The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-08-02


S. Fl. Friendly Saturday shipped
a carload of cascara from Eugene
to Philadelphia, containing $4,000
pounds This is the largest ship
mert of cascara bark East from
this state ever made, says the Reg
lister.
John Turner, who is mining on
the creek about mile above Can
yon City, picked up SIS nugget
the other day. containing plenty of
white quartz. The nugget was
worn smooth as though it had drift
ed for some time.
Fire at Harney, an interior Ore
gon town, did $11,500 damage on
the 28th. The principal losers
were: Waldenberg, $4,000, in
smance "a, 1000; j. P. Withers,
81 1000, insurance $500.
Prineville Review: The cool,
dry season is having effect on sum-
mer ranges. We hear of grass and
water becoming scarce already on
Lookout and other spurs of the
Blue mountains.
The Oregon Railway & Naviga-
tion Company is doing good work
in improving the road near Grants.
A force of men has been busy for
some time blasting away the rock
for the purpose Of doing away with
the curves near that place.
Another ledge was disclosed last
week in the tunnel being driven on
the Cabel mine. The new ore vein
is about two feet in width, and is
good-looking quartz, The tunnel
has now reached the depth of 900
feet, and it is expected that the
famous Cabel ledge will be tapped
at any moment
A train of 26 cars, loaded with
tea for the Eastern states, passed
through The Dalles Monday morn
Ing. The tea had just been brought
to Portland by the steamer Asloun
of the new China steamship line.
Harvesting is now in full blast
in all the wheat producing sections
in Wasco, Sherman and Klickitat
counties. Heading is in progress
near The Dalles, and in Sherman
county the threshing machines are
at work.
The latest freaks of nature that
are on exhibition in Roseburg are
two NAL formed pigs. They have
no hind legs at all, nor rudiments
of hips. Their bodies taper off to
a sort Of a point from which the
tailelongnates like we'll formed pigs
otherwise they look like
other hogs of the porcine family,
says the Roseburg Plaindealer.
A hens nest was found on Doug
las & Levinger's dairy farm, above
Springfield last week, which con.
tained 1912 eggs. About one half
of the eggs were good, and the re-
mainder were spoiled. The nest
was found under barn which was
built five years ago, and it is sup
posed that the hens have been lay
ing there ever since that time.
Sheriff Citing of Harvey county
is having a lively time trying to
round up the Jordan family, 13 OF
whom are wanted to answer to a
charge of cattle.stealing. At last
accounts he had gathered three of
them into the fold, and the other
10 treed in the tules.
Prineville Review: We have
concluded to adopt different meth
cd of personal mention next week
providing emigration from Prinvillt
to the mountains continues as il
has in the past two weeks. Instead
of mentioning those who leave, we
intend to publish q list of the few
remaining. AS all can see, 1t would
save space.
The Prineville Land & Livestock
Company has Just received from
the East 90 head Of fine sheep, to
use in improving the company'G
stock. There were two Delaine
two Lincon and over 90 Rambuillet
bucks, the rest being Rambuillet
ewes. one and two years old, Th'
consignment cost the company
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