The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-04-13
SPOKANE SPARKS.
A MOsier Man WaIIows Around In the
Nebule Left by BIZ Nye-

gone. He showed here last Saturday,
and we got here on Monday, SO the peo-
pie do not really miss him so much as
they would otherwise.
This town is not nestled in a valley by
silvery streamEat the foot of mount
ain, covered with laurel and stately
pines, where the winds moan in the tree
tops like dirge over the grave of Moses
on Mt. Nebo; not by dam site, for
there are many mills and factories here,
and such powerful falls that dam is
not really needed. 1 don't believe that
they could make one stick. 1 don't
know exactly what nestled means, but
guess this town is not nestled, for it is
all spraddled out on both sides of the
Spokane river and covers a heap of
space that could not be used for any
thing else. It is like the old Connecti-
cut Yankees turkey. He told friend
he set her on seventy-two eggs. His
friend said: t'What did you do that
for? She can't near cover them" ''I
know that" he said, ''but wanted to
see the old fool spread herself" There
was just touch of profanity in the ORR
ginal story, but early good training for
bids its use, and out of respect for the
dead turkey (for it killed herr we will
not use it.
We were in a chair car from The
Dalles, IN one of those instruments of
torture like that used on the martyrs in
the Fourth century to make them let up
on being Christians, and it worked to a
charm. No one who rides in chair car
can ever be Christian.
When we passed Umatilla the con-
ductor punched me in the ribs, having
previously punched my ticket, and told
me to move into the car next behind, as
it was the one that went to Spokane
Falls. l walked up to a stranger that
sat in the seat next me, thinking it was
F. He was very sound asleep and
it took considerable shaking to thor
oughly arouse him. 1 asked him to
excuse me, and am not certain that he
did, though l was very polite to him.
If he ever sees this explanation of how
it happened, think he will yet.
At Pendleton we got breakfast at the
railroad lunch counter Black stuff,
alleged to be coffee, and sandwiches,
thirty days old-that is is the bread was
that age; the deceased steer could not
have been less than thirty years old at
the time he was assassinated.
A poor old man got on the train here,
with his wife and two daughters and
nine (9) satchels and boxes, besides a
dinner basket. The girls were too proud
to help their father carry the baggage,
bnt not quite proud enough to save their
poor old sire few steps, and he had to
return to the platform four times to get
baggage. "Now count them up,'' he
said in great excitement, fearing that he
would be left. ''Hold my coat while 1
run and get the dinner basket Sew
eral of the passengers suppressed what
otherwise would have been a smile. The.
party were ticketed to Balls Junction,
and got of at about every other station.
At Walla Walla the conductor asked
the old man to please stay on till he was
put off.
We ran into snow at Echo. At
Weston it was five inches deep, but we
ran out of 1t before reaching Walla
Walla.
In the Palouse country they are be-
tween hay and grass-they are out of
hay and not into grass, and Joseph
could see seven lean kline here without
going block.
| Eli Stout got on the train at Milton
and was seated with me to Walla Walla.
He says he came to the Walla Walla
country with Judge Martin, of Pendle-
ton, in 1S43. The Catholics had mis-
sion there for the Nez Perces. Mr..
Stout says he was on Mosier creek in
| 1S4S; that at that time it was called
Dog creek. I told him that it was pro-
perly named, and should be called that
yet; that lived there and had lost one
hundred dollars and fifteen cents worth
of dogs on March 9th, last, by blood
/ poisoning-on valued at 800 and one
valued at Is cents, or two tor quarter.
Upon cross examination it was brought
out that Hood river was called Dog
creek, and Pm mighty sorry of it, for
I am often asked, "Where do you liyeP''
and I would be proud to be able to faith
fully say, son Dog Creek"
Sworn to and subscribed before me, a
notary public, in and for Spokane
county, Wash, April II, 1898.
JOHN PoCAHoNTAs SMITH,
ISeal.l Notary Public.
Specimen Cases.
S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
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