The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-04
OCCIDENTAL MELANCE
Geay Chinese Act Obnoxious to
Portland Ministers.
A NEW FIND OF COAL IN ARIZONA.
The Purchase Of a Controlling Interest In
the First National Bank of
Santa Barbara, Cal.
A NEW FIND OF COAL IN ARIZONA.

The cattle ranges in Arizona are re-
ported in fine condition.
Rear-Admiral J. s. skerrett has as
eumed command at Marc Island.
All the attractions OF Al Ilayman and
Charles frohman are to be played nj
Los Angeles hereafter.
The Portland Ministerial Association
haa adopted resolt ons asking Congress
to repeal the Geary Chinese act.
The new coal lind near Flagstaff, A
T., Is creating much interest. The coal
Ia OF fine quality and the veins large.
A party of conchologists is TO visit
Point Iona Mt an early date to secure
Shells which are said to be abundant in
that section.
Senator John +. Jones Of Nevada and
other capitalists have purchased con-
trolling interest in the First National
Bank OF Santa Barbara.
i considerable quantity Of cabbage,
eaulltower and celery is being shipped
from I.os Angeles East in carload lots,
but the demand Is greater than the sup
ply.
A petition to the Oregon Legislature
has been extensively signed throughout
the willamette Valley to have railroads
fence their lines where they run through
pastures and meadow lands.
The orange crop in the south will not
btgln 10 move much for two or three
weeks, when heavy shipments may be
looked for. The quality and quantity
are both ahead OF any previous season.
An apportionment bill, based on the
vote cast Mt the recent election, has been
introduced in the Idaho Senate. The |
bill provides that each county shall have
at least one Senator and Representative. |
There are valuable slate beds four
miles from Merlin in Josephine county,
Or. This Is the only slate quarry known
in the State, and Portland contractors
have been obliged to obtain their slate
as far away as Maine.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency re-
ports fifteen failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the past week,
as compared with fourteen for the pre-
vioue week and fifteen for the CORE.
spending week OF 1892.
Captain Anderson, a pilot at San Pc
dro, while cruising in his yacht off Santa
Monica had an adventure with whale,
which passed under and raised his YES
sci three feet. shot in q vital part of
the animal drove it away.
The appeal in the case of the People
OF the State of California vs.. All bee
Doom, Ohinaman who was convicted of
in the first degree at San Rafael '
and sentenced to death in March, 1901,
has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. /
Jean Baptiste Trauvico, survivor of y
the famous Donner party, and who
claims to have been the only one in :
George Donner's camp who for many y
days was able to keep up the fires and .
wait on the others, is living in Santa !:
Rosa, CAL, in destitute circumstances.
A novel house is to be built on the =
ocean front at Coronado by N. @. Jones a
of Manitou, COL, for a winter home for q
himself and wife. IL will be two stories !,
n height, and the front, facing the sea, n
will be OF glass. The roof will be- fiat n
ind covered with cement for roof gar q,
len. 81
The will of w. s. Ladd of Portland L
las been filed for probate. His widow tl
8 given an annuity OF $4,000. His sons b
re left all banking interests. The sum b.
# $450,0O0 for educational and charita- NJ
lie purposes has been left in trust, and W
number of relatives in Massachusetts b,
ave been bequeathed annuities. Am dt
lie provision was made for all the fam &C
Iy. bt
An error in the census taken in Boise pl
n 1890 has been the means of depriving ro
he residents of the suburban districts th
{ the enjoyment of the same postal fa- ia
ilities extended to those in the heart of sh
ne city. An attempt has been made to ce
ave the matter righted, and statement ia
ecently forwarded to the department at DC
Washington, which shows that the pop as
lation is $3.50 instead OF 1900, as erro- We
eously supposed, will probably help di
realty in strengthening the matter out. be