Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-08
STATE NEWS

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The Democrat thinks Baker City Is
good point for woolen mill.
Prof. Arnold has been reelected su.
perintendent of the Eugene public
schools.
The Hillsboro Dramatic Co. is plan
ming to put on the drama of "The
Iron Hand T"
Baker City is to have three days
celebration of the 4th of July-the Sd,
4th and 5th.
Some of the merchants at Albany
want to hire a nightwatehman at their
own expense.
The Albany High School boys beat
the High School nine from Corvallis by
a score Of II TO 8.
At Oregon City the s. P. will cxpend
about $4,000 in emproving and mod
ernizing the crossings.
Five 1sO.ton freight engines have
been received for the o. r. & N. for use
on the La Grande division.
The Polk County Observer says that
one of Dallas urgent needs is suitable
facilities for shipping live stock.
As soon as the necessary poles can be
secured the telegraph line between
Roseburg and Marshfeld win be re-
built.
Farmers around Baker City report
that the recent rains in that section
were worth millions to the growing
crops.
The outgoing, holdover and new Off
cials at Falls City were entertained by
the ladies Of that place at a grand
spread one evening last week.
The wool growers Of Polk county
have contracted TO sell their entire
clip at 2515 cents per pound to II. L.
Fenton, Of Dallas, he also agreeing to
furnish the sacks.
A saw mill hand tanked up at Eu.
gene, and was having all kinds Of fun
throwing logging shoes at pedestrians
when the police appeared and laid him
away in the cooler.
No clue has been found TO the iden.
tity Of the man found dead near Glen
dale. The charred skull discloses
dent which looks as If IL were made by
some blunt instrument.
The county court OF Umatilla county
has appropriated $500 more in addition
to the $500 already appropriated in or.
der to make a more creditable exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark fair.
There are so candidates for degrees
school at Monmouth. These, in connec-
tion with the IL who completed the
in June at the Oregon State Normal
work in February, make a graduating
class for the year of Ga members.
The telephone rate has been reduced
from 25 cents to Is cents between AL.
bany and shedds, Halsey, Brownsville,
Lebanon, Scio, Crabtree and jefferson,
the principal towns in Linn county.
The reduction is good only toubserib-
FRS of the Pacific Stats system.
Last Saturday while Frank, the 10.
year.old son Of Mr.. Rotermund, who
lives on the Hare farm near Hillsboro,
was handling a loaded shell IL exploded
In his hand, tearing away his left
.humb and wounding his fingers, some
1f the shot entering his face.
S. A. Lasselle, Of Albany, Oregon,
owner Of the Union fruit.drier, has just
closed a fve.year contract with the
prune growers of Cove and Union,
he agrees TO buy at $40 per
ton the entire prune crop of that see
lion, estimated at 1900 tons per year,
Lebanon saloon men are thinking of
,reeting buildings in the residence dis
riet North Lebanon) for saloon pur-
poses. II will be remembered that
south Lebanon, where all the business
houses are located, went "dry" at the
election last fan, while North Lebanon
voted "wet."
During the reception at the city hall
At Baker City some young raseals who
'ould not be found, threw the bolts on
% the cells while the keys were in the
box and Jim Osborne was inside one
If them making an examination of the
lew city jail. 1t was necessary for
he officials to cut the hinges of the
loor of the cell with a cold ehisel be-
lore Mr.. Osborne could be released.
1T Thank the Lordl"