The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-01-24
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Interesting Events and Gossip Of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON.


The Dslles has levied 6-mill tax
Burns has received q chemical fire
engine.
The Southern Pacific is stoii ing ice at
Ashland.
The Dalles will purchase 500 feet OF
fire hose.
The Oregon Legislature deficit fcots
up $50. 600.
Machinery for the new laundry at
Eugene has arrived.
The Grant county tax levy as been
fixed at 25H mills.
Coyotes are numerous In Coles val.
ley. Douglas county.
: The Douglas county tax levy has
been fixed at 20 mills.
The Pendlston school district has
levied q special tax of 8 mills.
Several herds near Montgomery have
been visited by coyotes of late.
1t i0 reported the Dallas organ fac.
tory may be moved to Albany.
The approach to the Upper Calapooia
bridge was carried away by the flood.
Baker City has rescinded street
lighting contract, and is in darkness.
The walls of the first story OF Nal.
heur county's new court house are fin.
ished.
Collision of = train and handcar
near Woodburn, Or, was narrowly
averted.
Famous Uncle Ben group OF mines
in Idaho has been sold to New York
syndicate.
The coal shaft being sunk by W. A.
Maxwell of Coos City, is now down
about 800 feet.
Plans for the new creamery at Sum-
merville are taking shape. 1t will
cost about $4,000.
Athena has invesetd 81, 500 in school
warrants. The city, besides, has a
balance on hand of 81, 100.
Lincoln county has awarded the
contract for building the depot bridge
to George NcCoulou for 1896.
The old Coos Bay road is said to be
in better condition than for several
years at this time of the year.
Henry Zutz. Jr., a 17-year-old boy.
of Vale, Or, accidentally killed him
self while examining a revolver.
l. j. Straw, of Klamath county, rode
of bridge into a snow bank last
week. and had to dig his horse out.
Contract for building the Wheeler
county court house has been let to A.
F. Peterson, of Corvallis, for 800
Sixty-five thoroughbred sheep belong
ing to o. F. Knox were drowned near
Cottage Grove by the recent freshet.
Howard & Stearns are feeding 500
cattle on Crooked river and about 600
head at Silver Lake, in Lake county.
A petition is in circulation asking
that the public ros1 from Cottage
Grove to Lorraine he widened to 60 feet. /.
]. w. Walters & Son, proprietors of
the Elmira mills, have hoated their
logs into the Long Tom from the Noti
river.
Several car loads of Weston bricks
have been shipped to Mission station.
They will be used for government
Luildings.
An acetyline gas plant belonging to
j. P. Williams, of Long Creek, ex-
ploded last week, and slightly injured
Mr.. Williams.
A petition is being circulated asking
an appropriation Of $1,000 to repair
and improve the state buildings and
property at Sodaville.
herd of ITO sheep was shipped
from Huntington to Salt Lake City
by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Com
pany, of Crook county.
1t is reported that Ed Lambson, OF
Willamina, has leased q large tract
of land on Salmon river, which he in
tends to stock with cattle.'
The sale Of land belonging to the
Leonard Lang estate in Pine valley,
which escheated to the state of Ore
gon recently, has been confirmed bA
Judge Eakin. OF the circuit court.
A meeting was held at McMinnville
in the interest of the woodcutters of
the county. Every precinct was we'll
represented. They advanced the price
of cutting oak wood from 75 cents to
80 cents q cord, and fir from 20 to 30
cents.
The farmers and stockmen of Malheur
county feel confident that the coming
season will be q prosperous one for
them. While the winter thus far has
been an open one compared with those
generally experienced here. the indi-
cations are that there will be plenty OF
water for irrigation during the coming
summer, and that the feed on the
range will be good.
WASHINGTON.
The new $4,000 school house at
Davenport is finished.
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