Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-01
STATE NEWS
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Crescent News: Haying is in full
swing all over eastern Oregon and the
man without job at good wages is
not the fellow farmer would want
There is not an idle man in Crescent; I;
women are helping with farm work at
La Pine; Bend has steady jobs for 80
men; klamath Falls is advertising for
men to work in the mills at wages
from So per day up. The hay harvest
is on at Silver Lake and the grain
fields of Fort Rock are using every
available man. If eastern Oregon ism t
prosperous, why all this demand for
aborers?
The Dalles Optimist: Arrangements
have been made by The Dalles business
men and the members of the Wasco
county court to make improvements on
the hill between Mosier and Hood
River that will make it much more safe
to travel. Between 1000 and 1900 feet
of fencing will be used along the most
dangerous stretches of the grade and
several more passing places will be
built. There is so mucn travel on this
grade that more places where cars may
turn out are an absolute necessity for
the safety of travellers.
Heppner Gazette: The second arte-
sian well in Morrow county has been
struck. w. d. Newton is the man who
accomplished this feat second time
same belt as the first one, is producing
a much larger flow of water. The new
well apparently mas not diminished the
flow of water in the first gusher in
the least.
Gardner Index: Mr.. Haga, of South
Beach, caught black bear cub last
Sunday. 1t was about four months
old He was brought into camp and
the Helms brothers have named him
"Dick and are training him. He will
be shipped to Portland later and sold.
Baker, Ore. - Although she was
struck by lightning during severe
storm at her home on Glover creek,
near North Powder, Mrs. John Z. Shaw
is expected to recover from her burns.
The bolt came through window and
set the floor ON fire.
Rogue River Courier: Game Wardens
Jewell and Applegate have returned
from a trip through the district be-
yond Galice, where they investigated
number of hunting camps, but found
no evidence of the rumored law viola
tions. They visited one camp where
nine deer were hung up, but all had
been killed legally by the 10 people
who were in the party. Deer were
plentiful and the wardens counted 81
during their travels, about a dozen
of them being fine bucks. The antlers
of the bucks in the higher ranges have
not yet reached their growth, though
lower down along the river the antlers
are now being cleaned of the velvet.
Bend Bulletin: John D. Spreckles,
Jr., of San Francisco, vice president of
the American Soda Products company,
arrived in Bend this morning august
16) and left for Spreckles, where he
will inspect the work that is going on
at Alkali lake. Mr.. Spreckles is very
enthusiastic over the prospects of an
extensive development of the soda ash
will make thorough study of the con
ditions and the possibilities for greater
output.
The Pomona Grange of Iamhill.
county has petitioned the state
grange to prepare a bill and present
the same to the legislature changing
the road laws so that each road dis
trict elect board of directors which
board shall have supervision of the
road work the same as the district
school board of directors direct the
work of the school; the board to be
elected at an annual road meeting of
the district for three years. electing
one each year, and they shall serve
without pay.
Electrical machinery has been install
ed in the world s richest iron mine,