The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-04
Mitchell News.

Today Sept. 80, there is heavy threat
ening clouds with a sprinkle of rain.
E. E. Allen has moved to the place
he traded for a few weeks since, snd
now we miss Johnie's smiling visage in
his daily rounds.
The firm of Oaks & Son is conspic-
uously advertised in bold relief over the
entrance door to his store. We know
Mr.. Oaks would be very proud of a
brand new son, but we did not imagine
he would give vent to his joy at one
grand bound. The son was born Sept,
the oath weighing 1016 pounds, and
Tuesday morning, certainly before the
sun was up, Mr.. Oaks acknowledged the
firm connections by placing above the
door the firm name Oaks & Son In such
large letters it can be seen almost as far
as the building. But he is excusable.
Mr.. Pust is now resident of town.
In his family there are four small chill
dren pleasant addition to our school.
School begun Monday September oath
with o. S. Maxwell as teacher.
We have had much needed improve
ment in the way of sidewalks being laid
from upper to lower town, and across
the creek. Now it will be pleasure to
take a leisurely walk to the lower town,
where before it was real task.
The son of Mr.. Bricher of Pine Hol-
low met with a serious accident by
getting his arm badly broken. DIR.
Herrick was called to make repairs and
reports the boy doing well.
Charley Nelson while threshing
got a finger caught in the cogs of the
thresher and tore it almost off. 1t was
serious hurt but is doing very well.
Also Clay Ames was so unfortunate as
to get finger entirely crushed off in the
same way.
The Woods thresher from John Day,
is threshing on West Branch.
Johny Lloyd was telling me that there
was frost one night last week on his
place, about three miles below here,
sufficient to blacken the topmost leaves
of tender plants.
Mr.. Melverhill and son of Summit
Prairie, have been hauling barn lumber
the past week, for o. S. Boardman.
Mr.. Ayrs, who lives near here. with
his family and Miss Stella Board
man have started for trip through the
mountains to Albany and Eugene. We
wish them pleasant trip, but the
prospects are at present, that they will
have wet time.
News came to me Yesterday of the
discovery of quartz ledge some place
near Spanish Gulch, twenty miles east
of here. The quartz is dark green and
gray mixed. The piece saw was plen-
tifully sprinkled with the precious
metal. In hopes the find isa rich one,
will give my information as / received
it; w. II. Butler of Nansene, Wasco
county Oregon, came to Spanish Gulch
the 10Th of last May, on his way to
Baker City. He stopped at the Gulch
to investigate the mining prospects of
that section as a mining expert.
After prospecting few days he was
satisfied he had struck it rich and
named the mine Cooper King In
order to prove his statements he has in
his possession some of the gold in its
free state which he cleaned from the
rock after he had crushed it. 1t is
coarse and heavy. Some of the grains
are as large as wheat grains. His estl-
mate of free gold to the ton was $155,
from rock taken from the surface, and
from rock twelve feet below the surface
was $2500. Mr.. Butler passed through
Mitchell Sept. oath en- his way to Port