News Summary.
Immense numbers of squirrels are
destroying crops in portions of Union
county this season.
An exchange says a silver dollar is
too big, a gold dollar too small, a pa
per dollar too thin, and all too scarce.
The wool crop this year is said to be
extremely prolific. Sheepmen along
Snake river report ten pounds a head
as an average yield, which is very good
indeed, but the price of wool is not so
flattering.
T The Walla Walla Journal reports that
two of the three commissioners have
determined upon Walla Walla as the
meat desirable point for the location of
the territorial penitentiary. The ques
tion will be kept open, though until the
loth of July.
Farmers in Walla Walla valley have
already began harvesting barley, and
are unanimous in declaring a very
large yield. The wheat harvest will
begin in about two weeks, and it prom
ises the largest yield of years.
An important gold quartz discovery
was made last week near Pine valley,
Union county, the vein being three
feet thick and traceable nearly 500 feet.
The discoverer is making $50 a day
with an ordinary hand mortar.
Hop raisers aTe confident of a large
yield this year, but are not so confidet t
as to price. Many who are engaged in
the business are of the opinion that the
price paid this fall will not cover the
cost of picking and drying.
Information has been received that
Mr. Will McConnel, formerly of Linn
county, was kicked by a colt and killed at
Mayville. Gilam county, on the 27th of
May. The blow was received on the
head and fixe, and broke in the skull,
causing death after a few hours of in
tense suffering.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
says of the crop prospects in the South:
"The reports from all four of our lead
ing crops, cotton, sugar, rice and corn
continue excellent, and more than ex
ceilent, and are in remarkable contrast
with last year in condition, promise
At.:' juTces.""
Vaquina Post: AS work 011 the jetty
has ceased, the employes paid off and
n, if not rdlftfcea goneoutskle. Mr.
v. j uiemus mil pawtamy remnin a lew
do s longer taking soundings of the
h;-' etc, when he will probably go to
Portland and be employed at head
quarters. . Salem papers says: The session
la.-, liave just been completed and are
now in the binder's hands. They con
ovur 6 do pages and are the largest ever
'o.-tu Lll vn.guil. lilt IUIC3 HIIU
relations for applications for pardons
from the penitentiary were issued yes
terday in pamphlet form, by the gov
ernor's advisory committee.
A gentleman who has recently trav
eled all over Polk countv says that
crops are looking especially well along
the Dallas Monmouth road and between
Perrydale and White's Station. He
thinks that if this year proves a success
ful one for farmers the future of the
country is assured.
Walla Walla Statesman: It is estima
ted that there is now growing in Walla
Walla county 90,000 acres of wheat;
in Columbia couuty, 60,000; in Gar
field and Assotin counties, 60,000; and
in Whitman and Nez Perce counties,
60,000 more, and in Umatilla county
90,000. This makes a total of 300 000
acres, and this at an average of 3O bush
els to the acre will give nine million
bushels of wheat to be shipped from
valley above Snake
the Columbia
river.
Whatcom Reveille: Mr. D. E. Ri( e
of Nooksack, dug new potatoes on May
3ptn tnat measured nve inches in cir
cumference. On June 7th he dug
tnree nuts, tne product made more
than a sufficiency for one meal for a
family of ten persons. Mr. Rice says
that the potatoes are now larger and
more fully developed than he has ever
before known them to be on July 4th.
The Cheyenne Sun of the nth says
"James Q. Shirley, of Union, Oregon
has sold 2,000 head of fine mixed ca
tie to Dater & Co., of this city. The
cousideration is at present unobtain
able, but is believed to not fall below
$20 per head. Mr. Shirley has also
sold 200 fine two-year-old heifers to
Donald McPhee on Pole creek. Con
sideration in this sale is also unknown
Hunter & Evens are receiving in in
stallments 230 cars of Kansas and In
dian Territory cattle, which are passing
through Cheyenne at the rate of about
three trains daily. They go to Rock
Creek and thence are driven north
The cattle will number something over
2,100 head.
Competent judges estimate that
there is at least 300,000 acres of 1; n i
in Douglas county subject to entry.
A Boston man claiming to be a
scientist, says if the earth is not bored
full of h les it will burst. As that
scientist is at the hub of the universe
he ought to know.
The cheese factory at Cove, Oregon,
uses the milk of 120 cows, and will in
crease the number to over 300 during
the season. The daily yield of cheese
will reach 600 pounds ere long.
E. -Boreman brought to the banking
house of J. W. Virtue last Wednesday
a $3000 clean up from his placer
claims, situated eight miles east of Ba
ker city and near the Virtue mine.
This is the result of a little over two
weeks' run.
h now seems to be settled that the
O. R. & N. lines are to be leased to
he Northern Pacific and Union Pacific.
This will be fraught with important con
sequences to the northwest, uregon
and Portland will not suffer by it.
Ashland Tidings: Some little excite
ment is reported over new placer dig
gings now being worked on Cottonwood
creek, above Shattuck's place on the
other side of the Siskiyous. It is said
some fifty men have been at work there,
some making good wages.
rhe San Francisco Bulletin com
plains that the Chinese are pouring
into California in almost as great num
bers as ever, notwithstanding the re
strictive legislation. The great ma
jority come 011 Custom House certfi
cates believed to have been purchased
in Hong Kong from returning coolies.
The Trimble brothers, of Rogue
River were again arrested for violation
of the law for protection of fish. This
time they are prosecuted for failing to
close their fish trap on Saturday nights
and Sundays as required by the statute,
and it is very probable that after Jus
tice Foudray gets through with them
thev will sin no more.
A contract has been let to the Pa
cific Bridgj Company, of San Fran
cisco, for the construction of a bridge
across Koue river tor t'10 accommo
dation of the Sam's valley neopK'.
The span ts 240 feet, and the bridge
will be th finest in Southern Oregon.
ontract price, $13,487. Miller & Son,
of Portland, came within $200 of secur
ing the contract.
A gentleman living about six miles
from Dayton, missed a couple of his
cows some time ago, and a dilligcnt
search and notices in the county paper
failed to bring them to light. Yester.
day, however, while in the field, he no
ticed a hole in one side of a pumpkin,
and on getting a lantern and going in,
he found the lost cows quietly eating
pumpkin seeds and getting fat. The!
hole in the fruit was caused by the
rapid growth of the vines which had
dragged it along over the ground for
half a mile. Columbia Chrqnicle.
Mrs. Hill and Mrs. De Souzer,
mother and daughter, were drowned in
the Umpqua, Douglas county, Wednes
day of last week. They were crossing
the river with a horse and buggy and
entured into deep and swift water.
The horse was drowned and the buggy
washed down the stream. The body
of Mrs. De Souzer was recovered,
but that of her mother, Mrs. Hill, was
not at last account Mrs. Hill was a
colored lady and her daughter mixed
with French blood. They were resi
dents of Roseburg and members of the
Episcopal church, and highly respected
by everybody. Mrs. Hill was steward
ess for a number of years on steamships
plying between Portland and San Fran
cisco, and was well known to many old
residents. She was about 60 years of
0. B. STARR'S
LIVES! PEES and SALE STABLE.
(South end Main Street )
Charges Reasonable, Satisfact
ion Guaranteed,
ton-allis. - Oregon.
O, H. LEE, M. D.
Physician & Surgeon,
CORVALL1S, OREOON.
Office In Poat Office Building,
Office Hours: S to 9 a. m. , 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p. ii
tSj- lu office uiirlitu. "5 2132U
1. B. Leb, M. D. O. R. FiBRi, M. I).
LEE & FARRA,
Phvsicians, Surgeons
And Accouchers.
CORVAI.LIS,
20-31M
Origon.
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Brink & Wright, irop's,
Good Teams, Buggies, Carriages and Sad
dle Horse at reasonable rates.
Third Street, between Jefferson and Adams.
CORVALLIS,
21-41 tl
OREGON.
XONEMK
Three Year Old Record 2:41.
Son of
Altamont (2:27), and Belle Price.
Will be kept the Benson of 1885 on the
farm of J. W. McKnight, at Lowson Station
nn the narrow gauge railroad. Linn Co., Or.
Will be allowed to serve a limited number
i if mares at $50, payable when the mare is
removed from the farm, with the privilege
of returning barren mares in 1886 free of
rharge.
ONECO
Was started in all the principal three year old. races
in Orejron in 1884, winning tnree out of lour, and
uiakin? a record of wiiich stands at the head of
all three year old records on the North Pacific Coast,
and trotting a fifth heat in the remarkable time of
44, the last half m 1:17, a 2:34 gratt.
if is breeding will suit the most fastidious. ror
lartieulars and extended pedigree address
Mcknight brcs.
Albany, Oregon.
YOODCOCJK & BALDWIN S
TH2D BEST
IERICULT8ML
IMPLEMENTS!
A letter from Murray says: The Cali
fernia ditch is completed and the water
will be into Dream gulch and on the
hills sometime this week. It has been
a long and expensive job to the owners:
it is twelve miles long and cost $20,000
to constructed it. Some very heavy
iobs of fluming were necessary. The
trestle vork for the flume across Butte
creek is eighty-five feetShigh. The Po
tosi and Beaver creek ditch is under
finished by the middle of July. They
have a fine open way on the line of the
ditch, and have but little timber to
bother them. The ditch from Eagle
creek to the head of Dream gulch and
McComber and Accident gulches is
also being pushed forward to comple
tion. The way is already cleared and
graded, and the saw mill is on the
ground ready foi work. It is to be
mimed the whole distance, seven miles,
and is said to be the best of all the
ditch projects in the camp.
HARDWARE
OF ALL KINDS AT
BROUGHT BY THEM
Direct from the East !
gTOVEg
DIRECT FROM
Eastern and St. Louis
FOUNDRIES.
MANUFACTURERS OF
TINWARE
AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY.
D
JOB PRINTING
DEPARTM E INr T
BEING SUPPLIED WITH
LATEST STYLES,
AND DESIGNS OF
Type and all Printing Materia
IS PREPARED TO DC
FINE BOOKiiANEFANCY JOB PRINTING
In the latest styles'aud at pi icc8 but little niort
tbjn cratof labor ami material, on 8 lort notice Wt
are constantly turnin? out at prices which defy com
jmlition, the nicest designs oi ,
Letter heads,
Bill heads,
Envelopes,
Visitiug cards,
Business cards,
Program,
Ball tickets,
.Vote hooks,
Order hooks.
Receipt books.
Posters,
Druggists labels, .
Gummed or
Ungummed,
Legal blanks I
THE MUTUAL SELF-ENDOWMENT
ISTD BENEVOLEN T
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,
Grand Central Office, Fort Worth, Texas.
SAM CUNDIFF, President. K. IS. MACY, Secretary
B. W. BROWN, Vice-Pvcsi lent. A. W. .MOBJtiboN, Treas.
Chartered under tl.e laws of the State of Texas, Juno 11th, 1881. Copyright imnni t, :- ,
1881, in the office of the librarian of Congress i D O K ' JUne U
PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT.
office-. ; '
No. 7 Powell St. Corner Market. San Francisco
OFFICER
HO -.. SAMrnLr.. HILBORN, President,
v. If. WA ii :, Secretary,
I'ttll? V, ti. TAYLOR, M. IX, Mcii..vi
A. W. KEL8F.Y, of Sacran .-i.t o, Vice-President
' nl'SSIL, SB., Superintendent
tor, PACIFIC UA1K, Treasurer
OAFT. J". 21, LEOftAIil), State Supt,, Portland, Or.
Tn. b'.-t f tliis Ak., iitiirs, -. -0 i .
Wu:;i i deceu.'.uti nioiubtt.-i?, ui thv imJLA uoat cot
weli aw iith ben fit certifk-atea
.'it-, plan embraces two forms, lite and deal !
,n five u ,uai installments during life. The assoc
hoi -re w ubsorh it,-, earnings, and no trustees a,
The frtttat t.icu.bershjp f the associatior. i.
eucli iiourti . The aftmehitUiii h&A dtaburrffcti to tat
bci, auu wu mantling coupon. In loaning nom initio twfniv thousand per month to liTinr members
. : ..i wmn8fiir living member as a ell as benefit far
u r.t with perfect ecor, by iwroing oudowatr-.u
tre aysal the death of a member and the other py
u if operated on the mutual plan. if has no aionk-
li -ni to divide its surplus.
iM unta to nearl M.OOO with a steady iacreaet
.T "www w wie legatees oi def eased mem
REVIEW SffiCE ORGANIZATION,
Receipts since organization, - . . Si7(;.2Sfi.O
Dishiirsem,-nts siuce organization, - - .
Balance on hand. - - . 20106
Coupons paid, - - J . 80,6oO
Agents Wanted in every county of the Pacific Coast.
F. kVI. JohnSOn, Residunt Ageut, - - Corvallig, Oregoa.
City Stables Daily Stage Line
FROM ALBANY TO COHVALLJg.
THOS. EGLIST, - - Proprietor.
On the Corner West of the Engine House -Having secured the contract to itarryictr tk
CORVALLTS, - - OREGON, j vmu,a state. Man
Corvallis to .Albany
HAVING COMPLETED MY
new and commodious BAK.V
I am better than ever prepared to
L-.,,. t h. .
For the ensuing four er-ri will leu vt t un 'act
BEST OF TEAMS BUGGIES. mmESSSttlIJ.
: afternoon, returning to Corvallis numt 8 o'clock
This line will l e prepared with good team and car
1 ul drivers and nice comfortable and
j EASY RDEE!G VEKfCLES
for the accommodation of lhe
TRAVELING PUBLIC.
-AND
SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE.
.
At Reasonable Rates.
tgg" Particular attention given to Boardiu? Horses
Horses Bought and Sold or Exchanged.
PLEASE GIVE MK A CALL.
Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by
AT
Qorvallis,) - QgBg;
Send tor Samples and
3 Ac. 3.- t tti 3 Gazette Ol
ice it you want the Kes?i
work at Lowers Pric s.
AUGUST KNIGHT,
CABINET MAKER,
CORVALLIS
SACKS FURNISHED TO PATRONb,
Farmers will do well to call on me before making arranrrements elsenl tte
18-27-Vl
THE BENTON COUNTY
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION
Office: Corvallis. Oregon.
M. S. WOODCOCK. Manager.
rrTT TQ? ASSOCIATION will buy ard sell all dasnefl of Htal K state i n rea son:'bIe terms aiid wiJt. r
p. I '1 1 oufrhly adiertise bv deaapSbhtg ea,ch piece of propertv enti ustedto t for ?uiu. The foliow
ing" pieces oi property will be sold on extraordinarily reasonable terms:
UNDERTAKER.
Cor. Second ami Monroe Sts. ,
COBVALLIS, : 4MKECON.
K eeps constantly on hand all kinds of
FURNITURE
Collins ar.d Caskets.
Work dene to order on short notiee and at
reasonable rates.
Corvallis July 1, 1881. 19:27yl.
GLTN STORE.
BREECH & MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUNS
Rlflx. Platoln,
Amunitlon, Cutlery.
Spy Glanaec, Kishing Tackle,
Sewing; Machines.
Work made to order and warranted.
20-33tf c. HODES, Corvallis.
LUMBER FOR SALE!
Well seasoned and in the Ware
house, a fine lot of dressed
FLOORING,
RUSTIC,
CASINGr Oct.
Any party purchasing 5,000 feet
or over, may have the same at
$24.00 per M. Enquire of
f J. BLAIR.
Real Estate Agency.
A. P.IGaines.
Real Estate. Employment and Collection
Agency.
Business Solicited. Be&re&ees Given.
OFFICE. First door toutb of Fisher's Brick. main
street.
CORVALLIS OREGON
SAW MILL- Undi Tided interest iv. a mill run h
water, X good planer and seven acres oi land use1
in connection with the trill. Power t-uflitknt to m
all jf the year, situated hardy to market and within
ahout7mites of Corvallis with an excellent good
road to and rom it. Terms easy.
FARM--Farm all under fence only 2J mttesfrom
Corvallis oi lfU acres, bl) acres now in cultivation, the
balance of it can be cultivated; about SO of it now in
wheat with a lair house rood o&m and granery.
will be sold at a bargain. Tun s eaey.
FARM Farm of 478 acres for less than .18 pel
aere, being one of the cheapest and best fatms in
Bentoi. county, situated 4 miles west of Monroe, J of
a ndle from a good school, in one of the best neigh
borhoods in the state with church privileges handy.
About ISO acres in cultivation, and over 400 can be
cultivtacd. AH under fence, with good two storj
fame house, large barn and orchard; has running
water the vear aroitnd, and is well suited tor stock
and dairy purposes. This is one of the cheapest nirms
in the Willamette Valley Terms easy.
STOCK FA KM - S2U acres, about SO in cultirition
150 ai'reou be cultivated, COatre of good lir and
oak timber, the balance good grat luna Sma'l cri
lortaMe house nd tain, ft Ue adjoii ing an irti
haustibIe.ou range, nuking one oi tie best stock
ranges in fjeni oi comity, bltuatetl alout 11 ir.iits
Southwest of Corvallis. Price IfWOQ.
FA 11 M A farm oi V.M acres of land situuNri
mile from Corvallis, in Linn County, Or. All under
fence; bii acres ot rich b ttt D) land in cultivation
50 acres of good fir, as, and maple timber: 2 good
houses, 2 good orchards and two good veils with
pumps. Terms: per acre, half cash down nd
balance payable in one and two vears, secured by
mortgage upon the farm.
LOTS -Two unimproved lots ir. Corvallis. One o
tne choicest building places iu the city for sale eas
o uable.
ALSO Four unimproved lots except fenc
ed in Corvallis, or. The choicest building- plat in
the eifey for sate reasonable.
THOMAS. GRAHAM,
Druggist and Apothcary,
-AND DEALER IN-
hbts, m, wwm, BisBEs, m mil mm
SHOULDER BKAOES. TOILET ARTICLES iC.
A full line ot B' oks, Stationer and Wall Paper Orr drugs are tresh an '
well selected. Prescriptions compounded at all hourr. 19-27vl
BUY THE BESTND BE HAPPY.
FRANK BROS- IMPLEMENT CO.
DEALERS IN
FARM3SXMILLXMAGHINERY.
WALTER A. WOOD'S Binders,
" " Chain Rake Reapers,
" M Swecn Raky Reu-t' rs,
" u Knclu-eil tJear 'umctv.
GARK, SCOTT & CO.'S Sei;arators,
" Plain and Traction Engines.
COATES' Lock Lever Hay Rake.
Alsp i -
Fui! Lino o:' Tarm EVIaciunery.
Write for Catatonne. Ad1n-ss either FRANK BROS., Imp!. Co. , Portland, Or. , or
T..T. BLAI H,A:ent, Corvallis Oregon. 22143m
PATENTS
Obtained, and l !"ntTit RttAftiU at home or
abroaO. attenuetl to for MoIiriite feefl
Onr ofbcu ih opj osito the IT. s. Pntjrjt Office, a-nd
we uate obtain 'I'aUint in less time than those remote
from Waetm&ton. -
Mend M ji?-lr Ivvvns:- ml viae as to at-
entai ility free ofeharm; ami Wc CliHuire no fue
Un I'atciit ig Allow!,
We refer, hertr. t tbe Kestmaster. tl e Supt. o
Honey Order IHt., and tooliieialN of the i'. ii. Patent
OPi.e Fordrcnlar, atl vice, ternrt, and reference to
actnyl cliultle in our own Stale or eunt3', 'Arive
J. A. Mi)v A -.9
OujKitc Patent tlfice, Washii.V'ii, D. C.
.m. jr
Attorney at Law.
Fire Iasrancea Specialty.
Money Loaned on Good Security.
J. B. SCRAFFuRD. J. B. SCRAFr'OSO
J. B. Scrafird & Bro.,
PROPRIETOHS OF
COEVALLI9
MARBLE WORKS,
AND DEALERS IN
ALLKINDS PLAIN, FANCY
AND ORNAMENTAL
Marble Granite.
MAIN STREET
Corvallis - Oregon.
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