The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-11-26
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Cree Indians Exterminate Game
in Montana.
ROBBED BY A MAN HE BEFRIENDED.
Beautiful Black Fire 0pals Discovered in
Eastern 0regOn--San Pedro as
llaTb0r-EtC.

Chinese have been arrested in Tucson
for selling cigarette 10 boys under age.
Loss Angeles voted 10 issue $500, 900
bonds Tor water works In the hill dis
tricts.
The section about Coquille City, Or,
Ia greatly excited over the small pox
cases at Coquille.
The assessed valuation OF Portland for
1892 ia $45, ,465, 1872, more than 10000
less than for 1891.
II is reported the United States engi
neers favor San Pedro as harbor
against Santa Monica.
The Indian Commission has effected
the purchase OF $4,000 acres OF land
from the Slletz Indians in Oregon.
At Santa Barbara, Cal, burglars are
doing u very good business. There have
been many daring and successful rob
berries the past three months.
Attachments aggregating $50, 1902 we're
filed at Helena, Mont, against Russell
Il. Harrison's newspaper, the Helena
Journal, by three Montana banks.
Turnkey Howard French Of the pen.
tentary mt Boise, Idaho, was severely
bitten by mailman, and there are some
apprehensions AS to the effect OF the bite.
IL is claimed that the Cree Indians
have during the past summer completely
exterminated the game in Big Hole
River Valley in Montana, region which
formerly abounded with game OF al
kinds.
X. G. Brown and George w. Brown,
newspaper men at Tucson, have been
fined and imprisoned for making an at
tack on the court and jury, which had
found indictments against them for
criminal libel.
The Northern Pacifc's steamer Ham-
besi will probably have to take
back to China thirty Chinese who
were refused passports at Port Town
send because their certificates did not
have photographs attached as required
by law. Most of them were bound for
Portland.
One of the cases that will come up be-
fore the present session OF the United
States Supreme Court from Oregon will
be that of the Eastern Oregon Gold Min
ing Company, plaintiffs, represented by
LOUH hulItll ullI btahOy hbbOl
Va. O. s. Miller. This suit involves some
of the best mining property in Eastern
Oregon, located in the famous Green
horn Mountains. Mr.. Miller has thus
far been victorious.
Recently the Oregon Board of Rail
road Commissioners heard the case OF
w. Il. Loughmiler & Co. of Silverton
vs. tho Southern Pacific Company for
overcharge and shortage, and found them
entitled to rebate of $26.3). The rail
road company was given notice of this,
but has as yet failed to pay complainants
the amount found to be due them.
Loughmiller & Co. now ask the commits
sion to bring suit against the railroad
company to recover the over charge.
The State Board of Railroad Commits
sioners is now engaged in the compia-
ton of tables showing the average as
sessed valuation of all railroads in Ore
gon and other States, which will include
all personal and real property belonging
to said roads. The average assessed val
uation of all railroads in Oregon for 1901
is SIG, ,650.84 per mile, including swamp
lands, city and town lots and all per-
sonal and real property belonging to the
roads. There are ,S2S.84 miles of rail
roads in Oregon, and the aggregate val
uation is $2l0,32O, ,l69.
@. R. Brinkley, well-known capital
ist of Los Angeles, who caused the ar.
rest of his quondam bosom friend,
Claude Hill, has filed second complaint
against Hill charging him with embez'
Element of 5000 which Brinkley had sent
him to pay for some furniture. Hill
was picked up some months ago by
Brinkley, who took pity on him, as he
was poverty-atricken, and has since cared
for him. The result was Hill spent all
of Brinkley's money that he could get
hold Of, and is accused of being the
means OF breaking up his home.