Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-26
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial amt Financial Happenings
VI Interest to the Growing
Western Stmtes.

Of Interest to the Growing
Western Stnt~s.
:D'sl h Heinitzi. the ALLEGED coal.
NJ "salter," is loi,el in ths coun.
ty Jail, at Olympia, in default OF
1000 bail. His trial will occur ut
the November term OF court. The pen.
atty for the offense with which he is
charged is fine OF $50 to $4,000 and
imprisonment from one to five years.
Heinitzi protests his innocence OF salt
ing the mine in the most vigorous
terms. On the strength OF the show
ing made at the "salted" mine Mt Blu.
cola, corporation was organized and
considerable money put up.
George Vincent, of Butter Creek,
Or, tells the Heppner Times that he
purchased SO head of beef cattle which
had been raised on Camas prairie, but
were in very good condition. lie
turned them into field of green alfalfa
and after 81 days they had increased in
weight OH all average of 4l]a pounds
per head. No other kind of grass on
earth would produce such result, and
Mr.. Vincent says alfalfa grass has as
much nutrition as corn.
The Olympia Olypmian says that
Secretary of State Jenkins, who was
asked to pardon Emo Bly,, now under 20
years sentence for murder, would have
granted the pardon had he been con.
WINGED that Lieutenant-Governor Dan.
iels was out of the state. jenkins, as
a memebr OF the state board of pardons,
recommended the pardon of BLY,, which
was refused by Governor Rogers.
About 25 settlers are affected by the
action of the Northern Pacific Railway
Company in placing lieu land scrip on
the even-numbered sections in town.
ship II, $ west, in Washington. Some
OF these settlers have been holding
down their claims for eight years,
waiting for the government to survey
the land and open it for settlement.
1t is probably they will unite and fight
the company.
The sensational suit brought by Ro.
bert and Maria Chatham in the San
Nateo county superior court, at Red
wood City, CAL, to secure acknowledg.
ment of the claim to be considered
children of the late capitalist, Robert
Mills, ended with verdict in their
favor. They are now entitled to share
in the division of his $500, 900 estate.
Considerable excitement exists at
Woodburn, Or, over the report of sew.
eral cases of smallpox at Shaw, on the
WOODBURY. Natron branch of the South.
ern Pacific. f.. l.. Campbell, postal
clerk, reports four cases and many ex'
posures. Strenuous efforts are being
made with postal authorities to quaran.
tine against the mails at Shaw.
The boys at the Washington reform
school are making 100 suits Of clothing
for the inmates OF the Steilacoom asy.
lum. A quartet from the school is to
20 to Orting to help furnish music on
the occasion OF the laying Of corner.
stone for a new building at the Sol.
diers' Home early next month.
Wesley Schultz was convicted in the
superior court at Chehalis, WASH, OF
stealing q COW near Little Falls, at
hop.picking time. He butchered the
animal, putting the meat on sale at
Pattersou's hopyard. He has already
served term in the Walla Walla peni.
Tertiary for cattle stealing.
J. NJ. Clapp, United States engineer,
has a force OF dozen men at work
widening the channel through the big
jam in North river, Wash. From 5000
to 81 900 will be expended. 1t is pro.
,iosel to make channel at least SO feet
wide.
Dallas, Or, now uses ~ 2,000-can.
die power street lamps until midnight,
for which it pays $3.50 per month each.
A proposition for continuing the lights
all night has been asked for, and, il
satisfactory, the council will order the
improved service.
The sale of the Sutro electric road at
San Francisco, was formally consum.
mated after some spirited bidding in
Judge Coffey's court, the purchaser be.
ing the Sutro Street Railway Company
and the price to be paid 1915, 1000.
Beef cattle are becoming scarce in
the Long Creek country, in Oregon, the
ranges having been pretty we'll cleaned
up by buyers. Three hundred fine beef
steers were sent to market from the
Prairie City section last week.
In the Powder river valley, WASH.
considerable damage was done by last
weeks snow. Some of the grain was
found uncut and the snow beat it down.