Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-10
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in a
Condensed Form.


Jackson county during 1887.
A good many peach trees in Uma-
tilla county were killed by the cold
snap.
Lake county will pay ST sos state
taxes this year. more than houble that
OF 1887, says an exchange.
1t is said the Oakland company,
owners of the Salmon creek mines,
will employ white labor exclusively
hereafter.
The fruit growers about Milton say
that the recent cold snap will certainly
prove fatal to the peach crop and pos
sibly other fruits.
Congressman Hermann has notified
Capt. Gray, of Astoria, that So 600 has
been appropriated for repairing the
cable between Astoria aid Fort Candy.
Percy Olmsted, son Of Judge Ohm
sted, of Baker City, has been rendered
cadetship in the United States naval
academy at Annapolis.
Herman Kosmeter, OF Woodburn,
killed an eagl, that measured eight
feet across the wings. 1t was an Am
erican or gray eagle.
George Lakin committed suicide at
the town of Milwaukee, by cutting his
throat during fit Of temporary in
sanity.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the stockholders of the Cas-
cade Gold and Silver Mining Com
: pany. The capital stock is 81 900, 900
The different mines OF Prairie City
mining district, Baker county, are
developing into exceedingly rich ore
bodies and the coming summer will
note great activity in that camp.
Judge Deadly recently sentenced an
Indian to six months Imprisonment
for horse stealing. In the absence OF
an interpreter the Judge delivered the
sentence in Chinook, but it was en-
tered on the records in English.
When the ice in the Willamette
river broke up, many logs were car
ried out to the ocean. Following is
a partial list OF the losers: Gov Pen
; noyer, $4,000; Weidler, $4,000
, Smith Bros. & Co., $1,000; Jones &
, Co., $4,000; Hogue, 81 600.
The bridge across the river at Pen
dleton collapsed and several persons
were seriously injured. The disaster
was caused by large band of cattle
crossing the structure. Six of the
animals were killed and a number in
jured. The bridge cost $4,000 and il
J almost total loss.
A contract for building new five
t. story Touring mill at Milton has beer
let to an Eastern contractor Lumbe
n has been purchased and work com
}, menced. These mills and larg,
e foundry on the same acre of ground
will cost $4,000. The power will
come from the Walla Walla river b,
. . race and lume.
= VIM Hawser, of Harvey City, Gran
- county, while hauling u load of ha.
. from the island was frozen to death
1t seems that the young man hat
stopped at log cabin some distance
} from the road and his team went OF
" home. Search was made for tn
(, missing boy, but it was nearly weel
r before his lifeless body was found il
e the cabin, his faithful dog still thel
Z watching his masters remains.
II The total number Of commitment
during the year 1887 to the insan
70 asylum from Multnomah county wa
a 65. OF these forty three are male
il and twenty-five are females. The Nv
n erage per month is little over five
% During the first six months the nun
a Der of unfortunates was thirty. eight
# and during the last half year twenty
seven, showing a decrease of eleven
Their average age is about 33 years.
IT The inquest over the body of Au
. rilla Straight, the young woman VIII
a was found drowned in Mill Greek, a
:" Salem, was held by Justice O'Donalt
ar acting coroner, and jury of six. !
.. number of witnesses were examined
~ but the testimony of all threw no ne,
~ light on the mystery surrounding tn
II young woman's death, except that
=, was evident that she deliberately con
n mitted suicide for some unknown
d reason. The jury returned verde
that deceased had taken her own lii
by throwing herself in the creek Will
d temporarily insane. The guardian
N and relatives of Miss Straight wer
,r notified of her death.
e Thomas S. Wilkes, in communiss
II ton to the Oregonian, says: My gran
s. parents are, believe, the oldest coupl
e. on the Pacific Coast. They live a
al Greenville, Washington county. Pey
n ton Wilkes was born in 1871, and s
e, will be 81 years old next May. He
Is one of the few pensioners of. the WA
le of 1912. His wife, Anna Wilkes, is 8
IA years old, and they were married i
It. 1915 On June, | think. They cam
t the plains across in 1915, and settle
in Washington county in 1916. The
r, were both born in Bedford county
1T Virginia came to Indiana about 1926
y and to Missouri in 1889. SO in 70
n lowing the Star of Empire they ket
ii ahead OF the iron horse until he Owe
took them at the dumping OF place.
They have three sons living, twenty
seven grandchildren, forty-one grea
: grandchildren and eight great-gres
+ grandchildren living. Grandfather