The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-21

Mr.. R. II. Guthrie of Rutledge. came
into to town last evening.
: Mr.. AS. Macallister wentto Portland
today on the 8 q. m. train.
s sMessrs "A. w. Kelsay and W. u. Him
. kle of Antelope are in town.
* Mr.. John Filloon and wife returned
this morning from Victoria. B: c..
Messrs John Baxter of Antelope and
J. H. Menefee of Dufur are in the city.
Nh. C. P. Head, of Hood River, gave
the CHRONICLES Office a welcome call
today.
Mr.. w. N. Wiley and two SONS left to-
day for the Cold Camp ranch near An
telope. .4s. $50. .
Mr.. S. E. Farris went out this morn
ing to his ranch at Wapinitia to remain
for week. !
Two cars of sheep were shipped from,
this place last night by Chas. Butler, to
Portland.
Mr.. r. G.. Fleck of the CHRONICLE,
returned from pleasant trip to Port
4 land and vicinity, on today's train.
This Office is under obligations to
Col. w. E. Macarthur of Washington, D.
G. for valuable documents received.
Mr.. O. c. Stevens and wife have gone
to Gillian county to visit their children
and for the benefit of Mr.. Stevens health
which has been very poor of late.
There are several cases of measles in
the city. The youngest child of Mr.. G.
W. Richmond is just recovering from an
attack.
We call attention to the advertise
ment in another column for bids for
hauling $50 barrels of cement from the
cars to the new reservoir ON the Mesplie
place.
Two carloads of wagons and one of
headers are at the depot for Filloon
Brothers. Mr.. Geo. Filloon says, 1--WE
are prepared to cut the season 'slcrop and
move il on wheels"
James McGinty has commenced the
excavation for the new reservoir on the
Mesplie place. Six men-are now en-
ployed and more will be added as they
can be worked to advantage.
Mr.. ]. A Varney leaves this evening
for the Willamette valley where he will
look over the ground with view of tax
ing in charge the plating and planting
of an orchard of 27OO acres, for an east
ern syndicate.
Mr.. A. Hall yesterday came up from
Hood River where he has been working
on his claim for a few days. The claim
hes near to that of our fellow towns-man
Mr.. G. j. Roberts. Mr.. Halls hands
bear evidence that grubbing out pine
stumps don't agree with them.
When Napoleon Bonaparte found that
the West Indies refused to supply France
with sugar, he called the farmers of the
North of France together and said: eff
you plant beets we will make our own
sugar," and this was the foundation of
the great industry in France, which has
spread into Germany and now bids fair
to become a staple industry in Oregon.
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Every little while we hear of some new
adventurer making search for the famous
If not mythical Blue Bucket mines.
The last person W. o has recorded his
failure to locate them is one John Buck
master of Fox Valley, Harney county.
Mr. Buckmaster closely followed the in
structions given him but the search
failed to discover anything of value.
Mr.. August Buchler met with painful
accident last evening that will confne
him to the house for few days. AS ou1
reporter learned it, Mr.. Buchler was in
the act of stepping off switch engine
on which he had been riding, when the
engine came to 80 sudden stop while
Mr.. Buchler still grasped it, that his
left shoulder was knocked out of JOINT
DIR. Logan was promptly sent for and
soon had the joint in place and Mr.
I Buchler will, no doubt be himself agsir
in a few days.
Mrs. ]. II. Covington of this city has {
plan for exterminating squash bugs and
cabbage and tree lice, that she com,
mends to the attention of all whose gar
dens are infeated with these pests. i
is simply finely ground cayenne pepper
used as powder or in q solution of five
gallons of water to a pound of pepper
AS powder, fhe applies it to the squash
leaves and around their roots, by com
mon insect bellows which can be-bough
at any of our drug stores. The solution
she applies by either washing the leaves
or when convenient dipping the infected
branches into vessel containing tn,
solution. Mrs. Covington pronounce
this remedy a complete success. 1t il