The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-12
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From Saturdays Daily.

lantly ''pungled.
The camp-meeting at Trout Lake, Wash
is being, carried on with great vigor, al
good results may be expected. 1t will col
time for several weeks.
The latest news from little Walter Frenc
. is to the effect that there are hopes of h
:, recov ry, He has undergone two oper;
i tions at the hospital in PORTLAND for dropsy
D and, although very sick, may possibl
! rally.
A tourist from this city places the alt
tude Of the following places in Klickita
county at these figures: Trout Lake, ia
feet, Ice caves, 1000, White salmon falls
80, town of hite Salmon 300 and Cana
Prairie, 1900.
The authorities at Eugene, who have tn
little girl whom they believe to be Aim
Miller in charge, cannot find the supposed
father, Hr. j. W. niller. They have tele
graphed to summerville and other point
and can receive no answer
The structure that spans the Willamett,
river at alem is denomiuated by the Jour
nal of that city as ''the orphan bridge. ,
neither this name has been applied be-
cause 1t has no parents, or of its weak con.
dltIon, we are unable to ascertain.
The hop crop of the Willamette valley
this season promises to yield abundantIy,
and farmers are expecting a good price.
his may have the effect of aiding our
nelghbors OF estern Oregon in over COM
ing the baneful effects of hard times.
On one of the bill heads of our last orde
from Writings Mill. Mass, the name ap
pears IN pencil of "Auna T. Caliaghan
| Writings No. 2. Holyoke, Mass" That
| girl, whoever she may be, has become ia
nous, and we expect that some young man
rom the s'wild and woolly west" will Re
come better acquainted with her.
Condor Globe, All the headers in the
| Mayville country are at work, and the buzz
OF the machinery is heard throughout the
land. he grain is turning out much bet
ter than many of the farmers xpected, and
as there are good indications for a good
price for wheat this fall, the farmers faces
are gradually growing shorter again to their
natural size.
There was a person furnished with free
| lodgings in the city Jail last night who
claimed to be member of the s'art pre-
servative of all arts" and he was found
asleep on the sidewalk, which is contrary
to the ordinance sin such cases made and
provided. He was brought before the re-
corder this morning, and the usual fine i'm
posed ON him.
Lewiston Teller: Alfred Robinson,
canadian, who has been in this country
about year, and who has been working up
the river tor White, Elliott & Emery, for
several months, was drowned last tuesday
week in the learwater, while making one
OF the log drives. Efforts were made to
save the drown ng man but proved unsuc-
scesstul. Ills body has not yet been found.
The teachers institute held at Hood dur
ing the week, has been very successful, and
the Glacier says: eff Hood River could
manage to keep all the young ladies who
are attending the institute, here, this would
500 become the most popular summer re-
sort on the coast. Forty school ma 'amas,
each more beautiful than the Others, are
not to be seen every day. :" -s.
Yakima Rep@5tic: A party of Italian
gentlemen and capitalists, including a
count, were Yakima visitors for one day
this week, being there under tn chaperon-
age of K. z. Reed. They we're much
pleased with the Yakima outlook, and pro
pose establishing in the near future loan
or investment bureau, taking county lands
and Improvements as securities. hey left
for the west coast on "Wednesday.
he sheriff levied on load of salmon
yesterday in an attachment suit, and as
they were perishable goods he sold them
Immediately. here were 696 pounds of
fish III the wagon, and they were bid in for
81 80. he purchaser began to peddle
them out to purchasers, until told that he
must procur license from the city at the
cost of Sc before he could dispose of his
one dollar and fifty cents worth of fish.
Harney Times. Jim Leasy, formerly of
this place. but now resident of Malheur
county, was in town this week. He re-
ports that Hank RAIDER, also former resi-
dent of Harney, killed a man July 6, in
california, stabb ng him to death, and will
most probably look up rope. Hank had
a lingering fondness for knife plays, and
came near being rubbed out on several oc-
casions while here on. that account, so the
news above is not entirely unexpected.
Goldendale Sentinel: The North Dalles
fraud has proved terribly disastrous to all
connected with it., A Roseburg gentleman
visiting here estimates that as much as
S25, 600 has been sunk in the scheme by
residents of his town. he knows farmers
who have sold their farms and invested
their money hoping thus to provide sure
income for their declining years. hey
have been obliged in their poverty and old
age to go into truck raising in Competition
with the omnipresent hinamen.
Energet e;s seepmen have discovered that
it pays much better to ship their sheep to
Chicago than to sell to local buyers. " thin
the last six weeks several train-loads have
been shipped froih endleton and seven
from this city. The total number of sheep
shipped to thicago from The Dalles has
been about 25,000, at an average profit of
about $500 per train load. :. b. Barker,
of Condor, expects to ship about 5000 head
to Chicago, sta ting in about ten days. 1t
will require l3 cars to ship this number.
East 0regonian: J. L. hughes was in
the city today, and states that six combined
harvestors, horse, power, are now in opera
tion in various parts of the county. His
steam combine is at work in Nathan
Pierce's field five miles southeast of PEN
dleton. Last year coal had to be burned,
but straw alone is now used for fuel, and
seems to suit the internal economy of the
machine, which is doing excellent work.
I he grain is turning out well and is of fair
quality. he summer fallow at the
Pier place averages about thirty bushels
per acre, and the sacks weigh l40 pounds.
The countries and nations of the world,
with few exceptions, begin the year with
"obuoiy Dus eAos oiiAH, ~ JSbCu 70 a. DApioAy
and based upon nothing in particular does
not even need to be proved. The ancient
Egyptians, Chaldeans, Syr ans, Phoenicians
Carthaginians each began the year
with the autumnal equinox. or about Sep
tember p. Among the Greeks the begiI'-
ming of the year was at the time of the
winter solstice down to 432 B. c.. when
the "Menton rycle" was introduced, after
which the new year began on June %.
In England from the time of the fourteenth
century until 1852 the legal and ecclesias-
tical year began on March %.
The Poputia tells the following: Word Is
out that tue Iowa farmer, who left SIX or
Sc en- Thousand dollars IN the Corvallis
bank the night before 1t refused to open its
doors next morning, has gotten his money.
II is stated that he called on the bank man,
whose significant name is Job, and told him
that on certain day he wanted his money,
and for him to have it handy, where he
could get 1t suddenly. At the time ap-
pointed the man was on hand with big
gun and persuaded Mr.. Job. who had in,
sisted all the time that he had no money,
that it was best to dig up, which accord
ingly he did. 1t Is good. if true. No doubt
dozens of those failing could he made to pay
up if the proper method was applied.