Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-10-29
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns OF
the Thriving Sister States
Oregon.

| Oregon.
A fishing crew caught between 800
and 1000 herring in one night last
week, in Yaquina bay.
A farmer Of Malheur county, this
year sold $4,000 pounds of wool and 50
head Of choice beef cattle.
Eighteen thousand dollars in gold
mine in Baker county last month.
The Ashland iron works are working
On 81 500 order for pulleys, shafting,
ETC., from the Sissons Lumber & Mer-
camille Company.
The keel for the Alaska Gold Min
ing & Navigation Company's boat that
is being built in the Siuslaw, near
Florence. measures 125 feet in length.
There are now 1900 signers in
Astoria to the petition for the bridge
across Young's bay. Only about 400
names are required to put the measure
through.
Among Mr.. Dade's sheep on Birch
creek, in Umatilla county, is lamb
with only one ear and one eye. 1t was
born thus, and is fully developed in
every other respect.
Contractor Jacobson. who is work.
Ing on the jetties on Coos bay and on
the Siuslaw, has about 130 men en-
ployed. He says his contracts will be
finished in two or three months.
There are no empty houses in Vale,
Malheur county. Several farmers have
1aI 10 1riuo hn ,,f
living in town in order to send their
children to school, because of the lack
of houses.
The run of chinooks in Coos bay was
light last week, and silversides were
scarce also. There has been great i'm
provement, however, in the last few
days, and boats on the lower bay are
making good catches.
One day last week Hume's fishing
crew at the mouth of Rogue river made
regular old-time catch of salmon,
raking in 8, ,750 at one haul of the seine.
There is large run of salmon coming
into Skies river, in Curry county.
A fish eight or nine inches long and
somewhat resem mbling the Sound mack
erel is being caught along the water
front in Astoria. No one seems to
know just of what specie it is. but such
a fish was seen in these waters about
five years ago.
There is greater activity witnessed
In and around Drain this fall than has
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, is always
ready for burning, and thousands of
cords Of wood are being handled by
woodmen.
A disease called glanders is causing
the death of quite number of horses
in Paradise. Wallowa county. The
people there have asked the county
court to order ths stock inspector to
that place to take steps to prevent the
spread of the disease. At this particu-
lar time, however, the county is with
out a stock inspector, but the matter
will be attended to at the next session
of the court.
Movement of the hop crop has not
yet started, except on sales contracted
before harvest, and neither buyers nor
growers are able to say when it will.
A few sales are reported from Polk
county at 10 cents, and it is stated on
good authority that 151a cents has
been offered in Salem for choice hops.
The price, generally offered, however,
is from Is to 1917 cents. This, grow
ers are unwilling to take, and in some
instances. agents having failed to buy
at these figures, the orders have been
recalled.