The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-05
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
Happenings of Interest in the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS

BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS
| A Budget of Items Gathered From
All Parts of Oregon. WASH
/ ington and Idaho.
Already the farmers around Colfax
WASH. have begun hauling their grai1
in from the fields.
The average price for twelve cayuses
sold at the North Yakima, Wash.
pound the other day was $1.75.
Assessor Jackson has assessed the
Southern Pacific roadbed at $4,000
per mile in Jackson county, whereat
the railroad officials are considerably
exercised.
The officers of the Salvation army in
Washington and Oregon, forty or fifty
in number, will celebrate the harvest
home festival in Tacoma September 26,
81 and 80.
The war in Oaksdale, Wash, over
COWS running at large in the city,
seems at an end, as the court has is.
sued mandamus to the mayor to sign
| the ordinance.
The point has been raised that Wash
ington is not legally represented in
congress because the legislature has
failed to divide the state into congres.
sional districts.
| A petition has been sent to Gov
ernor McGraw from Spokane for the
pardon of William Matthews, who is
in the penitentiary for assaulting Dep
uty Sheriff Pugh.
The appeal bond in the case Of the
state VS.. Cummings has been fixed at
$5,0 900. Cummings is the man who
not long ago was found guilty Of kill
ing his hired man.
Friday, November 1, is the day set
by Judge Hume, OF Seattle, for the exc
cution of Henry Craemer, convicted of
numbering Mrs. Philippine Mueller and
her baby boy Fritz.
Mount Baker, Wash, was visible
Sunday evening for the first time in
eight weeks, the smoke of the forest
fires having died away. The new
peak, whether the the work of ava
lanche or volcanic eruption, is still
there, so that it is certainly not COM
posed of soft snow, says the Reyeille.
The sawmills up the north Santiam
are all busily employed at present get
ting out lumber and timbers for the 0.
G. g. E. railroad. The Santiam Lum-
bering Company, at Mill City, will
put in night shift and run day and
night, getting out bridge timbers. The
force Of bridge carpenters is to be
largely increased.
Reports from Haytsack, Or, are to
the effect that Siegrist. the victim Of
the recent stabbing affray. is getting
along all right, and has no intention
of dying at present. Young Swift,
who did the stabbing, was among the
prisoners who recently attempted to
escape from the Canyon City Jail.
However, he was recaptured.
The superintendent report shows
that there were in Thurston county,
| Wash, during the school year 3,410
school children between 5 and 81 years
of age, 1, 79O males and 1,7O1 females.
| There were 2,575 enrolled in the pub
lie schools, and 2S8 in private schools,
leaving 692 of school age who had no
schooling. The average daily attend
ance in public schools was 1884.
Some of the old residents of Marsh
field, Or, claim that grading for the
new school building will disclose the
graves of few whites and Indians,
who were buried there about thirty
years ago. The site at one time was
used as cemetery, but most, if not
all, of the bodies were removed to
what is now known as the old grave
yard, when the lot was decided for
school purposes.
Prosecuting Attorney Stewart has
! filed suit against ex-Treasurer Clump
and his bondsmen for $50, 900, the full
amount of the funds that should have
| been turned over by Clump to his sue
cessor, says the Port Angeles, Wash.
Times-Tribune. He ignores the settle
ment made by the commissioners with
| the First National bank, which, if al
lowed, would leave Clump's shortage a
little over $4,000.
The civil service commission at
| Washington has ordered an examina-
tion held at the customhouse in Port
Townsend October 1, commencing at
| o'clock A. M, for eligibles for the
positions of clerk, day inspector, night
inspector, messenger and boatman in
the Puget sound customs district. Only
citizens of the United States can be ex.
amined. No application will be &C.
cepted unless fled with the secretary
of the board of examiners at Port
| Townsend, in complete form on the
proper blanks before the house of clos.
ing business September II, 1895.
The wheat crop in Wasco county,
Or, is turning out much better than
was anticipated few days ago. The
cool weather has allowed the berry tc
ripen slowly, and very little shriveled
wheat will be harvested. Max Voight,
who has large ranch fifteen miles
from The Dalles, will harvest assoc
bushels of wheat from his place, when
two weeks ago he only counted on get
ting about !, 800 bushels One of the
large warehouse buildings of r. Field
man & Co., of Marcus, Wash, was
burned Saturday night, resulting in &
total loss of the building and So, 5O(
worth Of groceries stored therein
There was no insurance. The origin
of the fire is supposed to have been in
ooudiorv Soon oftor tho A 20 tho 1ittl,