The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-24

| oneSp sucariaS Is hcdfiy opcr III SOuInefi
Oregon. The wool clip is an excellent one
Il Northern Montana sheep men say that
lambs born in March are worth dollar
more than those born as late as May,
Milo Clark & Co., who drove in 5000
sheep from California last year and wintered
1000 of them on Sun River, lost only forty
sheep during the last winter.
Wendell Phillips left only $25, 900 of a
once large fortune. Mary Livermore says
that the day before he died he burned a
SIN Ii fortune in notes against people for
whom he said his executors might make
trouble.
| A grey eagle of most extraordinary size
was killed last week in Jordan Valley, Linn
county, which had decended into flock of
t IONS The bird measured ten feet and OF .
inch from tip to tip of wings.
| There remains unsold in the warehouses
of Albany, between so, 200 and 70, ono bush
| els of wheat The rise ip the price last
week ..lone added several Thousand dollars
| to the account of Linn county farmers.
| Democrat.
Jacksonville Sentinel: "There will be a
boom in quartz mines before long, and all
who have something to dispose of in that
line can sell out according to what they can
| show up. Jackson county is rich IN all
kinds of minerals, and we look for
thorough prospecting soon when another
Comstock, can be looked for in different
portions of the county"
The first wood paper pulp ever manufac-
tured in the northwest was made recently,
at the new mills of the Columbia river pa
per company at Ii Camas. Cottonwood
was the m aterid used and the pulp manu-
factured was excellent The machines
from now on getting a stock of pulp ready
for the manufacture of paper, which will he
begun in about two weeks.-Oregonian.
Seventeen years ago lady rode into Sa-
lem from Yamhill county, and when she
alighted from her horse on tn; premises
lem, stuck the small popular riding g-switch
into the ground and LETT it there. The
other day J. P. Veach made over a cord of
wood of that same riding switch. 1t meas
ured twenty-six inches across the stump
Statesman.
The phenomenal growth of the Wyoming |
Stock Growers Association is suggestive of |
the vast Importance of the cattle interests |
off fbic vaaru arro ihiv |
sociation was organized with ten members, |
owning 20. 900 head of cattle, valued at |
$350.00O. To-day it has 435 members, own
ing 1000 00) head of cattle, whose estimat-
ed value is 00.0OJ0,OO0 It's sway ex-
tends over the wlfols of Wyoming and por-
tions of six Other states and territories, and
is without doubt the largest association of
the kind in the world.
Walla Walla Statesman: Tkere will be a
rattling of dry bones shortly among those
who have obtained lauds fraudulently
This will hit many in this vicinity pretty
hard, for it is we'll known fact that many
large tracts of land have been obtained by
paying men various sums for the purpose
of pro"ins up and then sellin. out to other
parties. The witnesses" i'll these cases are
liable to get into trouble.
Josephine county possesses a great natur
al curiosity in the shape of subterranean
cavern, 1t is situated in the mountains
about twenty miles sonth of Grants Pass
and has never been thoroughly explored.
The cave is ON the head of Williams creek,
and has been explored distance of 500 feet
To all appearances it is qnite extensive and
contains numerous chambers and natural |.
We understand that the cave
has recently been located by Walter Burch
who coutemplates making trail leading to
the cave and make it an objective point for
tourists and curiosity seekers.-Grant's
Pass Courier.