The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-11

his land. Then, with his grain drlil. by
stopping part OF the spouts, he planted
the beans In rows thlrty-two inches
apart. The seed sprouted well and he has
good stand Of beans. These he WIN
thoroughly cultivate with a horse hoe.
Thus the land will be kept clean OF
weeds. and this fall he will have a crop
that will more than pay for the labor
bestowed: There is another advantage
with beans Next year he will not be an
noyed with a volunteer crop, as Is ant
to be the case with potatoes and some
other vegetables used for fallowirg.
The sheriff has advertised to sell the
Ashland mine at public sale on July 6,
to satisfy judgments aggregating some-
thing more than $4,000 and representing
claims to that amount assigned to Kin.
ney & Provost and T. X. Bolton, against
the four claims comprising the property,
and against P. B. Sinnott and Penumbra
Kelly, as trustees. The mine was worked
on a small scale under receiver J. T..
Rogers and yielded well for the work
done, but operations had to cease week
ago, when execution was issued. The
mine Is developed to q depth OF coo feet
but money was spent In extensive devei-
opments faster than 1t produced, ana
brought on embarrassment, which has
resulted in the present situation.
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A contract for 6OOO,OOO feet OF hem.
lock, to be used la the manufacture OF
paper, has been let to parties within the
last week, on Lower Columbia. It IA
claimed chat hemlock makes a superior
quality OF pulp, owing to the whitenesa
of the fibre and freedom from pitch. AS
green hemlock is exceedingly heavy and
will, until seasoned, sink when placed
in the water, this feature will necessitato
all hemlock contracts to be placed in
plenty of time. Hemlock hitherto con.
sidered worthless for any purpose, win
now take rank with cottonwood or
spruce as pulp material. Millions OF
feet of hemlock are easily obtainable in
this section.
The Hon. A. j. Dufur for many years
prominent resident Of Oregon, died at
the residence Of his daughter in Dufur,
fifteen miles south Of The Dalles, Wednes-
day afternoon. He had been failing for
several years and his death was not en-
tlrely unexpected. The funeral services
took place In Dufur Thursday. and the
remains were then taken to Portland for
interment Saturday In Lone Fir cemetery.
He left three sons and one daughter, all
residents Of Wasco county.
r. @. Richardson, OF Dilley killed a
hen the other day, not the one that laid
the golden egg. but one that had gold In
its gizzard. There were four pieces Of
the precious, from the size Of a wheat
er,au ~ m lhof Of a -
agog and everybody has since been
searching for the place the hen found II,
The Forest Grove Times offers the ex,
PLANTATION that II was gold ornament
swallowed, which Is most likely correct.
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Palouse City Is making great effort
TO secure the establishment Of the covet-
ed beet sugar factory at that place. Rep
resentatves OF eastern capital have made
proposition to build Factory Of $50
tons per DAY capacity, provided the peo-
pie VIII give bonus or 1000 acres Of
I@Hu locateu Wltnln rauius OF SIX miles
OF the city. Meetings are being held in
,tne schoolnouses ABOUT Paiouse with the
nope OIL securing the bonus
Next week M. Herrick expects to kill
ana can several oregon cayusss, says the
ceived a copy Of London paper which
comments favoraply upon his novel In
dustry, ana ne thinks the wide advertis-
Ing given him by the press will do much
70 estapnsn market FOR web-foot horse
nesn.
A fire at sherwood Washington coun>
W on SUNDAY, destroyed the followine
business buildings and contents: Nc
Conneil Hers store, loss sl,2Oo; sher,
WOOD public hall loss, $1,000; George
Pacsic company's depot and toolhouss
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