Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-25
|plQpQd bLA0nA|L NEWS OF THIS AND ht|dHbONhd STATS
Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington. Oregon
and Idaho
OREGON.

OREGON.
The Dalles has levied a 6-mill tax.
Burns has received a chemical fire
engine.
The Southern Pacific is storing ice at
Ashland.
The Dalles will purchase 500 feet Of
fire hose. :
The Oregon legislature deficit fcots
up $50. 0.O0O.s.s
Mschinery for the new laundry at
Eugene has arrived.
The Grant county tax levy as been
fixed at s5A mills.
Coyotes are numerous in Coles val.
ley. Douglas county.
The Douglas county tax levy has
been fixed at 20 mills.
The Pendleton school district has
levied special tax of mills.
Several herds near Montgomery have
been visited by coyotes OF late.
1t is reported the Dallas organ fac
tory may be moved to Albany
The approach to the Upper Calapooia
orldge 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Baker City has rescinded street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 a train and handcar
near Woodburn, Or, was narrowly
| averted.
Famous Uncle Ben group of mines
IN Idaho has been sold to a 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-
mervil1e are taking shape. 1t will
cost about $1,000.
Athena has invesetd 81, 500 in school
warrants. The city, besides, has a
balance on hand of $1,1OO.
Lincoln county has awarded the
contract for building the depot bridge
to George NcCoulou for $685..
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., 17-year-old boy.
OF Vale, Or, accidentally killed him
self while examining revolver.
l. j. Straw, of Klamath county, rode
off 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 So, O25.
Sixty.fve thoroughbred sheep belong
ing to O. F. Knox were drowned near
Cottage Grove by the recent freshet.
Howard & Stearns are feeding 800
cattle on Crooked river and about 900
head at Silver Lake, in Lake county.
A petition is in circulation asking
that the public roal from Cottage
Grove to Lorane be widened to 60 feet.
j. w. Walters & Son, proprietors of
the Elmira mills, have. fioatetl 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
buildings. -
An acetyline gas plant belonging to
j.. P. Williams, of Long Creek, ex-
ploded last week. and slightly injured
/ Mr.. Williams. 5ss
A petition is being circulated asking
an appropriation of $1,000 to repair
and improve the state buildings and
property at sodaville.
A 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 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 eacheated TO the state of Ore.
gon recently, has been confirmed bi
Judge Eakin. of the circuit court.
B A meeting was held at McMinnville
in the interest of the voodcntters of
the county. Every precinct was we'll
represented. They advanced the price
of cutting oak wood from 70 cents to
90 cents cord, and fir from 20 to 90
cents.
The farmers and stockmen of Malheur
county feel confident that the coming
season will be prosperous one for
them. While the winter thus far has
been an open one compared with those.
generally experienced here. the indi-i
cations are that there will be plenty of
water for irrigation during the coming
summer, and that thes feed on the
range will be good
WASHINGTON.