Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-10-23
STATE NEWS, NOTES. AND COM
MENTS.

At Eugene eggs are scarce at 30 cts.
and still farmers cry hard times.
The jackson county farmers alliance
denounce: The inefficiency in bring
ing 10 the people the relief So lavishly
promised by all the public speakers of
the dominant party.
Avery johnson, owner of the John
son block, died at Ashlaud, Oct l3.
TT. Swan, of Lebanon, raises so ID
pumpkins.
Aseyere winter possibly accompanied
by frost is predicted for Oregon.
A Puyallup hop authority was askt d
why IL was 30 much better prices pre-
vailed ia Oregon than in Washington.
He said that because the Oregon grow
ers were not so bound down with chat
tel mortgages as are the growers on the
Sound. "In New York state" said
Mr.. Lally, "they are paying from FIVE
to six cents more than is being paid for
our choice Washingtons." The ques-
tion does not seem to be, who has the
best hops, but who is best heeled TO sell
them.
u. 8. Grant Is the postmaster at Dal-
Las. John Brown sells real estate at
BcDtts Mills. Bill Nye has returned to
pullman from his eastern trip. Will
Carleton is engaged in the dray busi-
ness at Corvallis.
The expert Nighswander, who went
through the books of the Lane county
off1cials for farmers alliance commit
tee, went through with 1857 on forged
note and has sailed for China.
Tillamook county's totsl taxable
property is $l,36s,soO.
Milton has no saloon.
Umatilla county has 1892 less cattle
and $685. more swine than last year.
The outlook for Oregon bacon is i'm
proving.
Umatilla county shows a gross valua-
tion of $9,423, ,470, against $40, 900
last year. But the net total is So, 800,-
5s5, against Sc, 1000 last year gain
of over one-third for purpose Of taxa
tio".
Hot Lake, Union county, eight miles
east Of LaGrande, IL fed by spring SO
hot that IL will boil an egg in eleven
minutes.
1t took $4,000 grain bags to bold
farmer Pierce's (the Populist elector)
crop of wheat In Umatilla county.
Hon. ] H. Upton writes: "The large
number of foreclosure suits and actions
to recover money in Coos is suggestive,
while the papers Of the Willamette
fairly TEEN with foreclosure sales" The
newspapers over here do not realize any
'teem.u
On her last trip from Portland the
steamer Bandorille brought 100000
shingles to Bandon, and they are also
shipping them TO Coquille bay. What
is the matter with that wooden coun-
try anyhow asks the Port Oxford
Tribune.
Washington county will invest in
rock crusher and utilize the idle thresh-
Ing machine engines to manufacture
road material.
The Hood River apple show was
success.
Work on the new lighthouse TO be
built at Bandon will begin December l.
II. ID. Hume. the pioneer cannery
man Of Gold Beach has published an
illustrated work on "The Salmon of the
Pacific Coast"
Port Oxford Tribune: One cause of
the extreme scarcity of money in Curry
IL soccasioned by the fact that sheep men
have been unable TO realize anything
on their wool. The wool heretofore
has been the means of placing more
money In circulation among the
people than any other one industry,
aud this we are now deprived Of.
Salmon hshers on the Siuslaw are
not making expenses. The canneries
pay 10 cents for silver sides and 25 cts.
for Chinook.
Southern Oregon papers are mention
ing Capt. o. @. Applegate Of klamath
county for secretary of state. He is
Republican.
The high quality ofthe Oregon win.
ter apple crop is attracting wide notice,
surpasslng any state In the Union.
Newberg Graphic; There are fewer
@. A. II. members In Idaho than in
Oregon. Rev. Kellerman, the Salem
who sat down 30 hard on the
b. A. r.. last Memorial day, has been
appointed presiding elder Of the idaho
ilelrIct.