The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-01-31
NEWS Of THIS AID H16HbOQIN6 STATS
interesting Events and Gossip Of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON.

OREGON
Canyon City has new frs bell.
Jefferson will levy no tax for the
year 1901.
The Toledo tax levy has bean fixed
at s mills.
The Eugene Military Club has in
corpoiatsd.
The Southern Pacific tie plant at
Latham 10 running again.
Baker City school electors have
voted in favor Of . l0.mill special tax.
The 9-ysar-old son Of H. y. Filton,
Of Lost Valley. was killed by . falling
tree.
There were nearly 600 mining loca.
tions recorded in Josephine county las,
year.
The receipts of the Canyon City post.
office last year amounted to ST..
18l.99.
The bridge across Trask river at the
Stillwell place vas washed out BY the
freshet.
Lumber IL being delivered ON the
giound for the now hospital building
at Eugene.
The Standard mill at Baker City.
with capacity Of 10000 feet per day.
is nearly finished.
James Yates has sold his farm of so
acres. near Irving, to Mr.. Hurd. late
Of Iowa. for about $S, 100.
Local miners arc sinking . shaft on
the Watt hills east Of ,Amity ON the
site of . supposed gold mine.
Free-milling gold ore has been dis.
covered in the mountains just west Of
Lostine. Test show the ore literally
filed with black suphurets.
Miss Elizabeth Giesy, an Oregon
pioneer. aged IS years. died at. hel
homo In Aurora. Deceased was sis.
ter of DR.. Martin and Jacob Giesy.
A large amount of drift lodged
against the railroad bridge, north oi
Lebanon. and Is men have been at
work all week dislodging It.
A telephone line is being built BY
the Sunset Company from Jacksonville
to the Upper Applegate country, and
will probably be connected with the
Grants Pass. Williams line.
]. w. Parker, who has . rich ap.
pearing quarts ledge near Leland, nm.
der bond from Burnett q Hudson, il
making preparations to equip the prop
srty with an electric plant.
@. A. Parker and James Buchanan
have secured contract TO cut and de-
liver poles for the telephone line which
is to be built from Pleasant Hill via
Jasper and Natron to the main line at
Springfield.
The long looked for English par.
tridges arrived at Independence and
were taken to the O'Brien farm, . few
miles north Of that city. and turned
loose. The birds appeared very wild.
apparently owing to their long journey.
Reports from the country surround.
ing Albany are general that the fall
wheat IL in excellent condition. with.
out any indication, at this time, Of an
enemy OF any kind Notwithstanding
the poor crop OF last year. the acreage
10 large.
After an illness Of several years.
James A. Cauthorn. 1t one time .
prominent grain dealer OF Corvallis,
died at his homo in that city. His
ailment was rheumatism, and under
its effects the deceased had been an
invalid for several years.
An effort IL being made to have the
mail route changed between Long
Creek and Pendleton % that the route
will 90 over the Yellow Jacket road
from Pendleton to Ukiah and via the
lower gulch road from Ukiah 70 Long
Greek and supply Ritter from Long
Greek.
A deal OF considerable magnitude
was consummated last week at Tilla-
nook between g. and e. Thayer and
the Beals Land Company. About
100000 worth OF agricultural land and
town property was tzansfsrrsd 70 the
company, and will probably b placed
on the market.
Owing to the recent high water on
tha Coast Fork which caused the lon
Of many thousand fest Of logs. Messrs.
Geer and Rouse, the Mw mill men at
Amos, are arranging 70 erect tom
porary saw mill vt Cottage Grove and
viii drive ths logs there. Tns boilsrs
and engines Of the new light plant may
b used.
The owners Of the Red, White and
Blue mine, At Malhsur. will pash de-
vslopmsnts - Eapidlv - posdbse-
There are two parallel ledges, 80
measuring IL lest and the other three
fset. and the owners believe that de-
valopment will prove that they CO.,
toeethsr. The mins II equipped w1th
Z three stamp mill and steam hclse-
ing plant. The capacity Of TIE nall
Il 10 b inmsased and pump installed
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The business men Of Wenstohee have
takon tie hne steps toward cEganising
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