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64 In No. 3 the names of those to whom contracts were given by the county commissioners for building the bridges on the Scottsburg-Winchester road appear as follows:

"Elk Creek, Mr. Winchester, $1,500; Anyheim's, Capt. Hathaway, $150.00; foot of the Big Hill, John Frere, $75.00; No. 2, Sawyer's, and No. 2, Chadwick's, Casey & Frere, $150.00 each; Hudson's, Clark Hudson, $150.00; Burgess', Burgess, $150.00; Golding's, Golding, $150.00."

In No. 4, the question of whether the Territory should become a state was being discussed.

A large number of Indians were congregating on the Coquille. It was feared that this boded evil for the whites.

Gold claims on the beach were reported as paying well, $12.00 to $40.00 per day being frequently made.

Market prices: Flour, Chili, per pound 7 cents; bacon, 22c; butter, 37½c; sugar, China, 12½c; crushed, 17c; coffee, 17-20c; tea, 60-65c; dried apples, 15c; brown soap, 14c; soda, 50c; saleratus, 15c; raisins, per box, $5.50-$6.00.

In No. 5 the marriage notice of Legrand H. Hill to Miss Bethenia Owens, May 4, 1854, appears. This lady, now known as Dr. Owens-Adair, living near Astoria, was present at the fiftieth Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association on June 15, 1922.

At the end of the first volume Mr. Lyons' connection with the Gazette ceased. Notwithstanding his almost total loss of sight, he continued in his hotel and brushmaking business, assisted by his wife, until 1880, when he became totally blind. Then he turned his musical education to account, and in order to aid in making a living, frequently gave "walking concerts" on the pack trail between Scottsburg and the point now known as Drain, and also to Empire, being led along the way by a boy he had taken from an almshouse to raise. It must be remembered that hundreds of pack animals passed