The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-16
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.

Delegates are in session in phunix A
T., from ten of the twelve counties ol
the Territory TO push the matter oI
Statehood.
Northern and Central New Mexico are
enjoying the biggest mining boom ever
known, and NIL the work seems to be in
the placer gold diRgings.
\ six foot vein OF coal has lust been
discovered in southeastern Arizonn by
l'r. lhco. Il. tomstock, Director OF the
Arizona School of Mines. The roal IN
sclnl-anthracltc OF excellent fuel quality.
Many OF the farmers Of Pullman.
Wash. viii Iatten hogs with their dam.
aged wheat, and are securing them NJ
fast as possible. 1t il estimated that a
bushcI Of wheat will produce ten pounds
OF pork.
case IL now in progress IN the Fed
erai Court Mt Yuma which affects the
boundary line between Arizona and Cal
iiornla, and il is believed by some that
II will result in showing that Yuma il
in California.
Owing to the sickness OF one of the
jurors III the Evans case on trial ut Jack
son, Amad0r county, Cal, the trial has
been postponed until January %. The |
jurors who were sworn in are now de- |
manding their pay.
The Supreme Court OF California has |
refused Charles Wciger new trial. |
Weigcr is the dry-goods merchant con-
victcd in Sacramento OF obtaining goods
by false and fraudulent pretenscs from
the Philadelphia firm OF Sharpless Bros.
Sixty settlers on the south fork of the
Kern river in California have been
served with an injunction by Walter
Rankin, who claims priority in the use
OF the water, which has been diverted
by these settlers above.
Later reports from the ship Gosford
state that very little injury has been
done TO the hull by the action OF the
water, and that the attempt to raise her,
which the tugs Fearless and Relief will {
undertake, will probably result SUCCESS |
lully. [
The officers OF the City OF Topeka re- !
port no epidemic OF the grip among the !
Indians in the vicinity OF juneau, |
Alaska, who were reported as dying by
the hundred. Aleuts, 900 miles from
Iuurun, are suffering from a grip cpl y
dcmic. t
'"NitN cNhlilIo VI Llt RItUl IUU~Etunln |
mil OF the Phmnix Mining Company
started work Mt Phoenix, A. r. The y
mime has been opened extensively in "
the last ten months, and will now take 0
rank as one OF Arizona's main bullion :.
producers. Z
Most OF the Indians of the ColviIle !
reservation are gathering at the Okano- .
gan river opposite Alma, and will soon "A
II weeks celebration, or in c'
other words death feast" over two M
Indians OF influence who were burned g
10 death some time ago. Chief Moses "A
and other celebrities OF his tribe will be &C
present to assist in the ceremonies, &C
which are to be of superstitious IL
nature. III
Judge Iorigan of the Superior Court Sc
Vt san Jose has declared unconstltu- as
ional the law passed by the last Legis- I!
ature requiring City Councils in cities u
If not less than 10000 nor more than IN
%, 600 population to fix by ordinance at VI
he first regular meeting in July the ut
alaries of the policemen ut not less 20
han 500 nor more than 1926 per pa
month and that of Chief of Police Mt tn
lot less than 1925 nor more than $3.50. w
Work on the various buildings at the frf
1idwinter Fair grounds has been some tol
Ehat delayed, owing to bad weather,
ut will be pushed as rapidly as possible of
rom this on. One OF the most attrac- osi
i've exhibits to be seen in the mechan- bo
's' building will be that made by the wi
ieneral Electric Company. This ex- an
ibit will be equal to some of the grand me
Iectric displays made at Chicago. no
|ord has been officially received by ass
irector- General de Young through the ito
onsul of the French government to the XII
feet that the Minister of Beaux Arts tin
nd given permission to all French SUI
'tlsts who were represented ut the Co wo
mbian exposition to avail themselves the
the opportunity offered in the same saw
at the coming Midwinter mo
xposition. Among the concessions ter
hich have not yet made much showing Th,
l the grounds is the Esquimax village. ont
ne village will contain about fifty bon
'rsons. men, women, boys and girls. yea
lere are now over seventy-tive build sid,
gs under course of construction at the mes
position grounds. April is the day can
t for the press congress. This date this
Is been fixed through the medium of at |
e Press Club of San Francisco and sen
ter consultation with the California and
ate Press Association and others who, tere
Q interested in newspaper work. can