Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Fattens Eastern Oysters.

CaGtchs EASTERN OySGer6s
Mr.. Wachsmuth expects another car
load of Eastern oyster seed for his bed
near Oysterville. With him the rails
ing of Eastern oysters is no experiment
as he is the pioneer in the business OF
the North Pacific coast He has ha(
fully matured Eastern oysters to shi]
for two years past. and each year hal
increased his importation of Eastern
oyster seed. He has never succeeded
in propagating them here, but depends
entirely upon the growth of the oysters
he plants for his profits. The demand
greatly exceeds the supply.
The Riverside Tennis Club has been
organized in Arlington, Or.
Gold dust is as much a medium oil
exchange at Sparta, Or. as it was 81
years ago.
Fl. M. Stevens and W. F. Yeck, who
are operating the Darnell mine, have
made application to the city council for
franchise to operate an electric light
plant in Kalama, Wash.
An effort is on foot to organize a
company of National Guard at Cottage
Grove, Or. The required number of
names have been secured and many
more are available that could be had.
DR.. R. E. Stewart, of Goldendale,
WASH, has collection of over 10000
perfect Indian arrow heads, besides
several thousand imperfect ones, and a
large and rare collection of Indian
curios.
The supply of milk at the Browns.
vile, Or, creamery is increasing. 1t
now averages over $500 pounds per
day, and still there are few more
who have not commenced supplying
milk yet, but will do so later.
Navigation on the Upper Columbia
is to be a reality, it Is said, even
though the boats of the portage COM
pany fail to materialize. ]. A.. Pound
has commenced work at Arlington on a
boat that will be capable of stemming
the current of the big river at any stage
of water.
G. T. Moore, the Blaine, Wash, mill
man, who plated the original townsite
of Blaine for the Cain Bros, is making
preparations for the building of a COM
plete sawmill and box factory on the
Semiahmoo side of the Blaine harbor.
Everything is arranged, and the mill
will be placed in operati as soon as
it can be constructed.
Five we'll developed cases of small.
pox are reported at Forest Center, Stey-
ems county, WASH, three and one-half
miles north of Springfield. DIR. Baker
reports the cases are in three different
families. 1t is said the mem bers of
the families have been around town as
usual and many people have been ex-
posed. The county commissioners have
been notified of the cases and a quar-.
antine has been established on the three
families.
The Bellington Bay Rod and Gun
Club has made arrangements to pro-
cure 20, 600 rainbow trout fry for Lake
Whatcom. This variety of trout is the
landsomest, gamest and best OF tS1e
rout family on the Pacific coast and
he advantages of securing a plentiful
'upply OF these fish are SO great that
he club intends to establish a nursery
or them near the foot of the lake where
he young fish can be brought to an age
nd size to care for themselves.
An unknown man was killed at
larcus, WASH, while attempting to
teal ride on a freight train. His
ead was almost severed from the BODY.
Fl. B. Meyer has temporarily closed
lis sawmill on the Calapoola. He ,
as between 100000 and 500, 900 feet
T lumber, which will shortly find its {
7ay to the valley, mostly to Browns. ]
lille. Mr.. Meyer will soon move his
ill below the old logging camp, where ]
Q expects to cut nearly 1000, 900 feet
very year. 9
Mrs. 6. L. Circle has sent for the
ecessary machinery to start cream @
y at Pr1neville, Or. 2
Gross Bros Iron Works are manu-. g
cturing quartz crusher for A. E.
'ood and F. L. Gilman, to be used a, e
leir mines in the Blue river district. b
lys the Eugene, Or, Register. The
achine will weigh in the neighbor-
bod of 800 pounds, and is the inven- S
on of Mr.. Gilman, who claims that it 5
i'll crush 10 tons of quartz per day. d
wo ore cars, to be operated by cable,
q also being gotten out fol the same @
en-. The motive power to operate the ir
achinery will be waterwhssl. p