



iltlO. 



OREGON. 



aestioo has re- 

 ported *rc. 



mat* 



v .,-,-, - 



and in the 111 



being demll with by the provinces. 

 Min statement issued by th<- I 



if M mo* gives the figures of th< mining industry 



.111*, like e\er>thil... 



< been depressed. It -). imi-.-r 



of patents israea as ; .imrisun with ',:; 



In iSs; the leases 66, again -t : 

 from lease*, seles, and rentals as f 17. 



$96. 1''*- -us years. The t..ta. 



of thr mineral pntdin-t during tin- year 



. tp da ,wti SM.MXS.T.-.S, 



hall III !"!:{. The |eople ell- 



gafd in the industry numbered 6,075, and the 

 wajp* paid were $1340,289. Compared i:h 

 tho previous Tear, the people employed were re- 

 .ud the wages paid by $100.000. 

 id u -.tries made good 

 prodni tlOD "f th- f-.rm.-r l..-in^ 

 equal to 2.-*.: \ "f th.- hit I. 



of metal, compared with < ^ i.t::i tons, 



respective!;, in 1808. The pro f gold 



was $32.96" t he same as in 1898. 



M itistira of Crime. There was an increase 

 of 831 committals over 1893, half of which arose 

 from petty larceny, trespass, and burglary. The 

 average cost perjprisoner was a little less than 

 14 cents a day. The inspector, in his annual re- 

 port, dwell* upon the decrease in the nutn 

 professional tramps, and the success of Mrin 

 discipline and eompulsory work in jails in deal- 

 ing ass. 



Loan Compmnleii. The report for 1894 shows 

 in lending money 

 They had a sub"- 

 scribed capital of $94.07.711. with Mal.il: 



WO.582,921: d-po>its from tho 

 public of $18352,607; debentures payabl. in 

 Canada, $9,789,799, and payable elsewhere, $51,. 

 01 4.5 1 loans on real estate aggregated 



IllVOOO.OOO. 



E4 if at Ion. Tho nchool system is under tin: 

 control of the Mini- 1 u-ation, and the 



schools are undenominational, although the 

 .: k ' . ': i tit all Hired --parai.. s--h....N 

 under the terms of confederat -at ion 



between the ages of seven and thirt< 

 pulsory for not less -than one hundred days in 

 the year, bat the law is not very rigorously en- 

 forced. The figures of the Education Depart- 

 ment for the year 1894 are as follow : 



i SC-.'JI in lS!)-,\ Tho 

 iln- vessels enpiu"! in : 



or lak.- tra-: 



.i-fil with '.' -ii- in tl, 



ni:n,o\. 



th- I'm.. i, 



miles. Th.- |xi|inhitii'ii was I- 



was 862.7, 



J.on-rn mi-lit. Tho foil 

 oiTH-.-r- .luring tin- yi 



llarri-oii M 



I'hiliji M.-ts.-liaii : AU.TI 

 ('. M. l.llcman: Adjutant (i.-n.-nil. K 

 ell. \\ ! 1 aid wa- BUCcn-di-d ii. 



I'.. Tuttlr; Sui'Critltflldrlll "f I'u! 

 .{ruction, ' 



II. U. Compson, I. A. 

 .in. .lames I. 1-Mdy: Pilot <'oinmi>- 



I'.. I . I'ackanl. .lohn 

 .h^licc ,f tlir Sujip-nif Court. 

 Frank A. M 

 W.il vert on all Kcjnihlicans. 



Malr ( rnsiis Tin- census tak.-n ii 

 gives tin- followin.Lr n-ult- for tin- count 





. 



89 companies doing business 

 on mortgages of real estate. 



Bcataa.... 



Cbkksnss. 



(.. -a -.[..... 



C.-Iiunhia. 

 C008 ..... 



Crook ..... 

 Curry ..... 



QflHsm. 



Grant 



H.irn.-v 



Kl.tnath 



Linn 



Malhcur. . . 



Marion 



Morrow 



Muitnom.il,. 

 Polk .. 







MM 



080.115 





Ml 



Tilbmook.. 

 CmatHla.... 



va..., 



Wtsblnirton 

 Yamhlll... 



Itt 

 054 



11.T1-.I 



4.-.C, 



SOT 



2,640 



T,(JW 

 MM 



1,816 

 MM 



I4M 



2.1M 

 1MB 

 M01 

 MM 



Total for the Bute 802,702 





1,805 



09 



881 



,.!> 

 1,VJ7 



1,100 

 #5 



COM 



TotJ. 



mortgages in 

 >rf W cd during the past five yean 



TB We 11-fiHT in i.iimlu.r valn<wl 



** 



in*l farmers in 1 894, 

 " $7.773321, a.- 



irm la>K>r- 

 bnartljand f 247 (wit h- 



Jojnl). aifaiiMt $160 and $8.Vi. respe* 

 to 18M; domeMic serrants, $6J53 a month, 



Kl. v. n .-..in, ti.-s show a decrease since 189W 

 of these, 10 are Q Oregon east "f th 



Casca<li- inoiintains. Co- 

 western Oregon that ha- not iwrea-. 

 loss of 884. The great. -t in< r. a- 

 nornah County, am-. until 

 mas Conn' 

 crease, ha-. 



population of Portland : 

 . lo.-M-.l. 



Other Bt l.y the f 



Whole number --ult ivat.-.l. 1.840.911; 



bushels of whear. I2.f><4.412: "f " 

 of oats, 6,6 1">"1^ "f barh-v and rye, 1,42 



