The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

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public is invited 10 attend
A nugget weighing $500 was pickle
up in Jewett & Hay snes' mine, ia Os
car creek district, Josephine cQuut uty
one day last week. Several snailt-
pieses have been found there lately.
There are five carloads ci cattle an
one of hogs at the stock yards that vii
be shipped to Omaha tomorrow. Thre
loads of the cattle belong to j. L
Kelley and the rest to Mr.. Willard.
Poplar, Linden, Film and Sycan or,
ID to 1S feet, Irish Juniper and Juni
per Compact, also full line of frui
trees and small fruits. The Dalles
: Nurseries, Office with G. E. Bayard*
In the senate yesterday resolution
J was adopted authorizing the chair tt
appoint committee of three to examine
and correct the journal. The commit
tee appointed consists of Reed, Michel
and Gesner.
B. w. Cooper, of Albany, recently
sold his wheat, consisting of 1900, for
20 cents. or about $3.50. Some OF
this he might have sold for So cents,
while part of it passed torough an era
of 45 cents, if not less.
There has been an unusual amount
of sickness among the legislators at
Salem during the last 40 days, and it
has been suggested that they require a
treatment Of the 'gold cure" to right
their rundown systems
| Thomas Thompson, deputy stock in
speetor for Unmatilla county, reports
that he has again been compelled to
kill number of horses afflicted with
| mango. He says that there are a
good many of them scattered through
the county. ..-
Local real estate dealers report an
unusual number of inquiries from resi-
| dents of the east with reference to
lands for sale in Wasco county. They
believe there will be grand rush for
Oregon next summer, and anticipate
considerable move in real estate.
Eastern Oregon is once more itself.
The clouds that have hung over it since
last November. have disappeared, and
once more we are favored with the
clear sky, bright sunshine and clear,
crisp weather that we are accustomed
to enjoy.
There is -four famine in Fossil just
now. Few of the citizens haye as much
as sack of flour on hand, and many
are entirely out and are living on corn
meal and self-rising flour, of which
there are few sacks in store. The
cause of the famine is the state of the |
roads. over which neither flour nor
wheat can be hauled in.
The regularly elected representa-
tives to the Oregon legislature having |
failed to transact business that was de- |
manded by the people. it has been de-
termined to hold brief session in the |
Vogt next Tuesday evening IN order to
regulate affairs and set an example for
the 80 Solons who have been playing
legislature at Salem the past 40 days.
The gentleman who has charge of
County Clerk Kelsay's fruit farm three
miles below The Dalles, which is one
of the largest young orchards in the
county, was in the city today, and re-
ported the trees all in fine growing
condition, not having sustained any
injury from freezing weather during
the winter.
A move is on foot in Sherman county
to build a railroad from Biggs to
Wasco. Rights-of-way have been Sc
cured for nearly the entire length of
the proposed road, on the agreement,
that work on the road shall be COM
menced by April Is. 1t is not known
who the instigators of the move are,
but in all probability if it is built it
will be branch line OF the o. R. & N.
The Thomas Kay wooden mills at
Salem are now running to the full "a. ,
,pacity. Ninetunands are employed,
%Tfden and girls and IS men. There s
8 now on the way another set of cards S
md two mules, which, when set up, I
will increase the number to 100. The s
luality of cloth being turned out by {
he new machinery is highly satisfac-
ory.
"Uncle John" Mimic, secretary of
;he board of horticulture, considers 1
,he prospects for big fruit crop this y
year fiattering. The present spring
ike days might bring out the buds too
,arly, but for the frosty nights, that
leep back the sap. The shortage of
he fruit crop last year was deeply felt
throughout, the state, and the condi- '
ion of orchards will be watched with '
interest this year.
Douglas Allen, proprietor of The l
0alles-Moro stage line, in connection
With L. D. Holder, contemplates ex-
'ending the line on to Antelope. The
rip from The Dalles to Antelope
will be made in twenty-four hours,
carrying fast freight and passen-
gers. This will be a big con-
7enience to the people of Antelope
Ind vicinity, as it will give them direct
with the county seat.
On Tuesday H. A. Webber secured
! judgment against the D. P. & A. N.
Co., in Justice McDavit's court at
Portland, for $1S9. The case grew
,ut of the wrecking of the Dalles City
asst November. Webber was manager
or the Spanish Students who were on
board the boat when it met with the
Iccident, and alleged in his complaint
hat by reason of the troupe not reach
ng The Dalles on the date advertised,
1e was damaged in the sum sued for.
Thus the company is made to suffer for
IN unavoidable accident.
From fuaay's Daily