The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-25
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

city Tuesday.
Rev. DR.. Elliot of Portland, is sojoin-
ing at Hood River.
There is money in good mutton sheep
at any time of the year.
The girls are having enjoyable time
at their new gymnasium.
Snow at Stoddard's mill in Hood
River valley is five feet deep.
Mays & Grove are making success in
their new business venture.
If it only freezes little tonight there
will be many coasting parties out.
Tomorrow night will close the pro-
tracted meetings at the NJ. E. church.
Mr.. A. Scott theg enial postmaster of
Grass Valley paid this office visit
Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Smith, Miss Handley
and Miss Thomas of Dufur, are registered
at the Umatilla House.
The sample shoes of the Boston Shoe
and Leather company are still the subject
OF much favorable comment.
Mr.. Samuel Burgess of Bake Oven is in
the city. He reports stock in good con-
dition and stockmen happy.
The wires were working badly yester-
day but operator Allen succeeded in
getting in a fair telegraphic report.
Hon. Robert Mays, who has been con-
fined to his house for several days by
Illness was on the streets again yester-
day.
We are pleased to hear that the Hon.
E. L. Smith of Hood River is still i'm
proving. Hopes are fully entertained
of his complete recovery.
Oregon's exhibit at the Worlds Fair
will now depend upon the enterprise of
Jher real estate meu, and they should
reap the benefit.-CdpitaL Journal.
? Mr.. Frazer, the contractor of the water
works excavation, reports that with two
weeks of good weather the reservoir will
be ready for receiving it's coating of
concrete.
1t isn't much too early to begin prac
ticing on the new Australian ballot
system. 1t is said to be simplicity itself,
but some of it is new and needs a dia-
gram, map and key,
The late celebration given by The
Dalles in honor of the passage of the
portage railway bill was an affair into
which that town threw herself bodily and
sent her whoops through the everlast-
ing arches.-KLamath County Star.
1t was SABBATH school teacher that
spoke of "Daniel'' as the psalmist in
,,as+a-Jax,,s Eu,o,,,c,r Tl,;s ,oo,o;o,
the same teacher is almost half persua-
ded that those are times when profanity
is justifiable.
School Superintendent Troy Shelly is
holding an examination of teachers at
the court house today. He. expects a
large number of applicants. c. l..
Gilbert and P. P. Underwood are on the
board of examiners.
School Superintendent Shelly held a
successful teachers institute OF Dufur
last Friday. 1t was profitable session
and the teachers as well as Prof. Shelly
are loud in the praise of the good people
of Dufur who entertained them very
nicely.
The funeral of Newton Thomas, who
was accidentally killed on the 21st inst,
at Hood River, took place yesterday from
the family residence. The funeral was
under the auspices of the Knights of
Pythias and was well attended. The
services were very impressive.
Sheep are thriving on the range, and
are in better condition than when winter
set in, says the Ellensburgh Localizer.
Fat mutton is the rule east of the noun
tains. The wool-clip will be very valua-
BILE the coming spring, as the sheep are
in better condition than we have ever
seen any previous season. Sheep men
are in luck for once.
The fine snow fall of the past few
days insures an abundance of moisture
and rich harvests. Only once in thirty
years has Eastern Oregon suffered from
drought, and then it was owing to an
absense of snow during a preceding
winter. The snow is sufficient for the
f&Ners, but not enough to harm the
4 ykmen.
kQuite a number of Eastern Oregon
members of the legislature and third
house have been feeling very much un-
der the weather since their return from
Salem, claiming that the water of the
Willamette valley did not agree with
them At the next session it would be a
good plan to bottle some strong alkali
water and take down for the use of the
buneh grass statesmen.