Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-02-07
htv5 Or THIS AND h[IdHbOQIN6 STATS
interesting Events and Gossip Of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington. Oregon
and Idaho
WASHINGTON.

A high school 10 70 be established at
Yakima City.
j. s. KikeDdale, a carpenter dropped
dead while at work near that place.
Deceased was 65 years old.
This citizens OF Summeryille have
organized cooperative creamery as
eociation snd elected officers.
George Weathsrwax, who resides up
the Wishkak about Is miles, while en-.
gagged 10 logging suffered fractnre of
both his legs by capstan.
Spencer Jones. OF Wilbur, killed a
large couger near that place. The
animal measured feet Q inches from
tip to tip and weighsd 80 pounds.
The Legal Tender, in Keller camp,
has resumed work with one shift, and
Ia TO enlarge It's force shortly. The
Romine, adjoining 1t. started work
this week.
The Inland Telephone Company's
service is 10 be extended from North
Yakima TO Mckee and Sunnyside. and
thence 10 Walla WaIla TO connect with
the line 10 Spokane.
Upward of 30 teams are engaged In
hauling ice 10 the various ice houses Of
Republic. Every available team has
been pressed into service. The quality
OF ice could not be better.
| Information has been received OF an
explosion in mine No. z at Franklin,
whereby two men were killed and sew
eral persons injured. State Mine In
spector Owen has been summoned.
r. T.. Thompson, OF Parker. has con-
tracted bis hop crop 20 be grown on "a
acres 70 New York people for III cents
per pound. The hops are to be deliv-
cred in October at Simcoe station.
The estimated crop is placed at 1000.
The Big Bend fiour mill at Dayen-
port, which has been running single
shift for some time on account Of sick.
ness among the men, is again running
night and day. Its shipments for jan
nary will be 1880 barrels.
Gene Johnson. II years old, acci-
dentalIy shot himself with Ss caliber
revolver while out hunting near Lo-
rene. The ball entered the young
mans leg above the knee, passing un-
der the knee cap and out on the oppo-
site side.
J. W. Harper's store at Palouse.
was burglarized and lot Of cigars,
candy. tobacco, etc., secured. The
store was entered through rear win
dow which was broken. John Powers.
aged ID. was arrested and confessed
the crime.
Frank and Ephriam Miller have
leased the Dodge coal mine, which was
recently opened up on Coal creek. eas:
of Chehalis, and will operate the prop
erty. Two coal mines are now being
worked at Chehalis supplying the local
demand and shipping some coal t.
outside points.
The Gettysburg Mining, Milling 8
Townsite Company filed artices of
incorporation. The company is capi-
talized for 100000 81 shares. The
incorporators are: P. G. Shine and
10. G.. Pence, OF Spokane, and J. g.
Scri bner, A. Coolin and A. E. Coolin,
OF Coolin, Idaho.
Natural gas and oil are reported to
have been discovered in large quanti-
ties on the farm OF NJ. f. Mitchell,
south OF Walla Walla Several leases
have already been secured by E. K.
Mccoy, who is here from Spokane in
the interest OF California syndicate,
and the sinking OF oil wells. and pros
pecting for the source Of the gas,
which is said to be in paying quanti.
ties, will begin at once.
The Selah Valley Canal Company
has put force OF 80 men at work i'm
proving and enlarging the canal which
irrigates the lands OF Selah valley.
About 200. 900 feet OF lumber for fun.
ing purposes have been hauled by
teams from North Yakima and will be
pnt in place within the next few
weeks. This is the only irrigating en-
terprise in Central Washington, where
the hillsides are farmed and planted
to orchards and vinyards.