Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-12
OREGON STATE NEWS.


Ashland--Thls city has a plant that
evaporates 10000 pounds Of green
fruit daily.
Florence-A cutting affray occurred
here Saturday night among three
drunken Indians, 10 which one Indian
was killed and another one badly
cut up.
Junction City The city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
riding OF bicycles on the sidewalks OF
that city. A remonstrance was pre-
sented by Q. +. 'Hurlburt. signed by
81 persons but IL was OF 20 avail.
Central Point-'rhe annual camp
meeting at the NJ. E. church began at
the tabernacle, near here, Wednes-
day. Evangelist Mexican and other
prominent ministers Of the NJ. e,
church are present.
Meachan - While camping Miss
Maud Jones, Of Pendleton, had the
dlsagreeable experience of being alone
In the tent with a rattlesnake. She
escaped the threatened Ganger and
A. d. Stlllman appeared and dis
patched the reptile. AS trophy
Miss Jones now wears the rattles OF
the snake upon her hat.
Astoria Beginning next Thursday
the mail contract with the railway
company will go into effect. Mail
clerks will rue on the trains leaving
Portland and Seaside in the mOrning
and during the summer season Will
make an extra round trip between
Astoria and Seaside in the afternoon.
Astoria-A workman on a pile
driver here was told to saw of the
end of plank which projected four
feet from the edge Of an upper plat
form. He stood on the outer end OF
the plank and sawed at 1t until it
broke off and precipitated him into
the water twenty feet below, Then
he saw his mistake and swan ashore.
Hillsboro- Samuel Williams, one of
Oregon's earliest pioneers, dropped
dead from heart failure in the law
Office OF Hon. s. B. Huston, at 1920
Wednesday afternoon He was 65
years old, He leaves wife, two sons,
Warren and Frank j Of this city, and
two daughters, Mrs. John w. Sewell,
North Plains, and one in Eastern
Oregon.
PendletoE-Fires started at 2 o'clock
This afternoon in Edward Llnsler's
Held, four miles east of pendleton,
the Umatilla river and
creek. 1t destroyed three
settings of wheat from l40 acres,
being about 27O0 bushels. The flames
spread and destroyed so acres Of BAR
ey, or 3200 bushels, and so acres of
wheat, or 1000 bushels, belonging TO
Earhart Bros. Peter Tecalo lost 5000
bushels of wheat, which had been
hres1ed and covered ready for haul
ng to Pendletou.
Astoria. a.-The salmon fishing season
loses at 1890 today. This
has been definitely determined,
although some OF the packers ion the
Washington side OF the Columbia
tate that they will continue to fish
fish Commissioner Mcclure. how
yer, says they will not. A conser-
ative estimate OF this seasons pack !
laced IL at 335,850 cases. The pack
lst year was 454 800 cases, so the
hortage Is l18.650 cases.
Albany-The magnificent new
athohc church, remOdeled from the
tumble one, has been completed, and
he ceremony of blessing the church
y Most Rev. w. II. Gross, d. d., will
axe place on Wednesday, August II,
/ s a. IN. Right Rev. Bishop e. j.
''Dea, ID d., bishop OF Nesqually ,
ill take part in the services which !
ill be continued throughout the day.
he grand organ will be under the
barge of Rev. Father Placidus, o. S.
!. OF Mt. Angel.
PendletOn-Three such warm days
! succession as Sunday, Monday and |
tuesday, have never been known in {
Imatilla county within the memory /
the Oldest inhabltant or most ac- =
)mplshcd liar, dead or alive, says y
ne PendletOn East OregOnian. The s.
marked 10, l05 and 10, S
sspectively, for the three above men, S
oned dates. Wednesday was the A
Ottest 10 the history OF Pendleton.
3 IL O'Clock the thermometer stood .
III degrees. In the afternoon it /,
'ached ll9 degrees at the voluntary
Dserver's office. Other thermometers
bout town read from ia to l22 de-
rees. Some attribute 2 or degrees !
the heat To the fire in the wheat
elds four miles east of the city.
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