Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-21
State News
Lebanon wants better train SER

Lebanon wants better train ser
vice.
The Christian church at Corvallis
is to be enlarged.
The big prune packing houses al
Roseburg start up this week.
More fire escapes are being put on
the largest buildings in Albany.
McMinnville college has a regis.
tration much larger than last year
Mrs. Florence Kaylor, of The
Dalles, died at that place Thursday
Lee Jung, one of PortIand's veal
thiest Chinese merchants, died Mon
day.
The Portland Beavers won from
the Fresno bunch by score of to
yesterday.
The Hazelwood Company, of Port
land, has purchased a quarter block
on which to erect a new plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Durfee, of TIL
lamook, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary Tuesday.
Charles Cousins passed three
worthless checks on a Pilot Rock
merchant Wednesday.
s. Morton Cohn, a Portland theat-
rical man, has started -ten-cent yau-
deville houses In London, Berlin and
Paris.
X. s. Barker. of Roseburg, has
gone to London, his old home. where
he will settle up his fathers estate
Ellery Townsend fell feet foremost
into prune scalding vat at Rainier
Thursday, and scalded himself to
the waist.
E. l.. Wyatt married Miss Bessie
Cone August 10th, at Oregon City,
and thre edays after deserted her. /
She is applying for a divorce.
The Virginia and Emma group of
mines in Baker county were sold to
Eastern capitalists this week for
$4,000.
a brilliant meteor passed over the
city of Gervais Wednesday evening.
which, for a moment, made the place
as light as day.
Roy Mcfarland, professional
baseball player of Lebanon, is home
from Texas, where he pitched in the
South Texas league this season.
N. l.. Fitzhenry, a young capital
Ist of Chicago, has just purchased
100 acres of land OF Major Forrest.
)f Eugene, and will turn II into.
resort.
Alex. Janet, of Brooks, recently
'eceived small scratch on his
land, blood poisoning set In, which
lecessitated amputatlng two of his
ingers. lie is not out of danger yet,
md 1t is feared that he will lose his
'ntire hand.
The Lane county prune crop Is so
leavy this year that the evapora-
ors cannot begin TO handle II. and D
Indications are that hundreds of tons
viii go TO waste because of the lack
II uINlnS l0cllltles,
Mildred Clemens and Lillian Nc.
'ioker, two Dallas girls, won schol.
rships In the Portland Journal con-
est, Miss Clemens receiving 500
nd Miss Mcvicker SIS, besides the
wo years each In the Dallas college
The Umatilla county road fund is
Nhausted. This is due to the big
ood, and all available money was
sed to repair the damages.
a number OF delegates of the Ore
on Irrigation Association will hold
meeting In connection with the
ood River Valley Fruit Fair, which
To be held October IL and 70.
Tom Word, former sheriff OF Multi
omah county. has fled a bin In the
uditor's Office at Portland for $500
b. based on his outlay OF money for
atohmen at some OF the tough
ints In Portland.
Bert Cartano, an Athena saloon
eeper, and Charles Gay. a ball play
, were arrested in Pendleton yes
rday for being found on the Indian
servation with liquor In their pos
ssion.
The University of Oregon football
am announces its schedule for the
ason OF 1906. and among some of
e colleges II will play viii be Whit
an at Eugene. October 20: Idaho.
Moscow, October 26th; William
to. at Eugene, November 5; O. A.
. at Corvallis, November 10; Wash.
ston, at Eugene, November II. and
altnomah, at Portland. November
Geo. Graves, formerly CONNER
Il traveller through the Willamette