The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-03-11
NUMBER 81

ent blaze was soon under CONTROL No dam
age was done, but if the fire had got goot
headway in that locality 1t would haye beel
very disastrous.
The case OF M. Thorbourn vs.. j. G. Wood
went to the jury last evening, and the jury
soon returned verdict for the plaintiff, as
beng entitled to the possession of the prop.
erty, but not entitled to damages.
Snow fell here last Sunday evening to the
depth of q inches, says the Antelope Her
aid, and it made the ground very slippery
again. Sheepmen all returned 70 feeding
but their scare lasted only two or three
days.
The engineers of the Mohr road on the
Washington side of the river claim the Co.
lumbia river is 20 feet higher at Grant than
at this city. and that the highest point on
the road between Grant and Goldendale is
1900 feet.
A party of photographers, representing
the Columbian View Company, shot their
camera at the buildings on Front and
Second streets to-day. They claim that
these views will be on exhibition at the
Chicago exposition.
Heppner comes 10 the front with an
elopment of married man, the father OF
seven children, with a young woman.
The wife, very sensibly, did not attempt
TO follow them, but will apply for dl-
Yorce from the worthless creature.
Hon. w. II. a. Dufur, of Dufur, is in
the city. He says the snow is about one
foot deep in the vicinity of his farm, and
he still feeds his cattle. These he has fed
since the 18th of December, and he does
not expect to turn them out for several
days.
On the examination at Heppner, last
Wednesday, T. X. Roberts, who was ar
rested in Albany for embezzlement COM
mltted in Morrow county, sufficient evil
dence was not produced TO hold him for
the crime, and he was released from Gus
tody.
w. F. Thomas, for procuring money
under false pretenses. was bound over to the
grand jury this morning in the sum of $400.
This is the man who falsely personated
member of the law firm OF KILN, Star q
Thomas In this city, AID procured a loal
from one Of our attorneys.
The severity of the winter In the Priest
river valley, Idaho, has driven the lndl-
ans to depredatIons. They raided Jim
Reynolds and drove off the cattle. Seven
ranchers followed. In the fight one of
IDc l0QldDS was klllcu anu TWO lnQlalS
and two whites were wounded.
The citizens of Antelope are taking steps
toward hayiog tele phone communication
with Sherman colntv. and 60 this end the
last issue Of the Herald has devoted an
article calling upon tn ,-c ilterr, ted to sub
scril'e the amount Of $1,000, and thus secure
connection with Moro. This ia commend.
able enterprise, and we hope it will be sue
ces,ful.
Articles OF Incorporation were filed to.
day with he county clerk OF The Dalies,
Dufur and Antelope Telephone Company,
and the capital stock is $1,000, divided into
200 shares of $40 each. The incorporators
are Geo. w. Rowland, A. A. Uquhart and
G. r. Rowland, and the object is to con-
struct and operate telephone line between
this city, Dufur, Kingsley and Antelope.
That the cholera will visit us next sum.
mer is almost a certainty. 1t IS begin
ming its campaign early at various Euro
pean points, and it seems almost impossi-
BILE to prevent lis entry into the United
States. The first preventive is cleanli-
ness, and every American city should be-
gin at once vigorous warfare upon dirt
of all kinds.
The first discovery of gold in Eastern
Oregon was made IN the summer of 1862 by
a party Of prospectors from California and
the Willamette Valley, who were making
their way to mines on Salmon river III
Northern Idaho. They camped near the
present townsite of Canyon City where gold
was discovered, and which for several years
made the liveliest mining camp on the Pa
cinc coas''
The advertisement of Mr.. H. Herbring
appears IN another column. lie is deter
mined u tnat paa ueols snaii nave no otner
enect tnan 70 .i tncresse g ms business eI'e L
I Plise, anu " ~ 'mis nS onI tne p.iSI,s az u,,SL
ne oneis ~ sen goous 10 suipi,sinS' ouon
merchants are pounu " succeeu en
wnere, anu II Is nor 10 ee Wonueleu , ~
lhat MI neIDring oan "nei 'ne in~
hents nc uoes'
The foreign papers have good JOKE on
Queen Victoria. 1t seems that the last
lime she was down TO osborne the pano
salne " ssiennue nes. ahey p,sS'u sS 90,
piece WHICH VooA neI iauoy' anu sue s1ns
an auenqant 10 learn tne name ol .ne
piecs. he mSns anu w, euu oo
lng PACK, WIN gOou ueai y. en ga
nen,, eAp,aIneu " m1i nSJeSy 'Iss Di :. "ao
sntlueu, Oome "neie 'ne Doo@e
Oneaper' y
The negro editors OF Georgia, repre-
'entlng twe-ve papers, recommended that
instead of "colored" the word "Negre" be
used, and spelled with capital letter.
,iobt dnrin@ the war when the Hon.
Fred Dongjas cot ont of a train at Jersey
'1,,, ~ 5.ora 81 h;r oSav-I ovar his over,
90, ond ranor,ar SEEING the dark skln
,,d ,o.,ar;no forn, ~ q ,7aveIer atonned
,nu ,;U, ,s;,h ,he onast;on. afnd,an y, SNom
Lu ,hor,sd "I nong1ss "N,goarIs
'-oN -. ,,,. ao,,,
canyon Clty Me'oS: rossu.1s uons
grow IN oregon. however, the Ne'Vs man
ana olhers nao tue PieassuIe vi sEai
ing AROUND ppssum pl u11ner pIns az ILL., m % os
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