, 1880-11-06


u-s Of meeting. ssys the Daytea Ntrs. Mr..
Richard ". Tabor. last evening who psaasl
through Dayton on his way to the Cie.rwa-
ter river. Mr.. Tabor il the engineer Ia
charge of the Improvements now il progress
on the Snake and Clearwater rivers. He.had
just returned from Texas rapids. where Cap.
tain Ainsvorth is 1t work blasting snd re-
moving rocks from the channel N completion
Of his eoatraet Of last year. and BY tbs end
Of October his work vii have bean perform
ed, and the channel viii b rendered nsvis.-
bic At lowest water. Texas rapids srs mile
in length. and the fall Of water In this dis
tanee = shown by Mr. Tabor's levels 70 -
IL feet inches- The greater part Of this
fall u in the upper hall. where the improve
msnts is in progress. An "Inssrsoll" steam
drill u in use for drilling the holes in the
rocks, previous to thar bsing charged and
blasted With giant powder. This 10 the 6Est
year Of the application Of steam power On
this work. and notwithstanding the swift
ness Of the current. it works admirably. Mr.
Tabor has also laid ont similar wsrk at Pa
louse rapids, miles below Texas. 70 Be per
formed under the present years appropria-
tion. Mr.. J. B. Montgomery has been avard-
ed this new contract Mr.. Tabor proceeds
on to Lewiston tomorrow, In charge OF sum-
liar work ON the lower Clearwater. The
main object Of the wsrk on the Clearwater IL
~ widen and deepen the channel. 70 facili.
tate rafting. For this purpose the various
bars and rapids will have 70 undsrgo the
process of removal Of rocks and cobblestone
The contractors for this work are Mesars.
Chalmers L Holmers, Of Portland, Ogn.
The FkvER At LKwIsroS. Of our
citizens, old and yoang, says the Teller. are
now and have been attacked with . kind Of
malarial fever. Very many who have taken
the proper remedies on the first symptoms Of
the disease appearing. have been suece.ful
in completely combating the fever in three
or four dayA while Others who have still con.
tinued to wo,k and neglect themselves for .
week or two have had considerable sickness
before they have been cured The fever
Is Of less severe nature than that which
attacked many Of our citizens one year age
and we believe there has not this season bssn
any deaths directly from this fever. Il
seems to be prevailing in the neighboring
towns and in the country and can not be said
to be . local epidemic. The remedy given
mostly il quinins and whisky. Some Of the
sick ones have only the fever. While sthsrs
have chills and fever. There is no good rsa-
son assigned for the prevalence Of this dis
ease in % healthful . country - Idaho.
where there 10 little .. ~ cause for the prop.
agatiou Of malaria. Our best thinkers and
writers ascribs the cause to some agent u the
changes brought about by the perihelioa II
the planets, and .. apt to visit high - vell
As low attitudes of country. although chiIls
and fever are peculiar to low attitudes where
malaria arise from the marsh and low lands
filed with decompoaing vegetation
LOOK Our.-The following from the Van
eouver Independent. may prove of value 70
some reader: We arc informed that the
men who represented an Ohio nursery in the
Willamette valley last year are now operat-
ing in the Yakima country. Last year these
men would buy trees Of Oregon and Wash
ington nurseries. put new names and labels
On them, selling them At fancy prices a.
being something new and wonderful They
don't get any stock from OHIO At all The
law took hold of them At Salem, and they
left to try their money making game else
where. We warn the farmers ef Yakima
and Klickitat to beware Of them, a. they are
cheats and humbugs. . statement ws sta.d
ready to furnish the proof Of.
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EorIcE.-For the Aext three weeks only
the patent in,idss OF . majority 4 eur s1.
changes will Be examined. We require .