Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-08
NEWS Of THIS AND n[|dHb0R|NQ STATES
Interesting Events and Gossip Of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon
and Idaho.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
A high school is to be established al
Yakima City.
]. s. Kikendale, carpenter dropped
dead while at work near that place.
Deceased was IS years old.
The citizens of Summerville have
organized a cooperative creamery as
sociation and elected officers.
George Weathsrwax, who resides up
the Wishkak about l5 miles, while en-
gagged in logging suffered fracture of
both his legs by capstan.
Spencer Jones. of Wilbur, killed a
large couger near that place. The
animal measured feet inches from
tip to tip and weighed 80 pounds.
The Legal Tender, in Keller camp,
has resumed work with one shift, and
is to enlarge its force shortly. The
Romine. adjoining it, started work
this week..
The Inland Telephone CompaDy's
service is to be extended from North
Yakima to Mckee and Sunnyside, and
thence to Walla Walla to connect with
the line to Spokane.
Upward of 20 teams are engaged in
hauling ice to 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. at Franklin,
whereby two men were killed and sew.
eral persons injured. State Mine In.
spector Owen has been summoned.
F. E. Thorn pson, of Parker, has con.
tracted his hop crop to be grown on 24
acres to New York people for IL cents
per pound. The hops are to be deliv-
cred in October at Simcoes~ station.
The estimated crop is placed at 40, geo.
The Big Bend flour mill at Daven-
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.
uary will be 1850 barrels.
Gene johnson. II years old. acci.
dentally shot himself with 38 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.
}. W. Harper's store at Palouse.
was burglarized and lot of cigars,
candy. tobacco, etc., secured. The
store was entered through a rear win.
dow which was broken. John Powers,
aged IA. was arrested and confessed
the crime.
Frank and Ephriam Miller have
leased the Dodge coal mine, which was
recently opened up on Coal creek. east
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 capt.
talized for 100000 81 shares. The
incorporators are: P. G. Shine and
c. 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 quaint.
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, 600 feet of lumber for fun
ings purposes have been hauled by
teams from North Yakima and; will be
put 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.