The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-05
CLIPPED AND CONDENSED.
News Items From all Over the Northwest.

One field at the Snoqualmie hop ranch,
WASH, produced $50 tons, which, at Is
cents a pound, realized $67, 900.
4 school item from Alaska states that
last month the boys of the Sitka school
caught and salted nineteen barrels of
salmon.
The shipments of lumber from Puget
sound ports this side of Port Townsend,
for the week ending September 17th, was
r1nTeyed in seven vessels, aq2regatiug
6..t.,"I1 feet.
- ~ every man, says .h5 SiGt'S .,.sa,
coming to the penitentiary or the asylum
of late has been a morphine "6en5
This degrading habit seems TO be grow
ing in Oregon.
Seven men have been arrested for Tio-
ia;inJ the salmon law on the Klamath
river, near the Oregon line, and the dam
complained Ofby Governor Pennoyer has
been removed.
The largest log ever cut in Aberdeen,
and probably the largest ever cut on
Gray's Harbor, was sawed a few days
ago at Vests mill. It measured 80
inches at the top.
The Oregon improvement company's
mill at Seattle, recently destroyed by fire,
is Immediately to be rebuilt on the old
site, and its capacity increased one-half,
or 250,0 ,0C9 feet in twenty-four hours.
The Portland First Baptist church at
a meeting recently decided to sell its
property for not less than $12j. 000,-the
present offer, said to be by the OreyOniGn
Publishing Co, for its new headquarters
and not until new site is selected.
The Seattle Times is waging a vigor-
GUS war against the brick makers of
Seattle who have raised the price of brick
to SIS and $18 per Thousand. This looks
good deal like extortion, as it is nearly
double the price that was charged before
the fire.
The Wyoming constitutional conven-
ton formally adjourned last Sunday
after adopting the constitution framed
for the state of Wyoming. The con-
stitution will probably be adopted by
the people of the territory with little or
no opposition.
Ward Douglass, in behalf of the New
York Life Insurance company, of which
he is agent, has made a proposition to
the people of WalIa Walla that if 81 ,000,-
600 in policies are taken by them for ten
years, premium paid in full, the COM
pany will erect $250,000 hotel in that
city.
The only female mail carrier in the
Willamette valley is Miss Ester j. Rose,
who takes a daily mail between AirIie
and LewIsville. She is sixteen years of
age, and her father says when necessary
she can go with him into the timber
and cut as much wood as any boy Of her
years.
The light house at Florence for which
an appropriation of $4,000 was made by
the last congress was located last week
upon Heceta Head, by the engineers hav-
ing the work in charge. Congressman
Hermann informs the Eugene Register
that the plans and specifications are
ready and the work of building will be-
gin in the spring under a policy of secur-
ing all labor and material from the im-
mediate vicinity as far as possible.
There are a number of formal resigna-
tions on file in the departments at Wash
ington from Democratic federal Office
holders in Oregon, says the Register, but
the Oregon delegation seems unable to
agree upon their successors, for some
reason that does not appear clear to an
ordinary observer. The reason for failure
to appoint where terms have not expired
is clear enough, provided the present
occupant has proved faithful to his trust.
The st. Helens MIST says: Timber
lands in the lower part of Columbia
county, Oregon, that could recently have
been bought from the government for
$3.50 per acre, are now being sold at
from $40 to $50 per acre, and many of
the owners will not sell for that. This
shows to what figures good timber land
in Columbia county is reaching, and
those that have been fortunate enough
to secure a piece have an investment
| that beats stock in bank.
Sheriff Dennis, of Washington county,
| tells the Statesman that his city, Hills
boro, was all excitement over the antici-
pated building of the Astoria railroad to
| that city. The most enthusiastic declare
that November 1st will find the active
work of throwing dirt on the line in prog
ress. The work of construction is al
ready being pushed from the Astoria end
of the line, and when they begin at
Hillsboro, working toward the Astoria
crew it will not take long to close up the
gap.
H. l.. Sisk, sheriff of Parker county,
| Texas, is in Baker City to secure Ed
ward Anderson, who is now under arrest
there. Anderson was. convicted four
years ago of criminal assault upon IL
year old girl in Weatherford, Texas, but
broke jail and escaped while the case was
pending an appeal to the supreme court.
| He went to Baker City where under an
assumed name, he has been living re-
specially, we'll liked by all, and gained
considerable wealth. A former resident
of Weatherford recognized him and re-
ported to the sheriff, and he was arrested.
The affair caused considerable of sen
sation in Baker City.
Secretary Noble, on motion for re-
view made by the state of Oregon in the
| swamp land list reviewed by secretary
Villas on December IL, 1888, has denied
the motion. The amount of land orig
inally was 81 900 acres; of this amount
900 acres by former decisions were
patented to this state. Under the de-
cision of January Is, 1883, 10000 acres of
this alleged swamp land were patented
to the state. Under the decision of Jan
nary IS, 1889, 10000 acres of this alleged
swamp land were decided to be hilly and
mountainous. Of So 900 acres remaining
secretary Noble decides he will not en-
tertaih a motion for review.
Rev. G. NJ. Irwin, the new superintend-
ent of the Chemawa Indian school, has
been found guilty of libel by the M. E
conference which met recently at La.
Grande. Tho Judgment Is that he hs
reprimanded by the bishop. The charge
grew out of some indiscreet publications
by him while he was editing the eastern
Oregon Republican, He was the leader
of the prosecution of j. ID. Flenner, who
in turn attacked the character of Mr.
Irwin. In retaliation Mr.. Irwin made
some damaging statements against Flen
ner. which he failed to substantiate, anC
for which he suffers the penalty. He il
now about to get into trouble for remov