The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-09
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

gone to Ilwaco for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Moody and fam.
lily went to Portland last night.
w. E. Garretson and wife left last
night fer short trip to Portland
Mr.. r. S. Huntington and wife have
gone to Seattle for few days visit.
Hon. A. ]. Dufur and A ]. Dufur Jr.,
of Dufur were on the street today.
The CHRoNIoLE office had the pleasure
of visit from Senator J. N. Dolph to-
day.
Mr.. M. X Mcleod, of Kingsley, is in
the city today making final proof on his
hom estead.
The Eugene Guard says Eugene will
handle lots of Eastern Oregon wool this
summer.
Mr.. ]. A. Smith of Sherar's Bridge. is
on his way to Acme, Oregon to visit his
children.
Mr.. C. w. Magill of Wapinitia, who
has been in the city for the past two or
three days returned to his home yester-
day.
The Journal of Salem says that Miss
Iva Brooks, of this city, who has been
visiting Mrs. w. H. Bagley, has gone to
Silverton.
Mr.. III. H. Meyer, of Oakland, CAL,
father of Mrs. E. J. Nicholas of this
city, arrived last night for visit to his
daughter.
An adjourned meeting of the circuit
court is in session today for the hearing
of certain equity cases held over from
the regular term.
Rev. w. H. Sherrar has moved from
the Palouse country to Dufur and will
take. charge of the United Brethren
Church at that place for the coming
year.
Now that the third regiment has bro
ken camp and company F of Baker City
has got home, we hope that wedding
that the Blade said would have to be
postponed on account of the encampment
will now come off.
Mr.. VIM. Chambers, formerly an old
citizen of The Dalles, now of Albina, is
in the city on business. Mr.. Chambers
says his love for his old home is greater
since returning for few days than ever
and that The Dales has no reason to
complain as she is one among the best
on the coast.
Careful and exact soundings, made,
under government auspices, with care
fully adjusted Instruments and exact
Al i II
June last, show that in the shallowest
place in the channel, at low water; at the
mouth of the Columbia river, there is a
depth of twenty-seven feet.
A gentlemen, living for the last year
in this neighborhood, remarked to a rep
resentative of the CHRONICLE today while
speaking of the delightful summer
weather we have been having for the
past three days, "I never lived in a
country where there are SO many fine
days in the year as there are in Eastern
Oregon"
Jno. w. Carey, of Dufur, last week
lassoed an eagle in the timber west OF
Kingsley. Mr.: Carey CAME on the bird
unawares and as it rose from the grouud
he threw his rope with the above result.
The bird measures FIVE and one-half feet
from tip to tip of its wings Mr.. Carey
made,a present of it to Al. Wall who
has, added it to the. attractions of the
Eight Mile geological gardens.
Mr.. j. H. McHaley, of Eight Mile
left at this Office what he says is an aver
age sample of a.feld of oats, sown or
summer fallow near the end of Apri
last. The sample measures over SIX
feet in length. 1t is quite green, JUS
headed out, and the field from which
the sample is taken win undoubtedly
grow, if not cut for hay, at leart anbthel
footSor perhaps more. A very fine sam
pie OF volunteer barley measuring nearly
five feet accompanied the oats
On Saturday last two of the six mel
who started the first wooden factory il
Oregon in 1857, met in this city to eel
ebrate the Fourth. These were Messrs
Geo. A. Young of Bake Oven and Geo
Welch of this city. The names of two
others yet living are L. E. Pratt and P
F. Brown. The remaining -Thomal
Rowley and JamesT. Wortley are dead
The mill was built at Salem and tn,
company opened it with ball at ter
dollars ticket.