The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-03
From Tuesdays Daily.


Mr.. C. j. Bright, of wasco, is in town
to-day.
A marriage license was granted b Ne
county clerk to-day to John Aidr1N H II
and Phoebe L. Robe tson.
Mr.. A. j. Dufnr, jr., o Dufur, Is IN too n
to-day. He mas cen qu,Je sick Tor some
time. ati Is just able to walk around.
The following deed was FLED for record
to-day: Henry G. Coe and Kittie Coe to
Hood River Hydrant c.; one acc: IN the
N Coe donation land claim; 81.
There is some excitement In tns y
about tpe gold fields Of Atr,c-,. ani ,i =
atoms ale blpg made by few OF ou 81 l.
as 10 pniigrare to that fl # -2inn.
Farmers who are in town say the roads
in the country are in teirlbls condition.
They are very miry ana tall oi no s
which make them almost impossible.
Fall wheat is in excellent condition
The weather has been verys favorable to
grain growing, and, without late frosts,
there will be good crops next harvest.
The snow is rapidly disappearing from
the streets of the city, and very little now
remains On the hillsides the usual green
grass appears, and wild flowers are in
bloom.
Tho blouses and overeoats for Co. G OF
this city have arrived, and we may expect
our jldier boys hereafter to assume mil
tarv appearance when they indulge in an
public parade.
Work began yesterday at the Locks after
being suspended for several days on account
| Of the first aud snow. Several gangs were
| put at work ID the bed OF the canal, and
| also stoue- cutting was renewed.
Work is again beiug prosecuted on Se:-
ond street, since the mild weather began.
Il Is to be expected In te@ days thai this
| lhnroughfare will be finished, wnen It viii
| te uue OF the best ROADWAY s 10 the city.
MIR. Taylor Hill, of Crook county, drove
to the stockyards of Il. E. Saltmarshe S
| 90. to-day one hundred head of fat cows.
| These are for the Port Townsend market,
and have been purchased by Mr.. Charles
| Butler.
Large humber OF tickets have been sold
for the ball of the East Eod Hose Co, an d
a very agreeable party may be expected.
| Every body should get big dollar aud buy
| a ticket for the tireIneu's ball on Monday
evening next.
| In Sherman county, as in other portions
of Eastern Oregon, the heavy rains have
| placed the roads iR a terrible C nditiop, and
they are a general subject of complain ,
| No improvement can be expected until dry
weather comes.
| Mr.. A. J. McHaley's team of horses
ran about halt block this morning, but
were stopped before they did much dam
| age. 1t created an excitement for a time !;
but it was not sufficiently damaging to
make firstclass item.
A new steam rotary snow plow with four
mammoth engines al its back, rendered val.
liable assistance IN keeping the late snow
blockade in the Blue mountains along the
| Union Pacific open. This was Its first in
production and 1t worked like clock.
There Is not much fall gram in Sherman
county this year. Farmers were busy car
| ing for tneir spoiled grain, and had no time
to plant wheat. A Larger acreage will be
planted in grain this season than formerly,
but this will be done during the spring
months.
There will be revival services at the
Christian church every evening this week.
Song service will begin at o'clock; preach
ing at 7:30 The pastor has resolved to
make thorough investigation of principal
doctrines upvn which the religious world is
divided. Tne subject for this evening is;
The Origin of Infant Baptism" is it from
Heaven or of men.
The following is one of the new year res
olutions made by Texas editor: "Hell Is
| full of newspaper men who killed them
selves blowing for some little one horse
| town, and that, too, without enough sup
port to fatten a grasshopper. We've de-
cided that It's sin to lie, anyway, and in
the future we'll be found telling the
truth
East Oregonian: j. D. Peck, of the
Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improve
ment company, Is in the city to-day. He
was in conference with the officials of the
company, who state that the prospects were
never better for the complete success of
their plans. They are constantly at work
and are making good progress with the pre-.
lininary steps necessary before the canal
work commences on the bitches and reser-
volrs.
r. F. Radebaugh, of Tacoma, who is
at Washington City, has typesetting idea
which Is claimed will discount every
machine" now in use. In fact, it Is
said Mr.. Radebaugh estimates that the
great speed OF his typesetter will enable
newspapers to set up their entire edition
for few dollars, say $40 or $20 or about
10 per cent. of the cost of sett ng up
matter by hand. Mr.. Radebaugh is said
to be looking after his patents at Wash
ihgton City.
Governor W. ]. Mcconnell. of Idaho,
has addressed letter to the speaker and
members of the house of represen tat ives to
be presented and read in open session. It
protests against the passage of the Wilson
bill as atag ,nistIc to Idaho's interests In
the production OF gold, silver. lead, wool
wheat, fruit, fax seed, horses and cattle.
1t contains the governors personal views,
and he also states that 1t is an unusual
method, but he believes he has q right to
raise his voice, etc.
1t would naturally seem that during
these hard times but little building would
be going on or even contemplated, but in
the list OF buildings in process of con-
struction or a:rangei for, published by
the Pacific Builder, are eighteen buildings
In Oregon and Washington that are to
cost 100000 or more each. Eight of
these will cost $4,000 each and three of
them, Tacoma hotel, the Washington
capitol and the government building at
Portland, are to cost s., ,0OO,O 900 each.
Ed. Gibson. who was arrested and con-
fined in the county Jail in this city for as
sault and battery, was examine to-day for |
the morphine habit and ordered committed |
to the asylum. This was done by order of |
Judge Blakely, and it is considered very |
humane act. There is no doubt the young |
man is addicted to the debilitating habit, |
and If six months or more under medical |
treatment will eradicate him from its evil |
effects and restore him to physical man.
hood 1t will be an act of charity to him and
his family.
In conversation with a farmer this /
m rrning he informed US that there had |
never been as much moisture IN the
ground for nineteen years as there is at
present With ordinary rains during the
spring season crop may be considered
certain, "but," our friend said, "it is not
he yield that creates the anxiety now but
he price. Last year l th.eshed 5000
bushels Of wheat, and 1t would have paid
ne much better if had allowed it 10 re-
main In the stack and fed 1t to cattle.
)nly twenty cents bushel was realized,
sud this did not pay for threshlng and
acks." This has been the great COM
'lalnt with farmers regarding all produce,
md sheepmen are absolutely lnconsola
BILE
Yesterday the Columbia Packing com
,any shipped load of cattle TO the
locks In landing at the wharf there
hree of them broke away from the band
md were carried over the rapids. Strange
o relate they survived the ordeal and
anded about four miles below unlnjured