The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1897-08-27
BRIEF PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
A Resume Of Events in the
Northwest.
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
News Gathered In All the Towns Of
Our NeighbOring stAtes-Improvs.
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News Gathered In All the Towns oi
Our NeighbOring stAtes-ImprOvs.
nent Noted in All Industries &C Oregon.
Lane county warrants are selling a.
l02 cents on the dollar.
Seven carloads of old wheat were
shipped from Sheridan last week.
A Polk county farm located near An
tioch was sold for $4,000 last week
The foundry at Oswego has started
up on two weeks order, and may run
longer.
The board of management of the
Commercial Association of Umatilla
county has decided to send an exhibit
of Umatilla products to the Spokane
fruit fair.
An injunction has been granted by
Judge Fullerton against Coos county,
restraining the sheriff from selling the
property of the Southern Oregon com
pany, attached for delinquent taxes.
There are 10000 acres planted in
prunes in Oregon-l5, 900 Of them in
the Willamette valley, $500 in the
Rogue River valley. The coast coun-
ties and Eastern Oregon have 1900
acres.
A miner arrived in Marshtield few
days ago from the Salmon Mountain
mines with about five ounces Of gold.
He had with him one nugget worth
about $3S. He found the golG on John.
son creek.
The Klamath River Lumber Com
p&Ny's mill at POkegama started up in
full blast last week, and will be kept
in operation right along, big drive of
1000, 900 feet of logs having arrived.
About 25 men are employed.
Engineer j. G. Hocombe is making
preparations to survey the Tillamook
and Nehalem bars. Alfred Williams
and Fred Arthur have engaged to assist
in making the sounding. 1t is done
with view Of preparing an estimate
for the improvement of the bars.
Elk and deer hunters on the Lower
Nehalem and Salmonberry rivers report
game very scarce this year. Two and
three years ago elk were so plentiful
that they could be easily tracked, but
this season they are SO scarce that
tracks are not to be found, only rarely.
There are nine combined harvesters
operating in Sherman and Gillian
counties. BY this method of harvest
ing, farmers near the railroad are en-
abled to start their machinery and
teams going in the morning and by
noon have their wheat in the ware.
houses.
Progress in laying the rails on the
Astoria e. Columbia River railroad has
been delayed by bridge construction at
John Days. A temporary bridge will
be completed this week, and tracklay-
ing beyond that point will then 60
ahead. Work on the grade is progress
ing rapidly.
The Oregon Land Company has leased
the evaporator of the Salem Canning
Company, and is building several evap-
orators of its own. 1t expects to handle
1900 bushels day of fruit and vege-
tables, with special view to the AL
aska demand, for VIII ch orders are al
ready on hand.
The total salmon pack of the Column
bia river is 474, 800 cases, according to
reliable statements from all packers.
The Fishermen's Union cannery heads
the list, with $4,000 cases. Fully so
per cent of the pack is royal chinook,
and the general quality is excellent.
Most of the steelheads and bluebacks
were utilized for cold storage.