Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-01-28
OREGON BRIEFLETS

sOSep1 u AaSee has Drtl @A4'N---e-
- postmaster at Lakeside
( VIII Mack OF Grants Pass. charged
Eith the murder OF Miles Carter. was
convicted of murder in the second
degree Saturday.
Married. divorced and remarked
10 his former wife at the age OF p
years is the experience OF 4. Vincent
Holgate, formerly Of Corvallis. now
Of Halsey.
Congress has passed bill 10 pay
Z D. J. Holmes, OF Salem, $500 as re-
endorsement for improvements on
land which was taken from him in
correcting the boundary Of the Warm
T Spring Indian reservation
+ According TO the annual report OF
. the state game warden. he has sue
+ ceeded. with his deputies. in secur-
ing 90 convictions which accrued
something over $4,000 TO the state in
fines.
/ Oregon City Oddfellows have Of
fered reward of SIS for the recov-
cry of the body OF Charles F. Mid
lam, who was drowned in the Will
annette river at Oregon City last
week
Mrs. Hawley. vile nf Representa-
tive Hawley, has been honnred hv
the women OF the Congressional Club
at Washington. n c. by appoint
ment as chairman of the committee
On nomination Of officers.
The Legislature OF Oregon viii ha
requested to pass upon 4 bin prOvii'
ing for the repeal OF the presen' anti
prizehghting law, and the substitn
ton OF another measure that viii
permit limited bouts between profess
sional exponents OF the manly art.
VIII Steel, of Portland is in Wash
inng,On, D. c., endeavOring TO obtain
a lease of lands in Crater Lake Park,
upon which to erect a summer resort,
hotels and cottages. The department
of the interior will grant a l0-year
lease, but Steel desired one for 20
years.
Governor Chamberlain has decided
to pardon Courtland Green. sent up
for life from Lane county for the
murder of John Linn, who was driv-
ing bunch of horses from Eastern
Oregon. Green's mother has been
living in Salem on the county. Moth
er and son will leave a. once. il is
said, going TO another state.
Chief among the feature of Home
coming day" which will open the an
nual rose festival in Portland. June
7-l2, will be q rousing roundup and
reunion OF Oregon's old pioneers.
The regular Pioneer day is June
16, but it is now planned TO have
this date changed TO June Z, the
opening day of the festival.
Il hereby instruct and direct my
said executor to erect tombstone
ar my grave, and wish him to have
engraved thereon in bold letters the
words. ! have no desire for Heaven
and no fear of He'll" This is
the queer instruction given in the
last will Of James w Logan, which
las bCEA CGL4AAkNO " D4 ODGAE AL AuE
Multnomah county court.
a message has been received at
Hood River from Washington, D. c.,
stating that a concurrent resolution
was passed in the United States SEN
ate directing the secretary of war to
have a survey and estimate made in
regard to dredging out the channel
Of the Columbia river opposite the
city, in order to provide a permanent
harbOr there.
Bryan r. Dorr, on whom the spot
light OF national publicity has been
thrown as a result of the war be-
tween President Roosevelt and Sena-
tor Tillman, announces his intention
of bringing suit against the South
Carolina senator for 100000 for
malicious libel. Mr.. Dorr is presi-
dent of the ST. Paul & Pacific Timber
Syndicate
" Representative Hawley has secured
the passage through the house of his
bill TO pay volunteers of the Cayuse
Indian War who have not heretofore
been compensated for their services.
The bill carries an appropriation of
$500, which will be distributed at
the rate of $3.50 for each DAYS ser
vice during the war of lS47-lS4S.
The Pacific Postal Telegraph
Cable Comprny won its suit against
the Southern Pacific Company. which
was tried out before Judge Wolver-
ion, at Portland, the jury bringing
in sealed verdict awarding the rail-
road company damages amounting to
$4,000 and granting the telegraph
company a right of way along the
railroad lines between Portland and
San Francisco.
According to official statistics pre-
pared by the department of com
merce and labor at Washington. D.
c., Portland. during the calendar
year of 1908, exported more wheat
than any other American port, save
New York. Its total shipments to
foreign markets for the year amount