Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-19
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Clippings from Some Of the News
papers of This Section.

the 5000 head of cabbages on tn,
Santiam aud has already sold abou
1000.
A man In Yamhill county put ir
bill at the county court there fol
services as challenger at the june
election. OF course 1t was rejected
Ashland sandstone will probabI,
be use,i in thu proposed new courl
house in Portland, bids having beer
received upon pans which required
this. .--Tidipgs.
4 Lake county will have from 5000
to $500 fine beef steers for sale this
year to be gathered between this
aud October 1st. The amount IL
only about one-half the usual
amount, owing to the number of
calves lost In the bard winter three
years ago.--Lakeview Examiner.
Mr.. ID. Van Horn, of Albany, had
banana tree, seven years old which
has fine bunch of bananas grow
ing upon it. The tree is In pot or
tub, and during cold weather is
housed.
j. g. Pierce, of Gates, finishes his
piling contract with the o. P. com
pany this week. He has frei GIFTED
nineteen csrs with 104 trunks of
trees. They are 10 be used in bridge
repairs on the south SaDtiam.
Hon. Benton KILN and others,
are drairing swamp in the north.
western part of the county formerly
known las Moore's lake. The tract
to be reclaimed contains 800 or 7C0
acres of which 500 belongs to Mr..
KILN. The ditch or canal in its
upper course is six feet wide by
three al q half deep, but at the
outlet ir is very much larger. The
land is 81 the variety known herea.
bouts ;s beaver-dam.- -Hillsboro
Independent.
While excavating at the artesian
well at Heppner last Saturday, a
monstrous tooth was unearthed
about IL feet below the surface. The
face or crown of the tooth Is 8 inches
by A, Willie it is 149 inches long.
This is supposed to be the tooth of
The Great Northern proposes to
make tile rate of 40 cents per 100 on
lumber from Puget Sound to st.
Paul. The present rate is 55 to st. |
Paul and 90 to Chicago.
At the present time California is |
producing about one-third enough |
prunes to supply the United States.
In ten years Oregon and Washing
ton ought to produce half of all |
the plunes consumed in the United
States. To do this will require close
to 100000 pounds. II Is evident
that there is plenty of room yet for
development of the prune business
without OVERRIDING it.-Rural North
west.
Tillamook lighthouse, II is said,
wants keeper, and he9 wanted one
for two mouths. The last one there
"a Swede--was at that station for
nine months and became so de-
lnented that 1t was necessary to put
him In an asylum. This station is
claimed to be the most isolated one
n the United states.
On Monday the 18th, a dwelling
house, milk house, wcod shed and
work shop situated eight miles south
,f Brownsville, upon the farm of j.
D. Wigle was consumed by fire.
Only a portion of the furniture was
'aved from the burning dwelling
which caught from defective fiue.
Loss $1,000; insurance 500,
1t transplres that Elijah Coins,
whose disappearance from jefferson
few days ago caused considerable
was not demented after
vi, but was masquerading in a very
inbecoming way. The Scio Press ,
ays that when Frank p. DeVaney
md others overhauled the supposed 9
'razy man Sunday night he had
'een gone since the Friday night ,
PREVIOUS, at which time he was
lriven away from the windows of
ne of bis neighbors. 1t Is supposed :
y his noighbors that he had I'M .
roper motives towards this particu- /,
ar neighbor's daughter, and after
eing driven away from the win :,
ow, was afraid of criminal prose-
ution, hence his hiding In the .
rush, When found he either was
7 pretended to be very sick. but
Id not act much like one dement,
d. \
Joseph Wassom, son of Jonathan !,
Vassom, prominent young man of
.ebanon, was accidently killed by
ne caving of the bank of canal,
'hich is being dug In the north end :,
town for tue purpose OF draining
pond Of water. The workmen :.
ere laboring near the paper mill,
nd Mr.. Wassman was sitting upon
10 bank Watching them. The Q
INK suddenly caved IN, precipaitat-
g him into the bottom of the 81
NAL, and the dirt and gravel fell
pom him and covered him up to o
le depth Of about three feet. The