The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-09-29

street which he will sell for $500
It was assessed for the county a
$4,000, for the city at $500, and fo
school purposes at S4,450.
Governor Pennoyer is in receipt O
information through General Miles
now at Linkville, Or, to the effect
that the Klamath river has been oh
structed by dam a few miles south
of the California line, and that thou.
sands of salmon are being DESTROYED
Governor Pennoyer has called the at
tention of governor Waterman of Cal
ifornia to the matter, asking him tc
correct the abuse.
John Hayes, a Blue creek E. O..
farmer, was found dead under wagon
load of rails ON the Blue creek hill
last Sunday evening. He had been
dead several hours when found. The
brake of the wagon suddenly gave way
and the wagon surging upon the
horses caused them to veer to one
side thus overturning the wagon up-
on Mr.. Hayes. There were no bones
broken and only few bruises on the
face and head.
John Smell, a convict from Multno-
nah county, recently performed self
amputation of the third and middle
fingers of his left hand. He did it to
avoid work. He placed the fingers on
board and cut them off with one
stroke of hatchet held in the right
hand. He is in for an assault with a
dangerous weapon for five years. one
Of which he has served. He is a stout.
healthy fellow, and the only reason he
did it was to avoid work.
A drummer in Albany tells the
Democrat about a peculiar bet or
series Of bets, he saw made in Port,
land. A Democrat and a Republican
in hotel bar room bet fifty cents ON
the politics OF every man who went
up to the bar. Each time the Dem
ocrat betting the man was a Demo
crat and the Republican that he was
a Republican. The Republican came
out S25 ahead during the evening.
Portland is Republican city.
Spokane Falls has a street cable
railway the rope of which is pulled
by water power. There is plenty of
water to spare, for the cable, which is
33,5OO feet long, is pulled through
the channels at the rate of nine and
a half miles an hour. This is pretty
rapid travelling for street cars. The
fastest time made in other cities is
about six miles au hour. The Spo.
kane line is said to be the only street
car system in the world operated by
water power.
Salem has business firm that does
business on basis that is peculiar,
to say the least of it. What makes it
seem strange says the Statesman is
that it is we'll known firm and does
big business. They keep no books
whatever, and every night, when the
business for the day is over, they
divide the cash equally between the
two partners. When bills come in to
be paid each member goes down in
his pocket for his share OF the bill.
Such is life in the far west with this
firm,
The printers in the state printing
office have sent to press the first forms
for the second edition OF the "Re-
sources of Oregon" The first edition
is exhausted and the second Is printed
by an act OF the last legislature. It
will consist of $4,000 copies of their
most valuable work. A new map of
the state is being made for it, the old
one being inaccurate, since several
new counties have been created, thus
changing boundary lines, etc. Also
many new towns have been established
and many miles of railroad built and
All these indications of
progress will be accurately portrayed
on the new map, which will be very
Western Oregon and Washington,
in the timber district is not crop
growing country at present. The
timber that covers it furnishes to its
people their chief means of support.
The logging camps are frequent
throughout the timber districts, and
they present a scene of strange activ-
ity. Monster logs shot through a
sort of trough down the mountain
sides to convenient point, are borne
by bull teams to the camps, dressed
and hurried off to the mills ON the
water. The logman's ak is a discrim-
mating tool, It does not take the or
binary timber; it looks for trees only
OF the finest quality, of the rarest
straightness, and Of, the greatest
power. These are sent into every
part of the habitable world. They
furnish masts to the. shipbuilders of
of France, Northern Africa,
and even OF Spanish and Southern
American. They are shipped in great
numbers to Chile, and hundreds are
sent every year straight across the Pa