The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-30

The Indians OF the Umatlla reserVa-
ton will soon receive $4,000 on the
spring payment of rent money.
The President on Friday nomin-
ated William n. Leitner for post
master at Huntington, Ore.
A total of $4,000 trout are to be
/ planted in the streams of Umatilla
county within the next few weeks.
The Clatsop County Teachers In
stitute closed a most successful three
days session at Astoria on Friday.
A determined campaign to put
Douglas county in the dry column
at the June election was formally
opened In Roseburg last week.
A mass convention of Socialists
was held in Pendleton Saturday and
full county ticket was nominated.
This is the first time full ticket has
been nominated.
-Four mile house." one of the his
toric buildings In the Inland Empire,
was burned to the ground on Satur-
day. 1t was located four miles east
of the town of Umatilla.
Dallas during the coming two weeks.
A severe wind and dust storm
swept over the entire Inland Empire
Friday and Saturday, tangling up
telephone wires and putting out elec-
trio lights.
For the second time within a
week the incoming Northern Pacific
train was stalled within a few miles
of Pendleton. The engine broke
down when near Myrick station at
noon Saturday.
Douglas county fruitgrowers are
much concerned as to the extent of
the damage caused by frost last Fri
day night. 1t IL reported that pears,
peaches, cherries and other early
fruits will be total loss.
w. A. LaBar, merchant of Vale,
met with an accident last week that
cost him his life. He chopped down
a tree, which falling, pinned him to
the ground, crushing him so that
death ensued within a short time.
On account of the rising of the
Columbia river work on the Govern
msnt canal at Cello has been discon-
tinued, and will probably not be
/ recommended before the first of Au-
gust. All the laborers have left the
place.
The steel gang of the California
Northeastern railroad has reached
Doris, and the isolated klamath
Basin is now connected with the
great artries of trade and commerce
beyond the mountains. BY May 1 a
regular train service will be estab-
lished to the new terminal.
An estate in Southern Oregon as
large as the entire State of Rhode
Island, and comprising 100000
acres of rich agricultural land, has
| Just been purchased by Colorado
Springs and Kansas City capitalists
from the Oregon Military Land Grant
Company for $2,0O0,000 cash.
The State of California has plant
ed a million small salmon and half a
million each of rainbow and eastern
brook trout in the vicinity of Klam-
ath Hot Springs, point some 36
miles below klamath Falls, and near
the State line. The Klamath belongs
to both Oregon and California.
Charles Jackson of Fossil, pleaded
guilty OF stealing and shooting
George Knox's mare and was on Fri
day sentenced by Judge Littlefield
to year for stealing the animal and
a year for shooting her, to be served
concurrently. Frank Lee pleaded
guilty to larceny of saddle blanket
and was fined $40.
AS result of the diphtheria
epidemic, which broke out among the
children In the idiotic ward at the
insane ansylum at Salem recently, j.
w. Evans, fourth assistant physician,
has contracted the malady in ma
lignant form and Is under quarantine
land treatment with the afflicted
Ipatients.
Bonds have been fixed for ex-
Sheriff C. Sam Smith, his son Stan
ley and Larkin Elliott, cattlemen, on
lcharges connected with the destruc-
tion of property on ex-Congressman
II. N. Williamson's stock ranch and
range in Crook county. The charges
lare for exposing poison, burning
Isheep shearing plant, setting fire to
buildings and cutting fence.
The interscholastic debate held In
| Astoria Friday between teams repre-
Isenting the Baker City and Astoria
high schools was won by the Astoria
Iteam. The question discussed was;
| I"Resolved, That the members Of
THE House of Representatives should
be elected by system of proportion
IM representation" The winning
team supported the affirmative.
| The Polk County Mohair pool, con-
sisting of about $4,000 pounds, was
sold Saturday to U. s. Grant, prom
lnent goat breeder Of Dallas. His bid
was 20 cents pound net. The own
ers of each lot Of mohair are liable
for any loss Of weight due to the
drying of mohair, which has been
sacked damp. The mohair will be
weighed In, baled and delivered in
What 1t Costs to Reach Voters.
Salem-The total cost to the
state, according to figures compiled
by Secretary of State Benson, for