The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-01
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Mr.. j. M. Cummins, the editor of the
Wasco Neers gave the CHRONICLE Office a
pleasant call today.
1t is estimated that the late hot spell
injured grain in Sherman county as
much as twenty to twenty-five per cent.
Hon. o. NJ. Scott has resigned the
county judgeship of Sherman county.
The governor has not yet appointed his
successor.
The gentlemen bicyclists of this city
will meet tomorrow in front of ]. o.
Mack's at the hour of4 p. IN. in order
to be photographed.
The wife and daughter of Mr.. William
Alexander of Wapinitia arrived in this
city two days ago from Missouri and
left this morning for Wapinitia.
The state fair prizes have been in
creased all round, and $4,000 in pre-
miums will be offered The fair opens
September 18th and continues one
week.
1t is expected that the End regiment.
o. N. G. will go into camp for three
days at the state fair. 1t is said the
boys are anxious for it and want further
instruction.
The first number of the Wasco Ners
has come to hand. 1t is bright, clean,
newsy sheet and we heartily wish it sue
cess. There is plenty of room for US all,
and some of us have come to stay,
whetherior no. X,
We were pleased to see Will Grunow
on ouristreets yesterday for'the first time
since his collision with the ''drum
major" Will now navigates on crutches
but thinks the bicycle a good thing yet.
The Wasco NeaCs announces that Sher-
man county is going to have a railroad
from some point on the Columbia river
{Biggs is suggested) up Spanish Hollow,
through the town of Wasco thence south
through Grass Valley and thence to the
Fossil coal fields.
Mrs. q. B. Simpson, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. Joseph Beezeley of this city,
left this morning for her new home in
Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Simpson will
stop at New bridge, in this state, to visit
her brother and will be met at Denver by
her husband.
A subscriber to a paper published
across the river, thinking that the editor
had too many flies on him, lately made
him a present of horned toad. The
fun of the thing is, the editor publishes
a notice of the present in the local col
umns and failed to see the Joke PLAYED
on him.
This is the first day of the long month
of August, the month so characteristic
ally described by Pat when he said, 'Six
weeks and thirteen days, i'll the long
month of August, did lie on the broad
of my back wild faver, spachless, and
all my cry was, 'wather, wather.'
Neabock & Watson, who have the
contract for hauling the city water pipes,
complain that the railroad company load
it. on box cars, which makes it very hard
to get at, this causing great deal of un-
necessary labor for the contractors.
They have already hauled four loads and
have eight more loads yet to deliver.
Mr.. G. W. Ingalls, brought up to this
city yesterday, from the fruit ranch of
Mr.. Austen on the Columbia river, near
Hood River, a few samples of the hand
soonest apples we have ever looked on.
They are of the belle of the Season.
variety and were raised by Mr.. Austen
whose ranch is offered for sale in another
column.
Henry Clews of New York estimates
the value of the present wheat crop of
the United States at $40 million dollars. |
That sum would give the six million per-
sons engaged in agricultural pursuits a
per capita of $50 for each man, woman
and child and that is a kind of per capita
that beats the initiation scheme out of |
sight.
1t is estimated that Sherman county |
will raise a million bushels of wheat |
this year. If we had railroad connection |
with Sherman county every pound of
their surplus would come this way for
shipment to Portland and Astoria. A
road on this side too, would mean the |
handling of this surplus one time less
than If 1t had to be ferried across the
river to Columbus.
Mr.. Joe Trippier of Wapinitia came
into the city yesterday and left for home
this morning. He informs us that by
the last of next week he intends to start |
by the Barlow road for Portland with
four head of thoroughbred running
horses and twelve head of thoroughbred
Devon cattle. He intends to make the