The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
cASNERIEs AT SALEM AND ALBANY


committed 10 the asylum.
Douglas county IL to have three new
cells in its Jail. They are TO be ready By
August ! and will cost 5000.
The Nooksaek Indians are said 10 own
In seyeralty some of the very finest lands
in the valley OF the Nooksack.
The starch factory proposition made
by Tacoma men 20 the Albany Board of
Trade has been rejected by that body
The Albany city council has forwarded
TO congress memorial for the right TO
bridge the Willamette river al that city.
The bunch grass everywhere on the
range reminds the old settler OF many
long years ago, il is so abundant this
spring.
The work Of building the new steam
boat for the upper Snake river has been
delayed by difficulty in securing neces-
sary material
Work on the motor line between Inde-
pendence and Monmouth Is progressing
favorably. The line will he In operation
by the first OF July.
The Old Dominion mine has an 500
foot tunnel on the 50O-foot level. The
report received by the owners is that the
result is most satisfactory to all.
A Seattle cable car ran into delivery
wagon, completely wrecking il The
dummy was somewhat damaged and the
passengers in the ear slightly injured.
A fine quality OF marble has Just been
discovered within one and half miles
Of the Spokane Falls < Northern. and
only short distance from Little Dalles.
J. b. Irvine, of sprague, WASH, has
written TO J. IL. Townsend. of Albany,
Offering to start a cannery at the latter
point il sufficient indncement is offered
An assay was recently made OF ore
from the dandy mine, near Colville. II
ran five ounces in silver, IS per cent.
lead and II per cent. copper. or s7s so to
the ton.
r. ID. Hume has purchased the tug
Katie Cook of the Coquiile Mill and Tug
Company. and will take her 10 Smith
river to tow vessels ont and into the
river.
county, an insolvent rancher and stock
man, has made an assignment. c. ID.
Dustin, Of Long creek, was appointed
his assignee.
The machinery for Saleins big can
merry plant is already on the way and
will be ready for business in few weeks.
Two hundred people viii he employed
this summer.
The boarding house OF the Eureka &
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creek was totally destroyed by fire last
week The loss is estimated at $1,000.
The origin of the fire is mystery.
Hoquiam cast 265 votes, all for incor-
poration J. T. Burns was elected may
or, K r. Dawdy, treasurer. and A. NJ.
( Murphy. c. r. Lancaster. T. Auizen,
John Richardson and G.. w. France
councilnen.
/ The little steamer Puritan, c. F Mon
I tell master, has left Astoria for Chilcat,
Alaska, where she will engage in the
| fishing business. When she left here,
saws the Pioneer, she looked like float
ing wood yard, her deck being filed with
4 fuel
The schoolhouse is the pioneer OF civ
! ilization. All over the state new settle.
ments are springing up and as an evi-
dence OF their substantially stand the
schoolhouses. Citizens of Long Creek
Grant county, will build fine new one
this year.
Fifteen thousand dollars have beer
raised by the people i'm and around JET
ferson TO reopen the mills at that place
The farmers of jefferson and vicinity
are feeling more hopeful and confident
as they are discoye. ing that the affairs
of the mill are not as bad as at first re
ported.
Snow i'm the mountains adjacent t.
Cornucopia, Union county, is rapid,
disappearing and mining operations vii
soon be resumed. The Oregon Cole
Mining Company's tramway, which wa:
injured by a snowslide last winter, is Il
be repaired at once and will be in oper
alton in less than month.
Yakima has secured another educa
tional institution in the college of tn.
Congregational Association, which vii
be located in the neighborhood OF tn,
Ahtanum church. Three thousand dol
lars and forty acres of land have beer
pledged the association, and it is be
iieved that this donation will be still
further increased.
The Dunlap Mining Company, OF Fo,
valley, Grant county, were compelled 4
shut down work on their upper place
mine, due to the failure of water. Tn
company anticipates the construction o
a reservoir during The present season, a
that will be the only means to secur
sufficient water to run any length Q
time.
A contest is now pending at Oregon
City which involves ownership of va
liable piece of land back OF Astoria ol
the John Days river. The claimants t
the property are Neil Gilmore and Mis-
Nora Simpson. The first named filed o.
il as a homestead, while Miss SimpsG
entered il as timber claim. The resul
Of the contest will not be known for sey
eral months.
The settlers living on the upper Nes
tucca river, after putting in los day
| work, have opened up the Jones tra
and placed it in good condition b
this trail horsemen can save from fiftee
to eighteen miles travel between Sher
dan and Tillamook City. This route
already becoming popular, and it
thought that but short time will elaps
until a good wagon road will be pE
through from Sheridan TO intersect I'll
county road already laid out in Till
nook county up the Nestucca valley.