The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-11-10
NEWS FROM THE STATE.
Brief Summary of the Happen
ingS in Our Sister Counties
of Oregon.

work on the Ruby creek trail six OF
the men had narrow escape from
ldrowning while crossing Adams ferry
on the North Fork of the Nooksack.
The boat in which they were being
ferried over capsized three different
times, and all were precipitated into
the raging river. Three of the men
lost their blankets, and all were COM
pletely soaked with Nooksack water.
They also suffered from hunger, and
this crowd only had one "slap jack" to
divide amongst themselves until they
reached Sumas.
Frank Poindexter who returned last
Sunday from Silver Lake, reports quite
an interesting feat being performed by
a buccaro near Bly, recently. While
riding on the range he found cougar
and gave it chase. Being mounted on
fleet footed horse he forced the COIL
gar up tree, and as he ascended, buc-
caro- threw lis rope catching the AMI
NAL around the coupling. He then
started his horse at full speed and soon
dragged the cougar to death. 1t was
full grown animal and weighed sew
eral hundred pounds.-Ochoco Review.
Hillsboro Independent: While FL
ing away old papers this week Clerk
Goodin found paper of historical in
terest. 1t is a petition to B. O..
Tucker, William Burris, and James
Moore, judges of Tualatin county for a
divorce. The petitioner recites that
she was married to the defendant in
1874, while on a journey from the
Omitted States to Oregon" and that
her husband deserted her in 1845.
The suit was commenced in 1916.
At Tillamook young man named
George F. Parry, aged 81, of Portland,
was drowned last evening near Dry
Stocking bar Deceased had been
employed on the government improve
ments at Dry Stocking, and with his
brother was on his way to Portland.
In attempting to board the steamer
Garfield from skif George fell over
board and was drowned before he
could be rescued. The body has not
been recovered.
The Cathlamet Gazette sums up the
results of logging On the Wahkiakum
river during the season just closed, in
its last issue, and gives tables showing
a total output of 25,l75,0OO feet, as
compared with 29,0OO,O0O feet last
year. Ten firms on Gray's river con-
tributed 100000 feet; seven at Ska
mokawa, 7,425,O0 feet; four at Cath
lamet, 100000 feet; and three at
Deep river, 100000 feet.
An attractive looking girl of Is,
who ran away from her home IN
Sound city, was found by the police
in company with her older sister and
the proprietor of a dance hall at Monte
Christie. The two were trying to get
the little girl to enter life of shame.
The mother of the girl arrived in the
city and took charge of her daughter.
The Gervais city election took place
Monday. There was but one ticket
in the field and very little interest
manifested. A light vote was polled.
Although there was no politics in the
contest, the council is solid republican.
DR.. Sponogle, the Brownsville
rapist, was arrested and brought back
to the scene of his crime in Browns
vile. He Was found at Fresno, CAL,
where he had made arrangements to
locate and practice his profession.
The Oregon state penitentiary now
has 1913 convicts on it's roll. During
October thirty-five were received from
different sections of the state. Nine
was the number who began wearing
striped clothes during September.
D. w. Coolidge, of Eugene, secre-
tary of the state board of equalization,
goes to Salem next week to begin his
work in preparing preliminary tables
for the use of the board, which meets
the first Tuesday in December.
The death of Mayor Rinehart
leaves The Dalles without a chief ex-
ISSutAbOs hC SoWA Slidll uOSS uOl
contemplate any such emergency,
lpending an appointment by the council.
1t is thought at Pendleton that the
appointment of Harper of Georgia to
the Umatilla agency is due in great
part to the hard fight made against
each other by Oregon aspirants.
Mr.. H. G. Fox, of Rickreall, raised
this year 5000 bushels of wheat and
says this is the first season that he has
been unable to pay his bills without
drawing on his reserve fund.
| About a dozen Scandinavians, VINO
arrived at Eugene about ten days ago
from North Dakota, left for their old
home again. They were not satisfied
with. the country.
The contractors have completed the
Beecher rock road improvement and
teams can now travel without delay
to the head of tide on the Siuslaw
river.