The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-12-10
STATE AND COAST.
Clipped from our Exchanges
Throughout the West.

Salem.
Frank Bunting brought into Lake
view last week tile belongings of the
Paisley postoffice robbers.
A school of Goldfish was in the Co
lumbia river the first Of the week, evil
IDENTIFY having been driven in by the
storm.
Hay has taken big jump in price
around Hood River since the snow
came, and is now bringing from $l6
to $40.
The salmon catch for r. d. Hume's
hatchery this fall, for spawning
purposes, have all died, says Curry
county exchange.
A trainload OF livestock came over
from Heppner and Echo to Pendleton
last week, en- route to Chicago. The
train consisted of about 27 cars.
During the recent freeze William
Roesch, of Pen6leton, had force Of
men cutting Ice, that he stored in q
large warehouse behind his brewery.
All of Wasco comfy was covered
with snow last week, and stockmen
were compelled to gather their herds
at the home ranches and begin feed
ing,
Three horses were sold at auction in
Jacksonville by Marshal Coter last
week. They brought 20 cents, 81 and
81 50, respectively. All were of good
size.
1t has been seven years since the
big icehouses at Hood River were
filled. They hold 12,00O tons, and
much ice was put in during the recent
freeze.
Messrs. Miles, Wauk and Lee, North
Powder sheepmen, last week sold their
wool, amounting to 100000 pounds, to
Alfred Wiley, representing Silverman
Bros, of Chicago.
The dwelling house of !. G. Spencer,
in Grants Pass, was broken into and
robbed while the family were absent,
Thursday night, Of last week.
There were about 80 head of horses
offered William Frazier in La Grande
last week for the cavalry service, OF
this number but l6 passed the exami-
nation and were accepted.
The residence of T. r. Curl, Oh
Crooked river, in Crook county, burn
ed last week. Nearly everything in
the house burntd d, an organ and few
other articles being all that was saved.
Ice dealers estimate that the recent
cold snap saved Pendleton about $4,000,
which would have been sent out for
freight and for putting up the ice at
North Powder. Probably close to 1000
tons are used annually in Pendleton.
Rumor has it that Grants Pass will
furnish candidate under the inoom-
ing administration for the registership
of the land Office at Roseburg; also a
candidate for the receivership. There
is also candidate for consulship in
Germany, says the Grants Pass Mining
Journal.
The Willamette Valley a Cascade
Mountain Wagon Road Company
made selection of 1000 acres of land
in Crook county, at The Dalles Mon
day. The selection embraces por'
ton of the grant given the company
for building road from Albany tc
the eastern boundary of the state in
1869.
Tillamook is "sot in its ways" Just
after the election it set its mind on 6
republican ratification meeting, bU
continual stormy weather caused one
postponement after another. How
ever Wednesday of last week was
clear and cold and everybody felt like
celebrating, and the long delayed rati
fication came off.
A huge spider entered the ear o
Miss Wertz, of Grants Pass, las
week and buried itself, giving thu
young lady good deal Of pain. Mrs
DR.. Myers elected the interloper will
an ear yringe, and warm water anC
soap. The insect was dead whel
ousted. 1t had entered her ear whll,
she was walking along the street.
Here is an i'll wild, and chinook a
that. A. Winans went to Hood Rive
at tue beginning of the cold snap, anC
put everything in shape for putting VI
Is, 900 tons of ice. The snow wa
cleaned off the ice and IL was al
marked off and steam got up in boiler
at the elevator, when the Uhin0ol
struck it, and in a few hours the ic
was gone. "..
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