Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-24
NEWS NOTES


An additional mail clerk has beef
put ou the Ashland-San Francisc'
run.
The "Stayton Times" comes to VI
this week In black and blue cOn
ditiOn.
Twenty emigrants arrived las
Sunday at Grants Pass from Iowa
A FIVE column newspaper Is to b'
established at Harrisburg to be called
the "Courier."
A militia company has been or
ganlzed at Hoods River.
Pendleton has started "a crusade
asainst the houses Of III fame with
in the city limits.
Snow on the level at C0rnucopia
Ia over six feet deep.
There are forty-eight newspaper,
published In Idaho.
Baled hay IL said to be worth So
per ton aboard the cars at Portland
The democrats will celebrate JEFF.
ferson's birthday with banquet at
Seattle.
a limited amount Of the stock OF
the Single Rail and Saddle Car Com.
pany has been sold In Union county.
The police court Of the city OF
Tacoma has been declared illegal by
the supreme court Of Washington.
The train dispatcher's Office for the
Woodburn Springfield branch has
been removed to Portland.
The Seattle city council has decid-
ed TO discard the use OF the name
Whltechapel IN that city. Police
officers are not allowed 10 use the
word and newspapers are asked to
discard IL also,
Tue light-ship that the govern
ment proposes placing at the mouth
OF the Columbia river will be ll2
feet In length, will have 20 feet 8
inches beam, l2S feet depth, and
especially fitted for riding out heavy
gales aud seas.
A canvas of the democrats of the
Washington Legislature, resulted as
follows: Grover Cleveland 49, Ia.
Robert Il. Patterson--4. David B.
Hill i. Frances Cleveland--l. Best
Man for Northwest. A total Of
twenty-one, all democrats IN the
legislature.
The kiln OF the Pacific Pottery
company's works at Portland, was
completed Saturday evening. IL
will be charged and fired In a few
days The first charge will be
flower pots TO be followed by jars.
William Barned while coming 10
Olympia on Saturday shot q bald
eagle measuring eighty Inches from
tip 10 tip. The bird was not killed
and MIR Barned attacked II with
club, but the eagle was enraged and
gave his opponent severe battle
before Il was conquered.
A police officer last 1hursday
night arrested couple who were
pandlng the street of Spokane Falls
One of them WAS a woman In male
attire. The other WAS Dr. J. L.
Cropp. Of Walla Walla, a wealthy
and prominent citizen, member OF
the church and an all round pillar
In society, with u wife and family,
II il learned that the doctor aud his
pretty young companion came here
nn lark; that whinl struck them
Ia attire the pirl In mems clothing
aud parade the streets. They we're
covered with confusion upon their
arr sls. III will give 5000 To have
this kept "ut ~ the pamrs,n ex.
claimed DR. Ciopp, He paid their
ilnes, aud the couple left today for
the East,
Other sections uf the Northwest
may make claims ,o he great wheat
producing regions, but the Willsni-
cite valley rnains the banner see.
tion, for while either places get a
crop only once IN three or four years,
the crop Ia the Willamette never
fails, This year the valley wheat, \
which always brings the high,s' ,
price of any mls' d on this coast,
has teen particularly fine, aud has 4
10 cents per cental, or between 8 and
D cents per husksl, more than East.
ern Oregon wheat. A great deal Of ,
The valley wheat Is now manuho- .
Iured into -four for shipment, aud I
this Hour wins It's way wherever
sent on account of It's whllentss
Before many years all the wheat of ,
the Willamette will he made into
Hour for shipment aud home con.
Onegonlan,
Hopeless, Yet Saved.
From letter by Mrs. Ada 4.
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