Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-11


Perrio SfeePle. ooe q the OTago1
/ pioneers q Issz died al his rssi6soos
In Hllls51rD. OrezO1-
I Klsasth cg1ufy has been seed foi
e.. coo for fnjuries sustained il crpss-
inE Lost river slough bridge
PHDeTiHe sszs rsoenfIF had . pc
eating contest a Yakima lad ls-
yezrs oId carried - tbc priue-
Ths Egzcne Register has changed
hzuds and TIE rev pr0prietOrs are
n. L CsDdUn ard c. u. EdEzrds-
Mrs Pear Rieth Of Baker City slloi
herzslf belOE the heart Sbe Ess -
years Old sod did the deed With sui
ci5zl inteot-
CrUHds zrs socking into Baker City,
and The Democrat SAYS there j. 10
EOrk f0r tbose vino o0ms expecting
employDent-
Tbs assets q the First Natioozl
tank u Ariington has advertised %
eli the assets Of that Institution On
June 5. lss7.
The 81 Paul hoys sDd . nine from
NcMinEills o0llege played an exciting
game Saturday the soore Ess 70 10
favor q 81 Paul.
A serious cutting ARRAY al a dance
al O'Clock Sunday morning az Lafay-
cite Or, resulted in which VIII Hill
vas probably fatally injured.
The town cO1Dcil, Of Vale, has
granted J. y. Fell, an exclusive right.
for % years, % operate light, water
and heating plant in that city.
There is q mOVemeut on foot 70 e.
tablish a rsoetrsek al WarrentOn. II
Is said 5000 has already been sub
scnbed. The proposed site j. per
feclly leFeL
The l5-mOotns old child Of CalVant
PVwelI, which Is kept BY Mrs Dave
PetersOo, the child's aunt, was badly
=czlded 10 Lebanon Thursday, by pull
ing a cup Of hot tea over on itself.
{. Z. Stewart, Of Medford. says his
almond orchard is well filled with
fruit this season. He has 200 trees in
bearing. and the promise for a big
crop IS very Hattering.
One firm in Dallas bought, last
week, 1880 pounds Of mohair, for
which zIi cent a pound was paid,
and later bought about 500 pounds.
for a little less thans2I cents.
J. w. Jones, of McMlnville, a well.
tO-d0 farmer, and pioneer, died last
Thursday evening OF paralysis. He
emigrated from Missouri. He left sew
eral prosperous children, residents Of
this county.
William Deal, OF Klamath Falls
was recently willed by an old friend
OF Henley, Cal, a half interest ia a
l6O-acre ranch, one and half miles
from Henley, 70 head Of horses and 80
head Of Cattle.
About l6O hides a month are being
turned out by the Dallas tannery.
Most OF the leather is shipped to
Chicago and San Francisco. About
100 cords Of hemlOck bark is used
yearly.
j. VI. Yeates is starting east with
an immense number OF sheep from
Eastern Oregon, between 5000 and
s. 900 head, quite a number having
been bought in Morrow county. says
.he Heppner Gazette.
Reports from Rogue river are that
there Is very good run Of fish, the
season 50 far averaging up very we'll.
The new company has not made a
start yet, on account Of the gasoline
boat Moro falling 10 leave salt at
Frankfort, as agreed.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
COmpany's tax on its track in Ben
ton county was paid Thursday. II
amounted 10 slOls.iO and was paid 10
gold coin. Tne same company has TO
pay the taxes on 10000 acres OF land
IL owns in the county, amounting TO
SS57.6O, payment Of which is expected
this week. The total tax the com
pany pays in the county is s2O42.7O.
An Indian boy named Mathew, be-
longing 10 the Nez Perce reservation
at Lapwai, was almost killed on Sun
day by a cinnamon bear. The hoy
with white man was out hunting
chickens above the Mission when
their dog scared upa big she bear.
She made for the boy, and though
they both emptied their twenty-twos
on her, she almost chewed the boy 70
pieces before he could be rescued from
her c utches.