The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-15

not command the price thev did year agt
A soldier from Fort Sherman, Idaho, al
rived In Waila Walla-270 miles distant
Tuesday on a bicycle. having been fou
days on the trip. The journey was mad
on a wager of $500 that 1t could not
made IN four days on wheel.
The recorder sat in h easy chair takin
a cursory view of the situation this morning
but was not busy with matters in relatio
to his office. Last right the city Jail di
not have single occupant. and justice wa
not measured out IN small or large quaint
ties.
An exchange says that the new saloo
law of South Carolina allows man but on
drink day, and we presume the sayin
credited to the governor of South Carolin
when he met the governor of North Caro-
lima must be taken as metaphorical ex
preston.
Peudleton has in their warehouse, abou
800, 600 pounds of wool Only $50, 00
pounds ha been sold, and the remalnde
is being consigned, securing advances from
four to seven cents. This is about the con
dltion of the wool market all over thu
northwest.
| We have received on our exchange tabl'
copy of the Washington Homestead anc
LiUe Stock journal. published at UnIontowr
IN the neighborlng state. 1t is slxteer
| page paper devoted to the interests of the
| hockmasters, and contains very MANY read
| able articles.
Tramps arc becoming great nuisance IL
| Walla Walls, and private residences have
hcen broken into and many articles stolen.
| They are not desirable in any community,
IL hot of 10
vigilance of our officers, they do not remain
long in this vicinity.
Mr.. James Roberts, the wool buyer, re-
turned from Heppner last evening. He re-
ports the warehouses full of the product,
but no sales. Eastern Oregon has lost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars the present sea.
son bv reason of the depreasl in the wool
market So much for Democratic change and
reform.
The Canyon City Neacs tells of 4th of
July celebration in that town along In the
CO., when John c Luce arose to read the
D earation of Independence, and read in
rich, dark brown voice nearly half of the
constitution of the United States before
Hon. w. Lai Hill pulled the tail of Johns
coat and found the right page for him.
The new comet was plainly seen in this
degrees above the western horizon. Star
gazing is very entertaining with persons in
cert In periods of existence, and nightly
rambles may now he made. with the excuse
given to 'tmamma" or "pala" that observa-
tions are being made of the new aerial
visitor.
In Justice Schultz court this morning
there was nothing to ''poiut moral or
AL ,rf nt l,pod ff
facetiae or gwen to poetry, and apparently
was devoid of information regarding solid
facts which would be the bases of interest
ing items of news. The reporter glanced
hurriedly around, passed the compliments
of the season ard departed.
We learn from the Grants Pass Couier
that there are about 200 acres in hops IN
that county, and the average net profit per
acre Is $3.50. The hop crop of Jo-ephine
county sends in circulation about $500 600
annually. Ii the farmers in Wasco will
pay more attention to diversified farming
and less to wheat and sheep. their annual
income will be much larger.
Another evidence of Oregon's remarkable
climate is found in the following from
valley exchange: A Salem woman picked
some fresh eggs yesterday aud one proved
not so fresh. So she threw out the whole
batch. Imagine her sunrise when she
went out little later and found crawling
out of the debris lively Leghorn chick.
She gathered the little fellow up out of the
wreck and put him under the stove where
at last accounts he was doing well.
For some reason Eoboes give this town
wide berth, and do not ornament our
streets by standing around. This may be
on account of the appearance of the comet,
the low price of wool or the financial de-
preston. But 1t is nothing to be de-
plored, and these beings, "who toll not
neither do they SPIN can give the city the
''cold shoulder for the next decade with
out the least effect on our general pros
perity.
Mr.. E. NJ Shut, of the Antelope Herald,
is rapidly coming to the front as an athlete,
and IN a foot race at Prineville outstrIpped
all competitors. 1t is reported, but not
credited in we'll informed circles, that Mr..
Shntt intends to go into training for the
przs ring and has an ambition to Knockout
either Corbett or Mitchell, whoever wins In
the coming contest. Eastern Oregon edl-
tors are stalwart, and know how to exercise
their muscle as Well as dun delinquent sub.
scribers.
N. Y San: Question-Cannot you put a
piece in the Sun that will stop the everlsst-
ing and tiresome talk of everybody about
he weather? Answer-We do not desire
to pue stop to this talk Tne weather is
thing of abiding aud practical interest to
the whole people. 1t affects the health,
the business, the crops, the industry, the
prosperity aud the pleasure of the country
The state of 1t is important to everybody.
People will continue forever to talk about
1t 1t is theme Of the first importance
and interest.
The following self explanatory notice ap-
pears in the Oregon Christian Endeavor:
The Endeavor societies oil the state of Ore
gon are warned to look very carefully into
the merits of a man by the name of Robert
Collyer, VINO is going about the country lee
turing under Christian auspices and vino
claims to be noted divine of New York
and Brooklyn. He has been in Spokane,
Wash, and arranged to appear IN Walla
Walls, but was not successful In doing so,
and was In Pendleton. Ore, over the Sab
bath of June llsh. He Is tall and has long
hair and freckles.
The Long Creek Eagle has the following:
bob Marshall, OF INNING fame, dropped
INTO our sanctum Friday last. having just
returned from the Burnt river country.
While in that mining camp he located a
ledge from which the gold he mined from
diggIngs there in an early day Is supposed
to have come from. 1t will be RENE bered
by old tim rs that Mr.. Marshall had $l4.-
600 nugget stolen from him in that locality
In early days, and If his newly located ledge
Is the o IGN of the banner nugget, it is
property worthy of some attention"
Reports from different sections OF the
sonth, says an exchange, indicate that the
cotton crop will be poor one. This will
prove very EN- ouraging news to the new
school of economists who think that the
depression ID prices due to the contraction
brought about by gold can be corrected by
crop failures and other mIsfortunes. The
men who will rejpice because the shortuess
of the crop will st,ffen prices are the same
men who are working tooth and nail to Sc
cure the adoption Of monetary system
which is a far greater foe to good prices
than urelus production could possibly be.
Salem Independent: j. A. Gwynne, chief
engineer OF the government snag boat, The
Corvallis. was In the city to-day. The Cor
vaiiis is on Luckamu:e bar, where she is go
Ibg TO put in dyke. This Is the worst bar
IN the river and shuts off navigation about
1t for at least a month eacn year. Even
now it Is almost impossible TO get above It,
The dyke will be 700 feet long, five feet
high and Is feet wide. 1t will take about
six weeks to complete it and will deepen
the water on the bar three feet more. From
there the boat WILL go below and build
dykes the entire summer She now has all