The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-07-11
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re.
ports of Late Events.

ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenings of Interest in the Towns and
| Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
| A Chinaman owns hotel at Prime.
vile, Or, and rents it to an American
landlord.
Since the late rains all the farmers
OF the Palouse country, WASH, now
look for a good harvest.
Spokane is endeavoring to organize a
new militia company to take the place
of company q recently disbanded.
Hoquiam. Wash, prefers darkness,
it is said, to renewing their contract
with the electric lighting company for
street lights.
Mrs. Ann G. Rhonimus died in Sc
attic last Monday at the age of 90. She
was born in Frederickstown, Md, and
we'll remembered the visit there of
General Lafayette.
Orders have been received at the Ed
ison, Wash, car shops to build 100
standard box cars Of improved design
for the Northern Pacific railroad. The
cars are to be completed by September.
The report of the grand jury in
Baker, Or, is in striking contrast with
that made in many other counties.
One paragraph says: ''We have heard
farm, the county roads or other county
matters"
Residents near Lexington, Morrow
county, Or, say that the grasshoppers
having eaten nearly all of the grain
are now attacking the sagebrush. A
strip fifteen miles wide is said to be
devastated, and the destruction still
continues.
The annual report of the Spokane
land Office which embraces Spokane
Stevens and Lincoln counties and part
of Adams, Whitman, Okanongan and
Douglas, shows 836 entries of various
kinds were made for 184, 1913 acres of
land, for which $14, 7ss was paid.
The monument purchased by the fire
department. of Walla Walla, Wash. -,
to mark the resting place of "Sport, :"
the deceased dog of the department.,
has been placed in position over his
grave In the city hall yard. It will
probably be unveiled soon with impos
ing ceremonies.
Marshal Means, of Pendleton, Or, at
tempted the other day to arrest two In
dams, who were on horseback. He
fired a shot at them, which stopped
one, but the other dug the spurs into
his horse and made off. The marshal
is a bicyclist and mounted his wheel
and gave chase capturing the fleeing
siwash.
Burglars in Spokane the other night
broke into the residence of Attorney
| w. Fl. Plummer, on Indiana avenue,
rif1ed the cupboard, went through the
refrigerator, sacked the pantry and
filled their pockets full of eatables.
Then one mounted Mr.. Plummer's bi-
cycle and the other Mrs. Plummer's,
and silently stole away.
The will of Sophia Brey who died in
Salem March 25 has been admitted to
probate. The value of the estate is
about $15, 200 and there are six heirs;
Sophia Chance, of Portland; Philopena
Warner, of Salem; Andrew Brey, resi-
dence unknown; George e. Brey, Of
Independence; William Brey, of San
Francisco and Clara +. Brey of Salem.
A dogs tusk was found imbedded
beneath the skin at the stifie joint il
one of the hind legs of the big bear re
Gently killed by A. F. Hunt in the
Dead Indian country. The tusk wal
well overgrown with skin, and hal
been, it is thought, identified as ons
lost four or five years ago by "OlG
Trailer" a celebrated bear dog belong
ing to John B. Griffin, famous beal
hunter.
A large number of farmers in Was
CO county, Or, are cutting hay thi
season, instead of letting the grain
ripen for wheat. A gentleman ivinl
near The Dalles sold twenty-five ton
this week for $40 a ton, when last fal
the price paid was between 81 and $S
Several large fields on the hill baol
from Chenoweth and on the Klickita
mountain, in sight of The Dalles, hav'
already been cut for hay.
The annual exodus of lahorers an
threshing outfits to Walla Walla an
, Pendleton has begun from aroun
! Oaksdale, WASH, and the roads ar
| lined with teams and men going t
work in the harvest fields. Four stea1
threshers have been shipped froI
Oaksdale to Walla Walla. These will
begin threshing there and work mort
) as the season advances, thus being abl
| to get in about four months threshine
The board Of regents of the agri
cultural college at Pullman have az
propriated s., 500 for the Ross exper.
mental station at Puyallup, WASH, th
= deed for the land having been receive
: and the title passed upon by the attol
ney general. Chairs were also create
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