The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-08-26
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.

A. y. Childrcss, manager OF the clear
ing house Mt Los Angeles, has rcsiguc!
nt the solicitation OF the clearing house
banks.
The scarcity OF salmon in the Column
ba this season is more marked than ever
before, and has led to the belief IN many
quarters that the river is iishcd Out, and
that fish wheels, traps and scincs must
be- abolished in future If the industry IL
u be- revived.
The people Of Yuma and vicinity held
u mass meeting recently, and unanr-
mously agreed to request United States
Atturncy.ticncral Olney not 10 appeal to
the United States Supreme Court the
Algodoucs lund-graut case recently de
cidci in favor OF the claimants by the
United States Land Court OF Private
tMIuz. The reasons given are that the
settlers on the grant are perfectly satis-
fled with the decision.
4 fisherman on the Lower Columbia
had his net in the river and was max
ing drift, when the steamer 7. j. Pot
ter passed on her way 10 Astoria. The
captain did not see the net, and in pass
ing one Of the vessels big wheels picked
IL up and wound it around the shaft,
taking the fisherman and part OF his
boat with il. Fortunately he was 80
completely tangled in the net that he
was held firmly in one place and carried
around, and escaped being dashed TO
pieces. Ills outcrics for help were heard
aud the steamer was stopped, and he
was released.
In speaking OF Oregon being unreprc-
sentcd in the National Board the Chlca-
20 Tribune OF late date remarks: "Or-
rgon il without representation in the
deliberations OF the National Commits
sion, and in this incident there is an
other feature of the old Cleveland-Pcn-
mover frud. One OF Oregon's National
Commissioners il i'll, and his alternate
resigned. TO this resignation the COY
cruor paid no heed. Orcgon's other
Commissioner il not in the city, and the
Governors refusal to notify the Presi-
dent Of the vacancy in the commission
leaves Oregon without spokesman.
Orcgonians are fearful that they will
fare i'll in the apportionment OF jurors
Of awards, and have asked the National
Commission TO take such action as will
result in Oregon having voice III the
bodv's deliberations
One of the most important features
presented to visitors IL the magnificent
educational exhibit, now fully open and
complete, in the department OF liberal
arts Nearly all of the States and Ter
ritorics are crcditably represented. Par
ticularly are the most distant States well
represented, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and OF these no exhibit il more
attractive than that presented by the
State Of Oregon. Its specific character
igtics are numerous and many OF them
uniaue. and at once hold the attention
OF the passer-by. In the department OF
ornithOlogy there is Il magnificent dis
nlay of all the game birds of Oregon OIL
rpontlv mounted. There are free-hand
and mechanical drawings and photo
graph work illustrating all features Of
pnblic-school work through the several
grades. OF the higher institutions OF
learning the State University, the State
Agricultural College and the Willamette
University lead in their exhibits. The
entire exhibit is II tribute to the enter
prise, skill and ability of the teachers
and schools of the Web-foot State
Chicago lnter-Ocean.
"A One of the most attractive exhibits to
the public in the mines and mining
hnildinp is the model or miniature hy-
draulic placer mine in the Oregon sec
tion. which as drawing card to the
general public is only surpassed by the
Silver statue of Justice" The placer
mine consists of bed of gravel about
fifteen feet long and six feet wide, with
sluicewav through the middle. A small
hydraulic ram throws a vigorous stream
Of water against the gravel bank, carry
;no the dirt down in the sluiCe where the
gold is caught by the rifles placed cross
Wise in the box. A number of Oregon
placer-mining properties gave the gravel,
loo sacks of $50 pounds each coming
from the following properties Ingram
& Baker. Centennial and Willow Springs
in Willow Springs district, Davenport in
the Davenport district; on the opening
dav some gravel from the Basin mine,
the property of Captain Clough OF Port
land, was worked over; cleanup was
made after each bag was worked, but the
Gold was allowed to remain in the boxes
in order to give visitors an insight into
the system of pacer-mining. A final
cleanup was made late in the afternoon,
which netted about one ounce of gold
dust and two nuggets weighing about
one-eighth of an ounce each. This spe-
cial attraction is in charge of F. H. Rowe,
superintendent of the Oregon mining
exhibit.-New York Engineering and
Mining Journal