The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-07-29
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.

The Nevada State Board OF Pardons
has refused to grant any Of the many
applications presented 10 it,
4. Ten thousand acres OF land have been
purchased about ten miles east Of Riv-
crsidc Gail, which will be put under
water and sold for settlement.
There s good money in tobacco-grow-
ing in Washington according to 7. +.
Patton Of McMillin Mr.. Patton has
three acres OF tobacco this year, 10000
plants to the acre,
4 wooden ware manufacturing com.
pauy ui Michigan is guaranteed $2b, 900
bonds in lands and money II il will
erect II mauulactOry in Whatcom,
WASH, and employ 100 men.
The owners OF the East Wellington
lB. c. collicrics have tclcgraphcd their
uuwllliugucss to agree 10 terms with
their employees on the compromise offer
ed hy the latter; 70 the mines have shut
down.
The capture Of woman named Nc
paggctt Mt Bonncrs Ferry, Idaho who
WIS engaged in smuggling opium from
British Columbia, IN reported II was
found m her berth, and amounted in all
to sixty cans.
schultz, the scli-conicsscd shooter OF
George Abranasin, waysidc saloon
Keeper near stockton, was confronted
by hi- late employer, y. w. McCarty,
who described him ~ being an easy liar
who likes to pose rs Il hero.
A deck hand on the Australian
steamer Warrimoo ut Vancouver, B. c.,
was bitten hy tarantula on the breast.
The poisonous insect dropped from II
bale OF bananas into his open shirt
bosom. 4 surgeon cut the flesh out all
around the bite.
Mariana Gcarman, alias Bartolo Gar
Ella, was arrested Mt TusCon, A. T., and
charged with the murder of Pedro
Lopez in Tres Pinos san Bcnito county,
Cal, on September -, 1870. For over
twelve years Gcarman has lived in
Tuscun aud vicinity, working in the
mines and irciEhting, He has been
known ns Bartola Garcia, and bore the
reputation OF IL pcaccable and indus
trlou4 man and cared well for his wife
and little daughter.
Judge Bcllingcr in the United States
District Court ut Portland refuses to
issue writs OF habCas corpus in Chinese
cases until the customs officers have
decided on their rights to enter the
country. lie added: " The govern
mcnt has appointed qualified officers to
take care OF Cinnamon, and it is not
presumed the courts are to take the
matter out of their hands. Cinnamon
,,,.,,,.;t,,naI - thn ,,pttnl nf
the word. They voluntarily placed
themselves in this position and knew
perfectly well they would be subject to
examination on reaching United States
ports"
Those who are skeptical as to the
worth Of Oregons exhibit at the
Worlds Fair will find in the following
clippings abundant evidence that her
biz irut and fine woods are attracting
no small amount of favorable comment:
Chicago Evening Journal: "A repre-
sentative collection of fruits from
the growers of Oregon is arranged
on the east side of the north
hall in II glittering array of glass jars,
Oregon prdes herself on her prunes.
Her soil produces with utmost inn
Spartiality Italian, German, French,
Hungarian and her own silver prunes,
When it comes to q matter OF size the
State is also well to the fore. There is
n pear in her exhibit which measures
9 inches and weighs Az pounds; q
Gloria Mund' apple Weighing pounds,
cherry 81 inches in diameter, and
peaches l7b inches in circumference.
Chicago Tribune: "ln the horticul-
tural building, Oregon, which was the
first State in complete readiness and
which opened May /, makes an exhibit
which should be seen by all. 1t is a
wonderful story Of the resources of that
State, Its plan of display is remark
ably artistic, and shows its many varies
ties Of fruits in jar and on plate to great
advantage. In all there are 400 plates
of apples that make the mouth water
and 240 immense jars of fruit in solu-
ton. There are monster pears, ounces,
plums, peaches, apricots, cherries and
grapes, any one OF which, except the
two latter, would do for dessert for a
medium-szed family. There are 96
cases of prunes, sun-dried apples, pears,
plums, peaches and other fruits. Chi
cago Inter-Ocean: Sections of horti-
cultural hall contain fruits and vines,
or more properly speaking, the displays
of the bureau of viticulture and po-
mology. OF the latter Oregon, Cali
fornia, Utah and Nova Scotia have ex-
ceedingly fine exhibits ready for in
spection.