Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-09-04
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STATE NEWS.

che carload to the Chicago markets
from Salem and Portland for the first
time.
| The fail meeting of the Baker county
agricultural society will convene at
Baker City Oct 9th and continue Eve
lays.
| There are thirty five carpenters at
work on the locks at Oregon City,
pushing rel'ails with all possible dis
patch.
/ The exhibition car will be at the diff
ferent county and state fairs until Oct
/ 10th whenit viii be taken to New
Orleans.
Prof. LIE Count, geological instruct
or ut the Berkley University, of Cali
fornia, has been out on a geological
survey to Crater Lake.
DR.. Marchand, of Baker City, has
made thirty different assays of quartz
from new mines on Pine creek, and
which run from s27 to S2460 gold per
toa.
Mrs. A. L. Humphrey who recently
died in Eugene CITY. besides other
charitable be9uests left $1,000 to the
Missionary society of the NJ. E. Church
of New York.
| At the Empire Bar claim on Klam-
ath river, t,ey have struck it rich. Dr.
team informs us that they have struck
gravel that paws from 50 to 81 to the
pam mon.
About twenty-five miles from Baker
City, the discovery has been made of
running coal oil spring. by A. A. Mil
Ter who has been for some time pros
pecting the mountains in search Of
precious metals.
Tha s4 psnl press ,o,s. uw.sh
ington Territory wheat promises to be
| a feature in the markets of tie East
this season. The Northern Pacific is
maning preparations to bring the bulk
of it to Duluth"
Vim. Mccormick claims to have IN
vented tug bot tat will make the
Columbia river from The Dalles down
as free as the locks under the most
favorable circumstances will have It IN
ten years; from the present time.
E. Turner. a farmer at Grants Pass.
has thirty acres of broom corn set this
year. He sent q splendid specimen to.
the immigration board. and be expects
/ to dispose of the entire crop to the.
Pot4land broom factory.
IL s. Jory, Of Salem, viii have =
fruit dryer IN Operation at the Mechan-
les far for which preparations are be-
ing made A flue will be built for the
smokestaek OF the machine through the
root OF machinery hall, and the art OF
freIt-drhlng will ee fully explained
Standard.
Edward J. Dawne took his oath of
Office Aug 2 as Judse OF the Territory
OF Alaska, and Will at once proceed to
that country. His sal ry Is Sz,oou
year, ana as th0re Is os'e llItie .emPea-
tio'i % spelli money enefe' ne VIII PROD
aoiy save s1'ooo eacn seatoi ms oincial
existence.
The 0. Il c. Il. K. now lays claim to
SO much of the forfeited Astoria land
grant rs comes WITHIN the limit OF lts
E. ~ ~, ,s,,e ta;.a - ;;,aa.;ar
-, -. -. 80 H. la,d ema.
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The immigration to Oregon and
Washington is by far the largest ever
known at this season. OF the year. An
average OF sixty persons arrive IN Port
land daily over the railroads, and the
arrivals ny steamer aggr gate at least
/ 4a0 per week, beside the wagon trains
arriving every day IN the eastern and
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On August 18th, Jack Ward, for
merly riding boss on the Oregon d Cal
ifornia extention, was killed while
working IN tunnel No. | on the Cas-
cale division Of the Northern Pacific
railroad, by the eaving in of the east
ern end of the tunnel. He is we'll
known among railroad men, having
been with j. B. Harris for several
years.
hnono tho more nonnlar resorta IN
/ sor+ho.n 0reoon f,a;er laka tales the
la,d This lake Is represented as be-
II. above the headwaters of Rocue
river SOM. e;ohtv miles from jackson.