The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-01-09
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taxes.
The Gold and Silver, u bi-monthly
publication, has just been started at
Baker city.
Voters In Jacksonville will have
three tickets to choose from at the
coming municipal election.
Mary Enyart, Of Fossil, has killed a
half dozen deer.this fall in the territory
adjacent to Butte creek sawmill.
The high water has been washing
out the bridges on the Wilson river
foad. between Forest Grove and Tilla-
nook.
A. Anderson recently shipped a car
load Of Italian prunes from Forest
Grove TO Chicago, where he will hold
them for a satisfactory price.
Robert Collier, the son Of Professor
Collier, Of Eugene, who was almost
fatally injured short time ago by be-
ing struck by tram at crossing in
California, is now recovering.
"Grandma" Fitzhugh, of Skies
river, is now great-greatgrand-
mother, the little great-great-grand-
daughter having been presented her
by the wife of Everett Bessey.
The publishers of the Coquille City
Bulletin deserve success. Their entire
plant, including even their books,
burned last week, but their Iaper, in
a reduced size, was issued as usual.
There are about 1000 logs on North
Coos river yet, above tide water, wait
ing for a freshet to float them. During
the late freshet 1900 logs were run out
and safely doomed in lower Coos river.
The Coquille Creamery Company
rented the creamery to the Coquille
Dairymen's Union for the coming year.
The Union pays $500 per year rent,
and taxes and insurance. The creamery
expects to run II uonths this year.
]. M. Davis prominent Polk county
hop grower, made an assignment last
week to Berry Webster, of Ballston,
for the benefit of his creditors. I,is
assets are $4,000 His failure is attributed
to the low price of hops.
During the year 1895 there were
commitments as follows from Lane
county; To the insane asylum, II; to
the reform school, /; to the state peni-
tentiary, 6. This is good showing
for county of at least $4,000 inhabi-
tants.
The new cells were placed in position
In the county Jail, in Grants Pass, last
week. To facilitate this work, the Jail
was cleared Of prisoners, including
Fiester, the wife murderer, who were
taken to the Jackson county Jail for
safe keeping.
An all-day, well-organized coyote
hunt took place in Union county last
week. The Ishmaelites were sur
rounded, herded and killed by dogs
and clubs. No rifles or revolvers were
allowed, and no shotguns loaded with
anything larger than No, shot.
The copper mine company in jose
phine county is preparing to construct
wire suspension bridge across the
Illinois river Immediately, The struc-
ture will have $50 feet span, and will
be anchored firmly to either bank of
the river, It will be wide enough for
loaded team.
The populistic sachems met in SOL
emn conelave at Medford last week to
discuss the proposition Of establishing
a newspaper In Jackson county, and
decided to desert the Valley Record
and pin their faith and bonus of $500
to the Gold Hill Miner, says the Jack
sonville Times.
Referee Woodcock held another ses-
sion of bis court in Corvallis Saturday,
for the purpose of taking rebuttal testi-
mony In reference to The claims ol
John P. Fay anG E. G. NJ Rand. This
will probably be his final sitting for
the purpose Of taking testimony in the
Oregon PACIFIC case
The first shipment of ice from the
Grand Ronde Lumber company's pond
near La Grande was made on New
Years day, two carloads being sent
out Preparations have been made tc
ship Ice on an extensive scale, and
three large icehouses have already
| been built near the pond for storagt
purposes.
There was o big horse trade in Cor
Wallis Monday of last week. John W.
Stewart was the buyer, aud A. NJ
Gray was the seller. Five horses, al
Clydes aud hrst-classl changed hands
at the price Of $3.50, Two of the ami
mails weighed about 1900 pounds, anc
brought 800 each, another brought $50