The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-08-05
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.

Heavy rains are reported in Arizona,
accompanied by washouts on the roads,
delaying trains,
The Womcn's Christian Temperance
Union ut Sacramento is wAgug war on
side entrances to saloons.
Some OF the Cwur d'Alcnc women say
they will not ask for II new bonnet until
the country has free coinage OF silver.
Boys Mt Port Orchard, Or are busy
harvesting the egg crop on Island Rock,
They have now 600 dozen ready Tor ship
mrut.
The policemen Of san Joae have begun
suit 60 compel the Common Council TO
raise their salaries ~ required by the
State law.
The Captain OF the Oregon was given
Il reception at Astoria recently for his
Ao0lh continuous trip to and from San
Francisco,
Four hundred Indian salmon fishers
on Fraser river in British Columbia have
formed a union 10 secure a ralsc OF wages
and freeze out the Japanese.
There IN consternation among the Re-
publican clerks who hold government
situations at Mare Island. There is n
umor that they are to make way for
Democrats.
NIurty-tjyc per cent OF the orange
growers Of Riverside have entered into
compact ior mutual protection and to
work ia unison Tor the best interests of
the growers
The reports from the Lick Observatory
urr lo the effect that the comet, which
has lately attracted SO much attention,
has companion, whose tail joins that
OF the original,
The Riverside Bank, which failed some
time ago, continues to receive collections
from outstanding accounts, and there Is
general feeling that, if the bank peo-
pie are given time, dcpostors will be
paid in full.
As the davs pass the mass Of evidence
i'm the District Attorneys and Sherilf's
offices at Stockton Corroborating the
statement OF schultz that he murdered
-nloonkccprr near Stockton increases,
and when in its entirety it is made pub
lie il will prove to be one OF the most
interesting and romantic tales in the
history OF American crime.
Avery rich gold discovery about thirty
miles from Ssson in the Eddy Mountain
has caused much excitement The hills
nrc full of prospectors, and every inch
Of ground in the neighborhood is located.
The owners OF the original strike were
moor men, but have distracted in the
ncghhorhood OF l0,000in gold from the
quartz taken out.
los Angeles reports case of faith
rurr which, il is stated, has astonished
tbe uroplc of that section. Mrs. Ada U.
Walton, who had been an invalid for
twelve wears, most OF the time bedrid-
dnn claims that while on her bed she
distinctly heard voice telling her to
arise. AZ her faith had made her whole.
She called for wrap, jumped out of
he'd and walked into the dining room.
She has had no trouble in walking since.
The attention Of the outside world is
being largely attracted to the exhibits
OREGON is making at the great White
civ. Many OF our Eastern exchanges
cnmc to us with articles descriptive of
thr resources OF our State. The editor
nf the Holt County (Mo.l Sentinel, writ
inc from Chicago, pays Oregon the fol-
N!nTinp high compliment: Gas repre-
senting the States of the West ut the
pxnosition Oregon, the land of big red
onnlcs, stands prc-eminently at the head.
Although she has no State building, Or
ngnn makes II magnificent showing of
her resources in the several buildings of
thn fair. Her display in the horticult-
,,rol building is everywhere aCknowl-
edged as being peerless. Here she shows
pears weighing five pounds, apples six
inches in diameter, plums larger than
goose eggs, cherries three and three
fourths inches in circumference and
nnnches l71% inches. In her agricult-
rrol booth she exhibits grains and
%rosscs that are acknowledged by mill
mon to be without q parallel. In the
annr test made ut the fair flour made
from Oregon wheat was found to make
,rhitcr and finer bisCuits.than any other
Honr tried. In the mining department
miniature placer mine is kept con-
"tontly in operation, washing virgin gold
from the gravel just as it is taken from
Oregon's placer-mining properties. In
thn fishery department several tons OF
the the famous Columbia river salmon are
shown, together with fishing boats, fish
wheels, etc, and in the forestry depart
ment are exhibited some specimens Of
timber that astonish the world. A block
cnt NJ, from a forest of the West measures
nine feet across. This is the largest
hIock of wood at the fair, and it attracts
much attention"