Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-19
NEWS NOTES.

The Indian war veterans reunion
will be heldat McMlnville on February
%.
Seattle courts haye convicted several
"repeRters" at school election in that
city.
The ravages of Ia grippe are killing
of British Columbia coast Indians at d
lively rate.
Tue state road convention Of Wash
ington, meets today at the State CapitoI
building.
There will be- new bridge put in at
Windchuck, Curry, Go. The lat
storms destroying the old one.
The Crawford Mining Il Milling
Company has incorporated at Spoka"e,
capitalized at $l25,0OO.
The Tacoma street cars have stopped
taking mail carriers free, and deliveries
are accordingly slower.
The corrected net increase of the
states taxable property for the year,
according to the county rolls, is $685.
e97, 1897.
Albert Richardson has been awarded
$l0,O00 damages for injuries sustained
Ia an accident at Carbon Hill, Wash,
coal mines.
The Eugene public schools are maxi
ing collection of clothing and edibles
for the benefit of those who are In needy
circumstances.
The -four mill at Long Creek has
ground up all the wheat in Northern
Grant county and has closed down un-
Til next spring.
The ringing of the fire bell in Athena,
WASH, by some practical joker, one
night last week, made a raving maniac
Of a lady of that town.
The new rock crusher at The DalIes
10 turning out good material for their
streets which have heretofore been al
most impossible.
The German ship Carl Friedrich,
Captain Haak, from New York for
Hong Kong, with 74,256 cases of re-
fined petroleum, has been abandoned
on Luconia reef, near Borneo.
Councilman Wright, of Tacoma, re.
ports that for $1,000 speut by the street
department of that city for manual
labor, $!l0O were required to pay super
intendents and bosses.
At mass meeting In Eugene a COM
mittee was appointed to see if the gov
eminent could be induced to assist in
protecting the city from invasion by
the new channel of the river.
The second round up of cattle in Okla
hogan county this season took place
last week, and 400 head of fine-condi-
toned animals are now en- route to
Seattle from that section.
Twelve inches of snow have fallen in
Colville valley, Wash. Mercury fell to
10 below, Monday. 1t is feared stock
men will have to feed hay earlier than
usual aud that hay will be very dear
About $500 In gold has been cleaned
up from the placers at Warm Springs,
on the Snake river, since last June,
with'twO rockers. Water for the rock
ers is raised from the river by two II |
foot wheels.
Only about 10000 bushels of wheat
were delivered at the Grants ferry
landing this season, as compared to
$50. 900 last year, says the GOldendale
Courier. When II is understood that
there was more grain sown and heav-
Ter yield per acre than ever before m
Klickitat county, II will he seen that
the loss by damaged grain has been
enormous.
Samuel |. Silverman and Dick Sher.
wood each owned half interest in
gold claim In Okanogan coun-
ty, Wash, says the Spokane Review.
They decided Saturday that there
wasn't room for two in its management,
and hit upon true western expedent
or settling their business difficulties.
Sherwood won and the mine will In
he future be called the "Monte Carlo"
John Crook and Jerry Coollins came
Ip the Curry county beach road last
Iunday on horseback When a few
niles below Gold Beach, near Frank b
)aniels' ranch, they noticed two pan.
hers In the brush fighting, Having c
o weapons, they dismounted, and, Sc.
lrlng rocks, charged on the "var n
Ilnts." The animals quit their iaml-
quarrel and charged on the intruder, Il
no were c'mpelled TO mount their p
rises aud fly, the panthers pursuing
! some distance. p