The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-08

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equivalent to from "A to As cents her
and that will probably be the rulir
5 price In The Dalles when the crop b
gins coming in.
B. c. Duniway died in Portland la
Tuesday, at the age of 81 years. E
was the husband of Abigail Scott Dur
way. Mr.. Duniway was an immigra1
of 1850, and was brother'in law
Harvey Scott, of the Oregonian.
On the 31st of July there were 10
patients confined in the insane asylu
at Salem. During the month thel
were 80 received. "a discharged, 9 die
and 4 escaped. There are more on
ployes at the asylum now than eve
before.
A contest case Is in progress at th
land Office today in which j. Il. Ree
is contesting the homestead entry {
Fred w. Wallace, covering tract {
land In Sherman county. W. II. Wi
son is counsel for contestant and E. +
Dufur for defendant.
This morning Tom Ward left th
city, headed for the forks Of Mil creek
accompanied by party OF twenty lad
members of Cedar Grove, who are Oh
| for a picnic. Toms friends feel som
uneasiners for his safety since he wa
the only man In the party.
A prominent real estate agent In
| forms the r. NJ. that there is an un
usual demand for cottages to rent. and
suggests that capitalists OF The Dale:
would meet with good returns on their
capital if they would put their idle
money into residence property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Campbell came
up on the Regulator last evening, and
Mrs. Campbell will remain in the city
few days. Mr.. Campbell, who is an
gineer on the Dalles City has ex'
changed places with Engineer Gran
lupd of the Regulator for Il few days
At Dufur last Monday Henry Mul-
kins was instructing some gentlemen
in the use of patent hayfork when
the third finger OF his left hand was
caught in some of the geer and was SO
badly injured as to necessitate its am
putation. DR.. Slayback removed the
injured finger.
The Roseburg Daily Plaindealer sus.
pended publication last Saturday, after
an existence of one year, one month
and fifteen days. There was not enough
money in the venture to justify It's
continuance. The publishers will,
however, continue to issue the twice
a-week Plaindealer.
Our concert band will soon be pre-
pared to render some novelties in the
way of up-to-date music, just having
received selection of % band traps
of the latest pattern, among which are
duck quacks, cackling hens, squealing
pigs, growing rcosters and lowing
cows. These traps will be introduced
for the first time at the Sunday after
noon concerts some time in September.
Messrs. Chas. Stoughton and Harry
Hudson are in from Dufur today.
They say the greater portion of the
grain in that section has been headed,
and threshing Till begin in few
days. They anticipate q fair yield
from fall and late sown wheat, but
the early spring wheat is almost a
total failure, the not weather having
come on just when it was In the dough,
the berry is badly
shriveled.
Excitement over the Rock creek
quartz remains at fever heat, prospect
ors from every quarter arriving at
stevenson every cay en- route to the
new Eldorado. Parties who are inter-
ested in the ledge are cutting a trail
rom Stevenson to the mine, and as
soon as it Is completed will pack out |
100 pounds of ore and send it TO Tacoma |
% be tested. Developments 80 far in
licate that the ledge is permanent.
md the Ore ia rich In free gold.
II is currently reported here that
Harvey w. Scott, he Of the Oregonian,
will tender Senator Mitchell grand
on his arrival in Portland.
What spectacle! they will be locked
n each others embrace after 20 years
If estrangement. Harvey will fall on
Johns neck and implore his forgive
less for the multitude OF lies he has
old In the pact. and will call him
blessed If he will only verify the prom
Sc to support Harvey's God, Sir Will
lam, of Ohio.
Mr., and Mrs. John Riggs have. re-
urned from an extended trip through
willamette valley and months visit
o their farm on Matolis, in Crook
county. Mr.. Riggs says the fruit crop
n Willamette is an utter failure.
lie travelled through portions OF Linn,
Marion, Yamhill, Polk and Clacka-
mas counties, and on the entire trip
lid not see an orchand in which there
vas any fruit OF any consequence.
The grain crop too is light in all Sec
ions he visited.
Yesterday was convention day in
many of the states. In Michigan and
Wisconsin the republicans indorsed
he St. Louis platform and ticket,
hough In the latter state there was
rigorous opposition from the silver
delegates. The democrats of Missouri
md Kansas We're in control Of the
liver men, though they were unable
= agree with the populists. Among
he populists of Texas, Nebraska, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania there was
strong sentiment for Bryan and
avOrable to fusion with the democrats.
After visiting some thirty wheat
arms in Sherman county. 8. 3. Adams
ives it as his opinion that there will
'e about half crop harvested in that
sction. The fall grain, he says, is
verage in quantity but tine quality is
omewhat inferior, very little of it
eing No. /. In some localities spring
heat Is fair, but generally it is light,
nd most of it will be No. 2, while
ONE of the spring grain will be worth.
ess except for feed. Heading is about
nished 10 Sherman county and thresh-
ng will begin next Monday all over
ne country.