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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1892)
THE M IG R A T IO N OF F IS H . T he Scottish Fisheries Board has been try in g some interestin g exjxjrimentB w hich go to show th a t fish have a habitat as distin ct and alm ost as confined as th a t of land anim als. Last year som ething soldiers, sailors, professional men, street peddlers, belles and beaux. The m ost beautiful woman in th e city, wife of a nabob, is said to be of ’alf and ’alf ne gro and Indian blood. Formerly ladies used to pay th eir visits and go to church ICRICULTURAL like .'»(MX) fish of various species were in a hammock, the two ends being car- caught, and after l>eing murked returned ried by men servants, who swung th e to th e sea. W HO LESALE A N D R E T A IL D E A L R E S IN A considerable num ber of precious burden between th e m ; but now these have been captured after periods -coaches and carriages are common. ranging from two m onths to one year. As u rule it was found th a t they were cau g h t very near the sam e places where first taken, though in a few instances the m arked fisii had traveled considerable distances. T he inference plainly follows th a t if th e fisii are destroyed in any p ar ticu lar locality it will I mj a long tim e, if ever, before th a t place is restocked. This is som ething for fishermen to consider. ANOTHER ID O L B R O K EN , “ The deadly upas-tree,” found in th e famous Death Valley of Java, has had a most unpleasant reputation, and trav el ers told all sorts of dismal stories about it. They probably heard these reports from the superstitious natives, and did not dare explore th e dangerous region. Merely ty breathe the poisoned atm o s phere where it grows was believed to be G IG A N T IC IR R IG A T IO N S C H E M E . certain death ; and th e valley was said to be covered with the remains of such The Kan Joaq u in ranch is to be ir birds, beasts and reptiles as bad w an rigated ami 20,(XX) acres now produc dered into it. ing barley will l*e m ade susceptible of But an enterprising German traveler cultivation. The schem e is a prodigi lias p u t all these delightfully th rillin g ous fine and m eans flie ex|xm diture of horrors to flight, by actually going into Jf.r>(X),<XX) in th e work. M en and teams th e valley, and w alking all over it w ith a re a t work excavating a ditch, which out finding so much us a dead fly, let w ill lie th irtee n miles und graded around alone th e piled-up corpses so vividly d e th e base of th e Kan Joaq u in hills. The scribed by those who kept at a safe d is S antiago creek, which flows a large suje tance from th e fatal spot. One of th e ply of w ater the year round, will lx, favorite legends of th e valley was th a t dam m ed up in w hat is known as the the swiftest bird fiying over it would narrow s of th e Kantiago canon, and from drop «lead from the poison inhaled ; b u t there th e w ater will I xj led by ditches to Dr. K untse declares th a t it is q u ite as all parts of the Kan Jo aq u in ranch. The healthy a region as any o th e r p a rt of dam will be sixty feet thick a t th e base, Jav a, which |x.‘rhaps is not saying much 120 feet high and ,’KHJ feet wide, and will tor It. There was a weird fascination lx, built of m asonry, ami in th e most about tho deadly upas-tree, and it is no t su b stantial m an n er possible. This dam altogether pleasant to find th a t it was will hack up th e w ater of Santiago creek only a fable. a distance of over a m ile und nearly ARAB L O V E M A K IN G . th ree m iles wide, m aking one of th e largest artificial lakes in th e state. The An A rab loves as none h u t an Arab work is being vigorously pushed along, can love, bu t is also m ightily excitable and its com pletion will lx* hailed with und easily won. An A rab sees a girl delight by all surrounding people. It hearing w a te r or brush wood, and in a m eans th e developm ent of a large a ie a o f m om ent, alm ost a t a glance, is as madly land now sparsely settle«! and h u t poor in love as if he ha«l passed years of ly cultivated. courtship, lie th in k s of nothing else, cares am i dream s of nothing else, but P E C U L IA R IT IE S OF PARA. the girl he loves ; and not unfrequently, B«‘«ls, ns we understand them , an« u n if he is disappointed in his affection, he known in Para, writes F annie B. W ard pines amt «lies. In order to commence In a le tte r from Brasil, hu t ham m ocks I bla Bllit| be ior a m em ber of tbe are hung everyw here, in parlors »ml I g irl’s trib e who has access to th e harem , halls ami «lining rooms, ami along the andt H rit enBUri„g bia Bwrwy by a whole length of th e verandah, to catch BoleniIl oatb> his love and en- every breese th a t is blowing, so th a t any ' treats ,da conrtdant to arrange an j„ ter. num ber of u..ex|xx te«l guests can b e ! view. Tbe POntbbuit goeg to tb e gir, ""lung u p " in a single bouse w ith o u t in- giveB ber a dower or ft bIatb, of gr#M convenience. K scept in tb e m ost ex- ail(, BayBf .«8w ear by „ ¡ , n w|lQ pensive residence. th e front room , only ' , b j. fb>wvr aild UB ft,80 tb a t yQU nQt are ceiled, MP LE ME NTS ENGINES, THRESHERS, ■BINDERS and MOWERS. REAPERS and DRILLS VahiclES nf all kinds. Corner Olive and E igh th Streets., EUGENE, OREGON. 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U ND ER TAK IN G and E M B A L M I N G a SDecialty K All orders for Furniture sent us from the Siuslaw will be shipped from Portland direct. o th e r |»arts of the country. The regu favorably «lisjxxxxl to th e m atch she larly descended Portuguese ami Africans answ ers, “ I swear by Him who made ........ fro ....... : the H .,..., you bold and and the P g AM BERLIN. l.r .th n .« and e l.te r. in othar p a r t.; but ot meeting „,,w ' the,, a n . 1 .« hew. « b ile th e Indian rare r ,MW b r„k(.„ >m| ._ |.r« b .n ln .1 « . In l*ara. a. la no other no, lung below tbe ardent lover Iweome. city , th e alx.rigiuals of Brasil may lx* th e happy husband. seen, Ix t t h in pure bhxxl am i in everv Chrom e yellow, a v e ry , langerous arti- W A T C H E S (xtssihle degree of a d m ix tu re with w hites ele. is very generally used by tak ers and am i blacks ill every s tra ta «4 society. confectioners to a,id beauty of color to R E P A IR E D T hey occupy th e highest governm ent th e ir gixxls ami to give tb e nppearunce ixw iiions, ow n th e grandest m an.ions of a generous use of eggs. an d fin«*st e sta te s, an d figure as c ap ital A ists and serv an ts, priests and p«diticians,1 Kubscribe for Tin: W i ¡ST. F ront S treet , T E W 2 _ © © o e - - © L l c c o o o o e o o_o_c_o ó ©o’® ----------------- , * C LO C K S^ AND JE W E L R Y 1/ A f)D P R O M P T L Y ----------------------------------------------- and W O R K W A R R A N TE D . T 1 L ° U K * c ® V A It I E T Y STO KE. F lorence , O re «05