The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-17
CLIPPED AND CONDENSED.
News Items From All Over The Northwest

The Republican committee of King
county had campaign fund amount
ing to $4,000 and at the close of the
campaign the committee were $3.50
in debt.
Hon. Binger Hermann tells tht
Fossil Journal that he hopes to Sc
sure the passage of bill pensioninl
all soldiers of the Indian wars prior t.
1850 through the next congress. This
will include the Cayuse Indian wars OF
1S47 and 4S.
In the insane asylum at SteilacOom
Wn, arc 31l patients, pa males anC
20 females. The new asylum at Med
ical Lake, to cost 100000, will bt
completed in the spring. To popula
ton the ratio of insane in Washing
ton is person to every 1851.
An interesting discovery has beer
made near the deposits of kaolin re
Gently discovered thirty-fve miles
north of Spokane Falls. At depth
of twenty-five feet ancient pottery oi
good quality was found, showing thai
these deposits were known to by
gone race.
Many new cOmers are often sur
prised at old Oregonians enjoying Or
egon's rainy winter weather so much
says the Albany Democrat. But the
truth is it is the healthiest season Of
the year, and the new conner himself
in only year or two discovers webs
growing on his own feelings in the
matter, and he learns to rejoice will
old timers in the gladsome approach
of winter.
Recent tule fires in the GranG
Ronde valley have destroyed upwards
of 1000 tons of hay. The heat from
the fire was so intense, that The
ground in the tule swamps was burned
down a distance of 10 feet The fires
were started by sparks from the o. r.
Il n, locomotive, and the farmers los
ing by the fire have filed claim witt
the railroad company for indemnity
for loss in large amount.
That there is money in raising
blackberries in Oregon the following
from the Dayton Herald goes tC
prove: Who says berries don't grow
in Oregon? w. B. Wire, of Marion
county, has picked 45O gallons oI
Lawton blackberries from one-eightf
Of an acre of land, and the berries art
not gone yet. He sold $50 worth o.
berries off the one-eighth acre. A
this rate one acre would bring S720
Oregon is the boss state.
The state board which has the au
thority by law to levy state taxes, ha.
decided not to recognize any arbi
tary general reduction of the assessor
valuations Of any county. The boarC
holds that county boards have powel
only to increase or reduce the assess
ment of individuals, and have no an
thority to make a wholesale reduction
for the purpose of evading the state
levy. To recognize such power in thu
county boards would be equivalen
to constituting each county board ;
state board of equalization, a thing
certainly not within the spirit or let
ter of the law.
Oregon's fame as an apple growing
region is spreading far and wide
Saturday, says the Salem Statesman
gentleman here received orders from
Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a ca
load of Oregon apples, The Colorado
man offered such prices that the ship
per can afford to pay 81 per bushe
for apples delivered on the cars il
bulk. This certainly offers much Il
producers here, for by little care tht
orchards will yield abundantly eacl
year. Apple growing has been neg
lected to a great degree and no effor
has been made to kill the insects
But a change is not far ahead anC
hereafter Oregon orchards will bt
given the attention they deserve.
Says the Mist correspondent of tn,
Nehalem Journal: The scum an(
rif-raff, and the perjured galoots from
the northern boundary of Washing
ton territory TO the Mexican line have
swarmed into this valley and by the
help of perjured witnesses have COB
bled up hundreds of thousands o
acres of land that was intended by
the homestead law to 60 to the actua
settlers. And thousands of homeless
and iandless people have been de
prived of an inheritance that was just
ly theirs. About nine-tenths of these
scalawags are backed by speculatori
and mill men, who get the land al
soon as these fellows have obtained
title; and a great many of them make
no bones of saying so.