Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-01-24
NEWS NOTES.

$5I1,O29 is the property assessment oi
Ashland.
A ten mill tax is levied on Ashland
city property by the city council.
Tie publishers of the Port Oxford
Tribune expects soon TO print daily
edition.
The big pile raft is strung all along
the beach from Gold Beach to Cap
Blanco.
The ice houses at Ashland haye been
filed with this winters ice, from
Trucker, Cal.
240O sacks Of potatoes is The yield re-
ceIved from five acres by T. D. Oliver
near Pendleton.
The homestead entries at The Dallps
number 579, while the cash sal
amount to S92, $50.
Douglas county warrants are now
selling at IS cents on the dollar, and
even at this heavy discount the de
mand is not at all active.
George Harper, the Georgian, recen =
" confirmed by the senate as agent ON
the Umatilla reservation, has formal y
taken charge Of the agency.
The last one of Eugene's Chinese has
registered. 1t was generally supposed
the city contained at least rs but the
register shows that only 26 have regis
'ered,
Average annual rainfall at Portland
for the past 20 years has been 1874
inches, while the average at r seburg
for the past fifteen years has been
34.89.
During the wind storm Of the first
Il laat week, tree was blown acrH
he Minter bridge, across Tualatin river
and one of the fifty foot spans broke
down.
The Douglas county court has ex
tended the time of redemption to those
whose land was bid in for delinquent
taxes until May 1st before adding the
20 percent penalty.
The suit of the state to recover $17, 900
fr I'M ex Regent Andrew II. smith, of
the Agricultural college, was decided
vt Tacoma in favor of the state. Judge
Pcitchard rendered the decision.
The little son of Mr.. Taylor, of Hills
bDro, who submitted to the amputa'i m
Of his right leg, it is feared will have
t. submit to the left one being ampu-
tated also.
F. s. Barnes, whose name, by the
way, is known amongst the archers of
his country, is making some bows of
Oregon upland yew. He has fouud
,fter a nllst thorough trial that it Is of
.uperior quality.
The Pullman Report is informed that
4 large portion of what wheat has been
standing in the shock is In good condi-
tiOn aud will be threshed aud brought
Into the market. There may not be as
much wheat lost as was expected.
Albert Fail, who lives near Albany,
wLs painfully Injured while cleaning u
44.calibre British bulldog revolver. II
4 Topped the revolver, which ctuSe thA
explosion. The ball entered his left leg
just below the thigh.
For $l4S 0OO the Tacoma & Puyallup
railroad, the Poiut Def Inre, Tacoma &
e lisOn railroad, together with all their
franchises, r'al estate, etc, were sold
t. representatives Of thu bDndhJlderI
rns two roads were sold Dv the sheriff,
OF Jan. 10, under an execution on a
foreclosure suit.
A large portion of the male popula-
ton OF Sitka have wives they have uur-
chased. This is contrary to law.
Marshal Porter, of the Alaska District,
has Instructed his deputies to arrest
every white mln Violating the law.
As result of which official order near
ly every man On board the Uaitei
states steamer Pinci is in lil at Sitka.
Hundreds Of other arrests are expected,
"OId Buonaparte," Wappatn Iu-
dian died on the Graud Rlule R4ser.
walton on the Il inst Of grip, aged
about so years. HIS death leaves only
two living members Of the once large
Wappato tribe who usei to range in
Washington aud Yamhlll counties.
The two only survivors are "IIaue
jun" well tu do farmer on the
Agency, aud john Pratt 0Ith of whom
are we'll advanced in years.
Regular meetings continue at the
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