Show ITEMS OF sm quarried luar ried from WHY elchan exchanges e s kiebs CULLED CUT DOM aid lemy bits from utah idaho and Alon rater papers Corden condensed sed and A 5 year y earold ear old girl died at the residence of her parents near dayton lyon county last week the ductor doctor pronounced it a case of hun sunstroke stroke the third game rama of a series of five between the virginia and carson baseball clubs played at steamboat springs was won bv by virginia the acore ecore now stands virginia 2 games won carson 1 the white pine bews yews baa has information that ex Governor adams is buy ice ine p up pall all the beef steers be can get pain from 20 to 22 29 per head which is qui quite a an advance over the prices for some years past A a team wagon is hauling lumber from a mill will on the truckee river to verdi on one trip last week feet of lumber was hauled A portion of the lumber is being shipped from verdi to truckee in the lower end ot of lincoln county grasshoppers sraB shoppers have almost devastated evereth everything ing on ibe the llauria and crosby ranches on the muddy they tb a y have dt destroyed royed everything they appear p a r 0 io o be tra traveling northward op up meadow dw valley wash the hay bay crop on an the graceon G gaveon ranch near willow point has all been cut eighteen hundred tons of I 1 this his necessary y article were put up on chiq ranch this year and it only took about bout twenty days to do tho the work as a large force was employed pioche li ecord A party patty 0 of faurley surveyors in the employ of the denver kio grande kail way company t y was at Yoac Yoc bams ranch in meadow w va valley hey wash last saturday this may be more significant than at first appears and we hope something substantial may result the track layers engaged in laying rails mile on the jackrabbit Jack rabbit road near pi cicche cobs were treated to a shock of electricity dining during a thunder storm recently no damage was done bd yond you a slight shock but the rest of the day the men were nervous about handling the steel A 9 year old boy died at virbinia Vir zinia a from the effects of eating green fruit the chronicle says the boy ice in company with ith a companion on cie saturday afternoon visited the grounds surrounding st marys hospital and partook of the green trait fruit on the trees the boy wag was found by one of the attaches of the institution in spasms under the trees and carried home where be he died shortly after the chloride doride Cl belt says webe we believe it is not known to the outside world that about one half of the borax hot of commerce is produced in this see section of the state but such la is the fact nevertheless there are to the south of us twelve or fifteen reducing plants whose joint yield is from COD to tons per month and nearly all of the owners of such plants have become rich in this worlds goods la III producing this useful chemical OREGON the tim saw mills 1 of the sumpter Su capter valley railroad company will start up in a few days A large amount of logs are being delivered at the mills travel haa has begun over the baker city beven seven devils wagon road recently completed no trouble is experienced perien ced by heavily loaded teams duncan bros flour mills at baker city were totally destroyed by an incendiary cen diary fire on the 4 h instant one thousand barrels of flour and pounds of bran went ant up in the blimes fl imes loss mes insurance the iwarney tall valley ey races will begin septem september ar aj the races will close with a grand basket picnic a balloon asce ascension nAlon and parachute dr drop 0 p harney has the best race track in kast east oregon stables and lock stalls built expressly tor for the race stock the third annual fair of the eastern oregon district agricultural society wilt will be held on the grounds of the grande konde Valley Agricultural society half way between lt grande and island city commencing october ath next lasting six days premiums and purses are offered to the amount of no entrance fee will be charged ia III any case except for trials of speed and everybody is invited to bring every meritorious article for exhibition the season for the active ship meats merits of wool is practically over there is wool yet in the state bat but the greater part of the clip baa has been exported arted I 1 what remains will dra drag mug along till the commencement commence met meA of next season the yield last year was estimated at nearly pounds for the entire state toe trio wool merchants 0 of I 1 portland and think that this years will not go more than thia this decrease is doe due it is said bald to the bovere winter from which the flocks have not yet recovered the great engineering work at the mouth of the columbia has BO so far progressed reseed sned that its success is assured and but little more time and m money oney willbe will ba required for ilg completion p ion the construction of the immense jetty has changed the colum ishits shifting channel from a passage 9 for deep sea to a safe and unchangeable channel twenty seven feet deep in tho the shallowest lowest part and soon to be increased to thirty feet the 11 letty itty tramway is now over four miles luny n the inestimable advantage of t the he rim immense merise work to commerce of portland and the columbia river cities can scarcely ba be estimated and can only bo be equaled l by the opening of the upper opper columbia and snake to nav navigation ignation tb ships ia of it the h a deepest draught may now 0 w cros cross s the h e bar alith ith safety eafen y lumbermen of portland are taking intelligent a decisive measures to break up the discrimination in railroad rates that has operated so strongly against their business during the past year there ia is no reason wh why y portland and other points in the northwest should not be entitled to equal consideration in the colorado market with points in the southwest at similar distance from the trade centre contra of that state tha the lumber mens committee have a strong and sod a plain case in the premises and they hope to make tha the officials of the western traffic meo clation see it without farther further trouble than that required to eo go to 0 omaha bil and lay it before them if it they aro are disappointed hinted in ja this however they intend to push the matter furt further er confident that they will be able to secure justice before the I 1 interstate n ter commerce com merca commission ab lumber interests of the northwest are too valuable to be handicapped by freight rates that absorb the profits saya the MONTANA the montana montans Mon tans annual conference of the episcopal church south hag has b been 0 an incorporated by L B stateler A 0 clarke and B E lle Ife burrin helena is the principal place of business on joly july the G granite mountain co declared its regular monthly dividend of 25 05 cents per share an are aagre I 1 I 1 I 1 kite gate ol 01 making th the total em paid in din dividend gince ea april april I 1 1885 just 28 per share daring the past two weeks there has been shipped over the northern pacific about pounds of 0 wool the principal shipments bavo have been from Billinge Bil lim big biz timber and townsend the principal point 0 of destination beine being boston toston A quart bottle nil fall of sapphires sapp hires ia Is a exhibited x at the Merchants National bank in helena all these prec loul stories which when cut are almost as beautiful as the findt finest diamondi diamore di have been found quite recently on the missouri river only a short distance from rom Il helena elena the demand for them is increasing rapidly but the fields have not yet been even partially developed mies alles lydia jones attempted to commit m it suicide at marksville marysville Marys blary ville oville sunday evening first by taking laudanum and afterwards jumping into the mill dam the engineer of mill no 60 50 promptly went to her and came near losing bi his a life both parties finking sinking twice before rescuers reached them the supposed cause of the attempted suicide ia Is some love affair last monday united states marshal furay foray arrested a man in butte tor sending obscene matter through gh the malls maile he IS went to helena where minere A warrant was placed in his bands hands for the arrest 0 of elizibeth shreve of wickes also tor for bendine sending obscene matter through the mails he ile went ant to wickes and arrested the woman the womans comans daughter in law susie susi shreve jill kellogg the th postmaster at wickes and william schreiner were aleo also summoned as witnesses the first named being the be principal witness upon arriving in plena mrs shreve was taken before a united baates commissioner for a preliminary hearing and will ba arraigned on the dinst ifer bail ball was III fixed axe d at which was furnished the helena journal says the tb fact that nineteen varieties of wild fruits flourish in montana many of them abi m being profitable articles of commerce litto convince the most skeptical that this state ia is admirably adapted to the grow ing of domesticated trees plants and that carean care and discretion are alone nece necessary abary t to make this one of the most productive fruit re regions ions in the west both soil and a ad C climate ii at e contribute n tribute their proportions and t the haa a skill kill of man mast must supplement these agencies of nature before montana tans takes her true rank as a fruit growing state the following is a classified list of montana wild fruits one variety of grapes one ot plums plume one of cherries t two wo n of chaw hawthorn one of service berrie berries ore of thimble one of bull two of buckle berries one of strawberries one of raspberries rasp berries three of currants one ct cf gooseberries goose berries one of oregon grape one of elderberries elder berries 0 one ne of jerpe janicer aniber berries |