The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-01-17

the Yaquina dock. A special train
brought some of them out to the
valley about 10 p. m.
Last Friday all hands on the
steamer Bentley were discharged
and the craft tied up at the foot OF
Monroe street. 1t is probable that
by this morning she will be started
out again.
A small boy at Pendleton, who
licked a piece of railroad iron,
few days ago, lett enough of his
tongue when he got loose to make
a satisfactory lunch for dog which
followed him. The boy is now
wrapped in anguish and sad regret.
Ten additional electric lights are
to be added to the number at pres
ent in use by the city. One will
be placed on the corner near the
Exchange hotel, one near Prot
Hull's residence, one at l.. q,
Kline's corner, and another will be
set near the new school house.
During the past year the Pres
byterians Of this city have eX-
pended more than 81 400 on their
church building. The old church
is newly dressed without and
within, and is now one of the
most comfortable and attractive
places of worship in the valley.
The Southern Pacific uses an
nually about 10000 cords of wood
at an average cost of $3.50 per
cord. This sum is disbursed to the
mountain and valley woodchop-
pers. On the west side road the
timber is so handy that it is furn-
ished by those clearing up land at
50 per cord.
The state treasurer has COM
menced endorsing warrants on the
general expense fund with the un-
welcome inscription, "Not paid
for want of funds.'' This will
probably continue about two
months, as the counties will not
commence sending in taxes before
that time.
The proprietors of the ''new gro.
Gerry store" on Main street, next to
Hanson's clothing establishment.
are closing out their stock Of goods
preparatory to moving to Cen.
tralia, Wash. This is to be re
gretted, for it does not make a
very good showing in a city to see
vacant store rooms.
A Peoria correspondent to an
Albany paper says: "The people
through this section and Halsey
have signified their willingness to
contribute literally it the railroad
from Corvallis to Brownsville
crosses at this place. 1t is one O
the most practicable places on the
river for bridge, and would pass
through one of the best grain dis.
tricts in the valley"
Hop growers did not make much
money last year, but many are ar
ranging to continue the business
during the coming season in hopes
OF getting even, while few have
decided to cultivate some othe,
crop. A lot of 10000 pounds O
1889 hops were sold at Indepen
dence few days ago for 10 cent?
per pound. This a little bettel
than was offered last summer.
A company of business men oil
Harrisburg are making arrange
ments to build a light draugh
steamboat to ply OH the upper Viii
lamette as far up as that city
Among those interested in the en-
terprise are Sam May, DR.. H. A
Davis, E. E. Upmeyer, Perry
Hyde, John Bennett, w. w. Briggs
J. F Mccartney and others. 1t i:
proposed to build boat of ] SO tom
capacity to be run as an independ
ent craft. ..
At Oregon City: Monday, mar
made a filing in the land Office thai
is an extraordinary one at least fol-
him. His application was fo
forty acres near Milwaukee, il
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