The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-09-02


our cotemporary.
The attractiveness of baseball is past al
understanding. These afternoons witt
the thermometer in the nineties. buys
young and old, will stand for hours in tn
. street throwing and catching balls, and ap
parently enjoy the fun(?) There are many
Joys known only to boys, and we believ
one OF them is baseball.
The United States produces 2200 pound
n OF grain to each inhabitant; Denmark
!" zoos; Canada, 1900; Russia. 1900; R1u
! mania, ll50; SPAN, 100; France, 900
= Sweden, $50; Argentine Republic, $50
Australia, 76O; Germany. 700; Belgium
600; Portugal, $50; Ireland, 500; Scotland
u $50; England; 800.
Work on the new electric power house
a is progressing very satisfactorily, and the
: building is assuming proportions. The
engine In use In the house will be one OF
q the most powerful in the state, so we are
informed by a practical engineer, and all
!, the appliances will be firstclass.
: Shephard's Landing, nearly opposite
: Cascade Locks on the Washington side.
has lately been laid out as a townsite, and
the records of Skamania county was re-
moved there from the Lower Cascades
last Saturday. The land Is owned by a
sy Indicate, who intend to "boomn it and
make 1t great commercial point.
Felix johnson, from Butter creek. saws
the Walla Walla Statesman, reports the
loss OF about 100 fat beef cattle off his
range In the mountains, supposed to have
been driven toward Huntington for shIp-
menl. A deputy sheriff i. in pursuit
Sheriff Noble offers 500 reward for the
highway robbers, Out has had no success
Luni6ermaa: The closing down of saw
mills aIong the line of the Oregon Pacific
has caused large number OF men to seek
other employment, and not few OF them
haYe taken gold pans aud gone up the
South Santiam to work, aud it would seem
that they were making a success Of il, as
from 70 cents to 81 90 man is being taken
out eacnlday. This, considering the pres.
ent nard times, is not ba 1.
w. w. Statesman: The reports sent on,
by citizens of Yakima valley that there
was great demand for hop-pickers In That
| section mas caused the congrpgating Of
over 600 idle men in North Yakima, AID
some are on the verge of hunger Whole
families, who went with the expectation
OF obtaining employment, are without
money and have asked some of their
friends TO send them money 10 return
home.
An exchange boils down a goodly
quantity of hard sense in the following
paragraph: "If u doctor MAKES mistake
he buries it; if merchant makes mis-
take he never tells Of il; II a lawyer
makes mistake he crawls out of It; but
II an editor makes mistake he puts il
upon large sheet of paper for the world
10 look at, and in every community there
a "a kc vvh 4. tt,ix hos, Al.
wisdom because they occasionally dis
cover them, and for weeks their Jaws are
wagging about their greatness for astuIe
wisdom"
AT the quarterly meeting at the Metho-
dist church held las; evening it was the
unanimous request of the trustees that
Rev. John Whistler be invited to occupy
the pulpit in this city for another year.
He is an able, eloquent preacher, and by.
his uniform gentlemanly, Christian con-
duct has endeared himself TO the men,
bers OF his congregation and 10 the citi.
zens generally. during his rastorate Of
the church in The Dalles he has always
attracted large congregations, and has
made himself very popular with the peo-
pie by his untiring energy in every good
work
Roslyn Nelos: John Danko met with
rather serious accident on wednesday
evening. He had been out huuiing and
when he returned he hung his loaded gun
up by the lock guard on a hook II ap-
pears that he had left the gun cooked, and
that the weight of the gun ON the trigger
set 1t of. The charge struck keg of
blasting powder and u fearful explosion
resulted. The hluse was badly wrecked;
the two ends being entirely blown out
Mr.. Danko WAS severely burned on his
breast, arms and face. The fire depart
ment turned out promptly and prevented
the flames doing any damage.
George Murray, who was found on the
streets IN this city some days ago, was
adjudged insane to-day, by a lsnatico in
4tiirendo held by Justice Davis, in the abb
Sence of Judge Blakeley. He claims TO
have come from Walla Walla, where he
lived for some time, aged about 46 years
and was born in ireland. When asked
regarding friends or relatives he refused
to lmpart any information. The nature
of his insanity partakes more of idiosyn-
cracies than any particular mania He
talks incoherenlly on all subjects, and
imagInes that some person is trying to
injure him. DIR. Logan Was the examIn-
ing physician.
A. M. Despair and Ell. Strahon left Sun.
day morning for La Grapde, saws the Eds
Oregonidn, from which point they will make
cattle tram excursion to Chicago and tho
fair. The Horne and Beale cattle we-,
driven TO Pendleton Sunday afternoon. ,a..a
started out to-day At La Grande those Of
Mr.. Despair will be added, the total ship
ment being about 230 head. The outcome
OF the experiment, for it is the first ship
ment to Chicago ever made from here,
mo dan for -
be awaited with interest. The animals
start in good condition. Dave Horne and
son. Roy, and Douglas Glenn will also ac-
company the train, which goes over the
Union Pacific.
This Is rather ''snaky" story, from the
colums of the East Oregonion: Engineer
Jack Wright, j. b Ray aud Jack Wright,
jr., returned Sunday afternoon, dust COW
cred but happy, from eleven days of camp
ing out in the mopntaIns. They went up
Mckay creek and came back by way Of
Meacham. Grouse were so plentiful that
they lett many sitting in the trees, and the
camp was bountifully supplied with grouse
meat and fish. The country seemed alive
with rattle snakes, and region near Bob
Adams ranch grows nothing but rocks and
rattlers. The campers killed thirteen, one
of them monster as big around as a mans
arm, % iOnR duu wearing II TdbIiere. Inc
party were fortunate to be well supplied
with antidote, specially recommended by
Frank Madison, which results in instan-
taneous death when administered to the
snake"
Fruit is being shipped from this city both
east and west. To-day our dealers are
preparing carloads of cantaloupes and
water melons for the Portland market.
The season is always much more advanced
here than In the Willamette valley, and
fruits have better flavor than elsewhere.
The resources of this country is not nearly
developed IN this regard. Nearly every
acre of land in the vicinity of The Dalles
could be planted in fruit of some kind. and
this would cause a steady income to farm
ers. OreGon's exhibitions at the worlds
fair have done a great deal of good in ad-
vertising our resources, and we may expect
a large immigration toward this portion OF
the northwest in short time. When the
facts become known orchards and vineyards
will cover our hill sides. and the products
OF Wasco county will be known far and