The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-08-13


town over Sunday. He says the new
mill is rapidly nearing completion and
two weeks from next Monday they will
begin grinding. The firm has the conf
dencs of the farmers in that section and
it is safe to say that large proportion
of the wheat in the south end of the
county will be ground into flour by the
,, new company.
"Bilr' Igo, who accompanied Olney
McLagan and Joe Polly OH their second
prospecting tour, has returned. He ar
rived in Newport last week, having
walked up the beach, and expects to re-
turn to the '.gold hunt after harvest
He says McLagan and Policy are sup
piled with provisions for two months,
and are now somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of Klickitat mountain. They have
struck gold several times, but not in pay
ing quantities.
The residence of Rev. Plum,ner has
been robbed during the fa,nily's summer
vacation. Last week Don Graham no.
ticed that the back door was ajar and
informed Mrs. Lyford, who discovered
that some one had ransacked the house,
ernptying drawers and piling the con-
tents on the floor. From the appear
ance of the beds some one had been
sleeping in them lately. Until the fam
lily returns, the amount of property
stolen cannot be ascertained. It is said
there was some money in the house that
the doctor had forgotten to take with
him, and some pieces of silver plate,
highly priced as heirlooms.
Fred Oberer met with an accident
while operating circular saw at the Cor
Wallis planning mills last Saturday, from
the effects of which he will be laid up
for several weeks. He was engaged in
saving some window frames for the
new Catholic church at the Siletz, when
he slipped, his right hand coming in
contact with the rapidly revolving saw,
and in an instant he was minus the in
dex finger. The second finger was also
badly lacerated and the whole hand Sc
verely injured. He was taken to the Of
fee of DIR. Pernot, where his wounds
were dressed, after having his fore finger
amputated at the knuckle joint, and is
now getting on as we'll as could be ex-
pected. Fred has handled machinery
for the past fourteen years and is regard
ed as an expert. He claims this to be
the first accident he ever had.
Harvesting in the northern part of the
county is developing some unpleasant
surprises. One farm, formerly yielding
40 bushels of wheat per acre, this year
barely averaged bushels. 1t is said
that the whole section will not yield over
s or 9 bushels per acre on an average,
and there will not be more than half
crop in Benton county as whole. Un-
usual bad weather is greatly response
BILE for this unfortunate condition, but
farmers are beginning to realize also that
nature is resenting the continuous unre-
Quilted demands upon her bounty. Soils
will have to be replenished with the ma
terials necessary for plant food. The
straw, i'll most instances, seems to be
about as heavy as usual, but the heads
are not filed out, and are often entirely
devoid of kernels. This makes the op-
Grafton of threshing machines an uu-
profitable business.
Aside from allowing several bills, there
was little business of importance trans
acted at the council meeting Monday
night City Attorney Wilson reported
that the city could rid itself of the street
car track only by instituting proceedings
in the circuit court to annul the compa-
ny's franchise. Councilman Greffoz
moved that the city attorney be instruct
ed to begin such proceedings at once,
but his motion failed to receive second
and the matter went over. The matter
of building walk across the 0 P. track
in Avery's addition and the establish
ment of an electric light near the o. P.
mittee. An ordinance was read and
passed to its second reading, which pro-
vides that the maintenance of hog
pens within the city limits shall be deem
ed nuisance and that persons found
guilty of violating the ordinance shall he
fined.
This paper is in receipt of a copy of
the 5oth anniversary number of that
we'll publication. the Scientific
American. 1t is handsome number
and reviews the progress of science dur
irg the past fifty years in most thor
ough and comprehensive style. and with
the copious illustrations with which the
issue is enriched, showing the develop
ment of the steamship, the railroad, tel
egraph, telephone, ETC., 1t forms one of
the most valuable contributions to the
world of science and invention that has
ever been published. To Corvallisites
the souvenir edition is especially inte.-
esting because of the numerous valua-
Bile and entertaining contributions it cor
ttains from the versatile pen of our old
friend and fellow townsman, ]. B. Walk
err who has been connected with thc es.-
;for;o1 dor,o ri t,,ant of the ,,,.,.-r .=yriu.,