Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-12-30
OCCIDENTAL MELANCE
An Attempt to Wreck a Southern
Pacific Express Train.
THE CROP OUTLOOK In CALIFORNIA.
The Unknown Girl Who Committed Sui.
eide at San Diego Proves to be
a Gamblers Wife.

Nevada's Legislature will continue in
session but forty days.
The outlook for coming crops In South.
ern California was never better than al
| present.
The damage to the orange crop by the
storm In Central California 10 less than
per cent.
Irrigation work along the Snake river
In Idaho has seriously endangered nav.
igation on that stream.
Victoria, B. c., has done away with
vaccination as q necessity before q child
can enter the public schools.
Kids band OF renegades are In the Gan
Carlos Mountains without food OF
shelter, suffering greatly from cold snd
exposure.
Columbia river Gamers declare GSat q
salmon trust 10 absolutely necessary to
secure results that will prove at all re-
munerative.
The grand jury at Fresno has charged
that the builders Of the courthouse there
did not follow the plans and made sew
eral thousand dollars by not doing so.s
Ira Bartlett, miner well known on
the Coast, killed himself in mining
camp near Tombstone, A. T.. He was
well to do, but his health was failing.
Early in May of next year Frank For
dyce, a young stock baron Of Idaho, will
attempt to drive from the center OF
Idaho to Ogallala, Neb., 3 band Of As, ,0OO
sheep.
A party OF old Indian fighters is being
organized in Southern Arizona, who
hope to capture Kid and his band, az
well as the rewards offered by Governor
Murphy.
Efforts-to revive the Jousnal, Russell
Harrison's paper, which recently failed
at Helena, Mont, have proved abortive.
The total amount due TO creditors is said
TO be $926, 600.
The civic Board OF Health at Victoria.
B. O., is engaged on the claims of par
ties whose houses were fumigated after
the smallpox epidemic for damage to
clothing, furniture, etc.
The State Board OF Agriculture has
formally decided in favor OF holding the
Northern Citrus Fair at San Francisco
next month in conjunction with the Me-
chanics' Institute Fair.
The unknown girl who committed sui
eide at the Coronado Hotel in San Diego
has been positively identified as Mrs.
Kate Morgan. Her home was in Ham.
burg, Is., and her husband is gambler.
A petition 10 being circulated by some
OF the ladies Of Pasadena asking the
Legislature to 30 amend the laws OF Cal
ifornia that the right of voting will be
extended to women upon all questions,
both local and national.
In tie United States Circuit Court al
Portland Judge Gilbert has decided the
case of the United States against the
Willamette Valley and Cascade Mount
ain Wagon Road Company in favor OF
the defendants. The controversy in the
case was over 100000 acres OF land
granted by Congress to the company for
building road.
An attempt to wreck the Southern Pa
citic north bound express was made near
Grants Pass, Or. Rails had been taken
from trestle, on which had the train
run it would have been thrown into 9
deep canyon and the loss to life would
have been terrible.
Many home-seekers are looking for
ward with qualification to the early
opening OF the Nez Perce reservation
in Idaho. The Indian allotments leave
600, coo acres unclaimed. OF this area
fully 100000 acres is fine agricultural
and grazing land.
At Snowflake in Apache county, A. 7.
Charles H. Flake and James M, Flake
attempted to arrest Tom Taylor. Taylor
killed Charles Flake, and wounded
James, who in turn killed Taylor. The
Flakes are merchants and leading Nor
mons OF that section. Taylor was des-
perado, and recently robbed the bank ut
San Marcial.