The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-12-21

ueIeu Inan tOre up lne track some ulsIanc
beyond Snake river. and came very nea
causing fearful railroad accident, whicl
was only prevented by slow and carefu
running. That's sad case.
! Pasco is being yilely slandered by tn,
Portland Mercury, evidently through jeal
ousy of its rapid growth. 1t contains ar
account of Dutchman who said he went tC
Pasco to keep his eye en- it, and found 6
} city of tents, but Siwash came along anC
stole the city hall to make pair of pants
which so disgusted him that he left.
We have received from the office of the
secretary and controller of the Southern Pa
cific Co. pamphlet of sixty -four pages en-,
titled Relations Between the Central Pa.
cific Railroad Company and the United
States Government, printed by FL. s.
Croker Il Co., San Francisco. We have
not had time to glance over the pages, and
can say nothing regarding the contents.
Fossil Journal: An item has occurred in
the surrounding papers to the effect that
there Is talk of dividing Wasco county
again, and making Antelope the county
seat of the new county. After Wasco let
Sherman county off. she was able to reduce
her taxes, but as they are yet rather high,
and the county very large in consequence
she will probably not be adverse to the
scheme of letting off another slice.
According to Prineville exchange last
Tuesday Thos. Lister employed George
Marine to herd sheep and gave him an order
on Sichel's for SIS. Marine traded for
| goods to that amount on Mr.. Listers
account, but was arrested for stealing from
Billy Slater before he got out OF town. Mr.
Lister had to take the clothes Marine had
bought on his credit, though he was fortu.
nate in getting rid of the fellow before plac.
ing him in charge of flock of sheep. Had
he gone to herding he might have stolen the
whole band.
Andrew Clarno, little son of J. ". Clarno,
says the Fossil Journal, fell from the second
bent on the windmill frame of Hoover.
Watson & Co., last Saturday evening and
received serious but not fatal injuries. The
distance he fell is nearly % feet, and he
struck the hard ground, iarring HIM inter-
nally, sprainlng his wrist seriously, if not
tracturing some part of the bone. His |
father and mother came over from Crown |
Rock as soon as they learned of the acci- |
dent to look after the little fellow, who was |
stopping with his grand parents, and he is
getting better slowly.
Localizer: A strike, or something akin TO
1t, was in progress on the Northern Pacific
between Tacoma and Pasco, from SATURDAY.
to Wednesday of last week. No attempt
has been mada to interfere with passenger
and mail trains. On Tuesday freight
train from the west attempted to pass this
place without stopping, but short distance
beyond the switch the cars came uncoupled
and the train was stopped. Who drew the
pin between the engine and the first car is a
mystery, pparently-perhsps it was an ac-
cident. -Four freight trains left the yard on
Wednesday.
Yakima Herald: Kotocken, chief of the
renegade band of the Yakima Indians, died
on Friday of last week of fever. Kotiocken
and his followers refused to accept the ad-
vances of civilization and become farmers
and artizans, as many of the tribe did, but
retained their dress of blankets feathers,
furs and paints; lived by hunting, fishing
and the sale of their ponies, and endeavored
to propltiate the spirits by incantations and
tamanimus dances. They live, mainly, on
the reservation, short distance below
Union gap, where the medicine house is
situated. When the Northern Pacifi, engi-
neers were locating through Yakima county,
Kotiocken and his Indians pulled up the
locating and grade stakes and it was only
by the assistance of the sheriff and his posse
that they were persuaded to let the stakes
remain where they were originally driven,
kotiocken was the son OF Kamiocken, the |
great chief of che Yakimas, who led his
braves in the wars during the SOS. Koti-
ocken was about 45 years of age.
Hon. John D. Lee arrived from The
Dalles Wednesday evening. That may
account for the frigidness of our atmos.
phere, as they have been having snow and
cool weather at the gateway to the Inland
Observer. Bro. Snyder ,
take that back. We haye had the most
enjoyable weather until Thursday evening,
when the CONCEALED element fell to depth
of about two inches. The streets the next ..
lay were as muddy as those Ill Dallas. The
present season indicates that Wasco county
will have the heaviest crops ever harvested.
Al. come up to The Dalles next spring, and
We will show you the nearest approach to
paradise there is anywhere on the crusted
urface of the mundane sphere.
From Frank G Baker. state printer, we
the receipt of the Seventh i
Monthly Report of the Oregon State I
Weather Bureau, for the month of October
md also The Resources of the State of Ore :
ron. The former is published under the
direction of H. E Hayes master of the I
tate grange, and is full of important mat G
;er regarding the meteorology of Oregon; '
md the latter is collated and prepared by t
the State Board of Agriculture by direction 7
If the legislative assembly of Oregon. The G
Resources of Oregon contains valuable in :
ormation regarding the resources of the /;
tate, aid will be great incentive to i'm
migration The article on Wasco county is !,
written by Col. Thos. S. Lang, of this city.
md is an exhaustive and able essay upon
The natural advantages of this portion o.
,he state.