The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-06-26

Competent judges estimate that
. there is at least 600, ,ooc acres of I'm
in Douglas county subject to entry.
A Boston man claiming to be a
scientist, says if the earth is not bored
full Of h ,les it will burst AS that
scientist is at the hub of the universe
he ought to know.
The cheese factory at Cove, Oregon,
uses the milk of 20 COWS, and will in
crease the number to over 800 during
the season. The daily yield of cheese
will reach 600 pounds ere long.
| E. Boreman brought to the banking
house of ]. w. Virtue last Wednesday
a $4,000 clean up from his placer
claims, situated eight miles east of Ba-
ker city and near the Virtue mine.
This is the result of little over two
weeks run.
It now seems to be settled that the
o. R. & N. lines are to be leased to
he Northern Pacific and Union Pacific.
This will be fraught with important con-
sequences to the northwest Oregon
and Portland will not suffer by it.
Ashland Tidings: Some little excite
ment is reported over new placer dig
gings now being worked on Cottonwood
creek. above Shattuck's place on the
other side of the Siskiyous. 1t is said
some fifty men have been at work there,
some making good wages.
The San Francisco Bulletin com,
plains that the Chinese are pouring
into California in almost as great num-
bers as ever, Notwithstanding the re-
strictive legislation. The great ma
iority come on Custom House certf-
Gates believed to have been purchased
in Hong Kong from returning coolies.
The Trimble brothers, of Rogue
River were again arrested for violation
OF the law for protection of fish. This
time they are prosecuted for failing to
close their fish trap on Saturday nights
and Sundays as required by the statute,
and it is very probable that after JUS
tice Foudray gets through with them
they will sin no more.
A contract has been let to the Pa
cific Bridgt Company, Of San Fran
cisco, for the construction OF bridge
across Rogue river for the accommo-
dation of the Sans valley people,
The span IS 24o feet, and the bridge
will be the finest in Southern Oregon.
Contract pricc, $13,4s7. Miller & Son,
of Portland, came within $500 Of secur-
ing the contract.
A gentleman living about six miles
from Dayton. missed couple of his
COWS some time ago, and dilligent
search and notices in the county paper
failed to bring them to light. Yester-
day, however, while in the field, he no.
ticed hole in one side of a pumpkin,
and on getting lantern and going in,
he found the lost COWS quietly eating
pumpkin seeds and getting fat. The
hole in the fruit was caused by the
rapid growth of the vines which had
dragged it along over the ground for
half mile.-Columbia Chronicle.
Mrs. Hill and Mrs. De Souzer,
mother and daughter, were drowned in
the Umpqua, Douglas county, Wednes-
day of last week. They were crossing
the river with horse and buggy and
ventured into deep and swift water.
The horse was drowned and the buggy
washed down the stream. The body
of Mrs. De Souzer was recovered,
but that of her mother, Mrs. Hill, was
not at last account. Mrs. Hill was a
colored lady and her daughter mixed
with French blood. They were resi-
dents of Roseburg and members of the
Episcopal church, and highly respected
by everybody. Mrs. Hill was steward
ess for number of years on steamships
plying between Portland and San Fran
cisco, and was we'll known to many old
residents. She was about 60 years Of
age.
A letter from Murray says: The Cali
fsrnia ditch is completed and the water
will be into Dream gulch and on the
hills sometime this week. 1t has been
a long and expensive job to the owners:
| r. &c tueIve miles lono and cost 500 600