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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
An Explanation.

Editor TINES s-MoUNTAINEER:
In answer to an article that appeared
in last evenings Chronicle, / beg to
state for the information of the public
that the delay in ordering the drill
was not caused by T. T. Nicholas and to
not knowing exactly what kind of drill
to get, or through waiting to ascertain
the cost of the same. The fact is T. T.
Nicholas & Co. have long since decided
as to what kind of drill they require,
and have been ready with their part
of the money to order it long ago, but
the Dalles Commercial Club did not
hand over the $500 to them before last
Wednesday, Feb. Sd, and on that date
the drill was ordered, and the people
of this city can rest assured that T. T.
Nicholas & Co will find the coal if there
is any IN this part of the country.
There is 70 doubt but the editor
of the Chronicle is an able,
intelligent writer, and am well satis-
fed that his influence has done a great
deal towards getting the drill. but
suggest now to let the drill question
drop; the people are getting tired of
it. It reminds me of the old tale about
the man making the long prayer be-
fore congregation that got so tired
and disgusted with it that several
asked him if he was ever going to quit?
to which he replied that "that's what
puzzled him, he did not know how to
wind the darn thing up" CITIZEN.
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Death of j. q. Douthit.

The reaper death has claimed for bis
victim J. o. Douthit, brother of the
editor of the TINES ES-MoUNTAINEER.
His death occurred OF his home at
Cross Key, Crook county, on Tuesday
evening, Feb. 2, and was the result of
injuries sustained from fall from a
horse on January 26.
10. Douthit was born in Hamilton
county, Indiana, 81 years ago. When
13 years of age he came with his par
ents to Oregon. settling in Linn coun-
ty. In 1866 he was married to Louisa
J.-Thompson, who with three children,
Mrs. L. D. Claypool, James Fl. and
Samuel G. Douthit, survive him; be-
sides, he leaves two sisters, Mrs. o. P.
Cresap, of Canyon City, Miss M. L..
Douthit, of Portland, and one brother,
]. A. Douthit, of The Dailes. He was q
member of West Point lodge, 1. o. o.
F., OF Coburg, and was communicant
of the Episcopal church. Deceased fol-
lowed the occupation of farming in
Linn and Lane counties until 1887,
when he moved to Crook county and
engaged in stock raising.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
HORSE RECKONING. s= ss
An Instance Showing the Animals Math
ematical Capability.

An Instance Showing the Animals Math-
ematicaI Capability.
A Russian doctor has been expert
menting to find how far some of our
domestic animals can count. The in
telligence of the horse, as this is shown
in mathematics, seems to surpass that
of the cat or the dog. The instances
given by him are interesting, but be-
they should be verified by the observa-
tions of naturalists whose skill and
care are unquestioned.
He found horse which was able to
count the mile posts along the way. It
had been trained by its master to stop
for feed whenever they had covered
twenty-five versts.
One day they tried the horse over a
road where three false mile posts had
been put in between the real ones,
and sure enough, the horse, deceived
by this trick, stopped for his oats at
the end of twenty-five versts instead of
going the usual twenty-five.
The same horse was accustomed to
being fed every day at the stroke of
noon. The doctor observed that when
ever the clock struck the horse would
stop and prick up his ears as if count
ing. If he heard twelve strokes he
would trot off contentedly to be fed,
but if there were fewer than twelve he
would resignedly go on working.
The experiment was made of striking
twelve strokes at the wrong time,
whereupon the horse started for his
oats, in spite of the fact that he had
been fed only an hour before.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
TO PROTECT TIE oRChARs.


This is the Time to Spray for San Jose
| Scale.
Experienced fruit growers have
learned that February and March are
the months when San Jose scale can
be most effectually destroyed by spray
ing trees, and the state board of horti-
culture recommends that orchardists
adopt every possible measure during
these months to kill the scale on their
trees. Especially is this recommended,
| since fruit for shipment next year will
be very closely inspected, and any that
is affected with scale will be rejected
in the markets. The board recon.
mends the following wash as certain
remedy for scale if applied according
to directions:
Lime (unslaked) so pounds, sulphur
SO pounds, stock salt so pounds. This
will make $50 gallons of wash.
Directions-Slack so pounds of lime,
then add so pounds of sulphur, boil it
over brisk fire for an hour, then place
all the salt with it in the boiler and
boil l5 minutes, then add the necessary
amount of water to make 100 gallons.
This solution should be used at temper
ature of at least 100 degrees. Before
using strain the liquid. The utility of
this wash depends a great deal upon
the strength of the sulphur. 1t is,
therefore, recommended that those
who use this wash. have Bsaumes
scale for acid. When it shows eight
degrees when cold, it Is of the proper
strength. These scales may be OBJ
tanned through any druggist, at cost
not to exceed so cents.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
Mr.. Huntlng.on,s Position.

In the dispatch from Salem published
in yesterdays issue Representative
Huntington is quoted as having said
he did not consider the Benson house
legally organized. but this seems to be
a misquotation. What Mr.. Hunting
ton said was:
81 did think a majority of the quail
fed representatives was sufficient to
organize the house, and therefore acted
with the Benson house and this joint
convention. But now you refuse to
announce the roll call, and employ all
the bad methods possible, which prove
to me that the Benson house and this
joint convention are organized solely
for the purpose of electing one man
and giving no one else show. 1 have
no chance to support my candidate
(Williams), and find that improper Of
fers have been made to induce men to
come in. therefore announce that l
withdraw now for good"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
Economizinp ON sa,t.

"Fishing!" said man who lives on
Blake street, "why, 1 went fishing in
New Jersey and caught the biggest
string of eels that you ever heard of
There is the tandem eel that you have
all heard of. When they go down or
up stream from their quarters for the
winter or summer they go in single
file, one behind the other, like the pri-
meval man. They leave exactly six
inches between their noses and the tail
of the eel in front. When an eel sees
that the fellow ahead is lengthening
this space he jumps ahead, and, seiz-
ing the tail of the offender in his
mouth, pulls him back into place.
dropped my hook right down in front
of string of these tandem cells and the
bait was accepted, and jerked out the
eel. The one behind, seeing that the
fellow ahead was running away,
obeyed his instructions and seized his
tail to pull him back, and SO also did
the one behind, and so on to the last
one, and pulled them out hand over
hand till 1 had a great mass of slippery
eels about me-"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06

salmon, and to encourage fish prop
agation in Oregon, is the most rational
measure that has yet been introduced
in the Oregon legislature to encourage
the fish industry in the state.
The bill covers wide field. In ad-
dition to enacting The license features
Of the Steiwer bill before the last leg
islature, which discussion has made
sufficiently familiar, the Stanley bill
closes absolutely against fishing oper-
ations in the Clackamas, Sandy and
Deschutes rivers, Eagle and Tanner
creeks, and the Willamette within a
radius of 1000 feet of the mouth of the
Clackamas. Hatcheries are protected
by forbidding fishing for mile be-
low their racks, and while che exact
wording of the section concerning
dams and fishways is not given, it is
presumed it is provided that fshways
the requirements of the state fish pro-
| tector.
The bill contains some stringent
rules for the regulation of stationary
fishing gear, which seem we'll calcu-
lated to render the contrivances strictly
amendable to control and without dam
age to navigation. Their Situation is
narrowly prescribed, and their num-
bering, lighting, branding, etc., are
sufficiently regulative, if not even bor-
dering on oppressive interference. |
These sections will satisfy all observers |
of the salmon industry except tho>e
who still seek the destruction OF all |
fixed gear.
A radical change is made in the ad.
ministration of the Office of fish pro-
tector. In the first place, the bill con-
templates. evidently, that separate
provision shall be made for game pro-
lection. The officer named in this bill
is to simply be ''fish commissioner"
to give his whole time and attention to
the duties of the office, at salary of
$1,000 year. Then be is to be ap-
pointed by the governor. instead of
being the creature of the present ne
farious political trading at the hands
of members of the legislature. The
governor must also appoint five deputy
one each for the five
fishing districts of the state. The in
ference is that each of these districts
is to receive the benefit in disburse-
nents for propagation of the funds
.aised from it by licenses, as we'll as
oy sales of contraband fish.
A very important feature of the bill,
,ew to Oregon, but approved in the !
experience of other states, is the pro-
7ision for the forfeit of "boat or boats, J
'essel or vessels, seine or seines, net :
'r nets, gill or gills, drift or drifts,
lrawnet or net, fyke or fykes, trap or J
raps. pot or pots. pound or pounds, J
veir or weirs, setline or lines, fish
wheels or other apparatus" engaged Z
n unlawful fishing.
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too Good
The b

There never was truer saying than
that "The best is not too good" when
speaking of the accommodations for a
long overland journey and therefore
it will be well for the traveller going
east to remember that he will be very
weary when he gets to st. Paul or
Minneapolis, and that he should make
a wise choice of routes from there to
Chicago or Milwaukee. The Wiscon-
sin Central trains run between these
points making close connections with
all trains at both terminals. Posted
travellers seek tnis route for many rea-
sons, one of which is, they can get "a
we'll cooked meal at a moderate price.
and eat it at leasure as they speed to
their destination. Address Geo. s..
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
REAPPORTIONMENT.
A Measure Before the Legislature to Re-
apportion the State.

a measure Before the Legislature to r
!, apportion the State.
Under the constitution, it is the dui
of the present legislature to reappo
tion the state in senatorial and legisl;
tive districts. based on the state Gel
sus of 1895; and to that end: Eepreser
tative Somers has framed reappol
tionment measure. The census figure
were obtained by Somers from th
secretary of state. The ratio of appoi
tionment for senatorial districts is on
senator for every 12,Os4 of population
and fraction thereof exceeding one
half; and for representatives one TO
every 6042 of population. For senators
the apportionment is as follows:
First district-Marion county, tw,
senators.
| Second-Linn one.
Third-Lane, one.
Fourth-Douglas, one.
Fifth-Coos, Curry and Josephine
one.
/
Seventh-Gilliam, Crook and Klam'
ath, one.
Eighth-Lincoln, Benton and Lane,
one.
Ninth-Polk, one.
Tenth-Yamhill, one.
Observation-Disclosures, two.
Twelfth-Washingto one.
Thirteenth-Linn and Marion, one.
th-Multnomah, eight.
ifteenth-Clatsop, one.
Washington, Colum bia
and Tillamook, one.
Seventeenth-Wa and Sherman,
one.
Eighteenth-Morrow, Grant and
Harney, one.
Nineteenth-Umatilla, one.
: Twentieth-Union and Wallowa,
one.
Twenty-first-Baker, Malheur, U nion
and Wallowa, one.
For the representative districts, the
apportionment is as follows:
First representative Decentralization
county, five representatives.
Second-Linn, three.
Third-Lane, three.
Fourth two.
Fifth-Coos, one.
Sixth-Douglas,C Coos and Curry, one.
Seventh-Josephine, one.
Eighth-Jackson, two.
Ninth-Benton, one.
Tenth-Polk, two.
Eleventh-Lincoln and Tillamook.
one.
Twelfth-Yamhill, two.
observation-disclosures four
nth-Multnomah, fifteen.
Washington, three.
SiXteenth-Clatsop. two.
Seventeenth-Colum one.
Eighteenth-Wasco, two.
neteenth-Gilliam, Sherman and
Crook, one.
Twentieth-Morrow and Grant, one.
Twenty-first-Umatilla. two.
Twenty-second-Un two.
ty-third-Baker and Malheur,
ne.
Twenty-fourth-Lake, Klamath and
iarney, one.
Twenty y-fifth-Wallowa, one.
Hold-over senators representing
pint districts shall be considered sem
tors for the new districts in which
hey reside.
The most important change in the
leasure is the increase of the repre-
of Multnomah county. 1t
ives Is Representatives as against nine
present.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
IHE FL
IHE f:u..s.. l,,>-efC EAGE.
He Always sarpie Deer and Fish OF
sh.,rt >.oticr.

TX r. 49, - - ss--' - if%NG~
He Always sarpie. Deer md Fish OF
S.i,,rt >,otice.
A gent a. an wi-o was at work at the
|. Howard a. C quarry in Willimantic
twenty-five years ago says deer was as
plenty tnen IN the woods ncrtn Of Sebec
lake as anyone could ask for. The
slate company has 4 large number OF
men empicyed. and boarded them in
camps, the same as lumber men board
their crews III ;!,c woods.
To keep the camps supplied with fish
and meat they Kept hunter employed
every day. Tic supply never ran short,
but some of his methods were peculiar.
He evidently kept fisn on call in the
winter season. On several occasions
company came IN from Bangor unex-
pectedly late in the evening. But they
only had to say trout to Stone, the hup-
Yer, and he would start out into the
woods to return in fifteen minutes with
handsome sJring of fish. apparently
lust taken from the water, says the
Lewiston Journal.
He would bring in deer in the winter
much the same way. His manner of
doing this the gentleman explains, Tor
he went with him once and learned the
secret. He took the deer sled out tc
bring in game, and the yTo. .zma,i went
along to help haul 1t. Iney d;1 not
go very far INTO the forest when they
came to a lot of evergreen Loughs
heaped upon the snow. Here Stone
stopped. Lifting the boughs he tipped
'he pile over, and the loolier-on, who
wondered what he was up to, was scared
nearly out of his senses when big
buck bounded up out of the hole and
fell fat on his side. His feet. were
tethered together so he could not stand.
Stone had caught him. and tethered
him and buried him alive under the
brush and snow against future emergen-
cies. This was his system of cold stor-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
Land Transfers.

Matte and Arthur Coffin to Emma
Thompson, lot 5, block 25, Bigelow sd-
dition to Dalles City, 81.
Charles Reley to w. Bolton & Co.,
lot ], block 2, Laugbliu's addition to
Antelope, 81.
G. F. Boswell and wife to Phebe
Helen White, 25 acres in sec q, n,
10e S725.
DCharles Riley to M. F. Kerchheimer,
lot 1, block /, Laughlins' addition to
Antelope, 500.
J. L. Story and wife to John p.
Breskirk and wife, lots ] and K, block
80, in Dalles Military Reserve addition
to Dalles City, S2E5.
]. C. Weslergard to F. W. Angus,
nw4 set, net sw4 sec 10, t 2 n, r 10 e,
81, 900.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
DROWNED IN THE COLUMBIA.
Two Indiaas Lose their LIVES and Another
Narrowly Escapes,

Two Indiaas Lose their LIVES and Another
Narrowly Escapes.
About 10 o'clock this forenoon two
Indians, John Williams and John
Waters, were drowned in the Columbia
while attempting to take up sturgeon
line in the river some two miles above
the city, and an Indian boy named
Dave, who was with them, had a mar
row escape from drowning. They had
a line stretched across the river and to
it were attached number of sturgeon
lines, reaching down into the water.
The three had gone out in small
boat to take in the fish that had been
caught, and were engaged in hauling
ina loose line when the one across the
river parted at both ends. This threw
all the weight of the lines upon the
boat, turning it over and throwing the
occupants into the stream. The boat
together with Williams and Waters
was carried down under the weight,
and IL is supposed the men were en-
tangled in the ropes and could not free
themselves. The boy Dave got clear
from the boat, and swan about until
he was rescued by c. A. Grimm and
Oscar Pieper, who were fishing some
300 yards below, and went to his assist
ance as soon as they were apprised of
the accident.
The river has been dragged and the
boat and lines have been brought to
the snrface, but neither of the bodies
has been recovered. A reward of $40
for the recovery of each of the bodies
has been offered by the friends of the
deceased.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
THE FIRST SHAKESPEARE FOLIO
There Never Was Volume Which Cause
So Much Argument

There Never Was Volume Which Caused
So Much Argument.
Surely little enthusiasm is allow
able here. Never was there a volume
which has caused so much controversy
and argument. says the Cornhill Maga-
zine. 1t has been measured up by
eighths of an inch, counted in lines,
reckoned by page, by letter-nay, even
by stops and omissions, and made the
subject of thick treatises which try to
prove it something different to what it
is and its author myth. 1t was pub
lshed at guinea; in 1857 a copy sold
at auction for ten pounds sterling, and
to-day a fine specimen would not fall
for less than fifteen hundred pounds
sterling! What q history for an un-
pretentious tome of old playsl
But even. more precious are those
squat quartos which represent the alb
solutely first editions of many of the
bard's productions.
1t is a little singular how few of
them have survived. Heaps upon heaps
may very likely have been made food
for bonfres in the stern days of the
Ironsides and the strict fanatics who
took away England's pleasures and
gave her her liberty, yet one would ex-
pect to meet with more copies. They
were issued at six pence, most likely
on somewhat the same footing as the
acting plays of Mr.. French in the
Strand, dear to the ambitious amateur.
Their money value must now in some
instances be reckoned in three figures.
while many are almost if not quite
unique.
Of the first quarto Hamlet, ," in many
respects the most interesting and 20
tractive of the immortal series, only
two examples are known, both OF
which are defective, though the two
together would make perfect COPY.
The duke of Devonshire has the title
page, but lacks the last leaf; in the
museum copy the exact reverse is the
Casa curious coincidence.
Plays of this period generally are
much esteemed and eagerly sought for
in first editions, and all collectors are
familiar with these thin Guartos, often
sumpSuously clad by Eedford or
Riviere, which represent such high
and ever-increasing money valae
Whether this be an indication OF
growing interest in matters theatrical,
or, as is more probable, a recognition
of their Importance as factors il our
and faithful pictures of their
times, it were perhaps difficult to sat
isfactorily decide.
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The Old Song.

"This is the way I long have
sought:
And mourned because 1 found it
not.".
Has been the peon of Joy and salts
faction of many a traveller, who after
weary days of unpleasant experience
with this, that or the other line, settles
himself for a comfortable ride from
Minneapolis or,St. Paul to Chicago or
Milwaukee in one of the elegant
coaches of the Wisconsin Central
Lines Then again the inspired lines
of the poet come to mind as he seats
himsef at the table in the dining car
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06

cars went off, tearing up a consider
able length of track. No one on the
train was injured by the accident,
though trains will be delayed until
some time tonight. The accident oc.
CURED before the west-bound over
land reached Bonneville, so it is held
this side of the wreck aud will not get
through to Portland until sone time
tonight,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Amendments to the Charter Considered
by the Members.

The regular monthly meeting of the
city council Was held last evening
Mayor Menefee presiding and the fol
lowing cOuncilmen we're present,
Nolan, Wood, Thompson, Kuck,
Champlain, Clough and Johns.
The minutes of last meeting were
| read and approved, when the following
proceedings were had:
Petition from the Luthern church
for the purchase of certain real estate
belonging to the city was read, and
the recorder was instructed to draft
ordinance in accordance with the Pc
tition, to cover the sale of said prop
erty. A motion prevailed ordering a
special meeting of the council 'on Fri
day evening to consider said ordinance.
A communication from Representa-
tive Huntington was presented, rec
onmending amendments to the new
charter, and on motion the recorder
was instructed to communicate to Mr..
Huntington these amendments: That
the recoi der be allowed five days in
which to report all ordinances to the
mayor. that a vote CT a majority of the
council be sufficient to remove from
Office the recorder or marshal, that the
present system of electing recorder
and marshal be not changed, and that
the amount of license tax for the sale
of liquors in original packages be. left
blank.
Consideration of the ordinance to
regulate the sale of liquors in bottles
known as the drug store ordinance),
was postponed to the next regular
meeting.
On motion T. 7. Nicholas was grant
ed the use of the rock crusher engine |
for the purpose of operating drill in
for coal, provided the en-
CINE should be returned to the city in |
IS good condition as at present.
The special committee on electric
lights reported they had no further
from the electric light
company to submit.
Monthly reports of officers were re-
;eiyed, and the following claims
Lpainst the city were ordered paid:
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that the Prineville
Building Association, of Prineville, Oregon
will receive sealed bids for the construction OF
public hall in the town of Prineville, Oregon,
up to Feb. 20, 1897, at o'clock p. m. Contrac-
tors may file their bids:
First for the construction Of the hall COM
plete the contractor to furnish all material;
Second. for the construction of the hall COM
plete, all material furnished on the ground;
Third, for furnishing the lumber on the
ground
Plans and specifications for the above hall
may be seen at the ONCE of the TIMES NOUN
rAINEER in The Dalles, Oregon. from Jan. 81,
1897 to Feb. 10, 1897 and at the oice Of the Sec
retary. in Prineville, Oregon, from Feb. u to
Feb. 60 1897 All bids must be sealed and di.
reeted to the Secretary OF the Prineville Build
ing Association at Prinevilie, Oregon, and
marked: Sealed Proposal for Building" The
Board of Directors reserve the right to reject
any or all bids,
ME-. BRINK,
n-dw-f20 Secretary.