Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-07-07
Oregon.

Oregon,
The County Court of Baker county has
appropriated $3.50 to be expended in i'm
proving the Cracker creek road.
The Brunswick shaft near Grass Val
ley is to be sunk another 100 feet, which
will make the mine 500 feet in depth.
The Baker City Democrat states that
the ore on the dump at the Emma mine,
as exported by reliable mining men, will
&c from 800 to $500 to the ton.
The lovely flower called the French
pink is becoming nuisance in fields
around Parker, and some have spent
hundreds of dollars trying to check its
growth.
A considerable amount of this years
clip of wool is being brought to Salem
and stored in the commission houses and
taken to the wooden mills. The price
is 10 cents.
Issac Banta OF Albany is the latest ins
ventor OF q machine for mining black
sand. One of the machines is in opera
ton between Yaquina and Alsea, and it
is asserted that 80 per cent OF the gold
is saved.
The residents of Ross Slough, Coos
Bay, are putting in tide boxes at the
mouth OF the slough to keep the water
out. The boxes are forty feet long,
twelve feet wide, and will reach to the
bottom of the slough.
1t is thought at Corvallis that when
the Circuit Court holds its adjourned
sittings there, July 20, new sale of the
Oregon Pacific will be ordered at what
ever price it will bring without regard to
creditors or court costs.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Baker, who have
been soliciting email contributions for
the purpose OF starting hypothetical
home for widows and orphans at Nanai-
mo, B. c., were arrested in Boise, Idaho,
as confidence people. They were in a
good many Oregon towns.
Sam jackson OF Klamath county, who
was bound over by @. L. Parrish, United
States Commissioner, for selling whisky
to Indians, has made out and forwarded
to District Attorney Murphy a'sworn
plea OF guilty. jackson has already
started by team to Portland to receive
his sentence.
Recently tide gauge on the Marsh
field water front showed that the water
in the bay had fallen lower than ever
before; in fact, it was two feet lower
than the lowest tides of a year ago.
This is attributed to the deepening OF
the channel Of the bar.
The grand jury of Umatilla county, in
its final report, recommended that steps
be taken to collect $685. %, the amount
OF 70 Houser's shortage, and also pro-
coed against the County Treasurer and
his bondsmen to collect the sum of $48,-
e43 81 which the Treasurer is short. Mr..
Houser was elected Sheriff at the recent
election.
The G. A. r. men of Washington
county have decided to hold an encamp-
ment in Forest Grove some time in
August, to continue two or three DAYS,
and to which all old soldiers and sailors
IN the State are invited. Steps were
AIKEN toward having this encampment
asst fall, but early rains prohibited.
Governor Pennoyer has for some time
held that the separate institutions in ex-
stenee at Portland, and known as the |
LAW and Medical Schools OF the Uni |
Tersity Of Oregon, were not entitled to
from the money appropri-
tied for the Eugene institution, and that
hey must he located and administered |
It Eugene if any part OF the funds men
Toned were to be legally devoted to their
Use. He conferred with Attorney Gem
raj Chamberlain recently, and solicited
hat officers written opinion. Recently
he Attorney General handed the Gov
rnor his opinion on the subject, and it
oncurred fully with the executive con-
lusions. The following characteristic
stter was sent by the Governor to the
'oard of Regents of the university:
Inclosed find the opinion of the At
OF Oregon to the effect
hat your body cannot divert the money
I the University of Oregon for the
maintenance of schools elsewhere. Per-
lit me to suggest that at this time your
ody should not give eountenance to the
rowing spirit of anarchy by assuming /
nd exercising powers not sanctioned by
W."