Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-26
STATE NOTES.

order to secure support for tt ell
own, and thus combination is
furued that at once threatens
grlevous burdens TO the tax payers
of this state. viii they arouse to q
sense of their danger or, will they
wait until it is To late?
French Prairie Gazette: Hurrah
tor Harry Miller! His bill regulat-
ing freights and fares is Just the
thing. Let's help it along.
The WEEKLY JOURNAL contains
the complete legislative proceedings
with synopsis of remarks made by
members. % cts will seud it to any
address for the entire session.
The proprietor of the Jacksonville
Times has come to grief through al
lowing his foreman to edit his paper.
An advertisement of the Louisiana
lottery appearing in his columns he
was indicted, and fined $25, and costs.
He testified that the advertisement
was dead matter, and the foreman
had used it to fill up vacant space.
Tacoma News: Senator Farweli,
of Illinois, on hearing of his defeat
for reelection, said that he was
beaten because the people supposed
him to be a milliQnaire. Senator
Squire, on the other hand, was re.
electedbecause he proved to the leg
islature too conclusively that he was
"a millionaire.
The Warren Hussey "NIorning
Mine" part of the assets of the
Spokane National bank, which
closed its doors recently, has just
been sold to an English syndicate
for 100000. Last fall the same
property was offered for half mil
lion. This will relieve the bank
from embarrassment und enable it
W IeSuuue DuSlileSS.
A. X. Cones, editor and part pro-
prietor of the United News, has sold
his interest i'll that paper to his part
ner, Mr.. Chahcey, and will go to
Mr., Cones ia a good |
newspaper man, and deserves sue
cess wherever he locates,
Columbian' The collector of GUS
toms at Seattle states that during
his term of office no opium was en-
tered for duty. The papers mention
It as an astounding statement"
Th s does not seem strange when one
San always see twenty d ollar-a-
month walters on the Yictoria-Seat-
lie boats wearing diamonds, owning
;ity property and spending more in
\ day than their salaay for month.
1t would be an astounding state
ment if we were told that any duty
had been paid on opium.
Harvey Valley Items: Two or
three feet of snow would not do any
great damage to this country now.
1t could not lay on very long, and
would 90 far toward our water sup
ply for the coming summer.
Pendleton has lately had an influx
Of that undesirable class of citizens
known as "hoboes." Petty thiev.
ng is frequently reported and the
men have no end of trouble
Oh the trains. The road from Poca-
tello to Pendletou is lined with
tramps,
The building boom has reached
and many brick buildings
will be erected this year. Rumor
has it that $4,000 hotel is one of
the structures proposed.
Dailes Chronicle: The land office
Is doing rushing business, which
will evidently be rapidly increased
as the great majority of applicants
are from Hood River, which being
situated on the line of the railroad,
got the news of the opening of the
ands first. When the other pre-
,incts are heard from, the gathering
# the clans of Roderick Dhu will be
lowhere.
Hay in the Harvey county valley /
My commands from $3.50 TO $500 I
er ton and there is no ready market
t that price. 1