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S. Merton, Of st. Paul, Marion coun-
ty, has contracted 10000 pounds Of
hops at cents per pound for five
years.
1t is proposed in Pendleton to organ
ize an "artesian watero club, to raise
funds to bore for artesian water in that
vicinity.
Harvey county sheepmen will drive
great many bands Of their sheep to
the railroad before shearing, aud thus
save freight money on the wool.
Captain Waud has informed The
Dalles Chronicle that the dredger will
open a channel entirely through the
locks within two weeks, so that boats
may pass.
The first number of the Oregon
Woodman, V. p Fisk, editor, has been
issued from Dallas. 1t is a monthly
publication, devoted to Woodcraft in
the state OF Oregon.
Carl Alhrecht, who so hrutally mur.
dertd his wife in Marshfield, recently
attempted to commit suicide in Jail by
hanging himself. The watchman,
however, interfered.
Several counterfeit IS pieces that
have been in circulation in Baker City
have been turned over to Deputy U.
S. Marshal Conde by the business men
who took them in the course of trade.
There was iail.break at Moro, Sher-
man county, last Thursday night.
Three prisoners escaped, one of whom
was Pat Homan, who was arrested last
winter at The Dalles for stealing
horses.
NJ P. Isenberger, of Hood River,
says the outlook for Hood river straw
berry growers is flattering, and he
anticipates a very large crop. The
acreage is larger this year than ever
| before.
Turner Calender, of Canyon City,
> genius of no small Oalber, says the
Graur county New. His lat est in the
lite of invpIion is q sail, which be
Usrs 10 pr"pell his bicycle to good ad.
vantage,
Charles Cunningham, a Umatilla
sheep raiser, commenced last week to
shear his sheep, Mr.. Cunningham
has beeu accustomed to begin shearing
eallier than the majority of sheep men
in Umatilla county.
A lot of salt marsh lands in Warner
valley, Lake county, was sold recently
under the saline act, and purchased by
David K. Jones for $l460. He will
erect u refinery and manufacture salt
Of first.class quality.
Out on the farm of J. d. Smith, in
Polk county, Monday of last week,
John w. Green and Thomas w. Shell
don quarreled over a tent and the
former stabbed the latter in the face
and arms with pocket knife. Green
was arrested and held for trial.
The Astoria & GOble Railroad COM
pany put II men to work grading
through the marshes below Bureaus
mill, near Clatskane, recently. This
is all experiment which the company
is trying in order to know If the road
can be put across the flat at that place.
One hundred and eighty-seven Of
the 100 taxpayers in Benton county
have so far paid their taxes for 1895
1t is asserted by officials that penalty
is TO be added after April |, and that
after that date county warrants will
not be accepted in payment of taxes
The Grande Ronde Lumber compa
ny, at Perry, has received orders fol
lumber from the Cripple Creek mining
district, which if 1t could fill according
to the dimensions desired, would take
every stick of timber in the company'i
yards, and that would be several mil
lion feet. The company can fiji par
of the order, however, and has already
forwarded three carloads.
jerome Palmatier Of Reedville
Washington county, reports to thu
E Hilsboro Independent that his sprinj
seeding Of clover is all to do over again
He had sown 100 pounds of seed, whicl
was just peeping through the grount
when the cold night Of March l heave,
up the field and pulled every spear ou
, by the roots. His last sowing Of whes
e was treated the same way.
An unusual and unfortunate acci
dent happened to Joseph Pitman,
farm hand on Joseph Hunters plac
on Muddy, last week, says the Coryal
lis Times. He was duck-hunting ol
+ horst back, and raised his gun to shoot
i, At the same moment his horse stun
bled and fell, and IN the fall tn
hammer of the gun struck Pitman il