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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Oregon City Locks Damaged.

A big break occurred in the wall of
the canal at Oregon City last Saturday,
which prevents the passage of boats
for several days. The Pacific Bridge
Company's men had excavated some
what under the canal in building the
extention of the new power-house, and
the rotted timbers proved unequal to
the strain of supporting the bottom
and wall. The steamer Eugene was
passing through the canal, and was al
most abreast of the break when the
wall gave way. Six men were work.
ing Just in front of and below the
breaking timbers. There was suffi-
cient warning for the men to get at
safe distance before the food rushed
through, and the steamer was also
gotten through the locks. The break
took away about go lineal feet of the
wall, and the bottom of the canal
about halfway across the channel.
The water carried away car tracks and
other temporary structures used in
building the rower-house extension,
pipes and fumes connecting the paper
mills and some timbers. The damage
is comparatively small. out few
hundred dollars, outside of the incon-
venience to navigation and the paper
mills.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
A Monkev.. pe.,h-eed SCENE.

Prof. Gamers chimpanzee, Elishaba.
recently fell a victim at Liverpool to the
severe weather. The scene ut the DEATH
bed was very distressing. Poor Aaron,
the male chimpanzee, had been
most assiduous in his attentions
to his consort during the whole
Of her illness. Prof. Garner was
present during the last moments.
and when he put his hand to her heart
to find if it had ceased to beat, Aaron
also put his hand there. looking up in
the professors eyes as if inquiring il
that was all they could do for her.
Aaron would not suffer Elishaba to be
taken from him. and clung to her body
with such tenacity that the professor
was compelled to lay it down on its bed
Of straw. The sadness depicted on
Aaron's countenance could not have
been more clearly portrayed on the
face of any human being. Poor Aaron
was not consoled until he had placed
his hand in that of the professor, and
by signs and sounds had told him of
his distress. Both of the animals had
become greatly attached to Prof. Gar
ner. and, apart from her value in sup
port of his theory, the loss Of Ehshahs
. keenly felt by him.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
A Pleasant Surprise.

Despite the inclement weather Friday
evening jolly crowd of young folks
gathered at the home of 81. D. Par
kins, and though unpleasant out of
doors, merriment reigned within.
Games and pleasant conversation were
the order Of the evening. Time passed.
rapidly until about midnight, when a
dainty but elegant luncheon was an
nounced which was indeed enjoyed by
all present Saturday morning had
dawned in all its beauty ere the guests
bid a pleasant but sad farewell, as one
OF their number, Miss Beck, leaves to-
day for Portland where she will spend
the remainder of the winter. Those
who enjoyed the pleasantries of the
evening were: Mrs. T. E. Horton, of
Colorado, Misses Nellie Sylvester,
Edythe Randall, Lolah Ewbank, Ethel
Deming, Hilda Beck, Elizabeth School
ing, Lulu Berrian and Hattie Lane,
Messrs. F. B. Saunders, P. E. Michel
jr., NJ. Murchie, F. Wood, c. o.
Bunker, Fl. D. Parkips, E. Hill, Tunis
and Irwin Parkins.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
An unxratefuI Thief

George Grady, young man who
rooms back of st. Arnold & Schoren 8
blacksmith shop is out about $50 worth
Of clothing from having furnished
lodging few nights ago to a supposed
friend. About week ago fellow by
the name of Deyer, with whom Croddy
had once been acquainted, arrived in
the city without funds. and Croddy
took him in, furnishing him lodging.
In return for his kindness, Dever took
his benefactor's clothing in last Sun
day night, while Mr.. Croddy was ab-
sent from his room and skipped out
for parts unknown. A new suit of
clothes, underwear, shirts, and in fact
everything In the room except the
bedding was taken, amounting in all
to about $50 in value,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
LABOR EXCHANGE.
An Institution Which is Proposed VIII
be Beneficial to Producers.

An Institution Which Is Proposed VIII
be Beneficial to Producers.
An effort is on foot to establish a
branch of what is known as the "labor
exchange" at this place, and number
of producers throughout the country
are taking considerable interest in
the matter.
The plan on which the exchange
proposes to operate is somewhat novel,
though it appears to have some COM
mendable features. The purpose of
the organization is to establish ware
house where the products of the farm
may be stored and at once placed upon
the market at the prices prevailing on
the day when stored. When the
product is dep osited certificates are
issued against it; for instance if
farmer stores 100 bushels of wheat, and
the ruling pl ice is go cents, he receives
certificates of deposit to the amount of
$50, not in money, but in merchandise
out of the warehouse, since it is in
tended that The exchange shall carry a
full line of staple articles, groceries
and dry goods. It is expected that
these certificates will circulate as
in the community, since they
will always be backed or secured by
the merchandise in the warehouse.
hence it is claimed that the circulating
medium of the community will be in
creased through the workings of the
exchange.
It is not intended to make the ware
house lace for speculative storage.
but whatever is placed in it will be !
,old Immediately or exchanged for
To pay the running ex-
,enses of the concern light commits
lion will be charged for handling the
,roduce and also merchandise will be
old at a slight advance over the whole
ale prices.
What ia claimed fer the exchange Is
hat It will furnish u ready market for
II manner of produce, since when the
emand here is supplied the exchange
7ill look elsewhere for market; that
! viii supply producers with staple
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
SETTLERS LOSE LIEU LANDS.
q. 8. Supreme Court Decides In Favor {
the Railroad

o. s. Supreme Court Decides In Favor of
the Railroad.
A decision of vital Importance to
settlers on lieu lands throughout the
entire west as affecting their rig hts to
these lands, has been rendered by the
United States supreme court, in which
the Northern Pacific gains signal
victory in a contention lasting over
period of twenty years.
1t is the first time that this tribunal
has had occasion to pass on the point
in question and the decision is direct
reversal of the land department. deci-
sions covering the above period. In
short, 1t means that settlers upon
thousands and thousands of acres of
lands within the Northern Pacific
grant. have in nine out of ten cases no
right to the possession thereof, but the
land reyerts to the ownership of the
railroad company.
The supreme court decision as defin-
ed by Dudley, Bum & Dudley, land
oUGOiu uCyo euO dCtACf
holds that occupation and cultivation
of these premises at the date in which
the company's rights attached when
unaccompanied by any filing of claim
in the proper land Office, then or
thereafter, will not attach to the land
a claim or right which would except it
from the railroad company's grant;
that to attach claim to land, sufficient
to except it from the grant requires
the proper proceedings before the
local land offices in addition to resi-
dence, settlement or cultivation of the
land.
This is reversal of the doctrine
that has ruled in land department
decisions for over thirty years and is
the most important question arising
in the construction of the congress
sional land grant. The departmental
doctrine here overturned has been the
basis OF nine out of every ten decisions
that have been rendered adversely to
the railroad company's contention.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Land Office Transactions.
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JILL Rubberg, sw4 sec p 4sr l6 e.
Isaac A Macrum set nw4 and lots 2,
and 4, SCI 10, u, r 10 Q.
Isaac N Crabtree, sw1 sec 30, t a g,
13e.
James W Barr, sw4 sw9 sec %, vt
nw4, set nw4 sec 35, .. r 19e.
Hannah c Porter, swi nw4, nw3 nw9
ne4 nw4 sec %, 2 n, r II e.
Arthur F Fuller nw1 sel sec II, J.,
r17e.
Robert G Brooks MT sw4, sw1 sw4
sec 81, n. r 13 g.
Ell Hostetler, nj set, swt set, set
sw4 sec 81, u, r 13 e.
CASH ENTRIES.
Alfred Dillenger, swt and 81 nwt and
lots 3 and sec 8, t Is, 1Se.
Victor S Mcdonald, lots l, 2, sec 15,
Is, r Is 9.
Downer, nw4 sc t ! NV t and
lot !, sec 81, tip 8 8, % e.
Henry Padberg ne sec 35, tp l 8, r
"a e.
A A Missildine Sc / sec II tip 2 8,
r 26 e.
Manuel Sawyer ne sec 90, tp 3 IS, r
"a e.
Aathur K Fuller sw and s Sc ned
sw sec IL, tp 2 n, lie.
Elizabeth Easton ne and lots 1
and 2, sec 8, tp 8. r IA 9.
John Morrow ne NV sec 81,
tip n. Ice.
James E. Redmond, ne / and lots
! and 2 sec q, tp s,r2l e.
William Curry, n J ne / sw ne ! WI
Sc t, Sc sec 81 tp IS, 1S-e.
Geo. Phillips, DIV net 8 ! ne / nj
Sc sec %. tp l g. p 9.
Fredric F Hanna net and NV t sec I,
tip 8, 22e.
James A Easton, sw sec !, tip 2 s, r
Ii a.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Thoroughly Looted

The depositors of the defunct Walla
Walla Savings bank have bad their
last hopes destroyed by the recent re-
port of Receiver McGhee. The esti-
mated value of the assets being only
S.. 1890 and the amount due deposit
ors nearly S250,000 it may be said that
any dividend to be expected would be
iDfnitesimal. Never was bank more
thoroughly looted than the Walla
Walla Savings bank by its chief man.
ager, Edmiston, wLo diverted the funds
of the institution to his own speculative
purposes, and defrauded his depositors
and stockholders alike.-Walla Walla
Union.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
T EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.

Absolutely Necessary In Order That the
Vision May Be Preserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are strengthened, not weakened,
by work, says the Philadelphia Times.
Just as the arms of blacksmith
grow the stronger for his trade, so the
eyes of watchmakers who work under,
healthy conditions are found to i'm
prove and not to deteriorate in vigor
and quickness. It is the abuse of the
eyes. not their use, which is to be
avoided.
If O man Is aware either that his
eyes need no artificial correction or
else have received their proper adjust
ment, and If his work, whether liter
ary or mechanical, is done in light
both steady and sufficient aud with a
due regard as to ordinary sanitary
rules, he may fell sure that he Is
strengthening his eyes, not weakening
them, by hard work. Men Of intel
lectual pursuits sometimes are afraid
Of losing their mental powers in old
age because they have drawn SO much
upon them when young. The reverse
is nearer the truth, and II they have
not overtaxed their brains the fear is
absolutely groundless.
The man whose intellect goes first
in old age is generally some farmer or
laborer who has never strengthened
and invigorated it by use; not the
politician, the lawyer or the man Of
letters. So with the eyes. Those who
have strengthened their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case of the man who has
neglected to give his eyes full develop
mens-they will fail in power along
with his other bodily fun ctions. When
however, the man who, born with
good eyes, has kept them in constant
hard work and vet never strained them
reaches old age, he may find them
capable of performing their functions
better than any other organ Of the
hodv
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
The Circulating Library.

1t is not everyone who can afford a
library of his own. In fact were one
to purchase every book he might de-
sire to read, he would soon find him
self incumbered with more books than
he would know what to do with, and be-
sides would be out vast amount of
money. In order that all who desire
to read STANDARD works, and still are
not prepared to supply themselves with
the same, circulating libraries are es !.
tablished and maintained in almost
every city. Some three months since
Misses Owen & Van Duyn established
a circulating library in The Dalles,
with about $50 volumes of choice works
by standard authors on English litera-
ture, history and fiction, and while
the library has not met with the en-
couragment that it should, there are
about 80 contributors who are deriving
much benefit from the use of the books
it contains. The membership fee is
S1.5O while the dues are only 25 cents
a month. Each member is allowed
the use of any book in the library two
weeks, or may return the book in a
shorter time, though none are per-
mitted to take more than one book
from the library ut time. Misses
Owen & Van Duyn are continually ad-
ding to the library the latest and most
popular works, and should certainly
meet with hearty encouragement in
their commendable efforts.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
RELICS OF THE DEAD.
A Curious Indian Find From Msmaloose
Island

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Island.
A small job-lot of Fiathead and other
curious Indian relics. found by Mr.
Hays, OF the o. r. & N. Co., at Mema-
loose island, some distance up the CO.
lumbia, says the Oregoniau, is on ex-
hibition in drugstore window at the
corner of First and Jefferson streets,
in this city. There are several thigh
bones and remarkable flathead skulls,
a dozen or so strings of wampum OF an
cient make, and a lot of old coins and
tokens, one bearing the date 1920.
But the most remarkable and puzzling
thing about the collection is q large
number of ancient brass buttons found
with the other things. Each bears q
number, several being mo. g." others
mo. l." mo. l2,' mo. a." etc. Be-
sides the number is the legend in
French: ''Je renais de mes cendres, :"
nearly surrounding conventional
representation, in relief, of the ''fahled
phoenix" Translated the expression
is, ~ shall arise (be born AGAIN. from
my ashes"
Where did these curious buttons
come from? How did they get into the
possession of the Indians? There are
several different sizes of them as we'll
as numbers, suggesting the probability
of their having belonged to different
garments-such as coat and waistcoat-
of some uniform, the numbers suggest
ing different companies or stations in
companies. There is something about
them that looks nautical; several other
buttons in the collection are distinctly
naval, bearing anchors in relief. Did
some French ship. long years ago, sail
up the Columbia, and did some of its
crew, going ashore, fall into the hands
of the savages and lose their buttons
as well as their lives in this far land?
It is usual for the Indians to place with
their dead. relics Of war and the chase,
gathered by the departed warriors in
their lifetime.
However. it is quite probable that
no such tragedy as suggested Is needed
to account for the buttons. Bright
brass buttons were often used by early
traders in their dealings with the In
dians. Still, it would be interesting
to know, even then, what the buttons
were originally intended for, and the
reason for the strange device.
The relics were found on the summit
of the highest rock on Memaloose isl.
and. The island stands out in the Co
lumbia about Is miles below The
Dalles, and from times prehistoric has
been cemetary for savages. Its name
is Chinook for ''death." It has been
raided by relic hunters many times,
until little is LEFT to repay visit for
that somewhat from the Indians point
of view) questionable purpose. 1t is
said that the Indians themselves, find.
ing that their dead were no longer
safe from the desecrating hands of the
relic hunters, have removed many
bones to a more remote and hidden
resting place. For time and, indeed,
it is said, until quite recently, it was
dangerous for white man to 90 to the
island to hunt relics, as the Indians
had armed guards posted determined
In hill
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Look Ont For swindlers.

The following swindle is being
worked in different counties in Oregon:
Swindler No. l calls upon a farmer
with a patent wagon tongue and is on
his way home, having made a good
thing out of it and has only one county
to sell. He tells the farmer he can
have it for 500 and If he wants it to
write to him. Iu few days swindler
No. comes along. He has' heard
that the farmer has the right of the
county for the patent wagon tongue,
and, as he has made big thing of it
in Pennsylvania, he wants to buy the
right of the county and offers the far
mer $3.50 and pays $40 to bind the
bargains. The farmer writes No. l
and sends to him his note for 800.
He never hears of either of the men
again, but his note comes up for
collection in a neighboring town and
he is out $50.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Mr rafre Gets a17..oo

The second trial of the case brough
by the United States against L II.
Taffe to condemn right of way across
his lands for the boat railway, was tln-
ished in Judge Bellinger's court last
Saturday, the jury returning a verdict
of $17, 500 damages in favor of Mr..
Taffe. He asked s75, 900 damages, and
at former trial the jury returned a
verdict for $l4,7 Mr.. Taffe has not
yet determined whether he will accept
the verdict, or whether he will appeal
to the supreme court.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
will begin on her regular trips to

will begin on her regular trips to
Portland Wednesday morning.
A washout on the Oregon Short Line
In Idaho detained the west-bound pas
sepger l5 hours today. No. l that
should have arrived here at 4 o'clock
this morning will not be in until I.
Last Saturday Governor Lord ap-
pointed successors to those mem oers of
the state board of agriculture whose
terms have expired. The appoint
ments were: Ex-Gov. Moody, OF this
city, to succeed ]. Fl. Gray, of Crook
county; q. S. Holt, of Lane, to sue
ceed himself; and Frank c Baker. of
Portland, to succeed VIM. Galloway.
Whether Mckinley carried Oregon
by 1000 plurality will not be decided
by a Dalles court. since Silas Osborne
has withdrawn his suit in Justice Fill
looms court, paying all costs, and each
party drawing down his money. This
was the case mentioned several days
since, rs one in which Osborn sought
to recover $40 he had bet that McKin-
ley would not carry the state by 1000.
L. S. Logan and T. M. Baldwin ar
rived here from Prineville Saturday
evening en- route to Portland. Mr..
Logan, as administer of the estate OF
Thos. Logan, deceased, and has begun
action in the U. S. Circuit court against
the N. Y. Life Insurance Co. on S10,-
600 policy held by the deceased, which
the company refuses to pay on account
of Irregularities. Mr.. Baldwin ac-
companied Mr.. Logan as a witness in
the case.
A jury at Roseburg has acquitted
James Dixon, who was on trial for kill
ing Charles Rice at ball game at Oak
Creek, in Douglas county, last June.
The evidence produced at the trial
showed little provocation for the kill
ing, the defendant having been in no
immediate danger at the time he did
tho shooting. He is a lad only 1S years
of age, and the son of a wealthy and
influential citizen, which probably ac-
counts for the strange verdict.
A gentleman who has had much to
do with steamships and who does not
favor boat railway at the dalles, but
insists that canal should be cut
around the rapids, suggests plan by
which this canal might be cheaply |
built, says the Oregonian. He favors
the passage of a law for employing |
convict labor to build the canal: Not
only would he have the convicts In the
penitentiary employed on this work,
but all persons sentenced to the county
or city jails. When hobo or thief Is .
sentenced to 80 or go days or more i'm
prisonment send him off at once to
work on the canal, and keep him at /
work till his term expires.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
From Mondays Daily.

J. W. Condor went to Portland this
afternoon.
J. E. Rand and NJ. P. Isenberg. Of
Hood River, are in the city.
Daniel O'Connor, a prominent sheep
raiser of Klickitat, Is in the city.
Sheriff DRYER returned Saturday
evening from visit to Roseburg.
Hon. E. L. Smith came up from Hood
River on the local today and returned
on the afternoon train.
81. w. Mcclure, state fish and game
commissioner, is in the city having
come up on the noon train.
VIM. de Ia Fontain, foreman Of the
Oregon City paper mills. is in the city
visiting W. E. Garretson and family.
What little snow that was left on the
streets of The Dalles was thawed by
the continuous downpour of raj last
night.
Bishop Morris, of Portland, spent
yesterday in the city, and delivered
two sermons in st. Paul's Episcopal
church.
Jake Boon and Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
Bell arrived here this morning from
Prineyille. Mr.. and Mrs. Bell are en-
route to Salem.
Dick Helms, the popular mixologist
at the Germania, leaves tomorrow for
San Francisco to spend a month visit
ing his friends in that city.
N. Whealdon returned yesterday
from Portland, where he had been sew
eral days witness in the case of the
government against Taffe
The past few days Of warm weather
has started grass growing, and the
hills surrounding The Dalles present
quite green appearance today.
J.L. cCollough, of Prineville, who
has been visiting his mother at Grants
Pass, arrived from below last night,
and will leave on tomorrow's stage for
Prineville.
Roads in the country are next to i'm.
nassible. says Tom Fargher. who came
In from Eight-Mile this morning. He
was on horseback. and it took him n
hours to cover eight miles.
The Regulator, with the Dalles City
in tow. arrived safely at Portland this
having left Cascade Locks
vesterdsy at noon. The Regulator
M arrive here tomorrow evening, and
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
Old People

Old people who require medicine tc
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit.
ters. This medicine does not stimu.
late and contains no whisky nor other
intoxicant, but acts as tonic and al
terative. 1t acts mildly on the stom-
ach and bowels, adding strength and
giving tone to the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric Bitters is an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price so cents and 81 per
bottle at Biakeley & Houghton's drug
store.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19

between 8 and I o'clock. 1t was rock
and landslide which caused the wreck.
the Instructions on the track being
not distinguishable in the dark. The
engine and tender and four freight
cars left the rails and the engine going
down the embankment, turned almost
bottom up, and embedded itself in the
earth. The strange part of the acci-
dent was that no one was injured. al
though Engineer Gibbon, Fireman
Garner and Brakemen Waffle were in
the engine cab,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
moves the bowels gently, relieves the
cough, cures the feverish condition and
the headache, making it the best and
quickest remedy for coughs, colds and
la grippe; cures in one day. mo Cure
no pay" Price 25 cents. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
For Sale.

Now is the time to buy land, since
we have an open river. $50 acres of
decided land Al miles from The Dalles,
plenty of wood and running water,
about so acres in cultivation, 2 barns
and other outbuildings, one mile frOm
school. A good chance for man who
wants to run a dairy. Will sell in
parts or the whole farm for 5000.
Al ply to this office or at my home.
Nov f.tf J. A. FLICK.