Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-09-24
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-Improyc-
rnept Noted I'm All Industries Oregon.
Six hundred cases Of big salmon we're
put up at VISITS cannery, at Nehalem
last week.
Mr.. stadleman, Of The DalIes. has
received news OF 5000 boxes of prunes
shipped to New York. The rrunes
were sold at from 40 to so cents.
Helix, in Umatilla county, is hav-
ing bit Of boom. A good many :.
sales Of town lots have been made re-
Gently at double last years. prices.
Much wheat is being piled up in the
warehouses in The Dalles, where 1t is
waiting the arrival of some man who
wants TO pay 80 cents bushel for it.
The closed fish season ended last week
and numerous wheels were set in mo-
tion near The Dalles. Nearly all OF
them made good catches, and the FISH,
ermen anticipate an extra good ri n
this fall.
Scio has well-deyeloped case of
scarlet fever in the family of Fred
Smith. The attack is a light one, and
is not regarded as at all serious. All
due precaution is being taken to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease in town.
Professor P. A. Snyder recently made
a requisition on the United States fish
commission for 1000 brook front, and
has received letter from Commits ion
er Brice stating that arrangements had
been made to have the fish delivered at
Hood River within 40 days.
The o. R. &. n. is in the market
for 70, 900 railroad ties to be used be-
tween Pendleton and Huntington, and
next year they will contract for 45O,-
600. AS the age of the tie is six years,
the tie business will be constant source
of employment as longas the timber
lasts in the Blue mountains.
The fish commissioners last week
cast seine in Lake Wallowa, in Wal
Iowa county, and made haul Of over
900 fish known as 'yanks. but
which are species of salmon. 1t was
bonanza for several Indians who hap
pened to be there at the time, AMI few
palefaces reaped little benefits also.
I There are good many indians in
Joseph, Wallowa county, just now.
Indian after Indian can be seen on the
street with a melon under his arm, 90
ing to his klootchman and pappooses
| These redskins come from the Nez
Perces reservation to hunt and fish in
/ Wallowa country. Phillip, chief of the
Nez Perces, is with them.
The Elmore, Sanborn g. Co. s can.
merry at Garibaldi, in Tillamook coun-
ty, is in operation again, and fishing is
going on on the bay. The number OF
fishboats allowed to operate for the sea-
son is limited to 20, and the price paid
is 25 cents for chinooks and 12la cents
for silversides, the extremely low price
OF canned salmon being alleged as the
cause of the reduction.
Heretofore the Southern Pacific Com
pany's tracks, in Douglas county, has
been assessed at So. 500 mile north OF
Roseburg, and 50, 200 mile south Of
that city, but this year Assessor Britt
raised the valuation to $4,000. The
land of the company was formerly as
sessed at 35 cents to $l.25 an acre, an
average of about 72 cents. This year
Assessor Britt has Jumped the land al
75 cents an acre. The company Off.
cials asked to have their roadbed as,
sessed the same as last year, and theil
land uniformly reduced to 35 cents al
acre