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! Malheur has school district named
Fighting Seven"
| Sheepmen Of Grant county are tax.
Ing their sheep to the hills.
There are now five cases Of diptheria
in and about Coburg, says the Eugene
Guard.
A. M. Kelsay, Of The Dalles, will
commence work on an artesian well
on his place, near The Dalles.
Grant county stockmen have u mum.
Der Of fine, large haystacks untouched,
and spring is hound to come soon.
Superintendent Gilbert, Of the pen.
itentiary, says "Buncor Kelly eats his
regular rations and is in gpod health.
Nine men and two women have
been busy Mt the Eugene cannery pack
ing prunes for shipment to the east.
The store of e. Baum, clothier Of
Eugene, WAS closed last Friday under
attachments made by Portland par.
ties.
d. OFT, a saloon keeper Of Port
Townsend, Wash, was arrested last
week, chrrg,d with selling liquor to
small boys.
Some California parties are casting
glances in the direction Of Lskevjew
ss suitable location for an electric
light plant.
The young men Of Pilot Rock have
organized minstrel troupe. Over 500
has been invested by them in musical
instruments.
Fishermen predict there will be no
hign water in the Columbia this year,
and anticipate poor fishing seuson in
consequence.
1t is stated that the Oregon Pacific
will build branch line one aud one
half miles long, from Kingston to
Stayton, IN the spring.
So far the work of exporting the tax
rolls Of Lane county, that were re-
turned to the county clerk to he
corrected, has not disclosed many
serious errors.
The Eugene Guard says that the
members of Code Regular Army In
that city after the free fight among
themselves, have disappeared, leaving
their creditors In the lurch.
A petition was circulated and signed
in st. Helens last week, and forwarded
to Senator Mcbride to he presented to
congress, asking for an appropriation
for the Improvement Of Seappoose bay.
The fire which recently destroyed
the Hoxie sawmill, on Williams creek,
in Josephine county. recalls the fact
that this was the fourth time this saw
mill has been destroyed within 16
wears.
A. ]. Shelton, Of Elgin, was sur
prised the other day by receiving a
letter containing 81 so, which sum the
writer said was payment for ball
ticket that Mr. Shelton had sold him
on credit Is yesrs'before.
People of Crook'and Klamath coun.
ties are working for q mail route to
run between Prineville and klamath
Falls six times weekly. II is hoped
by the projectors that they will have
the matter accomplished by July ].
Charley Fix lost horse In rather
novel manner short time ago. Miss
Ella Clark vas riding the pony. and
while travelling along the road near
Condor the horse suddenly dropped
dead. scarinn Ella out OF about years
growth, the Globe says.
After another year's cruise In the
South Sea islands, John Chiffon ia at
home on his annual visit to his parents
at Chitwood, Benton county. The ship
on which Mr.. Chiffon sails Is gospel
ship, and does not carry whisky, to-
bacco Or enssgRrds, so the Corvallis
Times says.
The Seattle Times IL authority tnr
the statement that one.half Of the hop
acreage Of Yakima will I've plowed up
this spring. A Puyallup paper con.
tains list of several Yards, amounting
to so or go acres, near that place that
will also he plowed up Many Bois-
fort farmers have had enough and are
going to quit.
SpokaGe's offered bounty for sluir-
rel tails is net exactly muniticent.
During the month Of March bounty
Of one cent will he given, and In April
and May u cents. This bounty is for
tails only, the former system ofpaving
upon the presentation Of scalps having
proven an incentive to fraud rather
than encouragement to extprminate
the destructive varnints.
All city officials Of Tacoma were,
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