Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-12
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON

bite J. W. Conn, druggist, is suffer
ing from blood poisoning.
KLAMATH FALLS-Saturday. MAY
p, is the date set by the City Coun-
Gil for holding a special election 10
vote on the adoption OF the new city
charter
PRAIRIE CITY-The gold mines Of
Eastern Oregon are steadily improv-
ing and with the opening of the Sump-
ter smelter this Spring. very MA.
terial advancement will be made.
Observation-Disclosures is about TO
undertake its second annual straw.
berry and rose carnival, which will be
held on May 12. 1S and IA. 1t will be
on a much larger scale than ever be-
fore. Many special features have
been arranged.
HOOD RIVER. A Epping, a well.
known fruiJgrOwer here. and F. R.
Bride closed the largest real estate
deal so far completed at Hood River
by the purchase of 1000 acres of fruit
land from the S1anley-Smith Lumber
Company, for which it is said they
paid 100000.
ROSEBURG-A Douglas County To-
cality that promises to become one of
the busiest and most prominent min.
ing camps OF the West was the scene
this week OF deal involving the sum
of $4,000. The property that changed
hands consisted OF the Biliken Trio
OF gold mining claims, situated on
Canyon Creek, four miles south OF
Canyonville.
SALEM-Professors Jackson and
Bidwell, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, after an examination of the
Wallace orchard and others where the
bud moth has been at work, state that
the season in which the moth can do
damage is past for this year and that
there is no danger of a spread OF the
pest
RoSEBURG-That some unknown
person deliberately raised" various
items on the tax rolls in the Sheriff's
office in Douglas County is the start.
ling information contained in the re.
port OF ]. W. Ferguson and E. H. Col.
lins' who exported the county's finan.
cial records from July i. 1908. to
March l, 1910.
SCAPPOOSE-The Harry West
herd of cattle, the finest herd of high.
class Jerseys in the West and one of
the finest in the United States, has
been sold at public sale. The herd
included some fine animals from the
East and some imported direct from
the Isle of Jersey. The sale included
about so animals and brought s16.S5O
LAFAYETTE-Alfred Reed, a g.
year-old boy, lost his life by a shock
ing accident here The boy was hold.
ing grazing horse, and thoughtless-
ly fastened the rope around his waist.
wnen in some manner the horse took
fright and ran When released the
boy was dead, his back being broken.
neck dislocated and head crushed
! SALEM-Farmers in every direction
from Salem disclose the astonishing
fact that not enough grain will be on
hand after harvest to supply the
wants OF even the local mills; in 9TH
er words, the wheatraising industry
In Marion County is gradually going
out OF existence, due to the large
farms being cut up in small tracts and
converted into orchards and dairying
ranches.
sALEM-After comparing lighting
expenses OF the state institutions for
the past year on a flat rate and meter
basis, Governor Benson decided to in.
stall meters in all the state buildings.
by doing which the state will save
$500 per month upon the expiration of
the lighting contract with the Port.
land Railway, Light & Power Com.
pany
SALEM-Professo R. L. Kirk. nrin.
cipal of the Salem High School. has
written State Labor Commissioner
Hoff, requesting at least half dozen
copies of Mr.. Hoff's annual report
for 1909. The work is used in the
classroom, and Professor Kirk saws:
Our teacher Of commercial geography
finds your report the most valuable
text in her collection for a basis for
the study of Commercial Oregon"
ALBANY-One of the greatest con.
ventions ever held in Albany will be
that of the Oregon Threshers' Asso-
citation on June 2-3, for which elabor-
ate arrangements are now being
made. Hundreds Of threshermen, men
interested in the industrial develop
ment Of Oregon and prominent speak.
ers from various sections of the state
and OF the United States, will be pres.
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