The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-06-04
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sheared out l2o5 head OF sheep In
hours, near Heppner the other day.
The McBee boys killed a large bel
on Wimberry creek, in Lane count,
last week. 1t weighed about x
] pounds.
} independence boasts of young ma
/ not yet 20 years of age, whose heigf
/ Is 9 feet 8 inches. Charles Bicker
his name,
l. G. Edwards, of Antelope, ha
decided to build telephone line from
Antelope to Fossil. and will start mel
to work June 10.
Three feet of snow is reported on tn
Mount Adams ranges this month
where, last year, earlier than this
grass was abundant and Is inchel
high.
Emigrant wagons have commenced
to pass through Fossil. They are latel
than usual this spring, az there has
been little sunshine to melt the snow
In the mountains.
| The 18th annual commencement Of
the Albany college will begin June ID,
The bacca]aureate sermon will be
preached June IA by Rev. Thomas
Boyd, D. d., of Portland.
-Four hundred head of I.year-old
steers left Fossil last week In charge of
Tom Rhea, of Heppner, for whom w.
3. Thompson purchased them in Gil
liam county, They are to be shipped
East.
A party of The Dalles people will
leave tomorrow morning for the straw
berry fields at Hood River. II is said
that the largest crop ever heard of will
be raised this season.
A tramp entered the residence of
Milton Aubrey, in Eugene, Friday
evening and stole two cold watches,
one belonging to Mrs. Aubrey and the
other to Mr.. Aubrey.
The roads are again lined with teams
hauling wood from Condor to Airing
ton, A grea. deal of wheat Is also
being hauled from the Mayyille coun.
try. The price paid at Arlington now
is about 45 cents.
ii. h. Everett, populist nominee for
Judge, Of Sherman county, has again
declined to run, this time officially. |
He waited until the ballots were all
printed, and the name had to be off.
CHILLY scratched out.
Stock Inspector Fitz Patrick has lust
finished his spring inspection of the
sheep in Waseo county, and reports
them generally in fine condition,
though he has found more scab among
the fiocks this year than last.
Oregon teachers will meet in Eugene
June 10 and TO- under the auspices of
the University of Oregon, to consider
educational subjects. Superintendent
Irwin will be chairman of the conven-
ion. A number of interesting papers
will he read.
The warehouses in the east end of
The Dalles are fast becoming too small
or the large amount of wool which
Irrives daily. Workmen are busy in
he Hoody warehouse, with horse and
'ulley, piling the sacks as high as the
eiling.
The grand jury at The Dalles last /
Wednesday returned a true bill against )
,harles Snipes, charging him with
ssault with dangerous weapon in
avtng held-up w. H. Vanbibber on /,
he road leading into The Dalles on q
he morning Of May 8. r. .
Besides soaking the soil and assuring a
bountiful harvest, the rains and late Q
sason in Sherman county, have killed \
II the grasshoppereggs laid last season b
nd the Wasco News says, let us be g
lankful when praying for decent t,
rice for our wheat. 81
The prune crop in the Hood river q
alley is almost complete failure, the {
lacier says. The prune orchards of s.
le Shoemaker Bros, containing 5000 b
ees, will have no fruit. Winter Mel o.
and Bartlett pears are also failure Ia
some parts Of the valley. B
The Albany Democrat says the mon- te
is ready to pay the last dividend of u
e principal due depositors from the a
inn County National Bank. 1t will IT
it$2S, 600 into circulation. The show N
g is a good one, one that will be y
'preclated generally. .... !"
The Eugene Guard says that old le N
socks," the horse that pulls the ice ~ ~
sgon about Eugene, Is very intelli. :, -
Mt creature, He Is quartered at w ",
angs' stable, and, when he Is hitched y, ~
the wagon, he is started out Of the '"