Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-10
OREGON STATE NEWS.
Brief Review of the Week Throughout
the State.

| Ihe government improvement WOrk
at Bandon has stopped, the appropria-
tion having been fully expended.
An old-fashioned freight train ar
rived in Lakeview from the south last
week. 1t consisted of 10 wagons and
80 horses.
The entrance to Coos bay harbor is
marked by a new whistling buoy
placed there by the lighthouse tender
Manzanita last week.
During the recent heavy storms the
oyster beds at Willapa harbor were
buried in drifting sands until at least
half the crop will be lost.
The Baker Canyon Telephone Com
pany now has the long-dlstance line
between Baker City and the Grant
county town in working order.
] Lyons broomhandle factory, in
Coos county, shipped 10000 of its best
| product to San Francisco last week. A
portion Of the consignment will be
| forwarded to Australia.
Captain Berry, the aged lighthouse
keeper at Port Angeles, died in the
Sisters hospital at Port Townsend
Sunday. He has been keeper of the
light at Angeles for the past 20 years.
The farmers who supply the Coquille
creamery received 26h cents a pound
for butter fat, delivered during Ooto-
ber. Two thousand dollars was dis
tributed among those who supplied the
creamery.
A Polk county farmer has been ex-
perimenting with tobacco culture, and
has been SO successful that cigars made
with tobacco grown by him are said to
be as good as the average cigar smoked
in Oregon.
1t is said that the next grand jury in
Curry county will not meet until Sep
tember next. II this is the case, it is
apt to be long time before the Van
Pelts will have to answer the charge Of
killing A. Coolidge.
A drove of about 1875 nice trim young
mules, which had been bought in Lake
county, were secured al the low average
price of $15 per head. They will be
taken to Huntington and then shipped
to the Eastern market.
Joe Silver, who is making a tour of
the United States from New York and
return on a bicycle, was fined $40 in
Harrisburg for riding on the sidewalk.
He was allowed to go on condition of
his leaving the city at once.
The checks for the second dividend
declared by the CONTROLLER of the cur
rency in favor of the creditors of The
Dalles National bank have been re-
ceived by Receiver Wilson, and are
ready for delivery to the owners.
The Albany iron works is very busy
place these days. The company
shipped out 10 tons of machinery last
Friday, including quartz mill manu-
factured for Southern Oregon mines,
and machinery for the state pumping
station at Salem.
One hundred and forty -four bales of
hops, aggregating over $4,000 pounds,
belonging to five growers in the vicinity
of Laurel, were sold Monday for Is
cents per pound. Tuesday 43 bales,
aggregating over $500 pounds, were
sold to J. M. Russell & Co., for 11L
cents per pound.
The grain acreage in Jackson county
for the coming year will in all likeli-
hood suprass in extent any year in the
history of Rogue river valley, and if
conditions prove favorable, the greatest
mum Der of bushels of grain in the his
tory of the county will be harvested in
1898. This, says the Tidings. is the
opinion of well-informed persons.
During the last few months Crook
county firm has purchased 10000 head
of sheep, and are now handling about
%, 700 head. They are all in their
winter range, and each flock is within
convenient distance of big stacks of
hay, more than sufficient to carry them
through the hardest winter. The
sheep are all reported to be in fine con-
ditien and thriving.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Albert celebrated
their Goth wedding anniversary in
Salem Monday. They were married
at Wheeling. w. Va, in 1887. Mr..
Albert is 80 years old, and Mrs. Albert
81. A reception was held at their
home and a large number of friends
paid respects to the venerable couple.
The guests included seven children, be-
sides grandchildren and great grand
children.
The controversy between two quarrel
some members of the Vernonia church
was submitted to jury, or committee,
of church members. One of the mem
bers was expelled The other was GEN.
sured and reduced from full member
ship to six months probation. It was
ruled by the committee that no one in
the Nehalem valley is entitled to
church membership unless he is mbued |
with love and righteousness.
The Eastern Oregon Sheep Associa-
tion Of Baker City offers a reward of |
81 900 for information that will lead |
to the arrest and conviction of any per-
son or persons found guilty of wilfully
injuring the sheep or property Of any
of the association. And fur
ther reward of $3.50 for information
that will lead to the arrest and convic-
tion of any person or persons guilty Of
robbing sheep camps the property of
the members of the association.
Messrs. Rice, Flint q Co. have
struck vein in their Black Repub-
lican tunnel, in Michael creek mining
district in Southern Oregon, showing
very promising ore containing gold and
copper. No assays from this lowest
level has been made. The third tun-
mel is in 210 feet, and will be pushed
some so feet further to crosscut this