The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-02-26
THROUGH THE STATE

manship. Another trouble is, that too
many seven-column papers are published
in six column towns.
Hon. j. A. Wright OF Union has been in
vestigating mining interests in Southern
oregon and returned to the city today.
He is very much interested in a big dis
play at the Worlds Fair Of Oregon's min
ing interests. There is no boubt he thinks
but that the special effort at a fruit and
mine exhibit would pay this state big
in an increase flow of immigration and
capital.
1t is reported that settlement has been
made by p. A. Marquam of 5000 to Mr.
w. c. Avery, whose wife was killed In
the elevator at the Marquam opera house
1t was concluded that there was clear
case Of damages, and as the law always
allows as much as $1,000. the easiest way
was to settle without a suit. 1t is under
stood that Judge Marquam Is indemnifed
by the Elevator Accident Company.
The Union Scout In its county court
proceedings has the following: Bids were
then opened on keeping county poor farm
for one year, and the contract was let to
Egbert Coffinberry at 1915 per week FOR
each pauper the contractor to have the
use of the poor farm and the county to
furnish the necessary clothingand medi-
furnish the necessary clothing and medi-
tractor to furnish all necessary care and
attention to the sick.
Last Friday Robt. Mccartney, bridge
builder living at Wolf Creek station, shot
his wife accidentally in the hip with
44-caliber Winchester. He was In the
house showing his brother-in-law how to
handle the gun, when the lady stepped
in front Of them just as II accidentally
went off. The bullet tore along under
the skin for few inches, but did not
strike inward. The couple are roomlns
at Col. Curry's residence and Mrs. Nc
Cartney, who is a young woman of 70,
is recovering rapidly. - Grants Pass
Courier
A few days ago the grand jury of Ma
rlon county completed its labors and sub
mitted its final report. At the state In
sane asylum they found $50 patients; at
the state penitentiary 800 prisoners. The
report adds: 1--WE found (at the penlten-
tlary) everything all right; that every
thing was kept clean and Is being econom-
ically and satisfactorily run" The grand
Jury examined the county jail and found
II n poor excuse" but that 1t was being
conducted as well as the circumstances
will permit" The jury also visited the
state reform school and found 81 boys
confined there and being well cared for
Everything was neat and systematically
arranged"
on Monday, says the Oregon City En-
terprise, Mr.. Tarrant, of Portland, but
who owns 200 acres OF land adjoining Os-
wego, was in the city interviewing the
court desiring to have his assessment re-
duced. His 200 acres was assessed at
$4,000, or 800 per acre. AS he recently
sued the Oregon Iron and Steel company
for $50 900 damages for encroaching upon
his property few feet with mine, this
would not seem an unreasonable assess
mont. II drift from a mine run In n
few feet damages land $4,000, the whole
200 acres which is held as mineral land,
ought to be worth $4,000. What will Mr.
Tarrant take for his 200 acres might be
proper question for the court to ask.
Bad blood exists between the Indians
and Chinese at Umatilla, and II Is feared
trouble may result During the past few
weeks wood has been scarce at the In
dian village, and to keep from freezing
the Indians have been tearing down por-
tlons of the large fume which was built
for mining purposes by company OF
Chinese several years ago. The China
men expended over $1,000 in bnilding the
flume, and were naturally quite angry
when they saw the. inroads the Indians
were making on II Monday u squad oi
armed Chinese surprised some squaws
as they were breaking down part of tht
nume, and drove them from the scene,
The Indians are desperate.
The grand jury of Marion county re-
turned true bill against II. s. Simon
yesterday for attempting to bribe an ex-
ecutive officer Bail was fixed at $1,000 and
Il warrant for arrest placed In the hands
OF the sheriff. The charges before the
grand jury stated that on or about the
first day of March. 1891, II. $, Simon re-
quested Geo. S. Downing, superintendent
of the penltentiary, to call at his place of
business. In answer to this request Mr..
Downing called and was told by Mr.. 81
mon that II he would purchase certain
supplies for the penitentlary of him that
he would give him five per cent, and II
that was not satisfactory, that he would
give him ten per cent, The witnesses
against Simon were Joseph Cavanaugh
G. B. Barr, Geo. s. Downing. and Syl- |
vester Pennoyer,
w. G. Steel, of Portland, who has been
at Washington, in the interest of the Mt.
reserve had the following to say about 1t
on his return to Portland. "A misundcr-
standing In regard to the timber reserves
seems to exist In various otherwise we'll
quarters. 1t is simply u ques-
tlon of time, should there be no legisla-
tion to the contrary, when all the timber
would be taken from the Cascade range,
Such is the history of all well timbered
countries. The effects of the reservation
of such timbers can be seen in this way
our climate today is regulated to a great
extent by the moisture retained In the
by dense forests within which
snow melts gradually, and by moisture
retained throughout the year. Remove
the forests and the snow melts quickly,
and there is an early spring followed by
a long Siege of dry weather, First, the
streams are swollen to an unusual size
and then they are dried up, With a per-
manent timber reserve this calamity
might be averted for future generations"
In the office of ID. h. Crocker, OF the
Oregon Improvement Company, is an old
arlginal sign with the trademark OF the
steamer Northwest, known TO every old
timer as the boat that formerly ran from {