The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-06
wanic Items.
WAMIc, Dec. 20, 1891. i.

Editor of the Chronicle;
Last Tuesday we were visited by a
heavy gale, which blew down fences,
trees and scattered shingles off OF barn
roofs in all directions.
Those present at the ball on Christmas
eve at Wamic hall, pronounce it a grand
success. The attendance was more
than expected, sixty numbers being
taken.
Mrs. Strickland who some time ago
received a stroke OF paralysis, received
another stroke December 18th, from the
effects of which she died December 14th.
All her children were with her in her
last hours, except the youngest daughter
Martha Kelly of Lafayette, who coming
to see her sick mother, met the process
sion going to the cemetery, her grief was
unutterable. Mrs. Strickland was a
good and most afectionate mother, and
her departure is bitter sorrow to the
children, who have the heartfelt sym
pathies OF all who know them.
/ There are two cases OF measles re-
ported in our settlement. Those that
have not had the experience this dread
disease affords, may have the oppor-
lunity before they complete their rounds.
! Miss Edna Driver at present lies quite
| sick with what seems to be a stroke of
paralysis.
| Mrs. Elsie Harvey has taken her two
daughters to Dufur, to attend the Dufur
school. Misses Neva and Laura are two
bright little girls, and we hope will
meet the approval of their teacher and
gain the respect of the school.
We see by the market quotations in
the "CHRoNIcLE'' that wheat still de-
mands COED price, the cause OF which
seems to be the demand and scarcity OF
this cereal. The ukase issued by the
Russian government seems to have stim-
ulated the market quite perceptibly. The
Russian ukase forbidding the export of
breadstuffs from the empire in connec-
ton with the known fact that there is a
shortage in the wheat surplus the world
over, seems to have startled the great
grain centers, and prices have advanced
through channels OF speculation as well
as through the actual need and demand
of breadstuffs for the impoverished
sufferers.
Taking the statistics given by Wood
Davis, the Kansas statistician, concern
ing the shortage of wheat, and rye the
world over, and as Secretary Friedlandel
of the Produce Exchange and Californis
Board association says there will be only
60,000 tons of surplus wheat at the enc
of the year 1891 in the United States
1t seems by these authorities, the worlC
is shorter of breadstuffs at present thar
has been known for many years past. l
[ this be the case how many years will i
take to replace the surplus that was OF
hand at the beginning of the year 80
: and will be consumed on account OF thu
deficiency of crops this year. 1t seem
prevalent that by the time another crol
is ready to be harvested, "unless it b
l an unusual heavy CROP" the deman'
r and need of the cereals for breadstuffs
will be as great or greater that it is a
t the present time. If this be true tn
a price of wheat will be governed accord
ingly and may go still higher than
now is or has been, and if it proves to
thus the farmer will naturally be in
clined TO SOW more wheat; consequent
o the acreage sown will be larger than ha
ever been in Oregon before.
UNCLE TOBY.