Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-09-07
Oregon Takes the Bun in Her
Forestry Exhibit.
BUILDING AT LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Prosecution of Work on the Santa
Margarita Extension on the
Southern Pacific.

Inc state Blind Institute at Salem
opens September II.
Building at Los Angeles IL reported
active, with an improving real-estate
market.
The miners on the Constock refuse to
accept the proposed reduction Of rs per
cent in wages.
Alfred ii. Nelson, former manager
OF the Ogden (Utah) Building and Saw
ings Association, Is short $4,000 in his
accounts.
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Company has reduced the pay Of all its
employees, except locomotive engineers,
20 per cent.
1t is claimed that extensive frauds
were perpetrated in connection with the
attempt TO raise the San Pedro in Vic
toria harbor.
The depositors Of the suspended say
ings bank at Portland want the stock
holders to guarantee that the bank will
pay all depositors in full.
Eastern Washington's grain harvest
this season pronisos to he the best ever
known. The average yield from British
Columbia to tho Oregon line will DO
tHlIIy DuhHelh 10 lno acre.
Scott Morris OF Evans Creek, Jackson
county, Or, who has been collecting and
shipping East the bulbs and seeds OF the
wild flowers Of Southern Oregon, has
built up quite business in that line.
The man arrested in Southern Oregon
for robbing the mail in Califonia proved
not 10 be the right man and he was dis
charged. Davidson, the newsman, thus
fails TO secure the handsome reward of
~, 800.
Over 100 Spokane Cinnamon are pre-
pairing 10 start back 10 Asia next month,
nearly all OF them to remain. They
have accumulated sums ranging from
$1,000 TO $4,000 during their stay in
America.
The Supreme Court Of the State of
California has decided the Indian bond
case In favor OF the Controller. This IL
very important case TO the State, in
volving M IL does the validity of claims
against the State aggregating between
$500, 900 and $760,000.
Adviccs from Joseph City in Beaver
county, Utah, tell Of the largest and
most disastrous waterspout that ever
visited Utah. II struck Clear Creek
Canyon, and teamsters escaped with
difficulty and only after fast and furi-
ons drive for high ground.
Active prosecution OF the work on the
Santa Margarita extension on the South
ern Pacific has not been discontinued ns
report stated. Some 600 men are at
work, 40 per cent Of the force being
cal ,,H u.l IL IA. h.lt..taI n.
will bo through in the spring OF 1894.
This summer, II is said, will SEQ the
last Of the famous Harney Valley (Or.)
crickcts, They are dying by millions
from some disease, and have not yet de-
posted their eggs. Those who have oh.
served their habits say the disease which
has caused their destruction in other
places il the same 10 all appearances rs
that which In killing them there, They
have been in the valley in numbers ever
since II was first visited by the whites,
In the forestry building at the Worlds
Fair Oregon takes back seat for no
State or nation, her forestry exhibit be-
ing II revelation oven to Orogonians who
have spent their lives in the forests. She
shows the largest block Of wood In the
building. This isa cross section from
the trunk OF tide-land spruce, and is
ten feet in diameter. This section was
cut twenty feet above the butt, which
was sixteen feet In diameter. The tree
OF which II was part was quite sprout
when Columbus started on his first voy-
age, and before IL was fclled its topmost
branches lowered more than 800 feet
above terra iirma, or high enough to AZ
ford ample shade for the monster Ferris
wheels cars on the upper level. Oregon
shows also II beautiful house constructed
wholly OF Oregon woods. 1t IL ten feet
square, nineteen feet high, and is sur
mounted by an open cupola. The build
ing throughout is finished in hard wood,
all highly polished, elegantly carved and
arranged in the most attractive fashion
possible TO show the native woods OF the
State. The roof IL supported by four
nicely carved Doric columns OF maple,
while like number OF similar columns
OF oak support tho ROOF of the cIpola,
just now the newspapers Of Oregon
are having great deal to say about Or
egon fruit being shipped East, where il
is sold asa California product. There il |
too much truth In the statement TO make |
the thing funny, But few days ago at |
Chicago somo Orgonians, desirous oi |
learning whether or not there was any |
sale for Oregon fruits, took occasion 10 |
give the matter fair test, and ut the |
same time "vyened up ON California for |
having 40 long sailed under false colors |
by palming oil as her own Oregon choicest |
fruits. Just outside the Worlds Fair
grounds some boys were selling Calilor. |
mia lV.ntAAnn .t,N
peaches, apricots and cherries, and the |
little fellows were loudly crying their |
warcs--"Fresh California Fruit" "Cal. |
iiornia peaches" California pears" |
The Orcgonians approached the boys, !
examined their fruits, and told the hoys !
that twas not California fruit they wcrc
selling, and assured them 1t was grown
in Oregon. The boys said IL might be-
from Oregon for all they kncw-they
eaid IL was from California because that
made Il sell better. Then the wise men
from Oregon dug down in their jeans
and brought up some shining two-bit
pieces, which they gave 10 the boys with
the understanding that they were to
ehout Oregon fruit, " Oregon pear" "
etc, during the remainder of that day.
The boys tried their lungs ON the new
proposition, and the results were aston
ishing. People who had visited the fair
and seen Orcgone peerless horticultural
diplay opened their eyes. what" said
they, "Orcgon iruitl Well. We must try
some Of it--it looked 81 beautiful at the |
fair" And they did try il. 80 many
tried il that the boys soon sold out their
stocks and had TO return 10 headquar-
ters again and again for more, and up to
last accounts these self-sane boys were
crying, Right this way ior your onSun
PEARL"