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The O. C. & E. Railroad.
About two dozen new freight
cars, which are to be used on the
Astoria road, on its completion,
have been received by the O. C. &
E. railroad, and will be put into
use on this road until they are
needed on the Astoria line. They
are fine large cars manufactured by
the Ensign Manufacturing Co., of
Huntington, W. Va.
The cars are now on the 0. C.
& E. yards in Albany. They are
34 feet cars, fitted with air brakes
with a capacity of 40,000 pound?
each, and are first-class iu every
respect.
It is also learned that a lot of cars
for this road and the Astoria line
are being refitted at the Southern
Pacific Company's shops in Sacra
mento. It is believed by many
that the Southern Pacific Co. will
eventually own both the O. C. &
E. and Astoria road. There is
good ground for the belief also that
the O. C. & E. road will be extend
ed into Eastern Oregon this year.
The company recently placed orders
for three million feet of bridge
timbers and ties with the saw mills
along the eastern division of the
road, and this material is being
distributed along the road as fast
as sawed. This work has been
prosecuted all winter, which looks
as if it were being hurried forward
to prepare for construction work
during the summer. Those who
ought to know say there is good
reason to expect the extension of
the road into Eastern Oregon at an
early day, and that it will be under
taken this summer. ' It is to be
hoped these surmises will prove
correct. Albany Herald.
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"What is the matter with Ore
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There is nothing in the world the
matter with Oregon. But with a
very large part of her people there
is much the matter. They are lazy
and improvident. They don't like
to work, and will not work, if they
can help it. Then, in their idle
hours their heads are filled tip with
stuff mischievous and notions fool
ish. They want to make "good
times" by reform of society and
government. Their thought is
centered on this folly. So yester
day, a citizen of Portland, who said
he had a call for eight men, to be
sent to work out of town on a job
where the wages would give them
$2 2 to $24 a month clear, declared
that it was a troublesome commis
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people of Oregon. They do not
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meantime they want society and
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Notice.
A 9tray cow. Color red and
white. Mark upper slope off of
both ears. Owner please call and
pay for feed and advertising.
E. C. Pains,
Chitwood, Oie.
A Word About Pruning.
Speaking on this subject Prof.
U. P. Hedrick, in a recent bulletin
issued by the Oregon Experiment
station, says:
This is the season of the year
that the tree butcher gets in his
work. The "expert pruner" with
ax, saw and a pair of hedge shears,
and who trims trees down to mere
stumps, is about offering his ser
vices. Orchardists should give
him a wide berth. This is appli
cable to all parts of Oregon, but
the thought has been suggested by
Institute workers returning from
Southern Oregon who report over
pruned orchards as about the worst
feature of orcharding in that part
of the state.
A healthy tree well headed at
the start, the head twenty to thirty
inches from the ground, neprls only
to have deformed, crotched. an.dJ
crossed limbs removed, with how
and then a branch taken out to
thin out the top. The shape of the
tree should be governed by .pinch
ing, and removing small twigs with
a budding knife. All other prun
ing is unnecessary, and a wanton
destruction that seriously impairs
the vitality and usefulness of the
tree.
The Canning Season.
At present the outlook for the
fishing season down the Columbia
river not as bright as it ought to be.
Two bad seasons would be disastrous
to Astoria and hurtful to Portland.
Unless some radical change is
brought about in the present rela
tions of canners and fishermen, there
is a strong probability that few sal
mon will be packed. The situa
tion is exceedingly complicated,
owing to the organization of the
new Fishermen's Packing Company,
and the influnce of the stockholder's
of that concern in the affairs of the
Columbia River Fishermen's Pro
tective Union. It is stated upon
what is apparently the best of au
thority that a resolution was recently
passed by the union providing that
members of that organization shall
deliver salmon to the new cannery
and accept in payment a pro rata of
such sums as may be derived frcm
the sale of the goods, but that no
salmon shall be delivered at other
canneries fot less than 4 cents a
pound. It is also stated that, while
the men who may supply the new
cannery will be nominally stock
holders therein, the paid-up stock
is preferred, attached to it being a
guarantee of interest that shall pre
cede in order of payment the settle
ment of fishermen's claims for raw
material furnished. Numbers of
union men are said to be much
dissatisfied in consequence, fully
appreciating the unfairness and ab
surdity of a rule which compels 1
them to accept a pro rata of the
proceeds of the sale of the fish (less
interest on preferred stock), while
prohibiting them from delivering
salmon at other canneries for less
than a fixed sum.
At present the members of the
union in good standing number less
than 500, as compared with over
3,000 last summer, a fact which
enabled the stockholders of the new
cannery to so manipulate the pro
ceedings at a recent meeting of the
union as to distribute among their
own number every prominent office,
as well as nearly all of those of
minor importance. Evening Tri
bune.
The great mill at Carson has been
finished as has also a most persistent
and overbearing blowhard. We are
glad Corbett was whipped and we
are daily praying for something of a
serious nature to happen to Fitz-
simmons and all the rest of the
prize-fighting fraternity, that the
civilized world may be relieved of a
most unpleasant reflection on the
word "humanity. '
Notice To Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon,
for the County of Lincoln :
In the matter f the estate of Wm. Megginaon,
deceased :
"IKOTICE IS HEREBY G1NEN THAT THE
1" undersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Wm. Megginson,
deceased, by the county court of the state of
Oregon, for Lincoln county. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate are required to
present the same, properly verified, to me at
my residence In the city of Newport, county of
Lincoln, Oregon, within aiz months from this
date.
Dated at Newport, Oiegon, February, 25, 1897.
JOHN STIMPSON, Administrator.
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon,
February 27, 1897.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk of Lincoln County, at Toledo, Oregon, on
May 19, 1897, viz:
LINDKKED T. SKINNER: H. E. 9,971,
for the southwest of section 8, township 10
south, range 8 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Harry 8. Porter, of Nashville, John P. Hamar,
of Mortons, Charles H. Everett and John F.
Bensen, of Nashville.
ROBERT A. MILLER, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Oreiron Cltv. )rinn.
February 27, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has tiled his intention of making fin
al proof in support of his claim, and that said
Eroof will be made before the County Clerk of
incolii County, at Toledo, Oregon, on April 17,
1897, viz:
WILLIAM WAKEFIELD, H. E. No. 8,682,
for the southwest of southeast . east of
southwest Yt, and southeast Yt of northwest
section V2, town 11, south, range 9 west.
He names the following witnrBses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Irvin Magee, William F.
Hyde, and Brown Hawkins, of Eddyville, Ore
gon, and John L. Hyde, of Toledo, Oregon.
ROBERT A. MILLLER,. Ueglstet.
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Oregon City. Oregon,
February 19, 1897.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
following-namtd settler haa filed notice of
hia intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said Droof will be made be
fore the County Clerk Of Lincoln county, at
Toledo, Oregon, on May 19th. 1897, viz:
CHARLES H. EVERETT; H. E. 9,942,
for the northwest J-i of section 10, township 10
south, range 8 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Charles A. Bensen. John F.
Bensen and John V. Hamar, all of Nashville,
Oregon, and Lindf red T. Skinner, of Mortons,
Oregon.
ROBERT A. MILLER, Register.
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