Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-02
NEWS NOTES.

Albany voted a $4,000 school tax
last Saturday.
1t has frozen hard enough at The
Dslles for skating on real ice.
Mollawa county is TO have q new
bridge over the Imuaha river.
The Newburg Graphic is advocating
road convention for Yamhill county.
A Dallas man has invented new
kind Of a haypress which beats them
all.
Marshfleld has passed a tax ordin-
ance charging license on every busi-
ness.
Ten Cinnamon will be deported
from Townsend, Washington this
week.
The streets of Day ton are now lit by
oil aud the lamps are of the latest
make.
The Coos bay fishermen received $40
per barrel for silverslde salmon shipped
below.
Geo. T. Stevens, of Yorkfie Id, WASH,
has preached sixty sermons In the last
sixty days.
A fisherman at Astoria caught a
sturgeon last Saturday that weighed
800 pounds. 1t brougt him $15.
Capt. Starr, of the Salvation army
conducted union prayer meeting at
Walla Walla. Washington recently.
At the district examination at
Eugene, there were only rs teachers
out of the SO applicants that were
awarded certificates.
Aberdeen Wash, is asked for a bonus
OF $3.50, 900 By Illinois parties to build
and operate rolling mill that will
employ $50 men.
Chas. III. French, Of Auburn, Wash,
q banker, has been arrested on charge
OF signing note as president of bank
without the consent of the board Of
directors.
Edward Landers, of Irving precinct
has been arrested for sending an
obscene valentine through the mails.
His case comes up before U. 3. Com
missioner, J. J. Walton, in Eugene.
Mr.. G. It. Moon and w. Ketchum,
living in the vicinity of Mt Hood, who
have been trapping there for several
weeks, report the snow deeper in the
than they ever knew it
before.
The total lumber output of Lane
county, for the year 1893, was Is, 49,
BOO feet, About 100000 feet of logs
'or mills outside the county We're also |
At the present rate Lane
county will be In the lumber business
or several generations yet.
The Indians opposite Cello are fear
ul that their illshe will be occupied by
Boston men, who are anxious to cap.
ure the salmon in the Columbia river.
they have made complaints to parties
Goldendale, Wash. who will present
he matter In the U. s. court.
The Oregon State Agricultural college
Farmers Short Course" is very pop
lar aud very well attended course and
ives to the actual agriculturists and
orticulturists advanced ideas in prac-
Ical work aud the course contains
sctures that cannot but be appreciated
y all who attend.
Que day recently coyote scared
[ IN. J. s. Herrin's band of sheep on
heir range north of Ashland aud start
d stampede down the hillside. In
'ying to get over a gulch some of the
leep stuck in the snow aud the whole
ant rushed right along over them.
he result was the death of AZ head of
heep.
Miss May Fuller, of Tacoma, has re-
'ntly succeeded In climbing Mount
tanier, Washington, feat which no
'oman had before attempted, and in
hich few meR had ever succeeded.
ne mountain is ii, 444 feet high, and Z
10 upper part is we'll covered with :
sciers. The 1000 feet were done on \
orseback, but the rest of the distance /
nd to be accomplished on foot. and
.lss Fuller aud the four men who ac-
'mpanied her suffered severely from
Ie exposure. .