The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-13

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over a million bushels.
Baker City Sage Brush: Some talk o
having new judicial district out of Baker
Union and Umatilia counties, and it is re
ported there are about twelve candidate.
for Judge.
As an offset to the general prediction of a
hard winter, it is worth noting that one 'o
the Oldest residents of this valley, who is
unusually observant of weather phenomena
says he has never known a severe winter to
follow fall in which the rains set in early
1 Douglas county sheep men complain that
coyotes and other sheep-kiiling animals are
on the incre lse. and they are very destrue
tive to that important industry, and that
the bounty offered by the county court is
too small to induce anyone to hunt and de-
stroy them.
All over the country women continue to
| take the benefit of the land laws by secur-
ing homesteads from the government. Pick
ing up papers which contain ''notices of pub
lication" and notices of proof" We almost
invariably find the names of women among
| the homesteaders.
| Says the Lakeview Examiner of asst Sat
urday: ''The register and receiver of the
land Office at this place rendered decisions
this week in number of swamp land con-
tests The decisions in every instance were
in favor of the settlers and against the
| swamp land claimants.
| Roseburg Plaindealer: The Oregon & Cal
! ifornia passenger trains run over and kill a
great many deer between the mouth of Cow
| Creek canyon and Grants Pass. The deer
| get on the track and become fascinated by
| the light of the engine, and allow them
selves to be run over, or thrown senseless
! from the track by the cow-eatcher.
In favorable seasons California counts its
| honey.crop by the thousand tons and bee
| keepers find good profit when extracted
honey commands no more than four or five
cents per pound, and comb-honey seven or
eight cents. This year, however, the honey
yield will be Iight-fowers are few and nee
tar scant.
?. F. Bradford, successful frni5-grower
near Portland, has put up %, 900 pounds of
dried fruit consisting of 10000 pounds Of
dried plums and prunes, 1000 pounds OF
dried apples and 2o00 pounds of q. iod pears.
Mr. Bradford is a practical man and thor
oughly understands how to dry fruit. The
fruit sells easily at ten cents and upwards,
wholesale.
Farmers of Douglas county buy short
horn Durham cattle, raise good grades,
make go Vi butter and cheese, stop the i'm
portation Of these articles from the east,
keepa few fine bred hogs that you can feed
I'll the year upon skim milk, refuse grain
and vegetables, cease to put i'll SO much
wheat for shipment, and our word for it, |
YOU will see better times i'll the future. -
PlaindeStler
The Biakely mill company is building a.
standard gauge railroad ur the Little Skoo-
kun river. Over funr miles are ready for
the rails. A locomotive has already arrived
but for some reason the iron has been de- |
layed. The road will be used at present for
logging purposes, but its ultimate destina- /
ton is Gray S Harbor to which inlet it is |
fifty miles. A survey to the summit of the
Olympic range to be crossed has already |
been completed. Next spring active work
on pushing the road through to Gray's Har-
Dor will be prosecuted.
Last spring there was grand rush into
Haruey valley, but there were many poor
settlers went in there who expended their
all in improving their places, and are now
entering upon the winter without cent,
and no probability of securing work before
spring There are no chances of obtaining
employment in that section, and the man
who takes his family there should take funds
to tide him over the first winter at
least.-Sage Brush.
Ashland Tidings: During the past eleven
months there have beer but seven deaths in
the portion of this valley between Phoenix
and the California line, and two of these
were the results of accidents, one being
from fall from horse and the other from
a rifle shot. The territory includes the town
of Ashland and has population of about
$500 people. This is certainly a good re-
cord and accorls with the claim made by
Ashland people that they have remarka-
bly, healthy climate.
A correspondent writing from Blue River
mines says: The miners are preparing for
winter and are building cabins. Work is
still being performed ON the ledges. Some
still coming and going They have located
some quartz claims on the head waters of
the Calpooia. Mr.. Warren raised and COW
cred house to-day his ranch one mile
above the mouth of the Blue river on the
Mckenzie Mr.. John Watson is building
house just one-half mile above him on his
ranch on Elk Creek. All of these places
have been recently taken up. Land hunt
srs, looking for government lands, should t
bay this section visit, there is plenty of 4
good government land still vacant that
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