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| d. w. Yoder has been reelected
principal Of the Woodburn schools
About $500 pounds Of quartz have
been shipped from the Ochoco mines
to the Tacoma smelter.
Brownsville has organized an ath.
letic club and ordered the appartus
necessary to fit up room.
Rogue river has fallen sufficiently to
allow fishing to be resumed, and the
boats have started out again.
The Union county pioneers hold
their annual meeting at Cove, June Is.
A basket dinner will be spread.
The Southern Pacific tie trail is still
at work hauling ties from Henderson
to the creosoting plat at Latham.
N. Martin, of Cottage Grove, has
drawn off the populist ticket in Lane
county. He was running for represen-
tative.
The sheep-raisers Of Antelope have
had q good lambing, and expect to
shear an unusually large crop of wool
this season.
A shipment Of over 400 bales of hops
was made from Geryais last Saturday,
by Kola Neiss. They were from the
Harding place.
DR.. DuGas has presented to the Sol
diers' home, at Rosebnrg, a fine gray
eagle, that he secured during one of
his professional visits.
The dynamo Is being placed in posi-
tion nnd wires strung preparatory to
lighting the the Hume cannery, at
Wedderburn, by electricity.
The 23d annual session of the Oregon
State Grange will be held at McMinn-
vile, Or, commencing on Tuesday
May 26, at 10 O'Clock Am.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Nc
Cleland, of Nolin, was recently con-
sumed by fire. Two buildings were
destroyed entailing heavy loss.
The weather is so bad in Lane coun-
ty that republicans and democrats have
jointly Cancelled speaking dates at
Lolaine, Hadleyville, Florence, Maple
ton and Chester.
There has been potato famine at
Condor for several weeks. Everybody
appears to be out of spuds, and are
anxicusly waiting for some to be
brought to town.
Isom Walker has been engaged for
some time in gathering up cattle of all
kinds, sizes and ages, purchase in Cur
ry county from time to time, and drive
them to a summer range.
The Scio creamery finds its first
weeks work prosperous. Its daily
receipts of milk are 1000 pounds and
will soon be 5000. The contributing
farmers are much pleased.
G. w. Smith has demonstrated the
capabilities of klamath county for
alfalfa on his ranch at Altamont. He
now has $50 acres in that grass, from
which he realizes 700 tons of hay each
season.
AT the late klamath agency cattle
sale H. p Galarneau bought COW for
$13 and the next morning found him
self the proprietor of four head of stock
the COW having given birth to three
calves.
An Arlington sheep-shearing crew
is in Condor prepared to go to work as
soon as a contract can be made. Not
a great deal Of shearing has been done
there yet, owing to the unusually cold
weather.
The Sumpter Valley Railroad Com
pany has commenced grading and
laying track toward Sumpter from
McEwen. About 25 men are now
employed, and number will be added
to the force.
L. N. Roney has the contract to
build 140-foot span across the Coast
Fork river, three miles north of Cott-
age Grove, for the Jones Lumber Com
pany. The bridge will be used to
carry their flume across the stream.
Democrats and populists have COM
bined on w. q. Edwards as candidate
for joint senator from Coos, Curry and
Josephine, and w. H. Flanaghan as
candidate for representative from
Josephine. Edwards was the populist
selection and Flanaghan the demo-
cratic.
Business is increasing at the Albany
creamery every day, and the output
now averages about 600 pounds per
day. Thursday the amount of butter
produced ran up to sls pounds, proba-
bly, the largest amount ever made iu