The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-17
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In a
CONDENSED Form.

Farmers in Tule lake vicinity have
commenced blowing.
Senator Mitchell has made applica-
ton for the establishment of free mail
delivery in East Portland.
The third term of the State Normal
School has opened at Monmouth with
nearly 200 pupils.
The Stirling mining company have
bought Saltmarsh Bros placer claim
near Jacksonville. The price is re-
ported to be $4,000.
1t is said that during the late cold
weather the Umpqua river was frozen
over for the first time in its known
history.
The military telegraph line is work
ing all right now along its whole
length. New poles will put it in good
condition next spring, says the Ash
land 7EdinSs.
Three passenger depots are to be
erected on the line of the Portland &
Willamette Valley Railway, one at
South Portland, one at Fulton and the
other at the White House.
1t is stated on good authority that
there are IL 600 acres of taxable prop
erty in Josephine county, and aside
from this some 10000 acres especially
adapted to fruit, and which will come
under the plow before great while.
The furniture factory of George H.
Albers, situated near the river bank,
at Sellwood, caught fire and burned
to the ground. The origin of the fire
could not be learned. Loss, between
81 900 and $1,000
The postoffice department is prepar-
ing to establish two postofiices on a
new mail service between Lakeview
and Burns, one at Warner valley with
| ID. E. Jones as postmaster, and one at
| Howe as postmaster.
The deer, during the cold spell, came
down off the hills on the low lands
around Scappoose bay in considerable
numbers and the cougars followed.
Orville German, of that vicinity, went
| out with his dogs to hunt a cougar
He shot a wild cat, lynx and then a
cougar.
A party OF explorers on the Harvey
lakes discovered an island three miles
in length that is apparently the home
and breeding place OF all the various
water fowl. The island is said to be
simply alive with ducks and geese and
is very paradise for sportsmen. Deer
were also found on it in very large
numbers.
An accident happened south of Mt.
| Tabor, and near the Gilbert place,
( 4. IL. 4 A \ Al
of little 6-year old girl of John Lin
dinberg. Some men were engaged in
burning brush and cid timber, and the
little girl was crossing the patch of
ground where they were at work. As
she went by, high stump that was
burning around the roots fell on her,
striking on the side of her head, crush
ing the skull and breaking her arm.
/ She was quickly picked up and carried
into the house, but it was soon ascer-
tained that her injuries were of too
serious a nature for her TO recover, and
after lingering in a comatose state dur
ing the day she died.
In accordance with petition of 24O
residents of Harvey Valley, Governor
Pennoyer has indited the following
letter to the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office at Washington, ID. C.
"In late letter to you l requested a
speedy issuance of patents to the State
of Oregon to lands declared to be
swamp by the agents of the federal
and state governments. now fee
constrained to ask you to delay the
granting of such patents for a time
: l am in receipt of petitions and afi
davits of settlers in the Lakeview dis
trict which have tendency TO induce
the belief that the agents have made
errors in reporting lands as swamp
, lands which in reality are not such
and which reports would have tht
effect of depriving bona-fide settler'
under the United States land laws o.
their titles to their homes. As have
r before stated to the department, the
State of Oregon does not want title tc
, one acre of land that is not swamp
land, and the more especially 90 wher
such title would be in conflict will
the claims and interest of bona fid,
settlers. Having it therefore strongly
impressed upon me that there may be
errors in the report OF the agents abov,
referred to, Notwithstanding my hopes
of speedy adjustment, j would asl
that no further action be taken BY
! your department in the matter a
i, present. If land Office is created il
Eastern Oregon, the parties interested
l in the land in question will be able Il
!. contest the same before the registe
: and receiver without much expense
q and the matter can thus be settleC
: right, upon indubitable testimony, AM
it ought not to be settled at all unit
u it is settled right"
A correspondent writing from DR.,
Lake, Modoc County, Cal, to an ex
change, thus describes some of tn
e wonders of that section of country
l. A short time since as two vaquero
n were hunting east of this place, abou
= five miles, they observed steam issu
ing from a crevice in the lava, whic
} they explored for some distance, bu
d it was SO dark they could not see
a walk. So, on the following day, afte