The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-01

Joy in learning was opened up before the
school child. Une of he greatest gains for
humanity in our tine is the increasing in
terest and sympathy with the child's ma
ture.-EX.
message was received last night from
Dufur, containing the sad intelligence that
A j. Dufur. sr., had been taken suddenly
ill, and serious apprehensIons were felt ior
his recovery. The old gentleman Is about
so Years OF age, and was connected with
pubic ff'irs in Oregon for long time.
His ny triends in this vicinity will hope
that Mr. DuiGr will De spared to them for
some time yet
Eugene Guard: The digging of the po-
tatoes in the Walker Campbell hop yard at
Judkin's point has been finished and the
product pitted in Eugene in hope of obtain
ing better prices in the spring. On ta enty
acres 2300 bushels were obtained. This is
an exceptionally heavy yield when it is
Considered the potatoes ~ere planted in
single hills four feet apart between the hops,
thus giving but three hills OF potatoes to
each eight feet quare of ground.
The grand jury The Dailes refused to
indict GIbons and Savage, VINO were ALI ged
to have been connected with rhe express
robbery at that place, of $l4 600 recently.
Eugene Guard This mist.ke has be-
come euite prevalent over the state for the
reason that person returning from The
Dalles, gave that information to the Ore
eonidn Savage has been indicted by the
grand jury. and has entered Plea of "not
guilty" His trial will b. gin Monday.
We have received the tirst number of the
Mitchell Monitor. published at Mitchell,
Crook county. by Smith & Magee. 1t is
very readable SIX column paper, and we
wish it success in its venture in journalism.
In their salutatory they say: "Our prlncl-
pal aim is to run a newspaper in the inter
est CT Smith & Msgee, and in dong this. 1t
is possible, even highly probable that
course will be pursued that will tend ma
terialiy to aid in the future growth and
prosperity of the particular sectlon CT the
great Eastern Oregon Inland Empire in
which we are located"
Salem Statesman: There are now 800
convicts registered at the state peniteutiary
and OF this number eight were received yes
t+rday, namely: j. C Kemp. three years
for burglary; II. W. Lusk, two and half
years for larceny in dwelling, and Charles
h. Ashby, one year for obtaining money
under false pretenses, all from Multnonah
county; AL. v Names, two years for burg
larry, from Clackamas county; Budd and +.
Lowery, larceny in shop one year each,
Henry Benson. two years for incest, VIM.
Merrill eight years for assault and robbery,
being armed with dangerous weapoL-all
from Baker county.
Hood River Glacier: Monday morning
Mr. Herbert Ellsworth was riding horse
back out of town, and when near Or.
Adams place the horse bucked and threw
him off He fell with his head and shoulders
striking the hard ground in the middle OF
the road. He was picked mp insensible and
brought to town in wheelharrow and re-
maned insensible all day. Tuesday he wa
about town as usual. feeling no worse for
the accident except soreness in the
shoulders and lump on the back of his
head. The horse was never known 10 buck
before After 1t had thrown Ellsworth 1t
returned to town, buckIpg nearly all the
way.