The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-31
Eastern oregon Or0p Reports.


WEATHER: General and heavy rains
have prevailed during the past week, es-
pecially on Saturday and Sunday. The
heaviest rainfall occurred in northwest
ern Umatilla county, where it amounts
to N inches, from whence it decreased
in amount, westward to The Dalles.
where 1t amounts to only OBS of an inch,
and southwark over the Blue mountains /;
at Baker City three-quarters of an inch
fell in the Grande Ronde valley; in
Morrow, Gillian and and Sherman
counties nearly an inch has already fallen
and more will fall before the present
weather condition changes. The tenn
perature became cooler during the past
week; The maximum ranged from Sc to
"A deg, as against 20 to Ss degrees of the
week before; the minimum ranged from
AZ to so degrees in the Columbia river
valley, while to the south of the Blue
mountains it ranged from % to 81 deg,
the freezing temperature % degrees,
occurred on the 22d, which caused kill
ing frost in Baker, Grant, Crook, Har-
ney, Klamath, Lake and Malheur count
les. Clouds have prevailed during the
past week and the result has been de-
ficiency in the amount of sunshine. The
mountains of Morrow and Grant counties
were covered with newly-fallen snow the
morning of the 21st.
CRoPs: The rainfall has been of the
greatest benefit to the grain crop, and
irsures bounteous crops, barring possible
hot winds in June. The wheat crop of q
large portion of several of the counties is
either spring sown or volunteer; both
require the best of climatic condition
to produce good yields; the year of 1894
had a large acreage of summer-fal-
lowed grain and blowing is now in pro-
gress for summer-fallow this year again,
hence the more than ordinary anxiety
for the success of the grain crops this
year and the need of rainfall. Some cor
respondents of Morrow county have re-
ported poor wheat prospects, but now
since the rain, the prospects have i'm
proved. In Sherman, which is almost
all wheat county, wheat has an ex-
cellent outlook, and all are encouraged.
The grain crop is of more than average
condition in Wasco county, while in
Umatilla county the present prospects
were never better; the same in the
Grand Ronde valley. Fall grain is
heading, and spring and volunteer grain
are growing finely. At the present time
conditions are all that could be expected.
The correspondent at Hood River re-
ports: "Hood River is now harvesting
the biggest and best strawberry crop in
her history; the bulk of shipments
went to Montana during the past week. .
New potatoes of local growth made
their appearance at The Dalles on the
oath inst. The frost of the 22d inst, did
some damage to fruit south of the Blue
mountains. The correspondent at Day.
vile, reports that "beans, melons, to.
matoes and potatoes froze, and even
leaves on two young cherry trees were
shriveled by the frost; There was thick
coating of ice." Crickets are reported
as being very plentiful in Malheur and
Harney counties, where they have
damaged vegetation. Sheep shearini
continues and heavy feeces are secured
The present outlook is exceedingl,
favorable to most prosperous crop year
/ PORTLAND, Or. May %, 1895.
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