Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-07
NEWS OF OREGON
rrFMs OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Growth and Development Of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Report.

The grain feet now in the river at
Portland ia the largest on record for the
time.
After several weeks suspension of
work of part of the Willamette pulp
and paper company, at Oregon City. on
account Of low water in the river, work
has been resumed.
Salem hopgrowers and dealers expect
to see some lively buying of hops in
that market in the next three weeks,
and an advance of cents in the price
would not be great surprise.
A new corporation will begin business
in Baker City next spring. to be known
as the Heilner wool pressing and grad
ing company. The new company will
erect stone building to be equipped
with the latest machinery for cleaning,
grading and pressing wool.
The incendiary attempts to destroy
buildings at the Fort Stevens barracks
still continue, although double guard
taken to prevent a repetition of the
fires The officers are at loss to ex-
plain the reason for the blazes.
J. M. CLARK, brother of Senator Clark
of Montana, has purchased the Pooth
Dysert hydraulic placer mines in the
Jump off Joe district, Southern Oregon,
and the adjoining farms of Pollock and
Davis. The consideration for the farms
and placers is $25,00 cash. Mr..
Clark has large crew making extern
sive improvements which will double
the output OF the mine.
One of the richest gold mines in the
United States is the North Pole, located
about six miles north of Sumpter.
About $3.50, 900 has been expended on
external improvements and underground
development work since the mine was
discovered. The property Is controlled
by English capitalists. The actual
value of the North Pole Els problemati
cal. The management, of course, is
familiar with the value of the ore found
in the wonderful pay shoots, but il
does not know the full extent of the pay
shoots. Development work is being
pushed to determine the richness and
extent of this rich body of ore. If, as
there is every reason to believe, this
rich shoot extends to the depth, ther
the mine is easily worth $40, 900, 900.
! The state printing office is now work
ing on the last form of the new Oregon
code, and the two volumes will be sem
to the bindery next week. It is ex
pected that the new code will be ready
for distribution about the middle O
| November.
The present year will be the creates
: from business standpoint in the his
tory of the state land department
During the first nine months OF 100:
the receipts from payments on sales o
state land exceeded the total for an,
previous year.
William Baldwin and his son
George, we're sentenced to serve tw
ears and one year, respectively, in tn
+ penitentiary, the one for aiding ant
, abetting, and the other for striking tn
q fatal blow that killed Frank Carson il
Portland short time ago.
). A new ledge, with good width an
:. of very rich quality of free millin
u ore, has been uncovered on the Luck
u Boy mine, in the Blue river district.
: A. J. Melon, ex-sheriff and tax col
t lector of Lake county, who was foun
q guilty of defalcation in Office by jur
:. at the May term of court, has bee
J, sentenced to four years in the peniter
It tiary and ordered to pay $4,000 fine
!, to cover the amount of defalcation
An appeal has been taken to the 81
Is preme court.