Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-31
Oregon
observations

Astorla.-ApproXimately $4,000 tons
or $780, Geo barrels Of flour are now
stored at the port docks here ready IA
export, and flour is arriving at the rate
of about 1000 barrels a day. Sufficient
flour is on hand now to make nearly
two full cargoes, One steamer wnttit
is TO take $4,000 barrels is expected 10
leave Seattle for her Wednesday but
when the next flour steamer will COM
has not been announced.
Newport.-About seven thousand
feet of first grade clear lumber came
ashore on the beach Sunday night nine
miles north of Newport and more has
come ashore near Alsea bay. 1t is be.
iieved to be part of a deck load los.
from a lumber schooner near Banool,
100 miles south, Friday night.
Portland.-Portland will be one Of
ihe Pacific coast terminals of a new
coast-to-coast steamship service. oper-
ated out of Philadelphia by Sudden &
Christensen of San Francisco, whose
agent in Portland Is the Columbian Pa
cific shipping company.
Portland.-C. j. Buck, assistant dis.
trlct forester, will leave this week for
Washington, ID. c., where he has been
assigned temporarily to national head,
quarters Of the United States forest
service. Mr.. Buck has charge of the
department of lands for this district
and will assist the central office during
certain changes to be made in admin
istratlon.
Observation-Disclosures Of $500 acres
OF wheat land in Gillian county, Ore
gon, by the Western Grain
of Portland was announced here Tues.
day. The land was taken at a valua-
zion OF approximately $40 an acre, It
WIS said, and was purchased from the
Bever Land Stock company.
Observation-Disclosures per cent of
the retail stores of Eugene will here
after close at s o'clock each evening in
stead Of 6 o'clock which has been the
closing hour for many years. The
question Of closing earlier was taken
up two weeks ago and nearly every
merchant has signed the agreement.
The Dalles.-Six boys Sc from II to
16 years Of age are today in the city
Jail, having confessed to breaking into
and robbing two grocery stores of this
city.
Corvallis.-A jitney service between
Corvallis and Eugene Is to be establish
ed shortly by the Oregon Jitney COM
pany OF Eugene, which now operates a
number Of cars from the university
city to outlying districts.
Eugene.-Major William G.. White
of this city, member of the general
staff Of the national guard Of Oregon
was seriously injured Monday night
when his car, in which he and mem
hers Of his family were driving on
Sixth avenue, west, was struck by a
much larger car. Major Whitey ~
was completely overturned and the &C
cupants pinned beneath.
Woodburn,-Mrs. lack Broyles fell
through the covering OF a well hetv
Monday, dropping 20 feet into IA feer
of water. Children playing near wit
messed the mishap and called for help.
After securing n ladder and a rope four
men saved her as she was about TO
give up her hold on the pump pipe,
which she had grasped after rising to
the surface Of the water.
Albany-A sunrise Easter servl,e
will be held In Albany next Sunday,
1T is planned to hold services In the
open air IL weather conditions per-
init. The service has been planned
and is being arranged by the mem
bers OF the Young Peoples Christian
lcndeayor unions of the city.