Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30
Orcrnn NcXYs Notes..

A tract of eighty-five acres of land near
Ashland was sold last week fon $50 an acre.
Rev. j. S. Griffin Of Forest Grove accounted
the oldest living pioneer Of Oregon, cele-
brated his Goth birthday a few days ago.
The city council of Pendleton has made it
misdemcanor for farmers to feed their
teams in front of private residences in that
city.
A Buck hollow rancher raised $500 worth
of silver-skln onions on Coe acre of land In
Sherman county this year and sold the crcp
for cash.
The run of steelhead salmon in Coos bay
has commenced Quite a number were
brought from Coos river to Marshfeld last
week and were sold for so cents each.
John Berger of Bethany and William
Louisignont Of Buxton are thought to have
perished in the Nehalem mountains. They
went hunting and have not been heard from
since.
The people of Morrow county have made
at least 100000 clear profit on their farm
products this year. This includes 10000
pounds of wool, 100000 bushels of wheat and
many thousand head of cattle.
A squaw. who is supposed to have passed
the century mark long ago, died Mt klamath
Falls recently. She was a relative Of Link
River Jack, chief of the Klamaths at the time
Of the first settlement of eastern Oregon.
The Grants Pass Observer issued me-
mortal supplement in memory of Hosea
Brown. the veteran of the war of 1912, who
died in Josephine county on the 10Th inst,
at tho age of 105 years, 3 months and q
days
Mrs Fannie G. Kingery of McMinnvllle
died Of neuralgia Of the heart. She removed
to Oregon from South Dakota with her hus-
band three years ago. She left daughter
by a former marriage. Mrs. w. E, ALLEN, IN
Iowa.
Alexander Bailey, an allottee of the Una
l1o lion hoc hrpt Ct,t4 l., the
tce court in Pendleton for 5000 damages
against Police Judge Long Hair and Captain
OF Police Su Kin for alleged causeless i'm
prisonment.
Lane county a few years ago produced
very limited amount of even fair butter dur
ing the winter season and the local market
was filed with the eastern product. Now
Lane county not COy produces all the but
ter used for home consumption, but ships
considerable amount.
The match hunt between the hunters Of
jacksonville and Medford resulted in some
very good scores. The game killed by both
sides consisted Of 321 quail, four ducks.
twenty-five doves three gray squirrels,
twentysiX rabbits, three snipes, ten sparrow
hawks and seven large hawks.
Both dwelling and business houses are
needed la Vale, Malheur county says the
Advocate. Every available room in town is
occupied and the great demand for more Is
increasing daily Little three and four-room
cottages that can be built at a cost not to
exceed 5000 each will bring from S5 to SS
a month rent.
r. T. Boatman, Kansas City mule buyer,
bought two small punches of mules in Lake
county last week from Robert Mckee and Joe
Fuller There were eghty-fve head alto
gether and. with what he bought in klamath
county, were started for Huntington. Mr..
Boatman will return in short time to get
band of $50 head of fine mules which he
purchased of Shook Brothers in klamath, He
pays according to the size of the animal,
paying $50 for mules Of sixteen hands and
less for smaller ones