The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-29
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.

Iru1J Ia1f IN OCTOBER.
Ida K. Winchester is suing Walla
Walla for $13, 900 damages on account
of a fall on sidewalk.
Threshing has begun in the Palouse,
Wash. Some wheat is going forty
bushels to the acre, but the average
will be about twenty-seven.
Pierce county, Wash, farmers have
decided that it is too late to hold a
county fair this year, but have organ
lied for big fair next year.
The Warm Springs Indian reserva-
tion school will begin September 1.
The attendance is limited to fifty-fve
pupils on account of lack of supplies.
Mr.. Hume's Rogue river cannery has
closed, after successful season. The
run of fish has been immense, so that
the cannery could not pick all the
catch.
1t will be impossible for the coming
term of court in Tillamook county,
Oregon, to clear up the business that
is waiting for it. Over 100 cases are
on the docket.
One of the prominent features of the
Eastern Oregon fair to be held at
Baker City ON September % will be
mining exhibit from all the mines
tributary to Baker City.
An injunction has been sued out to
restrain Albany's city treasurer from
paying $9,O73. SO in bonds held by the
Portland Bridge Company. D. B.
Monteith, a heavy taxpayer is COM
plainant.
Douglas county's assessment roll for
1895 foots up $2,073, ,O52, a slight fall
ing off from last year, owing to a re-
duction of 5 per cent on real estate.
The personal tax rolls show the assess
ment of 1857 horses, 1928 cattle,
e,6O5 sheep and area hogs.
A report from Colfax, WASH, says
the farmers of that vicinity and over
Whitman county generally will come
out in a better condition this fall than
they have for some time. It is owing
to the fact that they have not incurred
any debt during the past year.
Patrick Kervin, one of the promi-
nent mining men Of the coast, super
intendent of some of the Comstock
mines, arrived at Grants Pass one day
last week and Immediately left for
Kerbyville. Considerable speculation
is being indulged in as to what is his
mission here.
Professor Henry F. Wegener, the
newly elected principal of the Tacoma
high school, is a native of New York
city, but spent his boyhood days on his
fathers farm on Long island. He has
had much experience in teaching, and
has a particular fondness for biology.
He is about 4S years of age.
Mrs. S. G. Slaughter, of Tacoma,
and Mrs. F. A. Turner, of Olympia,
are interesting other women in the
state in the cotton states exposition to
be held in Atlanta September Is to De-
cember 81. 1t is proposed to have the
women of Washington and their work
represented at the exposition.
The Stevens county auditors Office at
Colville, Wash, has been flooded with
mineral location notices during the
past three months. 1t is estimated
that during that time no less than 800
notices of location of mineral ground
have been filed. The locations are
pretty we'll distributed over the entire
county.
F. F. McCully tells the La Grande
Chronicle that the Wallowa telephone
stock is all sold, and contracts have
been awarded to w. E. Beidler and A.
o. Jacob to set the poles ready for wire
between Wallowa store and Elgin, said
contracts to be completed by October l,
1895. The wire will be strung on the
poles as soon as practicable.
The First Baptist church of Seattle
has extended a call to Rev. S. G.
Ohrum, of Boston, and it is expected
that definite and favorable answer
will be received from him. He has
been connected with the congregation
of DIR. A. j. Gordon's church, the
Clarendon street church, of Boston,
and is very highly recommended.
Walla Walla county, Wash, has
1881 farms. with 227, ,821 acres in culti-
vation, 10,498 being irrigated; 90,314
acres of wheat; 2,S53 of oats; $3.50
of barley. The wool produced this
year was $50, 800 pounds The amount
of capital invested in lands is So, 1884,
O8S, and in buildings $1,275,135 In
machinery the farmers have invested
the sum of $42,7 1913. There are 10
dairies in the county and 262 COWS
furnishing milk therefor. The capital
invested in the dairy business is
$IO,8l5.
Successful experiments are being
made this year with Mexican barley in
Whitman county, Wash. This cereal
is beardless and without hull. A field
sown by Mr.. Frew, near Pullman,
yielded seventy.six bushels per acre,
and went seventy.six pounds to the
sack. The grains are SO extremely
hard that they will necessarily have to
be crushed before feeding to either
horses or cattle, and crushed or soaked
or either boiled for feed for hogs. The
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