The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-17
News Summary.

grains, fruits, minerals and manufacture
as an advertisement of Oregon's posi-
bilities. ~"
1t is rumored that Boston capital
lists are negotiating with the view o
purchasing immense bodies of timbe
between Denmark and Skies, Curry
County.
The contract to erect the new uni
!: versity building at Eugene City has
been let to w. H. Abrams for $I8,2
The estimate for the building made by
the architect was SIS, 1000.
A Nevada woman took fall of 3S5
feet off ledge the other day, brought
up in tree top, helped herself out
and went home and cooked dinner as
if nothing but a circus had passed
by.
Hop raisers are confident of large
yield this year, but are not so conf.
dent as to price. Many who are en-
gagged in the business are of the opin-
ion that the price paid this fall will not
cover the cost of picking and drying.
The board of directors of the Port
land mechanics fair have decided to
hold the next fair commencing Oct.
9Th and continuing until the 24th.
The grand army of the republic have
secured the use of the pavilion from
September 14th to 10Th inclusive.
The total assessable property of
Spokane county amounts to over
$s,ooo,ooo as shown by Assessor Nc
Coy's roll. The census returns shows
a population of 1868; 5o77 males and
1900 native born Washingtonians.
This is good showing for a country
that has been settled less than ten
years.
Mrs. DR.. Chase of Salem, has just
closed an experiment of the culture Of
silk worms in that city. She had some
5000, which, for the past year, she has
carefully watched, fed, and cared for,
and has beautiful sample of raw silk
as the reward of her labors. The ex-
pertinent, while not financial success
as she scarcely expected it would be,
has nevertheless been a pleasurable
study in which many of her friends
became. deeply interested.
Some infamous scoundrel has scat
tered I, mixture of wheat, salt strych-
nine and glass over sheep range near
Olalla, Or, with intent to poison bands
of sheep belonging to James Byron,
George Hoover and others. About
thirty sheep, which grazed over this
land, are now dead. Hoover and
Byron have both received notices to
keep their sheep off this land, which is
yet public, belonging to the govern,
ment instead of to individuals.
The matter of changing the time OF
holdingthe State Fahff' ah' SO as not to con-
flict with the Lane County Fair was
considered, and after due: deliberatien
it was deemed inexpedient to make any
change at this time, and the State Fair
will be held during the week commen-
cling Sept. z1st. The various com
nuittees were appointed and other i'm
portaut business transacted.
Dakota, like Iowa and Kansas, is a
good country to get out Of, A journal
of that Territory says: "a young
lady teacher near Mitchell, on the
approach of a storm last week dis
missed her school in a body to a
neighboing tree claim and stationed
each pupil at stout cottonwood, with
instructions to hold on in cases2of a
blow" She is a thoughtful young |
woman and will never start fire from
a coal oil can.
The corner stone Of the new build.
ing for the State university at Eugene
will be laid by the grand lodge Of Ore
gon, A. F. and A M, on the 2sth !
inst Arrangements have been made
with the Oregon and Califnrnia rail-
road, that all who attend will be re-
turned for one-ffth fare-by securing a
certificate from the committee of ar
rangements. This building is the one
for which the appropriation was made
by the late legislature. u
From Thos. N. Iofton. who returned