Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-17
STATE NEWS.

Douglas county will have l50, 600
poaads more wool this season than
ever before. T
The fish wheel en- the Upper Col
umbia catch from seven to ten tons
of salmon daily.
NJ. s. Farrew, pioneer Of 1S4s,
died at his home near Shedd, Linn
county, june %, aged 70 years.
1t is proposed to place monu-
ment over the grave of Colonel
Nesmith by the citizens Of Polk
county.
The close season for deer ended
July lst and venison is making its
appearance in southern Oregon
markets. 7
Cougars are proving troublesome |
in the Applegate country. Several
horses have been killed lately by
these pests.
Harvey Shepard has discovered
promising quartz ledge short dis
tanee south of Ashland. Considera-
work has already been done on it.
Yamhill county has organized an
agricultural society, and arrange
ments are being made for county
fair to be held September Is 80
19.
| A S65 nugget was picked up by
Ike Klopp at his placer claim in
Granite last week. His mine is pay
ing an average of 81 FER day to the
man.
/ A man named Crabb was fatally
injured at Albany July by riding
against a wagon tongue while on
horseback. He died from internal
injuries on Sunday.
There is violin in Albany which
, was made in 1877. 1t is Of italian
, construction, finely engraved, and is
: now worth several hundred dollars.
Adrian Cemely is its owner.
The klamath and Yaihax Indians
are not as much on the increase as
they were some years ago, there be-
! ing sixty-three deaths among them
| last year, against thirty.on births.
Mr.. Joseph Shambaugh, while
loading a car on Thursday with
lumber at Orc Dell, fell from the
car, striking the rail, breaking two
. ribs and cutting his head in two
places, and was pretty badly bruised
up, besides.
, Walla Walla Union: Wheat cut
: ting commenced on the Blalock
ranch last Tuesday, and Wednesday
. three headers were in opeaation.
! In few Gays eight. headers and
: two big threshers will be at work.
An estimate of Wednesdays work
gives an average of forty bushels
f per acre.
9 The Pine valley mines in Baker
. county are showing up very richly
and six-horse fast. mail coach has
been put on the route. Some of the
: tplacers are said to%be yielding from
$50 cents to 81 and upward to the
pan. There are now 5000 men ir
o the mines, with more going in every
It day.
A 10y ar old sor. of Isaac Wat
kins, who resides about five miles
from Drain, on Elk creek, shot him.
self in the left arm last Thursday
1t seems he was putting the gun
s across log and the lock caught in
some way and set it eff, tearing the
d arm SO badly that it was necessary
d to amputate it above the elbow.
! Oregon City Enterprise: We are
8 informed that Elmer's mill in High.
land precinct was burned Thursday
;, night. We understand that the
!. proprietor set fire to the old dam in
. order to burn it out so as to put in
new one. and, thinking it was all
:. right, left it and went to bed. In
! the morning the mill was gone.
;, Ashland Tsdings: Operations al
r the Big Yank ledge in Josephine
= ccuntya are not progressing as rapidly
h as was expected. Some people think
t the big San Francisco capitalists are
Y pottering along with the work in
8 order to be able to buy up the claims
e Of various parties on the ledge be.
s fore the price is sent up by a dem.
: onstration of the paying qualities OF
: the immense body OF rock of which
the ledge is composed.
Independence Vest Side: Reports
: from the hop-ralsins districts of the
county are to the effect that rust
. has appeared On the vines and is
doing great damage to the crop.
The hop rust is very similar to that
which appears on the wheat, and is
very destructive. Tom Ford of
Dallas says that the rust commenced
to work on his hops nearly two
! : months ago and that the hops first
lose their color and then wither and
die
The dwelling Of Mrs. Nessley,
situated on the Grande Ronde river.
about one mile north of La Grande,
was totally destroyed by fire last
, Wednesday morning. It seems
that the family arose about 4 o'clock
r in the morning, built fire in the
kitchen stove, and then proceeded
with the chores on the outside, when
the house was discovered in flames.
The fire is supposed to have origin
ated frop. doSaot;ro a.. MI