Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-19
STATE NEWS
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Bandon World: Bear are quite plen-
tiful in western Oregon TINS year, at
least that is the conclusion reached
from several reports from nearby places
of bear signs, and the fact two large
animals have been killed in this vicin-
ity within the last few weeks.
| The latest bruin bagged was killed
/ by George Cox, of Bear creek. The ami
NAL was a black bear, said to have been
the largest killed in those parts for a
number of years. 1t was not in very
good condition, but would have tipped
the scales at 400 pounds. The hide was
in fair condition to make a good robe
or rug.
Astorian: One hundred and seventy
five cans of trout fry, including both
/ the Rainbow and Eastern Brook, arriv-
ed in Astoria Friday evening and yes
terday were distributed throughout the
county, several streams receiving large
numbers Of the fish. The carload of fish
was in charge of Messrs. Craig and Ho-
gan, of the Bonneville hatcheries, from
which the shipment came. The fish
were handled promptly by the members
of the Astoria Rod and Gun club and it
is doubtful if any fish were lost at all
in transferring them to the streams.
Lake County Examiner: Erected
to the memory of John W. Tilman, who
discovered Crater lake at this point
June IL, 1858, Mr.. Hilman was born
in Albany, N. Y, March 30, 1892; came
to Oregon in 1s49, and died in Hope
Villa, La, March 10, 1915.'
This will be the inscription on con-
crete seat to be placed at the spot where
Hilman discovered Crater lake in 1853.
The contract for the seat has been
awarded to a Medford man, and it will
consist of reinforced concrete built in
semi,circle II feet in diameter with
paving inside of concrete tile in ma.
room.
Oregon City Enterprise: The sample
of honey that is shown in the display
window of the publicity department OF
the Oregon City Commercial club is at.
tracing no little attention. This is the
production of the bees on the dairy
farm Of c. A. Nash in the northeastern
part of the city, Mr. Nash having 40
hives at his farm. Since starting into
this industry in the spring he has OBJ
tanned from the hives 1000 pounds of
some of the finest honey marketed in
this city. 1t is all disposed of in the
local market, and Mr.. Nash finds no
difficulty in finding ready sale of
the same.
Medford Sun: The loss of pears and
apples throughout the section within a
radius of l5 miles of Medford will not
exceed 10 per cent, according to c. G.
Cate, county pathologist, whose men
have been investigating the loss at var
ious orchards, oecasioned by the electric
storm of Friday afternoon, which was
FOLLOWED by third of an inch of rain
fall. The loss falls almost entirely
upon the pears.
The Rogue river valley is just good
enough without water for irrigation
to keep irrigation from being gen
eral says the Grants Pass Cou'
rier. If crops could not have been
grown here without the artificial ap.
pication of water, the valley would
today be producing ten-fold the crops
it is today. Had it been classed as
an arid region, capital would have
been readily available to bring the
waters, which flow here in abund-
ance, upon the acres. The results
produced by the application of water
prove the futility of dry farming in
southern Oregon. The lands once placed
under water are far too valuable to
60 without water.
That the dreaded Canadian thistle
is getting a start in Benton and
nearly every other county in the
Willamette valley is the report of
road supervisors. The counties are
realizing that forcible measures must
be taken to rid the farms of the dan.
gerous pest before it spreads and
gets beyond control. The Oregon
laws are veiy stringent and impose
heavy penalties on the owners of land
who do not exterminate the thistles. A
salesman of farm machinery who travels
over nearly all of western Oregon stated
that in the western parts of Clackamas
and Marion counties the thistle is get
ing firm foothold.
The Lynch & Taylor Produce COM
pany, of North Yakima, has estb'
lshed packing plant at The Dalles.
1t offers $35 a ton for prunes and
wants all the fruit it can get at this
price. This company will also pack
peaches and pears, which will be ship,
ped to North and South Dakota and
Canada. Some of it will be used by the
United States army. The company has
already purchased the entire output of
prunes from the G. E. Sanders or
chards, Frank Creighton's 5 crop and all
of the fruit from the Spenser farm west
Of The Dalles. The same concern will
pack all of output of the Mosier Fruit
Growers association,
Ashland Tidings: II now appears
probable that in the very near future
Grants Pass is to have access to the
Josephine county caves by fine gov
ernment highway, built to the very en-
trance Of the marble halls. Every pres
sure is being brought to bear by the
Grants Pass people on the interior de-
partment to have a portion of the first
million dollars, which will likely be
available this fall by the terms of the
Shaekleford bill, appropriated toward
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