The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-30
From Tuesdays Daily.

A large crowd left on the Regulator this
morning to attend the Odd Fellows 73d an.
niversary picnic at Hood River.
Mr.. Samuel A. Byrne, of the firm of
Byrne, Floyd & Co.. druggists, has retired
Shown will continue the business at the old
stand.
The aurora borealis, which appeared last
evening, was beautiful sight Il vas seen
in the northwest about 40 degrees on the
horizon, and running at least 30 degrees in
height.
The car which was advertised to take ex-
cursionists to the picnic at Food River TO.
day went down almost empty. This goes to
show the popularity Of the peoples boat,
Regulator.
Those of our citizsns interested in fire
protection on the bluff met last evening, as
per notice. After short deliberation the
meeting adjourned until next Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock,
An unknow man who hired boat at Ia
coma Saturday for a row on the bay did not
return. There is suspicion that he COM
mitted suicide. The uptnrned boat was
found at Bgown's Point.
Major w. S. Perry, assistant adjutsnt
general of the o. N. G., is in the city.
The major presided at the election, which
took place last evening at headquarters
on Washington street.
The centennial celebration of the discov-
cry of the Columbia river, May llth. 1892,
to be held at Astoria, May 10th, llth and
10Th, promises to be very successful affair
and worthy of attendance. The committee
in charge of the affair are doing all possible
to make the event success.
The water main on the corner of Fourth
and Liberty streets burst this morning at
$50 o'clock and flooded Liberty street to
such an extent that it was impossible to
cross in some places without getting wet
Workmeu were on hand in a short time and
set to work repairing the break.
The Walla Walla county farmers alliance
will operate an agricultural implement
house in Walla Wa!la on the same plan as
in Dayton and several places III the Palouse
country. The alliance men claim thar they
can enter into competition with the present
firms in the business, save the purchaser 80
per cent. and at the same time pay reason
able dividends on the capital invested.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the county clerk last Saturday by
E. L. Smith and s. j. LaFrsnce, of Hood
River, to form private corporation,
known as the Hood River Water Com
pany. The object of the company is to
appropriate water from Hood River and
distribute the same by fumes and canals
over the lands for domestic and manu-
featuring purposes. TIE capital stock is
$4,000. "
Portland is to have a another newspaper
comany. Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of the secretary of state yester.
day by the Oregon Publishing Company of
Portland. The incorporators are L L Nc
Arthur, Fl Raley, G S jackson, w Mat
lock, G Flanders, L Cox, h Slater, 4
D Boyd, T G Reames, w w Thayer, f A
Starr, A Bush, J L Cowan and K Wealth
erford Their object is to engage in the
printing and publishing of newspapers at
various points and places in Oregon. CapI-
tai stock, Sl25, 900, divided into 1850 shares
of the value of 500 each.
The salmon season thus year promises to
be successful one. The Marion County
Democrat says: "There are already about
1900 boats on the Columbia and 5000
pounds OF new nets. Nearly all the men
are taking out more fish than they did last
year at this time, and about all of the can
neries are in operation. Fishing on the
Clackamas river is especially good. This Is
due to the high stage of the water, as the
fish are able togo over the dam at the
hatchery without difficulty. The case with
which salmon are enabled to reach the
headwaters of the Clackamas may cut short
the supply wanted at the hatchery during
the spawning season. The fish are caught
more easily above the hatchery than in the
deeper water below il"
General Superintendent Mcneil and B.
Campbell, traffic manager, of the Union I
Pacific railway, returned last evening
from an inland tour of inspection in this
and Sherman counties. They expressed
themselves as surprised at the crop pros
poets and were deeply impressed with the
possibilities of this section as a grain
producing region. Mr.. M. A. Moody,
wishing them to see our best country,
and being well acquainted with the dis
trict, acted as guide and drove them from
this cit to Dufur, thence to Kingsley,
crossing from there through the Tygh
Ridge wheat belt to Sherar's Bridge;
thence via Erskineville, Moro, Wasco
and the old Miller bridge to The Dalles.