Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
STATE NEWS
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Roseburg Review: Attorney B. L.
Eddy says he has received number
of letters recently lending him encour-
agement in his contest for president
of the senate. There are said to be
three candidates for the position at
the present time and others are ex-
pected to enter the race within the
next few days.
Lake County Examiner: A. NJ. Smith
Oh the Smith & Bunting Stock Rancn
in Drews valley, who was in Lakeview
last Saturday, states that there is still
a bear roaming about the head Of How
ard and Cottonwood creeks and he
wants some local nimrods to oil Sue
Betsy, get their dogs and go out after
him. This is probably the same bear
that roamed that district for the past
several years and has raided several
sheep camps. 1t is credited with an ii
inch track and some hunters who have
been after it claim that it is grizzly.
However, some of the older bear hun,-
ers who have found some of the HAIR
in beds, state that the animal is Il
black bear. 1t is supposed that the hunr-
ers will be after bruin within short
| time.
Rogue River Courier +. p. Hughes,
of this city brought some sample heads
oI Russian wheat TO the Courier office
Saturday morning that he raised near
Holland this year which, he states,
will average 200 bushels per acre m
this vicinity with irrigation. Mr..
Hughes says that his crop last season
averaged 100 bushels per acre, and tha,
it was not irrigated until after it was
in full bloom. The seed was sent to
the valley by the United States de-
partment of agriculture for experiment
al purposes about year ago. Mr..
Hughes believes it the best known for
this country.
ucMinnville News Reporter: II. +.
Deyoe, of Hopewell, Yamhill county,
was in Kansas at the time of the ma
tional election and sent in his ballot
by mail to County Clerk Wilson bu;
the Oregon law makes no provisions
for the ballot of n voter absent from
his voting precinct outside of the state,
though he may vote in the state if ne
has obtained a permit from the county
clerk of the county in which he is reg
istered, hence the vote could not be
counted. John Prinz, election Judge in
precinct No. 80, in Wyandotte county,
Kansas, sent the ballot to be recorded
here. Mr.. Deyoe voted for the socialist
presidential electors. The county lost
cents on the ballot there being cents
due for postage.
Pendleton Tribune: The finger bone
of human hand was received at the
J office of the U. s. biological survey
here this morning from one Of the gov
ernment hunters at Walula. The bone
was uncovered by the wind during r
recent storm and had apparently lam
there in the sand for some time. With
, it was found plain band ring of gold
or plate but without any distinguish
ing marks No other evidences of lik,
kind were discovered.
Oregon City Courier: Two little boys
neglected and misguided by busj
mother and criminal step father
, hungering for the blessings of othcl
children, their wholesome foods and Iii;
/ tie pleasures; wondering, big-eyed, vel
J bravely, at the greatness of courts Of
= justice and the whole heartedness oi
, sympathy bestowed upon them, are &c
tanned by juvenile officers here Al
thiefs. The case is one of the most pit
iful yet presented to the courts Of thii
county for legal solution and il is be
, ing handled in the most capable man
ner possible under the circumstances by
, Juvenile Officer d. Z. Frost and Depu
q ty District Attorney Thomas A. Burke
; The boys are Ernest and Roy Kings
burg, aged 10 and l3 respectively, ant
they have admitted long series Of
major and minor thefts in this city and
, in other parts of the county.
Baker, Ore: Baker sheep men wer'
much interested today in the report o
the sale of Malheur Livestock & Lant
, company to a company headed by n,
! Stanfield brothers. According to Ia,
report the sale was one of the larges
sheep deals ever made in the west ant
was consummated yesterday when Rob
! ert N. Stanfield of Stanfield, Ore
! Monte b. Gwinn of Boise. G.. +. Stan
I field, Glen Mccullough and II. L. Stan
] field, purchased from F. II. O'Neil an'
sons the property of the Malheur Live
! stock & Land company. II is under
I stood this property has a valuation o
t approximately S650,00O The purchas
/ price has not been made public.
Il Medford Mail: Shipping bills for fiv