Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-27
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest In q
Condensed Form.

The LaGra0ut duu N"AS" 80
has been put on runners.
Diphtheria at Ashland and measles
at Medford are abating.
Another militia company IS being
formed at The Dalles.
In December, 227 carloads OF lumber
were shipped east from Oregon.
The debt of the city OF Roseburs is
S7O379.
The Roseburg city council recently
amounted board OF health.
Democrats will hold the next state
convention at Pendleton, April 50.
1t is reported that CHAMBERS is prev
alent among the horses on Iule lake.
Emil Schultz has been appointed
u. s marshal for Wasco and Crook
counties.
A postoffice has been established at
Steamboat, Jackson county, and W..
E. Finney appointed postmaster.
The Indebtedness OF the city OF New
port ut the close of the year 1887, was
$97S75
A postoffice has been established at
Atwood, Morrow county, with David
Mccarthy as postmaster.
Four trains and some 300 men are
employed in balasting the new track
south of Ashland.
Quite a number of cases Of diphthe-
ria are reported in different parts OF
Eastern Oregon.
According to the Arlington Times
the bachelors of the Long Greek re-
public are raising fund to send east
for a carload of unmarried females.
Porcupines are quite numerous in
5 Oregon, especially throughout the
stock grazing regions. They feed OF
juniper berries.
1t is said movement is on foot tt
| extend the run of the mail clerks or
, the 0. s. L. to Baker City instead o
e to Huntington, as heretofore.
w. Christian, brakeman on thu
Narrow Gauge railroad, was Instant!
n killed at Brownsville while coupling
\ cars. He leaves wife and three small
e children at Eugene.
The Dalles people are again agita'
,, ing the building of bridge across tn
Columbia. The proposed site is prob
ably two or three miles east of tn
s. city, where the river runs through
p narrow gorge.
- Jerry Waggy, of Powder River Va
q ley, lost his house by fire. 50 rapid
- did the flames progress that it wa
y impossible to get all the children on
of the burning building, and the littl
eight-vear-old daughter of Mr.. an
es Mrs. Waggy persisted in the fame
Or When the fire broke out Mr.. Wagg
n was on mission of charity at tt
a home of his brother-in-law-W lilac
It. Brown-who went hunting about De
j. |, and is supposed to have been 10
r and persisted from exposure. Tn,
the Waggy family is visited with
PC double affection.
he A party of gentlemen from Gro
n camp recently had boat constructe
III to explore Malheur and Harvey lake
n They launched their boat and chrl,
H. ened her on the beautiful R4cin-
~ The fre' ze-up, however, prevented Il
y party from proceeding in their b u
IL They went on foot some distance b
low Pelican Island, about TWEEN y-fi
of miles from Burns, where they disco
I'd cred another island about three mi
IN long. They named it Guano Islam
,st This place seems to be the home al
r. breeding ground of all the vario
il waterfowls, and would be n paradi
in for sportsmen in the spring and SUI
,e mer. There are deer on the islar
in AS soon as the break up in the spri
he occurs the Grow campers propose
thoroughly explore boah Malhrur al
Harvey lakes for fur-bearing ANNA