The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-07-08

WATER FLOWING INTO SALTON.
Resolutions Adopted in Opposition to
the Cumnctti Mining Bill
Rich Borax Deposit.

Water is flowing into Salton Lake, and
IT may be filled ~ il was two years ago,
The new borax claims found in the
Calico Mountains are said to be very
rich.
\ conservative estimate OF the estate
OF senator Stanford places it over S3i,-
100000.
4 rich borax deposit has been discov-
cred in Nevada about sixty miles from
Amadrc.
Wong Dip Ken, Chinaman at Los
Angeles, has been ordered dcported un-
der the Geary act.
Serious trouble with the Cheycnnes
at Fort kcogh Mont, over the attempt
ed arrest Of an Indian is reported,
Bids for the construction of the jctty
at the entrance OF San Diego Bay have
been published by the government ohi-
Cials.
Sacramento is to have Il supply OF
pure, clear water. Two or three com
pauics will bid on specifications ordered
10y the City Trustees.
J. T. tagan, special travelling agent
for the Travellers Insurance Company
OF Hartford. Conn, for the Territory OF
New Mexico, has been swlndling people.
The Yuma Indians have raised good
crop of corn on the river bottoms this
wear, and their crop OF wheat and mel
ons will keep them in good living until
next fall.
The contract for the erection OF new
city hall in Salem will be let to Hutch
ins 4 SoulhWlck for 49,Gl0. The plans
were somewhat altered, reducing the
original bid ~ 253.
sheriff Kay at Visalia, Cal, now keeps
the wards OF Evans and Sontag locked,
and the guards OF each man will remain
inside with the wounded outlaws, beside
having guard outside.
The jury in the case of Mrs. II. NJ.
Johnson, who sued the Southern Pacific
Company at Carson, New, for damages,
caused by the death of her husband,
obtained verdict of $4,000.
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
has adopted resolutions indorsng the
Denver, Salt Lake and San Francisco
railroad proposition and encouraging
the efforts of Salt Lake capitalists in
that direction.
James Lamoreaux of Idaho Falls,
Idaho, has brought suit in the Fifth
District Court against the Ensor lnst-
tute of Pocatello for $4,000 damages,
because it tried and failed to cure him
OF the liquor habit.
4 gentleman OF Olympia, WASH, has
, conceived the idea of utilizing the water
power of Tumwater, suburb, in gener-
ating electricity for the work of dredg-
ing Olympia harbor and redeeming the
tide lands. At low water the falls at
Tumwater produce 9,000-horse power,
and proposition for the utilizing of
this power has been made to the COM
pany controlling it. The officials of the
dredger company have asked the light
and power company for formal prop
osition to furnish 300-horse power by
electricity with which to finish their
government contract in the harbor.
The plans for the harbor improvement
are elaborate rs proposed by the Harbor
Line Commission and approved by the
War Department. The area of re-
deemed land will extend TO the end of
the long wharf, a distance of about
mile from the city front, covering an
area of about six blocks at the south
end and tapering to about 1000 feet at
the end of the long wharf. Surround
ing this will be a reserved strip of 800
feet for piers. To the west of this will
be the harbor proper. Extending down
the west side OF this redeemed land will
run the Northern Pacific track and an
avenue 15O feet wide. On the east side
waterway is proposed, with 300-foot
reserve for wharves and mill and manu-
featuring sites. The Tumwater water
way will afford deep water mile be-
yond Capitol Point, where the new
Statehouse is to be built.