Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-18
Late State News.

| Ine DalleS WarenouSemen Stlll nOld
100000 pounds of last years wool
clip.
Miss Lola McCully has been elected
principal Of the Lostine public
school, Miss Ada Robinson is prl.
mary teacher.
Four patients have been received
at the state insane asylum: Roy d.
Orton, aged l6, from North Yamhilli
Mrs. Enma g. Koshob, aged "A, from
Sherwood; Mrs. Amelia White, aged
IL, from Sherman county, and Anton
Merrill, aged As, from Portland.
The Forest Grove council held a
special meeting TO elect an engineer
and a superintendent OF the water
aud light system. Gus Hartrampf
was elected engineer at a salary OF
1915 a year, and Joseph Bailey super
intendent at $3.50.
j. Il. WatsJn, ex-muVor OF Dayton,
who went 10 California in January for
his health, died Tuesday evening. He
was buried Wednesday evening Mr..
Watson,was an oldcitizen Of that com
munity. lie was widely known ln the
valley and IN Portland, having been lu
the ministry for several years.
SNOW has been falling since mid
night Tuesday at Heppner, every ap'
pearance OF continuing for another
day or two. The snow is very wet,
aud as there was no frost In the
ground 1t melts almost as quickly as
IL falls. 1t is now almost -four
inches deep. Rel orts from Monument
and Canyon city are TO the effect that
the storm Is the heaviest known for
years.
NJ. NJ. Ellis. Dallas, writes: ! haSe
as fine an Italian prune orchard OF GO
acres as there is in Oregon. IL Is
eight years old. do not thlnk
have lost a tree by the freeze, and the
buds now give promise OF being over
loaded with fruit. have been salts
fed all the time that most OF the cry
about ruined fruit and orchards was
borrowed trouble, but was willing 10
stand It aud keep still until Mr. Dosch
wrote his letter about blossoms la
June and all thrt. The orchards gen
orally are all right 10 Polk county.
August Voight, who lives on the
Tualatin. was brought before County
Judge Ryan at Oregon CITY To be ex'
amined for insanity. lie did not sue
ceed In convincing the court that hC
was insane, aud was very indignant
when the Judge refused To issue d
commitment TO the asylum. IL sub
sequently transpired that Voight
wanted to be sent 10 the asylum 10
receive free medical treatment,
Voight aud his wife oVn an unen-
numbered farm near the 1ualatln
Professor g, Zinser, County
Judge Ryau's appOlntee as Clackamas
county school superintendent, has
given up his claim 10 the office on ac-
count Of an opinion received from
! AttOrney-General Blackburn, and N.
w. BowlaDd, the board OF commits
sioner's appointee, will assume the
duties OF the Office.
The public school savings bank
system has now been-in force AZ Eu
gene two weeks. Deposits are received
every Monday. The hrst Monday the
| deposits amounted % S36 81 and the
second 20 $25 06. There are 80 de-
positOrs aud three OF them made de-
posits 81, on which Interest Is allowed
G. II. Dye Of Oregon City has re
ceiyed a letter from Representative
| Tongue, stating that Ernest Butler, q
| private in the volunteer corps sta
| toned at Honolulu, had been dis
charged from the service. The dis
/ charge was secured 80 that he could
contribute % the support OF his Wild
owed mother
Cyrus A. Dolph, OF Portland, Or,
was appointed second lieutenant IA
the army, under the uew act.s HE h
now In California. He was aBManila
several months, and received recon
mendatiOns for meritOriOus service
from General Merritt aud General
Otis, He is a son OF the late Senator
j. n. DOlph. Lieutenant DOlph will
probably be assigned 20 distant ser
vice.
Machinery and supplies are ex-
| pecten from Chicago with which W.
T.. Thomas will begin the manufac-
! tureOf brOoms in SGaytOn.
The HlllsbOTO city council has
called ia all per cent warrants ssued
prior tO 1897. The object is 20 lesson
The city's Indebtedness. Warrants
drawn now sell readily at par, aud
only draw per cent interest