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

s Francisco, and is one of the be,t for the
purpose we have ever seen used. Gehres
t kes gre at in crest 10 his tiltering machine,
aud anv one can see the difference between
the ordinary liquid aud the sam4 after it
has been filtered. We can assure our
readers that this Cbserv4tio will not furn-
ish the subs'auoe for a temperance ieo'ure
Col. ThoH ps m returned this morI ing
from cur + inspection OF the comp 'e-
OF the Til d r-gim-ht. He found thr
militia in excellent trim. well DIS
nplrnei and equ pp-d Th- colonel fe :
veil satr- nd wi,h hi+ rsgiment. and s#ys
II conld take the ield any d aud 90 II
fec i've service.
Eli Perkins. the lecturer, arrived in the
| city today, and will address the pc pie this
| evening at the First Baptist church on the
Philosophy of Wit and Hunor and Fun and
Fact IN China and Japan. Mr.. L4udon is
one OF the wittIest and brightest lecturers
on the Amercan platform, and those who
attend will be mentally and physically
| benefited.
| Claude Kelsav, the oldest son of the
county clerk, aged Is years while PLAYING
| football IN front of tn court house yester-
| day, was thrown down by another boy and
| suffered fracture Of the right leg This
occurred in the afternoon, an / the boy was
| taken home and medical aid summoned.
To-Day he is resting easily with hopes of
soon being around.
A young man from Rogue river valley
stole Don Doc, Bob Andei sons race horse
| and sorrel mare belonging to Tom Wal
ters, at Bonanza, last week. and left the
country. He was tracked by Silas Kilgore
and Perry Murphy to Tom Ways place OF
the klamath. where he sold the race horse
for $40, and went on with the mare. No
further trace of him has been found.
Polk county now has almost as many
goats as sheep. Odt near Villa nina Will
'iam Savage and son, Bhford Stone and
Allen Yocom have at least 600; John Stump,
west of Monmouth, has in the neigh boz h o 1
of 200 and many others have bands of from
20 to Is. Goats are just now extra goo
property, for they will shear from 8 to 5 |
pounds of moha1r, which brings about 20 |
cents pound.
During the nocturnal hours last night the |
elements became furious, and the wind |
howied as though it would howl it's last |
This continued for some time, and snow be-
gan to fall and soon covered the ground, |
Those of our citizens who awoke before 9
o'clock this morning found the ground
clothed in the mantle of winter; but this
soon after tine sun smiled upon the land
scape.
T. W. Davenport, of SlIverton. was on
Monday appointed state land agent, as pro-
vIded by house bull No. "a, an act amend
ing section 1897 of Hill. annotated laws,
aud repeating section 36l9. The bill pro-
yites that the governor may appoint an
agent to select all land donated to the state |
by the United States, and to ascertain all
losses sustained by the state by the occu-
pancy OF sections l6 and SO by the United
States government.
The line of steamers between Portland
aud japanese and Chinese ports spoken of
asst week has been established. The con-
tracts have been signed by the o R & N
.nd approved bv the court. and the first
steamers will leave both ends of the route
Nay l. This will be Of great benefit to the
rate, as it will supply direct market for {
Oregon -four, which is pref, rred III ASIA to .
hat of California, especially that made
rom E stern Oregon wheat.
The Ros burg PtaindeaLer. one of the
eadipg Rspu bIican papers of Southern Ore
on, says: "When Governor Lord was t
Iected he gave out that Marion county
'ould not be given all the pIuns in the
u ubernatorial pudding Bnt how is il?
vhy, look at the list. A B sh, John s
Into. S B. Ormsbv. A. n Gilbert, B F. fl
leredith, Henry Brophy and A. Hop, jr +
re all cared for The asvlum and reform
shool have Salem men, That is why Sa-
IN is called Salem hog Mr.. Lord ne DIS k
ofpe OF the backbone of Governor Badd, of v
alifornia !
East Oregonian: Marshall, Furnish & :.
I.ticher tomorro start trainload of t "
,rs of sheep TO the Chicago market. This It
,Ipment comprises about 1000 lambs which h
aye been fed here at Pendleton since last g,
III at the yards established by this e. m =
.st of the city. Feed has been purchased II
1d hay hauled to feed them and The dis hi
,sal of the lot will be watched with inter t.
It by sheepmen. They go via the W. & II
r the Northern Pacific and the Wis
nsin Central, and will be placed on the az
arket in ten days from the date of ship hi
ent En route, the sheep are to he stopped be
the Trevor stockrards, run by the Rea a
others, well known here. ..