East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-17
NORTHWEST NEWS.


w. H. Gates of Spray, Wheeler
county, is one of five persons known
to be living who resided in The Dalles
in 1862 The other four live at The
Dalles. Mr.. Gates was Is years old
in 1852.
The first combined harvester sold
in Crook county was shipped last
week via Shaniko, to T. A. Taylor OF
Madras. The machine had to go
overland so miles. Mr.. Taylor has
600 acres Of grain to cut this season.
While working in a logging camp
at Twin Falls. near Vancouver.
Wash. Peter Jones, a logger. was
struck across the shoulder by a fall
ing tree. The upper portion Of his
body was crushed fiat and death was
instantaneous.
Seven persons, members Of three
families, are under quarantine at Wa
patio, Wash, having smallpox. DIR.
Frank, the county physician, COM
plains that there is a systematic ef-
fort made to conceal the presence Of
the disease in Yakima county.
At Washtucna, Wash, the prevail
ing prices of grain still remains at
high figures, bluestem 10 cents and
red 73 cents. Small lots of grain
are reported sold last week, mainly
that held by farmers for reseding.
Some Of this is now being hauled to
market.
The 2-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. ]. Dillon, living on West Fork,
near Council, Idaho, was drowned in
the Payette river near Council, Ida
no, while playing near where her
father was cutting wood. The body
was carried down stream about a
quarter of a mile, but was recover
ed.
Charles Burgard was accidentally
killed at Portland by missing his foot
ing in catching a passing car and be-
ing so crushed that he died within a
few hours. The old gentleman, who
was 73 years, was employed as
watchman on big steamer and had
caught the passing car just as he at
tempted, for years.
The o. r. & N. well is now down
S71 feet and the drill is in basalt
rock. This may prove to be the bot
tom of the valley, and when this
strata is pierced a larger flow than
ever is possible. The present flow is
practically the same 1t has been for
the past week, since cleaning the well
out.-La Grande Observer.
The city council of Boise has or
dered 4s blocks-nearly four miles
of street paving, which viii cost
nearly $250,000. At that place under
the unusual conditions prevailing
there will be little II any difference
between the cost of bithuiithic and
asphalt. and no choice has yet been
made between the systems.
Charles Anderson, foreman at
Johnson & Anderson's railroad camp
near Hooper, WASH, was instantly
killed and his two Austrian helpers
were injured yesterday by a prema-
ture explosion of powder. The acct
dent was caused by not allowing time
for the drilled hole to cool before
tamping in the powder.
DR.. ]. A. Balsiger, a well known
physician, is i'll dt his home at Col
fax, Wash, with diphtheria. He is
supposed to have contracted the dis
ease while attending the negro boy
who died with a malignant type of
the malady at the home Of Thomas
Hamblin. The boy was an employe
of the Sells-Floto circus.
The Eugene General Hospital as
ISOLATION has let the contract for the
erection of fine new hospital build
ing I'm that city to w. H. Alexander.
of Eugene and the work will be once
| commence. The hospital will be To-
Gated on a slightly eminence in the
southern part Of the city. 1t will cost
in the peighborhood OF $4,000.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Winters is
| dead al Almira, Wash, aged 100
years and months. She was born
at Rome. N. Y, and was the mother
| of IL children, only one Of whom
Darius. is now living. He is 50 years
of age ana he and his mother have
never been separated except during
the three years the son was in the
union army from 1854.
The Great Northern railroad has
5S7.7 miles Of track in the state of
Washington, which cost an average of
| $61,550 per mile. and would probably
cost 25 or 80 per cent more IL built
now. The railroad company is pay
ing taxes on a valuation Of less than
25 per cent Of the cost. The people
of Yakima have been assessed on the
basis Of so per cent Of the actual val
ue Of their property.--yakima Re-
public.