The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-08-07

join them.
J. p. Benton and family returned
last evening from Moffett spring
where they have been camping th'
past two weeks.
Frank Fulton is down from Sherman
county today and reports harvest pro
crossing, good yields of wheat every
where, and general prosperity among
the farming classes.
Builders here were informed by ad
vices from Portland today that glas
had advanced 80 per cent within the
past few days. This is another OF the
"good' results of the new tariff.
Miss Hollister, of Chicago, who ha!
been visiting her brother, DIR. Hollis
ter and family, and Miss Winecoop. O
| Iowa. left on the boat this morning fol
their respective homes in the east.
Donald Macleay, of Portland left hi:
property to his four children, except
that in Canada, which goes to a sister
with an annuity of $500, and except
SO acres adjoining the Macleay park,
Which goes to the Sisters of Mercy for
a home for old people.
S. B. Adams, who was out among
the wheat fields few days ago, says
he never before saw such fine crops as
are being harvested in the vicinity OF
Kingsley and Wamic. The wheat is
all of good quality and is yielding from
80 to 40 bushels to the acre.
1t is reported that number OF
horses afflicted with mango are run
ming at large on the range between
Five and Ten-Mile creeks, and farm
ers in that section are keeping their
animals in enclosures to prevent their
coming in contact with the diseased
horses.
There was an immence invoice of
grasshoppers flocked in on the sur
rounding country from the East yes
terday. They were full grown. fat
fellows, and came by the million, but
they arrived too late to do any damage
to anything except vegetables and
fruit trees.
Messrs. P. c. Snyder and Charles
Arnholt, who have entered into con-
tract with the TIMEs-MoUNTA1NEER
for publishing an illustrated edition
about the 1st of January next, arrived
here from Portland last night and will
at once begin soliciting patronage fol-
the edition.
The state Agricultural College at
Corvallis last week received bank
draft for s23. 900, that being it's share
of the annual appropriation by con-
gress for the maintenance of agricul-
tural colleges. Next year the amount
of this annual draft will be S24 900. and
after that it will always be $4,000. \
W. W. Smith and family left this
morning for Portland. For a number
of years past Mr.. Smith has resided In
The Dalles, having held a position
with the o. r. & N. Co. as freight con-
ductor, and has now taken a position
on the passenger trains between Port
land and Walla Wslla.
George Johnston, of the firm of
Johnston Bros. of Dufur, is in the city
today. Mr.. Johnston says most of the
farmers about Dufur are busy heading,
though very little threshing has been
done yet. Most of the threshers will
be running by next Monday, then
wheat will begin rolling into the ware
houses here.
The country is filled with canyassers
who glide from house to house, selling
every Imaginable article of domestic
use. 1t is better to buy of your. home
merchant whom you know is not here
today and there tomorrow. II you will
figure up few experiences with these
mercantile Arabs, you will become
convinced that tits cheaper to buy of
the home merchant and by far more
satisfactory.
Messrs. ]. G. & 1. N. Day, who lately
finished the canal and locks, have had
q dozen or so of platform cars rebuilt
in readiness fer taking away some at
least of the accumulated plant. The
whole of their outfit, it is said, will
make 100 carloads. Engines by the
dozen, huge derricks, ropes and tack
les by the carload form part of the
just what they are
going to do with it all depends on
they secure certain contracts
on which they have bid.
Clarence Berry, the Fresno farmer,
who lately came down from Cloudyke
with 49,, 900 he had mined in the new
1igsings, in giving an account of his
hardships 90 the Examiner, closes with
the injunction: Nobody should at
,empt the trip who is not in robust
health, and Is accustomed to hard
labor. 1t is 40 country for
bank clerks and others unused to pri-
strong men can stand it,
Thursday afternoon in Albany,
several boys made balloon of news.
papers ir regulation style, and pro-
,eeded to initiate it Rags were soaked |
n gasoline and the heat sent up
through an old stove-pipe into the |
'aloon. A boy by the name of Johny |
french was holding the balloon down,
When the whole arrangement caught
ire from the gasoline, and there was
n explosion. Young French was
Knocked over, and his face was badly
,urned.
Superintendent Hubbard reports
hat work at the Upper Clackamas
latchery is further advanced than eyer
efore at this date. The taking of
almon eggs began there July II, and
y the 2Sth, 316,000 had been taken
lt-least 3,0OO,O 900 eggs are expected to
g handled there this season. Ali the
sh dealt with there passed the lower
lackamas hatchery before July /,
hen the weir at the latter place was /
nisned. No roe will be taken at the
'wer hatchery till September, show
yer. Some improvements are being
ade there, such as putting down new
oors and the construction of new
oughs, and the capacity of the hatch
g house will be increased to handle
600, 900 more eggs.