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wan injured. The area of land iuuv-ed was about ten acres. i:*Fkom K.\vn;nx Ojuiu.o.w—Messrs. J A*»a and David McC'ully, who arrived ( at Salem from Kastem Oregon last week, inform t!ie S(tttr#man that they '9left (Jrand Kuiide \ alley on the 1‘Jlhtinst , crossed the HI tie mountains in a ,sleigh, the tuo*t pleasant modeoftrav- lt;eling under theeirctimstaiices, the snow *being two feet deep on an average. 1At Willow creek the snow was but|{six inches deep and very soft. At iJohn Day s the snow was eighteen (inches, with a heavy crust. The snowgrew deeper as they neared the (Dalles, at which place it was two teet (deep. T ley report that at Antelopevalley and upper Willow creek themow was almost entirely gone. The *cattle in those sections of the counlrv 4•had suffered hut little, and hut few or t none, had died. The severest weath- « er has been experienced in the vicini-* t v of the I )a!les. For i»0 miles around : •the snow is about two feet deep with an icv crust so thick r.s to render it al-most impossible to Bestow upon slock any care whatever. Cattle utterly 1 refuse* to travel and their owners have ; tried in vain to collect them. The weather, however, is moderating and a general thaw is predicted. The dc* I struction of cattle in Kasteru Oregon has been very slight, far less than has been anticipated by the people of the Willameete vallev.• j •Dying.—Col. H. F. Washington,! llie veteran editor of the San Francis- lt;co Ksamint r and one of the ablest \ writers on the Pacific coast, was re-ported dving by yesterday’s dispatch-
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Albany State Rights Democrat
Albany, Oregon, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1872
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