The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-24
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


Hon. F. P. Mays came up from Port
land this morning.
Senator Watkins came home from
Salem this morning.
Mr.. VIM. Chambert has moved his
family to Albina and will make that
city his home.
Messrs. James Benson, of Goldendale,
Robert Rand and John Parker, of Hood
River and E. Husbands, of Mosier, are
in the city.
A light, but steady and apparently
general rain set in last night. 1t was
needed by our farmers and is more than
welcome.
Mr.. J. A. Anderson shipped two car
loads of sheep to the American Dressed
Beef Co., at Troutdale last night, and
will ship another tonight.
Mr.. Crook, father of Mrs John Filloon
who has been visiting his daughter here,
returned to his home in Klickitat county
this morning.
Assessable property is being created
very fast these days in Wasco county.
Three or four firms are making out pa
pers and the entire force of the land Of
fee are as busy as bees.
The weather reports are received here
at s o'clock in the evening at which
time the flags are changed. 1t will be
seen from this. that the weather chang
ing in the night the flag is not noticed
until the change has taken place.
Garden seeds are exposed for sale in
the groceries, and are being sold too.
Gardens are being prepared and the
harder vegetables planted. Making
garden in January in this latitude seems
preposterous but it is nevertheless true.
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Mr.. John Stoddard manager and
member of the Oregon Lumber Co., of
Hood River, has received seven carloads
of railroad iron and expects eight more
soon, says the Glacier. This iron will
be used in building railroad in con-
nection with the companys mills.
Mr.. Robert Mays returned from Salem
this morning, and informs us that the
appropriation for portage railway at
the Cascades is going to meet with con-
siderable opposition in the house and
that it will require attention if the bill
is to pass.
Several persons applying to locate
forfeited land were compelled to take
out their first papers in order to do so,
though some of them were already
naturalized. All those who have their
papers should bring them, as it is abso-
1utely necessary that they be produced
Ed. w. Bingham, who was secretary
of the Ballot Reform League, writes
from Salem, that if the people want the
Australian voting system adopted they
will have to make their representatives
in the legislature know it pretty forcibly
as there is great danger of the bill being
killed by having riders put on it,
and reserve your seats for ga Celebrated
Case" which will be put on the stage
again next Tuesday night. The proceeds
are to be donated to the Y's, and this
should aid materially in filling the house.
We have the best amateur club in the
state and should show our appreciation
of it.
The land office is doing rushing bust
ness, which will evidently be rapidly
increased as the great majority of appli-
cations are from Hood River which being
situated on the line of the railroad got
the news of the opening of the lands
first. When the other precincts are
heard from, the gathering of the clans
of Roderick Dhu will be nowhere.
There is really no need of hurry, but
everybody is anxious and consequently
the rush will be made just the same.
The CHRONICLE is daily in receipt of
such kind words from the readers and
>nch fattering Endorsements, that the
-1f1itor has nearly dislocated his maxillae
trying to blush. 1t is lost art, and the
attempt is vain. Chasing the elusive
item, perusing the spring crop of poetry,
and bringing onr marble cheek (monu-
ments are made of marble) in contact
with the icy breath of a cruel world has
dismantled the blush that used to be the
mantle-piece thereof. We thank our
friends for their kind words, and hope
they will take our attempt to blush, for
the deed.