The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-06-05
News SUNNI ary.


The Oregon City fremen have sen
East for new caps, belts, and helmets
to be had before the Fourth.
Lafayette is going to celebrate the
4th of July. One of the attractive
features is to be barbecue dinner.
A hundred barrel day roller flour
ing mill, run by steam, is the latest ad
dition to the numerous industries ot
Tacoma.
Yakima is the present terminus of a
1000 mile stretch of the N. P. R. r.
This is the longest line of road in the
United States
Previous to 1872 in most places in
Oregon the two bit piece was the
smallest change made. Now the
limit, one cent piece, has been
reached,
Walla Walla farmers report the pros
poets of an unusually large wheat crop
as becoming brighter every day. The
grain has taken new leasr OF life and
is heading out nicely.
Thirty immigrants direct from Fan
min county, Texas, arrived at Eugene
City last Saturday. They are well
pleased with the appearance of the
country. and have come to stay.
Two Minneapolis gentlemen, repre-
senting $1,5oo,ooo are expected to
visit Oregon City this week to inspect
he falls of the Willamette with refer
cnre % its utilization as water power.
.sea lions are reported thicker and
more audacious than ever at the mouth
OF the Columbia. They were out in
force playing around, seizing salmon
and throwing them out of the water
The hop vines of the Yakima valley
have made wonderful growth since
the rains. Some of them being four
teen feet high. At least half of which |
has been attained during the past
week.
A tram stole horse in Lake coun-
ty recently whi!c the owner was lying
dead drunk. The Sheriff was started
IN pursuit, and as one went south and
the Other north, 1t may be long time
before they Meet face to face.
The sensational story about an in
tended u 'rising of the whites against
Indian Chief Joseph anI his band OH
their return to the old Me- Perce reser-
vation, appears 10 ha1&: been a scheme
10 get a garrison back at Fort Lapwal.
Ben, Holla1ay, Jr., threatens to
make 4 present of his water front real
estate, at Oregon City, to persons who
will put manufacturing establishments
On them. He says, to screw a sewing
machine fast to the rocks and call chat
a factory, won't answer his require
ments
Alkali Enterprise: Nearly all our
Sheepmen lost more or less of their
locks from the effects of the late rains
ind cold spell coming just after shear
ng, causing the sheep to chill to
1eath- As near as We are able tolearn
such loss will run from twenty to one
hundred in each band.
Newberg letter: Two accidents
With firearms the past week in our
title burg Riley Smith went to pick
Up his gun in a hurry to shoot a crow;
he gun went off, taking the end off
lis thumb and crippling two fingers.
3euben Frank got bullet through his
hand while handling a revolver.
A Piute Indian named Plush, who (
S Chief of a little band of redskins
amped on Deadman creek, near
-akeview was On glorious old drunk +
Saturday During his jamboree he
'eat one of his squaws almost to death, :
ut an Indian child up considerably
nth butcher knife, and drove all his
aithful henchmen to the mountains ;
or safety. A posse from town cap 5
ured the crazy brute and lodged him {
n Jail till he sobered up. I
Grants Pass Courier: On,the first
+ this month H. B. Miller & Co. sold
o Geo. Ainslee & Co., Portland, 1zc,- 7
% feet of sugar pine lumber, and t
rom other sources have received Or f
IerS for four more carloads of the came !