The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-06
State and Territorial.

Washington county has sold its poor farr
for 5000. and will buy cheaper one.
An eagle with wings measuring seven fee
from tip to tip is owned by one of the Port
land fire companies.
Portland is the only town in Oregon ant
Washington territory that has the specii
postal delivery system.
The o. R. & N. Co. will rebuild it.
bridges between The Dalles and Wall;
Walla with stone and iron.
The Brownsville Wooden Mills company
took first premium on finest blankets anu
cloths at the Mechanics fair.
A reward in the Queen of the Pacific sal
wage case WAS paid into the U. s. District
Court last week. Including costs and in
terests, it amounts to $7G,5l7.
The Children's H"me netted about $1,000
from the benefit given by the Mechanics,
FAIR. The cash receipts were about $1,000,
and the fruit men donated their exhibits.
1t is estimated that the chinamen who
have lelt Oregon aud Washington for their
home since the anti.ChInese excitement be-
gan have taken over quarter of million
of solid coin with them
Cattle men of klamath county complain
that they receive fr"m IS to $40 pei head
less for their beef c,tt'e this year tha,, last
This will make difference of mary thous
and dollars in the income of the whcle coun-
ty.
A petition to the legislature is being ci :
cula ed praying for the enactment of law
making it compulsory for the railroad
pany to fence it's track in Baker county
The petition is being signed by every tax,
Fayer to whom it is presented.
The West Side says that Polk county
farmers rs a .ire roiIhuent of an adj
vance and are determined to get all the,
can. those " ho have held their wheat ST.
far are sanding their hands and taking
new grip for a still further advance.
Another rich find has been made in the
Colville district The new mine is on the
Columbia, three miles above the Six-mile
bar. The ledge contains masses of gale.a
and chloritles resembling The Oh dominion
ore. The mine has been bonded by an Ari
zona capitalist and MINER.
The Port Townsend Argus says: 1t is pro-
posed hy Chaplain Stubbs. of Portland, that
Henry Ward Beecher. the little sou of col
lector Bsecher AMI grandson of the eminent
Brooklyn divine, shall hoist the Searnen's
Bethel flag for the first time In history at
Port owusend The incident will be note
w"rthy.
The Baker City courthouse burned down
recently. was built in 1869, at Il cost of $lO,-
O0O A stone vault built in 1872, saved
the county not less than S5),0O0 The Re-
~eilie says: The town is full Of dead beats
who won "A do my piece of work like that
for $5. aud it is My a forerunner of some |
thing more serious if our citizens do not take i
measures tu ,,rotect themselves"
Dallas Ite.ni r.: We we're shown hiek- |
ory cane this week VIII n has history. 1t |
is about an inch in diameter AMI has shout |
grown from one end which twines along its /
entire length. 1t was cut the day after the
battle of Fort Donaldson by James Crystal, |
son of Mrs. Crystal of this place, and sent |
TO his father, then in Iowa, who, when he
crossed the plains to Oregon in 1864, brought |
the cane with him. 1t is kept as relic.
A Southern Oregon exchange says: Geo. |
H. Chick is preparing to put ups quartz
crushing machine in Medford, the object be-
ing to attract thither for test the quartz |
from various led ,es in tlo county now be-
ing prospected. the site chosen for the |
mill is near the railroad track, short dis
tsnce south of the depot. A number of cit
izens Of Medford "put up" fvr til. enter !
prise.
VIM. Reid Of Portland and Col. Ge,. P. |
Bissell of London, England, .ln- up to Sill
verton on the n ,rr'w sauss Thur sday, and |
took private conveyance to Ss Fem throu Oh |
the Waldo Hills. From Mr.. Reid it was
learned that the inc of the Willamette val |
ley railway lnaa row guage) has been perma'
nently located from Portland to Dundee, !
and that work will begin Oil the same as
soon as practicable.
A great mining boom is expected in the !
Northwest in the spring of 1886. There |
are several regions to develop and all are
assured of great rush Coeur d'Alene ex
poets to enjoy boom that will excel all
Others. The region is being developed by
Eastern capitalists. Pine Creek will also
come in for a BOOM This section is un- /
doubtedly very rich, and abounds in mineral
wealth. Mining men say it is the richest
camp on the coast at present. The Col !
vile country is one of great promise and
will be heard from cabinet of Pine
Creek ore samples, collected by Gen. T. r.
Tannatt, will soon be on exhibition in the
State immigration Board rooms, where it
will attract the attention of all new corners, |
both capitalists and immigrants.
A party of Albany hunters were out on
Hrah I,o4 1