The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-04-20
OREGON ITEMS.


Meeker says II costs 20 cents pound
to raise hops in England and IA cents
In New York. But his figures are un
questionably too high. In Oregonl the
cost is but e1-2 to cents per pound
Oregon is the last state that will suffer
from overproduction.-- n.--statesman
The waters Of klamath basin are
Higher at this time than they have been
for the last fifteen years. and owing to
the great amount of snow still remain
ling in the mountains the highest mark
will not be reached before June.-Ex-
press
julius Z. Miner who owns $4,000 acres
Of timber land up Rouge river, is hav-
ing trouble over holding its possession.
The governments agents sent out have
secured some evidence in regard to how
| II was secured, and the department has
ordered hearing at the Roseburg land
office, where Mr. Miner is at present.
T.. G. Sahlstrom, Of Prospect, seems to
be interested in holding Mr.. Miner over
barreL-News.
Hop growers say that the outlook in
Linn county for a large crop is very en-
cOuaraging. The acreage is consider
ably Increased over last year. The
growing plants show thrifty condition,
and the yield in the county, barring
possible injury from the elements or in
sents, is likely to be 20 per cent greater
than last year, when 1t was about 5OO.-
900 pounds.-Herald.
Oregon is all right. While people
1000 miles seat Of us were suffering
from cold and cattle were freezing to
death, the people of the Willamette val
ley were making garden and basking
In the sunshine, with the thermometer
registering about 7O.-Register.
The run Of salmon has been very dis
couraging thus far. Although the wheels !;
have been in the water for week,
they have managed to haul in very few
Of the finny species. When the river
assumes normal stage and the water
becomes clear 1t is hoped that the sill
very salmon will visit this portion of
the state in large numbers, and the
wheel-men will extend to them a be-
coming welcome Mountaineer.
u. H. Clarke, Christy & Wise's eff
Client representative in Eastern Oregon,
says, after two months in San Fran
cisco, where he had abundant oppor-
tunlty to become acquainted with pres
ent condition of the wool market: Il
gress settles the tariff question one way
or the other conditions will be much
better. The clip in Oregon is much
larger and better in quality than ever
before, and the increase in lambs has
been unprecedented. Southern Califor-
MIA wools are now selling In San Fran
cisco at from to cents. OF course
this wool is more or less defective on
account Of seed and burr And that is
\ matter to which attention should be
given by our Umatilla county growers
Us yet there is not much of the seed
md burr here, but 1t will come In time
inless sheep owners take steps care
ully to clean up the range. One negIi-
rent sheep grower may cause his own
md dozen others to become infested
With these things, which once spread
ver our ranges destroy to large de-
rec the value of wool growers. The
WOOL market has, in my opinion. touch
d the bottom. Though no actual ad-
ance has come, there is now more in
uiry for wools than for many months
reviously, and this is to be taken as
n indication that wool will soon be
ought t"-Times-M -Mountaineer