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The Daily Morning Dispatch made
Its first appearance in The Dalles
yesterday.
The creamery in Eugene is having
trouble in getting enough milk to
operate the plant profitably.
Five hundred feet of track iron, to
be used in the tunnels, have been
shipped to the Luckey Boy mine, on
Bue river.
William Croos and W. J. Rieblin
have bought the machinery for
creamery that they are soon to estab-
Iish in Holsey.
The warehouse and -four mills in
The Dalles are taking in considerable
wheat daily, probably an average of
about $500 sacks. ...-
The matter of building telephone
line from Bandon to Wedderburn is
being discussed in Bandon. and sub
scriptions are being solicited.
The trench in which the beeves will
be roasted at the republican barbecue
in Eugene next Saturday has been
dug. 1t is four feet wide, six feet deep
and 80 feet long.
The Lewis and Clark road has been
completed. 1t now extends from the
west shore of Young's river, opposite
Astoria, through the Lewis and Clark
country to Clatsop plains.
Baker City is having building
boom, Since the first of last January
there have been built rs new house,
and the work still goes on. .
The treasurer Of Jackson county
gives notice that there are funds in the
treasury for the redemption of war
rants protested between December 9,
1885, and January II, 1890. Interest
ceased on them sept. 10.
Rufus Cox, who operates one Of the
largest threshing outfits in the Rogue
river valley, reports having handled
10000 bushels Of grain this season,
He says the crop is considerably short
over the valley generally.
The typographical engineers who
have been at work in Coos county
this summer, have finished their
work, and returned to headquarters to
work up their data. They expect to
get over into the Skies mining district
this summer, but failed.
The residence of Mrs. Hattie Steven'
on the Jacksonville-Medford road
near Jacksonville, burned to TIN
ground Monday noon. 1t was the olt
story of defective fiue. The los
amounts to several hundred dollars
which is partially covered by insur
ance.
There is no material change in thu
run of fish near Astoria. The can
/ neries there report light catches, an
n do not look for much improvement 70
y few days yet. The fishing abov
has been somewhat better, althougl
y not particularly encouraging from tn
|, packers standpoint.
4 A. Snead, Of Bear creek, who is ret
q ognized as being one of the best hunt
ers in Coos county, was on the bay la'
week on business, says the Marshfel
Z News. He reports elk scarce in tt
T. mountains now, but deer are. fairl
y, plentiful. The largest band he know
ot of frequents the country lying betwee
the bay and Randolph. He estimat
NJ the number IN the band as between
N. and so.
NJ. The grain derrick belonging to Rim
hart & Gleun's threshing outfit al
three stacks of barley on S. L. Brook
farm, near Summerville, in Unit
county, were all destroyed by fire
short time ago. Sparks were blow
from the engine to one Of II
4 grain stacks, and the fire was immec
~ ately beyond control. The separat
was pulled out of the way, without
ing particularly damaged. The to'
loss of the owners of the threshing Of
fit will reach about $500.
The eoroners july decided that J.
Baker, who was killed at the VIII
- Swan mine, came to his death by
M M ing struck by bucket while carele
- ly crossing the hoisting shaft, causl
ith him to fall down the shaft. The
ceased was member in good standi
of Hassalo lodge No. Is, |. .. o. f.,
M, Portland, where he resided before
NJ. ING to Baker county, and where
the was for long time in the employ
Jan the I. B. Hammond iron works,
'est engineer. He was aged about
H. years. Among his possessions at
f. mine were found certificates of dep
-" in the Bank of British Columl
- Portland, for 1855, and promiss