Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1890-01-21
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thriying little tsvn laid out sy And
named in honor of a former Wa;la
Wal!a sentlsman, Hsp. Paiilip r ~
Arriving hsre, We rsplenithed o-si
steek ef provisions ana were preps.iae
to continue en- our way, whom upeu
soias for our horses, found nv e@ss
sick r,iscrsants had again taken tbs
return trail for home After searching
for them darin. tle remainder Of tas
day, returned, tirea ara dishea,tsa-
cd, aud was lying in tkestent. bei.eas
ing my iii luck, when | saw an iinnai
grant approaching wisa his wagon. and
hitched behiad were my runawaya
The man had net them ten miles or
more en- the read, and rightly jsdg;rs
them 10 be ruaaNays, kad had the
kindness and sood sease 20 bring thcm
with him. l thanked him heartily ard
will not soen fe, get his generous aes:
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Again we '.strlke the road" aud
again are we oppressed b. the heat and
the ext1aNs scarcity ef watsr. The
bunch ;srasa wavas like a field ef whsas
for miles in every direction, but tia
absence Of water makes it az useless
for the stoekman's purpose az thonsh
ncthing but sags covered the bread eA-
panzs. We passed az occasional new
: ranch, but the iissle water estainabis
fren their well was by tasm consider
ed tss precious to give to travellers, and
our anizals suffered extremely FROM
thirst This small fields Of wheat that
had bssn sswE the Rrsviols fall wsss
growing Inely, bat that mischisvous
little rnarmot, the specklsd ground
; squirrel, was making sad havoc with
I its tender sheets. The raachsrs vera
T scattering peissn for thsss pests, and
every article likely ta tempt their ap-
petites was inpregnated with stryeh-
8 nine. One cid Gsrmaa-blasted be
his Dutch memery--had peisenad sonis
bacon skins and scattered thsn, broad
caat over his tiuld and aieng the road
IS My dog ate toltisn ef this poissH
n and was soea in tha awful agsay that
g fallews ths swallowing Of, stryehnine
% We ssrrowfxIly watched him through
. several Of the herrid eenyalsisns, ans
IS sadly left him To his fate; not, however
50 withcut first licking up the crinainall,
g careless Teuton, and exprassir'g gu
u most hearty disapproval of hia mod. o
= poisoning squirrels. / hastan to rslat
's sha. the succeeding morning whom
ia went cut to collect in our aaimais,
TO found, to my astenish.aent that th
&c poor fellow had 50 far recovered as {
al fellow us and wss lying dawn nes
Billy, for whom ha had formed stron
'ss attachment. He afterward fully #
th csversd; bat had it act bssn fer til
nd scarcity Of water and his censeqne.
ho ina bihsy tr Obtain. it while under til
op influence of the peison, his bones woul
de no doubt new be bleaching en- tht
miserable dutshaan's farn, sad r
Of naiadsr Of his carelesssess and stupi
,ar ity:
.he After long drive OF nearly twsni
ng miles, we we're eenpelled to make
ese dry camp. We had passed out of Il
the grassy, supposedly fertile region, al
to were traversing another sand pla
be csvered by the tallsat sage l have y
to seen. II tswered oa each side Of +
road, high akovs ay head whoa up
low my horse, and was large enough
'ich fuel. than which no better can bs foui
val when, like this, of sufficient sizs for t
and purpess. But as in many ether
the stances in this country. it was abr
'ler- daat where least possible of utilizati'
ar The distributing pawer that psrfe
ed arrangements in this locality y
ado evidently caroless in his lsbors.
ted, have an abundance cf grass placed (
by of the reach Of water, and weod
aear plenty where neither ef the fern
1t requisites exist. and al injfnitum.
Tel (1s be centinusd.)
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