The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-04
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items Culled from Oregon s
Leading Newspapers.

The latest weather bureau circular says
concerning Oregon weather. 1.-The smoke
has continued, though for the past three
days there has been much relief from 1t.
The maximum temperature for the week
Hanged from 81 to SO degrees, the high
est having been on Wednesday and the
lowest on Sunday. The minimum temper
ature ranged from 46 to Ga degrees. The
air was more su.try than 1t has been for
many weeks and 1t eliminated in thunder
storms on Friday, the S0th, since when
the temperature has fallen, the sky has
been overcast and occasional sprinkies
or rain have fallen. The total rainfall
has been one-quarter Of an inch. The
current weather does not indicate that
the rainy season has commenced Gut
rather that long periods of dry weather,
for this year. have now passed. The nor
NAL rainfall for September is 160 inches
in the northern counties, and one inch
in the southern, which falls on from five
to eight days. Periods OF warm, clear
weather will now occur before the regu-
lar rainy season sets in"
1T is O mistake, says the Baker City
Democrat, to imagine that the factory at
Lynton is canning horse meat, as is gen.
orally supposed. Not one has been put
on the market so far at this place, ana
the horses have been butchered, the hides
saved and the meat cooked, dried ana
ground up into fertilzing material. The
company has now 5000 pounds Of meat
In pickle, which will be sent to Germany
and France. About 1000 to 5000 Of the
Switzler band the company has purchased
at a. cost of $3.50 per head and have re-
ceived several hundred of this lot. The
capacity of the works is about So head
a day. 45 horses and 10 colts. After the
animal Is killed 1t Is denuded of its hide
by pulling 1t off. The hide Is started in
places and then jerked off by a wind
ing machine. This Is tanned into leather
and used In the manufacture Of boots
and shoes. The offal Is fed to hogs, and
this furnishes good food. Any one de-
sirous of purchasing an animal may take
his choice for SO; but our informant says
there is not any that he has seen worth
this amount.
"a little 6-year-old daughter OF William
Branz, a Prussian who lives on q farm
six miles east of Salem on the Sllverton
road, was the victim of pitiful accident
yesterday forenoon about IL o'clock. Her
self and her little brother, aged s years,
together with some other children, were
playing In the yard, the brother hav-
ing an axe with which he was cutting
some sticks. The little girl in some man
ner placed her right hand on the log,
unseen by tho boy, and received a blow
OF the axe, which severed almost the
entire hand. The index finger just in
front Of the knuckle was severed almost
completely and the cut run obiqucly
across the hand to the heel OF the palm,
leaving only a small section of the
fleshy part of the hand holding the
member The distracted parents, who
cannot talk English started for town
with the child as soon as possible ana
obtained medical assistance. The wound
was thoroughly cleansed of pieces Of bono
and other foreign matter, the stump OF
the index finger was properly dressed
and the remainder of the hand was
fixed in place with several stitches 10 hold
1t. The first thought was that amputa-
tion would be necessary but the doctors
hope the hand can be saved.-Statesmau
The condition of the Western Oregon
crops, according to Mr.. Payne's regular
weekly report, is very favorable. He
says; "Hop-plcklng is In progress Some
picking was done the latter part OF the
week, but picking will not be general
until the middle Of the present week. The
correspondents report the hops to be In
good condition; the smoky weather pre-
vented the stn's rays from injurng the
arms to any large extent The burrs
are well formed, some being three inches
Il ng; lice are in many yards, but as
rule no great damage has been done TO
the hops. The yards win be quite thor
oughry picked, though In an occasional |
yard, due to various causes, no picking |
will be done; the cloudy, damp and show |
cry weather has so far done no damage, |
and none Will occur unless the adverse |
weather should continue for a lengthy |
period, and such is hardly probable The |
rains have caused some prunes to split |
open, but no material damage appears |
to have been DONE Prune-drying is in |
progress in all sections. Warm, dry !
weather would be more favorable TO the |
fruit drying operation. Peaches and |
Bartlett pears are ripening rapidly, ana |
large shipments OF fruit are being made.
The first trainioad of Oregon fruit, |
shipped East, left on the 26th Of August:
II was made UP OF peaches pears, pluTns
and prunes The rain has been beneficial
to corn. The potato crop has been In
jured by the long, dry period, but late
potatoes wild be improved by the rains
Pastures are somewhat improved though
the effect on the dalrying interests is
not as yet especially noticeable. The har-
vest Of cereals is about over. Most Of the
thrsshing is finished and the grain Is
being hauled to the warehouses; The log
gers along the streams are now await
ing the rains, so that the streams may
rise and their logs be fioated down. The
placer miner awaits the fall rain so Is
to begin his mining. The farmer is hot
ready for the rain as yet. as the hops
and the fruit are to be gathered and the
oerea.s to be safely housed. Warm, clear
weather. with an absence OF smoke, will
most likely prevail the latter part os
the current week.