The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-08

The Folsom Prison Directors Take
Their First Action Under the
California Parole.

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Baker from the Monumental.
The Pendleton Savings Bank has re-
sumed with increased capital.
Some 900 mutton sheep have been
shipped from The Dalles in 1898.
Snow is six inches deep on the noun
tain road from. Linn county over into
Crook.
Prineville for the first time in six
years could not hold public school this
winter.
John the Baptist" a 156-pound
black mastiff Of Scio, has been bought
by Sacramento man.
]. T. Cargill and Alexander Mckenzie,
Of Pendleton, have assigned to Senator
Raley. Assets and liabilities are about
even.
The shores Of the Columbia along by
The Dalles are thickly lined with wood
piled high, in anticipation Of q cold
winter.
G. Noley, Of Vancouver, B. c., has
written to the city council begging them
for Gods sake and humanity's sake to
enforce the law against the sale OF
cigarettes to minors. He says ne is
driven to ask them to do this by the fact
that his son, 10 years old, has been
driven crazy through smoking cigarettes,
and he says he knows Of several other
cases. He says cigarette smoking and
unnamable practices are rampant in the
city schools.
The game law made by the last legis-
lature Of Oregon, only allows grouse,
pheasants, quail, ETC., to be sold in the
market one month in the year. During
|, this month, which expired on the 10Th
Sinst.. dealers accumulated a stock OF
Mongolian pheasants in cold storage.
Now Fish and Game Protector Mcclure
viii commence suit to prevent dealers
from selling birds from cold storage.
He tried the same thing last spring in
regard to salmon and the dealers won
in the supreme court. They look on the
new suit as merely intended to make
fees and costs.
Ground has been broken for the Ann
Hathaway cottage at the Midwinter
Fair. which will be the British head
quarters. The site is on the south arm
Of the fair grounds, which extends along
the borders Of Strawberry lake on the
south. The grounds will be laid out in
an artistic manner, and as nearly identi-
cal with old English ideas and practices
AZ possible. The box hedges have al
ready been arranged for, and on the
ouaintly designed flower beds will be
planted marigolds, daffodils, sweet Will
Jams, lads and lasses, and other flowers
that Shakespeare knew.
In the superior court at San Fran
cisco G. Al. Spreckels and II. Nj. Wooley
have commenced suit against the
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com
pany. The suit is for an accounting OF
ali moneys and property in possession
Of the corporation. An order is asked
for restraining the defendant from
traDaacting any business. The plain
tiffs also ask for the appointment Of q
receiver to assume control of the com
pany's affairs. The complaint at the
same time makes serious charges Of
fraud and other irregularities. There is
involved about 81, 100000.
The clearance sale Of stations and
brood mares from the San Simeon stud
Of the late Senator Hearst took place re-
Gently. A great number Of breeders
were in attendance. The average price
was the largest ever realized at such q
sale In California. Paloma, the dam of
Armitage, brought $500. the highest
price. Coset, a chestnut mare, brought
$4,000. Eurnam, a bay horse, brought
$1,000. Forty-two head brought total
0f &4O. .721, an average little short Of
s970. The average was reduced by the
sale Of one or two crippled animals and
an old mare or two. Really well bred
mares averaged about $l5OO.
A special from Folsom, CAL, says the
prison directors, at a meeting Saturday,
took their first action under the parole
law. a prisoner under sentence from
Shasta county for murder was granted
1 parole, and John Mackey will give
him employment and be responsible for
him. a Pitt river Indian chief was also
paroled, He was sentenced for killing
4 medicine man who had failed to cure
His fthe chief 's) brother. This was the
custom Of the tribe, but the people Of
Modoc wanted toput stop to i and
caused the chief to be arrested and
prosecuted. The superior judge and
others, believing the desired end to have
Eeen reached, recommended the chief q
parole. The application Of Calvin Pratt,
III au,hezzler. was referred by Gev-