Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-04
OREGON STATE NEWS
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve.
msnts of the Many Industries Through.
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.

The Salem tax levy for 1901 will be
10 mills.
The Oregon Agricultural College has
406 students.
Dallas will refund its debt of 50, 500
st lower rate of interest.
Pendleton water consumers will have
to use meters after April l.
The sheriff of Grant county has col.
lected over $25. 900 since July.
Several farmers of Goose Lake valley
are boring for artesian water.
There are now about 80 logging
camps on Lake creek and Siuslaw.
The treasurer of Lake county has re-
ceiyed a large safe for his office.
Mark Wolf. of Perrydale, killed
silver fox, near that place a lew days
ago.
Emmett Kimberland was fined $25 at
Prairie City for having stolen a guam
tity of barley.
The Garibaldi beach roadway is re-.
ported washed out in places, and filed
with driftwood.
A petition is being signed asking for
the construction of a new steel bridge
at Cottage Grove.
Mckinley Mitchell, of Gervais. is
shipping large quantities of potatoes to
the Arizona market.
A carload of tile has been received
at Creswell from Salem for the purpose
of draining the town.
In the recent storm the surf washed
away Mr.. McMillen's house at the
mouth of the Nehalem.
Peter Peterson, of Surprise valley, has
purchased $500 head of young sheep
from George Ehrhardt.
Persons who have been hunting
geese in Sherman county, say they find
birds scarcer than ever known.
Business men of Pendleton are can
vassing for $4,000 fund with which
to erect Y. Nj. c. A. building.
Thomas Martin and sons are figuring
IN building creamery at Merrill next
business with milk of 25O COWS.
Two colts. belonging to Charles Hab-
ershon and Frank Kargl, of Condor,
got into granary several days ago and
died from the effects of overlooking.
A new wire cable in use on the ferry
connecting Kiger island with the main
land was stolen the other day. The
wire was 800 feet long. There is no
clew to the thief.
Professor Merrill left Central Point
several days ago without giving his ad-
dress. He also left some board bills
unpaid, and forgot to leave the church
and organ keys of the Baptist church.
Granite has refused to allow liquor
license to dealer who persists in keep.
ing his saloon in the street. He
claims the right to remain because he
was there before the town was incolpo.
rated.
5 A freighter who passed through An.
telope last week said the road down
Antelope canyon was getting to be in
good condition and that hereafter
teams which have been going by Cow
canyon will 60 that way.
Active work is progressing in the
! Liberty mine at Riyerton, under tha
supervision of Superintendent Camp
bell. Ten men are at work, and it is
expected that the output will reach
tons day in the course of few weeks.
1t is proposed to establish one or two
rural free delivery routes from Pendle-
ton. The one most talked about is
that leading up Wild Horse creek,
northeasterly from Pendleton, thence
across the country to Fulton, thence
back to Pendleton.
Fl. T. Anderson, whose ranch is sit
uated four miles northwest of Merrill,
is building a reservoir quarter of a
mile in area. It will not only irrigate
400 acres for himself. but will be of
sufficient capacity to contribute water
to other land in the neighboyhood.
A fatal accident occurred at Glen
dale. A young colored man, fairly
we'll dressed, who had been in Rose.
burg day or two, had managed to
beat his way that far on the overland.
Being put off there he attempted to get
upon the brakes of the local. In the
darkness he missed his hold and fell
between the wheels of the moving
train. His right leg was cut off at the
thigh and the left was terribly crushed
and mangled. He was picked ,sup and
cared for by the people there. but lived
only an hour or two. He said that his
name was Lane Hopkins. and that his
parents were wealthy and lived upoa
one of the finest avenues in Los Ange-
les.
The new ferry at the Liverpool cross.
ing of the Long Tom will be in opera
tion this week. The ferryman is Mr..
Brown. who resides near the crossing.
For running the ferry he is to receive
81 per month. The boat used is that
of J. M. Heron. IL was in use last
winter at the Bundy crossing of the
Long Tom, but is no longer needed
there by reason of the completion of the
drawbridge. For the use oil the boat
monthly rental of $5 is to be paid.
The cable for the ferry was hired from
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