The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-10

to and will continue to come up until th
at 18th when it will register 43 feet here
Id according to the information in th
10 hands of Forecaster Pague.
Tom Maloney is reported to be in
g. precarious condition, the blood poi:
Il oning that set in, in his injured arr
Is having proved very obstinate an
q shows no improvement.
C In the past IL days over 100000 hea'
:. oil sheep have been shipped from Hep
q pner east. and fully so cars of sheel
e will go this week, and 300 cars o
b cattle will be shipped this month.
t There has been no move in WOO
the past few days, sellers apparently
9 not being willing to let go. The mar
ket, though, remains firm. severa
, | offers of IL cents having been made
r and refused the past few days.
A. Il. Campbell, who for some time
, past has held the position of ticket
and car clerk with the o. r & N. Co.
at this place, left yesterday for visit
of two months to China, His many
friends here wish him a pleasant
voyage.
C. B. Buckley, of Grass Valley made
another shipment of 5000 head OF
sheep from the stockyards here on
Saturday. The sheep 60 oyer the Rio
Grande Western and Colorado Midland
to their feeding point at Thomasville,
Colorado.-Moro Leader. !:
Last night Fern Lodge. D. of e.,
elected the following officers: Chief OF
honor, Mrs. Sterling; Lady OF honor,
Mrs. DeWolf; chief of ceremonies, Mrs.
Kreft; recorder, Mrs. Stephens;, Lady
usher. Mrs Halfpap; inside watch. Mrs.
Laurensen; outside watch, Miss Jacob
sen.
/ Sheepmen who have sheared are
driving their focks into the foothills
along the Cascades, and report the
range excellent. They say sheep are
fattening rig ht along, and unless this
should prove very dry summer, will
come out of the mountains in fine con-
dition next fall.
Splendid reports are reaching here
from the new mines on Trout creek,
and development work will be pushed |
ON several claims during the season.
Some parties are considering the prop |
osition of erecting quartz mill there
this fall if the mines continue to pros
pect favorably.
A Montana sheep buyer recently /
visited the Antelope and Muddy Creek
country in search of 5000 head of one
and two-year-old ewes. Notwithstand-
ing he offered $2.35 per head for some
he was unable to secure hoof. He
went on to Prineville and at last &C.
counts was having no better success.
The Atlantic coast is sweltering in
heat that reaches nearly 100 degrees.
and in consequence there are many
On this coast the mer
curry can register 100 degrees without
causing any material suffering. Hence
1t is that the Pacific coast climate is
preferable to that east of the Roc kies.
Ex-senator B. F. Harding was
stricken with paralysis at his home in
Lane county, and is not expected to
survive. Mr.. Harding is 81 years Of
age, and has resided in Oregon for SO
years. In 1882 he was elected United
States senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Col. E. D. Baker, and
served in the senate until 1885.
Yesterday young girl of this city
lnceremoniously left. her home and ]
went to Portland by boat. Her par.
snts learning of her. departure tele- !
,raphed to the police Of Portland to
AXE her In charge on the arrival of
he boat in that city, and this morning
Lauer went below for the
of bringing her home.
Two prisoners broke jail at Enter
prise Sunday morning, but were re. 1
in the afternoon. One of I
hem named johnson was shot while 9
capture, and was probably
atally injured. The other surrender
ID. The men had beed furnished with
! crow bar by some one outside, with !,
which they opened the jail door.
The annual city election is near at
,and, though 80 far candidates for the I
iifferent offices are unknown. The
.ity government having been satisfac.
ory OF late, there are few who appear
Wiling to accept the offices and devote !
heir time to the municipal business.
However between now and the 10th,
here will be enough good men found I
o take the various positions. IL
Some time since mention was made
n these columns of large quartz
nine discovered by DR.. Oglesby on
Crooked river, south of Prineville
which is said to be the biggest thing
ret found in this country. Evidently
HE prospect is attracting attention in
Portland, for DR.. Oglesby writes to
riends here that capitalists of that
,ity have offered to bond the mine for
s2OO, 900.
Parties who have travelled over the
lar ming sectian of Wasco county say
here never was better prospect for
heavy grain crops in this country
han at present. The grain though
somewhat short, covers the ground
we'll and is growing rapidly. There
being plenty of moisture in the ground
there is no danger of a drouth, con-
nothing can prevent there
being heavy yield.
A few days since two men who are
on the 0. T. & T. line be-
tween here and Prineville performed
q daring feat at Deschutes bridge. 1t
became Decessa-y for them to pass
under the bridge, and the only way to
do it was to pass down in small boat.
At that point the river Is q perfect
torrent, the current being about 40
miles an hour. They let the boat over