Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-10-04
OREGON.
Elgin has taken steps to form
commercial club.

Eigin has taken steps to form
commercial club.
Mrs. w. G. Gyton drowned herse
and two children near The Dalles th
other day. Family troubles are said
have led to the tragedy.
Stockmen Of Willow creek shippe
ten carloads Of beef cattle to portlan
last Saturday. says the Huntinsto
Herald.
Fourteen cars. each Of 10000 pound,
carrying capacity. have been receive
at La Grande. for hauling beets to tn
sugar factory.
Sumpter's water works will be On
ished by December /. The pipe lin,
Is three miles long. The supply will b
sufficient for $1,000 people.
Many sales Of cattle are reportes
from Wallowa county. One frm bouxh
1900 head, another 800 and various oth
ers from $50 to $50 head. One man has
bought over 200 fat cows.
Beef cattle have been gathered IL
Wallowa county. but few sales have
been made so far. The prices asiEsc
are cents for cows and sta cents fos
steers.
Crook c0unty's assessor returns 14s.
s62 In money this year. The Prinevilie
Review shows that one bank, by its
published statement, had S139.45s not
long ago. and wonders why tax lAws
are so generally evaded.
Joe Elliott, Of Prineville. was wound.
cd in the head last week by Q pistol
shot, fired by Vic Davis, who had called
him from a saloon into cellar. Davis
Is under arrest Elliott was not badly
hurt.
The government geological survey 10
at work on the Sumpter geological
sheet The geological survey follows
the Typographical survey. which IL still
at work on the Sumpter sheet, but has
removed its camp up to near Bourne.
Both survey parties will prosecute their
work until checked by cold weather,
and mean to resume as early az prac-
ticable next summer. The maps will
not be finished for about IS months.
The Oregon synod Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church convened at
McMinnville this week.
Thomas Walker has force Of men at
work rebuilding his machine shop at
Empire City. which was recently de-
stroyed by fire.
Rogue river had no run Of salmon To-
speak Of this year. The spring catch
was very small. and up to this time
the full run is hardly worthy Of msu-
tion.
Contractor Jacobsen Is rushing mat
ters and getting things ready 70 start
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ing rock.
Lakeview expects railroad connection
via Reno. New. by November Of next
year. When the freighting season
shall open in the spring It Is expected
the railroad may be met at Likely.
about so miles due south Of Lakeview.
Half Of the government wharf at
Newport fell into the Yaquina bay .
few days ago. The accident was due To
the work Of the teredo upon the pilinS.
II is feared that without further re-
paid the remainder Of the structure,
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private wharves. may meet with sim
liar fate before the coming winter ends.
Fishermen, accounting for the scar
city of salmon In Coos bay. say It 10 due
to the immense number OF seals In the
lower bay and Just outside the bar.
Never before were they seen In such
numbers, and as they are dead medi-
cine" on tho chinook and silverside. II
Is believed their presence has caused
the salmon to seek other streams In
quest OF a spawning ground.
A man named Johnson. while clear.
ing land two miles below Bandoo.
found human skeleton In the brush.
With 1t were silver watch and pearl.
handled knife. 1t had evidently been
there a number Of years. and there was
nothing by which It could be identified.
The case Is a mystery. a. no one has
ever been missed in that vicinity. who
could be accounted for by tie finding
Of these remains.
Yesterday small child Of Frank
Kliever, living three miles north Of
Dallas. was seriously burned by pull
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