The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-05-15
News SUNNI ary.

phone line from Portland to Vancouv-
er will be commenced in a short time.
A colony of fifty persons IS forming
in East Tennessee for Eastern Oregon
They will leave for their new homes
about June Ist.
The E. O. of Pendleton recently
sued a dead beat subscriber tor $3.50,
got judgement ard made 1t cost the
subscriber $50.
The State Board of Education has
purchased the property now used and
rented by the State Blind School, the
amount being paid for it $325o,
The Salem Statesman figures the
population of that city at 5000, in
clubing the prisoners at the Penitenti-
arv and the patients at the Asylum.
Judge Deady's decision on the
Hou,t railroad bill sustains its princl-
pie features, but denies the right Of
the Legislature to absolutely fix rates.
The body of Frank Rampy, who
was drowned at the Harrisburg r. R.
bridge on Sunday, April 18th, was
found in the river nearly opposite
Harrisburg last week.
An application has been made to
the department at Washington asking
to have postofice established at the
Indian school, at Lake Labish, some
four miles below Salem.
The overland time between Portland
and San Francisco, VIA the Q. d {. K.
R., has been shortened to two and
one-half days with only "a hours
staging between Ashland and Delta.
A pauper named Cole, aged IS, at
tempted to xiii himself at the poor
farm in Linn county by cutting his
throat and sevcring An artery in his
thigh. The wounds were not fatal.
Judge Deadly has given instruction
to the Receiver, Koehler, OF the O. &
r. R., that the Hoult bill is constitu-
tional and must be abidcd by. This |
fixes the rate of travel at 4 cents per
mile on the railroads.
A monster whale entered tne Co
lunola Wednesday, and after cruising |
around Astoria started out, but was
stranded on Sand Island for an hour |
The sea mammoth finally got ailoat
and went into deep water.
The various transportation conpa-
nics whose lines center in Portland |
saave rendered free transportation to
the Iowa Press Association after its
arrival here, for various excursions to
different parts of the Northwest.
The work Of constructing the Port
land and willamette Valley Narrow
Gauge Railway from Portla nd to Dun
dee, will, it is said, be commenced in
about six weeks. The right Of way
for the road has about all been Sc
cured.
Since President Cleveland's inau-
peration the following appointments |
have been made for Oregon. Agent
at Grand Rounde Indian Agency,
William Galloway; Appraiser of Mer-
chandise, Portland, C. S. Schenck;
Collector of Internal Revenue, John |
Whiteaker; Collector Of Customs, AS
toria, John Hobson.
There is an unusual amount of pros
pecting for quartz ledges this Spring, |
with what success later Developments
will tell, but even now some are re-
ported favorable. There is a growing
faith that the future will develop many
good lodges which will pay well, and
add largely to the present wealth of
Southern Oregon.
. Bids are now being made for the
construction of the great Cascade tun-
mel of the Northern Pacific Rail Road,
which will be one of the longest in the
country. The length of the tunnel
will be about $500 feet and the plan
and machinery for constructing it will
cost in the neighborhood Of $4,000
The bids will be opened May II.
Harvey valley, Grant county, is
about 50 miles long and 40 miles
wide, and the population numbers
nearly 1000. The principal industry