The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-15
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

| fioni DaiIy
Mr. A. q. Lake, of Waplnitia, is in tn
city.
Abont three inches of snow fell at Duff
Thursday night.
Albany is preparing for an electric moto
street car line.
Old papers for sale at this Office for 2
cents a hundred.
The Century for April on sale at NJ. I
Nolan's news depot.
Judge Bird is improving, and is now abb
to sit up portion of each day.
Some OF our citizens are attending tn
union meeting at DLtur to. day.
During the recent storm the mercur,
marked 81 degrees below zero at Antelope
From Warnic, we learn, the loss in cattl,
has been very small. 1t will not reach pei
cent
The track is in good condition between
this city and Portland, and trains are on
| time.
The spring time has come Gentle Annie,
| and the flowers are in bloom. This NAV
not be news, but it makes an item.
Six eastern trains Will pass through the
city to-day. The first will arriye about
".
No through trains from the east have
arrived IN the city for three days past.
The blockade is somewhere on the UnICn
Pacific.
Col. Will. Vischer, formerly editor of the
Tacoma Globe, has resigned bis position,
and will take charge OF paper at FAIR
haven.
We understand the loss at Antelope will
not be rs disastrous as at first reported.
The percentage will be so in cattle and more
In sheep.
A good dog is to be appreciated. A poor
dog should Eaye no rights that any man
should respect. We have some good dogs
in this city.
The Dailes Northern r. r. Co. has taken
the place of The Dulles Southern. We may
have both railways commenced during the
next year.
Old residents say that this is the severest
winter eyer experienced in this county.
This season has been more disastrous than
'6l and g.
The snow has disappeared from the John
Day, but not at Antelope. Cattle at the
breaks of the John Day are feeding-.hose
which are alive.
there were III fires in tents by which 20
were destroyed and one damaged twice.
The total loss resulting from these fires, as
estimated by the department, is SlS,65O.
Tue losses as estimated by those burned |
out is greatly in excess of this.
Canyon City Ne,cs: A letter from Hay |
stack valley dated Feb. 10Th, conveys the |
information that snow is eight inches deep |
N a tharn nj
ing. Over 5000 sheep have died already,
and prospects for more to die, as the feed is i
about all gone, Cattle and horses were suit
fering from hunger.
Canyon City Neacs: Any one who does
not believe that there is plenty of snow in
the mountains this season should travel,
and see with their own eyes. Between
here and Baker City the snow Is from II to
feet On the different mountain ranges,
md still deepening. Griffin & McEwan are
'unning slelghs all the way from Fiinn's to
5S miles.
West Side: The total product of hops in
Polk county last year was 2432 bales,
which was raised on 276 acres, or an aver
lge Of 2630 pounds to the acre; and this
'verage Is the highest of any county in Or
'gon. In raising this crop, which is nearly
III labor, aud very little machinery, at
east $35, 600 is paid out. each year to people
lere at home.
A hermit named Hudson. Lying ON Union
reek, whose only companion is cat. has
lot been heard from for eight weeks. 1t
5 feared that he'll dead, as he had been in
he habit OF going to Boothby's store for
PROVISIONS, and for a long time has not ap-
'oared. Hudson Is 60 years old and is not
robust man. The snow i'll that vicinity Is
bout eighl feet ceep.-Medford Mail
There is meeting to-day OF Grangers and
Knights Of Labor at Dufur in this county.
70 reporters are allowed to be present, and
herefcre we can give no report of proceed
Dg5. We do not believe in these secret
'olitical conclaves, and believe our friends
nd neighbors. the Grangers and Knights of
labor, would stand fairer before the public
their meetings were open to every one.
A Malheur county exchange Gays farmers
Vill hardly know what to do with their
rops this year. That sentence doubtless
arTies more weight t1an its originator in
ended. From the appearance of things
ow farmers all over this upper country will
ave more produce the coming season than
hey have stock to feed it to. Many who
ad plenty of hay have suffered much loss
stock.
Dallas Itemizer: The new town between I
and Monmouth occupies all
he space between their borders and covers |
S5 acres. By a vote of nine to one it was
amed Talmage. The lots are 66xl45 feet
q size, and the streets will be parallel with
he motor line and run square into those OF
The town site proprietors
ave about 200 acres south of the town. and
gill there have half-mile race track. ID.
Y. Sears and Ii. Hirschberg have gone to
astoria to get Ell B. Thielsen to come and
ay out the motor line.
Grant Co. Neics: Miners in the Middle
'ork and Granite country seem hopeful and
on6dent o. realizing plenty of wealth from
heir placer ground the coming season. May
II their fondest hopes be realized. There
20 class of men the Netcs desires to see
rosper so much as old miners who have
oiled for years and persevered in the work
f developing this county, enduring hard
bips and privations that the shining metal
night find its way from the mountain
ulches into the channels of commerce and
rade.
The new stamps are out. All of the old
lamps ON hand must be sold, however, be-
ore the new ones can be put on sale. The
lew ones are about one-eighth smaller than
he old style. The portraits are 10 medal
ion, set in an ornamental frame. The l-cent
tamps contain profile bust OF Benjamin
lin, printed in ultra a-marine blue. On
he 2-cent stamp is a profile bust of George
Washington, on an oval disc, printed In
armine. The 8 cent stamps contain pro-
lie bust Of Andrew Jackson, on an oval disc
printed in purple. The 4-cent strmp con
aims portrait of Abraham Lincoln. On
he 5-cent Is a portrait of James A. Car
ield. The 10-cent stamps contain por-
raft of Daniel Webster.
of in Southeastern Oregon the situation
vas so serious that even a COW came handy
s q means of navigation. The Klamath
tar says: "a Keno man, whose horses
we're under the weather, started for Link
lille on the back OF COW last week. He
rrived all right, purchased provisions and
eturned. At distance of three or four
niles from town the COW gave 1t up as bad
OBJ, lay down in the deep Snow and refused
0 bulge an inch. Subsequently the rider
eturned afoot, driving the COW back with
he groceries strapped to her back. Poor
owl Like many all Oregon man, this cruel
finter, she doubtless compared the present
ness vi cold and hard times withthe cuds of
weet content, che~ed in the golden days
ore! The Keno man sent for assistance IN
oad- breaking, stabbed and fed the cow in
rand style and returned Wednesday, his
riends having broken the road"
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