Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-27
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS NOTES.
OREGON.

On Friday last the Crown mill he
gan running steadily. Every min
ute lao feet Of butcher paper are be
ing turned Uut. The paper is strong
aud flexible, being far superior tc
that In general use. The machinery
runs beautifully. A fortnight hence,
the straw board machinery will be
put In operation. Oregon city Cour.
Ter.
The Mob Hill nine, of Portland,
played at Astoria yesterday aftern.
noon, and won q game from the sea.
side dwellers by score Of eleven tC
three. The Astoria baseball enthu.
siasts turned out in full force, aud
after the game vas over paid their
bets and sympathized with their
home team. The Astorians needed
sympathy to fall back on, for they
were rather weak when they got
through, playing hard uphill, game
against the Mob HilIs.-Oregonian,
Oct. 81.
The above sounds very much like
the repart ofa game played here
about a month ago. But really 1t
isn't kind of the Oregonian to he
twitting us of the defeat Of our home
team at this late date,--.Astorian.
At the electric power house a
Westinghouse dynamo is now
nightly in operation, which stands
five feet high and weighs 10000
pounds. 1t has an armature two
feet In diameter, and its capacity Is
las arc light. This is the largest
dynamo in use on the Pacific coast.
Two other dynamos of the same size
will he erecied.-Oregon City Courier.
Byron Kimball brought a potato
of the Late Rose variety to the AS
torisu Office the like of which has
not been seen in these or other
parts This mammoth tuber, which
Is So remarkable for its tuberosity,
grew on Henderson & Kimball's
ranch ON Young's river, on the up
land, where the soil il about two
feet deep to the clay. Mr.. Kimball
says he don't know what this potato
would have done if it had not been
taken out of the ground. A careful
measurement showed il to he 23i
inches in circumference one way
and 80 inches the other.
An exchange says Americas
bridge Of size is at Brooklyn. The
history of the stru:ture which is to
span the Willamette AT the capital,
leads the Gazette to believe that
Oregen's bridge of siglis will be
located ut Saiem.-Corvalls Gazette.
CALIFORNIA.
Work Is to he begun at once on
the coast line OF the s. p. between
Santa Margarita and Santa Barbara;
il will take IL months to complete
the gap.
H. b. LIE Levre has taken possess.
on Of the Puyallup Citizen. II will
hereafter be straight republican.
Alfred Gates committed suicide at
Friday, by taking lauua-
mum. He leaves wife and child.
rem at Cortland, Neb.
A sensation was created at Rem
.on, King couty, Thursday, by the
arrest Of Frank Hayes, a prominent
of that thriving town
who was not only charged with
'tealing five cents worth of coal, but
Was technically found guilty.
Hayes was tried before Justice Mil
er, but his fne was remitted.-Ta.
,oma News.
A train load of hops was shipped
he other day direct to London Eng.
;ia Baltimore and consisted of rs
,ales from Mt. Angel, 36 from Day
on, 42i from Independence, sos
rom Butteville, three car loads from
Portland, one car load from Eugene,
and four Car loads from Woodburn.
his with six Car loads from WASH
ngton made train Of 26 cars. On
Friday last the second train for the
,ame point was started, with seven
.ar loads from Portland, two from
Gervais, one from WOOdburn and
nine ears from Washington.