The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-11-25

e Sheriff Bolles and his gentlemanIy deputies,
: excepting LIndgreen. who is member oi
q the China.loving fraternity"
~ On trial to day is the case of the State OF
tOregon vs Thomas Prior, arrested at the
a Locks for the lardeny of checks. The jury
e empanelle consists of E Barnett. @ NJ
, Sterling L Harper, j w Allen, W Nc
, Clure. E c Dlckeuson. A Liutop, Mil
, lard, Ed Smith, E P Koontz, A Grammond
/ and Robert McIntosh. The state is repre-
sented by District Attorney Wilson and the
defendant by E B Dufur.
J Last Monday Sheriff Wells, of Polk
; county, tried to attach some oats belonging
to farmer named Helm; but was met with
shot gun aud threat to shoot. Helm
was afterwards caught mapping and arrested.
Two deputies then went TO. the oats; but
were met BY two sors of Helm with shot
guns. who were disarmed, and the whole
household arrested All were discharged
but the head Of the house.
Some prac ical Joker played big one on
the gullibe Populists in Spokane the other
day by declaring the lieu land decision of
Secretary Smith threw open a section Of
railroad land in the city limits. ABOUT
1000 men proceeded to take up claims and
Dulld houses before they discovered it was
'love's labor lost" as the section is part of
the original grant and was confirmed to
the company three years or more ago, after
long investigation.
Lincoln county Leader: The remains OF
person were found in lonely canyon ne ar
San Diego, California, which are supposed
to be those of Charles Greenfield. formerly
of Yaquina City and owner of considerable
property on the hay. It is believed that he
mad been murdered and the body partially
4 nvod hxrG lie h,,S nd
watch are said to be in the possession of
parties who claim they hold power of at
torney for all of the Greenfield property.
| The man Clarke, of Buttevile, who mys-
| teriously disappeared a short time ago and
| whose hat was afterward found in the Will
| lamette river by his step-son, has turned up
| In Portland. No reason can be attributed
vet for his strange actions. All suspicious |
as to foul play are now set at rest. He was |
| the husband of the woman who was in the |
county jail awaiting trial for the crime of |
adultery previous to the adjourned term OF |
court. She was discharged because her |
husband failed to appear against her.
A band of $500 sheep passed through the
city this morning en- route to the stoekyards
of R Z Ssitmarshe & Co., where they will
be fed before being placed on the market.
They were purchased by Messrs. Fsrgher
Bros for the eastern market The sheep
industry has been great factor of develop
ment in this portion of the northwest; but
W tn wool on the free list "Othello's occu-
patlon's gone" in this regard. Our flock
masters must walt patiently until 1896.
when Republican administration will re-
store the duties on wool.
The board of trustees of the soldiers
home composed of W. j. MullIn, A. J Bel.
lows and J. Byron. Rosburr, S. S Tram, ,
Albany; Charles Nickols, Jacksonville, de-
cided last Tuesday on the plans for the pro-
posed new building Architect ". G.
knighton of Salem was the successful COM
petitor. Bids will be received Dec. I7sh at
the Office of Achitect Knigton in Salem,
in Roseburg and in Jacksonville. Salem, it
seems, is determined to be sin it, in some
manner. Ii she cannot have the building
itse t she will at least superintendent its
construction.
Baker City Democras: Three large sill.
yer bars, too heavy for one man to lift and
valued at about $500. the output OF the
Monumental mine at Granite, have been on
exhibition at the Hotel Warshauer for the
past twenty-four hours and have attracted
great interest, since silver bullion IN these
parts is rarity, gold being the prevailing
metal and so common that yellow bars at
tract no special attention. This output
was brought to our city by Mr. C. S. Mil.
Ter, manager of the Monumental. and is
only the ''strainings." so called, a partial
cleanup oS the mill tor the past month.
Coasting is rare sport these days, and the
boys and girls enjoy themselves very much.
To day the warm weather has melted the
snow somewhat, and this has interfered {
with the amusement; but yesterday the
h,Ila h.. L.,
royal. Washington street is the principal
hill, and it was dangerous for pedestrians
to pass while the Youthful American has ,
his or her amusement This frown of winter I
is only temporary, aud we may expect the .
full anger OF the old man of the seasons
next month"; Sleighipg and coastirg in
abundance, and life will be one jolly holi.
day for youth aud beauty. Who would not
be young, In the haIcyou days of youth
The good work of advertising Oregon did
not when the gates of the worlds :
fair were thrown open announcing the close
of the Columbian exposition. On the other
hand, the good work goes marching on c
through Georgia, Maryland and Indiana, S
to which states quite attractive exhibits of .
selected fruit, etc.. were sent when the blg
exposition closed. These exhibits were
sent to the state fairs IN those states and J
ire attracting much attention. Oregon's n
beautiful little pavilion in the forestry I
building was sold outright to New Mil
ord, Conn, wood finishing company, where
t will be placed on exhibition in the mill &
,fice and remain permanent ard attractive y
advertisement OF Oregon's forestry wealth. h
The latest news from Missoula, received I
~ telegraph on Wednesday, is to the effect :,
hat the relief party from Fort Missoula in
rah pff hal Il. hxn.f \ H.. |
ecalled and all search abandoned. A man a
lamed Larson, LIVING near Lolo, camped h
With the hunting parry about three weeks ;,
go on the middle fork of the Clearwater. '
They were with a couple of French boys IL
Who have prospected there, and are well e
upplled with food for the winter, having h
100 pounds OF -four and plenty of meat. :,
The relief party from the fort can only re- y
urn by the way of the trial, and all trans D
will be left where it is until a
pring. as it is impossible to get it out r,
his winter.
A dispatch dated Union, Nov 2lst, says: p
The game rooster that DIR. j. Guy Lewis
lad Growing over che Oregon fruit EXHIBIT
q the horticultural hall at the1world's fair
las arrived here. A placard on the cage s,
,ore the following inscription: ''My dear
Express agent: My name is little Billy Ore
,on. 1 am the proud little rooster that
made the Horticultural hall ring with the
rowing over the victory for Oregon when A
he beat the world on apples and fruit of all F
,inds. Please feed me and give me water
nd deliver me to Uncle Bill Usher, Union, u
oregon, and for you and l will ever cock-a-
loodle do" He Will be kept here until the 81
pening of the midwinter fair, when he will a,
'e taken to San Francisco to crow over Ore.
on's exhibits there. u
Real Estate Transfers.
Nov 2l-United States to Wilson R :,