Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-07
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The price of hops experience, d a
downward tendency Saturday.
The Siletz Indian Reservation
Commissioners are at Salem prepar-
ing their report to the government.
Willamette university students
are making more of amateur out
door sports than formerly.
John Hall, of Brownsville, and
Edwin Baegle and Jacob Blay of
Portland are added to the list of
state insane patients.
Willamette university students
promise soon to have the crack
football crew in the valley.
Articles of the New Astoria Land
and Trust Co. have been filed. The
amount of capital stock is $3.50, 900.
The incorporators are M. ]. Kinney.
Alfred Kinney, E. j. Ford and John
III. Smith.
Ryan Blachley brought to this
Office, today, cluster of strawberry
plants bearing fruit in all stages
from the ripe and fully developed
berry to the blossom. The William
ette valley cannot be excelled.-Eu-
gene Guard. This horticultural
| phenomenon is so common at Sa-
lem as to no longer attract attention.
Assessor McPherson's figures
show that the Lane county assess
ment will be s467,00O less tn an last
year.
George A.Waggoner,A. f. Hersh-
ner and ]. ID. Clark have filed
articles of incorporation of the Ex-
celsior Fruit Co. The office and
place of business will be at Corvallis,
capital stock is $4,000.
The Royal saloon at Brownsville
has been closed on an attachment.
Sidney p. Sladden, well known iD
Salem, is In London, England.
Albany Herald: Charles Keifer
this week exhibited raspberries in
full bearing and ripeness from his
garden, where he has quantities of
them. They are fine in appearance
and excellent in quality and flavor.
Oregon is still in the lead.
One thousand loads of gravel have
been put on the roads and streets of
Independence.
One of the Dalton gang, John or
Martin Moore, recently killed at
Coffeyville, Kan, was once resi-
dent of Douglas county. He was
defendant in a horse stealing case
about two years ago, and a year ago
left for Eugene. One of the citizens
of Coffey vile killed, Lucus M. Bald
win, was grandson of Rev. Mars
ters, of Coles valley. Enough dis
tinction for one county, says an ex-
change.
The s. p. company bas material
on the ground for new roundhouse
at Junction City.
A Baptist missionary conference
will be held at Salem Wednesday
evening, Thursday and Thursday
night. Ronald d. Grant, of Port
land, will lecture Wednesday even
ing and Thursday evening Rev. j.
Sunderland will give an entertain
ing illustrated lecture.
At the annual fall tournament of
the Monmouth school held last Sat
urday, w. w. Curtis won the 100
and so yard races, J. n. Bilyeu, of
Scio, second; Ellis Fleet the one
fourth mile race; Bruce Davidson
the 100 yard hurdle race; A. M. Ray
burn the go yard back ward race; N.
M. Glenn, of Linn county, the one
mile bicycle race; Ernest Tatom the
quarter mile bicycle race; e. Fleet
the half mile foot race; q. e. Tiliot-
son the standing broad jump and
running high jump, and w. w.
Curtis the standing long jump. A
foot ball game closed the contests.
The footipgs of Marion county's
assessment roll for 1892 are: 397, 7,sl1
acres of land, 4,9O5, $3.50; mortgages.
81, ,5S2, 1858; town lots. $5,4l1 ,257; inn
provements, $9,645; mdse and imple-
ments, $l,lO9,4S7 money, notes,
acc.s. etc, $S49,9l5; furniture, etc,
1878, ,566; 1898 horses mules, 1854, ,377;
1898 cattle, $442, 1858; 25,26l sheep,
$50, ls3; 7,437 swine, $14,96S; gross
value, Si2, 260, ,554; Indebtedness, s3,-
543, All; exemptions, 1874, ,227; total
taxable, 1898, 1l6; number Of polls,
1892.