The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-09-24
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Indians Suspend Hop,Picking to
Engage in Gambling.
THE SlUSLAW SALMON RUN LIGHT
Wardner Union Miners RcleaSed--An
Attempt to Betray the Salt Lake
Chamber Of Commerce.
THE SIUSLAW SALMON RUN LIGHT.

The Willamette Valley Is swarming
with Chinese pheasants.
Coal has been discovered in the hills
one mile east of Klamath Falls, Or.
i. :. Smith, IL merchant OF Layina,
Mont has been arrested, identified rs
stage robber.
Rattlesnakes ara unpleasantly numer-
ous in Linn county, Or, in the foothills
OF the Cascades.
The government commissioners are
examining the different sites for deep
water harbor on the Los Angeles coast
Twenty-nne candidates for the Office
OF Fish Commissioner, to be filled by
the next Oregon Legislature, are already
reported.
Heavy night fogs in Southern Cali
iornia have retarded iruit drying along
the coast. The weather has been warm
and clear in the interior.
The Lane county, Or, Hop Growers
Association have agreed TO pay Tor pick
ing this year 40 cents for 7-bushel boxes
and 30 cents for 9.buehel boxes.
One hundred and thirty.tiye miners
under arrest Mt Wardner, Idaho, have
b4an released, but the indictments
against them have not been dismissed.
In a canvass of Washington on the
question oI selecting State flDwer, the
rhododendon was largely the favorite, re-
ceiving 1904 votes out OF total oi
l4,4i9.
1t ia estimated that the apple crop ol
the Paiaro Valley will reach $50, ,00O
boxes this year. 1t will take about 40J
cars to take that amount OF fruit to
market.
At Flagstaff, A. T., Jailer Henry Banta
was seized by the prisoners in the county
iail, bound and gagged, and all but two
OF the men escaped. The six now free,
it is thought, will soon be recaptured.
Fishing on the Siusaw is now in
progress. Two canneries, those OF Myei
& Kyle and 9. Timmons, are running
The salmon run, as yet, is light. The
cum of 25 cents each Is paid for large
salmon.
There will be $340,000 spent on the
pnso irrigation system; $60, 600 on the
East sde Canal 500, 900 on the Seventy
eight Canal, and about $50, 900 on latera
canals in Kern county within the mex
SIX months.
As the result of one weeks picking il
the Holmes hop field near Salem sixteei
acres yielded II 900 boxes OF nine bush
els each. This will give 2,l0O pounds o
dried hops. The sum OF $l,O10 was re
quired to pay the pickers.
Ed. Tewksbury, who is charged q
Pnnnix. A, T., with the killing OF Ton
Graham in Tonto Basin, has been hel'
for trial without bail. This has tended
somewhat to quiet the feeling agalns
Tewksbury, which is very strong.
The widow of Lawyer McWhirter a
Fresno has offered an additional rewar'
of Sl0, 900 for the arrest and conviction
of the murderers OF her husband, an
her family have added 5000 to thi
amount, making total OF $50, 600 in re
wards.
An attempt to betray the Salt LAX
Chamber of Commerce was discovere
in time to prevent any serious damag
to the interests of the merchants.
w. Sears. Jr., is accused of negotiatin
for the sale of damaging evidence {
overcharges against railroads in posse
sion of the Chamber.
Hop picking near Ukiah was su
pended Sunday. and the Indians, to th
number OF quite 800, congregated
Ukiah. Having plenty of money, the
rallied near the Court House, and 500
a banking game was running, owned
four Indians. On complaint of tt
souaws the game was stopped and I'll
four Indians arrested. Jim Ball, an Il
dian, explained that it was almost
even thing between the dealer and be
tor, and on this showing the Justi
took the case under adviaement.