The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-04

be taken before City Recorder Edes were
Charley Adams, %. M. Waite and Paul II.
Sroat, but they were let of after promie-
l Ing to heed the provisions OF the ofdin-
ance hereafter. During the day q num.
Der of wheelmen attempted to make
sport" Of the new law by paradine the
streets with all styles OF bells attached
to their wheels. There were COW bells,
sheep bells. street car gongs.. alarm
clocks and everything with a ring to It,
and to the stranger Salem appeared more
like village than the Capital City. The
projectors Of the movement attempted 70
get up demonstration on Monday night.
but 1t fell fiat. The ordinance is GOOD
one and the wheelmen should observe 1t.
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Mr.. c. I. Williams, a stock grower ana
rancher Of Fox valley, Grant county,
arrived in Baker City yesterday with q
load OF wool for McCurren Bros. OF John
Day, says the Democrat. This Is Mr..
Williams first visit here In twenty-three
years, and when seen by q reporter he
was trying to locate himself The only
building that he could recognize was the
Grier stables The town had completely
outgrown ell his expectations and from
the struggling hamlet OF only two or
three hundred people city had grown
with population OF over 1000. Mr.. Will
iams was engaged In frelghtlng between
Umatilla landing and Baker City In the
old days and he yet remembers the names
OF few of the men then In business here.
--Times-M -Mountaineer.
Chief Peo has requested the East Ora.
gonian to say that the committee OF chiefs
on the Umatillh reservation is making
elaborate arrangements for the celebra-
tion Of the Fourth of July at the usual
place. a mile above the government
schools at the agency Many visitora
are expected from the Yakima reserva.
tion, and all the principal families from
the tribes here will be represented IN
the big camp. Ten oxen will be driven
to the spot, slaughtered and the flesh
distributed among the tepees. The In
dlans hope to see many white visitors
and will welcome all who come.
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It has cost Union county in the neigh.
borhood of 800 in a criminal prosecution
in which the vital point to be ascer-
tained was whether a certain individual
or some one else led certain horse out
of barn on certain date, says the La
GrGnde Chronicle. Last summer the
question Of the ownership OF q worthless
cur pup cost the county $50. and slx-blt
wagon cover cost the tax payers hun
dred or more. On another occasion q
small street scrap case went the rounds
of three justice courts and cost the
county over $500.
The police authorities in Pendleton re-
Gently arrested three men as vags. who
after being kept In jail over night and
brought to trial before the recorder, de-
clared they were acrobats on their way
to Spokane to fill an engagement The
recorder had q space In the room cleared
and nfter enjoying for an hour some Of
the finest tumbling ever produced on
circus boards concluded the claim OF
the men was established and let them
go on their way rejoicing.
"A few days ago George Hawk, who
resides near Crawfordsville. discovered
two bear cubs In a tree and In falling
the tree one was killed and the other
only stunned. Mr.. Hawk brought him
to town Monday and offered him for sale
at IS, but did not hnd a buyer Browns
vile Times.
The Klickitat Agrlculturlst says: "Un-
der date of the oath inst we learn that q
well-to-do farmer named John Russell.
living near Arlington, committed suicide
on the morning of that date. He was
a bachelor about 45 years Of age"