some $1,000 due
San Francisco parties.
The Duluth grain elevators will soon
have capacity for storing 1900 bush
els. The shipping faculties of the
place are also being greatly increased.
This is done with view to handling
large portion of the grain raised in Or
egon, Washington and Montana.
Baker City Sage Brush: Eastern cat
tile buyers are arriving in our county
nearly every day, and the only thing to
be regretted is, that there is not enough
cattle here to supply their wants. The
demand for beef cattle especially is
greater than for many yeers, and in this
section the surplus ofthis class of cattle
is limited
Repairs to the locks at Oregon City
are about completed. Thirty carpen
tiers have been at work, and the new
gates are finished and hung in position.
The contractor was allowed two weeks
from August IS to finish the job. An
extra set of gates has been made for
cases of emergency.
The fruit crop promises sbundant1y,
and much dried frrit will fihd its waya
to market this year. The price willrule
low and sales low. Much fruit is sold
green and being shipped away East
ward. The time will come when all
of our fruit, or at least portion of it, |
will find ready sale at our doorway
Capt Littlefeld was at Port Oxford
"a few days ago for the purpose of let
ting out contracts for getting out TIM
bers to be used in building a seawall
at Cape Blanco, on the sonth side, to
prevent the sea from washing that por-
ton of the cape away. Work will COM
mence in few days. There will be
half million dollars expended there, so
"a Gold Beach Gazette correspondent
is informed.
The estimated cost of securing light
drahght navigation on the Willamette
to Eugene, 1874 miles, is $4,000 in
Guiding $I2,oo year for mainten-
ance. The snag boat is now the only
means of keeping it up. $6o,33o
have been expended, only $22 900 be-
ing for construction. Another boat is
proposed in place of the Corvallis,
which is nearly won out, yet during
the year 1t removed 1892 snags. A
he& boat viii cost $2S,ooo.-[Demo-
Crat.
The cases of six dairynnen Eecently3
arrested for violation Of the dairy law,
came up for trial in Portland recently.
They all waived examination and gave
bonds to appear before the Grand Jury.
1t was hoped that the defendants
would sign an agreement to cease
using the brewery malt and conform
with the law, but they seem determ-
lined to fight the matter, backed BY the
brewers. 1t is claimed that there is
flaw in the new law, and the daifyfnen
will test its constitutionalty'
Last week three very sad and fatal
accidents are reported at Fossil Gil.
man county, Oregon. through acci-
dent and ,culpable carelessness three
little children met sudden and untimely
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