The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-01-23
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The weather observer at Nehalem
reports that the rainfall last year
amounted to l04.45 inches.
The Medford City election just past
resulted in the reelection Of the old
hoard with two exceptions.
Sherman county's taxes will be
about the same, proportionately, this
year as last, says the Observer.
The cargo shipments Of ten Of the
leading sawmills of Washington for
1895 amounted to $3.50, ,s53 feet.
-Four hundred dozen chickens and
geese were shipped from Eugene to
San Francisco Wednesday Of last
week.
Some of the hop raisers CT Washing.
ton are trying to form pool of last
years hops, in hope Of getting a bet
ter price.
The levy in Tilamook county will,
1t is estimated, be 25t mills. The exact
amount has not yet been fixed by
the county court
This Sitka Alaskan returns thanks
to the First Presbyterian church Of
Portland, Or, for box Of clothing for
the training school.
Great excitement Is reported around
Blaine, Wash, and across the Brit
ish Columbia line, over alleged rich
gold finds at Point Roberts.
r. D. Wilson killed two large white
swans on Moss lake, near Oregon City,
last Saturday. They measured over
eight and half feet from tip to tip.
Sheriff Ellingsworth, of Walla Walla
county, Wash, advertlses that he will
hereafter prosecute all persons who
volunteer their services to act MS jurors
on any regular or special venire.
Lafayette now has II secret societies,
five of which are beneficiary orders.
This represents total membership of
about 500. OF these, about $50 carry
beneficiaries representing $4,000.
Hood river has been declared pub
lie highway by the county commits
sioners Of Wasco This will give
anyone the right to float lumber logs,
telegraph poles, etc, down the river.
About mile of the Western Union
telegraph poles, from Hillsboro west,
were broken down by weight of the
snow last Thursday morning, and
during the day messages from the west
side to Portland we're sent via Albany
The Gold Hill Miner is agitating the
question of building large canal to
take water from Rogue river, for the
purposes of irrigation, water power
and last, but by no means least, fol
the development of valuable mineral
land.
An Indian confined in the Tekoa
Wash, city calaboose last week set fire
to the door in order to burn his way
out. The flame was discovered il
time to save the building from being
consumed and the siwash from being
roasted.
The Eugene Mill h Elevator com
pany is crowded with work, and ha
been running day and night since thu
beginning of last week, and will prob
ably have to continue its night run
during the remainder of the month
says the Guard.
The members of the state republican
central committee will meet at Port
land, Wednesday, Feb. 5, for the pui
pose Of determining upon the time an
place for holding the state convention
and to transact other business tha
may come before the meeting.
w. Saunders, of Eugene, swallowe
a small brass screw last Thursday. H
had put the screw in glass in whic
he afterward poured a dose of med
cine. In taking the medicine, he TO
got the screw, and 1t went down,
. is not known how serious the resu
!. will be.
JIG Pierce has Strengthened out h
;, klamath Falls Express difficulties b
purchasing the interest of g, J. Farm
worth. The latest number of the Ei
J, press appears with the first name
= gentleman as editor and publisher
and with somewhat liveller appea
anee than 1t has had for several week
u says the Medford Mail.
I During the sleet IN Walla Walla Of
' night last week, the electric llgii
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