The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-01-14
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Askew-nee Butts
: of Portland, are visiting relatives an
friends in the city.
Mr.. John Fl Cradlebaugh, editor of tt
Hood River Glacier. is in town to-day an
gave us pleasant call.
The new editor of the Arlington Recort
; Mr.. j. M. Johns, makes his bow to b
readers in the issue Of to day OF tnat pape
Hon E. N. Chandler, the ioint.represen
tative for Sherman and Wasco couutie,
took the train for Salem yesterday morning
The new postage stamps, commemorative
of the four hundredtn anniversary of tn
landing of Columbus, are coming in ilculs
ton.
The governor has issued certificates Q
election to Caples, Dunno and Il win, Re
publicans, and Pierce, Peoples Democrat
These were sent to the secretary of state a
Washington City.
There is a movement on foot to divid
Skamania county, Washington, and max
White Salmon the county seat. Th'
counsy is of gigantic proportions, and ha
very few population.
| Mr.. Edward Mahn, the pioneer hIl
farmer OF Wasco county, was in town yes
! terdayr About fifteen years ago he began
| cuitlvating hill-land, and since that time
the highlands have proved the most produc
| tive.
The sheriff of Morrow county and Tom
Quaid, prominent stockman, pas ed
through the city this morning en- route tc
Salem with G. D. Dasey, an insane man,
who has attempted suicide by cutting his
throat.
,nfo AoH %ba h.
been let for the Washington portage on the
north bank of the river TO Glenn 4 Mcken-
zie; but work has not begun yet, aud 1t is
considered not very favorable season OF
the year for railroad building.
The Elgln Recorder says there have been
1000 acres OF government land patented in
that section within the past twelve months.
and states that the year 1893 will see still
larger amount decided. This is good evI.
deuce of the growth of Union county.
The tog which hangs over the Willamette
valley nights and morning IS rapidly becom
ing as popular as the renowned one of Lon
don. An Astoria exchange, the Eraminer,
saws ''the steamer Telephone made a hole In
the fog all the way down the river yester-
day."
A petitition was circulated and nu-
merously signed by citizens yesterday,
asking for further extension of the time in
which to make payment for the forfeited
railroad lands. This was sent to our dele-
cation in congress, and will act as stimu-
lus to action in the matter.
STORIES come to us from the Willamette
valley of residents being lost In the snow in
going few miles Even in wild and un-
settled Eastern Oregon we haye heard no
such tales this winter. This leads one to
ask the question, Which is the terra incog-
nitd of Oregon-the eastern or the western
portion?
The prospects for another good crop In
Klickltat next year are very hattering.
The recent big snow has about all disap-
peared, SAYS the Klickitat Leader, and the
greater part of it has gone into the gound,
wettinx 1t thoroughly. With the snowfall
and rains that are yet to come, the ground
will be in excellent condition III the spring.
We learn from the Glacier that deputy
sheriff from Goldendale brought prisoner
over from White Salmon Wednesday even.
ing, charged with breaking into the house
of his brother in-law, Mr.. Rich, who is tie
justice of the peace for that precinct, and
took him to Goldendale for trial. The dis
tance from White Salmon to Goldendale,
via the river route, Is about fifty miles.
We are informed to-da, that the contrac-
tor for the works at the Locks was over the
ground Yesterday and will have 200 men at
work in few days, cutting stone and doing
other things necessary to complete the i'm
provement at the earliest opportunity.
This looks encouraging, and as soon as the
first move is made on this project under the
contract system. the pubic will consider
this the beginning of the end.
The eighth annual meeting of the Oregon
State horticultural Society will be held at
Arion hall, Portland, on the 10th and llth
inst. The proceedings will be enliyened
throughout with music and singing and
arrangements have been made whereby
every subject with which the society deals
will be dealt with and commented on.
There are to be several lectures, and large
number of papers on botany.
Yesterday morning Bertram Burke, an
old resident OF Clatsop county, was crossing
Necanicum creek at Seaside near Astoria on
horseback. The horse slipped in the stream
and Burke, losing bis balance, tumbled into
the water. A heavy bag encumbered his
D ok and he was drowned The body was
found thrown upon the side of the creek 20
minutes afterward by his son, who had been |
him along the trail.
The FIRST of the worlds fair souvenir
CONS to arrive in Albany, says the Herald,
we're received yesterday by Mr.. F. NJ. |
French, who made an early order for them
lirect from Chicago. They are handsome
coins. On one side is the bust of Christie
her Columbus and on the other his ship
Santa Marie, and a small relief of the hem
spheres. The coins from an artistic point
II view are all that could be desired.
Pendleton Tribune: Mrs. LOUISA Mann
vas to-day examined for insanity by County
Physician F. W. Vincent. She was found
o have been insane for six years. She Is
ifty-nine years old, and her residence has
,een with her son in law, MIR. Davis at
Pilot Rock. Of late she has been growing
much worse. A deputy Sheriff will go with
he lady this evening to Salem, where she
will be placed in the hospital for the insane
1t will be remembered, says the Historian.
hat about SIX weeks ago several OF the pa
,ers throughout the state contained an item
oncernlng the mysterious disappearance OF
,aptaln John Davis, who was last seen
galklng down the Umpqua river at Win
hester, this side Roseburg. Mr. Phil
,owers. of this city, has been in communi-
alton with a brother-in-law at Oakland,
)recon, about the matter, and yesterday re
eivsd word that Captain Davis has turned
o in that town safe and well.
By the annual report of the stock in
pector to the county commissioners court,
avs the Grant Dispatch, the following Is I
ne number of sheep ID Sherman county: {
.obert and Alex Smith, $50; Harvey {
mith, 2200; Kerr and Buckley, 6447;
oseph Sherar. 4707; Mr. Koorelan. 1000;
lr. Borsel, 1900; James Fraser. 300. Cra-
Ter Bros 2200; P. ]. Walsh, 1920; b d.
.elsay. 100; L q Kelsay & Co., 300; r
/. Guthrie, 32S5; O'Leary & Strong, $3.50; !
[lchael King, 1000. Total. 29,799.
Accidents will happen in the best regu-
ted families, and here is peculiar one
ON the Dayton, WASH. Courier: Last i
while playing with button hook. '
le 3-year-old son of Chas. w. Smith, tell
f the sofa with the hook in his mouth,
riking in such a manner as to drive the !
,ok almost through his cheek at the rear :
the lower law. DIR. Van Patten was
lied and made an Incl ION under the ear,
nm wbich he extracted the ''foreign sub
ance," and tn little fellow went hunting !.
mething else to play with.
Our ranchers should begin to think about 3 3
isipp fruit, for it won't be 30 many years q
fore raising and marketing fruit will pay
roer and more certain profits than wheat
iture. SAYS the Grant Dispdtch There is | o
e important tact that the farmers OF East Q
n Oregon should not fotget--that future q
eat demand tor fruit from British Colum- d
a. Alaska and the northwestern parts of q
ma can be more quickly and cheaplv sup II
led from this section than from any other O