The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-11-07
NEWS OF OREGON
ETFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Growth and Development Of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
weaIth-Latest Market Report.

The grain feet now in the river at
Portland is the largest on record for the
time.
After several weeks suspension of
work OF part of the Willamette pulp
and paper company, at Oregon City, ON
account OF low water in the river, work
has been resumed.
Salem hopgrowers and dealers expect
to see some lively buying Of hops in
that market in the next three weeks,
and an advance of cents in the price
would not be great surprise.
A new corporation will begin business
in Baker City next spring, to be known
as the Heilner wool pressing and grad.
ing company. The new company will
erect stone building to be equipped
with the latest machinery for cleaning,
grading and pressing wool.
The incendiary attempts to destroy
buildings at the Fort Stevens barracks
still continue, although double guard
is maintained and every precaution
taken to prevent a repetition of the
fires The officers are at loss to ex-
plain the reason for the blazes.
J. M. Clark, brother of Senator Clark
of Montana, has purchased the Pooth.
Dysert hydraulic placer mines in the
Jump off Joe district, Southern Oregon,
and the adjoining farms of Pollock and
Davis. the consideration for the farms
and placers is $25,0O0 cash. Mr..
Clark has a large crew making exten.
sive improvements which will double
the output OF the mine.
One Of the richest gold mines in the
United States is the North Pole, located
about six miles north OF sumpter.
About $3.50, 900 has been expended on
external improvements and underground
development work since the mine was
discovered. The property is controlled
by English capitalists. The actual
value of the NORTH Pole Eis probIemati
cal. The management, Of course, is
familiar with the value of the ore found
in the wonderful pay shoots, but it
does not know the full extent OF the pay
shoots. Development work is being
pushed to determine the richness and
extent of this rich body of ore. If, as
there is every reason to believe, this
rich shoot extends to the depth, then
the mine is easily worth 100000
The state printing Office is now work.
ing on the last form of the new Oregon
code, and the two volumes will be sent
to the bindery next week. 1t is ex.
pected that the new code will be ready
for distribution about the middle of
November.
The present year will be the greatest
from business standpoint in the his
tory of the state land department.
During the first nine months OF 1902
the receipts from payments on sales of
state land exceeded the total for any
previous year.
William Baldwin and his son,
George, were sentenced to serve two
ears and one year, respectively, in the
penitentiary, the one for aiding and
abetting, and the other for striking the
fatal blow that killed Frank Carson in
Portland short time ago.
A new ledge, with a good width and
of very rich quality of free milling
ore, has been uncovered on the Lucky
Boy mine, in the Blue river district.
A. J. Melon, ex-sheriff and tax col.
ector of Lake county, who was found
guilty of defalcation in Office by jury
1t the May term of court, has been
sentenced to four years in the peniten-
liary and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine,
to cover the amount of deialcation.
An appeal has been taken to the SUI
Dreme court.