Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
NEWS PARAGR Apis FROM
OTHER CITIES III OREGON

Hood river ranc hers in the Oak
Grove sections have cut the wages Of
the Japanese ,sborers and agreed not
TO pay more than Sl.S5 a day.
The association formed Tor he puy-
pose of holding carnival on Coos
Bay during August is planning the
largest public entertainment that has
ever taken place in that county
The Rogue River valley will ship
1000 cars OF fruit this year. OF which
400 cars will be pears. and 500 cars
will be apples. The present crop is
pronounced the finest IN the history OF
The valley.
The detailed crop report OF rho de-
partmen1 OF agriculture shows ,he con
dition OF Winter wheaG in Oregon, AZ
harvest this year. 10 have been IS. or
per cent above what II was last
years. This is decline, however, OF
per cent since June l. las,
L W. Clapp, stage line operator,
has established an automobile service
between klamath Falls and Crater
Lake Mr Clapp has the contract
with the Southern Pacific TO handle
the through passenger service from
San Francisco TO Crater Lake
[ Jesse Powers escaped from his
nurse al the Prineville hospital and
I ran for % miles over sand and stony
ground bare footed and in his night
clothes before being overtaken by
Sheriff Elks in his auto
I The largest influx of settlers ever
known into the Northwest, and esre-
cially Oregon. is expected this fall
/ Some time within the next few weeks
conference OF the Traqscontinen.al
Passenger association VIII be hello
Chicago and arrangements will then
be made for the fall colonist rates.
]. 5. Trumble, small dairy farmer
Of Forest Grove. has received word
that he is one OF about 20 heirs 10
I s400,000,000 estate located in heart Of
Baltimore. There was 90 year lease
on the property. which has just ex-
pired, the property having belonged 10
Mr.. Trumble's great grandfather.
The Willamette Valley Applsg~ow-
ers' association adjourned az Salem.
after selecting directors and naming
committee Of three TO draft bill
for presentation at the next legisIa-
ture. The ball will ask for an appro-
priation 10 be used under the direc-
tion OF the experiment station IN in
vestigating horticultural troubles, par
ticularly as 10 fungus growths.
The convention of the National As.
sociation Of Wool Growers, which will
be held in Portland in January, 1911,
and which should bring between To-
600 and $4,000 visitors to this city, will
dc more 10 advance the sheep growing
business il Oregon than anything else
that could be brought about, is the
opinion Of Dan p. Smythe, secretary
of the Oregon State Wool Growers as
sociaIion.
Umatilla county will produce this
season between $500 900 and 1000, 600
bushels Of wheat. Not only will this
be done, but the quality will be the
best ever sent forth This alone is a
factor OF considerable Importance.
Last year the total wheat output OF
Umatilla was about 3,50O.OOO bushels.
although some interests were inclined
10 figure that the production was con-
siderably above this.
It cost the state OF Oregon s522 to
bring the Grant county murderers 10
the penitentiary, one OF whom is 10 be
executed, the other four TO be incar.
cerated for life. Il is the greatest
cost for bringing prisoners to Salem
in the history OF the state. The pri-
soners are Joseph H Caseday, former
deputy sheriff OF Grant County, SEN
fenced 10 death; Bert Green, Ben Hin
ton, Emmet and Earl Shields.
To obtain for Oregon a pure drug
law was one Of the principal subjects
considered az the 2lst annual conven-
tion OF the Oregon State Druggists as
sociatiou. held July 12 TO Ia, at the
Gearhart Hotel, Seaside Final report
was made az the convention by a
committee appointed a year ago 20
prepare q bill. A campaign Y-iil be
taken up for bringing me bill before
the legislature al It's next session. The
bill is 10 be patterned after the United
States pure drug law, and will enable
the druggists Of this state to regulate
the purity Of their drugs according to
the United States pharmacopoeia.
= peculiar coincidence came TO light
al the executive Offices when exsradi-
tton papers were issued for Jesse Bur
leson, at the behest OF the governor Of