The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-10
From Mondays Da iy.
County court j. in session to-day.

FROM M0noayB la ly.
( County court is in session to-day.
Mrs. C. ]. Winnek. OF. Moscow, Idaho, is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Geo. Herbert, in
this city.
Mr.. Ed. Phlrman, of the Columbia Pack
Bg Co., returned last night from short
visit at the Cascade Locks.
A large fruit crop this year il predicted
by Grant county orchardists. This, with .
good outside market and good weather for
hauling TO the railroad, wifi be the occasion
of considerable rejoicing among apple spec.
ulators.
The dreams of spring were rudely dis
turbed this morning by the appea aranes Of
an inch of snow on the ground, and the
fakes kept falling until nearly noon. OF
course it did not remain on the ground in
any compact torn, but was converted into
slush almost as soon as it fell.
The Columbia Packing Co. purchased a
band of five steers last week that after be-
ing in pasture three m ,nths and fed on
chopped barley and straw tive mouths
gained 234 pounds each. These cattle were
fed by. Marion Allen, of Fifteen Mile
creek.
4uCIO WCIO bWO C6tIO1ub vi CabbiC du u
four of sheep shIpped from the stockvards 8
Sound, and two of cattle to Portland. The
Gofumbia Packing Co. yesterday. from the
same stockyards, shipped 26 head of cattle
to Cascade LOCKS. r boss
George Brock, 80 wears OF age. pioneer
Of 1643. died at Forest Grove February 23d.
He was native ef Belmont county, Ohio.
He lived near Oregon City many years His
wise, Eunice Davis, was q daughter OF Jo-
seph and Lucy DAVIS. pioneers of Wapato
lake, Washington county. .a1a-
John F. Walgamot, Perry Griffith and
Frank T. Mccullough. of Spokane, WASH,
have incorporated the Canyon Creek Placer
Mining Company In Grant county Capt.
tai $3.50. 000-250, 600 shares at 81 each
These are the men who secured title to the
placer ground between Canyon City and
John Day.
Trouble has arisen over the Burns post-
Office. Mrs. Ionia Whiting was appoln. ed
last summer. She had written TO both Mrs
Cleveland and'-Mrs. Lamont, and said she
was poor Midow.=-fsis securel her ar--
and row charges have. been
filed against her which alleges she is not
poor and is ReI ub.ican.
There were yesterday four carloads of
cattle at the stock, ards of r. E Saltmsrshe
& Co. from Payette, Idaho. These are not
in as good condition az those 10 this viein-
itY, aRd it is verv evident Idaho cattleriieu'
are shipping their best beef eat. Their
d stination will be the Portland market
They came ON tho norning freight aud left
1t night.
Haley Ne,cs: It is reported here this
week of two cases of destitutlcn near
Two young ladies walked
from near CrawfordsvIlle Monday, and re-
ported that they had lived On nothing but
baked potatoes for over a week, and that
hey had not the wherewith to buy any
hing. The citizens donated some pr1vis-
ons and they went back. The tther was a
nan who lives near Brownsville, and he
ried to trade cord of wood for sack of
iour, but could not get it. s4rs
The following are the counties of Oregon
md the number of preclncts in each: Ba- |
Ter, 81; Benton and L,ncolo, %; Clackamas. |
Is, Clatsop, 20; Columbia, II; Coos, "a:
Crook. 81; Curry. 9; Douglas, %; Gillian,
g; Grant, %: Harvey l6; jack on, 2g: |
Josephine. IL; Klamath, IL; Lake, IL; Lane.
10; Linn. %; MaIheur. II; Marion, 36; |
Morrow. Is; Multnomah, IS; Sherman, 8;
II. Umatilla. 80; UnIon, "a:
Wallswa, II; Wa.co. 3S, Washington, IS;
1amhill, lS.
REVIEW: Sheriff Booth and John Combs
mt in several days on the desert last week /
ooking for Hambl@t the murderer, but re
urned Saturday evening without having
ound track or trace of the fusitive. Tbey
pent ono night at Button springs, and the |
ext night they camDed in three feet of
now desert. having lost their way in
rying to 20 from the syringe to Farewell
lend. They returned confident that Ham.
let had not attempted to cross the dssert.
Miss May Fuller, of Tacoma, has recent
: succeeded in climbing Mount Rani
Vash.. feat which no woman had before
tempted, and in which few men had ever
The mountain is IA. 444 feet
igh, and the upper part is well covered
Ith glaciers. The 1000 feet were done on
Drseback. but the rest of the distance had
be accomplished on foot, and Miss Fuller. ,
I'd the four men who accompanied her suf.
red severely from the exposure.
The hood River Republican Protective
ID was organized at Hood River few
ys ago. with a large membership. Fol- {
wing are the officers elect: Presideat, C.
Giltert; vice president. 81 G. Coe; re- I
ding secretary. j. A Sossbe; correspond | 3
secretary. Frank Rogers; treasurer, J i
Baker; ex-cutive committee. N. p. | '
nberg, A. s. Blowers, Frank Rogers, ]