Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-07-19
OREGON CLIPS.
And Northwest Pacific Coast News Con-
denSatiOnS and Paragraphs.

The Oregon Press association will
meet in Portland August l4th and
18th, and the prospects are that
about three score and ten country
editors will have big time with
their city cousins.-Ex.
Texas has jailed All editor for ly-
ing. That big state is getting very
particular. Next thing will be the
failing of men for snoring in church.
S. F. Alta.
Oregon Courier: Booms cost
money. Anacortes paid the Oregon
ian about 5000 for a series of lying
dispatches, and the Denver Com
pany of Baker City has paid it SlO,-
600 for a number of columns of
prevarication.
An intoxicated individual, who
went to sleep in front of the First
National bank building yesterday
afternoon, was awakened from his
sweet repose by the marshal, who
had large sized scrap on his hands
atterward and wes compe led TO
knock him down. The man, who
gave his name as Ernest Rilman,
paid $40 TO the recoId der this morn
ing for his nights lodging.-E. o.
Out in the country the other day
we came across several Unlawful
wire fences and fully expect to hear
Of some stock badly snagged upon
them. If Il few careless ones we're
made TO suffer for violating the wire
fence law, some others would take
the hint and be more careful.-Dal. F..
las Itemizer.
The silver bill was agreed to
Saturday by the house. 1t is a
measure forced upon
the country by Wall street under
threats of a veto. A majority of
both houses professed to desire free
'oinage, but tie compromise bill
was declared TO be "the best we can
GET 1t will undoubtedly afford
'ome relief TO the depressed in
iustries of the country, but not half
hat should have been given.-Des
doines, Ia, News.
FreewateF Herald, But Senator I
Oolph has a right to be by nature
ristscntic; he has right to stand
5 representative of the interests of
Vail street; he has right to ignore
he free silver resolution of his party.
5ut there are others who have
lghts. The republicans of this state
ave a right to say that they still
and by the free coinage platform s
dopted at Chicago, and that they ,
ave no further use for Senator
'olph to misrepresent them in the
:. :, Senate.
1t was Edmund Burke who wrote.
Because half dozen grasshoppers t
nder a fern make the field ring a
ith their importunate chink, %
hist thousands of great cattle, re-
osed beneath the shadow Of the
ak, chew their cud and are silent. I
ray do not imagine that those who 4
lake the noise are the only inhabit-
lts of the feld,-that, Of course,
ley are many in numbers,-or that.
tier all, they are other than the
tile, shriveled, meagre, hopping.
lough loud and troublesome insects =
the hour AS Captain Cutie
ould say: The point Of a remark
in its application.n
Independents West Side.-Tbe
holesale reduction of teachers in =
he agricultural college at Corvallis [
as somewhat of a surprise. Those
hose services were no longer
anted on accout Of a desire 10 re- =
Ice expenses are f. Grim, of the L.
'perimeut station; F.. r. Lake -
'tanisI; w, w. Hull, free hand
Swing; ?. H Irish and E. Biglow.
lenisIs, This leaves eight i'm the
'al'y, and should be enough TO
rry on the school. We dnubt N
'WeNer, whether one hundred ana n
" students can be attended to
hen the teachers are hired by the
,Ie' That makes considerable dif.
'ence. VII