Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-08
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest IN q
CONDENSED Form.

Weston will soon have a new Hour
ing mill.
A new cheese factory has just been
started near Marshfield, Coos county.
Another chicken with his crop full
OF gold is reported from Wasco county
Forest Grove and Hillsboro creamer.
les are in good running order ana
prove a great convenience to those
who have COWS within reasonable
distance.
The 15-year-old daughter OF George
Kennedy, owner of the foundry at
Corvallis, eloped from her home IN
that city with some unknown man.
The parties were overtaken at lnde.
| pendence, Polk county, and the girl
was taken home by her father.
The Truckee Lumber Company has
bought the sawmill of Smith q Sons'
at Tillamook, and will Immediately in
crease its capacity and run 1T night
and day. They have purchased two
large vessels in San Francisco, and ex'
pect to do big business.
1t is reported that the Falls Pulp
Company's mill on Young's river Will
change hands and that the new own
ers will be the California Paper Com
pany of San Francisco. The new
company will enlarge the capacity OF
the mill and place it on substantial
footing.
Des Mast, an employe of the Oregon
Pacific in the shops at Yaquina, had
the misfortune to break hie leg be-
tween the knee and ankle joint. He
was working about pile of frog irons
when portion of the pile fell over
several pieces striking him, causing
the fracture of the limb.
William Blivens, of Walton, Lane
county, while going to his claim W
the Suislaw river recently, met with /
close call from drowning. He wa
, crossing the river on foot log AM
lost his balance and fell in, but es
/ capped with the loss of an axe an hi
7 hat.
The first rescue of the season wa
made by the life crew at Cape Han
i cock. J. Ditchburn, fishing for My
ers, was capsized off Peacock spit, il
the breakers. The lookout on tn
, hill discharged the signal gun, an
; the life boat was soon under way, an
/ picked up Ditchburn, his boat pulle
and coat, and brought them into tn
cape. The net was picked up by
, fishing boat, and returned to Ditch
, burn, but was lost again by him.
Fred Royal, a 12-year-old lad
: Grants Pass, son of M. w. Royal, an
). several other children were on lon
! railroad bridge which is approache
by very sharp curve. Hearing
!. train approaching and realizing in a
y instant that the others could not g
Z off the bridge in time, he pulled
i. handkerchief from his pocket and ra
h around the curve toward the trail
a which he thus succeeded in stoppin
i and saving the lives of his little con
panions.
- The railroad commission made IL
a following finding with reference to tt
a accident on the Portland ar
:. Willamette Valley road on March 2.
h "The board having visited the scene
> the accident, and having made car
y full examination of all the availab
al testimony, finds that the road and Il
:, bridge where the accident occurrt
q were properly constructed and
% good condition; that the train W
~ running at low rate of speed, al
- that no blame attaches to the Ell
20 20 ployes on board. But the manage
!, of the road were not justified in je
10 pardizing the lives of passengers
ar attaching passenger coaches to ca
70 loaded with live stock, as a sudd
90 crowding of cattle to one side of t
~ cars was the probable cause of the 6
90 cidept in this case"