Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-15

veloping into a fiBe fruit region.
George Gundiaeh. Of Grant county
raised 1900 bushels OF wheat on Is,
acres.
a selected acre Of oats in the Big
Bend yielded 1O6 bushels by ma
chine measure ana lis bushels 10y
weight this season.
Timothy bay in Grant county is
worth 50 to $40 a ton. Some fields
Of rye hay have yielded as high az
FIVE tons an acre.
"DeiectiveD Sullivan has been
sued at Tacoma for SIS, 600 damages
for brutal assault on a man in tisat
city some time ago.
James Lick, nephew Of the mil
lionare, was arrested at San Fran
cisco Sunday morning for defraud-
ing an innkeeper.
William J. MalIadsy, the well
known San Francisco undertaken.
il dead. Two weeks ago he slipped
upon a piece Of glass which pene
trated bis foot.
Eugene L. Emory, president Of
the 81. Louis River Water Power
company, died in Duluth, Mimi,
Saturday, aged 80. The cause Of his
death was menengitis, brought Oh
by Brlght's disease aud diabetes.
A swiDdliDg newspaper canvasser
has been arrested and jailed at
Eugene. He falsely represented
himself as the agent Of a number of
papers, and had collected over $1,000
lately
WascO Sun: Wasco needs a hard
ware store, n jewellery store, $25-
600 dry goods store, a farming imple-
nent house, Touring mill and a
bank. All of these institutions
would do well there and coin money.
Edmund Claxton, a well known
PhiIadelpbian, died in Atlantic City,
N. J. He was prominent in book
publishing circles and was at one
time "a member of the firm of j. B. |
Lippincott & Sons, and senior mem-
Der Of the publishing firm Of Clax-
ton, Remsen & HalfIingger.
The wheat crop Of Jackson county
Is estimated at 5000 bushels, $780,
600. This, besides the enormous
fruit crops. the output of the mines
and others Of our developed re-
sources, should place considerable
money In circulation.
A large black bear weighing $50
pounds was killed within the city
limits of New Westminster the
other day. 1t has been along time
since so much big game was !
slaughtered In the older cities along I
the coast as has beeA killed this /,
season. r
A full blooded Indlpis9Yho is mas
ter Of u sealing schoonef, has just !
deposited 5000 In Port Townsend
bank, his share Of the profits of this
seasons catch. Evidently all frugal
and industrious Indians do not re-
side in Eastern Washington and
Idaho.
Harvest throughout Polk county
has ended. The yield in some locali-
ties has exceeded the average, In
Others it has fallen short. Some Of
the ibreshing crews have made
phenomenal runs. That of James
Elliot, Of Dallas, 4546 bushels of
wheat and oats In day.
Aberdeen, on Gray's harbor, has
been side-tracked by the Northern
Pacific, as the line at the nearest
point Is two miles from the city
limits. The people Of Aberdeen are
very indignant, as they claim that
the Northern Pacific people promised
TO build through their town.
The new school house at Ellens-
bureh has been finished at acost Of
$50,0OO, aud the citizens proudly
claim the finest school building In
the state. Monday a fine large flag
was presented TO the schoo! house,
aud the occasion was made gala
day by the enthusiastic inhabitants
Harvey Items: Apples raised in
Harney valley command a little
higher price than any place we
know Of at present. Father Bowen,
after great exertion and an endless
amount OF care succeeded In having
one mature, aud he sold the same
for The sum of 81 bite, which netted
him just S..
The store Of g. X. Klum, at Ia
leat, Jackson county, was burgalized
last week, Two men secured en-,
trance and were carrying out goods
when John Briner, who was sleep
Ing Ia the store, awoke, and shot
one OF the burglars, wounding him
seriously. He was AN ignorant hoy
tramp, 10 years old. The other
burglar escaped.
! A young man named Fales was
shot aud instantly killed by $. A.
Webster, proprietor Of the Ocean
house at Bandon, ON Tuesday. II il
reported here that there was dis
pute over 70 cents alleged TO be
owing the deceased, aud that the
murderer asked him into room 10
settle the account, when he shot aud
killed the victim.