THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1802.
A PEOPLES' RAILWAY.
The Dream of Cheap Fares Near a Realization.
LONDOX 20 MILES FOR TWO CENTS.
Constructing Railways at The Cost . of
Property Owners.
tlBKBAL SCHEMK BY THE COl Nrlf..
The Tory Minority ao Feeble That It
Opposition Will be. Immaterial.
Other Notes.
London, June 27. The dream of cheap
. fares over a railway owned and opera
ted by the people of London seems to be
very near a realization. A ride of twenty
miles for two cents is the prospect held
out by the London county council to
overcrowded Londoners! who have their
eyes bent longingly toward the green
fields of the country. Mr. William
Saunders, one of the radical members of
that rather radical lody, is the propon
ent of this scheme, which, in addition
to the cheap fare, embraces another
novel feature. It is proposed that the
railway, npon which the motive power
is to be electricity, shall lie paid for on
the betterment principle, or, as we
-should say here, by special assessment.
In New South Wales some lines of rail
way have been constructed at the cost of
contiguous property, but the pending
project in London is the first of the kind
in England. And there is just as much
to belaid in favor of resorting to the
betterment plan in the construction of a
railway as in making a street or laying a
pavement. The principles involved are
identical. It U not likely that the con
servatives of the county council will
look with approbation uion Mr. Saun
ders' propoeal. They have already' been
horrified by certain progressive features
of the liberal and radical programme,
iand the pending proposition will add
alarm o the feeling of distress which
lias oppressed the tories ever since the
remarkable victory of the progressives
in March last. But the tory minority is
so feeble that its opposition to the
launders scheme will be immaterial,
and it is likely to be undertaken and
. pushed to success. It will . certainly
command the enthusiastic support of
the labor element, and on that account
the liberals will find it convenient to
; give the project their approval and as-
sistance. !
1'orllanda ProtrM.
Tkti.axd, June 27. The resolutions
' of the tabernacle meeting have gone to
.Washington signed by Capt. Geo. H.
Moffett and T. F. Osborn. Secretary
Gill positively refused to sign them.
Referring to the charge that Maj.
Handbury was taking pay from the port
of Portland commission. Hon. W. I).
Fenton said: "Ever since the day of
- our Saviour, man conld not serve two
'masters. Major Handbury must serve
' his master, which is the government.
Tie can't serve the governmenaud take
my money as a taxpayer at the same
' time. The port of I'ortland commis
sion stands in opposition to more
'bridges, and Maj. Handbury as their
servant, has reported against more
bridges. Senator Dolph, who may want
to come before the people again for some
oflice, will act derelict to the wishes of i
the people if he does not nse his influ
ence to have the rejort of the United
states engineers set aside."
The Klickitat Traaeil.T.
John Green has been placed under ar
rest for the murder of Win. Dunn, in
Klickitat county Saturday. The tragedy
occurred about nine miles north of the
ranch of Mr. Lord, at a station np on
the mountain, about 7 a. m. Dunn
had left home iu the morning, and at
the station as lie drove up in his cart,
Green came out and insultingly accosted
Dunn. The latter threw off his coat,
and slapped Green's face, but inflicted
no injury. ' Almost immediately Dunn
was shot. The ball from Green's pistol
taking such fatal effect- that Dunn
stepped but a few paces, exclaimed "I
am shot," fell and died. Trouble ex
isted between the men before, on ac
count of some cattle, and while it ia al
most a sure thing that Green intended
to slay his victim this may not be estab
lished as a fact in court. The verdict of
the coroners' jury was to the effect that
Dunn came to his death from a pistol
shot wound, inflicted by John Green
with criminal intent.
The Omaha Convention.
VtaAHA, Jane 27. It appears to be the
impression now that there will be s big
crowd here at the national convention
next week. Exceeding any thing Omaha
.' bae ever yet had to cope with. Some
gossip is attending the . distribution of
admission tickets. It is reported that
members of the older parties will secure
control of the tickets, and pack the con
vention with "heelers to turn it into a
Jaree.
CDLriHItlA CIVEK CLASS WORKS.
Additional Information and Fact Concerning-
TliU Industry.
Special to 1 he Chbomicle.
The Dalles, June 2S. As reported
last week articles were filed with the
secretary of state and county clerk in
corporating the Columbia' river glass
works. The company is the result of the
enterprise of Mr. O. D. Taylor, who some
months ago began prospecting certain
properties iu this vicinity, sending the
samples. to Dr. F. P. Vandenbergh of Buf-
lalo..l. i . ior anaivsis. , ine results oi
analysis were so ' satisfactory that ' Dr.
Vandenbergh was engaged to spend a
month making personal examination of
the properties. Large deposits of Gey
serite or pure Siiica of snperior quality
for glass making have been found, also
other dejiosits of, the essential require
ments for glass and pottery industries.
Several well kuown citizens of The
Dalles are interested with eastern capi
talists in developing these proprieties
and manufacturing glass fruit jars to
supply the extensive fruit interests on
the roast; bottles for the drng and
manufacturing trade and especially sheet
window and plate glass.
' The fruit-jars and bottles supplied to
the Pacific coast are now obtained from
Indiana, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Philadel
phia aud other distant points, while the
window glass of uniformly poor quality
is imported from Belgium, with a small
quantitv coming from Pittsburg. The
expense of transportation together with
breakage greatly increases the cost of
these commodities, and the establish
ment of such a factory will be a decided
advantage to consumers in California
and the Pacific northwest. Mr. Taylor
will be actively interested in the com
pany and Dr. Vandenbergh who has
been chemist to the citv of Buffalo, and
professor of chemistry in the University
of Buffalo, for the past eight or ten
years, will lie consulting chemist to the
company, coming to Oregon frequently.
The capital of the company is $ 250,000,
in shares of $100 each. The. works will
be located at Grand Dalles, Washington,
and the principal business office will be
at The Dalles, Oregou.
The Mamie Walfth Tragedy.
Pokti.ani, June. 27. Another man
has been arrested upon whom suspicion
rests concerning the outrage at Mil
wan kie. He calls himself "a reform
writer," and was living' hi the woods in
a hut built near the scene of the tragedy
that he might compose composedly;
whether he is the murderer or not, he is
the next thing to a fool. Although cir
cumstances are somewhat against him,
he is perhaps not the man wanted.
Close Call Legislation.
Washington, June 27. But three
days remain for congress to act upon the
most important matters of legislation
aud there is not a quorum of the house
at the capital. Not a single regular an-
nual appropriation bill has yet become a
law, although the fiscal year expires
Thursday, and resort must be had to
the expedient of extending the appro
propriations by joint resolutions to pre
vent a total stoppage of the machinery
of the government.
A Washington Law.
Walla Walla Union. During this
campaign editors, publishers, writers,
sign painters, caricaturists, campaign
committees and stump-speakers must
look a little ouit because the laws of
Washington impose a penalty of fine
aud imprisonment on any one who by
any words, printing, writing, sign
picture, representation or ethgy, pro
vokes another person to wrath, or ex
poses him to public hatred, contempt or
ridicule, or to deprive him of the bene
fits of public confidence.
A lover of piscatorial sports was set
off by the Regulator yesterday, as she
was going to the Cascades, and to his
horror fomid out, after the steamer had
left him, that the high water had caused
bis favorite landing to become an island.
The only way out of the dilemma was
for him to attempt to reach shore by a
line of willows. .He then placed his
lunch in his fish basket, put his watch
as high up as possible, secured a foot
log which he managed to push ahead to
keep himself free from being stuck in
the soft mnddy bottom, and thus he
reached the shore safely. He was not
far from a fine trout stream, and the
amusement of the next five hours made
him forget the troubles he had exper
ienced to reach the seclusion of the
speckeled beauties in his basket. Tell
ing the incident to one of his friends he
remarked : "But I can tell you, when I
was crossing that sticsy nat up to my
arm-pits in cold Columbia river water, I
felt as if Mrs. Butler might be a widow
if I got stuck."
Another Flood Kipect4.
St. Louis, June 27. That the Mississr
ippi is bent on another stupendous rise
is now no longer doubtful. It is this
morning up to the high mark of 1861.
Dispatches from above indicate further
rise.' Travel is again interrupted, and
people are driven to the high lands. Re
ports from Chicago say the great volume
of water which has been disturbing the
equanimity of residents of the southern
suburbs of that city is still unabated,
but has ceased to rise, and if there is no
further rain all the trouble will soon be
over.
Next Mondav the fun will come off.
ROYAL PAYING STYLE.
; : engaged therein, you have no-adequate
i conception of the vast proportions it may
How a Rapid Member- of 6eraany's!yet.8ttain-t ?s .
' . j perience of six or seven years has been
Pnlrlon .Vnnth OoHloI ! productive of the best results. The re-
trQluCfl "I UUlfl OCUM. j suits achieved by some of the fruit rais-
: ers of this secti jn are an illustration of
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The Mississippi Kiver Again Chasing
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People to High Lands.
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..KTTKK MOV OVER TO OREGON,
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Doubly D!acottraf;infE .
-Visited I'pon the
Tiled People,
Experience
ratienee
Loxdox, June 28. The Spectator has
discovered an altogether 'novel method
by which young men inay get Tid of
pressing liabilities and importunate
creditors. All they need do is to enter
a monastery and become monks. The
supreme court of the German emfyrc
has just issued a decision to that effect,
the case bronght before it being that of
Prince Edtnond Kadziwill. The latter,
several years ago and while still an ex
ceedingly rapid member of the golden
youth of Germany, contracted a loan for
tle amount of $00,000, w&ich the lender
has never been able to recover. Some
time ago he entered holy orders and be
came a Benedictine monk, the pope ap
pointed him at the same t?ane to
member of bis household with the
be a
rank
of monsrgnor. The supreme- eonrt
j i . - i i i l - -
has !
now Ufcrera u:ii uy iictouiiiig m iiiuiik
monk
and taking the vows the prince- became
dead from a civic point of view, and
therefore can no longer be regarded as a
party in any regal proceedings.
A FICATKKXAI. GOOB ItVK.
Kind Word?ni the Key. C. it. Kami
aide ont Viewing- The lialle.
Special to The CinrawiciE.J
The Dai.lesv Jane 27. Nearly two
years ago it was my privilege to vibit
The Dalles and: ether cities of Oregon
and Washington;.. It is now more than
two months since I left my home in
Buffalo, X. Y., for a second visit, having;
spent nearly all of that time in and'
about Eastern Oregon and Washington.
The pleasure of my first visit was some
what marred by sickness, but the kind
ness of physicians and friends more than
compensated lue for all my suffering.
My second visit is made delightful in
rinding the most of the acquaintances of
that time still living, and apparently
prosperous and happy. My health now,
I am glad to say, is such that my friends
seem to have forgotten all about the
struggle I had for life- two 'years ago.
No man could ask for a more cordial
greeting than the peopfe of The Dalles
have given me. They have invited me
to participate in their home comforts,
while my brethern in the- ministry have
been more than generous. The board of
directors of Wasco Academy honored me
in their invitation to preach the baccal
aureate sermon on commencement day,
and I wish to thank the committee on
Fourth of July celebration for their kind
invitation to deliver tlie oration, but as
I leave for home today,, it will be impos
sible for me to comply with their re
quest. For some unaccountable reason,
I have had a homelike "feeling while
among the people of this city which is
not usually experienced when in a
strange place.
I sympathise with those who lost so
heavily in the great calamity which vis
ited your city last year, but notwith
standing the destruction of fire and flame,
it is my firm belief that the day will
come when the superiority and vastness
of some of the variedopportunities which
here abound will be examplified, and
The Dalles and Grand Dalles will flourish
as the cities of Spokane, Seattle, and
Tacoma are flourishing. I have great
faith in Grand Dalles on the opposite
side oi the Columbia, and I hope your
kind people will pardon me when I say
that I wish I eoald inspire them with
like faith in the torture of this country
One of the most important factors in the
developement and building np of any
place ia faith in its ultimate success and
a pardonable pride in the advantages t
which it may lay claim as being superior
to those of otlier places. The country
surrounding The Dalles, and Grand
Dalleson the Washington side of the
river, has many advantages advan
tages hard to equal, and seldom, if ever,
excelled. I more particularly refer to
such industries as fruit-raising, wool
growing, fisheries, stock-raising and ag
riculture as a few of the advantages with
which this fair land is blessed, and will
say, for these, that I do not believe there
is another section of our country where
nature has been so prodigal with her
fostering influences. The greater en
ergy and encouragement devoted to these
mean more money for the producer,
more money for the mechanic, more
money for the merchant, the advertising
and building up of your town, besides
the influx of general thrift and prosper
ity which would surely follow. There
are a great many other things which I
regard as advantages peculiar to this!
section.
Keferringto the fruit industry here,'
which is growing rapidly from year to
! year, as more capital and enterprise are
! what well directed energy will accom
ALTOGETHER AOVEL METHOD. jP,isb when put to the test. The coun
ties of Genesee and Niagara, in western
New York, .are widely known as the
great fruit producing section of that
! stale; hut in their palmiest days they
j could not produce fruit to compare with
j that of J'our own orchards and vine-
I yards. A few days ago when in con ver-
j sation with my friend Dr. Vandenbergh,
j f Bfa'' Wh-.fa "'.ff"! fP"S
few days here, he said that when he first
i saw the pamphlet of the Columbia river
fruit coninanv. he thouzht it must be a
j wonderiul country that would produce
such fruit' as it ' described, but from
i what he had seen since his arrival here
I he thought the illustrations and descrip
tions of the fruit company's circular
were tame in comparison to the actual
facts.
It has been a source of great satisfac
tion to me to notice the interest which
eastern people are taking in this country,
a few of whom have been coming and
going for the past month, and on leaving
have all expressed themselves as well
pleased with what they have see'u. I
can most heartily endorse the letters of
Dr. Cornell and Mr. Clark C. Foster of
Saginaw, Michigan, which appeared in
The Ciiroxivi.e of June 17th. I have
aso noticed with considerable pleasure
t&at Eastean capitalists are taking an
active interest in Grand Dalles, and
when they come here to examine and in-
, rest as the have been dnincr from time
to rime. I would Iiko tr
i v nun racu vtiRjr iu mi LiKiI i. ij rvn-
yev a gOOU fmpreSSlOll
I vey a good impression, because in so
j doingfthey wowld not only be- promoting
their own interests but doing something
to advance the welfare of Eastern Ore
gon and Was&ington. Such a course
would be commendable, to say (he least.
As many are foubt less aware of. my in
terest i. the Interestate Improvement
company, and m he- Columbia river
fruit company alo, and thus having
large financial interests on both sides- of
the river, it may be-' weJl to say that I
decided to- invest in these enterprises
because oFniy great faitb in your coun
try and in the towneito of Grand Dalles
across the reiver. 5ut apart from my in
terest in these two companies, I have
other investments on-, both sides of ttie
nver. As a further reason for my hav
ing done thisn I may say that I believe
tle prosperity which, has- some to Spo-
Kane, laconic and Seattle will be re
peated here, but on a. much larger scale,
as the things- which have- made these
cities great are alse. present to make
great your owncity and Brand Dalles,,
while with the-advancages that are suce
to come from fruit,. grain, wool etc., say
ing nothing about the recent mineral
discoveries, vou;mav feel that vou have
been more abnndanrly blessed.
In noting tbf-rapid' strides made by
the- cities to which I have just referred.
one great facton ih: their advancement)
has been the advantages arising from
competition in-the carrying trade, bub
with the early completion of the cascade
looks and increased- railway facilities,
this section of the cowntry, instead of
being at the mercy of a heartless corpor
ation, will be-axia position to demand a
sweeping reduction from- the exorbitant
rates which it is- now obliged to pay
A to the man-at the-head of the entes
prises I have referred to, it affords me
great pleasure- to- nete the prosperifty
which has-attended him during the past
ten years, and! the high esteem in which
he is held by the respectable business
men of vour- eitv and on the Paeifia
coast. As- as educator, lie had few
equals in the east, and I am pleasedi to
know that he is not only a membetr ef
the boartt of education here, but that for
the-past two' years he has served the- in
tercets ot eaocation so well tnat ne is
retained as president of so honorable- an
institution, as Wasco -Independent
Academy. I have been personalis and
most intimately acquainted with Rev
O-Dv Taylor for nearly twenty years,
and! to frm) him so prosperous, so- hon
ored and trusted is a satisfaction which
words cannot express. In the east,
where lie was born, reared and educated ;
where wea knew him to trust him, he
is always a welcome visitor, and his rep
resentations concerning the resources of
your country are taken without question.
He never hesitates to declare his faith
in the bright future of the country in
which he has been so signally prosper
ous. And now, Air. Editor, I cannot
help but feel that I have trespassed
somewhat upon your time and space,
but among the many good things which
look so promising here, I hope The
Chronicle will come in for its share.
Thanking you for this favor, and with
pleasant remembrance of other favors
shown me, by yourself and the kind peo
ple of The Dalles while a visitor in your
midst, I will say to you and them "Good
Bye." Cordially yours,
C. R. BCB.NSIDE.
Pastor of the Dearborn St., Baptist
Church, Buffalo, N. Y.
The cholera is spreading rapidly in
some parts of the Russian empire. At
Baku, the inhabitants are fleeing in
Same. The military pbvsician at Dus
ak telegraphs that the disease is beyond
control aud asks for assis.ta.nce.
A RECONCILIATION
Somewhat Tardy in: tiie Deal, But its
Ne?er too Late to Men!
DRAYTOX'S OBSTINATE NATURE.
A Method in His Dealing which Brands
Him an Unworthy Man.
A MATKKIAL FOINT WITH KKITKS.
The Weah Point in the Clnb Man
Spend all ia the Strong- Point
with "Hta Friend."
Nkw Yoke, June 28. For some- time
before, and ever since the death of Mr.
Astor, Mrs. Astor, mother of Mrs. Dray
ton, has endeavored to bring about a
reconciliation between her daughter and
Drayton. She was trying to do this he
fore the recent scandalous publications.
Jt is thought Mrs. Drayton is not par
tirplarly anxious to become reconciled
to her husband, nor has John Jacob
Atstor any great personal desire to 'see
this brought about, but Mrs. Astor feels
that it is absolutely necessary, and her
strong will dominates-the whole family,
The impression seems-to be general that
Mrs. Astor confidently expects that
reconciliation will be effected, and this
is the reason why she left her daughter
when she went to Europe. The gossip
includes the fact that Prayton is very
obstinate. At first be wonJd not hear to
the matter at all. He said that a recon
ciliation was not to be thought of for a
moment; but now, it is scid, he is being
Iersuaded to-look upon the affair in
different light). Club mew say Drayton
has little to gain by a reconciliation
from a material point of wiew. While
he has no money of his own, he has at
his disposal the income of the money
left his children by William Astor. No
one who knows anythine about the
trouble has the least doubt that it was
pon Drayton's representation that
William Astor disinherited lk'edaughter,
bat it is whispered that there may be a
change in Mrs. 3ray ton's fnianera af
fairs. Her share in the estate phould
have been $850,000. Now the-storv goes
that her brother, John Jacob- Astor, will
gi ve her this amownt; and that he will
even increase it to a round niiftion. But
! one man said : "If this is don-, bo one
will ever know anything about it ; you
see, it would place' Drayton in- i rather
uncomfortable position to sav that a
reconciliation vat effected anon this
basis.''
Xlk Y'ork, June 29. The tempest in
a teapot all over France, Italy, and Ger
many, growing out of the charges pre
ferred against Capt; Borup. ofSt. Paul.
Miruu, the militarnattache ofJbSe lega
tion at Paris, that he had been instru
mental in transferring plans' of French
defeases to Germany aud Italy, has
blown over, and President Harrison has
been thanked by the French- govern
ment for recalling Borup.. I3oo. T. J.
Coolidge, American minister t France,
had an interview yesterday with Ribot,
minister of foreign affairs,, and informed
him that in accoi dance with, the request
of the- French government the United
States had recalled Bomp. This had a
good effect, and the- scandal will prob
ably stop now. Tha-Hrcnchare fussy in
most matters of an official kind, and it
is not believed by reasonable people any
where in military erodes that Borup had
anything to do withi Genier. Borup is
on friendly terms with, the other mili
tary attaches, including those of Ger
many and Italy, and this faet has served
to' strengthen the feeling againt him, as
the French do not like anyone to asso
ciate on other terms than bare official
intercourse with. the Germans. Besides
plans of the defense of Toulon, ' Brest
Cherbourg and. other places, Genier is
charged with divulging, through Borup, a
code of marine signals prepared for use-
in the event of war with Italy. The
authorities have released M. Oudin, wb
was arrested on a charge of complicity
with Genier.. Secretary Elkins, speaks
in the highest terms ot Borup and ex
presses confidence in his ability to prove
his innocence.- His recall, was the
natural consequence of the unfortunate
affair, for, even though he may satisfy
the French authorities that he has been
wrongfully accused, his usefulness as an
attache will necessarily be impaired.
His recall would therefore have followed,
regardless of any demand for it by the
French authorities. The fact that Borup
is allowed only foO a month for office
expenses, out ot wnicrj ne is authorised
to purchase periodicals, maps, drawings,
etc., must be accepted as pretty conclu
sive evidence that he has not gone into
the business of purchasing stolen plans
on a very large scale. That he should
sell stolen plans to other countries would
seem to be equally absurd when it is
known that he is financially rich.
Canada is finding a large number of
duplicate return certificates issued to
Chinese, and on motion of Sir John
Thompson, Gordon's bill to amend the
Chinese immigration act was transferred
I to govcrnmentorders.
con.n kt nJike it.
Aa Kfl'ort tn Steam the Dal) City Over
The Caw-ad.
The steamer Dalles City left Portland
yesterday morning to . come through . to
The Dalles, and could have done so with
the help of a line at Sheridan point, be
tween Bonneville and the locks. One
of the principal things which lead to the
excursion yesterday was to prospect for
a high water landing below the locks, to
which the Dalles City can come at any .
stage of water. This was found yester
dayand next year ther need be no such
detention as has been experienced this
year. Another thing was to test Dr. Aug.
C. Kinney's idea of navigating the cas
cades at all stages of water by blasting
out rocks below' extreme low water.
This can also be accomplished, with very
little expense, and the public need not
be surprised to see a daily through line
of stain boats between Dalles City and
Astoria yet before the locks are finished.
Among those on board 'yesterday were
Messrs. B. F. Laughlin, A. S. Macallis
ter, and Hugh Glenn. The people may
rest assured that The Dalles, Portland
and Astoria Navigation company mean
business that they are here to stay.
At Bonneville, the steamer not having
accommodations for meals on board, the
party stopped at the railroad station for
lunch. Here they found a party of tour
ists swollen with mosqatto bites and in
dignation because of thedisappointment
which they felt ' at not finding a Union
Pacific steamer to take them for a trip
to the cascades, . They begged to be tak
en on board the Dalles- City, but Capt.
.Sherman protested that it was a hazard
ous trip, and that they did not dare to
risk taking any passengers. " But,"
said- an anxious young lady who was
particularly pained at thc-'proepect of
losing the cherished trip os her life, " I
see you have passengers."' "No," re
plied Capt. Shermau, "thone gentlemen
are officers and owners of the boat."
"Well," was the quick answer, "if they
are willing to risk, I am," and this lead
to favorable negotiations, and the young
lady aad her mother stepped en board,
but before the steamer pushed off the
mothers- reconsidered the matter, and the
young, lady was doomed to disappoint
ment.. Oregon Weather Ktatit.
Pokthaw, June 28. Eastern Oregon.
Showers- fell on the 22d andt frosts of
varying- hvteneities occurred) en the
mornings-of the 21st and 22d iaeoontie8
east and1 south of the Blue mountains,
which injjrred vines and tender Vegeta
tion to some extent. Since the-24th the
temperature has been rising,.unt Sun
day and: Monday, when it wo upwards
of 0o',,'i- almost- every ' section. The
winds bwe been froin the north and the
air is very dry. ' Crop conditions have
not improved any. There ye is and
most likcFy there will conllmm- to be a
gloomy outlook for the grain crop. - In
the central: part of Gilliam ootttiiy, the
eastern portion of Umatilla ceanty, gen
erally through Union andt Wallowa
counties, the grain crop is good, but in
the other portions of this, section the
grain is-burnt, farmers are discouraged
and some will not obtain even their
seed. The weather has btoen cool for
corn, box the late warm weather may
give it more growth. Twento four hours
of good rain fall would revive much of
the damaged wheat. - Barley and rye are
doing 'better. Rye will soon- be ready to
cut. Strawberries are ripeiuttK in Grant
and other interior counties, where also
alfalfa, is being cut. The- rivers have
been falling for the past tluee days, and
all danger of high water is- now passed.
Western Oregon. Tuesday the 21st,
was-tiool and showery, and from Wed
nesday the temperature hoe risen until
Sunday and Monday the- 26th and 27th
when. 90 or more were leeorded through-
out this section, except on the im
mediate coast. This is the warm
est weather so far this year. The sky
ha been cloudless and the winds have
been northerly. Grain has grown and!
filled very well, except in parts of Jose-
phine and Jackwon. counties, where- it
has been burned. AJong the coast and
in Donglas county ,.aud throughout the
Willamette valley, the grain la doing
very well, though, it is not so' good aa
last year. The ground is becoming
very dry and hand, and all vegetation
would be benefitted by rains. Fbtatoea
are doing very well and promise- a good t
yield. Rasp and black berries are now
ripe. Strawberries are not so plentiful
now as one week ago, and they are going
out of season. - Cherries are ripe ; they
are of good quality, but not an average
in quantity. Hop lice are present, bat
are yet rather dormant ; it is hoped that
the present warm weather may decrease
them. Haying is being finished, the
weather being very favorable to .that op- -pe
rat ion. The fruit prospects are no
better as for quantity, but the quality
promises to be above the average.
Oregon Granite.
Reporter. If anybody doubts that
granite of excellent quality, and quanti
ty sufficient to ' meet all demands
abounds in Yamhill connty, he can have
his doubts removed by calling at,, this
oflice and inspecting a sample of the
rock, or by driving to the ledge three
miles distant. Portland builders and
capitalists should investigate this. It ia
easy to get at good wagon roads and no
steep hills to climb, and 4 motor line or
railroad spur could be built to it without
great expense.