Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-05-22
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Caterpillars are becoming very 7
destructive to the fruit trees in and !
around Oregon City.
The Grant County News says
here are fren 10000 to $4,000 !
mutton sheep in that county.
The taxes collected by Wasce
county, and to which Gillian is en-
titled, amounts to over $4,000. /,
All freight and passenger trains {
have been discontinued oa the Ore
gon Pacific until further notice.
War rumors being unsatisfactory,
grain has fallen some and net 50
good price is being offered for
wheat.
Rota Kelly, an eight-year- old In
dian girl, fell iRte the river near
Salem last Saturday and was
drowned.
There is talk Of establishing a
ferry at the mouth Of Chapman
creek, on the Washington side Of
tie Colunbia, five miles below Al
kali.
Several immigrants have located
this month in the Wallowa and
Grand Ronde valleys. There is
still room, for several thousand
more.
The prospects are good for about
three.quarters of a crop Of grain in
southern Oregon. This is an ex-
ceedingly good report, under the
circumstances.
. Thirteen carloads of emigrants
arrived in Portland, Wednesday,
from the East. There were be.
tween three and tour hundred peo-
pie in the party.
An ineendiary fire at Salem,
Wednesday, totally destroyed the
, foundry and agricultural implement
store Of D. WI. De Voc and w.
! @. Adams building. Loss, $4,000;
) insurance, $500. An attempt was
+. also made to frs the large FIGURING
eiils.
!. Eugene Laroque, one of the heirs
d of the famous Laroque estate, has
skipped, owing a Thousand dollars
= 1t is understood that he took sis
v hundred dollars with him, the las
e remnant Of the forty thousand dol
:. lars he received as his share of the
d estate.
It Many OF the Heppner sheepmer
y report that their sheep are yieldin!
W rather light feeces this year, i,
n most cases the yield being poune
a. less than usual to each sheep. Th
n shrinkage is generally attributed t
e, too much snow last winter.-Hepl
TO 1aer Gazette.
y Well infor.Aed men state tha
ssf Eastern buyers have purchased i
A. Eastern Oregon and Washingto,
h. this season, %, $50 head of cattl
ad at an average prizes of about $22
Nv hsad, or a round total Of $3.50, ,00'
ba These cattle are being shipped ovs
y, the Northern Pacific.
tn Judge Kelsey, of Corvallis, is e
ICE dsavorins to organize an encam
Us, ment Of Indian fighters On tn
fui coast, sin,ilsr in purpose and pls
rts CT organization to the Grand Ara
'he Of the Republic. There are NAL
lot survivors Of tbs various 1ndi
FOR wars in this State, and we are 81
fs''' they will lend their hearty cooper
ton to the movement.
,rm Over On Pine creek near t
lew main john Day, G. w. Hilton,
has extensive sheep raiser, employs
ing force of night as well as day he
ver- ers during the .smbing sess'
ser. The ewes are left on the range a
en- never driven to the corrals, a
is lanterns are put up to keep off c
and otes. In this way almost ev
e Of lamb is sased.-HeppnsrGasette.
ard,
rial The new Meacham shops, O..
hv Il n. Co., at this place, are encle
tber and the roof being laid. The m
~ is building is 60x1OO feet with W
! at 2Ox50 feet. Six additional st
ders will be added to the round hoi
ants and coal bunkers, the largest
the line, will be built at an ea
date. The company Lave gre
train at work filing IN the grou
AT and will now lay two additie
tnre side tracks.-LaGrande Gazette.
''ol' A very large but partially
,pie plored cave exists in JOSEPH
'ot7 county, on the headwaters of \
;,aS ~" liams creek, twenty miles south
i''"' Grants Pass. AS far as this
;S an' ern has been entered, only S.
:n n:n 500 feet, sufficient subterran
''''o wonders have been discovered
p'' indicate the existence of a v
49, 49, large and interesting cave, wi
''aet' t beauties and novelties will att
was many visitors.
A gentleman from Southern
gon reports that the construc
uane forces Of the Central Pacific /
o"'y been ordered to procee6 to the Fl
hihS of the California d Oregon I
!, ,ihs road to push it to connection )
'ouis the Oregon L California; also
rect. rho Oreeo, 4 c.l;for,;o had
us leased to the Central Pacific. {
many combined With tbe raca,t h.
attic rains there, and the large sp
gail clip of wool, makes the people