Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-10-02
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Cases Of diphtheria are reported
1t different places in Southern Ore
gen; also IN the Willamette valley.
Jehn Griffin, an old and respect
ed citizen Of Union county, IVES
fatally injured BY falling bucket
in the Rockfellpw IL Foster mine in /
Pine creek district, recently.
Over in the Ochoco country |
Richard Graham sold his band Of !
sheep, consisting of 1915 head, to |
Hahn d Fried. He received Sl.25 !
per head for stock shsep and Sl.37! |
for mutton.
J. J. Comstock, one Of the early
settlers of southern Oregon, and for
a time superintendent of the Ore
gen d California Stage company,
died at Eugene City a few days
ego, aged 50 years.
Chief of Police Parrish, os Port
land, has instructed the policemen
to strictly snferce the ordinance
against gambling, ana when thay
raid a gambling house 80 arrest
visitors es well as players,
1t is stated on good authority in
railroad circles that the Oregon Pa
sifc proposes to commence work in
month on its eastern extension to
Boise City, there to connect with
the Chicago and North Western
from the East.
/ Last Tuesday twenty car loads Of
cattle left Alkali for Chicago by
the Northern Pacific. They were
bought in Eastern Oregon by Alfred
Myers, of Billings, ene of the largest
stock dealers in Montana. The
rate was $2l5 per car. The cattle
will be unloaded, fed and allowed to
rest four times en- route.
The Q. r. & N. Co. are takip Q
down about 1900 tons of wheat a
day from Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington. They could take 1000 tons,
but this amount would cause a
blockade on the Portland wharves.
If all the Inland Empire wheat
went that way it would take about
$50 days at this rate to carry away
the surplus.
This seems to be pre- eminently
an apple year IN all parts of the
country. In Oregon the apples are
rotting on the ground. IN Con-. &C
ticut the farmers are groaning ovel
the fact that their crop is SO immens,
that they have more fruit than tn ey
can sell, eat or make into cider
In Oregon the cider crop is no
cultivated to the extent of orchard
fully warrant.
: An extensive fire in the timbe
near thu Connor Creek mine las
Wednesday destroyed much valua
bic timber, also, $4,000 feet of sa,
logs, 5000 bushels Of charcoal, 10
cords of wood and large quantit
: Of mine timbers, all the propert
!, of the Connor Greek Mining Con
pany. The fire originated throug
the carelesssaess of a man VIII
built fire for the purpose Of burr
0 ing brush.
9 The Portland Construction con
pany closed a contract to erect tw
grain elevators for the Portlan
I, FIGURING Mills company, owners {
the large mill below Albina. On
of these elevators is to be built i
: Moscow, I. T., and the other i
Il Pullman w. T. The capacity {
a each elevator will be about 5000
It bushels. They will be provide
# with cleaning machines run b
q steam power and grain will be shil
ia ped from them in bulk to the A
bina mill thus saving the cost
sacks.
V Prellminaries have been arrang
a for a sailhoat race for $50 a sid
l. free to all, between Denny Currs
- and Captain j. A. Brown, who a
1t the only entries SO far. TEev a
r. both pcssessors Of fine Whitehs
e. boats, and propose to have ia
test Of which is the faster. Al
one that wants to enter a boat c:
u do so by putting up $50. A
l boats over nineteen feet must alio
IL the Whitehall boats twenty tv
Cd seconds fer every foot length ov
s. that standard.-Ast stori07a.
O. The man who took Thes. Elgil
horse and cart, whom Mr.. Elo
, supposed had gone over the mou
.a tains and would come oat throu
49, by Prineville, turned his directi
and was arrested down in Pc
- county and takea first to Salem a
~ ~ then brought to this place last Mo
Nv Nv. day, where he was tried for ste
H., ing the horse and cart and bou
over under $500 bonds to await t
- action of the next grand jury;
~ default of bonds he was commit
~ ~ to Jail. It is claimed that he
,n heretofore served a term in the pr
!, itentiary for stealing horse.-C
ns rails Gaeette.
An Albany exchange says:
nc last Sunday as 2lr. V. II. c.,
- well, living near this city, v
a, driving over the Ca.apooia brio
;ca on his way to Sunday school W
,~e his family, his team became frie
ened and commenc ed backing. ]