The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-22
STATE NEWS.

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Interesting Items Culed From Oregon
Leading Newspapers.
Heavy snow storms are reported on III
mountain range west of Baker City.
Cpious and drenching rains have e1
tended all over Eastern Oregon, bein
the first general soaking up since earl
last spring.
The citizens of Burns and Vicinity ar
up in arms against the Indians huntin
on their gronds and bodies Of arme
men are leaving for the mountains daily
They say they are going to hunt, but tn
more knowing ones say their game wi
be Indians.
Raising a pot with which to buy
souvenir for the battleship Oregon ha
been revived. Those who get the benen
of the Oregon's existence and those VIII
find so much Pleasure In the society @
her officers. Should contribute. To thro,
the burden of raising a fund OF thf
kind on the school children of this stat
is, to say the least, an imposition on tn
middle and poorer classes who receiv
the least benefit from such useless ant
expensive structures as battleships -
This gem of course comes from the Eas
Oregonian.
The Sheridan Sun rises to remark
Another row took place on the reserya.
tion one day last week. An Indian by
the name Of Pete Lafferty crushed the
Skull or another by the name of Jonas
snort, using a piece of 2x4 scantling by
way of emphasis. Short it is feared VITA
not live long. Should he live short, Laf-
ferty may not live long. Both are In
dian citizens, which leads us to remark
that the COVER ~nent made a mistake
when 1t investe he Indians with citi-
zenship, and gaNo them full swing at
fighting fire water"
Hon. Allied Blevins says the Albany
Democrat, has learned from experience
that there Is a splendid market for Ore
gon hay in New Orleans, for all that
can be shipped there from here, and that
even with the enormous freight rate of
about $l2 the farmer can get S6 a ton for
his hay. Good for Mr.. Rlevins The
Southern Pacific could do big thing for
Oregon farmers by giving them a freight
rate justified by the circumstances. Its
line runs directly into New Orleans, and
1t Is simply ridiculous to charge $12 or
Sl3 ton on Sc hay. That isn't fair under
any view Of It. 81 or $S a ton would
bring good price per carload. Come,
Mr.. Huntington, give our hay business
a lift.
David Neagle and wife of San Fran
cisco, have been in the city for few
days. Mr.. Neagle was here to shoot
Chinese pheasants. He and w. l..
Moore dropped thirty-fve birds yester-
day. Mr.. Neagle is fine shot 1t was
he who dropped the celebrated David s.
Terry a few years ago and had his name
In every paper in the United States He
did it as justiffably probably as when he
killed the pheasants. In the capacity of
deputy sheriff he pulled the trigger, and
the man who killed Broderick in a duel
over forty years ago, fell expiring,
afterwards from the shot, the circum-
stances of which are familiar to most
Of our readers. Mr.. Neagle Is an unas-
suming gentleman, seeking no notorlety
from his connection with the noted case
He has had a hunting treat among our
1heasants and that was what he was
lere es-Mountalneer
A. Hunt, who has been engaged in the
Srafting and culture of fruit in this vlcin-
ty during the past two years, has dis
covered seeding apple that promises to
,ecome a valuable addition to the apple
amEy The tree was found this year
'rowins by the wayside between Corvallis
md Albany. Although 1t has never had
my care, and Is growing in the midst
# a thicket of brush and rose briars,
he fruit is large, highly colored and of
n excellent flavor. Mr.. Hunt intends to
rune and cultivate the tree during the
oming season, which wild, of course,
ave tendency 20 develop its many ex-
e-lent qualities. The apple possesses a
Ugh color, and in shape, very much
esembles the SpitZenberg 1t Is a late
az variety ard is yet unnamed-Gaz-
tie.
The Da-les Times-Mountaineer says:
ince the setting of the Portland Sun the
rec coinage of silver Is but llttle dis
ussed in this state. While we did not
nd do not endorse the theories advocated
y that paper, we give it credit for pI =
enting some forcib.e arguments and pr
entinS them clearly. The more the SUI
sct is agitated the worse 1t is for tn
'iends of free coinage, and in this re-
pect the toss of the Sun was a decided
Jury. We all want good money and
all want to see lots of it in circu.a-
on, but coupled with this is the neces-
ty of having every dollar exactly as
God as every other dollar. For this
saison, and because we want to see
honey abundant, we are opposed to the
ee coinage of silver. The moment the
ee coinage OF silver is permitted at any
hing like the ratio of 16 to /, that mo-
l5nt $5OO,O0O,OOO in gold, about one-third
the nations money, will go out OF
rculation, and 1t win stay out until the
ltfos are changed or an international
greement concerning 1t is reached"
The East Oregonian says: "a. X. Toz-
r, accompanied by his wife, was in the
ty Wednesday and left for his home on
le John Day during the afternoon. It |
as on Mr.. Tozier's ranch that the recent |
'aterspout did great damage. He had
ne-haI mile of fence washed out ana |
large part of his land was covered |
18th rocks washed down from the noun |
iinside by the tremendous rush or water. |
tr. Tozier's land is rendered worthless |
nti the rocks have been taken off. |
ONE of them are as large as a barrel |
nd great deal of labor will be expended |
efofe the lard Is in shape for fixing. |
neighbor of Mr.. Tozier hal his resi- |
ence partially broken down by an i'm |
tense sea of mud which moved down
ard and flooded the floors OF mis- home. |
Ir. Tozier has recently come from Cas-
ade locks and is therefore n resident of |
le John Day country. He came to
end,eton because fle believed there were
1vantages to be obtained by trading In
lis city. But when ne came over the
sads leading in he was almost sorry he
lme. The trading is all right, but the
'ads are awful In Places. ]. B. McDiH
rs put tine toll road in good shape ana
e only objectionable feature about the
a road Is the toll. People do not like
pay 1t, even though they are able to
I'VE several times tine amount OF the
u by buying goods of Pendleton mer-
iants. This side of the toll road there
some very rough track at the Yellow
lcket, and then beyond the toll portion
the road at Meadow creek the going
enough to discourage a teamster. Mr.. !
ozier thinks he must take another trip
some city before winter c.oses down,
~ un.ess there is improvement in the
ad he viii go elsewhere. He was in
rmed on the way in that road SUPER