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

deStrOylnS crops III PoTtieIas ol Chtoi
county this season.
An exchange says silver dollar II
too big, gold dollar too small, pa
per dollar too thin, and all too scarce.
The wool crop this year is said to be
extremely prolific. Sheepmen along
Snake river report ten pounds a head
as an average yield, which is very good
indeed, but the price of wool is not Sc
aattering
% The Walla Walla Journal reports that
two OF the three commissioners, have
determined upon Walla Walla as the
mea desirable point for the location OF
the territorial penitentiarv. The ques-
ton will be kept open, though until the
10th OF July.
Farmers in Walla Walla valley have
already began harvesting barley, and
are unanimous in declaring a very
large Weld. The wheat harvest will
begin in about two weeks. and it prom
sses the largest yield of years.
An important gold quartz discovery
was made last week near Pine valley,
Union county, the vein being three
feet thick and traceable nearly 500 feet.
The discoverer is making $50 a day
with an ordinary hand mortar.
Hop raisers are confident of a large
yield this year, but are not so confdert
as to price. Many who are engaged in
the business are of the opinion that the
price paid this fall will not cover the
cost of picking and drying.
Information has been received that
Mr.. Will Mcconnell, formerly of Linn
county, waskicked by a coltand killed at
Mayville. Gilam county, on the 27th of
May. The blow was received on the
head and face, and broke in the skull,
causing death after few hours of in
tense suffering.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
says ofthe crop prospects in the South:
@'The reports from all four of our lead
ing crops, cotton, sugar, rice and corn
continue excellent, and more than ex-
ce:lent, and are in remarkable contrast
with last year in condition, promise
al. prices
ttaquiaa pea: AZ work GA the jcttv
has ceased, the employees pad off and
II; u fnot allef them gone outside. Mr.
? P.>'ilemuS will pFoi'abiv remain few
da longer taking soundings of the
aa--' etc, when he will probably go toI
Portland and be employed at head
Quarters.
i Salem papers says: The session
law have just been completed and are
nov IN the binders hands. They con-
ovc1 600 pages and are the largest ever
issand in Oregon. Also the rules and
regulations for applications for pardons
from the penitentiary were issued yes
terday in pamphlet form, by the gov
ernor's advisory committee.
A gentleman who has recently trav-
eled all over Polk county says that
crops are looking especially well along
the Dallas Monmouth road and between
Perrydale and Whites Station. He
thinks that if this year proves success
full one for farmers the future of the
country is assured.
Walla Walla Statesman: 1t is estima-
ted that there is now growing in Walla
Walia county 10000 acres of wheat;
in Columbia county, 10000; in Gar
field and Assotin counties, &c, 900; and
in Whitman and Nez Perce counties,
10000 more, and in Umatilla county
10000. This makes total of 800 900
acres, and this at an average Of 80 BUSH
els to the acre will give nine million
bushels of wheat to be shipped from
the Columbia valley above Snake
river.
Whatcom Reveille: Mr.. D. E. Rice
of Nooksack, dug new potatoes on May
3oth that measured five inches in cir
conference. On June 9TH he dug
three hills, the product made more
than suficiency for one meal for a
family of ten persons. Mr.. Rice says
that the potatoes are now larger and
more fully developed than he has ever
before known them to be on July 4th.
The Cheyenne Sun of the nth says
"James Q. Shirley, of Union, Oregon