The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-21

ground. Fortunately no serious injuries
were sustained.
When, Mr.. Brooks, the editor of the
new Dufur paper came to Portland the
other day on the way to his.ne field of
Tabor, not knowing the situation here be
bought fifty cent ticket to come by the
Union Pacifc's boats. Just as soon as
he learned the true state of affairs the
fifty cent ticket was torn up and strewn
to the winds of heaven and Mr.. Brooks
landed IN Wasco county by way of the
Regulator.
The CHRONICLE man overheard to-
day a well-known farmer of Three
Mile make the following remark.
"There is not an acre of fruit land with
in five miles of The Dalles that has not
been enhanced in value fully five dol
lars an acre by reason of the Regulators
being on the river. We can now ship
box of grapes to Portland for seven ceets
and that is as little as it would cost If
one lived eight or ten miles from Port
land on land worth 500 an acre and had
to travel through the mud to get there.
When the wind was blowing a stiff
gale yesterday evening Captain John
Lewis had occasion to go too near the
top of high building, when his new,
black, soft five-dollar Stetson hat was
caught in the gale and blown-he knows
not whittier. The captain hunted
everywhere for it last night and this
morning but without success, and now
he says he really never liked the hat
anyhow. Still if the finder would
kindly leave it at this office the CHRoNI-
Gle will do everything in its power to
persuade the captain to take it back.
Two farmers met in this city the
other day, and one said to the other,
"We aint going to have any more drouth
in Eastern Oregon. We're going to
have three raining stations next sum-
mer, oae on Three Mile, one on Eight
Mile, and one on Fifteen Mile" ''How
can you make it rain?" was asked.
"Oh,' said the first speaker, ''we're
going to get fellow from Omaha who
makes rain by going into building and
sticking a pipe through the roof and
then turning a crank" "Oh gracioua,"
was the answer, "if cranks can bring rain
you fellows on Three Mile can deluge the
whole country.
The CHRONICLE does not like the COW
ordinance with any remarkable degree of
affection especially when the editors
COW gets into the pound but it cannot
but admire the way the ordinance is en-
g. A hn oIo
family bovine was incarcerated, then
night watchman Con Howe's got in
quod and the last arrest that we have
heard of is the COW of one of the council
men, "Do you impound councilmen's
COWS said the alderman as he discovered
the situation?'' ''Of course we do"
answered the poundmaster. "You
should not do that said the council
man. ''Then you should not have
passed the ordinance" was the reply:
and the poundmaster is right.
An agent of the Wilmington, an inde-
pendent steamer now running between
Portland and San Francisco was in the
city yesterday conferring with the Of
ficers of the D. P. and A. N. Co., in the
matter of through freights between The
Dalles and San Francisco. As result
arrangements have been entered into by
which Dalles merchants can ship goods
from San Francisco via the Wilmington
at rates lower than by any other line,
whether by rail or water. The Will
mington has agreed to land all goods
shipped in this way at the D. P. and A.
N. Co.'s dock at Portland, thus saving
the expense and delay connected with
the usual transfer Merchants here
have already begun to avail themselves
OF these advantages.