THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892.
A MONTANA CYCLONI
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Hailstones Fell Liie Bullets. Perforating
5 tne Leares.' V :
SCANDINAVIAN CHURCH STRUCK.
Colored People Holding a Convention
For Mutual Benefit.
ASKING THE PEOPtK FOB . s-TIC.'.
Fatherly Advice rnn J. C. ltoblnaon
The Race Connclltng; Industry.
. Sobriety, etc
Si-okaxk, July G. A terrific cyclone
passed over Montana yesterday. The
amount of rain and hail that fell and the
frequency of the lightning were unpre
cedented at Helena. In ten minute! an
inch of rain fell, flail came down like
bullets and the leaves of trees all over
towu (-how clean, round holes, People
who were caught out in the storm had to
seek shelter until its cessation. The
wind that preceded the rain and hail
blew 50 miles an hour, leveling trees and
fences. Lightning ."truck the Scandina
vian chun.li, entering the steeple, when it
divided into sereral holts and flew in aH
directions. The steeplu and part of the
church were wrecked, and the parsonage
was badly damaged. Rev. Ifeury l,in
dernian, the pastor, his wife and 4-year-old
cliihl wereshocked, but not seriounly
hurt. The child, has a distinct blue
streak down one arm. Several jiersons
in the neighborhood of the church were
prostrated by the shock. The church
was feet on tire, but the thimes were
quickly extinguished. ',,
the lot formerly occupied, as au engine
house be disposed of, as soon .as a fair
price can be obtained therefor, and that
the proceeds be ued to cover the ex
pense of a new. house. -1 would . further
recommend that when a" new engine
house be built that the City, hall and
jail lie" thoroughly repaired, that they
receive a new roof and new floors and
such other repairs aa will make, the
bnildhig safe and comfortable.
. While aH of the interests of the city
should receive great care and your best
consideration, in addition to the fire de
partment, to wbiclr I have called your
particular attention. 1 shall be pleased
to see you guard with the utmost vigi
lance the finances of the city. You are
chosen by the people of this municipal
ity to look after and care for their inter
ests; your ability to do this is unques
tioned and I shall at all times take pleas
ure in assisting you in the discharge of
your duty.
Hoping that we may at all times work
together with harmony and pleasantly,
I remain, Very Respectfully, -
Robert Mays, Mayor.
The mcssuge was ordeied to be plnid
on file.
The financial statements of the city
were then read, as follows, and made a
portion of the 'records of the meeting.
AXKUAI. STATEMKNT.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of Dalles City :
I herewith beg to submit my report of
the financial affairs of Dalles City, us
shown by the records of this office, July
4th, 1802.
Bal. Wntxants Otitptaniliag.JuIy 7,1S!1. .?2.',532 85
HASTY LEGISLATION.
Fatal OrersiEht in Tne Senate Passing
Tne Sifter Bill. .
NOTES SAID TO BE DEMONETIZED.
The House May Amend The Bill And
Thus Prolong The Session.
WILLIAM EAPU9 TO GO TO IIKTi"'
Junketing Trip. From Portland to
TVashiogton City by The Freej , .
Bridge Committee.
iH&ticd for salaries of city officers
The Colored Peuple.
t'uicA(ii), .Tolv . This appears to be
the year of national conventions. The
colored people now 5n session in Cin
viunati are discussing matters of inter
est to their nice. One of the sjieakers
yesterday," J). A. Budd, discussed the
situation with more than ordinary
intelligence. A number of other speech
fa were made recitingsouthcrn outrages
etc. A resolution was adopted appealing
to the American 7e6ple for justice;
against mnrder and violence, robbery
xtortior(. hasty and cruel judgements,
.-ancd aainct fierce mobs; appealing to
'the .colored people to bear in mind their
IM-oSrierety and advancements depend
npon -tlK-mselvcs; they must practice
industry, wonomy, sobriety; be
orderly. Jaw-abiding and hone9t, that
they niH.v win the reputation of good
citizoiKs. The resolution declares that
the intcreit of the colored people re
quire the establishment of a literary
academy, where colored youths may
acquire a thorough practical and engin
eering education. The resolution de
clares that "Washington is best suited for
tho location of such an institution, and
the project is submitted to the consider
ation of the United States.
current exinscs.
expenses! of lire department,
hose hydrants, equipments.,
hose houses, etc
improvements ot streets,
cress walks, etc
puymcatof night watchman,
special policeman, feeding
prisoners, ete.
payment for lighting streets
general fund .
block 4, sewer fund
Washington, July (j. It it be true,
as representative Culberson of Texas
says, that the senate made a fatal over
sight in passing the silver bill, hi that it
failed to reserve, in the repeal of the act
of 1890, the legal tender quality of- coin
notes issued under that act, and also de
stroyed the authority of the secretary of
the treasury to redeem them, the effect
will be to demonetize more than 100,
000,000 of coin notes, and poitpone their
redemption until congress authorizes it.
The house will be compelled to amend
the bill, and thus the session may be
prolonged.
2.2BS 91
2,627 10
70 S8
Total f.2,968 S2
Loss warrants redeemed since July 7th,
1S11 11,321 20
Vf'arraiits outstanding July 4th, 1S91.
Less cash on hand
Liabilities, not including interest on
outstanding warrants . .. 25 311 56
Comparative Statement of finances on the first
Monday of July, 1891, to the lirst Monday in July,
D-92, the beginning and cud of the Uveal year:
Cash on hand July 7th. 1S91 $3,868 12
Warrants issued July 7th, 1891, to July
7th.lS92 17,433 67
Total :
CONTRA
Warrants redeemed during said
timcnotincludinginterest. .$14,321 20
Cash on band July 4th. ISM.. 3,333 96
6,764 00
1,1 61
After Major Handbury,
'-' ui Poktlakb, July 6. The committee of
1,019 i(n citizens forcing conclusions for more free
bridges, are arranging for a trip to
Washington city to investigate Maj.
Handbury. It is quite probable that
the entire delegation will proceed in a
body. A. D. Charlton, of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, has kindly
tendered the use of a special car to con
vey the delegates from Portland to Chi
cago. He' will also make arrangements
to convey the delegation from Chicago to
Washington over the Baltimore and Ohio
road. This special car has been ordered,
and will be ready to convey the dele
gation eastward tomorrow morning.
The president has sent . to the son ate
the nomination of William Kapus,
consul to Sidney, Xew
26,617 S2
S.335 96
21,S0D 70
tl7,657 16
of Oregon, as
South Wales: -
KOK AS OPEN R1TKR. . "
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The ' Futwre l'okltioa of the Tress An-
tleipaterf. '
From the Spokane Review. "
If political and other undue influences
were entirely : eliminated, the Seattle
ditch would not have an advocate east
of the Cascade mountains. It has no
general merit. The people of this sec
tion would never have considered it, had
it not been thruet upon their 'attention.
Their direct interest In the river and
harbpr bill is confined to the work of
opening, the Columbia river, and they
have set their hopes upon the comple
tion of that work.. For these reasons
they are protesting against the Seattle
ditch. So far two papers in Eastern
Washington have proved amenable to
political influence and have lifted their
voices in advocacy of the canal. In
times gone by the editor of one of
these has been quick to challenge
the friendship of other journals to
the work of opening the river. It
is not surprising, perhaps, that he
is now pleading for the ditch while
the papers and. the people whose
motives he questioned are standing loy
ally by the river; but it is not creditable
to him. The other paper is against the
river because Portland is for it, and
because "only that portion of the river
in Oregon is to be improved." . The
Columbia at no point en ters the state of
Oregon, and as a matter of fact the pro
posed b6at railway was to have been
built in Washington. The truth is ap
parent to any person of precept ion.
Seattle desires the opening of the canal
and the continued obstruction of the
river; the people east of the Cascade
mountains demand that , Seattle shall
make her own local improvements, and
that the government shall be asked only
to make appropriations for works of a
general character. Circulate a Columbia
river petition in Seattle and find how
many people would sign it ; circulate a
canal petition this side of the mountains,
and find how- many people want that
project. .
CARNEGIE'S REVOLT.
A Reie 3f .Terror ia,(te'qjf
"tie Great LocM
PINKERTON DETECTIVES CRINGE.
The First Bloody Fruits of aa Immense
Crop of Bloodshed.
URIAD KiSTJI.TS ' ANTICIPATED.
Burning Oil in the Kiver to Capture
Private Detective. Set on the
laborer Trail.
HaLaNCE. , . , 8,646 63
CASH EECEIVKD FROM ALL SOUKCKS.
Team Licenses ,;.. 479 00
, 4,700 00
103 00
13 M
SO 00
TO fW
43 fO
2IS 60
42 60
147 00
87 00
5 65
2,000 00
6,293 79
THIS It.tI.LVS FINANCES.
Mayor Mays' Message Financial State
ment, etc.
The common council of Dalles City,"
'"met at 10 o'clock a.m. yesterday, Mayor
Robert Mays presiding. Present, Coun
cilman Knight, .folcf, Kreft, Iiner aud
Maier.
Bonds were presented and approved
for the recorder elect, Frank Menefee ;
marshal elect, Dan Maloney; and treas
urer elect, L. Itorden.
The following standing committees
. . j
T W V Aj'JlVtUlVU,
mEciary Dufnr, Haight aiid Maier.
" finance Maier, Joles and Kreft.
fire aud water Haight, Lauer and
doles.
o . .1 " It i. rr r.
tDufur and Laner.
Mayor "Mays submitted his annual
message as follows :
One year has passed since I first as
sumed the duties oi Mayor of Dalles
City, and while I am not now prepared
to make a detailed statement of the con
dition of the city's finances, I deeire to
.rail your attention to. some of the affairs
of the city which seem to me to require
attention it your bands in the near
fa tar ek
I shall, in the near future, present for
your consideration a full, statement of
the city's finances ; I feel that notwith
standing the loss suffered by the great
ire of September 2d, 1891, and the con
sequent increase in the contingent ex
"pensee, the city is in a good and healthy
condition financially f. finr city warrants
are; readily, dlsposea of at par and the
regular contingent expenses of the' city,
are-regularly .meC -
Qur fire department is well equipped,
sa far -.as .apparatus is concerned; but
the fire department is in need of an en
gine house -..with its appurtenances; I
urge upon you the necessity of giving
this your early consideration that this
need may be supplied. I would recom
.inend that if nu engine house be built
that it be -placed upon the ground no'w
-occupied as. -torn iiorsry charters; that
Bar
Show "
Peddlers " .
Hawkers "
Billiard " ....
IoK " ;
Fines in Recorder's Court
Ground rent
Koad tax
Impoundinc lines '.
Delinquent city tax
Insurance on engine house
City taxes lor 18'Jl, per treasurer's reports
' Total ?M,S2i M
Kespectfnlly submitted,
Fkaxk Mknf.fke,
Recorder of Dalles City.
The election of street commissioner
resulted in the selection of the present
iucumbent, J. F. Staniels, on the first
ballot.
Policemen Con iiowe and G. C. Kills
were retained in their positions by nnan
animoua consent.
Proposition for the purchase of a lot
on Third street for an engine house was
referred to the committee on fire and
water. Petitions for rebate of taxes
from Mrs. Lntinger and F. W. L. Skibbe
were referred.
An ordinance was adopted transferring
moneys from the general fund for pay
ment of outstanding warrants.
Adjourned.
torrent Topic.
Not ao Bad Off.
Wasco News. While it is an undeni
able fact that the crops of Sherman
county are in u bad condition, yet we do
not believe that they are so far gone as
some of our exchanges would "have us
believe. Statements in some of our ex
changes are to the effect that the wheat
crops in this county are entirely burned
up. There will be -considerable wheat
threshed in Sheiman couuty this year,
though not by any means the amount
there was last year. Some of our farm
ers claim that they will have wheat to
sell this fall. Some, of course, will not
raise seed, but there Will bo plenty raised
to seed the county and some for export.
The crops are short, there is no denying
that fact, but there will be more wheat
raised than many think. Those who
know say that the prospects are better
this year than they were three years ago.
Considered a Freak.
Chicago News. There was one "we-view-with-alarm"
in the democratic
platform, and its appearance was greeted
with -derision. But how does it happen
that the platform contains no " we-point-with-prides"?
The omission of so es
sential, time-honored and immemorial a
phrase cannot but be detrimental to the
democratic cause among the residents of
those back counties where a platform
without it is considered a freak.
Greeting;. .
Walla Walla Union. D. C. Ireland,
one of the veterans of Oregon journal
ism, has become editor of the Dalles
Ciikosici.k. ' He will make it a lively
influential republican) paper.
Efforts are being made to unite the
democratic and peoples -party of Iowa,
by giving the peoples party tho elect
oral ticket and the democrats the state
ticket. The object is to help throw the
election into the house, which it is
thought would elect Cleveland.
John Thomas, once a wealthy farmer
of Ada county, Idaho, informed the as
sessor that he should hereafter refuse to
pay taxes on bis ranch. . Everv winter
for the past four or five years the Boise
river has played great pranks with Mr,
Thomas' land, and now be has but
twenty acres left from a whole half sec
tion.
Yesterday the university of Dublin
began the celebration of the 500th anni
versary of the founding of Trinity col
lege by Queen Elizabeth, with a recep
tion to guests and delegates from all
countries. The occasion baa probably
never been surpassed in thie generation
as a gathering of men- distinguished in
letters and science-
The weekly report of the- Oregon
weather bureau says: "Rain is badly
needed especially for late sown grain,
corn and gardens. The totn-1 wlieat
crop of Oregon in 1891 was f out teen mil
lion bushels, this year it will not be
over ten million bushels. The nearest
to a failure is in parts of Morrow, Gil
liam) Sherman and Wasco conn ties,
where, in localities, not much more
than seed will be secured."
The London Star says that if the av
erage of yesterday's gains are main
tained it will give the liberals a majority
of 150 in the next parliament, while
there is practical certainty the average
will be greater. Gladstone, is jubilant
over the results, especially the return of
John Bruce, liberal, from Greenock.
Returns show the election of ninety-five
conservativeSj forty-nine liberals and
thirty-nine liberal unionists. The set
gain for the liberal party and Irish home
rule is eight seats. V"
A St. Petersburg dispatch says the
cholera is advancing toward Moscow. It
has appeared on the other side iof the
Volga, in Samaria.- The mortality is
increasing at, Baku and Enburbs. The
hospitals are totally inadequate to care
for the numbers sick. Medicines and
disinfectants are only obtainable at an
exorbitant price, and the streets are be
ing sprinkled with petroleum as a disin
fectant. Steamers have withdrawn
from the Batoum route on account of
the epidemic. .The Russian frontier is
closed against goods and passengers by
wayjgf Ouzamanda. Twenty new cases
are reported at Saratoska.. The disease
is spreading - at , Astrakhan. At
Romanoff, and there is disquieting
news from Rybinsk. The greatest vigil
ance will be necessary if cholera spreads
to the shores of tbc Black sea, as there
is every prospect of the present epidemic
following the course the disease took in
1831 and 1847. ... ".
Bekun, July 7. It is a great mis
fortune that docs not drag a compensa
tory good behind, it. Russia, for in
stance, has been suffering from grievous
woes, and it may yet appear that those
troubles have inoculated all Europe
against a greater woe. The comment
excited by the czar's recent affability
toward his various neighbors- has been
generally based on the theory that
Russia wishes to wake friends, bat not
allies. Tiiere is an obvious advantage
in keeping open several resources' fot
getting assistance without definitely
joining fates with anv one of them. It
gives the bolder of Jhe resources an
opportunity to select at the critical
moment which one proves strongest.
mis may pe one secret ot tne czar's
good temper. But Mr. William E,
Henley, a London editor, lias another
explanation to offer, that the czar holds
the peace of Europe in his hand and
that Le really' desires to keep it in
definitely.. Germany, says Mr. Henley,
dare not attack France,'and France fears
the triple alliance. And that alliance is,
crippled, for Italy would be a weak
fighter.' Italy can hardly pay her
soldiers now. Russia would naturally
be the factor most likely to disturb
things, and Russia has on hand a
famine, a financial difficulty and an
ugly political problem to settle. Hence
the czar's antipathy to fighting and
hence his promiscuous chumming. The
bedevilment of Russia is the safety of
Europe, concludes Mr. Henley. Cer
tainly Russia is very much bedeviled.
But her misfortunes distressing as
thev are may be simply warding off
greater misfortunes. "
THK DALLES FORTAGK. .
A Good Streak of Speculation in Secur
ing; the Bail.
Oregonian. Captain George Pease,
who is in charge of the work of remov
ing the cargo of 2,500 tons of steel rails
from the wreck of the British ship Aber-
corn, wnicb went asnore just nortn ot
Grays harbor about three years ago, is
now. in Portland. He reports the work
as being carried oat successfully. A
wharf 1,500 feet long, and with a front of
140 feet, has been built from the shore
out to thewreck, some of the piles being
driven through the sides, of the ship.
Two noisting engines and derricks are
stationed on the end of the wharf, and
as the rails are almost entirely under
water several divers are employed to at
tach the slings to them, and from one to
five rails are hoisted at a time, about 200
being hoisted out each day and sent
ashore on a tramway along the wharf.
Nearly fhe entire cargo will be saved
and will be hauled to Grays barber, six
miles, for shipment. The rails were all
coated with coal tar, or asphalt, and
when this is removed are as bright as
new. Owing to the rails having been
cast away so longthere will be no duty
to pay on them, and they will yield a
handsome profit to Mr. Paul Mobr, of
Spokane, who bought the wreck, some
time- since. - It ia understood that the
rails are intended' for the portage rail
way at the dalles of the Columbia, which
was begun some time since, v.-
"I Shonla- Say Bo."
Telegram. We iu Portland are not
afflicted with dust aa much as people are
who live in San Francisco, Walla Walla
or many cities farther east, yet when
there is a breeze there is frequently
enough dust to be disagreeable. But
the worst of it is that it is too often, not
only disagreeable but deadly. .
Chicago, July 7. The great lockout
in the iron industry ifl this vicinity lias
borne its first bloody fruits. Between a
dozen and twenty Pinkerton officers and
Iocked-out iron and steel workers ure
either dying, dead or more or less seri
ously wounded as the result of an en
counter between them yesterday morn
ing. About 300 Pinkerton detectives
arrived at Pittsburg from the East, and
marched quietly to Monongahela,
boarded barges and started for the Home
stead works, towed by the tug Tide.
The locked-out employes were notified
of this move, and when the barges ar
rived at Homestead 5,000 people, includ
ing men, women and children, were
waiting to meet them. As soon as the
Pinkertons attempted to land, they were
warned off by the men, and a battle fol
lowed. The Pinkertons were armed
with Winchester rifles, and the opposing
crowd chiefly with revolvers. The Pin
kertons opened fire, and at the first vol
ley two workmen fell. This enraged the
crowd, and they bore down on the Pin
kertons with resistless force. The Pin
kertons fell back, but continued firing,
and finally the crowd on the bank
retreated, but soon again rallied, and a
bitter war ensued, in which many were
killed. Suddenly forty or fifty detect
ives attempted to jnznp ashore. The
strikers responded with a sharp volley,
driving the. invaders back to the Bcmi-
sbelter of the lower deck. The captain
was carried to the pilot bouse of his
steamed x One of his men informed an
and let it run into the river, butn ad
verse wind blew It away from the barges.
The cannon are bombarding the lrg?8'
evefy fev.mbmente, each shot carrying
away, pieces of the veesels. The Pink
ertons seldom return the fire.. The
Pinkertons are in a drca'dfnl nnsitinn .
exposed to a perilous fire of bullets, can
non and dynamite. Workmen attached
a hose to an oil tank, to sqnirt oil on th4
boat and set it on fire. They next laid
natural gasplpcs toward the boat to senT
strong streams of gas to envelop tho
boat, and then light it witie a torpedo.
Congress, and the state of Pennsylva
nia, have awakened to a sense of the
situation. Jn the house yesterday
r'n.Z f -it;r - ; . .1 i '
v windfall, ui lit jrma. iinniuitiKU
resolution authorizing the speaker to ap
point a committee of five to investigate
and report on the cause of the strike
and Gov." Pattison is momentarily ex'-"
pected.
The Trice ef Beef.
associated press man. that, although his
wonnd was terioda it was not fatal:
number of other detectives were more or
less seriously wounded in this encounter.
Then there was a lull in the battle, the
Pinkertons gathering on the lower deck
of the steamer and tho ..workmen on
shore sending a committee to. scour
Homestead for ammunition. .
Fighting was renewed at 7. a. m., pre
cipitated by another effort by the Pink
erton men to land. The workmen built
a fortification of steel bars on the river
bank, and over 2,000 men are behind it,
It is supposed several Pinkertons were
killed on the boat. Before the second
attempt was made to land, the officer
in charge announced to the workmen on
the bank that his men would land if he
had to mow down everybody in sight,
and then ordered them to advance,
They were met by a shower of lead from
the rifles and piBtols of the scattered
workmen. The officers stood back for an
instant, but rallied, marching eight
abreast. They endeavored to get ashore,
but were driven back. The people
seemed crazed by the bloody work, men,
women and ehildren running through
the streets crying for revenge and blood.
At 11 a. m. the strikers fired a car of
oil standing near the works for the
purpose of burning the boat in the
river. In the meantime the cannonade
on tne ooat continued, a. - steam noai
was sent to take the Pinkertons off the
barge. Firing was kept up from the
strikers with fatal effect. Pinkerton s
captain says : "The men were picked
up in Chicago and New York. They
were a very fair lot, and numbered 200.
I gave them strict orders not to shoot
until fired on. When we proceeded to
land a whistle blew, and the strikers
immediately commenced to shoot, and
to protect ottrselves we had to return
the fire. Seven or eight of -our men
were hurt. I do not know their names."'
The strikers are denounced, by friends
of the move for their cowardly actions.
They had a fortification and before any
act was made by the Pinkertons, fired
upon them and- shot them down like
dogs. A flag of truce was displayed by
the Pinkertons and was shot down. It
was hoisted two or three times with like
result. Men were, lying in wait on both
sides of the river opposite the barges for
the detectives to show themselves.
Every moving objeet on the barges was
fired on. " The conference bet ween the
sheriff, Amalgamated officials and the
Carnegies was fruitless. ' The outlook is
far from encouraging. Flames from the
burning oil in the river spread along the
water front, and the mills were threat
ened. Several explosions were heard,
and people fled to the hills to escape the
fire. The actions of the strikers is de
moniacal. ' The Pinkertons raised
another white flag at 2 :30. The arm of
the man who raised it was hit with a
bullet. - This afternoon the strikers cap-
tared s 660-galIon oil tank, set it on fire
Beef buyers lit Oregon have formed
combination against beef sellers. Ttia.
ifl what Tub Chboxiclk has for soino
ximv I'a&raciunzeu as inc untchera
truet." But they are liable to come to
grief soon, as the Chicago market is ad-,
vanclng rapidly. On the day after the
4th, 10,000 head sold in Chicago at an
advance of from 15 to 40 cents per head.
Choice to extra steers selling at from
$5.706.20 per cwt ; fair to good .$4.50(3
4.90; Texans $2.25(32.30. This steady
npward tendency ip theChicago market,
has stimulated our Eastern Oregon
stockmen to take the advantage of tho
high prices, and large shipments, will be"'
made in the near future. Our heavy
dealers in beef cattle will meet the Port
land "beef trust," and go them one
better. . . - v
Oregon I'ainta. -Grants
Pass Observer. That the nat
ural mineral paint of Josephine county
is the, finest ' ever discovered in any
country, Gen. Grant is cited as author
ity for the statement that" the Rogue
river Indians were the best painted
and most neatly decorated tribe, in the
country during the. time of , the war.
These Indians used the natural mineral
paints to embelish thoir persons with
the insignia of war, and early settlers in
these regions eay that these decorations
were indelible, the skins of the Indians
shining with such a glow a year after the
application of paint that the palefaces
could easily see to part their hair using'
Jthe red men as mirrors.
An Aatorlan in Kng-laad. r
Ustorian. Jf. U hack Rn4 has many
interesting stories to recollL't si h'l9 ex
perience while back in old England, re
cently. He says he - took an American '
made buggy back with him and the novel
ty of his rig attracted universal attdntioa
in the country where the gig is so uni
versal as a light carriage, although the
American buggy he had did not weigh i
one-third as much. Wherever ho went
and left his buggy in a town whilehe'
was looking after his business', when he
returned he would find a policeman or
two in charge of his property and" the -street
almost blocked with a . gaping
crowd.
The Clam of Karly Time. ' ' .
Astorian. . A wonderful geological
specimen was accidentally discovered by
a IttKtT-nr rtn f !a ltTor!T atrfwt. era rl o
In digging, his pick struck a round stone
imbedded in the bank, the blow splitting
inc Hvune open. iu me tarutrc naa
perfect clam shell, both sides being
shown, and measuring 3? inches in
length by 3' inches in diameter. Con-
sidering where it was found and the ,
heavy formation of stone, the clam must
have lain in its stony home thousands
of years.
Squire And Allen Hedf;. '
Olvmpia Tribune: There is such a.
howl going up all over the state against
Seattle asking $200,000 for a canal and
only $190,000 asked for all the other
rivers and harbors , combined that the
two senators in Washington are "hedg
ing." Both have done double amount of
work and talk for the canal than for all
the other proposed river and harbor im
provements. - ;
Like the Butterfly.
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weather has been extremely warm,. ith
the thermometer buzzing around the
10f mark, like butterflies around the
bung-hole of a molasses bar'I.
For a Fact.
Syracuse Dot. If the prohibitionists
have so much trouble in getting a plat
form to stand on they may well feel
sorry for the parties which have enough
red liquor in them to tangle, op their
legs when they try to stand anywhere.
Caught a Sucker.
John Day Sentinel. One of our farm
ers sent to Chicago this spring for a
double harpoon hay fork. After waiting
some time, it finally arrived at the stage
office with $7 charges on it. E. Hav.es
sells the sample article at $4-
The Thin For Blood.
Taeoina News : The worst feature in
capital punishment is not effect on the
victim but its effect on the community,
in which it developes a thirst for blood
that is brutal. It makes the people ltck.
their chops 111 a thirsty tiger.
The fleet of grain vessels coming to
Oregon for fall loading is rapidly increas
ing. .