The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-22
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Mckay mountain and Willow creek snow
still remains on the ground, the wagon sink
ing down to the hub in many places.
1t showed every day in PrinevIle las
week. They expect fine weather out Their
!. when the winter breaks.
n Judge Bennett and District Attorne,
Wilsont returned on the Saturday evenini
train from attending court at Condor.
Weiser Signal: The old tale comes dow
, from Rsthdrum. One man playfully
! grabbed the muzzle of gun in anothe
mans hands and the gun went off as tn,
angel band struck up funeral march.
E Hon. ]. B. Condor is having the large
e poplars in front of his residence, which were
killed by the fire in September, 1891, cut
down root and branch. As soon as these
are removed he viii have young shade trees
planted in their places.
Mr.. Jos. WHITE, says the Condor Globe,
requests us to correct an error which has
appeared in several papers quoting him as
testIfyine that the man whose horse died in
his pasture ''resembled Cal Hale" He says
he did not testify to anything of that kind;
that his testimony was to the effect that the
man did not resemble Hale IN any wav
whatever.
Henry Burchtorf arrived Thursday from
The Dalles with load of freight, says the
Prineville ReUieaU. He said the roads were
in worse condition than he had ever seen
them. Coming down the hull north Of Des-
chutes his team had to pull sll the way. the
mud being so deep. Henry left The Dalles
on the 3D., and sometime since then be frOzs
bis ears quite badly.
Condor Globe: most distressing acci
dent occurred Wednesday at the Blakely
ranch, just across Thirtymile, southeast of
town. Mr.. F. < Smith and family reside
on the place, aud while their bright little
4-year-old son Howard was PLAYING about
the barn he fell iuto we'll and drowned
The parents are heart broken over the ex-
tremely sad sffiicticn.
Canyon Citv Ne,cs: Mail leaving this
! postoffice for Portland Saturday does not
| reach It's destination until Wednesday tol.
lowing. Arrives at McEwen Sunday.
Leaves for Baker and arrives there Monday
evening. Starts fer Portland Tuesday even
ing and arrives there Wednesday forenoon.
Such Is the deficient mail service" we of
Gran. county are blessed with. High time
something was done, surely.
Michigan has passed more stringent
mortgage tax law than the one repealed by
the last Oregon legislature. 1t provides for
the taxation of mortgages at their face
value, no matter where they are owned, the
owner of the property to have his taxes re-
duced by the amount CT the mortgage; the
taxes on the mortgage may be paid by the
owner of the property aud deduct from the
interest due the holder of the mortgage.
Mr.. P. Limmeroth donated to the direct
ors of district No. 80 ground for new
school house at Long Hollow. near Dufur,
and it was plowed up and last Friday-Ar-
Dor day-there were planted eighty trees.
The school children in the district, under
charge of Miss Elsie Ball, rehearsed the
numbers on the programme. and they ac-
quilted themselves admirably, which was
due to her excellent training. As soon as
lumber can be procured the school house
will be built, and III few years 1t will be
sheltered and shaded by nice grove Of
trees.
Ochoco ReUiec: Knox Huston has fled
caveat with the U. s. patent office on a
labor-saying device for saving wood and
logs. II consists OF an endless cross cut
saw. connected with flexible joints and at
tachel to a series of gear-wheels to give it
motion. We are not sufficiently conversant |
with che system of mechanics applied to |
wood cutting to advance an opinion as to
the practicabiIty of Mr.. Hustons inyen-
tion. but 1t is certain that he has devoted
much time to studying labor. saving con-
trivances, and ought to know if they are
practicable.
The following from the Ochoco ReUieU
would seem to indicate that grizzly bear are
in Eastern Oregon: Thomas Lister has won
aurels as a bear hunter. A grizzly had
made its appearance in the neighborhood of
Mr.. Listers home on the north fork of
Crooked river. and Mr.. Lister thought to
capture him with strychnine, hence he put
some poison in the carcass of horse that
had died, and the next day went out to see
what the result had been. He found the
grizzly eating on the dead horse but think
ing the poison might not prove efectual, he
sent leaden messenger after the bear,
wich Instantly brought him to earth never
again to rise.
Brownsville Times: We have now another
proof of the productIveness of Oregon cli-
mate. While rambling through the brush
in search of his sheep, Mr.. Jos. Hume. who
lives near town. found an oil eve who had
mothered four lambs. He gathered the
lambs up in his arms and took them to the
house, where they were warmed and given
some milk. and at THE writing they are fat
and growing nicely. Another healthy"
item Is in regard to the killing of hog re-
Gently by gentleman near Rock Hill. The
huge swine measured SIX feet and eight
inches around the body at the heart, and
yet some peop e MAINTAIN the idea that you
can't raise hogs in Oregon.
The longest span of the great canti-
lever bridge of the Great Northern Rail
road over the Columbia river at Rock
Island Is at last completed and the whole
bridge will be ready for the running of
trains about May LIST. The work is the
successful solution of great problem
and is one of the greatest feats of engin-
eering skill In the history of railroad
building. The Columbia river in this
part of its course is between 800 and l.
900 yards wide and from 12 to 200 feet
in depth at low water. Its channel is
worn deep below the general surface of
the valley, and though the annual rise in {
Juue Is from thirty-fve 10 fifty feet, it
never overfows.
A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
legislature to prevent gay and festive
benedicts from trifiing. This piece OF
freak Legislation is as follows: "Any
married man who shall fraudulently rep
resent himself to be unmarried, and
make proposals OF marriage to any IN
married woman of good character, or re-
peatedly call on or keep company with {
such woman upon false preteuse that be I
Is unmarried, shall be deemed guilty of q 1
and upon conviction be t
fined not less than 500 nor more than Z
$500. or imprisoned in the county Jail q
not less than six months nor more than I
two years, or both. at the discretion of
The court" Amendments exempting
senators from the provisions of the bill,
and reversing the conditions, so that it
would apply to scheming woman who !
make love to men, were voted down.
From Tuesdays Daily.