Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-09-16
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
A Deputy United States Collector
Arrested in Mexico.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FRUIT CROP.
The Government Contract Indian School
at Old Mission Reopens-Ex-
citement at Phenix.

The Portland cable road has been sold
under mortgage.
Idaho Prohibitionists will place a
complete ticket in the field.
The Common Council of San Jose has
fixed the tax levy at $1.25 on the 800.
Marshal Parsons has withdrawn his
libel suits against the Salt Lake Tribune.
The Salt River Valley of Arizona has
dreams OF becoming great p-produc.
ing section.
San Jose refused to vote $3.50, 900 to be
expended for new central school and
for sewer facilities.
The books at the United States Con-
sul's Office at Victoria, B. c., show an
increase in exports to San Francisco
during the past five months.
1t is stated that the Chino sugar beet
factory is not refining sugar this season,
but is shipping raw sugar to the Spreck-
els refinery in San Francisco.
In sham night attack at the camp OF
the Nevada militia near Carson three
men in hastily getting up stepped on
bayonets, and severely lacerated their
feet.
The baseball bat and an ak were
welded in fight at Virginia City over
the title to house by Patrick Ward and
Tom O'Rourke. Both were seriously
wounded.
/ The Republicans are holding two State
Conventions in Nevada. There is dis
agreement over the proposition to accept
the silver electors or to select straight
Republican ticket.
The fruit crop in the Willamette Val
ley will fall short of the average, it is
said, owing to the cold rains and heavy
winds which prevailed last spring. The
shortage is especially noticeable in the
prune crop.
DIR. A. M. Newman proposes to locate
a colony of Norwegians of 600 families in
Lane county, Or, and will purchase
from II. G. Owen the latter's 2, 200 acre
farm, located eight miles southwest of
Eugene. The price to be paid is s44,-
600.
While an Indian woman was sewing
in the shade of tree at Palomar, San
Diego county, wild cat sprang upon
her, biting and tearing her flesh. A dog
came to her rescue, and diverted the at
tention of the cat, which chased the dog
TO the stable, and the noiee there aroused
the husband, who shot the animal. The
woman died from her wounds.
There are about 175 Indian boys and
girls at the Chemewa Indian school now, !,
but it is expected the number will reach
800 before long. Uncle Sam has not
sent the quarterly installment of between
s.. 900 and $40, 900, which is required to
run the school, bu. it is looked for in a
short time. The payroll of the pupils
alone is in the vicinity of $2l5.
In the Court of Private Claims at
Santa Fe opinions were handed down
recently confirming the title to two large
tracts of land in Taos county, N. NJ,
known as Las Ranchor del Rio Grande.
The grant was confirmed for 1890
acres. The other was the Cubero grant
in Valencia county, calling for some 49,
090 acres.
State Printer Baker is busy issuing
the $4,000 edition of the Resources OF
Oregon" neat little pamphlet of 200
pages, full of general information about
this State. About half of the edition
has been struck off, and it is calculated
that it will take six weeks to complete
the work. After that he will start on
the Resources OF Eastern Oregon"
The Monumental mining and milling
property at Granite, the property of G.
$. Miller, has been consolidated with the
Morris mines ut Greenhorn, and stock
company formed with capitalization oi
| 81, 250, 900, divided into 250,0 shares.
rhe company is incorporated under the
name of the Granite and Greenhorn
Consolidated Mining and Milling Com
pany.
Thegovernmentc contract Indian school
at Old Mission, near San Diego, has been
ranches all over the country. The Sis
ters Of st. Joseph have been teaching
them five years with marked results,
and Indian girls are in demand for do
mestic service when through there.
Pupils are now completing Mexican
irawn-work display for the Worlds Fair.
The committee in charge of the pre-
liminary arrangements for the celebra-
ton Of 350th anniversary of the discov.
cry OF San Diego Bay on September 2s
has received dispatch from Governor
Torres OF Lower California, stating thai
President Diaz of Mexico will send hi.
finest military band to take part in the
celebration. Governor Torres and staff
together with company OF Mexican
troops, will be present on that occasion
A fire started In the woods and dr.
grass near Elmira, Lane county, Or, re
Gently, and spread quite rapidly. A farm
owned by James Kirk of junction VII
burned over, all his fences destroyed
, and barn filed with straw burned
His house was burned in the same wa,
: last year. The fire then spread to tn.
schoolhouse, and came near getting that
but the children playing around thD
building had worn the grass off some
: land the neighbors we're able to save it