The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-03
ministers in session.

information.
Ministers in Session.
The Methodist ministers of The ,Dalles
district assembled in the NJ E. Church
of this city this morning, and are hold
ing quite an interesting session. Var
ious papers were read and discussed
during the day and the sessions will
continue tomorrow. The evening ses-
sion of tomorrow will be missionary
service in charge of Mrs. A. E. Mulligan
tion will attend the mass Temperance
convention in the Court house tonight.
Those present are Rev.'s A. S. Mulligan
and lady, of Fossil; J.. w. Rigby and
lady, of Hood River F. L. Johns and
lady, of Columbus; r. G. Moter and G.
6. Ferguson, of Arlington; j. NJ. Shulse
OF Heppner: E. McEvers and G. Spald-
ing, of Goldendale; j. M. Denison of
Wasco; Gregory of Columbus; E.
Baker, of Dufur; T. G.. Hodgson of
Prineville; 6. Moorehead, of Waldron
and A. G. Spencer and lady of this city.
Col. T. S. Lang read most interest
ing paper last night to a small but
highly appreciative audience on the SUBJ
ject of irrigation, as it relates, more
especially to the to Eastern Oregon and
to our own county, For nearly eight
months the Colonel has been collecting
data to be submitted to congress by
Senator Dolph, showing what it is pos
sible to accomplish in the way of irri-
CATION in Eastern Oregon by a reason
able appropriation jndiciously expended.
The paper real last night was illustrated
by large chart which indicated all the
elevations and depressipns in the sur
face of the Eastern Oregon section with
all the available sources OF supply for
irrigating= purposes. The Colonel called
especial attention to the immense body
of fine agricultural land that might
easily be transformed into paradise for
farmers by tapping that fine body of
water known as Clear lake in this
county.
Hampton Kelly, of Wapinitia noticed
last year tuft of strange looking grass
growing in his orchard. The marked
popularity of it was that it kept green
all summer and all winter, maintaining
its greenness after it had gone to seed.
The bunch has now spread until it is
about three feet in diamater, and the
seed blown off last year has sprouted
and is growing vigorously. The old
grass stands about eighteen inches high.
Some of it was cut in February and
given to cattle and it was eaten raven
ously. No one who has ever seen it
knows what kind of grass it is, but Mr..
Kelly has bright hopes that it may yet
be found to fill the long felt want of
Eastern Oregon for a grass that will
stand the summer drought Mr.. Kelly
says he would not take $500 for what he.
has of it.
George Rowland vouches tor the truth
of the following story of brick 1ue and
lost stove lid. The fue in question
was built by Henry Whitmore in Mr..
Rowland's new house and is probably
not a whit better than hundreds of others
that now stand in The Dalles as a mon
ument to MIR. Whitmore's skill. Some
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one of the lids was lost and all efforts to
find it were unavailing till one day
George had occasion to take down the
stove pipe when he was surprised to
| find the lost lid tightly wedged. in the
pipe where it had been smoked mp by
the draught in the hue.
| The invitation of the committee hay-
| ing in charge the Centennial celebration
of the discovery of the Columbia river,
having been accepted by the Oregon
Pioneer association the steamer T. j.
Potter has been chartered to convey
members from Portland to Astoria and
return. All pioneers in good standing
are entitled to passage for themselves
and families on the above steamer free
of charge.
Joles Brothers have commenced to
erecta new residence building on the
vacant lot east of the Joles' residence.
Is it possible that Tom is going to get
married. and that this is the nest for the
new bird2