Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-14
STATE NEWS.

shipped from the Coquille valley L
San Francisco this season.
The Dalles has been infested b.
a gang OF thives and many smal
burglaries have been committet
lately.
The valuation OF Clackamas count!
has decreased s15,794. The total in
crease in assessable property i
s15I,7I0.
The entire subsidy of $4,000 wa:
raised at mass meeting in La Grand,
which insures the construction OF q
beet sugar plant with a 300 ton daily
capacity.
The stockyards at the Linnton can
merry has become a great resort for sea
gulls and crows. Hundreds of these
birds hunt the yards in search OF
| food.
William Guess O'Neil, father OF
Walter and George O'Neil, Of Prime
vile, In Crook county, and c. c.
O'Neil. of Muddy, died at the resi-
dence Of his son.; George, at the ripe
age of So years and months, lacking
one day.
The Lincoln County Leader say
that the county court has reversed
the recent decision Of the supreme
court in the county salary cases, as
the supreme court said the clerk and
sheriff were on fees, but the county
court declares that they are still on
salaries.
Nothing has since been heard OF
William Teller, who left on a hunt
ing trip near Tongue point a few days
ago, says the AStorian. His skifI
was picked up near Knappton and
was brought over by the launch Tri-
ton yesterday.
Earl Wheeler, the cattle "rustler"
who was arrested on Lower Powder
river last October, after hot battle
with sheriff's posse, was found
guilty, in Baker City, last Friday, OF
stealing a COW.
Last Tuesday,in Forest Grove, the
attention of b. L. Lamont and fam
lily was arrested as they sat at supper
by noise which came from the tree in
which their turkeys roOst, Young
Lamont seized a gun, ,and brought down
an immense owl, which was engaged
with one of the fowls. The owl meas
ured 52 inches from tip to tip.
The work OF recovering the 1900
cases of salmon, which the Columbia
dumped into the river at Astoria
recently from the fishermen S cannery,
is progressing much better than waS
at first anticipated. 1t has been
found that they were not carried away
by the tide and current, but lay in
piles directly were they fell, Many OF
the cases are damaged somewhst, but
a majority will be raised in good con.
ditlon.
Charles Bartholomew is buying cay.
uses on the ranges of Morrow county
at 81 a head, and gathering them up
and shipping them to the horse can
merry at Linnton, near Portland He
recently purchased the Looney and
Cecil bands OF about 500 head. The
Heppner Times applauds him as a
Humanitarian, saying he is doing Nor.
row county great service this fall
as we'll as doing humane act to the
scores Of starving cayuses which roam
over this section Of Eastern Oregon,
many Of which are actually starving
TO death and were not some dispOsi q.
tion made Of them, the boneyard
would claim the larger portion Of
them by spring.
Mark Baker, of Stafford, was shot
IN the shoulder Saturday by his
father, Colonel p. A. Baker. They
were shooting at ii target for turkeys.
When Colonel Bakers turn came, he
called to his son to shade the target,
So he could see the bulls-eye better.
The young man stopped oyer in front
OF the target to pick up a board,
when the cOlonel's gun, al old muzzle-
loader, was accidentally discharged.
The ball entered the young mans
shoulder in the soft part Of the bone,
and plowed a hole through it, The
injured man was taken to the Oregon
City hospital. The attending physic-
ian thinks Bakers arm can be saved.
W. r. Hollenbeck, who lives on the
Walker place, near Goldsop, in Lane
county, killed large cinnamon
bear last week. About dusk there
arose great commotion among the
hogs, and Mr.. Hollenbeck hurried to
the pen TO learn the trouble He was
much surprised to see a bear wrest-
ling with brood sow. He returned
to the house for his gun, and 1t re-
quired three bullets TO bring bruin to
the earth. Each ball went clear
through his body the animal dressed
go pounds. Ten gallons of grease
were rendered from the fat.