The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-12-19
PACIFIC COAST.
The Apaches Again on
the Warpath.
OLIVE CULTURE In SAN DIEGO
Ha-asHa-
Tho Drain Tunnel In the Ontario Mine
at Park City, U. T., Cuts Into
a Water Vein.
OLIVE CULTURE IN SAN DIEGO

The Arizona penitentiary has l6i con
yicts.
Boise City, Idaho, has female faro
dealer.
The old Virtue mine near Baker City
ia 30 start up again.
! Cattle thieves are numerous about the
Umatilla reservation.
Olive culture In San Diego Is to be ex-
tensively INDUCED in.
Electric headlights are 10 be used on
the Southern Pacific.
Napa's wine product for the season
will reach nearly $500, 900 gallons.
Work IL 10 be commenced soon on the
railroad between Gable and Astoria,
! Or.
Oregon and Washington are being
thoroughly organized by the Prohibition
lists.
Coyotes are plentiful in the vicinity OF
Forest Grove, and wolf hunt will soon
occur
The California Fruit Association has
Just shipped seventeen carloads Of dried
iruit from Vacayile, Gal.
Astoria is 10 celebrate next May, the
centennial OF the discovery OF the Co
umbia river by Captain Gray.
American wreckers will not be per-
mitted to attempt the raising OF the San
Pedro, recently wrecked near Victoria,
b. G.
The State Constitution OF Arizona will
be adopted by about 5000 majority.
The Arizonians who favor statehood
are pleased with the vote.
The gross valuation OF property in
Multnomah county, Or, for 1891. as re-
turned by the Assessor, is SOL 20, 1876,
as against s54, $3.50, ,49b in 1890.
Nine English partridees have been re-
ceved at Portland. They are in size
between the Oregon quail and pheasant,
and will be turned loose to increase, but
in what portion OF the State has not yet
been determined.
It. w. Carpenter, assistant cashier for
the A. r. Hotalipg Company at Port
land, has disappeared, and there is no
clue to his whereabouts. 1t il charged
that he forged a check and secured
$4,000 on The paper.
In view of the expected visitation OF
grasshoppers In some parts of California
next year the State Board of HorticuIt-
ure has arranged for a supply OF para
sites from New South Wales to be ready
for distri button in March.
The report sent out that Apache In
A,aI lstltaI Ilat.talu n nd trAtfn,iaH a
Major Downing in the Chiracuhua
Mountains In Arizona, turns out to be
false. The shooting was done by man
named Fay, who wore moccaslns.
The trustees OF the Congregational
College OF Pomona have decided to use
the recent gif. Of $4,000 to that insti-
tuition in erecting dornitory and
laboratory building for the college, and
work upon the structure will begin in
February.
Keeper Joseph Hodgson of the Coos
Bay lifs-saving tation has been pre-
sented with GO watch and chain by
the Oregon Cos and Navigation Com
pany for assistance in rescning passen-
gers and saving steamer when stranded
off Coos Bay.
4 The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency
reports ten failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the week, as
compared with thirteen for the previous
week and fourteen for the correspond
ing week of 1890. The failures for the
past week are divided among the trades
as follows: Three saloons, one builder,
one cigar and tobacco, one dairy, one
manufacturer OF extracts, one hardware,
and grocer, and one tailor.
The drain tunnel in the Ontarios mine
at Park City, U. T., cut into a large wa
ter vein, and the water carried every
thing before it. The tunnel to the length
Of 1000 feet is under water from six to
twelve inches deep. In the engine house
the fly wheel, pits of the engine and
compressor are filed, and operations are
completely blocked. AT least 10000 gal.
Ions of water are f1wing per minute
Operations will not be resumed for some
time.
Samuel Dittenhorf, better known al
I"Navaio Sam," and who conducts 9
small general merchandise store on the
Navajo Indian reservation, about l5t
miles west of Albuquerque, N. NJ, was
shot and killed by his cerk Sunday
The deceased filled the position of Indiar
Agent during the bloody raids of tht
Apache chiefs Victoria and Geronimo
and his history is replete with thrill
ing and hair-breadth escapes. He was
about 40 years of age.
Charles N. Fox testified before the
grand jury of Sacramento that j. b
Jones last March employed him as coun
sci to represent him before the legisla
tive investigating committee, and tina
! Jones requested certain person to pay
the fee OF IS o. and it was paid, On Foa
refusing to tell who paid him the fore
man of the jury reported the fact Z
J Judge Catlin, who ordered Fox cited t
appear and show cause why he shoul,
not be adjudged guilty OF contempt.