The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-02-27
News Summary.


W. H. Price. living near Port Discovery,
has discovered fine deposit of hog iron ore
on his farm.
Empty houses at Goldendale are being
bought up by farmers and moved out to
grace their ranches.
Rogue river valley and county is about to
appear in pamphlet shape and be freely dis
trlbuted A good idea, if well executed.
The government has just established
signal station at Port Angeles, from which
hereafter weather reports will be made. 1t
is on the governments own line to Cape
Flattery.
Times must be dense out in Modoc county
Cal. The delinquent tax list occupies ff-
teen columns in the local paper at Alturas
which was lucky enough to secure its pub
lication.
The fall sown wheat in Kittitas valley
has been well protected bv the snow, which
anelts no faster than the earth can absorb it.
This enhances the prospect of iul crop
the coming year.
cisco for selling white babies to Chinese,
denies that she ever sold them, but ac-
knowledges to having given away 100 in
the last fourteen years.
Jacksonville people boast oi spending
$4,000 in building improvements within
the past year, the brick buildings in the
iurnt discrict and improvement in the flour.
ing mills being the principal items
A considerable amount of real estate has
passed into the hands of immigrants in
Linn county during the past few weeks
During the past week $25, 600 has been
paid for land near Albany by immigrants.
Gov. Adams, of Nevada, happened to
overhaul an old coat the other day and
found S., 800 in one of the pockets. He
had forgotten all about the money. We've
done the same thing dozen tines.--Astor-
ian.
1t is stated that the N orthern Pacific will
he completed to Ellensburg by April lst
and that connection will be made with Ia
coma in October. The temporary road over
the Cascades will be in the form of a z, or
similar to that used during the construction
OF the Bozeman tunnel.
Concerning the proposed new building for
the state university, for which $50, 900 has
been appropriated by the legislature. the
Eugene Guard says: "The building will be
a two-story brick structure, with basement,
of very handsome design. The first floor
will be used as an auditorium, while the
second will be divided up into class rooms.
Plans will be ordered Immediately, and the
contract will be let as soon aspossible. The
whole work will be under the supervision of
the Board of Regents. The building was
badly needed, and our people appreciate the
action of the legislature in 80 promptly
passing the measure"
After the legislature had been in session
for thirty eight days, it's committee on elec-
tions was at last enabled to report on the
Llughlin- -Burch contested election case,
recommending that Burch hold his seat.
Inasmuch as Burch has held it so far, it
would not have been much satisfaction to
I.aughliu if they had reported in his favor
and given him seat among the solons for
the last two days. The testimony written
out in long hand makes 500 folios, or S0,-
600 words, and covers 800 pages of legal
cap. 1t is made up in three bound books.
There were about l25 witness examined,
and fifteen days taken up in the examina-
tion. It will cost the state about S2200.-
Oregonian.
Salem is troubled just now with great
deal of sickness of the malarlal tyre. Why
is this. 1t is the fault of bad drainage, and
nothing else. Which is better, to pay
from SIC, 600 to SIC, 1000 annually in doctors
bills, or to pay less amount in draining
the streets, and thereby prevent .diseases
The latter, of course. The medicine taken
after one becomes sick is not so effective as
prevention. No one could expect anything
but sickness with the streets full of slimy,
stagnant water; and when spring opens, and
the rains cease, it will be Thousand times
worse. The healthiest cities are those
where cleanliness and drainage is well at
tepded to.-Tribune.
The new county established east of the
John Day river is named after Col. Gillian,
who accidently shot and killed himself in
that region in the year ls4S, at the close of
the Cayuse war. Gillian county contains
about 46 townships OF fine agricultural and
grazing land. The land is mostly the bunch
grass table land, of easy cultivation, and
produces from 35 to 40 bushels of wheat to
the acre. The principal trading points are
Alkali and Fossil, but other towns are
springing up rapidly, such as Condor, Clam
Olex, Eight Mile, and Rock point. Ad-
joining Gillian county ON the east side of
Marrow county, carved mainly out of Una
til1a. with Heppner as the principal town
and county seat. This county is named