The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-17

day TO the DuSV mum OF Cne WOrkdudl
world Is she independent? No. A
thousand times no.
The working girl is at once a blessing
and curse. So let the young woman
who is fortunate enough to be so situat
ed that she may remain at home, do so
remembering that she is far more i'll
dependent within its sacred walls than
battling with the busy world.
In connection with the varied benefits
which the library affords, there is one
which should not be overlooked nor
despi>ed by those who need it most
that is, the opportunity which it places
before the young people of The Dalles
to be up in all the latest reading, as
well as to have access to the works of
the standard authors.
No city of its size can be found where
in are more bright and talented young
people Take, for instance, the home
productions given by our dramatic club,
y.
tertainment given, and note the genuine
talent DISPLAYED. And vet, be it said to
our shame, few places can be found
where there is less taste for good read
ing among the younger class. Listen to
conversation evening after evening as
social calls are made, and how often do
we hear the latest book discussed or
famous authors quoted? After great
deal of small talk has been INDUCED, the
latest party talked over, and the newest
engagement discussed pro and con, con-
versation begins to lag, and finally it is
concluded that there is nothing going
on, and we wish that some one would
get married, die, or something of that
sort so that it might furnish topic for
conversation.
Now that the library is a permanent
institution and is to furnish everything
in the line of reading that the most fas-
tidious could wish, it is to be hoped the
young people will improve the oppor-
tunity to make companions of the books
which it contains.
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One of the first trials that rise before
man after he has reached Dawson
City, Is the ever present multitude of
dogs that prowl about, stealing by day
and bowling by night. But as soon as
the winter sets in. these blessings in
disguise become as indispensable as food
itself. To the uninitiated it seems but
child's play. to harness dogs into sleds
for the transportation of freight, but one
good sized Malamute dog can haul
greater load than man can, with far
less effort. \ team of four dogs and two
sleds. with one man to manage all, will
haul from 800 to 1000 pounds, sometimes
}5 or even 40 miles day. Dogs have
oeen worth Il small fortune in Alaska
,or a year past, and fair price now for
,ne good dog is $500. During the past
winter the demand for well trained dogs
las been so great that the prices have
,een little short of fabulous One man
n Circle City refused $4,000 for well
rained Malamutes. The futile attempts
o import dogs from warm climates to
Alaska have been deplOrable. In spite
f warnings from experienced men,
hundreds of poor brutes are being ship
ed to Alaska to pack on the trails
'ot only do many die at sea from ex-
Osure, but once there their feet un-
to rough and frozen ground,
Don make them pitiful sufferers.
Ieaven help the horses and dogs in
nat country. The greed for gold has
tllen heavily upon them.
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A son OF Charles Carroll, of Carroll
IN, Ky, one of the signers of the De-
aration of Independence. is living in
indiana at the age of S3 years and is
agrant. Not long since, he was placed [
1 jail in Nincennes for vagrancy, and
,r being under the influence of liquor.
Ehen a young man he married a Ken
lcky girl of renowned beauty and wit,
no died shortly after her marriage.
lis brilliant mind and high ambition 7