Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-09-23
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Indians Suspend Hop-Picking to
Engage in Gambling.
THE SIUsLAW SALMON RUN LIGHT.
Wardner Union Miners Released-An
Attempt to Betray the Salt Lake
Chamber Of Commerce.

| The Willamette Valley is swarming
with Chinese pheasants.
i Coal has been discovered in the hills
one mile east OF Klamath Falls, Or.
| P. s. Smith, merchant OF Lavina,
Mont, has been arrested, identified as
stage robber.
Rattlesnakes are 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-nine candidates for the Office
Of Fish Commissioner, to be filled by
the next Oregon Legislature, are already
reported.
Heavy night fogs in Southern Cali
fornia 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 for pick
ing this year 40 cents for 7-bushel boxes
and 30 cents for 9-bushel boxes.
One hundred and thirty-fve miners
under arrest at Wardner, Idaho, have
been released, but the indictments
against them have not been dismissed
In canvass of Washington on the
question OF selecting State flower, the
rhododendon was largely the favorite, re-
ceiving 7,704 votes out of total OF
IA, ,449.
1t is estimated that the apple crop OF
the Pajaro Valley will reach 250,000
boxes this year. 1t will take about 400
cars to take that amount Of fruit to
market.
: At Flagstaff, A. T., Jailer Henry Banta
, was seized by the prisoners in the county
: jail, 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 Siuslaw is now in
7 progress. Two canneries, those of Myer
i & Kyle and G.. Timmons, are running.
0 The salmon run, as yet, is light. The
e sum OF 25 cents each is paid for large
0 salmon.
There will be $340, 600 spent on the
9 Poso irrigation system $50, 600 on the
t East side Canal $100, 900 on the Seventy
9 eight Canal, and about $50, 600 on lateral
canals in Kern county within the next
i six months.
AS the result of one weeks picking in
9 the Holmes hop field near Salem sixteen
q acres yielded q 900 boxes of nine bush
i els each. This will give 2, 100 pounds oi
g dried hops. The sum of 81 ,0j0 was re-
quired to pay the pickers.
!. Ed. Tewksbury, who is charged al
: Pnenix, A. T., with the killing of Tom
2 Graham in Tonto Basin, has been held
2 for trial without bail. This has tended
;. somewhat to quiet the feeling against
= Tewksbury, which is very strong.
The widow of Lawyer McWhirter al
4 Fresno has offered an additional reward
y of SIC, 600 for the arrest and conviction
a of the murderers of her husband, anC
q her family have added 5000 to thil
q amount, making total of $25, 900 in re
q wards.
: An attempt to betray the Salt LAX,
Chamber of Commerce was discovered
If in time to prevent any serious damag'
i to the interests of the merchants. s
w. Sears, Jr., is accused of negotiating
Il for the sale of damaging evidence o
n overcharges against railroads in posses
n sion OF the Chamber.
k There is a story current among tn
criminal officers at Los Angeles that tn
railroad and Wells Fargo officers hav
= learned that the Coils train robber
doubled on their pursuers aud mad
\ their way south to the railroad again
10 where thev boldly boarded train an
made their way to Los Angeles, wher
they have been in hiding.
The main ditch at the Myrtle cree
mines has been extended mile and
quarter to tap more small streams
Washing is not now in progress, bu
everything is being put in readiness t
begin operations as soon as the fall rain
IN begin. Scarcity of water has alway
been a drawback to mining operation
: in Southern Oregon, but the Myrtl
40 Greek Company is doing large amour
of ditching to provide water to run th
giants the year round, if possible.
The project Of lowering the water /
the upper Klamath Lake, Or, thereb
I. reclaiming a vast area of agricultur,
land. seems to have at last taken definit
shape, and the lawyers OF Klamath Fal
are awaiting developments in the court
ld by those claiming water privileges, 9
soon as the work begins. At cost
several thousand dollars for work to /
done, and perhaps $4,000 in attorney
d. fees for litigation resulting, it is though
at least 10000 acres of rich land can |
reclaimed.
Hop picking near Ukiah was su
lts pended Sunday, and the Indians, to IL
all number Of quite 500, congregated
Ukiah. Having plenty OF money, the
rallied near the Court House, and soo
banking game was running, owned |
four Indians. On complaint of Il
nu squaws the game was stopped and Il
ir- four Indians arrested. Jim Ball, an L
dian, explained that it was almost 8
even thing between the dealer and be
tor, and on this showing the Justi
q took the case under adyiaement.