The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
EVENTS IN OUR STATE
OF MINOR IMPORTANCE


lican, was elected mayor OF this city
Monday by majority of III.
Roseburg-Douglas county straw
berries are now selling to passen-
gers of trains passing through the
city at so cents per box, and the sup
ply is not equal to the demand.
JacksonviIle-The people OF Jack
sonville on June 10 will vote upon q
bond issue OF 100000 for the con-
struction OF water works for the
city.
Oregon Clty--The Oregon City
Manufacturing Company has pur-
chased a pool of wool at Scio. Linn
county. paying 21.S1 cents per
pound. This is said to be the high
est price paid for wool In the Will
annette Valley this year.
Portland-The total production OF
coal In Oregon In 1908. as shown by
statistics collected by Z. w. Parker.
of the United States geological sur
vey. was S6.259 short tons, having a
spot value of s236.O21. All OF the
coal produced came from Coos Bay.
Albany-Alleging that the South
ern Pacific Company misrepresented
matters In its advertisements OF
rates to the recent state encamp-
ment of the G.. A. II. in Corvallis,
some local veterans of the Civil war
are planning to take the matter be-
fore the state railroad commission.
Salem-The supreme court Tues
day reversed the action of the lower
court. which found DR.. G. NJ. Whit
ney. of Forest Grove. guilty OF the
death OF Mabel Wirtz. The case was
tried before Judge Cleland, in Multi
nomah county. and the doctor found
guilty OF manslaughter.
Baker City-The case OF VIII
Walters. who was charged with hav-
ing conspired with Edith Elms. a
young school girl. to extract $4,000
from ]. b. Griswoid, a merchant OF
this city. was taken up by the grand
jury and was released because no
true bill was returned against him.
Cottage Grove-When on the mid
die of Kern bridge spanning Row
river, on the Oregon & Southeastern.
a mixed train crashed through and
fell, all but the engine. 40 feet into
the stream below Saturday after
noon. Seventeen passengers were
injured. all of them more or less
seriously.
Eugene-A. Wood and wife, who
are walking from Los Angeles to Sc
attle on wager. passed through
this city last week. hauling a little
wagon. which they must deliver to
the california building at the A.-Y.-
p. Exposition. The money that they
make must be earned or received
for souvenirs. as they are bound not
to accept anything as a gift or TO
draw on their resources.
Nyssa--The country surrounding
the Nyssa. owyhee. Snake and NAL
heur valleys are assured OF irriga-
tion by the signing OF contracts by
settlers with the Boise-Owyhee Ir-
rigation Company. which agrees to
put in a first-class system OF irriga-
ton reservoirs and canals and irri-
gate 100000 acres OF land. 10000
In Malheur county and the rest In
Idaho.
Portland-C. II. Dauchy. Civil
war veteran and a citizen of Port
land since 1870. has succeeded In
manufacturing a compound which it
Is said will supply q long-felt want
for a safe and powerful explosive. by
the use of which the great loss OF
life and property that has marked
the use OF the nitro compound ex-
plosiyes ever since the discovery of
nitro-glycerine can be avoided.
Medford-Hundreds OF the Lead
Ing business men OF southern Oregon
are signing a petition to the Presi>
dent that he pardon Charles Nickeil,
convicted of perjury In connection
with the Oregon land frauds in 1905.
For over 40 years Nickell resided in
Jackson county and had conducted a
newspaper during most of that time.
He was United States land commits
sioner when arrested and convicted
of assisting in fraudulent land en-
tries. He was sentenced TO IL
months on McNell's island.
Corvallis-The body OF Frank
Pierce. a retired farmer. who has
been serving as watchman At the DC.
cident mill. was found floating In
the Willamette rive= Saturday The
is surrounded with eonsid-