The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-15


Jr., mayor; @. P. Balch, treasurer; A. .
Brigham, recorder; W. Vanderpool,
H. Johnston, L. Kllnger end VIM. Heis
Ter, councilmen.
The first rattlesnake of the season wa
killed at Hood River last Tuesday.
measured four feet eight inches and ha
nine rattles.
Miss Ruby Hutsell, of Albany, has falle
heir to fortune OF $500. OO0 She has bee
in Albany about two weeks and was a wait
ress in hotel.
Snow fell to the depth of nearly an incl
at Dufur last night; but the air wa
balmy and spring-like and larks wer'
singing this morning.
A. l.. Ferry printer Of Olympia, wa
found dead near Union City Yesterday
He became tired of life and took a shor
! cut to the unknown future.
} The road up White. Salmon and the
} bridge across that stresm will be completed
soon, and this will lessen the distance to
Trout lake two or three miles.
There are three persons in the county
Jail arrested for selling whisky to Indl-
ans, and another one is expected tonight
on the Regulator from Hood River.
The following deed was filed for record
to day: United States to Lewis H. Scott
ht of ne or, NV or of ne or and ne or of
NV or sec 80, tp 8 s, ID cast; homestead.
A Jewish girl named Rose Cohn COM
mitted suicide in Seattle yesterday. She
was "a years of age, and had been
troubled by suicidal mania for some time.
MIR. j. B. Warner. of White Salmon,
WASH, was a passenger on the train to
Pendleton to-day. He is a member of the
G. A. R., and goes to attend the. animal
! gathering.
Mr.. Patrick Bolton, of Kingsley, is In the
CITY, The Tygh ridge people are encour.
aged very much at the prospects for good
crops, and the season has been favorable in
other regards.
The Glacier says that of the hundred
and odd boxes of apples sent to the worlds
fair from Oregon, two.thirds were grown at
Hood River. That town raises some of the
best fruit in the country.
Mr.. Frank GAbel, OF Wap,ntia. came In
town to-day. He says grass was never
better on the hills ana cattle are in good
condition. Farmers are busy plo wing; but
in places the ground is too wet
The new trespass law is rather severe
on hunters. 1t makes it unlawfu to go
on any ones premises to hunt without
permission of the owner, and also TO shoot
on or from public highway.
The copious rain thus month has clothed
the surrounding hills with the ralnient OF
spriag vcrdure, ani thers are even one or
two green spots discernib,e 10 ae rock piles
and sand dunes OF North DsiIes, Wash.
Mr.. j. NJ Patterson. commander of the
G. A. r post in this city, left for Pendleton
on tue afternoon tram to-day. de was ac-
companied by Mrs. Patterson, who Is dels-
gate to The apnual convention Of the Wo.
mems Relief Corps.
The Inland Telephone Co. is meeting
with trouble from the Western Union Tel
egraph Co. 1t seems the Telephone 40.
followed the telegraph line for two miles
west of Wallula, and the Western Union
men filled up the holes for the poles.
The corridors of the Umatila House were
well crowded with men wearing G.. A
badges after the arrival OF the east bound
train this afternoon. They were eu route
to the annual encampment of the G. A. X,
at Pendleton. which convenes to morrow.
ID many instances the delegates were ac-
companied by their wives and daughters,
the w. R. c., the annual meeting OF which
will be held at the same time and place.
Cotton is no longer king in The south.
There is reduced acreage this year. The
rich lands of the southern states should
be ut lized for general farming to make
its people happy and in dependent. So
long as cotton was the chief product and
good price the producers of.cotton failed
to raise anything else and shipped almost
everything they consumed from the north
Now they are trying diversified crops.
That is the way to become prosperous.
The day book Of an Oregon City firm do
ing business in 1861. 1862, gives the follow.
ing prices at that date: lock .75. 6 yards
OF crash 81. 80, AZ bushels of potatoes $23 so,
ST pounds of sugar 81, pound tea 81.
plug tobacco .36, 8 bars soap so. sack
-four 81 rs. i gal. of oil Sl.l2, IL pounds
butter S5 81, 10 pounds coffee 50 75, 8
candles so, files 81 S5. 2 pounds shot 80.
/ pound powder 81, box caps 81, l gal.
syrup 81 .25, 4 dozen eggs $l.50. 100 pounds
salt 81 So 80 pounds nails $3.50, ii yards
calico S220, u spools thread 81, pair
socks rs, hat "a, and yard of linen 80.
Timothy Myhan and John Fay, two
ship carpenters, were seriously injured in
Portland sunday morning, by heavy
trestie falling and rolling down the stair
way while being carried by the latter
from the upper to the lower floor of Ash
street dock It weighed about 100 pounds,
and Mr.. Fay was thrown of his feet by
the end striking the stairway above and it
rolled with him downward very rapidly.
In its flight the trestle struck Mr.. Myhan
in the back, injuring him quite severely.
Both men were taken TO their homes and
medical aid summoned.
Guard: 1t is related that Eugene lady
went to a telegraph Office recently and in
formed the operator that her husband had
gone to Portland to get u motto for SUM-
day school, but she had forgotten TO tell
him the inscription or how large the
motto was to be. She wanted to know
how long 1t would be before her husband
could get the particulars If she sent them
by telegraph She was told. Doubtless
that husband was startled when he read
the telegram, for without explanation 1t
SIMPLY said: "Dear Frank, Hotel Perkins,
Portland. Unto US child is born, eight
feet long and two feet WIDE"
Union Journal: The report that the wind
had played havoc with DR.. Blalock's irri-
CATION wheel, on the Columbia, lew
days ago is untrue. DIR. Blalock informed
a reporter Saturday that the wheel was in
good condition and pumping one million
gallons per day. The report started
through the high wind having blown the
barge, on which the wheel is set, up
stream, and the men In charge, unable to
get it bacS In place, sent for Mr. Gilbert
Hunt, the manufacturer of the wheel, who
went down and simply waited until the
wind went down, when the barge hoated
down again toNts natural moorings. b
Ellensburgh LocGlzer: Leavenworth,
formerly Icicle, has a population OF some
sO0 Most of these people are waiting for
the spring business to start up. Many of
The sporting fraternity are there and
gambling is carried on at all hours of the
day and night and every day in the week.
Il is very like the learly days Of Walla
Walla in 1861 when the Salmon river
mines had their flush time, and gold was
taken out by the pound and the yellow
sand was sold for gold No such flush
times can be expected in money matters
there. We suppose there are many broken
men in the place who never miss meal
nor pay cent.
The latest addition to sensational liter
ature, is dime novel entitled "The Ros-
yn Bank Robbery; History of Zachary,
KImsey and the Hale Bros, the Robbers,
and Lite of Those Who Withstood the
Murderous Attack. Truth Stranger than
F4ction." We have not read the romance,
but are informed that the description OF
he event Is equal to the best fiction of
Fennlmore cooper, and the illustrations
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