The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-02-25
STATE AND COAST.
Clipped from our Exchanges
Throughout the West.

Heppner shipped $4,000 pounds Of
wool to Boston last week.
A moral wave has hit Medford, and
an attempt will be made to close all
places Of business there Sundays.
The sheri1f7s tax roll in Benton coun.
ty has been completed by the clerk
and placed in the sherifi7s hands for
the collection Of taxes.
Several Fossil sports, blessed with
more time and horses than money, are
planning to 80 on horseback to see the
big fight at Carson City, March II.
The ride can be made in 10 days.
At the sheriff's sale OF delinquent
taxes in Benton county, week ago
last Saturday, the county was forced
to bid in only about 1922 of the $1,000 of
delinquent taxes op the list offered for
sale.
Thos. Thompson, deputy stock In
spector for Umatilla county, reports
that he has again been compelled to
kill q number Of horses afflicted with
mango. He says that there are a good
many Of them scattered through the
county.
The Gardiner correspondent Of the
Roseburg Review says that Gardiner,
with population OF 267, including
big, little, old and young, can boast Of
more fraternal and beneficial organiza-
tinns than any other town Of its size ih
the state. 1t has 10 In all.
The receiver of the National Bank of
Pendleton is now paying dividend of
20 per cent. This Is the fourth divi-
dend, and when it is distributed there
will have been paid s. per cent Of the
claims which were held against the
bank when il went into the receivers
hands.
Preparations are being made to put
in sawmill with capacity Of 25,000
feet day, on Neil creek, about eight
miles south Of Ashland. The ma
chinery is being constructed at the
Ashland iron works. A 60-inch water
wheel will utilize the power of Neil
creek.
George Horsfall, of Corvallis, recent
ly received letter from his brother,
who is at Iowa Falls, Hardin county,
Iowa, and it contained the information
that some Ia families of that section
are preparing to come to Oregon with
the intention of locating In Curry
county.
II seems to be the general impression
that Josephine county will have 6
large yield of fruit this year. The
weather seems TO I've favorable thus far,
and the fact that there was no crop in
1896 adds to some extent to the conf
dence of the people in general for a
good crop in 1897.
-Four raccooas that were captured
near Starkey, 10 Union county, have
attracted considerable attention from
old-timers. As far as known these are
the first coons ever captured in that
section. 1t was generally supposed
that none of them had eyer reached
that part Of the world.
A petition signed by the county
judge and commissioners of klamath
county was last week sent to Repre-
sentative Conn, asking his services in
having official salaries in klamath
county reduced to the following
amounts: Sheriff, $1,000; clerk, $500;
judge, $500; treasurer, $500, and school
superintendent, $3.50.
A serious alteration occurred last
week at Gold Hill between Daniel
Richards and ]. ]. Ullman, both real
estate agents Of that place. Mr.. Rich
ards struck Mr.. Ullman on the head
several times with heavy cane, in
flicting serious injuries, the doctors
claiming that Mr.. Ullman will doubt
less lose the sight of one Of his eyes,
A large number Of hopyards around
Gervais, in Marion county, reported as
out of bearing, were simply let run
wild last year, and are now being
brought back into cultivation in the
hope of better prices ruling this year.
l64 bales of hops in the Brooks section,
near Gervais, were sold last week. This
sale cleans out all of the hops in that
vicinity.
Some one entered the observatory Of
the university of Oregon, in Eugene,
last week, and stole two transit lamps
and lot of kerosene oil, The lamps
were worth obout IS each, and the
thief got in all about SIS worth of stuff,
The building is on top of Skinner's
butte, just north of Eugene, and far
enough away SO that the thief could
work without fear Of detection. An