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

Portland Thursday, Oct. 25. pursuant to
call issued by Hon. L. 7. BARN, chairman
of said committee. This committee Is COM
posed of representative sportsmen, from all
sections of the state, and they will take up
and discuss the proposed changes In our
fish and game laws.
Last Saturday morning Emery Canton
bien, of Pasco, saw three or four coyotes III
the field near his home He got his gun
and went out to get shot at them. His
| first shot wounded one of the animals,
| which at once made tor him and attacked
him before he knew it. The rough and
| tumble fight which followed ended by
Emery sitting on the coyote and cutting its
throat with his pocket knife.
Says the Grants Pass Observer; The
sheriff and deputy will go to herby next
week TO sell the Cave company's effects to
satisfy Judgment OF 4. Thomas. Ihls
company owe large sum of money to dif-
| ferent parties here. but they don't appear
to intend TO pay them. The attached ar
ticles will not begin to satisfy the Judgment
and as the cave Is located In uusuryeyed
land it cannot be sold IL is said anybody
could go and take up the property ana hold
possession as a "squstter.
1t is eported that in Camas there will be
about 2, 600 tons of hay that will rema
| uncut this season. he reason is that the
water of the lake has ovt retowed the
prairie to such an extent that the farmers
ca not get into the meadow Ind. They
are talking of organizing for the purpose of
draining the lake. 1t is feared that this
years waste VIII cause a great scarcit, OF
feed in case of hard winter. r.-Goldendale
Sentinel.
I,oH ,,rhf nd
today. About ! o'clock this morning the
recorder was awakened and came to mis- Of
fee and passed judicial sentence upon two
of the geutler sex who were very much in-
toxicated. He had no sooner dispensed
with this part of the business than another
one was brought before him scharged with
the offense of selling liquor to miuors. This
examination he postponed for this afternoon
at o'clock.
Yesterday man was arrented for pur-
loiniue gold wstch from the pocket o. "A
person who was sitting by his side IN a sa-
loon. = TIE watch was missed soon alter
wards, and the theft was known ahd iden-
titled almost immediately afterwards.
warrant of arrest was sworn out and officers
Gibbons and Connolly soon had the man IN
custody. After huDtlng around tor little
while the stolen property was found and
sufficient evidence obtained to place him On
trial. The examination was held before
Recorder Dufur this afternoon, but up to
the time OF going to press no decision had
been rendered.
A Chehalis, Wash. dispatch dated Oct
18Th, has the following: Meager reports OF
u desperate battle between TOUR brothers
living In the Salzer valley were received
here this morning. They are named Ranke.
Fer several mouths they have been having
occasional quarreIs; hut when they came
together yesterday morning, it was tor
life and death struggle. They were armed
with axes, knives and clubs. When they
had fought till nearly exhausted, ueIehbors
arrived on the scene and separated them.
One brothers arm was chopped of and an
others arm was broken. The other two
were badly bruised.
In reference to the condition of the 0. K.
& N. road, Superintendent O'Brien who
recently completed tour OF inspection,
says: 1--WE are putting forth every en-
deaver and are getting INTO shape very fast.
Loming from Huntington, we made up 5U
minutes with ease and now consider the
track east to the state line in tirst-class
condition West there is being expended
large amount of labor aud materials and We
propose to put the line in A one shape as
soon as men and money can do 1t. am
highly grati6ed with the result of the IN
spectlon tour and find that the officials in
charse of the various departments haFe
been vigilant and Industrious"