Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-21
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial sind Financial Happenings of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-LatestM Market Report.


January IA and l5.
Operations at the Tillamook fish
hatchery have been suspended on ac-
count of the recent heavy rains
The freshet on the Siusla river caused
by the recent heavy rains did consider
able damage to the fish hatchery on
that river.
A postoffice has been established at
Ingiis, Columbia county. An office
has also been established at Tiller,
Douglas county.
The safe in the depot at Newberg was
opened Friday night and $1,1SO Sc
cured by burglar. The crook evil
IDENTIFY knew his business, as he worked
the combination of the lock.
There were $50 bales OF hops sold at
Dallas last Saturday for 27 cents f. o.
b. No sales have heretofore been made
above 26 cents, though offers of 26R
cents were out
The board of directors of the Will
lamette Valley Chautauqua association,
at meeting held in Oregon City last
week, decided to take some steps toward
reorganization and appointed commit
tee for that purpose.
Two different companies are endeav-
ering to secure franchises for operating
street car systems in the city of Rose
burg. One company is composed
largely of local capitalists and the
other is made up of Eastern men.
1t is expected that the lumbermen
on the lower Columbia will advance
the price of yellow fir logs from $3.50
to So per thousand. Yellow fir logs
bring a much higher price than ordin-
ary fir, and are in great demand.
During the first two years of his term
Governor Geer granted Is pardons and
20 combinations, and during his last
two years 10 pardons and 16 commuta-
tions Of the 10 men pardoned in the
last two years two we're guilty of MUIR
der, two of manslaughter, four of lar
ceny, one of assault with a dangerous
weapon and one of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
George L. Dillman, state engineer
for the examination of land applied for
under the Carey arid land act, expresses
the opinion that private operations
will not prevent government work, as
the amount reclaimed is small COM
pared with the total area of arid land
in the state.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Alderman has decided that as soon as
a parent or guardian moves into a
school district with the intention of
making it his bona fide residence, a
child of such parent or guardian is en-
titled to free tuition from the time he
moves into the district.
Linn county farmers are preparing
protest to be presented to the next leg
islature against the proposed change OF
the game law, under which upland
birds may be shot from September 15,
instead of from October l. Open seas
on before October l means at time
when the farmers are busy with har-
vesting and they desire to have an even
chance with hunters from the cities.
Twenty thousand of the rs, 900 book
lets advertising Lane county have been
printed and are Fin the hands of the
department of the Hartman
company for distribution in the Eastern
states.
George Smith, colored, who murdered
his white wife in Portland, has been
sentenced to hang on December 10.
Fifteen days. time has been granted to
prepare bill OF exceptions to be used
in an appeal to the supreme court.