The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-29

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Betting Is not very lively after the su
stitution of Pierce. Democrats are not e.
tremelY joyful after the fusion, and son
OF the old bedrock members of the part
make wry faces in being ioked about tt
hybrid elec toral ticket.
The party of knights who left for Cente
vile. WASH, to be present at the institutio
of the new lodge, was not as large as e.
pected. MIR. Hsight went early in til
morning in his own private conveyance, an
hack containing four left about 8 tn
! afternoon.
Wheat is accumulating in such larg
gu ntIties at the warehouses IN this cit
that it will take long while for it to be re
moved. Aside from the crop harvested 1
this county, early all the grain in Klickl
tat county has sought market in this Cit,
during the present season.
The Chelan Leader thinks that Mr.. Nor
ton, OF that place, is the oldest man in thu
state, and the spryest for his age. He vii
be 80 years of age on the 10th of Februsr.
next He Is a native OF Genesee county
New York, and went to Chelan two year,
ago from near Tacoma, where he had livec
for nine years. He has seven children liv
ing.
George w. Hunt arrived in Pendletor
last Thursday morning. from Portland anG
| Sound points, whittier he has been for some
ten days on business, says the Tribune. Mr.
Hunt looks hale and hearty and is as affable
and cheerful as ever. A something about
him seems to say, "i will soon be on TOP
| again"
Hon. Binger Hermann will address the
| citizens of The Dalles and vicinity NJ xt
Tuesday evening at the court house and a
full house may BE- expected. He has been
firm friend of the best interests of East
ern Oregon, and has never wavered in a
single instance in supporting measures look
ing towards an open river.
A feast for the eyes, as well as feast of
edIbles, is b-ing rapidly engineered into
shape for the chrysanthemum show to be
given by the ladies of the Protestant Epis.
copal church. The Dalles has long been
noted for its chrysanthemums and the com
petition those two evenings will bring forth
cur glorious climate can best show.
Democrat: Last Thursday evening Mr..
Archie Downie, the we'll known Sumpter
placer miner, while engaged in looking
after his ditch which supplies water for the
working of his mines, in some way lost his
footing and tell into deep cut. sustaining
bad ~calp wound and other injuries which
will lay the old gentleman up for few
weeks.
Although the weld per acre throughout
the Palouse Is less than it was last year, yet
the output this season is larger than it ever
was before, and the crop as whole is of
higher grade than heretofore known. The
Commomer learns from one Of the largest
kbo% or Ill H.
wheat he has handled this year less than
100 sacks have fallen below first grade.
The kaolin deposits in this vicinity are
considerable attention east, and a
firm of glass manufacturers have written
several letters to this city making iequiries.
We are creditabIy informed that within
three or four miles of this city there are IN
exhaustible supplies of the best quality of
this earthly metal. Some specimens have
been assayed in San Francisco, and the re-
suit has been about SO per cent. of pure
kaolin. n
s. w. Dole, living near Centralia, brought |
to town a box of big, ripe Strawberries |
which he had picked that morning October |
l9Gh) in Joseph Lewis patch. one mile from
Centralla. He says the plants are in full |
bloom, and if the present weather continues, |
Lewis will have bushels of berries next |
week. Mr. Dole, who has lived on the |
coast since 1862, in 1864 picked strawber-
,ies in January in Grand Ronde valley. Mr.. |
Lewis patch Is in latitude 46 degrees to so |
minutes north.
The Holmes Business College. of Portland,
Oregon, Is now day and boarding school,
10 parents who send their sons and daughters
lway to business school can feel that they
ire surrounded by school atmosphere and
lome influences. Every young man, and
woman as well, should have business edu-
,atioD. 1t fits them to do business for |
themselves, and good ook-keeper or stem
'grapher can always find employment.
Send tor catalogue of the Holmes Business
College.
Oregon Scout: Last Wednesday while
ieorgIe Debord. of High valley, ten-year.
Id boy. was out hunting In the TIMBER
With % caliber rifle, his dog treed an
nImal which proved to be large.slzed
ynx The boy, not knowing the danger,
ook aim at the animals head and fired.
luckily it was good shot and the lynx
anne tuTblIng from the tree, having been
hot through the brain. Had the animal
My been wounded it would no doubt have
ack led the boy, and serious results might
ave followed. The lynx was three feet
we inches long
Albany Herald: A tramp harnessmaker.
young man who has been working for A.
:. Hunter in this city, came to Albany IN a
emarkable way He was in Chicago few
7eeks ago. and saw in the car shops the
rotor now IN use on the Albany street rail-
ray line. 1t was then about to be shipped
y this city. He procured a pair of blan.
cts and quantity Of provisions, and con-
ealing himself in the water tank of the
rotor took a free ride to this coast, arriv-
1g here safe and sound. 1t was novel
ide, and he says he experienced but little
In making the long journey.
A military moye which will interest A
nd companies, .. N. G., of this city, is
ontained in General Miles annual report
o the secretary of war, in which he recon-
nends the appropriation by congress of
|. 500. 900 for transportation, camp ex-
enses, field equipments and other general
nd necessary expenses for assembling 90,-
90 state troops and 10000 national troops
D an encampment at Chicago from 5 to 20,
S93 General miles thinks the mobiiiza-
ion of the committee would be of inestlma.
lie value to it, to the army and to the
ountry at large, as one of the steps toward
Improving the military system, and would
lso show with what celerIty the govern
,ent could assemble an army in case of