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An Odd Fellows lodge was instituted
at Elk City Thursday evening, with q
members.
The latest cleanup Of the Virtue
mine, In Baker county, is estimated
at $4,000.
Mr.. Robertson, Of Spokane, is in
Fossil, buying horses. He wants 20
fine animals.
1t Is reported that all of the thresh-
ing in the Grand Ronde valley will
not be completed before November 10.
There are tall men in Independence.
DR. TJ Lee is 6 feet inches, and
he met Mr.. Snider who is 6 feet ST
inches, and Mr.. Frazier, 6 feet s
inches.
The Mitchell Monitor has passed
into the hands Of a new management.
The paper has been removed to Prime.
vile, aud will hereafter be known as
the Crook County Journal.
The equalization board of Jackson
county has decided to allow the asssess-
ment Of the Southern Pacific's road
bed in that county, $4,000 a mile, as
made by the assessor, to stand.
A little less than 1000 bushels of
cranberries were taken by q. D. Nc
Farlin from his ranch on North
slough, in Coos county, this year
The Indians did most of the picking.
The tack fiend is abroad In Eugene,
says the Guard, and cyclists should
look where they ride. Thursday
morning two rows of tacks were neat
ly arranged, points up, across the side
walk on Ninth street.
A new dredger is being built at the
locks, to supply the place of the Enter
prise, which could not do the work.
Eight courses of stone are yet to be
laid on the north side. The work is
being pushed with all possible speed.
About two weeks ago John Edecott,
of Pendleton, let man have fine
saddle horse to ride to Helix, to collect
a debt, claimed to be due. As yet the
man aud horse have failed to come
back, and the sheriff has been put on
the mans trail.
A phenomenal pumpkin vine was
raised this year by Mr.. Burchtorf OH
Mil creok, Wasco county. 1t covers
an immense area of ground, and bears
% large pumpkins of an average
weight Of "a pounds, to say nothing of
the small ones, aud hence has 440
pounds of pumpkins.
Wednesday morning Lee Paine, of
Albany, was at work with his revolver
at his home. He thought the pistol
was not loaded, but received absolute
proof to the contrary by its going off.
The 22-caliber ball struck him in the
thigh, in glancing way, coming out
on the same side, without striking the
bone.
). Erickson, Of Marshfield, was killed
last Thursday by the breaking Of the
chain used in hauling logs up to the
mill in which he was employed.
When the chain broke, he attempted
to stop the wheel on which it was
wound with handsplke, and ives
struck over the heart by the spike,
dying half an hour later,
The run of salmon in Tillamook bay
is exceedingly good. Otto Johnson
recently caught over 300 salmon at
three hauls. Persons who are trolling
report excellent success. Silversides
are selling at IL cents apiece, but the
royal Chinook has lost his kingly
character since Oct. |. and sells ac-
cording to his condition.
E. A. Thorpe, all old pioneer of 1874,
picked hops near Independence, all
through the picking season, and made
25 cents day, picking one box full
each day. He said he had 25 cents
worth of fun day with the women
and children, SO he concludes that he
made so cents day, which was better
than grubbing in Missouri in 1887 3S
for 25 cents a day.
On Tuesday four large wagon-loads
Of immigrants passed through Myrtle
Point, ell route to the lower Coquille,
where they contemplate locating, aud
on the following day as many more
passed through, bound for lower river
points, and the Enterprise is of the
opinion that the next census report
will show remarkable increase In the
population Of Coos county.
| Oracle, the little daughter of F. E.
Brown, of Fossil, last week, had play
house in the sand. She found in the