The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-31
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 10 be
a Gamblers Wife.

Nevadas Legislature will continue in
session but forty days.
The outlook for coming crops in South
ern California was never better than at
present.
The damage to the orange crop by the
storm IN Central California is less than
b 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 ~ necessity before q child
can enter the public schools.
Kids band OF renegades are in the San
Carlos Mountains without food or
shelter, euiEsring greatly from cold and
exposure.
Columbia river Gamers declare that a
eamon trust IL absolutely necessary TO
secue results that will prove at all re-
munerative.
The grand jury at Fresno has charged
that the builders Of the courthoune there
did not follow the plans and made sew
eral thousand dollars by not doing 30.
Ira Bartlett, miner we'll known on
the Coast, killed himself in a mining
camp near Tombstone, A. 7. lie was
Ne.i to do, but his health was failing.
Early in May Of next year Frank For
dyce, young stock baron of Idaho, will
attempt to drive from the center OF
Idaho to 0gallala, Neb., a band OF 45, 900
sheep.
A party OF old Indian fighters Is being
organized in Southern Arizona, who
hope to capture Kid and his band, as
we'll as the rewards offered by Governor
Murphy.
Efforts to revive the JouSndl, Russell
Halrson's paper, which recently failed
At Helena, Mont, have proved abortive
The total amount due to creditors is said
TO be $025,000.
The civic Board OF Health at Victoria,
b. G., is engaged on the claims OF par
ties whose houses we're fumigated alter
the small pox 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 con junction 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, Ia, and her husband is gambler.
A petition is 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 af
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 ever 100000 acres OF land
granted by Congress to the company for
building road.
An attempt to wreck the Southern Pa
cihc north-b 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 q
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 alIotments leave
600,O0 acres unclaimed. OF this area
fully 100000 acres is fine agricultural
and grazing land.
At Snowflake in Apache county, A. T.,
Charles II. Flake and James NJ. 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.