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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1885)
News Summary. There are now 404 patients in the state insane asylum. - The quarterly report shows 283 con victs in the jienitentiary there is one woman in this number and eight men who are unable from old age or disease to work. A colony of 170 families will reach Portland from Nebraska and Indiana early next month, and will be located at some suitable point in the Willam ette valley. Jackson county offers the following bounties for scalps: panther or couger, $5; grizzly bear, $5; brown bear $5; wild cat or catamount, $1; mountain wolf, $5; coyote, 4. The tide of immigration still con tinues setting towards the west. Al though the stream is small, it is steady, and every day brings more or less per manent settlers to our doors. Mr. VV. M. Townsend, lately ap pointed receiver of public moneys at the United States land office at Lake view, have sold the Lafayette "Regis ter" to Messrs. C. R. Fenton, A. B. Westfield and W. I. Westerfield. It now appears a settled fact that tnere is snortiy to be a lively opposi The Snoqualime hop association have 200 acres planted in hops, and 150 in oats and barley. The territorial penitentiary commit tee have selected Walla Walla as the place for the new prison building. Contract has been let for the new chamber of commerce building in Tacoma. It is to cost about $20,000. It is currently reported by farmers of several localities in Marion county that some of the late crops are some what damaged bv the rust. Tne Cost of Wlieat. Here is the Boston idea of the thing, from the "Herald." The western farmers ought to know what it costs them per bushel to grow wheat and' get it to market. But many of them don't know, and therefore turn with interest to the report made by the agent of the farmers' alliance of England, who was sent to this country to study the question. He did it in the thorough English fashion and re ports that in Minnesota and Dakota the total cost of wheat raising varies from fortv to fifty cents per bushel, The census of Asotin countv. W. T. I j, ... ,., r -lvi r shows a total population of 1,513, of according to tne sou ana buuu the tarmer. the average normal which number 858 are males and 655 females, and 364 are of voting age. In Willamina, Polk county, where croppings of float of cinnabar have been discovered, it is said that the float shows a richer appearance than any yet discovered on this coast. charge for transportation is fiteen cents per bushel to Chicago, and a sum from Chicago to New York, to which is added ten cents for commissions all the way through. His conclusion is that wheat at $1 in New York repre sents a nrofit to the northwestern farm- The heavy steel rails on the road j . as accnrdinsr to his own fie- , 0 - ures, the profit is only about fifteen cents a bushel on an average, the farmers will not get rich rapidly at cur rent prices. Dollar wheat in Chicago is about the lowest figures in which the farmers can be asked to be contented. XONECOiX Three Year Old Record 2:41, Son of - Altamont (2:27), and Belle Price Will be kept the season of 1885 on the farm of J. W. McKmijht, at Lowson Station on the uarrow gauge railroad, Linn Co., Or. Will be allowed to serve a limited number of mares at $50, payable when the mare is removed from the farm, with the privilege ot returning Darren mares in 1886 free of charge. ONECO Was started in all the principal three vearold races in Orepon iirlSSl, winning three out of lour, and making a record of -;il, which stands at the head of ail three year old records on the North Pacific Coast, aud trotting a fifth heat in the remarkable time of 2:14, the last half in 1:17, a 2:34 gait. His breeding will suit the most fastidious. For particulars and extanded pedigree address Mcknight bro's, Albany, Oregon. between Centerville and Pendleton has been replaced by the light steel rails formerly on the narrow guage to Wal lula from Walla Walla. Mr. D. Woods, living near Albany, shot at a squirrel last Saturday and suc ceeded in hitting his wife, the ball en tering the fleshy part of one of her lips dan- AU3KBT KNIGHT, CABINET MAKER, tion between San Francisco and Port-j lne wounQ 15 a pauiiui, nut not land. After the ist of next month the ;&erous one- steamer Wilmington will make regular trips, carrying passengers and freight at reduced rates. During the three months ending July ist, there were 41 failures, liabili ties, 143,000, in Oregon, and for six Croppings or float of cinnabar have been discovered near Willamina, over the line in Yamhill county. It is said that the float shows a richer appear- 1 ance than any yet discovered on the coast. Experts aro now at work try- months ending, July 1, there were 85, 102 failures, liabilities, in? to locate the ledge. failures, liabilities, $450,000. For the Of the Iowa excursionists, 60 of the : olales- "'" corresponding six months of 1884 'journals represented were Republican, j tlons for resuscitation adopted by the l TTnittifl Ctnfac 1 it Cninnrr tonn'P with 17 Democratic, i4 independent, 4 1 "" " 1 1 . , , the approval of the American Medical greenback, 4 agricultural, 2 local, 1 ; w 1 11 Association, is the suggestion: "Do anti-monopoly, 1 society, 1 college, 1 : & j i-i 1 not be impatient of results. Any time temperance and one educational. p ' . , I within two hours you mav be on the Isaac Pincus the Tacoma hop buyer . , . . . , very threshold of success without there nasjust maae a trip aoout tne sound, says the Seattle "Chronicle," where he To Resuscitate The Drowning. The drowning season is now at its flight and in connection therewith is the necessity of a general understand ing of the means of resuscitating, says ! an exchanee. In Paris the records show that about four of every five per sons drowned are resuscitated; but it 1 is doubtful if the average is anywhere J T-T XT JR, N I T XT H E near as great in any city in the United ..-r-j..-.- -. UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., CORVALLIS, : OREGON, Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ONE OF THE BEST, OLDEST AND LARGEST FAMILY PAPERS Published in Oregon, containing all important dispatches, news front all parts of Oregon and the Pacific Coast, all local news of importance, besides a full supply of general and fireside family reading matter. Coffins ar.d Caskets. theie were $627,5000. The San Francisco Chronicle says: Parties are in town negotiating for the construction of an auxiliary steam ves sel to carry lumber from the Columbia river, the capacity to be about 500,000 feit of lumber. It is stated that the purchased a quantity of hops and ex machiuery and boilers formerly in the ' aniined the crops for the coming sea auxili.iry steamer George S. Homer are I son. He reports that the yield will to be iised in the new craft. Wellington Territory bids fair to being any sign of it. There are in stances on record where breathing has been restored after having ceased for an hour or mote." Every person should know what to do in a case of drowning. It is im portant to avoid delay, and the very Work done to ordjr on short notice and at reasonable rates. Corvallis July 1, 1S81. 19:27yl. exceed that of last year. He also re ports that there are at least 2000 bales an important stock raising oi" 'ast year's croP unsold, 1 moment the body is taken from the Stockmen are moving in I A Yamhill countv exchange savs: ' water lt should be stripped to the waist very fast, and in September a gentle-.'"Harvesting is in full blast in all parts ' and tbe c,othing having been made man f, jm Great Britain will invest Lf the valley and the demand for farm int0 a ro11 t0 raise the Pk of the stora $60,0 jo in that Territory in the cattle 'hands exceeds the snnnhr Thprp ;s ach above the level of the mouth, all become country. business. He writes that he intends ' no reason to locne in the Kootenai country, and I bein idle. for any able-bodied Farmers in different commence business with 5,000 head j of Cattle. In estimating the salmon pack of the season the "Astorian" says: "The July salmon run, which started in pretty heavy the first week of the month, has fallen off, and it looks now as though the prophecies of a short pack would come true; there are not lacking those who assert that the ag gregate will be 200,000 cases below that of last year. The outside esti mate is 475,000 cases, and it is said that this is putting it 30,000 cases too high." Last week wheat cutting commenced on the Blalock ranch in Eastern Ore gon. The ranch contains 2,200 acres in wheat which according to the first days work, will yield 40 bushels to the acre or 88.000 bushels. It is be lieved however, that one piece of 400 acres will average 60 bushels to the acre. The grain is plump, large, of Eight are at por- bright color and without smut. headers and two big threshers work. Much prospecting is being done in the region of Blue river, in this county Three men have discovered a well de fined quartz ledge that promises to be fairly rich. It is thought that it. will assay in the neighborhood of $30 per t m. A quantity of the ore has been sent to Portland to be assayed. About thirty Chinamen are at work in placer diggings in the same region, and it is thought they are making consid erable money. Eugene Guard. Game is plentiful on Coos bay, says the Marshfield "News." Numbers of deer hav been killed within the past week, and parties from the mountains report elk as being more numerous than for years. Bear can be found close to town, and a number have been seen by berrying parties lately. A party who lives on the sawdust says that while picking berries at an old log ging camp last week he suddenly came face to face with a bear and two cubs, he turned to avoid them, and almost ran into three more bears. He con. eluded he didn't want any more ber ries that day, and started for home, his pace being much accelerated by the presence of a large panther which chased him half way to his house. tions of the state are writing to the bu reau of immigration office for hands, and these orders are being filled as fast as they arrive. The Moses reservation has been thrown open to settlement. It is situated in Stevens county, W. T., with British Columbia as the northern boundry. The reservation contains 4,675 square miles, or 2,992,240 acres, or one-tenth the size of Penn sylvania. The land is very fertile and is said to be rich in minerals. As yet it is unsurveyed. The people of Tacoma are called upon to vote a special school tax of eight mills on the dollar, to pay off the indebtedness of the district, estimated at $ 1 8,000. In the city are reported 1048 children of school age. Last year 820 attended school, and next year the directors suppose 300 more children will demand seats. The ex penditure of the past year aggregated $11,959 82. While Matthias Sutherland was sleeping in his tent, eleven miles from Eagle Pass Landing, last Sunday about midnight, a tree that had been burned at the roots fell across him, causing instant death. Deceased was a young man 28 years of age, and had been employed along the railway work for years. His home was in Dorchester, near London, Ontario. A gentleman, who travels as much if not more than any other man who lives in Portland, returned recently from an extended trip through Oregon and Washington territory, and reports the grain fields looking the finest he ever saw them here or anywhere. Between Lewiston and Dayton, in the Walla AValla and Palouse countries the crop is immense both in yield and acreage. Speaking of the wheat prospects the Chicago Inter-ocean says: "There seems to be great difficulty in getting reliable facts regarding the wheat crop. The facts are that State officials and others interested are slow to ackowl edge that there is any serious failure out of fear that it will prevent immigra tion and interfere with the growth and values of the State. It would be a good deal better for all parties if the exact truth is stated." fluids should be forced out by press ure with the hands, one on back just below the shoulder blades and the other opposite. Artificial breathing is produced by placing the roll of cloth ing under the body turned upon its back and then grasping the chest on either side of the pit of the stomach and gradually pressing forward and upward until the whole strength is used; and then suddenly letting go, the operation to be repeated with the regularity of natural breathing. The whole process, outlined rather than adequately described, is so simple that a child may perform it if sufficiently strong, and no person should permit himself to be ignorant of it. The country editor is a man who reads newspapers, writes on almost any subject, sets type, mades up mail, runs errands,, saws wood, works in the garden, is blamed for thousands of things he never thought of, works hard all day, helps people into office who forget all about it afterwards, and very frequently gets cheated out of half his earnings. He puffs and does more to build up the town than any one else, and the miser and forgey are benefit ted; yet they will not take his paper, will borrow it, and read it and cuss the editor. Ex. Railway work in B. C. is being pushed rapidly from the east. It is estimated that there are fully ten thou sand men in the Rockies and Selkirks. In places the work goes on continu ously, the men working eight hour shifts, as they do in- the mines, the electric light being used atnight. The whole of the line from Griffin lake east is now under contract and in the hands of eastern men. Last week 500 men were brought from the other side of the Columbia. The contract ors will bring in 250 men a week un til the line is covered. At the Portland savings bank can be seen the $20 piece found in the stomach of a cow slaughsered at Mc Minnville, which has been the subject of considerable newspaper comment. It was sent down by the McMinnville bank to be sold, and it is found to be worth $16.75. I' bears date of 1870, but of course it is impossible to say how long it has taken the animal which swallowed it to digest $3 25 off it. The milling is all worn off and the edge is smooth and rounded. The head of Liberty is worn away but little more than the at space around it, and the desiga on the obverse is also quite distinct. WgODCOCK & BALDWINS AGRICULTURAL As in the past, will continue to be the Faithful Exponent of the Best Interests of Benton County and the State at Large. It will faithfully and fearlessly warn the people of wrong, impo sition or approaching danger where the public is interested, never fearing to publish the truth at all times, but will endeavor to always ignore all unpleasant personalities which are of no public interest or concern. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 per year in advance. When not paid in advance, invariably $3.00. 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