The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-04-09
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Halsey will entertain the Linn
county W. G. T. U. Thursday and
Friday.
A number of young lambs were
killed in Grass valley by the recent
weather.
Wasco county's roadgrader has be-
gun work for the season, starting in on
Tygh ridge.
The Eugene Guard says that the
seniors at the state university are about
to don caps and gowns.
The gross income Of the McAiinnville
postoffice for the year ended March 81,
1896, Is 6S Is larger than for the pre-.
vious year.
The receipts Of the county clerk Of
Lane county for the year ending
March 81, exceeded the expenditures
by $2l3 92.
Farmers around 0aksdale are taking
great interest in fruitgrowing and All
unusual number of fruit trees are being
planted this spring.
DR.. Edmund w. Fall has disappeared
from Seattle, leaving behind many
creditors. The doctor was at ono time
resident Of Salem, Or.
An unusual sight in The DalIes
Thursday was gang Of Indians at
work on Fifth street. The Mountain.
eer says they did excellent work,
The new sawmill Of the Bell Lumber
Company at Everett started up Tues
day. 1t has capacity Of 5000 feet q
day, and gives employment to S5 men,
There is a great deal of snow OH the
summit of the Blue mountains. A few
persons have tried TO cross the noun
tains with teams and have met with
failure.
The santlam LAUNDERING Company,
Of Mill City, has purchased 100000
feet at Berry, on the North Santiam,
and U. S. Berry has The contract Of
logging.
&. W. Shurte left Arlington Monday
with two carloads Of workhorses for st.
Paul. Shurte Bros. have several car.
loads of horses left, which they expect
to ship later. ...
A Pennsylvania syndicate, owning
5000 acres of Timber land in Ekagit
county, has had it surveyed, and estab.
lished d camp for the purpose of log.
ging the land of.
The little town of Waterville on the
Mckenzie river, has been having q
building boom lately. The sawmill
that has been put in there win be run.
ming in about week.
w. A. Wells bought l0,50O bushels
of oats from J. o. Wilson, NJ. s. Wood
cock, H. F. Fisher and G. r. Hall at
Corvallis Monday. THE price is said
TO have been about % cents.
The acreage Of oats on the Siletz res
ervation will be largely increased this
year over last. There will be many
acres sown by new settlers, and the
indians are eleo greatly increasing
their fields.
Taxes collected in Benton county
this year, up to April /, exceeded in
amount those for any previous year
The numbor Of receipts issued was Ills
as compared with SIG for the SAM
period last year.
Duncan Berry killed tat she hea
in Fox valley last week, while she wa
after him on two feet. Two cubs tina
were with her escaped, but Berry trie'
out one and a half gallons Of greas
from the old lady.
! The A. 0. U. W. grand lodge 70 meg
at Tacoma ...orll 8, will consider . neY
constitution proposed for the ;,urlsdl'
ton. 1t is thought probable that al
effort will be made TO locate the gram
lodge at Seattle or Tacoma. The sui
iect of reducing tine membership of th
grand body will also be taken.
Grant Thornburg aud o. V. Brown
who were In Canyon City from Graz
ito ais delegates to the Grant count
republican convention, came froI
Granite to Austin, q distance of
miles, on snowshoes.
The Clatskanie council has bougf
the water system owned by MIR
Amanda Merrill, with sufficient plt
. of ground to insure perm aAeht posse
: sion Of the spring that supplies u
: water and enough ground OH which
, erect tanks Or fencing for protection.
! Thomas H. Rogers, recorder OF NJ
"A tnpyille, will soon have publishe
II ~ ave New York Sportsman his late
,,,srar ~ venture, entitled IA Trip
p,a Nss,'ueca." The article will hs'
two.fold interest from the fact tn
Frpa g. Cooper, aged 10 years, WI