The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
COAST NEWS.
A Landslide Near Yaquina unearlhs
Vein of Coal.
BAND OF HORSE THIEVES DISCOVERED.
Ellensburg, Curry Co., Wants to Change
Back to told Beach.

snohomlsl is soon TO have telephone
system.
Lexington wants and probably will
have bank this summer.
The Indications now point 20 a splen.
did peach crop along the Snake river
Mudfiat property on Coos bay is row
selling ut the rate of "A little over 5000 an
acre
4 larger amount than usual of spring
grain will be sown In Morrow county
this season.
The warm weather has had the effect
of reducing the price OF hay in the Pa
louise country.
A four.masied schooner will be built
on Coos bay this spring. Il will he used
in the lumber trade.
Ellensbureh will soon have new
$25 900 school building, which will be
erected in the public park.
CoquilIe City has organized Board Of
Trade, with A. w. McArthur, president.
and A. J Sherwood, secretary.
The total amount of taxes for the cur
rent year in Baker county is 81, ,000. In
Union county the total is SIS coo.
Mr.. II. b. Luce, of Hillsboro, has gone
/ 10 Port Townsend TO accept position as
assistant editor Of the Leader of that
I place.
A big landslide two and half miles
/ from Iaquina City unearthed vein Of
coal, which experts pronounce to be ex-
cellent in quality.
The O. II. 4 " branch of the Union
Pacific system last week paid $500 in
I Union and $l2, ,253 in Baker cennty as
taxes for the year.
/ The people of Fairfield, small town
south of Rockford, have expressed them
selves against the admission of Chinese
/ into the community.
I Sheritfs of the various counties are
I busy now gathering in the taxes all over
/ the state On Saturday last Sheriff
1 Birdsey collected $500 at Ashland.
/ Sixty men, ambitious for such mill
( tary glory as may i've achieved in time Of
peace. have signiiied their intention TO
organize militia company at Ellens-
burgh.
! The progressive citizens of la Grande
are actively pushing work ON "A large
number of new buildings, the electric
light plant the artesian well and the
new briekyard.
I Vancouver needs new school build.
ing in the eastern section of the town.
The city building has been so crowded
( that AN additional room has been fitted
mp in the basement.
The farmers OF Crook county are con-
( fident of raising sufficient wheat this
year TO supply all home needs. This is
an excellent idea, as il wiil retain in the
domestic field at least $50 900.
Frankfort, in Pacific county, almost
opposite Astoria, is the latest in the way
of new towns. Its projectors hope that
it may be destined to become the
metropolis OF the lower Columbia.
A number of capitalists contemplate
the establishment of $4,000 brewery
at Ashland. The production of the nee
essary raw material and employment of
many men would prove good thing for
that locality.
4 u
organized band of horsethieVes near Pine
City in the Big Bend country. One OF
the gang, young cowboy, has been
caught and confessed. A posse is out
after the others.
The Harney Items, published al
Burns, has been enlarged to five-col-
umn uuarto Ii deserves its present
prosperity for the relentless manner IN
which it has waged war upon swamp
lands -grubbers in that section
w. T. Wright the surveyor of Polt
county, has commenced the work of put
ting in mile posts between Salem an6
Dallas. This example should be fol
lowed by every county surveyor i'm the
state ON every public road that needs tlie
, same.
The citizens of Ellenshurg, Curry
county, are very anxious to have th,
name of their town changed back t,
Gold Beach. A petition for making tn,
necessary changes i'm the postofIice hai
been forwarded to Congressman Her
mann.
The Pasco Headlight informs In,
world that $50 emigrants from the Eas
arrived at Wallula one day recently,
[ few of whom were headed for the Sound
but the greater number were bound thi
way. some having the Palouse countr,
) for their destination.
: gentleman acquainted with tn
sheep industry of Lincoln county il re
, ported rs having stated that before win
a ter set in there were 40 800 sheep within
! the bounds of that county. and tina
l0,S75 perished during the winter leav
1 ing remaining balance of % ,925.
After careful inquiry among resident
: of every portion of the county, states tn
, Wallowa Chieftain, we have conclude
!, that stock losses in this county durin
y the past winter will not be more than
per cent. of horses, ) per cent. of shee
d and from 10 TO 10 per cent. of cattle.
n The Times -Mountaineer states that
n person attempting to plow his farm nea
It Dufur was surprised to see his horse
a sink in the soft ground almost to the
e loulders. He managed to get theI
- o 1T, and returned TO his house. He say
n ,e ground is so vet in places that it j
g. npossible to plow and plant it.
The Board OF Trade Of Douglas coul
ty, in the Big Bend country, is doing ii
handsome by sufferers from the sever
winter. Many farmers were compelle
= to feed the grain saved for seed in oids
~ = to save their stock, and the Board
!. Trade is supplying the deficiency fro
u u their own pockets.