Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-28
BRIEF PACIFIC COAST NM
A Resume Of Events in 4.
Northwest.
D OF STEADY GROW

a.
Our Neighboring s~tates-ruu.
ment in All 1nduHtries-oreson.
A fishing crew caught between :,
and 1000 herring in one niyb, "
week, in Yaquina bay.
A farmer of Malheur comfy 4
year sold $4,000 pounds of wool and
head of choice beef cattle.
Eighteen thousand dollars in -
bullion was the output OF the Bon'',
mine in Baker county last month.
The Ashland iron works are work.!
on a 81, 800 order for pulleys, sbaftDT
ETC., from the Sissons Lumber q M.
camille Company.
The keel for the Alaska t,old NJ,
ing d Navigation Company's boat th,
is being built in the Siuslaw, Dn,I
Florence. measures 1875 feet in length
There are now 1900 signer
Astoria to the petition for the bri4,l
across Young's bay. Only about I'M
names are required to put the meav,I
through.
Among Mr.. Dade's sheep on BirI
creek, in Umatilla county, is a lsuj
with only n ear and one eye. It v,i
born thus. and is fully developed N
every other respect.
Contractor Jacobson. who is work.
ing on the jetties on Coos bay and ID
the Siuslaw, has about 1870 men END
ployed. He says his contracts will n
finished in two or three months.
There are no empty houses in Val.I
Malheur county. Several iarmershar,
been compelled to give up the idea Il
living in town in order to send theif
children to school, because of the lsrt
of houses.
The II of chinooks in Coos bay wa
light last week, and silversides were
scarce also. There has been a great i'm
provement, however, in the last few
days, and boats on the lower bay an
making good catches.
One day last week Hume's fshin,
crew at the mouth of Rogue river made
a regular old-time catch Of salmon,
raking in $3.50 at one haul of the seine.
There is a large run of salmon comm.
into Skies river, in Curry county.
A fish eight or nine inches long and
somewhat resembling the Sound mack
erel is being caught along the water
front in Astoria. No one seems to
know just Of what specie it is, butsuch
a fish was seen in these waters about
five years ago.
There is greater activity witnessed
in and around Drain this fall than bal
been seen here before for years. New
buildings are being built, old ones re
paired, sidewalks made and improved
empty houses are rapidly filling up
brick kiln of over 100, 900 is alVay
ready for burning, and thousands
cords of wood are being handled b
woodmen.
A disease called CHAMBERS is causlnl
the death of quite a number OF hOse
in Paradise. Wallowa county. Ih
people there have asked the counv
court to order the stock inspector =
that place to take steps TO prevent Id
spread of the disease. At this paTtca
lar time, however, the county is Wild
out a stock inspector, but the matte
will be attended to at the next ses'io
of the court.
Movement of the hop crop has no
yet started, except on sales contTac'e
before harvest, and neither buyers no
growers are able to say when 1t WI
A few sales are reported from fO'
county at Is cents, and it is staleuO
good authority that l519 cents III
been offered in Salem for choice mop
The price, generally offered, howe'V'
is from ID to 1872 cents. This, GU"
ers are unwilling to take, and IN SOU
instances, agents having failed 10 w
at these figures, the orders have Oe'
recalled.