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8. A. CLAI1KE, Msnsgrr.
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HOW TO REDEEM BRUSH LAND.
Tlicro is a largo itiiitity of brush lain! and
lAiid covered with young tlmlier that can bo
easily slashed ami burned over along tha foot
Mil) of tho mountains of Oregon) Inml that is
tho richest wo havu ami valuaMo for grain
growing, or for glass, or for orchard; ricli
Mack noil vt-hcfVi fern grown so luxuriant that
It f not easy to gut through it, and tho inies
tlou in how is thin Inml to ln utilized and
cheaply reduced to cultivation? Having a
Ixxly of j tan t such laml ns this, we aiu alilo to
speak from experienco. Our land nJjoiu
Mohaum on tho Kast, on the Ninth Pork of
tho Sautlam. Two ytarit ago wo wcro up
there' in HcpUmla-r, ami tho llru wu inadu was
Mowed into a Ihtuio ly a high wind, after wo
left, anil Imrucd over tho facaof a steep bluff
and over somo level land on tho hluir. All
tho dry stuff on tho ground and all the stand
ing fern wan destroyed and tho hard and
other brush wan killed down, hut started
again noxt year. To to t tho question of
growing gran on burn over laud, though
ouly coated with a slight layer of ashes, wo
purchased over twenty bushels of mcsijiiito
yrasssccd In thu ehair, and had it towed ovur
all thu luirnt district, hut liavo never wlt
named tho succor of tho experiment until last
week when wo uiado a trip thither, On tho
top of tho hlulT, whero tho fem stood over
flvo feet high, though lirown with front, wu
first noticed thu net of grass. It wan on a
spot of gravel and entirely hidden by tho fern,
but when thin wan parted tho mat of soft grass
underneath completely covered tho ground.
Wo found many acre", much of it thu very
ntfepont hllliidc, covered with brush, fern,
sometime gravelly and occasionally with big
logs, all net to thin beautiful gram. Thin
demonstrate tho caso with which nuch laud
ran bo needed and mado into tho most valua
ble pasture. Whilo wo experimented with
itoft meadow gross, or what wo call in thin
country tnrsipiit grann, it in probable that a
inixturo of grasses would bo preferable) for in
Unco, mift meadow grann, orchard grann,
Kugllsh bluo grann and wliito clovor, theno
mixed would perhaps bo better than any sin.
glo variety. Thu experiment wo tried two
jrw.ru (ju wan under disadvantage that emu
bo avoided, If wo desired to mako a favora
ble experiment, wo should biro thu ground
luhed and tho fern mowed down tho latter
part of July and through August. With tin
tlicro is a great deal of fern and hundreds of
acres with only Mattering hard brush, no tho
cost will not bo moru than a dollar and a half
an acrei then burn it over before tho Kail
rains come, and now mixed grann needn on tho
ashen, and an soon an thu ralun eomo tho need
sprouts and gets a good fttaud in thu 1 Vs. 1 1 and
your pasture in mad. Of comae, tho next
year thu grass will Ik) too tender to put stock
on and thu sprouts will grow and no will thu
lorn, but thu inaii who really wishen to get rid
of thu fern ran tako a hate! wand when tho
toudcr bends coiiiu up and can mow oir tun
acres of them n day, and if thin is repeated
throe times In Juno tho sticiigth of tho plant
in pretty much exhausted mid tho grass gets a
good net. Another year, if sheep and goaU
are run on thu laud, thuy will in three seasons
havo it lit for tho plow, and meantiiuu thu
pasture in full payment for all thu vxpeuso In
curred'. Another thing wu look notice of thu
other day, won that where tho goata had run
on a high ridgu whero the fern wan a )crfcet
forest livo feet high, they had shipped every
stalk no that tho ground wan practically bare.
Tho goats had clone at baud good grans and
plenty of browse, and if they ate the fern it
wan because they wanted to. It is plainly
proved that sheep and goats, if kept nt it a
little close, will clean oil' the young fern
sprouts In tho Spiiug and soon destroy it, and
tho mountain fern is much easier killed than
that which grows down in tho valley.
ly to tho State revenue. Tho fees of clerkn
and abends in all largo comities except
Multnomah are commuted by fixed salaries,
their fees to bo strictly accounted for and to
go Into tho county treasuries. Tho bill to
grant the right of tho Stato to tho public
lovco at Portland to tho Orcgonlan Hallway
Company was passed, without tho clauso
granting right to tiso a tramway through tho
length of Front street ami connect with all
wharves, but ainco its pansago it is discovered
that section two which gave tho right of way
through Water street to reach tho public
levee, was omitted, and tho fact causes great
excitement and leads to accusation of fraud
by somebody. Tho bill provides that tho
company can build out to deep water butcaif
not charge dockaiu for vessels loading or un
loading. Another bill reduces legal intercut
to eight per cent. Tho pliotago bill was
not passer, though that was important, ns
complaint is madu that dec-p ma vessels
havu to submit to extortion in matters of tow
ago and pilotage and that no tug employed
thero ban txjwcr to haudlo large shins in
heavy weather. Tho peoplo through tho
country will bo glad to know that provision
was mado fur tho construction of nu Insano
Asylum, si that in four yearn at tho farthest,
nnd perhaps two yearn time, tho Statu can
navu money by caring for itn insane. .Many
bills were passed to incorporate towns, or to
amend charters of towns already incorporated.
Tho unliiiinhrd mint building nt Tho Dalit's is
donated to Wasco Academy. Tlelicf bills for
county and iiidividualspnssed, many nminciid-
incut to existing lawn passed, various uicmor-
ials to CmigriM wcro adopted, and no doubt
soma important nets will ho alluded to hue
nfter when we can sum up tho whula work of
thu session.
THE TONNAOE QUESTION.
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
The lA'gislatmu has adjourned and gouo
homo, but no intelligent idea of its work van
bo had until oil thu bills havo lieon passed on
by tlu (Inventor and returned to tho Secre
tary of Stato, Win u this is done it will lie
possible to oveihaul tho entire lot of acts that
havo Iwcniuu laws, and give a brief summary
or abstract of what,! accomplished by each,
and show what change havo been mado on
previous legislation. The acts passed are
minicroiu nud touch upon matters of general
importance, but no change or Improvement
has boon made in tho revenue law, which was
needed. And no provision lias been made, ns
was talked of, lor having a commissioner ap
pointed to icvlio tho piesent law and submit
their rev isal for the action of tho next I.cgisl.i
.t!re. The proposed constitutional minuend
incut to prolong tho legislative sessions to
sixty day mid iucieaso incmk'r pay to 1 a
day, pasted) alio bill to have tho legislative
Bcasions commence in October instead of .Sep
tember. A icsolutlou lor iv constitutional
ammciidiuvnt In favor of Woman' SutVerago
was pass through both houses and will have
to be submitted to the next Legislature for it
approval, and if approved by tho Legislature
of 18S2 will be suoHLtted to tho popular vote
at tho June flection in 1884. A law Mas
passed to tax mortgage which will add large
Last week wo summed tip many important
facts for thu bcnclit of Oregon wheat grower
and had tho Independence to show them what
no other journal has shown, that touuago will
bo abundant in a short tlma and that thuy
cannot afford to Ihi victimized by high freights
at this timo when hrcuilstuHs aro lower than
ever known. Wo nru nskcdt What will bo.
comuof tho farmciH If they hold ontu their
wheat and have to pay stoiago, insurance nud
interest on money? All wheat that Is ware
housed has to pay ono year's storage, nt nny
rate, nud interest and insuraiico on wheat nt
a valuation of "" tents a bushel will cost alKiut
"J cents n bushel for threo mouths, nud per
haps Ions, nud inside of three months wo may
look forn freight reduction that will leavotho
farmer 10 cents prolit nliovo that.
It is conceded by all parties that wo may
look for lower freights nfter nwhilc, no there
is no difTercuca on that point, except it may
bo as to how much lower wu may expect them
todrop. It in claimed that wu shall havo to
chart) r at San l'rancisco mid pay a premium
on curicnt rates theru to get them to como to
the Columbia river, and if, tho tonnage theru
in to be so abundant by January and February
w u may look for freight no tow that wo can
Herd to rcchartcr thorn. This in an uncom
mon year in this respect) that wheat In no low-
in Kuropo that we havo not much to fear if
able to hold over. Ordinary years, when
wheat is a good price, it is necessary to ship it
bcfoie the llrnt of March to iiiauro Its arrival
at itn destination so an to get tho curicnt rates,
w hilo thin year it is an nafu to ship In thu
Spring and take tho dinners that wheat
abroad will lio an good prico tlicro after har
vest an now. It cannot well bo lower and
freights cannot well bo higher, no wo stand ns
well to hold nn to ship now, especially with
certainty that fi eights must drop nnd the pro-
liability that foreign prices may advance.
While wo aro making thin hold stand against
high freights and furnishing tho producers of
Oregon and Washington with facts relating to
tonnage of great importance, tho leading news
papers of thu State nru quarreling over politics
nnd their readers nru in ignorance an to the
truo stato of things that their prosperity de
pends on, Tho publisher nud editor of the
I'.MiMxu iahinowu maikct reporter nud digs
out the f tets for himself, whereas, tho same
business is left by others, who claim much
more imvortnucc, to reporters hired to fill tho
paHTiip, who much of thu time take the
wonl of the whrat shipper without question.
Undtr thco circumstances it seems an if thu
best thing our farmer can do is to give this
Journal such a universal support that it can
do still better work. There is no farmer who
has a hundred bushels of wheat for sale w ho
cannot allurd the prico of n year subscription
to nave last week paper to read.
CODXDNT RAISE CORN.
Several yearn ago Mr. R. K. Thompson pot
in conversation with a discouraged emigrant
who was coming down tho Columbia river
from Umatilla, making bitter complaint of
tho country. Mr. Thompson asked himi
"What Is the matter with the country?" And
tho answer vvnsi "What can 1 do in it country
whero 1 enn't rniso corn?" Ilowns told thnt
wo raised many things hero hotter than corn,
but ho had been used to tho Mississippi valley
nml had raised corn all his life, and when he
found himself, with his wife nnd two boys,
dropped down In n country where a cornstalk
was almost a ratity, ho' felt ns If the world
had gono back on lilm, nnd would have struck
a straight lino ol travel homo to Missouri, only
that bin linances had run low nnd ho couldn't
pay his traveling expenses back again. Mr.
Thompson encouraged lilmto bcliovo that
ho could do well here. Ho advised him to eo
out on tho Knit side of Portland nnd rent n
picco of land of some of the farmers thirc,
who would bo glad to give him n chinco to
miss vegetables on shares, and predicted that
ho could do better on a small picco of land
thiro than on iv big corn farm homo In Mis
souri. Three years passed by and ono day
Mr. T. wns hailed by a countryman who was
selling n load of vegetables to tho 0. S. X.
Co., who reminded him of their first meeting
and told him of what success ho had follow ing
Ins advice. I ho ndvi;o was o food that he
had never forgotten the giver of it and was
glad of an opportunity to tender his acknowl
edgments. Ho said ho went out, as advised,
rented a piece of land to raise vegetables on
shares, mado something over expenses the first
year, purchased twenty-fivo acres of land, of
which ho had twenty clearod and in cultiva.
tion, had n house on it, had a good team and
wagon, nil paid for, thought Oregon tho best
country In the world, nud wan no longer won
dering what he could do in a country where
mey mini t raiso corn. 'Hint is a good story
and has all tho merit of being true.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
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THE WOMAN'S SUFFERAQE QUESTION.
Wo happened to bo at Salem tho other
evening w lieu tho Indies of tho Woman's Suf
fragu Association and their friends celebrated
tho passago of thu resolution to submit tho
question of tho popular rote, nud listened to
niiiinntcd speeches from Mrs. Ijviighary, ol
Yamhill, Mrs. Diinivvay, nud others, nud also
from distinguished friend of tho movement
nmoiig tho other sex. Tho ladles have evi
dently conducted tho campaign with skill and
tact, and their success in naturally matter for
great congratulation on their part It is a
question that must bo met and answered in the
near future, but wo llud that great opposition
comes from a majority of tho women them
selves, as many of tho most intelligent seem
to feel repugnance at tho proposition and have
no desire for more or other Inlliicnco in public
niralr than they now possits through family
relations, and by personal advocacy of their
views. It is a matter for tho moit careful
nud profound deliberation, and if tlicro is a
necessity for it. Woman' Sullrago should lo
established, but not ngnnst tho wishes of a
great majority of thoso interested. Our
position Iim always been that whenever tho
women of tho United Stitcs desiro it nml
mako that deairo known tho nullrngo will
be granted them. In tho r ml this matter has
to bo acted on by a direct vote of tho peoplo
of Oregon, which cannot bo taken before 18SI,
and in the meantime tho Woman' Suffrage
Association of Oregon will do all they can, no
doubt, to work up n popular sentiment in
frvor of the movement.
Tiiciuday, October 21sl.
In tho Scnato the following House bills
pasedi
To regulate rato of interest.
To amend charter of Portland,
To prevent infectoius diseases among sheep.
Tho Governor returned the bill granting the
public levco at Portland to Orcgonlan Kailway
Company, with his objections, and tho Senate
passed it again, "over his veto, by ayes, 22(
noes, 8,
Amending mining laws.
For Astoria and Wlnncmucca Railroad,
Incorporating Sheridan city.
For relief of J. Quinn Thornton.
For organizing school districts.
To prevent salo of liquors within four miles
of government works.
Relating to times of holding terms of courts.
Amending act creating Lake county.
In tho House the following bills passed t
For publication of school laws and road
laws fordlstiibiition.
Ueucral appropriation lull.
S. II. amending incorporation of Albany.
S. II. amending school law,
S. 11. for relief of Mrs. A. L. Stlnson.,
Housa agreed to Scnato amendments
Portland charter.
In jint convention tho two houses elected
tho following olliccrsi
For Pilot CommUVoners J. A. Ilrown, of
Poitland, J. (1. Huestler and J. H. I). Gray,
of Astoria.
For register LnOrando office, D, V. Lich
tcnthalcr, of Union.
For locks commissioner at Willamctto falls,
M. C. Athcy, of Oregon City.
Stato Librarian, William Lisle, of Dallas.
Fliliuv, October 22d.
In tho Scnato following bills passcdi
To amend act to crcato I-ako county.
For protection of fish in Silver lake, Union
County, ond Wallowa river.
For fish ladder at falls of Willamotto.
General appropriation bill.
For relief of J. Quinn Thornton.
For tho W. V. Co. R. R. Co. to bridge
tho Willamctto river nt Albany.
Making Decoration Day legal holiday,
To prevent swinu ruunliignt largu in certain
counties.
Relativo to order to bo mad nnd enforced
by circuit judges.
To authorize convict lalxir to bo contracted
at not less than 30 cents a day.
To refund tho war debt.
Amending tho incorporation net.
In tho Homo tho following bill passed:
Allowing defendants to testify in criminal
cues.
For relief of Umatilla county.
Granting certain rights to Orcgonlan Rail
wny Company; this won returned with tho
Governor' veto and passed again 10 to 1.1.
To regulate measurement of aavv loirs.
Defining duties of School Lands Hoard.
Amending fenco law,
STATE NEWS.
INFLUENCE OF JOURNALISM.
It is all bosh to claim that nowapapcr ran
cany public opinion with them and am dan
gerous or valuable simply Iwcauso they have a
u hlo circulation nnd a news mnnoixdv. Wo
have in mind nvertain new sppr that seems
to think It position is such that its opinions
are gospel, w hicii has not succeeded in nny
matter that it has especially advocated for a
year past, while itn liitluenru with tho lato
Legislature wan on an inverse ratio, or, per.
haps, tho Legislature was like the Iiishmau'n
pig nud went by contraries. To Ik influential
it is necessary to be right, and by having n
rrputatioii tor right doing and right judgment
to inspire coiilidence. Tho average public
vveiglia newspaper opinion critically and
correctly, and when it is auUMiieil. nnd venal.
and selfish, nud dishonest, the average public
do not need to be told of it. It is a gxxl deal
so, also, with an average Legislature.
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A. 1). RlHlKiv, living near Lvitchv ille, ay
tho Palouse Gazette, send us loino red vv inter
wlcat, sowed but November and threshed in
September. OlY of eight acre ho threshed
four hundred and nine bushels, or about fifty
ono and ono-elgthth bushels per aero. Mr. J.
Warmoth inform us that his machine thresh,
ed twenty-tlve thousatid bushels of grain this
season, the average yield of wheat being
thirty-tlve busheh per acre. On Lloyd'
ntuclt tho oat yield was. fifty biuheh per acre.
AT ME0ANIC8' FAIR.
Mr. A. M. Smith, of llucna Vista, showed
a deal of enterprise in thu matter of pottery
moulding nt thu Mechanic' Fair. A corner
of tho pavilion was devoted to n lino exhibit
of his wares ready nml complete for market,
besides showing tho way in which it was
moulded out of tho wet clay. Mr. Nast
stood by the lathe mid moulded jars, jugs nnd
vnses out of tho earth, shaping them like
magic. This exhibit of tho practical working
in pottery drew crowd of people who seemed
never to tire of watching thin most primitive
of nil arts, the moulding of clay in the potter'
hand. .Mr. Smith ha unite extensive work
at llucna Vista, where ho also manufacture
quantities of tilo for drain and sowers, we
visited his place last year, nud were surprised
to seo the extent of tho works nnd quantities
of (lottery vvuro that ho had in store nud won
shipping oil through tfie' country.
A little engine run by coal gas attracted
much attention, and looked as if it might lo
very useful when little power was desired.
Tho brass works on exhibition tell of an
other Iioiiki industry to Keep our money
among ourselves, nud furnishing employment
for skilled labor. Various article of bras
of Hue workmanship wcro displayed, beside
two models of lell that had liecn cast by this
linn, one weighing 1,."00 pound.
The hardest working man in that building,
worked indifatgably to show how his patented
saw would rut a ten-foot log horizontally,
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The Narrow Oauco Railroad.
Work on the Ivist side ha been pushed with
all Hssiblo speed but delay has been caused
by the impossibility of getting bridges built.
as lumber and tnnlicr could not li procured
a wanted. Hut that dilliculty ha been
overcome nnd now the finishing up and track
laying progresse m fast a ixwuible. Tho
company confidently expect to lave the road
complettdtoSeioby the 13th of November,
and to HroM nsvillu early in December. At
present the const ructiou trains occupy tho
road mid require all it facilities, but ome
frtight is taken up and soon urraugmvut will
lo made to transport grain aud carry all freight
that is necessary to satisfy local traffic.
Th Friend of DillcaU Ladle.
... . Tli lioUwrt Uk-iiii.
arner Safe Kiduey aud Liver Cure is
the remedy that will ram 11. m. v- .l.'.....
peculiar to women. Headache, neuralgia,
disordered nerves, weakne, mental uoek,
and kindled ailment are effectually removed
by it use,
Satcmiav, October 23d.
In tho Scnato following bill passcdt
To organizo school for deaf mute.
Tho customary resolutions ol thank to oil
ccrs wcro passed, nnd Senate adjourned siuo
die.
In tho Homo tho following Scnato bills
passed i
For relief of H. D. Sauliorn ami J, Van
lluerden.
Requiring County Clerks and Sheriffs to tilo
semi-annual statements.
For relief of Jackson county.
For relief of Marion county.
To prevent tug lioat discriminating be
tw ecu vessels.
Ivitablishing boundary between Josephiti
and Curry counties.
Reducing salary of Superintendent Peniten
tiary. Homo adjourned sino dlo.
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It la estimated that tho production of wool
through thu wold has increased 400 per cent,
in tho past forty years, Tho total in 1837 is
given at .T.'O.OOO.OOO pound and that for 1878
at 1,5811,000,000 iwuuds. These total are
mado tip oft 1st, tho Ktirnpeaii product, 2S0,.
000,000 pounds in 1833, nnd "40,000,000
pounds in 1878:2d, the River Platte product,
22,0O0,O0O pounds in 183S and UO.000,000 In
1878) 3d, tho United Slates product, 10,000,.
(XX) pound in lKIS and 203,000,000 pounds in
1878) -1th, the Australian product, 0,000,000
pound in 1S33 nud 3.10,000,000 pounds in
1878) fltli, tho South African product, 2,000,.
000 pound in 1833 nnd -18,000,000 in IS78.
Thcso figure are unwashed wool. The total
of 1878 iu cleansed wool t MO.000,000 pounds
Instead of 1,5S1,000,000. Of this product,
Great llritniu, with 230,000 operative nnd
.1,100,000 spindles, consume 3SO,000,000
pounds washed wool) France, with l"0,00
operative and . 100, 000 spindles, consume
330,000,000 pound unwashed wool, chielly
from the River Platte, which only turns out
alout 30 per cent, of clean wool; Germany,
with 120,000 operative and 1,400,000 spin
dles, consumes 1111,000,000 pounds) the
United State, with 120,000 operatives aud
I, IW.IKX) sjmullcs, .-,Hi,ixx),ln.J poumls) (ti.
sia, Austria, etc., with 223,000 operative
and 1,800,000 spindles, 400,000,000 pounds.
Tho total number of operatives who worked
np the product of 1878, then wo 013,500, aud
of spiiidlc 12,000,000.
Diphtheria, in malignant form, is do
ing terriblo destruction nt Goldendalo.
Tlio Grant county Netcs says car
penters aro all very busy now in Can
yon City.
Itobt. Abrams will clear 15 acres
south of Scattlo and sot it out in
prunes.
Tho Colfax Tribune tells of potatoes
raised by T. J. McFeron that weigh 8J
pounds.
Irving, Lano county, hai 08,000 bush
els of wheat stored nnd none, as yit hus
been shipped.
Tho citizens of Mcdicina lako wish to
secure a first-class educational institu
tion tlicro.
J. W. Brasfield has concluded to open
business again nt J unction whero he
was so long iu trade.
Eugeno Fairhurst, lOyearSold, broko
Ins nun while playing near tho garrison
buiulingH at lhu Dalles.
Tho Mountain Sentinel says Union
cannot accommodate all tho peoplo who
would like to como thero to live.
Diphtheria has broken out iu Dalles
City nnd every precaution will bo taken
to prevent tho spread of tho disease.
Tho receipts of tho Grant County
Fair was 771 2p. 11. O. Trowbiidgo
was elected President for tho ensuing
year. ,
Typhoid fovcr races at Linkvillc,
supposed to bo duo to infections iu tho
air of that region from cnttlo that died
last Winter.
Tho Attoriun says a large lot of ties
nro being cut near Oak point to bo
used by tho Northern Pacific Itn il road
above- Suako river.
Tho Guard says that hist week tho
barn of D. It. Lnkin, thrco miles below
Kugeno was destroyed with tho contents
by fire, Loss $3,000; insurance $2,000. j
Win. Kiddlo, of Jackson county, is
adjudged liisnne.
Silverton needs a hotel to keep up
with its progress.
Efforts to raiso tho Telfair by lighter
ing aro unsuccessful.
Tho diphtheria provails on Wagner
creok,-Jackson county.
Thero aro 205 scholars in attendance
at Ashland Academy.
Tho Ashland 2'ulings learns that tho
Earl of Airlio visited tho Yreka fair.
Col. Geer, of Waldo Hills, sold a
fino "Black Stranger" colt to II. a
Reid.
Thomas Thrasher, nn old citizen of
Linn county, recently died in Umatilla
county.
A rich quartz lead has been struck on
Indian creek, in Grizzly gulch, near
Yreka.
Tho mining of conl at Nowport has
almost ceased, becauso vessels nro so
scarce.
A now steamer will probably bo
built on Coos bay to tako tho placo of
too lultair.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nyo, of Pendlo
ton, lately celebrated their golden wed
ding-nay.
Tho Pendleton Oreijonian learns that
Win. Reid and others propose to Btart
a bunk thero.
Tho Count Jfull says tho potato crop
on Coos river ranges from 200 to 300
bushels por acre.
W. T. Smith, on tha Littlo Grenivo.
wood ranch, Umatilla county, cantured
a pair of young elk.
Jloiijainin Frceland. a soldier of 1812
and n resident of Linn eountv ninm
1853, died last week.
Cnpt, Wilkinson has irono ntrnin to
tho Sound for recruits for his Indinn
school at Forest Grove,
Edwin, son of James Masters, livino-
on Catching slough, Coos county, was
miicu wy a ireo lulling on nun.
Tho schooner Truckeo in coins out of
Coquillo river, went on tho rocks, but
it wn thought sho would got oil'.
D. II. Mount, of Silverton, has
hnishfd Jus contract to furnish pilin
from Ray's Landing to Lobanon.
Mrs. Annio MoEldowney, wifo of
v m. .vior.Kiowiuiy and daughter of A.
Luolling, died at Hillsboro of brain
fever, ngt'd 25.
Tho Pendleton Tribune says tho
County Clerk of Umatilla county has in
two years drawn over $1,000 in scu'p
from tho county.
Tho Jhrnocrutic Times says somo mis
crcant burned John Cimliorsky's cabin,
on Cantrell gulch, and also his reser
voir, during his absence East.
Tho soundings on Coos ly thus far
show that tho channel h decidedly im-
proving; supposed to bo duo tn tl.n
elloct of tho crib work in shaping the
luuem.
David Nowsomo writes a letter to tho
Attorian and claims that ho oncouragod
Win. Reid to start his his narrow gaugo
roads up tho valley, nnd that ho has
diawn Jfiy Gould's attention this way,
nnd ho intends to build up Astoria and
Clatsop county. Wo shall look for
property to rise down thero I
L'ist Friday ovening tho store and
rcsidenro of S. Friedman, at Iluona
Vista, was totally destroyed by fire.
Tho storoand goods was valued at $14,
000 and insured for $7,000. Furniture
a total loss. Tho firo occurred about 10
o'clock, and is supposed to bo thu work
of an incendiary.
Tho Roiso Democrat says tho number
of emigrant wagons that havo passed
through Roiso this season was quito
laige. Mr. Nicholson, toll-keeper of
the bridge at this place, crossed nbout
175 wagons, and Mr. Lytcll, who owns
tho bridge ten miles nbovo town, crossed
about tho samo number. Many trains
also passed down on tho south side of
Snako river.
ITKKITOIUAL.
A profound sensation has been created iu
Russia by the second announcement of an
Odca newspaper, the Xesnik, that ono of
the local firm of merchant has purchased, in
addition to pevious purchases, 100,000 bushel
of American vv heat through a western American
firm. The rato of purchases is I rouble .43
copeck, 3 3d, or say, 78 cents, in tho United
State money, per ood (a pood i thirty-six
pounds). The delivery is to be this coming
October, at Odessa. This is like carrying
coal to Newcastle, since Odessa is the graiu
port of Russia, and indicate that th report
o often made and so often denied, ef failure
of the Russian crop are probably true. Yet
the sluiqrisli Kuropean demand tor American
w beat indicate no lack in the Russian crop.
llio eston leader saya that on tho
farm of F. W. Johns, on Reed moun.
tain, is a field of about 50 acres. This
was sown in wheat on tho 1st of May.
Tho yield is 31 bushels to tho aero and
G2 pounds to the bushel.
Railroad men nt Scio, tho Silverton
.ippetil says, got on a spree, broko open
tho calabooso and took ono of their
crowd out, beat a policeman and made
things very lively thereabouts.
Judgo Peck, of Camas prairie, who
kept account, tells tho Idaho Democrat
that 180.000 head of cattlol .10.900
head of sheen aud about 2.000 hr-nd nf
horses passed through there during tho
past season, for tho Eastern markets.
Thirty-two cents each is what tho O.
It. A N. Co. now pay for tics in Colum
bia county, W. T.
A wliulo, found on tho west slioro of
Whidoy's Island was twenty-fivo feet
long and yielded over fifteen barrels of
oil.
Tho peoplo of tho northern counties
of Idaho held n mooting lately at Lewis
ton, and uk to lw unnoxed to Wnsli
ton. Ed. Vandcnburg.who lives in tho Dluo
Mountains, rnised 100 bushels of Peer
less potatoes averaging two pounds each
iu weight,
Prisoneis iu tho Walla Walla jail at
tempted to got out thn other night, but
Sheriff Thompson discovered them in
timo to pro vent escape, after thuy had
filed tlu locks oh" tho iroudoors uud due
a noin in tno corner ot tho cell.
An exchange says: Mr. John More
house, of Umatilla county, reports that
a man wns stopped whilo traveling from
Weston to Dry creek by thrco highvvny
nipii, who robbed him of a $110. Uma
tilla is now getting up quito a repu
tation. At Eugene, tho property of G. W.
Parks, Esq., narrowly escaped destruc
tion by ilic, Mr. Rankin, who livos
there, uwokoaud found that sparks had
set firo to tho carput and tho honso was
on fire, but finally succeoded in putting
it out
Tho fellows who tried to humbug tho
residents of this valley onco by pretend
ing to rcpiesont an Ohio nursory. nnd
boiling fancy trees and plants at out
rageous prices, nro said to bo at work
now iu tho Upper country.
Whilo tho President was at Port
Ulakely thoy took n saw log 150 feot
long uud ! 1 inches in dionfotcr at tho
small end nnd sawed it into squaro tim
ber for tho him to tako back as a
memouto.
Tho Scattlo Coal Company is now
working on a voin 15 foot thick, said to
bo superior in quality to all tho rest.
Tho Watchman s.iys a Ncz Perco In
dian shot and killed nt tho Umatilla
agency, a nephow of Ilnvvlish Wampa
Siuco tho transfer of tho Scattlo nnd
Wnlla'Walla Rajlroad tho property in
tho south end of So.tttlo is in good de
mand, ami tho Intelllijencer says n plat
has been filed for a now addition to tho
town.
Tho Union says many horses havo
been missed from tho vicinity of Walla
Walla, Somo bold thieves unhitched a
horho from n. team, and saddlo horses
havo been untied and rode off from tho
streets of tho town.
gr iTL.US UV TtiLEtJllMI'lI.
Immigration durinc September was 5,87ff.
Insurgent Kurds have destroyed several
Persian villages.
Gold shipments from Kurona In AmmVi.
continue to bo very heavy.
Tho ceremony of oliurching tho Queen of
Spain is reported as a very imposine affair.
Republicans writu from Thhivum .ml !"...
tucky, claiming great gains in thoso States.
Agent Ilcrry, of the Uto Reservation, is
under arrest and in custody of an U. S. Mar
shal. Standard dollar aro in circulation with in
creasing volume, evidently becomiiiK mere
popular.
A short fight i reported between tho lla.
uto (South Africa natives) and Kngliih
troopi, near Capo Town.
Morey Is so plentiful at Montreal that tho
bank wont pay interest on deposit as they
can t llud use for the money.
Knos, W. P. O. candidato for Congriss in" ,
San rraucisco, has withdrawn in favor of
Con. Rusecraus, Democratic caudidaie.
Tho vote of Iudlaua for Governor stood,
Porter (Republican) 230.201. Lander, lilem.
oerat) 222,740, Grugg (Greenback) 14.803.
Tho Porto has again promised tho speedy
surrender of Dulciguo) the Sultan lias ordered
Risa Pasha to give up the placo within fivo
days.
The Slgual Servico Trans-continental Mil
itary tclciirsph from llismarck, Dakota, to
Dayton, Washington Territory, is now com
pleted. W. T. McLean, Superintendent of the Rock
Creek Mine, three miles from Auburn, Cal.,
was crushed by a ciuarU mill mortar weighing
three ton.
It is reported that tho Peruvian Govern
ment ha accepted the mediation of the United
States, as has also Chili, and peace iu South
America is looked forward to.
M. Do Lessens assure tho Panama author- ,
ities that soon tho fiuaucial matter relating
to the csnal will be arranged and commence,
ment of work will immediately follow.
Cavanac, State SupervUer of Registration
for Louisiana, has been arretc4 by United
State Supervisor Pearson, for keeping tha
registration book open longer than required
by law.
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