Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-06
Ochre Discovered Near Pen
dleton, Oregon.
A RECEIVER GONE WRONG.
An lnStructresS at an Indian School
Receives Probably Fatal
lnjuries-Etc.

Arizona Legislature closes its session
on April IA.
Blocks sixty feet in length without a
break are found in the onyx quarries in
Lower California.
The Arizona Council has passed bill
exempting from taxation for twenty
years all railroads that begin work in the
Territory within one year.
The last OF the Ceur d'Alene rioters
held in Jail have been released IN obedi-
enCe to recent United States Supreme
Court decision.
Railroad shop employees at Sacramento
threaten N boycott members NJ the
Board OF Trade II the latter perssts in
taking business from the Bee.
Ochre found on Elijah Welch's place
below Pendleton, Or, makes paint of
about the eame body and color as burnt
sienna, which 1t resembles greatly.
In the Arizona Legislature the Field
bill, which provided for the division OF
the Territory into irrigation districts,
has been killed in the House by an over
whelming vote.
The misappropriation Of funds in.
grounds at Phoenix, A. r., has led TO the
introduction of a resolution in the Leg.
islature to remove the capital.
The contest over the Elizalde will at
Santa Barbara has begun. About $780,
600 are involved, and the widow char. es
her husband was unduly Influenced in
his bestowal Of the properties on other
people.
Frank Lesnet, receiver OF the Roswell,
N. M, United States Land Office, disap-
peared few weeks since, and advices at
Santa Fe state that he was short to the
government somewhere between 5000
ard $4,000.
A few days ago Miss Lizzie Dugpn, in.
HtructCr at the Indian &c oil, known as
the Stewart Institute, at Careon, in at
tempting to separate two Indian girls
who were quarreling, was struck over
the head and IL is believed seriously in
jured.
BY the provision OF bill which has
passed the Arizona House no house OF
i'll fame can exist within 400 yards Of
puhlic-school building. II will break up
and clear out the dives on Monroe street
In Phmnix, rs all that portion OF the
town is within two blocks oil the High
School building.
Articles OF incorporation Of the Stock
ton Power Transmission Cohilany have
been filed by San Francisco men aeso-
ciated with local capitalists, with cap
ital OF $1,000 900. The company will
generate electr city with water power
on the Mokelumne river, forty-two miles
from Stockton, and transmit II for sale
TO manufactures.
Allen Rhodes Of Salem has prepared a
display OF Oregon game birds that will
40 10 the Worlds Fair. Ii consists of
seventeen Mongolian pheasants, includ-
ing cock, hen and fifteen chicks, four
pair Tor group; two pair OF Eastern
Oregon prairie chickens, two pair OF
dusky grouse, two pair rutlled grouse,
tour pair valley quail, three pair noun.
tain quail, a group OF jack snipe and
some other single specimens
The Oregon and California Land Com.
pany used TO be assessed on 1000 acres
ol land in Lane county. A new owner.
ship book revealed 100000 acres. The
company fought an assessment on that
basis. The Supreme Court decided
mostly In favor of the county OF Lane.
A compromise has just been made on
iS6, 900 acres. The principle has been
iulIy established that the railroad, OF
and company, must pay taxes on the
lhnd they me entitled to under the grant,
whether patented or not, Asa result
Lane county will receive this wear over
$1,000 frOm that scource, where several
years formerly few hundred dollar,
were paid annually.
The rage for hidden. treasure huntipo
still exists In the neighborhood of this
san Luis Rey Mission, and the Restora.
tion Society is taking steps to nut stor
TO the hurrowing In and around the
walls. Asan illustration OF the illusions.
there lives In Los Angeles an old Indian
woman with the name OF Trinidad. She |
WAS ayoung girl, about twelve wears old. !
at the mission OF San Juan Capistrano'
when that building was destroyed by an
earthquake in 1872, and thirty eight In. |
dians were killed on that memorable
SUNDAY at high mass. Trinidad, who
Chains TO be a witch, says she knows |
where large amount of gold and silye, |
is buried in that building, and the spir /
its tell that II is still there.
The NouhuSsiern Lumb,rman Of Chi. |
eago, treating OF the growing scarcity Of
white pine for shop work, suggests sew. |
eral woods TO I'LL its place, and saws Of
this Coas's woods: The two Western
woods that now seem likely 10 bec,ms
important factors In the factory trade
are spruce and red cedar. The former 4. |
n light, soft wood. easily worked but no, /
strong, with n close, straight grain, n |
has heen used 10 some extent by one of /
the Local sash, door and blind factories
with salts s,actory results. The red cedar
Is more brittle than spruce. rather |
coarse-grained, but easily worked and /
very durable. IL meets with somo iayn,
in this market as = finishing wood. but |
is hardly "a desirable for factory work as |
spruce. Yellow or Douglas DR. is claimed |
by some Pacific Coast mill men 10 I've am |
an excellent finishing wood, but IL Is tnn |
heavy TO admit OF shipment East In |
competition with spruce and cedar. n,
commercial value 10 greatest Tor CON.
utIuCtion pufpOSpa.