Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-25
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FRoa
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON

The annual run Of tom-cod has
started il Necanicum river and the
Ish are to be had 10 any quantity.
Five hundred more troops have
been called for b. the forestry sery-
ice 10 fight the forest fires now
spreading in southern Oregon.
Hugh McClain Of Coos Bay has fled
his declaration oi intention to become
a candidate for railroad commissioner
cn the democratic ticket
The annual encampment OF the C
A. r. Veterans Association Of Lane
County, will be held in Cottage Grove,
September Is. Is and II.
The twentieth annual convention OF
the Womeu's Christian Temperance
Union Of Linn County will be held in
Brownsville Thursday and Friday,
August % and g.
Competition between mills and ex.
porters resulted in sale c, more than
10000 sacks OF Weston wheat at 80
cents for No l club
Accused OF assault with a danger
Gus weapon, Thomas Hart, Of Wilbur,
Is hiding in the woods somewhere in
the vicinity Of Oakland, and all ef-
for-s to capture him have proved fu.
tile.
y stay OF execution OF the death
sentence imposed on Ike Harren ior
the murder of Herbert and Walter
Newell last June has been denied oy
the State Supreme Court, and Harren
will pay the penalty Tor his crime on
September 9.
Astoria's fifteenth annual regatta,
scheduled for the last three days of
this month, promises to eclipse any
event Of the kind ever before held az
the City by the Sea" In years past
this fete has been the occasion for the
gathering OF thousands OF Oregon and
Northwestern people at Astoria.
The forest fire situation in the Cra-
ter National forest grows steadily
worse. Numbers OF the present in
adequate force Of fire fighters are
nearly exhausted, many have had no
sleep for hours, men have fallen
asleep on the fire lines and only saved
by friends from death il the flames.
Felix Currin, a farmer residing four
miles from Cottage Grove, who has
conducted an individual experiment
station on his farm for many years,
has nearly so varieties OF wheat and
many kinds OF vegetables. The Lane
County Fair Association has promised
TO give Mr.. Currin special space for
mis- exhibit. In his space will be
shown about $50 varieties of squashes.
At the Springfield carnival, the big
Z hot-air balloon burst al a height o.
200 feet and Aeronaut Cobe had a
narrow escape from death. As soon
as the big bag burst he cut loose with
mis- parachute, but it failed to spread
until within a few feet OF the ground.
Had it delayed a few seconds longer
the man would have been dashed to
death
An average income last year of 500
/ per acre was earned by all lands irri.
gated under the klamath government
reclamation project. Such is the es.
innate made by conservative experts.
This includes all OF the $1,000 acres
thar have receiTed water, a part OF
the land being new. Also a great
many OF the more than goo new fam.
lilies that have settled on the project
since it was opened knew nothing
about irrigation before coming, hence
the first two years must be consid.
cred as largely experimental.
Owing to the fact that it has been
repeatedly said that the average voter
!s uniformed on initiative petitions
in general, and in order to get before
the people the merits OF their meas.
ure. II. o. Thompson and o. NJ. KEN,
prominent citizens of Cottage Grove,
who have long been earnest county
division advocates, are beginning an
educational campaign in the interests
Of the proposed Nesmith County and
are now covering the state in auto.
mobiles.
That foreign life Insurance compa.
MES draw greater profits from the
s,ate of Oregon than any other class
Of business and invest less of their
capital or utilize less of it towards
contributing to the states welfare or
Industrial prosperity is evidenced bv
the fact that during The II year per.
led. 1899 TO 1909 inclusive, 35 life in.
surance companies collected approx.
mately s17.0OO.OO0 from policy hold.
ers in the state while the total com.
bined capital which all OF them ih.
vested in Oregon securities was less