Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
OREGON STATE NEWS.
Brief Review of the Week Throughout
the State.

Novem ber.
Fishermen on the Umpqua are ship.
ping sturgeon overland via Drain tc
Portland.
Four panthers were killed near Marsh
field last week. One measured ~
feet from tip to tip.
Manager Dorwin increased the force
at the Jewett mine and will hereafter
run night and day shifts.
Samuel Henry, veteran of the civil
war, celebrated his Gath birthday an
niversary at Jacksonville last week.
1t is estimated that over 20, 600 boxes
of apples have been shipped from the
Coquille valley this season, and there
are several carloads yet to be forwarded.
The owners of the Oregon Bonanza
mine contemplate running blind tun-
mel, to begin on the Powell creek side
of the mountain and extend westward
distance of 800 feet.
Another shipment of Wallowa coun-
ty beef cattle was made from Elgin the
latter part of last week by Chicago
dealer. He paid 81 cents for the
steers weighed at Joseph.
A lot of cattle were recently bought
on Smith river, in Lane county, and
driven to Harrisburg. The average
weight of 16 of the band was estimated
to be 1850 pounds each.
A three-foot ledge of bituminous coal
has been found in the south end of
Jackson county, as good as that pro-
duced in eastern states. Indications
are that the vein is very extensive.
The judgment in favor of the state of
Oregon and against Baker county has
been recorded in Baker City. and tax
levy will have to be made to raise the
amount of the judgment, SO, ,92s. 60.
It was blowing gale when the Chill
kat crossed the Coos bay bar Monday,
and two tremendous seas boarded the
little steamer. Her stern was stove in,
and she is at North Bend, undergoing
repairs.
An old store building; a landmark,
at Utter City, Coos county, collapsed
veys started from the old building as a
corner, some trouble will be caused in
running lines.
It is foregone conclusion that we
will be treated to the operations Of a
frst-class English mining company, in
the Ashland district very soon, as one
of the best and largest quartz mines is
now being listed on the London mar
ket.
At the Clackamas hatchery about L.
O0O,00 young fish have been turned
out so far this season. There are now
about 8, 100000 eggs in the troughs in
all stages of Matching. The eggs were
obtained from the Little White Salmon
river station, in Washington.
There was heavy run of salmon in
the Siuslaw this year. and at the
Florence cannery 8, 500 cases of canned
salmon and 900 barrels of salmon were
recently shipped to San Francisco.
Mr.. Hurd says that $1,000 cases could
have been put up had the market price
justified.
During the last two months one man
has shipped from Brownsville, to out
side markets, 1,150 turkeys, $50
chickens, II geese and 90 ducks, max
ing a total of about 5000 pounds of
poultry shipped by him alone. There
are several other poultry buyers in
Brownsville, who have shipped large
amount also.
There have been shipped from Med
ford station this season thus far about
40 carloads of apples, and there re-
mains to be shipped yet 20 carloads
more of merchantable apples. This
includes fruit hauled from the Apple
gate and surrounding country. Two
carloads of dried fruits of different
varieties have been shipped eastward
from that station. too, and about eight
carloads more remain to be shipped.
The Alabny Fruit Company has
shipped to Davenport, Ia, 600 boxes of
Oregon winter apples. The company
is also arranging to ship a carload of
winter apples to Missouri. There is a
good demand for Oregon apples in the
East, but they must be salable. This
company has dried 5000 pounds of
apples, which were not good keepers.
1t is also now arranging to carry out
the experiment of drying vegetables
for the Alaska trade.
While workmen were excavating
ditch in Elgin, at the intersection Of
Front and G. streets, last week, at a
depth of two feet or little more they
began to uncover human bones, and in
a short time almost the entire skeleton
was unearthed. A few feet further on
they unearthed portions of another
skeleton. From the shape of the skull
found, the remains are undoubtedly
those of Indians, buried long before
the whites settled there, says the Elgin
Recorder.
There has been received at Astoria
fish from the life-saving crew at Fort
Candy that no one seems to recognize.
Some pronounced it devil fish, and
others are certain it is an octopus. 1t
is about three feet long and of dark
brown color. Its girth is probably 10
or IL inches and from the tail to the
gills varies but little in size. The
head is attached to the body with.a
sort of swivel, and the mouth is hid
beneath a clump of tentacIes about a
foot long.
A Lake county man who left last
June to assist in driving 5000 head of
sheep to Amadee, Cal, has returned.
He says that the sheep were bought be-
fore shearing or lambing for $1.78 to
So head, and that Flanagan & Dunn,
the purchasers, have made a little for
tune on the speculation, as the culls Of
the band are worth So head at Anna
doo He thinks their Drofit will ba