Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
NEWS OF THIS AND h[|6HbOR|hQ STATES
Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON.

Canyon City has new fire bell.
Jefferson will levy no tax for the
year 1901.
The Toledo tax levy has been fixed
at mills.
The Eugene Military Club has in
corpolated
The Southern Pacific tie plant at
Latham is running again.
Baker City school electors have
voted in favor of 1O.mill special tax.
The 9-year-old son of H. s. Filton,
OF Lost Valley. was killed by falling
tree.
There were nearly 600 mining loca-
tions recorded in Josephine county last
year.
The receipts of the Canyon City post
office last year amounted to S27,.
1879.
The bridge across Trask river at the
stillwell place was washed out by the
freshet.
Lumber is being delivered on the
ground for the new 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 80
acres, near Irving, to Mr.. Hurd, late
of Iowa, for about So, 800.
Local miners are sinking a 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
filled with black suphurets.
Miss Elizabeth Giesy, an Oregon
pioneer. aged rs years. died at her
home in Aurora. Deceased was a sis
ter of DR.. Martin and Jacob Giesy.
A large amount of drift lodged
against the railroad bridge, north OF
Lebanon, and 15 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.
j. W. Parker, who has a rich ap.
pearing quartz ledge near Leland, un-
der bond from Burnett & Hudson, is
making preparations to equip the prop
erty with an electric plant
G. 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, a 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 is 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
is large.
After an illness of several years,
James A. Cauthorn. at one time
prominent grain dealer of Corvallis,
died at his home in that city. His
ailment was rheumatism, and under
its effects the deceased had been an
invalid for several years.
An effort is being made to have the
mail route changed between Long
Creek and Pendleton so that the route
will 60 over the Yellow Jacket road
from Pendleton to Ukiah and via the
lower gulch road from Ukiah to Long
Greek and supply Ritter from Long
Creek.
A deal of considerable magnitude
was consummated last week at Tilla-
nook between G. and E. Thayer and
the Beals Land Company. About
$40, 900 worth of agricultural land and
town property was transferred to the
company, and will probably be placed
on the market.
Owing to the recent high water on
the Coast Fork which caused the loss
OF many thousand feet of logs, Messrs.
Geer and Rouse, the saw mill men at
Amos, are arranging to erect a tenn
porary saw mill at Cottage Grove and
will drive the logs there. The boilers
and engines of the new light plant may
be used.
The owners of the Red, White and
Blue mine, at Malheur, will push de-
velopments as rapidly as possible.
There are two parallel lodges, one
measuring IL feet and the other three
feet, and the owners believe that de-
velopment will prove that they come
together. The mine is equipped with
three stamp mill and a steam hoist.
ing plant. The capacity of the mill
is to be increased and pump installed
at once.
WASHINGTON.