The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-11-18
From Tuesdays Dlilv.

Vancement OF euucatlon IN oregon.
From Tuesdays DIily.
MIR. NJ. Thorburn, of Kingsley, is in
town to-day,
Mr.. J. B. HosforJ, editor of the Moro
Observer, is IN the city.
Hon. J. C. LuckeY, formerly Indian
agent at the Warm Springs reservation, Is
in town to-day,
The following deed was filed with the
county clerk yesterday: William E. Mil
Ter to William Wilhelm; Sc or sec II, tp
l n, r IA east; $l34833.
August Strom, who has been in iail for
some time, has been indicted for rape, and
this morning pleaded not guilty to the
charge. His trial Is fixed for tomorrow
morning.
-Four carloads of cattle left the stock
yards of r. q. Saltmarshe u Co. yester-
day for Portland and the sound These
were in fine condition, and was a good
advertisement of the nutritiousness of our
bunchgrass hills.
Wild geese are very plentiful on the
banks of the Columbia, and Mr. Joles
last Friday made trip to Sherman
county and killed go In one days shoot
ing. These bI;ds are very plentiful, but
are easily alarmed. Mr. Joles is a good
shot, and no bird, whether on the wing or
otherwise, escapes his unerrIng ann.
This complimentary notice of our city
is copied from the columns of The North
uoeSt Magazine, published at st. Paul
Mimi, e. V. Smalley, editor: "VisItors
TO The Dalles, Oregon, are astonlshed at
the great quantities of excellent fruit pro-
duced on the sandy soil of that region,
unenriched by any artificial me ,ns"
Fossil Journal About 200 head of beef
cattle have been gatheled IN this vicinity
by the several stockmen to fill the contract
made by w. w. Stelwer VITA tbs AnerI-
Dressed Meat Co., of Portland. Hank
Putnam is expected tn arrive tomorrow to
receive the cattle. They are to be deliv-
cred at Arlington. The price is p cents.
A boy by the name OF Johns shot an
otter yesterday afternoon on one of the |
sloIghs east of the city. This fur-bearlng
animal is very rare in this vicinity, and |
this Is the first time we have heard of any
being killed. Otter are generally trapped;
but any method to capture them, whereby |
the fur is not spoiled for the market, is |
advisable.
The civil action of John Thomas vs.. Z |
l.. Richmond and A. j. Moses is on trial !
today: jury has peen impanelled con-
sistIng of l. Ostlund, A j Linton. J w |
Allen, William McHaley, Charles Wing,
G NJ Sterling, D Roberts, Ed Smith, e q
Dickens, l. Burgess. A Grammand and-I |
l. Harper. The attorneys tor the plaintiff
are b Dufur and Frank Menefee, and |
L. Story represents the defend ants.
The "Y's" will give sociable Saturday |
night. Notice of the place will be giv.n
Tomorrow. The object CT these sociab!es
are for the purpose of charity. and anyone
having clothing, etc, they wish to doaate
to the poor, can leave them at the store of |
Mr.. Kirby. Winter Is approaching, a1d
suffering may be expected with certain
portion of our population. Our Savior
said, the poor We have wi h you always,
and they should never be forgotten.
Elensburg Localizer: We have been in
formed that company has been organic ID
to take water from the Columbia river at
Priest Rapids, that has for its object the
irrigation of the west side of franklin
county as far down as the mouth of Snske
river, and as high up the Snake as 1t can
be taken. The scheme is to hoist the
water with pumps, This is the most rlsus-
ibie scheme for irrigat ne the land at and
about Pssco that we have heard OF. We
boIeve it practicable.
Exchange: 1t has been demonstr1 ted in
the east that very superior prunes clu BE-
raIsei in Oregon and Washington a. we az
in California; but the mode of preparing
them for shipment to the markets of the
world want to be improved. There is no
objection to the quality of the fruit; it is as
good as the best Our people are novices
in drying the same and putting il in mar
ketable shape, so that 1t can rank with the
hest of any country where prunes are pro-
duced. Special palns should be taken to
adopt the best known methods for drying
and preserving the fruit
Chas Prindle of Fossil has been riding
the range the past two weeks, looking for
seven or eight of his big steers which are
missing. About the beginning of last Sep
tember he had on the range a dozen big
steers, says the Fossil Journal, which were
frequently seen by the vaquerors, including
Charlie himself, while riding, until that
date. Since then, although the boys have
ridden the range closely three times, only
four of the steers have been found, and
these Mr.. Prindle has taken up. Strange
as it may seem, eight head of big steers
have suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared from the range.
East Oregonian: R. N. Stanfield is in
the city from Butter Creek and reasona-
bly cheerful Mr.. Stanfield states that
within radius of four miles of his place
about 770 cattle are being fed for the
market next spring. When they are sold
some little money ought to come, and,
although the present outlook Is rather
gloomy, this is something to look forward
to. Stockmen are quite well supplied
with hay, and believe that they have suf-
f1cient on hand to feed four months.
A bout 500 mutton sheep are also being
fed in the vicinity of Mr.. Stanfeld's
place.
A report was current this morning that
the marshal had forbidden teams to be
tied on the beach; but on inquiry this
was learned to be a mistake, and 1t was
that the ordinance WAS on;<
enforced on the crowded streets OF the
city. The ordinance was passed at the
solicitation of citizens, and we
learn this morning that the mayor in
structed the marshal not to enforce it too
s:ri2tly. This community desires to be a
city, but not to such an extent as to drive
trade away. The beach is an available
place for teams to be fastened and 1t will
no way interfere with the public thor
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