The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-04-06

Barzee, who will hereafter attenu 10 tne
prompt delivery of the paper. auo 'he COL
lections of money due each month.
MIR. Geo. Liebe ls having some repair
work done on the sidewalk near MS fesi
dence. A very commendaple feature.
Major 3 B. Tuttle, of Portland, was
terday appointed adjutant 6 neral OF .n'
Oregon National Guard by Cover or Ao'u
The time for taxes to become d. aid
quent has been extended by The COO. ny
court until the 10Th of the present month
The afternoon passenger was delayed
more than an hour today by a work train
being thrown from the track near Mosier.
Several devices were IN vogue yester
day to perpelrate j,kes on individuals
These were taken In good humor, and no
harm was done.
Mr. F. H.Williams has just started a
tri-weekly stage line between this city
and Moro, Sherman county. See his ad
in another column
The lamblng season has begun in portions
of this and adjoining counties, and If the
weather continues favorable large increase
may be expected.
The Epworth League will give a social
and entertainment on Friday evening in
the basement of the NJ. E. church. Ad-
mission, 10c. All invited.
Many farmers in this and adjoining
counties have finished their spring seed
ing, and are hopeful of bountiful har-
vest and better prices than last season.
The county assessor is busy at work on
assessments, and we expect more prop
erty will be listed this year than ever be-
r 1,Ia mr.
Mr. Wakefield will take the census of the
county this year.
Antelope has been experiencing but
ter famine for the past three weeks, ac-
cording to the Herald, and up to last
Wednesday the town had not had any
sugar tor several DAYS These articles
our contemporary saws. are about as lndls-
pens able as the staff of life.
Antelope Herald: The lambing season
is now at hand, and from present indica-
tions the weather will be favorable
throughout the season. The sheepmen
are very much encouraged over the rise
in the price of mutton, and are living in
hopes that wool will also bring living
price this year.
Eli Perkins will give one of his amusing
and interesting lectures in the First Bap-
tist church in this city next Thursday even,
ing. He is unquestionably the wit of the
platform in this country, and the amusing
and entertaining part of the address will be
ridicu ous antithetlcal positions or men and
tn ngs, and the ludicrous side of human life.
Exchange: The need for comprehen-
slve pure-food law throughout the union
finds another illustration In the report
A. IL Oh oaf1 IN, vN,a
consin are reported to be making "filled
is, cheese from milk which
has had all the butter fat extracted from
it and cottonseed Oil substituted in Its
place.
V. G. Keller, convict who has just
served term of two years in the peniten-
tiary for the crime of incest committed in
Grant county, claims he is innocent, and
that prejudice on the part of the judge and
district attorney caused his conviction. He
claims that the attorney was guilty of the
crime for which he suffered; but the Long
Creek Eagle does not believe the story, and
says there Is not word of truth in 1t.
Fossil Journal: Mr.. Hilton is making
big improvements at his Pine Creek home
At present he has men cutting away the
bank in front of the yard. a picket fence
will soon uelose the house and yard. The
house, when finished, will be one of the
most beautiful in Gillian county. The fine
shade trees that burned with the old house
have sent up such vigorous shoots that there
will be complete shade in front of the
building.
1t is stated that Harriet Beecher Stowe,
ho 10
been growing weaker mentally for some
lime and now there is rarely flicker of
.eason IN her once bright mind. She is
childish and happy, and sings over and over
lgain hymns warbled in her school days 70
years ago. Mrs. Stoves mind began fail
ng about four months ago, the ailment in
'reasiDg gradually until now her partly
ucid intervals are very few.
A correspondent to a Pendleton paper
rom Camas Prairie says: The prospects
IRE very fair for busy times in the vicinity |
# the upper John Days this summer.
and miners flood the woods |
here already, and more are coming. More
# the shining dust will probably be taken
ut than ever before Some one will strike |
"bonanza" yet. We are expecting to hear
very day of j. W. CavInder's mine near
Dale opening with surprising results. Texas
'ar will develop something valuable.
A fatal affair occurred at White SAL
non Friday last in which German bv the
anne of Feldburg was shot and killed
Y boy named Huf,aged about Is years.
t seems, from what the boy says, that
etween his father and Mr.. Feldburg
here had existed hard feelings for some
me, and on the evening when the trag-
dy occurred young HUFF was building a
'nce when Feldburg attacked him with
n axe and drove him away. Having his
close at hand he discharged
at Feldburg, killing him Instantly.
through the advice of his father the boy
ent to 3oldendale and gave himself up
the authorities. An inquest was held,
ut the result has not been ascertained.
The department of agriculture has is
led report on the forest wealth of the
IN which the statement is made |
at in Canada, in the various Industries
spending for existence upon the supply
wood, there is invested capital amount
e to nearly 800, 1000, QUO, and an annual
age list of over S3.000,O0O, with an out
1t valued at close upon $4,000, 900.
rom the mass of cited data, the conclu-
on is drawn that Canada is now within
distance of the time when,
ith the exception of spruce as to wood,
ID of British Columbia in the provinces,
shall cease to be wood-exporting
untry.
An old-fashioned "whip saw-mlll" is
.uated on the place of Nathaniel c
ughes, about two miles north of Dallas
ne mill Is built by scooplng out of the E
lie of hill to answer the purpose of
|, ,ths en- platform of logs is built above
,to this platform the sawlog is rolled, 4
d then with an old whipsaw the lum- il
r Is made One man stands in the pit
d one on the platform. The duty of !,
e man underneath Is to pull the saw l.
wn and the man on the platform pulls Il
up, two good sawyers being able to o
Us cut about 200 feet of lumber daily b
:. Hughes uses the mill to saw out oak
nber for wagon-making.
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