The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-10-27

Grants Pass. Duriug the hard winter oil
tive years ago quill were well nigh extermi-
mated. Us the snow covered their feeding
ground for several eeks.
Horses are dirt cheap In Eastern Oregon
now. j. W. Howard, of Prinevllle. re-
Gently sold 1900 head of cattle to an Omaha
packing house for two cents on foot, but for
horses ne says there is absolutely no market
the invention of the cable and electric car,
has dispensed with the use of many horses
IN the large cities. In many places OF East
ern Oregon horses. he says. have been left to
run wild, and whole droves Of good, sound
Young horses can be bought for 81 90 per
| head, which is bout what horse hides are
worth.
Ashland Tid,ngs: Heavy freight trains
are now passing through Ashland south.
ward daily. The freight consists OF Oregon
products consigned to points In the east
over this s, P. R R.-mostly hops, canned
salmon and wool. OCCASIONALLY train Will
be heavy enough to require four ordinary
engines to pull it over the Siskiyou noun
talns.
The phenomenal barley yield reported of
1000 bushels raised on 80 acres of ground
by Robert Steel, near AlrlIe, turns out to
be fact. The heaviest part of the field,
piece of less than FIVE acres. could only be
cut with a mower, and L. 400 bushels were
threshed from 1t. It a fine grade OF |
brewing barley, the prsce OF which In |
the Portland market is SIS cents per Genital. |
There Is one product of the farm which is
not cheap this year, and that product is
potatoes. The demand for them is in
creasiug as the winter sets in, and the price
for them is steadily on the rise. Washing
ton spuds sell in st. Paul at an advance of
20 cents per bushel over the Minnesota
product, which the Pioneer Press says look
bad and turn black in the process of cook
ipg.
VIM. Lee, Klickitat county's stock in
spector, has been in Arlington for several
DAYS inspecting sheep that cross the river
from Arlington, says the Record. During
his stay here he has inspected 0,000 head,
and has found none diseased. He will be
here again on November Sth to inspect
Coffin Bros. sneep and any Others that may
be here at that date. Mr.. Lees postot1ce
8 Hartland, and he can be reached by tele-
ram via The Dalles.
SaIem Independant: Two prisoners were
brought to the state prison today and one
vas turned loose. The two first are John
rharp. the notorious cattle thief, and Oscar i
Rust. Both arc from Umatilla county, the q
ormer being sentenced to term of four :
ears for the larceny of COW, and Rust
vIll serve three years for the theft OF four Z
ows. John burke was the man turned out II
cd halls from Multnomah county. He
ervei two years for larceny.
Corvallis Times: Charles Hecker mark.
ted Friday two hogs that turned him OF q
eat profit for all the wheat he fed them. p
he pigs were purchased early in the sum o
her at cost of S. He fed them l6 bush.
Is of wheat and sold them at 5 cts per
ounu daessed, The pair weighed AL
cnnds and brought S22 % lravi g for the
5 bushels of wheat $l7 05 or nearly 81 OF h
bushel. The wheat was fed whole after
aving been thoroughly soaked. !,
Arlington Record: Vim Head of Rock :,
-eek met with a severe accident a few DAYS ''
ge He was riding his horse &C full speed II
hen the animal stumbled AMI threw Mr. B
lead, falling on him and almost crushing A
lie life out of MIN. What makes 1t worse
II him is he has but recently recovered y
ON spell of sickness, IN which his lungs 10
ere involved While there are no bones lie
rok en-, his chest is very sore, and 1t will .r
'qulre lorg and careful treatment TO en- y,
,Ie him 10 fuliy recover Dr. Geisendor- l
# is attending him.
At the annual inspection OF q 20. last sc
ght here were present: Fl. Compson. ca
rigade general; George I. Thompsno. Wv
oIopel Third regiment; j. M. Patterson. ;.
,uteuant colonel Third regiment; CAPT, VI
G. Butter6eld, Major John Booth. pt
apt A. Ad Keller, Lieut.. IL 81. Riidell. m
apt Levi Cnrisman and Lieut.. McAvoy. | w
q Co. Third regiment. After the In E.
ection of the company by Gen. Comp 10
n, Capt. Butterfeld took 1t under COM ju
and, and put the members through sew: th
al military maneuvers. sb
A land slide occurred last night between
lscade Locks and Bonneville, and Is is
ated that the track of the 0. &. l. N. Co. '"
as covered for about 100 feet. A force of
en- was put to work Immediately, and as
on as psssible the debris was cleared
ray. The mixed train arrived in
Q city about P. NJ. today. This is nc
e most difficult part If the road. and it te
almost impossible to guard against slides eli
cause of the nature of the soil which sl
,shes down by the rains of spring and -
l. This Is the celebrated moving noun IN
IN, about which SO much has been pub or
ned in the press of the northwest. Ia,