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Throughout the West.

roads must carry government troops at
half fare.
Last week J. Alpine, Of Plainview,
killed rattlesnake, 43 inches long,
with 10 rattles as his rudder, says the
Albany Democrat.
The Rostein residence, in Eugene,
that burned Monday, was insured for
$500, and there was $500 insurance
on the furniture
Oregon is rapidly becoming famous
for its great mines. The Quartsyille
region is being worked day and night
with flattering prospects.
Oregon's potato crop this year is
short. Potatoes were selling last week
in Rnseburg for p cents a pound, and
in The Dalles for u cents.
A salmon trout was received IN Eu-
gene Saturday frem Louis Bean of Sius-
law, caught by himself, which weighed
80 pounds, so the Eugene Guard says.
Archbishop Gross is quite i'll. Too
much work in his high office has
broken his health, The bishop is a
worthy man and a distinguished priest.
The wind-up of the fishing season at
The Dalles shows that the catch This
seasoi was very light. The scows did
better than the standing wheels as a
rule.
The Pacific coast hop crop last year
amounted TO $4,000 Dales, of which
$500 were raised in Oregon, $1,000 IN
California, 2S.G00 in Washington and
TOO in British Columbia.
A jackrabbit Is mol a novel sight in
Harney county, but the Harney Valley
Items says that 1000 may he seen al.
most any evening, about sundown, in
g. w. Shaw's wheat field, near Har.
ney.
The number Of pounds Of hops con-
tracted fer in Marion county, for the
year 1896, as shown by the contracts
30 far recorded and on file In the Of
fees Of the county clerk aud recorder,
is about 100000.
A. s. Nolan Co., of Nebraska,
bought Ia April and May, 2l 900 head
Of Oregon sheep. About 10 days ago
band of $500 were shipped from
Sodasprings, Idaho, which were driven
from Hay creek, across the desert and
mountains.
The United Ststes fish commission
has decided to establish salmon
hatchery near Stevenson, opposite the
Cascades, on the Washington side Of
the Columbia. Experiments have
proven that the run Of salmon can be
maintained by these artificial means
J. Smith, sheepraiser, arrived in
The Dalles, Tuesday, and says that
Ernest Sherar, who was one of the
men reported killed in Grant county
not long ago, in fight between cattle
and sheepmen, is very much alive, and
shipped 5000 sheep from Huntington
last Sunday.
A peculiar phenomenon was wit
uessed on the Columbia river, neal
Lyle Monday evening, by the passen
gers on the Regulator The river wa,
covered with myriads of butterflies, 81
numerous as to almost obscure the
vision. Where they came from o.
where they we.c going seemed unex
| plainable.
1 Fully half thestudents at the Stat,
Normala at Monmouth are either wholly
or partially self supporting, at least 8,
per cent came from the country. Man,
teach year and attend school a year
The expenses are very light, from $40
to $lSO a year Tor living, books anc
tuition. TWentyfour counties wer
represented last year.
1t is the big wheat yields that ar
reported. Here is one from Lin
county: The l. d. Miller crew threshe,
1854 bushels of wheat off 800 acres q
the I'D Knox farm, owned by S, i
Young andrented by Thomas Cham
bers, This is an average of over
bushels. One thousand and two hun
dred and seyenty-six bushels Of
were threslied in the forenoon,
4, w. Talbot an Englishman, VIII
is enroute for Australia, and who ha
walked all the way from New York
taking side trips to see the sights of th
country, and swelling the mile
Travelled OH foot to about 5000, passe
through Ashland Friday northward