The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-05-15

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ates of lead, rich in silver. Men are
focking there in large numbers
and claims are being staked out fol
miles along ledge twelve feet wide or
the surface.
An organization has been perfected
at Independence to be known as the
Polk County Stock Breeders Associa
ton, which will aim to improve the
breed of stock generally. 1t will be
incorporated with a capital stock OF
$2,5oo. Stephen Stats was elected
President and w. H. Parry Secretary.
An extremely rich strike equaling
that in the famous Gold Hill times,
has been made in McDonough & Kah-
ler's quartz ledge near Fort Lane.
Free gold can be seen in large quanti-
ties, some Of the ore appearing to be
half gold We are informed that there
is a considerable amount of that quartz
in sight, in which event the owners
may consider themselves quite rich
Jacksonville Times.
Advices from various portions of the
country are to the effect that the frost
last week was not as injurious as at
first supposed, AMI that there will be a
considerable amount of fruit, though
not as much as anticipated. Nearly
every portion of Jackson and Josephine
counties suffered some, and in a few
little fruit remains. The damage
could have been much greater, how
ever.-Jacksonville Times.
The roads between Salt Lake City
and Snake river are represented as be-
ing lined with emigrant wagons.
Some of the people are going to settle
in Idaho, others in Montana and in
Washington Territory and Oregon.
One train consisting of five wagons
and well equipped outfit generally
and representing as many families,
stated that their destination was the
Big Bend country on the Columbia.
The Indian school at Forrest Grove
will graduate twenty six pupils in June
who have been in attendance five
years. The advanced class will give
a musical concert at the grove on next
Wednesday evening. consisting OF So
los, duets, quartetts and choruses, in
tersDercel with piano, violin and band
music. The concert will be repeated
in Salem on the 18th inst. All the
pupils except those of the primary
grade will be moved to Salem in about
three weeks.
Special Agent Dixon held a council
last week with about 800 Umatilla
Indians, in regard to throwing the res
ervation open for settlement, as pro-
vided for in bill introduced by Con
gresham NJ. c. George. The Indians
asked time to consider the matter, and
one old chief on being requested to
designate how long it would take him
to make up his mind, replied about
ten years. A wealthy old redskin
named Pho, said that he had formerly
been good republican, but now con-
cluded he would go over and be a
democrat, as this party, he thought,
would do right as they were now in
power, and would build houses all over
the reservation. Pho seems to have
long head.
The Astorian of the 9TH inst. says
that tremendous splashing in one of
the fish traps near Ilwaco attracted
the attention of men along the shore
last Tuesday evening. Fastening to
the trap they found one of the biggest
sea lions ever seen in the Columbia
river. Procuring rifles, they fired at
him. The first shot enraged the mon
ster and he started in killing all the big
salmon in the trap So enrased was
the phoca that he tore the fish to piec-
es, and not till seven balls had pierced
him did the shaggy monster give up
the ghost He was landed on the Ar
gonaut and on the arrival of that YES
sci yesterday morning he attracted
considerable attention as he weighed
between 800 and 900 pounds, and was
''nearly as big as COW" The Argo-