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About The Dalles weekly chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1891)
OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1891 LOCAL AJ! rEKSOSAL. Mr. A. H. Dufar of Dnfnr is in the city. , Mr. J. H.'Sherar of .Sheiar's Bridge was in the city Saturday. '"Mr. and Mm. Truman Boynton ol Price. Crook county, were in attendance , A:0-At fair Mr. T. J. Hannah of Scio, Linn ounty formerly of Rutledge, Sherman county J is in the city. Mr. James Fitzpatrick formerly of : gait Springs, now of Willowa connty was in town taking in the fair. Mr. Will Johnston and family came up .bom ., the Cascade Locks Friday when he has been at work.' Mrs. Isaac Joles has the honor of be ing the first lady who bought a ticket for . a ride on the steamer Dalles City. The Regulator had between thirty and forty ihrongh passengers Saturday room ing, while the Bakar had onewe pre sume a dead head. Clarence L. Barnett has returned fronTalhree" month's trip to Silverton. Mr. Barnett has rented a house here and m U. I k.OIUU ,M J. .w M-J ... wu. O ing winter, I'J j .. . ' Tont;JoIes. bought the first ticket sold for th steamer Dalles City. The navi gation 'company earned every cent of their" money when' they carried Tom from Portland to The Dalles. J6m Clara B. Story was called to PirtlanA lost nlcrht. m.t the recmest of one aI thalMilinirart firm of San Francisco. to see if arrangements could not be inadrrfor Miss Story to take a position with them in Sa Francisco, or to take charge inch bouse in Seattle. . Afa rpcent meeting of the board of di- ityr it was ordered that all bills for tuition of non-resident pupils must De . paid to the Clerk at least once a month In advance, and if not so paid the pupils will be refused admission to the school. The rew reservoir in" the' pines has been coated with asphaltnm and water will be turned into it in a couple of days. ' The McGinty reservoir will probably be ready for the asphaltum by the end of the week, and in a few days after it too, will be ieady to receive the water from the flnme. .' Henry Loretzen bought at auction Sat urday the property of a stranger from Boise City who bad no further use for them, a span - of horses, a light half wonfsfring wagon and a full set each of double and single harness, in good con dition, all for $69. One of the horses was easily worth 60. The farmers of Klickitat county have built a shuts at Rockland from the bluff near the-ferry 'landing to the river. They have also purchased the Moody acow'and anchored her at the foot of the shute. Here the wheat of the county, contiguous to The Dalles, will be shipped by the Regulator to the Portland market. There was a fair ' attendance Friday to witness the races. The principal in terest gathered around the half mile and repeat, running race. . The first was won uy nasungs wnn xxeraiu -nu, oui jiuure 3rd 'and Hamilton' 4th. Time 52Jtf. The second heat and the race was won by Hastings with Herald 2nd, Bill Moom-Srd and Hamilton 4th. Time 53. Governor Tennoyer tells a pretty good Joke on Jiimself. ; He and some other state officials were one day visiting the state insane asylum when the superin- tendent,addressing one of the patients and - pointing to - his excellency said, "John this is governor . Pennoyer." "Who?" said the patient, "Governor Pennoyer," was the answer. Then sol emnly shaking his head the patient mournfully replied "Poor Governor, Poor Governor." 1 :- - - V. G. Bogne, civil engineer of Port land, who. has been commissioned by the Portland chamber" of commerce to examine the two proposed ..lines' of rail way around The Dalles rapids, finished a second examination of the road on the Oregon side' Fridays afternoon and re turned to Portland on the evening paa penger. Mr. Bogne will report the re port the result of his examination to the ehamper of commerce in the near future. Up to September 24th sixty-four' cars o.f wheat were shipped from- Biggs sta tion by McDonald A Ginn since Aug 25. The javerago; price . paid was aeventy Ihree cents per bushel. .This being about one-third of all the grain handled In Sherman county. Average sacks per car are 295 and at that rate there have been shipped 57,840 sacks, or about 115, 080 bushels from that county, and put In "circulation (84,446.40, ninety-one ears in all bar been shipped irom Biggs. Frank Lasalle, formerly of Kingsley, who now lives near Mitchell, was robbed last night in the Brooks and Beer's feed yard; of 45 dollars in money. Mr. Las alle, stretched his blankets in one of the stalls, bear his horses and went to sleep about ten o'clock. His mosey was by him in the pocket of his pants. In the morning he found the money gone and the empty purse still in his pocket. This is not the first time the same game has been played on men sleeing in the open feed yards in the East End. ... One more proof that Oregon is the greatest country on earth comes from Grant county where, according to the Kev$, they have a warm spring that only needs a little salt and 'pepper added to the water with the addition of a "little butter .to float on top," to make an ex cellent' quality of chicken soup. The older settlers only needed a couple of feathers in the soup bowl, to make the deception ; complete, . but the modern tender-foot is more fastidious. He must bare salt and pepper in his'n. Everybody hereabouts knows Harry Gilpin and they remember how about two years ago he mysteriously lost every hair on his head and face, leaving him, save for . the presence of a little white downy ; tots', as ' bald as a goose egg. Whether it is the prospect of good times oomfng, the dry season or the McKinley bill, we know not, but we do know that the bair is coming back, and Harry has j quite a pice stubble of hirsute material ! of tbe same color that used to adorn bis alacate bd in tbe days when his raeel- j test wife sslectsd him for a husband - TBI DilLllS. Ben Wilson bought the twcond ticket anW fnr t.h steamer DalleB Citv. The taxable property of Baker county; thoroughiijjed hokseh. . amounts, this year to $2,200,000. i For the best stallion, four years t i.-it ,.,ni.:i,. ham iiiet land over, J. O. Mack 1st, the same lJ. JVClll BlUinuWtU"" j finished threshrnf; the crops on the Wapinitia Flat. The amount threshed is 13,500 bushels of grain of all kinds, ... mi r?0 .!r S neSBOI JOIUI MMIUM Vf xl..il.v,. . Logan nnd Father Bronsgeest went out . . to see him Sunday anil louna mm quite poorly. It is rumored that the Hon. Binger Herman intends to visit The Dalles in the near future to ascertain tbe wishes of the people with reference to the Cas cade locks and the dalles of the Col umbia, We regret to hear of the death of the eight-months' child of Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Pitman of Dufur which took place Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. The child has been ailing with a chronic affection of the bowels all summer. Mrs. E. Wingate desires through the Chkomclk to express her entirely vol untary thanks to the New Zealand Fire Insurance Co., and to the Columbia Fire and Marine Co., of which O. D. Taylor is agent, for the generous and prompt manner in which they have settled her claims arising out of the late fire. FROM OUIt tXCHAJHlEF. PrinevlUe Sews. . Agent Lucky came over from the Warm Springs reservation on Thursday. Mr. Lucky says that the crops des troyed by the crickets took a second growth, and the Indians are now cut ting the new crop for bay. . Some of the Kansas and Nebraska em igrants who passed through here to the Willamette valley last summer are drifting back to this conutry. They couldn't afford to pay $25 to $100 an acre for a piece of land down there ; so they came back here where it can be had for the taking. The Indians themselves are bridging the Warm Springs river at the agency. Every bridge that has been constructed over thiB stream so far has washed out. Some of the Warm Spring Indians are good mechanics, and they feel certain that the bridge they are now building will stand. -Pendleton Tribune. A new variety of wheat known as the new golden is attracting considerable at tention among wheat growers. It is a product coming originally from the De- Eartment of Agriculture, and produced ere for the first time in any quantity the present season. The yield surpasses that of little club under like conditions, while it is apparently less affected by drv weather than any other variety heretofore sown in this section. The Dalles Cheoxiclk says that, Port land's financial interest in the portage railwav and steamboat that now (rive to The Dalles an independent transporta tion route to this city, is but $2,400. W. S. Ladd subscribed $500 of the ainonnt, and nineteen others $100 e ch. Port land had a right to be more liberal than this. The Chronicle is justified in its complaint about the parsimony of our merchants, wno snouia nave laKen as many thousand dollars stock in the en terprise. Sunday Welcome. The Sub-Committee's Work. The Dalles, Sept. 24, 1891. ' Editor of On Chronicle: I have had an invitation by the sub relief committee to examine the work that they have been doing and in justice to them I have . to eay that they have done a great deal of work and have kept a strict account of everything that has been done, and as far as I can see have done the work as well as it could have been done by anyone. While some parties who have asked assistance may feel that they have not been fairly dealt by I believe the com mittee have been prompted by the pur est motives in what they have done. ' It would be almost impossible for anyone to have rendered entire satisfaction in dealing with so many people as the com mittee have had to do with. I further find that the reason for the work being done by the sub-committee' is that the committee, or a Urge portion of it at least, has never done much of anything and consequently the work de volved upon the sub-committee. I wish to say further that the strict ures that appeared in tbe Chbokiclk a few days ago against the sub-committee would not have been made by me if I had informed myself as I should have done before making them, bnt every thing has been in such a hurry and bus tle since the fire that it has been very hard for me to do justice Jo anything to which my attention has been called. I hope people who are not satisfied with what public clamor says about the way the funds are being dealt out will do as I have done; go and hear what the committee has to say and see what they have been doing. Their instructions were:' to supply immediate needs, and I think they have succeeded admirably as far as they have gone. If there are others who are in need please report them at once and they will be cared for. Robert Mays. Beal. Estate Transactions. 'The Dalles Land and Improvement Company to Amos Root, lot 19 in block 8 in Thompson's addition to Dalles City ; consideration, $250. ' Clarissa Dufur and husband to Eliza beth Dufur, lands and appurtenances of the Dufur rolling mill; consideration, $10,000. Mary M. Gordon to E. B. and A; J. Dufur, block 8 in second addition to town of Dufur; consideration, $250. . Charlott Hull to Lettie J. Perry, lands in Hood River; consideration, $3900. Carlton O. Force and wife to D. W. Edwards, the south 30 feet of block 10, in Laughlin's addition to Dalles City. ' AdTertised Letters. The following is the list of letters re maining in The Dalles postoffice uncalled for Friday, Sept. 25, 1891. Persons call ing for these letters will please give the date on which thev were advertised : Andrew Miss Amay Baldwin Cbos E Buttomer M F Bnrlev M ClarksonCW Comnille Pto Ard Colger Mrs Martha Cochrane Mrs J Cook S 8 Crookham A J Dick BC Etten Geo H . Monahan Tom " Pacquet dc Smith . Prall Miss Cora Roberts E B Kaslm Miss Anna Stanley Miss J Leats Grant Waters CL Wilson A II - Young Thomas DozierEB Elliot James F . Griep Charles Hedges A H , Love Mrs J R M.T. Nolan. P.M. Free,utt,LI.E Neman v li Mason Geo B j awarded to successful competitors at the district fair : . j :...-.-, - j lst- j ctakuakd TKorrrv-.i horses. ' llif Imcr- at nil inn fniir vnr5 nlil land over. J. II. Larsen, 1st. For the . - T TT I I nest inree year oiu sianion, .i. 11. iu- i i houses of am. wokk. For the best stallion, four years old and over, M. Sigman lst. Grant Bolton 2d. For the best stallion two years old and over, J. H. Larson, lst. For the best stallion one year old and over, P. M. Wagner lst, C. Abbott 2d. For the best mare one year old and over, P. T. Sharp let. For the best brood mare four years old and over and colt, C. Abbott, 1st. nRAFT IIOBSES PEKCHEKOX. ! For the best stallion four years old and over. Robert Kelly 1st. E.NGLISn SIUKE. lor the best stallion four yearn o Id and over, R. Sigman lst. CLYDESDALE. For the best stallion four years Old and over, Callaghan & Morriseey 1st. ' DRAFT STALLION SWEEPSTAKE. For the best stallion on the ground i four yoars old and over, Callaghan Morrissey lst. R. Sigman 2d. old URADED DRAFT. For-tho best stallion, four years and over, E. L. Boynton 1st. For the best stallion three years old and over, E. L. Boynton 1st. For the best stallion one year old and over, P. Wagner lst. For the best mare four years old and over, Patrick Ward lst ; R. Sigman 2d. ROADSTERS. For the best stallion four years old and over, J. O. Mack lst. For the beet gelding four years old and over, M. A. Moody 1st. J. O. Mack 2d. For the best mare four years old and over, J. H. Lar sen 1st, M. Sigman 2d. FARM TEAMS. - For the best pair of farm horses, A. M. Allen lst, R. Sigman 2d. SWEEPSTAKES FOR SICKING COLTS. For the best colt, without regard to blood, R. Sigman 1st, Patrick Ward 2d. CATTLE SHORTHORN. For the best bull three' years old and over, C. Abbott Ist. For the best bull two years old and over, C. Abbott 1st. For the best bull one year old and over, J. D. Whitten 1st C. Abbott "2d. .For the best cow or heifer three years old and over, C. Abbott 1st, "same 2d. For the best cow or heifer two" years old and over, C. Abbott lst. For '.the best bull calf under one year, C. Abbott 1st, same 2d. For the best heifer calf under one year, C. Abbott lst, eame 2d. HEHEFORDS. For the best cow or heifer three years old and over, J. Thomas lst. For the best cow or heifer two years old and over, Joe Trippier lst. ' For the best hei fer one year old and under two, Joe Trippier 1st. -n DEVONB. For the best bull two years old and under three, W. Alexander. Eor the best bull one year old and under two, W. Alexander lst, Joe Trippier 2d. For the best cow or heifer three years old and over, Joe Trippier lst, W. Alexan der 2d. For the beet bull three years old aud over, Joe Trippier 1st. For the best cow or heifer two years old and un der three, Joe Trippier lst, W. Alexan der 2d. For the best heifer one year old and under two, Joe Trippier lst, W. Alexander 2d. For the best bull calf un der one year, W. Alexander lst, Joe Trippier 2d. ' POLLED ANGUS. For the best cow or heifer three years old or over P. T. Sharp 1st. same 2d. For the best cow or heifer two years old and under three, P..T. Sharp lst, same 2nd. - - GALLOWAYS. " For the best bull three years old and over, P. T. Sharp lst. For the best bull two years old and under three, P.'T, Sharp. For the best bnll one year old and under two, P. T. Sharp,' 1st, same 2d. For the best cow or heifer three years old or over, P. T. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the best cow or heifer two years old and under three, P. T. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the best heifer one year old and under two, P, T. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the best bull calf under one year, P. T. Sharp 1st, same 2d. For the best heifer calf, under one year, P. T. Sharp let, same 2d. ' GRADES. For the best cow two years old or over, John Thomas lst, E. F. Sharp, 2d. For the best two animals, the produce of the same animal, either sex and under two years, E. F. Sharp lst. . For the best calf under nine months, . John Thomas 1st, C. Abbott 2d. For tbe best cow three years old and over-grade Jersey, W. H. Taylor lst, John Thomas 2d. HOLSTEI.NK. For the best cow or heifer three years old and over, W. H. Taylor 1st,' John Thomas 2d. CHAMPION- CLASS. For the best bull on the grounds, any age or breed, C. Abbott 1st, P. T. Sharp 2d. For the best milch cow, C. Abbott lst, C. L. Phillips 2d. For the best herd of one bull and three cows, all of same breed, Joe Trippier lst, same 2d. For the best herd of one bull and three of his produce, C. Abbott 1st. 8W1SE UEKKSHIXK. " For the best boar two years old and over, E. F. Sharp lst. For the best boar one year old, E. F. Sharp 1st, same 2d. For the best breeding sow two years old and over, E. F. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the best sow one year old, E. F. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the best sow less. than one year old, E. F. Sharp 1st, same 2d. For the best litter of pigs, E. F. Sharp. GRADED. . tor the best breeamg sow two years old and over, W. It. Taylor ls, " John Thomas 2d. For the best sow ..one year old, E. F. Sharp lst, same 2d. For the j best litter of pigs, John Thomas '1st, D. Mcllvanpy 2d. . '' FARM PRODUCTS. - For the best sample of oats, W. J. Davidson 1st. For the best ten acres of wheat, W. J. Davidson 1st. For the : best and largest variety of garden eeds, ! O. F. Angell 1st. For the best and larg ; est variety of grass seed, W. J. David lion 1st.: For the best cample of Aus- J Hill 1st. For the best peck of pop corn,' L. L. Met artney lst. For the best dis- I play of meadow grass, W. J. Davidson old 1 1st. For the best diaplay of hops, W. ! -2d. ! H. Wilson 1st. For the best sample of The Pacific Coast ebb'B beardless barley, R. Palmer lst. j For the best sample of Chevalier barley, ' K. Palmer 1st. For the best display of . grain, W. J. Davidson l6t, same 2d. , I r the best sample of timothy seed, J C. Winsrfield 1st BEES. ! For the best exhibit of bees and mode : j f handling them, O. F. Angell lst. j obecox mancvacti-kes. For the best bee hive. O. F. Anwll . ist. For the best fifty pounds of flour, i A. H. Curtis 1st. For the largest and! best display of manufactured flour, A.H. j Curtis lst. lor the best 50 pound corn meal, A. II. Curtis 1st of DOMESTIC I'KOCESS 1JREAD, FHCIT, ETC. For the best collection of domestic canned fruits, Mrs. A. R. Thompson lst, Mrs. J. S. Lee 2d. For the best assort ment of jellies, Mrs. E. P. Roberts lst, Mrs. A. R. Thompson 2d. For the liest assortment of preserves, Mrs. J. D. lee 1st. For the best and largest exhibit of sealed fruits, M. Hill lst. For the best exhibit of dried fruits, W. II. Wilson lst. For the best display bread, Wing Moody lst. Of domestic SKKKIXC THE AUTHOR. Kunerlntentl ent Firlcv Ileuien Certain Charses. j The Thursday Oregonian contained a letter from the Cascade Locks signed by j "One Who Knows, purporting to give inside facts as to why the lower incline of the Cascades portage has not been completed. ' Governor Pennoyer was asked about the statement, but would say nothing beyond that "there was no truth in it." The governor, Secretary McBride and Treasurer Metcshan went to the Cascades yesterday to investigate the work. G. J. Farley, superintendent of con struction of the portage, felt consider ably put out on account of the article, inasmuch as the allegations made affect him directy. He has obtained informa tion which gives him a clue to the au thor of the article, and is on the war path. In an interview at the Perkins last night he denied the charges in toto. "We are finishing the work as fast as possible," said the superintendent, after reading the article over. "We are work ing day and night, and hare funds enough to complete the work within the time specified. The iuclino at this end is on a foundation of cement gravel, in which it is exceedingly difficult to drive piling, and progess is necessarily slow. "The author of the article in question says it is well known that the superin tendence of the work has coat nearly $1 a day tor eacn man employed. That is absolutely and unqualifiedly false. He says again that none but disrated rail road men cou'd procure employment in such superintendence, some of whom nave been ciiscnargea irom tormer em ploy for incompetency and some for worse. That also is false. The master mechanic is C. C. Hobart, formerly mas ter mechanic of the Union Pacific shopi at The Dalles, and I defv any one to produce a better mechanic on the Pa cific coast. He is an honorable, upright man; The bridge .and tarpenter fore man is T. H. Walsh, formerly bridge superintendent of the Union Pacific. Neither was ever discharged from the employ of the Union Pacific for incom petency. Mr. Hobart may have been asked to resign on account of a change of management, but Mr. Walsh resigned of his own accord. I do not know that a single one of my foremen was ever dis charged from any employment for in competency. As evidence of good faith, I invite any one to inspect the portage, and if a better piece of work can be found I will confess conviction. "Again, the correspondentalleges that time aud money wnicn should have been spent upon the main line and the lower incline have peen spent upon land to which the state has no title and in build ing a dwelling for the superintendent. The main line cannot be completed as rapidly as other portions on account of the difficult pile-driving. As far as im- Erovements on land to which the state as no title are concerned, that much is true. However, the state has instituted suit for the condemnation of this land, being unable to agree with the owners regarding prices. The land was needed for terminal buildings, and I have put tnern up. ah this i nave done by di rection ot the attorney-general. It is totally false that a dwelling has been built for the superintendent. As far as I am concerned, my residence is in The Dal led and I intend it to stay there That was the understanding I had with the commission when I was employed. The building where the office is located was purchased of Borthwick & Frame It contains two large rooms and the rear portion was partitioned so that a family could live there. Ko one occupies the place. I positively refused to live there, "It is also clarged that large commis sions have been received by the purch asing officer. I have done all the- pur chasing, except a few items, made by the secretary, Mr. Lovell, and I defy anyone to show where I received one cent for commission. We have no mon ey to waste, and must be economical in order to build the road for $60,000. The assertion that one officer and his rela tions are drawing $16 per day, none of whom are qualified, the majority being ooys ori9 or it years, is loo absurd to answer. So far as I am concerned I have not one relative on the works. 5o boys have been employed except a water boy, who was paid $1 per day, and a boy on the pipe line who received $1 75 per day. It is not true that 25 per cent of the money expended has been wasted in mistakes." Trifling mistakes have been made, it is true, Tsut they amount to nothing. In reference to the lower in cline, the people must bear in mind that we began work when the water was high, and that trestles cannot be built econ omically in high water. , "High salaries are not ' paid on : the portage. Mr. Walsh, the bridge fore man, received $250 per month from the Union Pacific, and is getting $150 now. Master Mechanic Hobart is getting $125 now, and the Union Pacific paid him $125. My salary is $150, and does not begin to pay expenses. I accepted tbe position more to please people than for any other purpose, and could have made more by staying at The Dalles and at tending to my business. "The portage will be finished October 1, and within the appropriation made by the legislature. It is being used now though it is not completed. A cowardly tough named Joe Hooker stabbed John Cunningham in the buck and other places on the l?th inst. at Waterman Flat, in Grant connty. The stabbing occurred in consequence of Cunningham having, a short time before defended a boy from the cowardly as sault of Hooker. The wounded man is in a serious condition. Hooker has been arrested and is confined in the Grant county jail awaiting the result of Cun ningham's injuries. WHAT FRUITS WILL PROSPER AT HIGH ALTITUDES. Amugr Mar " Util ized Almo-tt Vp to Hnovr Line Eastern Varieties Which "Would Be Arallnble j in the Sierra. I spent the lost five days of July and the first five of August directly under the eastern brow of the Sierra in foil view of perpetual snow in Northeastern California. These valleys have an eleva tion of 4,000 to 4.500 feet above sea level and the Sierras tower above them from 8.000 to 4,000 feet. The study of fruits at this elevation was a new and very in teresting experience. I had not the slightest idea what I should find. From what I had heard I expeoted to find only a few stunted ap- j pie trees of the hardiest varieties. I i was therefore surprised to find all the deciduous fruits except the fig flourish ing grandly. Everything from the ap ricot to the apple. At Susanville at an elevation of 4,300 feet large orchards were found loaded with the finest of fruits on trees from three to twenty-five years in orchard. Peach and apricot trees of over twenty years in orchard are still healthy and vigorous and carrying an immense load of fine fruit. Snow often falls there to a depth of four to six feet. The secret of it all is that we are H11 on th Pacific Const and where it : never gets severely cold. That is, cold as compared to the northern prairie states. The thermometer at Susanville has rarely dropped-as low as twelve de grees below zero and this does not seem to injure fruit trees nearly so badly as the same temperature East. There the cold is usually accompanied by a pierc ing wind. On the mountains of this Coast the winter storms have not those cutting winds except on the higher table lands and peaks. In the valleys shelter ed by the bold brow of the Sierra Ne vada on the west and north the winters average ten to twelve degrees warmer and the snowfall is very much less. The soils are of the cretaceous period metamophosed or burnt, covered in places bjthick beds of lava and pierced to some extent by upheavals of basalt. These rocks give rich, dark brown soil, but is not adapted to the peach, apricot and cherry. Where it is deep but not too rich and heavy it is fine for the ap ple. It is all excellent for the pear, plum and prune. This is the predomi nating soil in the mountains of this Coast everywhere except where the higher peaks are granite and the slopes and levels just below are slate. These give a warmer, coarser soil, fine for the peach and apricot, like those near Aub urn, Placer county, Cal., or North Yak ima, Wash.) and other localities. This mountain region has long been noted for its choice apples and especially for its superb long keeping winter ap ples. This region would long ago have been producing a vast amount of such apples bnt for the lack of transportation facilities. I entered the region thinking that the apricot could not be grown there at all on account of the cold winters and then to find this tender capricious fruit thriv ing admirably was a surprise indeed. The fruit ripens three to four weeks later than similar varieties in the coast counties. These facts indicate what may be realized from mountain orchards on good soils in sheltered places. When we get above 5,000 feet we will probably have to drop all but the apple, pear, the hardier plums, the small fruits and the grape varieties of the Eastern states. These can be curried up to perhaps 7,000 feet. At 4,300 feet altitude the small fruits are all choice, healthy and abun dant. I wish to especially call attention to the mountain apple. It is the finest apple of the world. None can compete with it for firmness, juiciness, crispness, high flavor and long keeping qualities. The east side of the Sierra is exceed ingly dry in summer and the air is thin and blue. Fruits can nowhere over there be rightly grown without irriga tion. Some have thought they could be by planting on soil naturally constantly moist, but this is a mistake. It is true a few very poor fruits have been grown on such cold constantly wet soils. All mountain orchards on this Coast should have water for irrigation. The winter apple can only approach perfection when the tree has a full meas ure of moisture in July, August and Sep tember. That is when it needs moisture most. Give these mountain winter apples moisture and they will be ' the best and most profitable apple orchards in the world. These facts apply to tie pear and other hardy fruits. Fairly good winter apples can be grown in the moist coast counties of California and in West ern Oregon and Washington. The trouble is, however, that the summers and early autumns are rainless, and just when the winter apple needs and must have moisture none is to be had. Then again the autumns are too long and dry and the heat too great for the fruit to keep. ' In the mountains from Central Cali fornia to the Mexican line the summer season is very much shorter and if the orchards are given water the best win ter apple of New England and, Canada can be produced. The summer apple, maturing in June and July, has not the great draft on its vitality in ripening its fruit in August and September when there is a lack of moisture. Therfore they gefalong without irrigation, They should have - moisture from above to fully mature and to store up plant food for the next season. The same facts ap ply to all fruit trees though not so point edly to all the early fruits. ' As fine apples and other fruits are grown by means of irrigation in the arid regions of .Nevada as were ever grown anywhere. We have much yet to learn in the handling of water in agricultural and horticultural lines. In fact it looks as if the (treat centres of crop production will be in the now arid regions of this continent. D. B. Wier. Bears appear to be more plentiful than common in the Cascade mountains this year; No less than sixteen of these huge animals nave been killed in the moun tains, back of Squaw creek, during the past six weeks. Some interest is being taken in the matter of irrigation when we consider that thirteen states and territories were represented at the convention held at Salt Lake recently. Four hundred and fifty delegates were in attendance. It would seem that the people across the water are "on to" the annexation scheme, or else thay have a limited knowledge of the geography of this coun try. In a recent issue the London Timet says that Chicago is destined to become one of the greatest grain-growing states in the Union. Dr. Lorimer, of Boston, tells a reporter of this utterance by Snurgeon : "1 do not like a small church," ho said. "It is like being in a rowboat. If you go to move about you are likely to upset and swamp tbe whole machine. A big church, on the other hand, was like an ocean steamer, on which one could walk about without fear of overturning or interference from deacons or any one eliv. " The Eugene ice works expects to man ufacture their first ice in about three dars. The people of Union arc over the prospect of having factory in t he near future. P. Collins was thrown from jubilating a woolen a wagon, I near Pocahontas, Baker county, on Sun i day evening and fatally injured in the I head. ti.tiinn I- good at preeent. The banks of that river are lined with fishermen'every day trying 10 caicn tne specKiea beauties. A telephone line will shortly be estab lishen between Rufus and Biggs, Sher man county, and make connection with ' the present line between Wasco and I ffip-Get our Grants. j The citizens of Milton are becoming ' tired ot being called inosebacks, and have petitioned the council to call an other election to vote for water-works and electric lights. Yamhill county has a population of i 10,000 and has seven newspapers to fur- nish local news to them. The latest candidate for public favor is the North ; Yamhill Leader. A singular accident befell Frank Kry- j on at Astoria. In falling he struck a j eharp-edged piece of sheet iron, com- j pletely severing his upper lip, which had : to be sewed on again. j M. R. Brown, of Cornucopia, hasj made a new strike which gives promise j of great richness. From an assay of the I ore he got the following returns : Lead, $33 60; gold, $2; silver, $4 86. j There are thousands of tons of straw I going to waste in Benton county just i now that might be baled and sold at a ! fair profit. It findB ready sale at from I $3 to $5 per ton at the paper mills. j The Vancouver Independent hears that j in addition to tbe Ocean Wave, Jacob Kamm will soon place the Lurline on the Astoria route, and will run the Un dine clear through to the Cascades only. The celebrated Foley Springs, lying east of Eugene, near the headwaters of the McKenzie river, have been sold to an Eastern syndicate, which it is said will make a number of improvements. Long Creek will soon bo the manufact uring point for roller-process flour. This enterprise, operated to its fullest capac ity, will make money for the people, as well as encourage the product ion of more grain. There are a few unruly and unprincip led Indians and half-breeds who leave the reservation and visit Corvallis with out permission. They make an effort to obtain whisky and are fast becoming a nuisance. Hillsboro will soon have direct tele phone communication with Portland, and no longer be dependent upon the railroad wire. The western Union is now puttiug in an office, and will per manently locate an operator there. The relief committee at The Dalles still finds plenty to do and the wants of no inconsiderable number of people are being supplied. About forty families have been furnished aid. Contributions are still arriving from outside sources. ' The Elk Head quicksilver mines at Lewis are on a stand still owing to the arch of one of the furnaces falling in. It will require about three weeks time yet to make good the break. Mr. Willis is no longer superintendent of the mines. AVashington county claims the banner in this state for prosperity. While ev ery other county in the state has in creased its indebtedness, with the excep tion of Multnomah and Marion, Wash ington connty has entirely wiped hers out. A number of the students of the Wil lamette University lost all they had at the college in personal effects. Chairs, bedsteads, small stoves and bedclothes are needed, and the people of Salem are bestirring themselves to supply the wants of the losers.. Reports from Eastern Oregon are that the roads are literally lined with im migrants,' from as far East as Dakota and Kansas, coming to Western Oregon. . It is said that more covered wagons may be seen now than during the clays before the advent of the railroad. A big enterprise is neariug completion near Central Point, Jackson county, whereby the Rogue river will be turned into a new channel for a distance of sev eral miles and the bed mined. The ground has been thoroughly prospected and shows up in good shape. On his recent postal trip through Clat sop county, Postmaster Hare found some singular conditions. Two places nine miles apart Hopkins and Jewell take four days for mail ' communication The mail has to go from Jewell to As toria, from Astoria to Mist, from Mist to Hopkins. The new town of Whiteson, Yamhill county, two months old, has a fruit and vegetable cannery, a good livery stable, a first-class blacksmith shop, a new com modious hotel, two store buildings, bar ber shop and confectionary, one dealer in cigars and tobacco, and last but not least, a first-class newspaper and job printing omce. . R. H. Scott, of Scott's Mills, has al ready ordered an engine, and will at once bnild an experimental line of wood en railroad. His object is to build a line from Scott's Mill to Mt. Angel, and the five miles of roadbed now building is on the same line. This road is built very cheaply and is said to be jnst the thing for timber countries. James A. Yates, one of Polk county's pioneers, who lived on the little Lucka mute near Bridgeport, Polk county, died on Thursday, Sept. 17, from the effects of a bone cancer. Uncle Jimmy, as he was familiarly called, had a tooth pulled and about a year ago the cancer com menced to eat into his jaw ; and when he died it had eaten away the greater part of his jaw and up into" his nose. He was well known and had a large circle of relatives living in Polk county. L. L. Burtenshaw, of Myrtle ' Point, Coos county, who has been indicted by the grand jury of Jackson county on the charge of embezzling funds of Mrs. Moore, of Ashland, was taken to Jack sonville last Monday by Sheriff Birdsev. At the preliminary examination held here at the time he was discharged, he was placed under $500 bonds, furnished by the bank at Albany, and then he filed a demurrer to tne indictment, . wnicn will be argued at a special term of the circuit court, and the case will be laid I over until the December term. A gentleman informs the East Oregon ian that if a person desires to know hew j fast he is traveling on a railway train he has but to take out his watch and count the clicks of the rails for twenty seconds ! which will give the number of miles per j hour. - j A Wallowa county girl worked the motto, "I Need Thee Every Honr," and sent it to ber fellow He said he couldn't help it. 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