THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1892.
The Weekly Chfoniele.
HK, UALLES,
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LOCAL AND I'KBSOKAL.
From the Dolly Chronicle. Monday.
One of Cathcart's trHcks, loaded with
lime, accommodated TnE Chboxicle
man today by holding together under its
- load until this office was reached, when
it took a tnmblo, by a break in the for
ward axle. The lime was transferred to
, pother trtick, and the broken vehicle
m rt.vl otf to the blacksmith shop.
The sweet appearaueeof the magnifi
cent building of the Oregonian may be
aDDreciated when it ia understood that
the finishing sand so much resembles
fine trrunulatcd sugar that a bowl-fall of
it was mistaken bythegueeta of a neigh
boring restaurant for the proper condi
ment, and. the free application of it to
strawberries and cream, doughnuts and
coffee, and German pancake, came near
producing a riot, and probably would, if
the perpetrator of the joke had n't quit
j laughing long enough to eonrees ana put
"up for the damages.
" ' An accident to the steamer Telephone
atCathlamet Saturday is described as
follows : "As a landing was being made
the starboard over-hang of the freight
deck forward fouled a bunch of fender
piles which were just enough out of wa
ter to allow the guard of the steamer to
pass over them. As the steamer surged
back from the wharf the deck eettled
down on the pile heads, ripping up the
deck planks for a space 6f ten feet." An
artist witla kodac could n't produce a
better illustration, unless he let snip the
"breast snub and caught the act on two
instantaneous plates.
The statistician of the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture has prepared a re
port which is now in press, on the wages
of farm labor, the result of nine investi
gations from 1866 to 1892, with prior
records of wages a9 far back as 1840.
The report shows the monthly rates
both with and without board for the
season or year and also by the day in
harvest time. It shows that for ten
years wages have been very uniform
and well sustained in spite of fluctua
tions in farm pioducts, and that a steady
demand exists, with a positive scarcity ,
of farm labor in a laree portion of the
country.
Chauncev Depew has returned from
Washington to New York as "happy as
a school boy ;" which is taken to mean
that he has been offered the vacant sec
retaryship of state. To a reporter he
said: "The position of secretary of
state is the most important place in the
cabinet of the president. It is an ap
pointment to which any man must be
proud." When asked if he would ac
aept the place,, he replied that there
were many" matters he must consider
before he could say what answer he
should give to the offer. He was not a
rich man and could not afford to leave
his business future out of consideration.
The New York Herald says Depew's ac
ceptance is contingent on his being able
to arrange with the Vanderbilts to re
sume the presidency of the New York
Central road in the event of his retire
ment from the cabinet.
From the Daily Chronicle, Tuesday.
This is the longest day of the year.
Hon. W. H. Dufur of Dufur, is in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. VanDuyn, of
Tygh, are in the city.
Wool is still arriving at the ware
houses in large quantities. .
C. Confer and Nathan Alexander, of
Wapinitia, were in town last night.
The militia of Goldendale are off for.
their annual encampment near Tacoma,
this week.
Miss Florence and - Master Howard
Blackerby of Wapinitia were in the
city last night.
Major Cornoyer, one of the pioneers of
Umatilla county, passed through on the
noon passenger today.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McLeod and Messrs.
J. J. Butler, and Fat. Bolton of Kingsley
came into town this forenoon.
Miss Rosa Moore of Scio, Linn county,
w visiting her uncle and aunt Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Moore of this city.
r A dispatch from Cleveland, O., says
the whalebacks seem to be crowding
into every trade on the great lakes.
The home of Mr. G. E. Moore, at Salt
spring, was gladdened by the appear
ance of a charming daughter on the 13th.
The implement dealers are all appar
ently doing a good business as farmers
are getting prepared for the coming har
vest.
discovery that when a fly lights on a
sheet of sticky paper he realizes that be
is "better on." - -.
The finder of a door key, with a brass
tag on. it marked 112, will be suitably re
warded on leaving the same with the
clerk at the Umatilla house.
The Columbia was at a stand still at
noon today,' Ihirty-four feet and five
tenths above zero, at The Dalles. .Re
ports from up the river say.it is falling.
H. C. Rooper, the well known Bake
Oven wool grower, was in Portland the
other day, and here is the way the Ore
gonian got it "A. O.: Roper, a mer
chant of The Dalles, is in the city, at
thePerkinB." . ..:
Mr. Albert O'Leary, who graduated a
few days ago from the W'aseo Independ
ent Academy has not fully decided upon
goiDg to Brown's University. Ht may
go somewhere else. .
Mr. Victor Mesplie, an old settler of
The Dalles, who was iujured night be
! fore last by falling on the rocks while
crossing a plank over Mill creek, died
this morning at 3 o'clock. '
A dispatch has been received at Ber
lin stating that Emin Pasha has arrived
in Bukobaiu good health. It is believed
it has been sent later than the date .on
which he was reported dead.
Mays & Crowe have just received a
large importation of steel ranges which
they are offering at from $45 to. $60,
which ia lower than these goods have
ever been offered for in this city before.
Rev. O. D. Taylor has tendered his
resignation us president of the board ' of
directors of the Wasco In
dependent Academy, in consequence ol
his expected absence from 'home for
some time to come.
Palmer & Rev must have some grudge
against the pencil shovers of the Pacific
northwest, if we may be permitted to
judge from the samples of Faber show
ered upon this office, bearing the brand
of that othcrways accommodating type
foundry. -
It was a surprise to Col. Sinnott today
to be informed by letter from Notre
Dame that both his sous were to gradu
ate today. This was expected with res
pect to Nicholas J., but he was not ex
pecting so much from Roger B., who has
finished his course in English literature.
State Lecturer. Holder says it is a mis
take to say that crops in the Grass Val
ley country are a complete failure. He
says they are certainly nothing fo boast
of but should the weather keep cool for
a little longer, possibly half a crop may
be expected.
. Portland has decided not to elaborate
its 4th of July celebration this year.
With entertaining people and "donating
for this thing, that and the other," as
Walling expresses it, the town has about
gone broke. The people want a rest to
get ready for the exposition, October
21st.
Somebody must be furnishing eonsid
orrble whiskey to Indians in this city,
for a drunken Indian is a sight one may
see any day. Are white men guilty of
this crime or is it possible that the wiley
heathen Chinee is improving the - shin
ing hours by making a odd dollar in this
manner?
TIwj ' people's party is very jubilant
over the fact that Klickitat county will
be represented at the national conven
tion at 0"maha by their co-worker, Hon.
A. H. Jewett, of White Salmon. The
woman suffrage advocates in that county
are rejoicing over the people's state con
vention favoring them in their platform
adopted at Sprague.
Here is the way the Waitaburg Times
speaks of a late incident connected with
Editor Shutt of the Condon Globe:
Shutt Condon, editor of the Arlington
Globe, was an-ested Wednesday for
criminal libel, on complaint of Mr.
Brown, editor of the ' Arlington Record.
Shutt retaliated by causing Brown's ar
rest on a similar charge.
The Grant county News says: Dur
ing the next two years only three dem
ocrats will have a hand in our county
government, and two of these are "hold
overs." Last two years only three re
publicans tended brake while the car of
government rattled down the hill of
time. Such are the political changes
among free and Independent voters.
Mr. Charles Colman, an Oregonian in
territorial days, but now a resident of
San Francisco, is making his first lour of
the Inland Empire, and is today a guest
of the v Umatilla house. He wonders
now how it can be that in 1837, when he
was a property holder in Portland, he
did not remain so, and visit this country
in the early Sixties. He sees now whv
it is that Bradstreet reports so few fail
ures in Oregon.
Mr. M. J. Cockerline, the Boyd flour
ing mill man, was in The Dalles today
arranging for the final delivery of the
machinery for a first class roller mill
which is to take the place of the old
style stone mill at Boyd. The new mill
will be in running order by the time the
wheat of the present harvest is ready to
be converted into flour, at which timehe
will be pleased to have the patronage of
the farming community.
An Idaho newspaper in writing up a
ball thus describes a fair lassie's garb
"Miss Y wore a red bombazine dress
ruched with a point alpaca and over-
skirt of lose gingham with a border of
parsely blossoms. Her tornour was par
ticularly noticeable from the fact that
her hair was so deliciously scrambled in
front. She also wore No. 9 lilac double
button .gloves and No. 6 store shoes
slashed at. the- heels and pompadore
socks." .
- Bishop Morris has declared his inten
tion to resign bis position as Bishop of
this Episcopal diocese, next October.
He feels that the work should be carried
on by younger bands. He is now in the
74th year of Mr age, and feels a con
sciousness of failing powers that lessen
his ability to do the work required of a
bishop in this large and growing field.
The clergy have asked him to retain
charge of the diocese and consent to the
election of an assistant bishop, accord-
ing to the canonical provisions govern-!
ing each caaee. -
Uncle Jimmy Farris returned last
night Irom a trip to his old home iu Oak
Grove. Ho says crops are looking fine
out there, and there is every hope.. of a
bountiful harvest. ' Uncle Jimmy voted
the democratic, ticket for the 63rd-time
last election day. lie thinks it hard,
however that he had to swear in his vote
because he was ' temporarily absent
for a short time' from the only home
j he has in the world and where he has
resided for the last 21 years.
A jury is occasionally compelled to
close up the mill of justice and quit
grinding in order to attend to more im
portant matters.. Up at Pendleton a
few days ago a juryman was compelled
to go home and take care of a cow and
young calf at his place. The law says
the men must be kept together until
they are discharged by the court. The
judge allowed the juror to go home, but
he was accompanied by the bailiff and
the other eleven -men, who stood around
and gave directions as to how the . cow
should be properly milked and bet pea
nuts as to how much milk the cow would
give. During this time the case they
were to decide never, entered their
minds.
Dr. L. Vanderpool of Dufur, has dis
covered the coming grass of the Inland
Empire. It grows line, heads out well,
is nutritious, stock like it, and it makes
excellent hay. It is thrifty on the dry
est soil, does not require irrigation, and
every way considered, will become bet
ter for the Inland Empire than its
former famous bunch grass. Dr. V.
says it is quite plentiful in patches about
Dcfur. He paved some of the seed last
year, which he carefully planted and
expected to replant next year, but the
man about his place cut it .down some
time ago by accident, and the Doctor
was quite disappointed in his anticipa
tions, but he says it is prolific and will
reassert itself.
While the votes were, being counted
last night a large crowd gathered around
the pulling places. The count was com
pleted in the first ward before 8 o'clock,
and when it was learned that Maloney
lmd a majority of 14 for marshal all in
terest was transferred to the second
ward where the count was not com
pleted for two hours later. Here it was
a neck-and-neck race between JIaloney
and Gibous from start to nearly finish
when Gibous ran a few votes ahead but
not enough to overcome Maloney's ma
jority in the first ward. When the an
nouncement was made that Maloney
was the victor by seven votes, loud
cheers rent the air as the railroad boys
hurredly scampered off to their engines,
pulled the whistles open and filled the
welkin with their discordant music for
nearly half an hour. The boys had
fought hatd for their mate and were ex
ceedingly jubilant over their success.
The results of the election in Portland
yesterday are somewhat mixed. The
only decisive thing about it is that the
republican ticket was beaten pretty
badly. The citizens elect both the po
lice and fire commissioner. The coun
cilmen are equally divided between the
republicans and citizens parties, each
getting two. Three independent candi
dates .for councilmen were , elected
and the people's party elect one
councilman. It was Portlands first
election under the Australian ballot
law and . it was, according to the
great daily itself, one of the most
orderly and quiet elections ever held in
the city. The "suck," that usually
plays an important part in city, elections
in Portland, was conspicuous by. its
bsence, and the toughs who lay about
the polls .waiting for a chance to . sell
their votes for $2.50 or a drink of whis
key, were doomed to disappointment,
which is a fine testimony to the value of
the new ballot law as a purifier of elec
tions. From the Daily Chronicle, Wednesday.
The Columbia commenced rising again
it this point this morning.
Mrs. Dr. Ingalls has gone on a profes
sional visit to Hood River.
Miss Etta Crabtree of Portland came
up on the noon passenger today.
John Irvine, one of the pioneer set
tlers of Wasco county is here on a visit.
The river is higher than it has been at
any time this season and is still rising.
Mrs. Jud. S. Fish has returned from a
very enjoyable visit with friends in
Portland.
Two hobos occupied tho calaboose last
night. One was fined and the other
was fired.
i
The run of salmon is very light. It is
said the catch is always light when the
river is rising. -
Senator Hilton reached his Dalles
home from the Minneapolis convention,
in a fine condition.
Capt. John Lewis returned this morn
ing from a trip to his old home near
Dayville, Grant county.
The steamer Regulator leaves for the
Cascades at 7. a. m. tomorrow. See
schedule in another column.
There will be a meeting of the King's
daughters tonight at 7 :30 o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. S. L. Myers.
Major Ingalls is recovering very slowly
from his late injuries. He was able to
be on the street today for the first time
in tea days.
Drs. Doane, Sheckelford and Logan
examined ' four candidates for United
States pensions this forenoon, and one
this afternoon.- -. r . .
W. IL Farlow and P. W. Knowles of
Wamic took out today two McCormick
self-binders which they purchased from
John Filloon & Co.
Constable Heater uf Couer d'Alene
has been driven erxzy by the treatment
he received at the hands of the miners'
nnion during the late strike.
Waters of the Columbia have been on
a stand still from 9 a. ni. today, the gain
being less than one-tenth of an inch
from 7 a. m. up to 3 :30 p. m.
' Wood which was banked" below the
Cosmopolitan to-be kept out of the
impending high water, fe now just along
the moistened edges of a flood. -
In- consequence of so many farmers
being in the city, the dining room at the
Umatilla bouse today looked like con
vention days at the meal hours. .
The Chronicle regrets to learn that
Hon. W. McD. Lewis is still confined to
his room at the Umatilla house.. He
has been very low but is a "little better
today.
Mr. Wolf's wheat crop on Second
street, is a sample of, what may be
grown in The Dalles. Every - grain of
it will be worth a dollar and a half a
bushel for seed.'
The high water covers so much sand
along the beach above The Dalles now
that the wind gets a fairer sweep at it,
and the labor of keeping the sand off
the railway track is thereby increased.
A grand celebration will be held at
Wamic on the Fourth, in the grove a
short distance above Pratville. G. J.
Hudson will deliver the oration and F.
S. Gordon will read the declaration of
independence.
Judge Farrington, of Columbia pre
cinct, informs us that the Fairfield Sun
day school propose to give a strawberry
festival next Wednesday, to which all
the good people of the eurronndirig
i countrv are invited.
The supreme court has sustained the
decision of the lower court in the case
of Frederick Zorn, who was sentenced
to death at Pendleton for the murder of
of his wife. Zorn will be re-sentenced
tomorrow or Friday.
The London Telegraph, commenting
on the transfer to the American registry
of the steamers City of Paris and City of
New York, expresses the hope tor the
future that the admiralty will not per
mit the Atlantic greyhounds to step out
of their bands. ...
i . j
Dispatches tell us that at a meeting of
Emperor William and King Humbert
yesterday "they embraced three times."
This is according to the royal court cub- j
toms perhaps, but the model American ,
looks upon it as a waste of . the raw
material.
Messrs. . S. R. Husbands of Mosier,
Frank Pike of Moro, John Medler of
Wasco, A. S. Mcdonald Of Monkland and
William Holder, of Grass Valley, direct
ors of the Eastern Oregon Co-operative
Association are in the city attending to
business connected with their store.
A little before five o'clock yesterday
evening an alarm of fire was sounded by
an engine at the company's shops. The
fire department turned out in force but
found their services were not needed.
The fire started from some cause in a
small closet building belong to the com
pany at the west end of the Mill creek
trestle but was soon extinguished by the
company's hose.
The faultless Hardman piano seems to
have become the ruling favorite among
the best critics of the world. Mr. Sban
aban, the agent in Portland, states that
the demand for the king of pianos is
rapidly increasing, and that applications
for its use in concerts has necessitated
the ordering of two concert grands to
meet the aesthetic taste of the music
loving people of the consolidated city.
The schooner Hayseed, Capt. Oisler,
has sailed from San Francisco in search
of the millions of Spanish doubloons
which are supposed to have heen buried
"before our time," on Cocoas island.
Capt. Gisler has been on the island
three times, and five of his men have
been with him, so they know what they
will have to endure in the search for
gold. One of his party is a man who
has been herding sheep in the John Day
country.
James Darneille, the new county com
missioner elect of this county qualified
for office today. Mr. Darneille won his
position in a square arid fair fight and
has the honor of having polled the larg
est vote where he was best known. The
new county court will enter upon its
labors next month with the full confi
dence and friendship of all parties, but
alas for the incumbents! the harder
they strive to do right during the
next fbnr years the more enemies they
are sure to make.
Capt. James H. Fisks suit against D.
V. B. Henrie and others bobbed op again
in Judge Shattuck's court yesterday, in.
Portland. This is a suit for the recovery
of $50,000 and was started about fifteen
years ago. It grew out of a real estate
deal involving several hundred acres in
AVasco . county, and the lawyers .ever
since have been contesting it. The case
appeared twice in the supreme court in
Washington ; once in the United States
court in Oregon, and, this makes the
third time it has graced Jhe bar of Judge
Shattuck's legal temple. The principals
had come to a decision, and the case was
dismissed, each party to pay his own
costs. ,
The sobriety, not to say dullness and
lack of enthusiasm of the Chicago con
vention stands out in marked contrast
with that held at Minneapolis. It was
next to impossible thin forenoon to get
delegates to speak. Flower was called
on but declined, saying the time had
not come for hini to speak. Burke
Cochrane refused to address the con
vention . but said he expected to have
business withlt later on. Gov. Taylor
was called for but also refused, saying
he was not well enough to speak. Wat
terson was called for but he was not in
the hall. Hensill, of Pennsylvania, was
asked to speak, but he, too, declined.
Mills was. asked to speak, but he too
pleaded sickness and left the wigwam
for his hotel.
From the Daily Chronicle, Thursday.
Mr and Mrs. A. S. Macallistcr 'and Dr.
Siddall, are in Portland.
The evening practice drill of the fire
men, who are preparing for the Fourth
of July tournament, attracts many ladies
and gentlemen, . whose enthusiasm
bursts into frequent applause.
Louis Payette of The Dalles, A. J.
Wall of Eight Mile, S. Snakal of Dufur,
and Ed Rondeau of Kingsley started to
day to take a band of horses to the Wil
lamette valley by the Barlow route.
A match game of base ball will be
played next Sunday at Kingsley between
the Kingsley and Tygh Valley clubs.
These clubs played a game at Tygh last
Sunday in which the Tygh club were
the victor by a score of two.
Rev. J. R. N. ect. Bell, of Indepen
dence, will be the orator of the day at
the Masonic celebration at Lafayette to
morrow. Wasco county will be repre
sented by Judge Bradshawand wife.
..Portland is jogging the memory of
of the U. P. R. Co., relative to that much
deferred decent union depot. " The new
plans are now complete, and bids for
construction will probably be received
early in July.
A Methodist camp meeting will be
held for two weeks in Goldendale com
mencing Friday the 24th inst. A large
boarding tent will accomodate the cam
pers and comfortable sleeping quarters
will be furnished to all who may bring
blankets and bedding.
When the last street fakir was in The
Dalles the anti-fakir society laid in a
stock of eggs for the next fellow of his
kind to come along. This was about
four months ago, and the eggs are good
and ripe. Perhaps that is the reason
why no more fakirs visit The Dalles.
Their olfactory nerves no doubt scent
troubles ahead.
The preliminary business for the
Fourth of July celebration in The Dalles
is now about completed. The subscrip
tions are being collected which provide
the means necessary to meet all bills in
curred for actual expenses, and the only
thing left undone is for the people to
join the committee in a grand and hearty
observance of the day.
The Great Northern will be running
trains through The Dalles within 60
days, or at least as soon aa pending ne
negotiations with the U. P. R. Co., are
closed for trackage. The . Great North-'
ern people desire to make an agreement
by which they may run over the road
into Portland. At present their best
chance is to transfer passengers and
freight to U. P. R. cars. ,
Inasmuch as nearly all the Union Pa
cific steamboats on Puget sound have
been tied up for some time, and these
now running represent a dead loss, the
idle boats are to be leased or sold to the
highest bidder. The company intend to
cut entirely loose from the steamboat
business on the sound, and will do no
more work on the Columbia and Willa
mette rivers than is absolutely necessary.
The Dalles fire department have en
tered into the matter of the celebration
with a determination worthy of the
the cause. Thev have, to a man, for
some time past labored incessantly to
perfect themselves for the tournament,
and visitors to The Dalles on the Fourth
of July will not be disappointed in this
respect, most assuredly. .
- Two only of the Faithful remained at
the Umatilla house reading the Chicago
bulletins until the final result was
known at 3 o'clock this morning. Nick,
the night clerk, says they were both
Cleveland men, from the start, and they
rejoiced aa only the Successful can re
joice. They whooped it up for Cleve
land, even though they were alone, the
only ones, 3,000 miles away, to join the
echoes from across the Rockies.' '
, Church Notice.
There will be German Evangelical Lu
theran service Sunday, 10 :30 a. m. at the
chapel on Ninth street. There also will
be service in the Scandinavian language
on June 29th or 30th at 7:30 p. m. by
Rev. Dolven of Portland. A hearty
welcome to everyone.
MAKK1KD.
At the residence of the bridegroom,
near St. Helens, Columbia county, Or.,
June 12th, Mr. Clarence Garretson to
Miss Kate Williams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henrv Williams of Eight
Mile. .
At the residence of the brides par
ents, June 22d, by Rev. W. C. Curtis,
Miss Ada Woods, and Mr. Lewis J. Davis,
of the Union Republican, Union county.
BORN.
In this city, June 20th, to the wife of
C. W. Dietzel, a daughter..
MARKET REVIEW.
The price f wkI remains unchanged
and sales are being effected every day at
from 11 to l"l.j cents. -.
. Wheat options in the San Francisco
and New York markets, are higher and
linn this week. .
A petition asking the United States1
senate not to pass the Springer five wqol
bill has received the signatures of nearly
nine-tenths of all the leading wool manu
facturers of the country.
Frnit markets are active, and buyers
come from lxith the east and the west.
Shipments are largely to Montana, from
The Dailes and Hood river orchards..
The crops in Klickitat county are re-,
ported by all the farmers to be in ex
cellent condition. The fruit crop is just
beginning to come into market. Straw
berries are iu profusion. -
The ruling price in the leading mar
kets for wheat today may be summarized
thus: Portland, valley $1.32,V$1.3C-r
Walla Walla $1.27:1.30; San Fran
cisco $1.43?4'; Chicago .78?'.
The thirty-five foot mark, on the water
gauge at the Regulator wharf, was even
with the surface of the water at 7 a. m.
today. This shows that the water runs
off as fast as it conies into the. .Columbia
from its mountain feeders.
Mr. Kinersly, of the firm of Snipes &
Kinersly, returned from a trip to Klicki
tat county yesterday, and from him we
learn that assurances of u bouutiful har
vest, and an abundance of fruit, causes
people to appear remarkably cheerful.
The wool clip of Oregon is probably
worth two million dollars today. If the
tariff were taken off and the free wool of
Australia and South America were rush
ing into competition with American
wool, what a damning of free trade
-would echo over the ranges! .
Business in wool is yet limited to
small transactions. The tone of the
market is good, and dealers are of the
opinion that there will hardly be any
recession in prices. In San Francisco,.
Eastern Oregon fleeces are quoted at 13.
to 17 cents. Best shipping grades find
quick sale at full rates, but the scouring
demand has not been very pronounced.
Shipping at San Francisco is excep
tionally dull for this season of ' the year.
There are no arrivals or departures to
speak of, and wharves that are usually
stirring with life nre deserted. Every
body has a reason to assign for the lack
of business and want of activity, but
opinions help matters very little.
Reports from the western part of the
Palouse country- indicate that the fall
wheat has been badly damaged from the
effects of a few hot days succeeding old
rains. The damage seems to be a kind of
scald. It is probable that this will re
duce the yield 50 per cent. In the vicin
ity of Endicott and Panipa.
The first barge of English coal ever
laid down in Ottawa, arrived in the
canal basin from Newcastle yesterday,,
by way of Quebec, and it will be put on
the market at .lower rates than all -rail
American coal. Thus does evidence ac
cumulate showing the national imort-
ance of the Columbia river as a trans
portation route. ;
' During the three years ending March
31, 1889, the balance of trade was to our
favor to the hmount of $28,984,379, or a
yearly average of $9,t61,459. During
the three years ending March 31, 1892 -the
balance of trade in our favor was
$281,197,367 or an annual average of ,
$93,732,456. This is the way the Mc
Kinley law. is killing our commerce, and
the history of the world furnishes no -'
parailel. . ,
Hon. Charles W. Cartwright of the--Baldwin
sheep and land company. Hay
jcrcek, who is at the Umatilla house to
day, says shipping from the ranch- .
amounts to about 500,000 pounds of wooV
this year, and it is moving off at front
12,l. to 15 cents per pound. The grass
ou the ranges is beginning to dry up and
the sheep are all well up into the mount
ains.
Mark Lane Express reports- that the .
British wheat crop this year will be
about 1,250,000 bushels under that of
1891. Barley promises well. A good ;
yield of oats depends on the rain fall.
The continued drain on-English wheats
is liable to make the average price un
der SOs. Foreign has fallen Is. Cali
fornia is selling at 35s tfd. parley has .
declined Cd and corn 2d at Liverpool and
6d at London. American outs arc 3d
cheaper. . v .
From Ed Harriman, whose ranch is on
upper Eight mile, ' we learn that crops
are still in good condition in his neigh- '
borhood, and with favorable weather
from this time forward, will undoubtedly
turn out better than any they have had
for some years. Favorable reports con
tinue to reach us from the Tygh Ridge
country where grain still keeps, in good
condition under the influence of the
present cool weather and south, west
winds. ' .
Oregon is productive of many remark
able things, among which may be men
tioned trout. Mr. John. Williamson,
who is in the employ of F. M. Warren
at the Cascades, has taken to Portland
from that place a trout three-feet in
length, weighing twelve pounds. This -monster
trout was captured in one of
the water wheels at the cascades. Mr.
Williamson says in all his twenty years'
experience he ha-i never seen anything
to eaual in size or weisht the fish that
has been captured. . -