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VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1892.
NUMBER 39.
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THE GRAND VIEW FARM
Sketch of a Visit to tlie WoMerM Mill
Creek. Fruit Lands.
FINEST ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
Prolific Prune Production and a Bounti
ful Berry Patch.
THE MOUNTAIN TOP VINEYARD.
Crand And Beautiful Sight Improve
i menu or the Past Tear So Pre
tense In Tbis.
- Special to The Ciieoniclk.
The Dalles, Sept. 5. As the visitor
drives' out through Mill creek valley
from The Dalles and beholds Enow-cap-ped
Mount Hood towering high in the
distance, a panorama of beauty lies be
fore him that he will ever fondly remem
ber and keenly appreciate. ' It may be
the long sweep of graceful hills running
far up into the horizon on either side the
valley, it may be the beauty of orchards
and vineyards which enrich 'those hills
and show a wonderful fertility of' soil,
or it may be the charm of glorious cli
mate, or a dozen other natural advan
tages which contribute to make the Mill
creek country one of the finest fruit
regions on the Pacific coast.
After spending several hours in driv
ing through this delightful valley, we
stop at "Grand View Fruit Farm" on
our way back to The Dalles. This is
part of the property of the Columbia
' River Fruit company, and Mr. A.
T. Higby, their efficient superintendent
may be found here doing his utmost to
make Grand View a model fruit ranch.
It was the appearance of thrift and care
ful cultivation that particularly attract
ed us to this farm, and which was so pro
nounced when compared with the others
- thereabout that we at once voted Mr.
Higby as being the right man' in the
right place. -
r" On our way down the hill we passed
prune trees bending under a load of
fruitage so marvelous that it would
have to be seen to be fully appreciated.
A mere description cannot give an ade
quate idea of how thickly the prunes
cluster together and make- the limbs
look like long festoons as they bend be
neath their weight. At the bottom of
the hill we came to a small plateau con
tain ing some three or four acres of straw
berries and about a quarter of an acre
. of blackberries. The latter were of the
Lawton variety and when we were told
that this small patch 0-i of an acre) had
yielded about 2,500 boxes this season,
- it , seemed incredible to say the least,
but when one of our. party, who had
been out to this fruit farm about .the
middle . of July, assured us that the
vines were then so heavily laden that
many of them bent down until they lay
. almost flat on the ground, we concluded
from those which were left, and the
stems which remained to tell the tale,
that the statement regarding the great
yield must be correct. These berries,
and about seven acres of strawberries,
are watered by a system of irrigation
from Mill creek, which runs through
the property on its way. down from the
mountains. . None of the other fruit
requires irrigation.
me targe, ripe Denies tempt us lor a
few minutes, but we drive on, and are
happily reminded of Tennyson's song of
"The Brook," while crossing a bridge
that is partly embowered with shrub
bery, as it spans Mill creek. The sweet
'cadence of waters rushing over their
stony bed is here to mark the home 'of
the brook trout, while the perfume of
the honeysuckle and the wild rose also
tempts us to linger ; but just as we
alight from the carriage, Mr. Higby ap
pears, with a hoe in his hands, and with
bis coat off, and we soon find ourselves
following the genial superintendent
through orchards of peaches and pears,
prunes, plums, nectarines, etc., and
then higher up the hill to several fine
vineyards, where a stranger would have
old us that nothing would grow. Those
hills, however, are very . fertile,", and
when we saw vines thriving and bearing
luxuriant crops, without the aid of eith
er rain or Irrigation, we could not help
but see the truth .in Mr. Higby's re
mark, as he said:'"! tell you,' gentle
men, this is the finest grape land in the
; world 1" "' The same might be truthfully
raid of the orchards, for, after examin
ing them, aft, were unanimous in saying
they had never seen their equal before.
Even melons grow in abundance on the
biehest hills, and when we were told
that the only rain since last April was a
shower on the night of July 15th, we
were convinced that it'must be a very
superior climate and 'soil that gives to
the fruit of this section an excellence of
flavor and luxuriance of growth excelled
bv no other country in the world. . The
soil is a sort of .loam, mixed with vol
canic ash, which makes it mellow, easy
to work, and very rich. The long, sun
ny days and gentle - breezes that come
direct from the ocean every afternoon or
evening are also important factors in
giving to the fruit its fine flavor and
beauty of color, - .
It w as with pardonable pride that Mr.
Higby led us still farther up, pointing
out billowy stretches of vineyard on the
way Or else stopping for a moment to
direct some of his men who were at
work with a stumping machine and
busv DreDarmsf a Iaree tract of new
ir round for orchard this fall. " Here at
the request of one of the gentlemen
who eaid that ho was tired and did not
care to iro any higher up, we all sat
down on a tree which had just been
uprooted, and looking off over the orch
ards on both sides of the valley, we were
able to take in at a glance many of the
improvements which have been made
since the Columbia River Fruit- com
pany assumed ownership about a year
ago. It was indeed a beautiful sight to
look down upon . trees heavily . laden
with fruit and swaying to and fro iu the
summer wind. Two of our party who
had been on a tour through California
were not only loud in their praise of
the picture before them, but said they
had never seen anything of the kind
that would be worthy of comparison.
It was with considerable . enthusiasm
that one of them exclaimed: "Why,
Mr. Higby, I tell you 1 am pleased. I
can write home letters of praise and
say many complimentary things after I
get there, because I see before me some
thing that exists and substantiates all
that I ever heard.. There is no pretense
in this; it goes away beyond my expect
ation!" .;.
While sitting on the fallen tree the
conversation turned to the finding of a
market for such vast quantities of fruit,
but this was not difficult to see through
when it was remembered that a region
with so many natural advantages for
fruit producing must necessarily yield a
product that will claim first place in all
the larger markets, consequently the
Columbia River Fruit company look first
to the markets of the Pacific coast and
then to the larger towns of Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah,
where Mr. A. E. , Dunham, the general
manager of the company, informed us
they would be able to market earload
shipments, just as soon as they could turn
them ouffin quantities that large. . "If
for any reason the market for raw fruit
should be dull in any of those places,"
said Mr. Dunham, "we shall take care of
it ourselves by either drying or canning,
and then market it farther east. In
Chicago, for instance,' there are commis
sion houses that will take all the dried
prunes we can supply 1" - All were un
animous in thinking with Mr. -Dunham
that the superiority of the fruit raised
by this company would cause it to take
first place in the markets anywhere.
. It is not our intention to weary- the
reader with a long narrative of our visit,
but, fearing that such may be the case,
we regret that he could not have been
with us as we descended in a' different
course through the orchards, and were
continually meeting with -wonders that
called forth our admiration . On- reach
ing the foot of the hill, we came to the
homestead of the fruit farm, and which,
by the way, is an unpretentious, but
comfortable frame house, partly sar
rounded by peach, prune and apple trees
that weave their limbs caressingly
around it. The thoughtfulness of Mrs.
Higby here manifested itself as she
came to the porch and asked us if we
would not like some peaches and .cream.
We availed ourselves of the invitation,
so kindly given, and found while enjoy.
ing her hospitality that "the lord of the
manor" was not the only one who could
be entertaining at Grand View. Fruit
Farm. Many a summer will pass into
autumn before we forget that pleasant
afternoon, nor can we, yet help but
think that our lines had fallen in pleas
ant places for the day, as we recall our
genial host and hostess saying: "Good
bye, come and see us again !". ., ,
. . . - J.' A. Johnson.
Discreditable to the Country.
Baker City Democrat.. - We look for a
reaction against the. prize ring to come
hard, upon the heels of the New Orleans
national convention of .sloggers and
their.' friends .and- backers., And. thai
will be a good, thing,, for the prominence
and favor which the ring has enjoyed in
the United . States for the past dozen
years is discreditable to the country, -
SNOWING IN MARS.
ffigH Water it the Lakes Interfering
NayigaM
HEAP OF TROUBLE I.ViERAN CLOUDS
Astronomer Pickering Gets in a few
Snap Shots From Arequipa.
NATIONAL QUARANTINE . ORDER.
To be Enforced for Twenty Day Where
not in Contravention of State
' Laws-Other News.
New York, Sept. 2. The latest from
Mars comes in the form of a special to
the Herald, from Astronomer Pickering,
at Arequipa, from Peru. He says
Mars has two mountain ranges near
the south pole. Melted enow has col
lected between them ' before flowing
northward. In the equatorial mountain
regions, snow fell on two summits on
August 5th, and melted on August 7th
I have seen eleven lakes near the solis
locus varying in area from eighty . to 100
miles to forty by forty miles. Branch
ing dark lines connect them with two
large dark areas like seas, but which are
not blue. There has been much trouble
since the enow melted in the aeran
clouds. These clouds are not white but
yellowish and partly transparent. They
now seem to be breaking away but they
hang densely on the south side of the
mountain ranee. The northern green
spot has been photographed. Many of
Schiaparelli's canals have been seen
single."
National Quarantine Order.
Washington, Sept. 2. An official cir
cular was issued today by the president
which is practically a quarantine of
twenty days or longer if necessary, of all
vessels at ports of iho United States
from Cholera infected ports where not
in contravention of the state laws The
issuance was delayed somewhat, owing
to a desire of the department to publish
at the same time an opinion by the at
torney-general on the question of certain
rights of the government in the matter,
which it is thought should accompany
the circular. It is directed to collectors
of customs, medical officers of the marine
hospital service, foreign steamship com
panies, 'and state - and local boards of
health and reads as follows:
It having been officially declared that
cholera is prevailing in various portions
of Russia. Germany,- France, and at cer
tain points in ureat .Britain, as well as
in Asia, and it having been made to ap
pear that immigrants in large numbers
are coming into the United States from
the infected districts ' aforesaid ; that
they and their personal effects are lia
ble to introduce cholera into the United
Stales, and that vessels carrying them
are thereby a direct menace to the pub
lic health, and it having" been further
shown under the laws of several states,
that a quarantine detention may lie im
posed upon these vessels for a sufficient
length of time to insure against the in
troduction of contagious diseases, it is
hereby ordered that no vessel from any
foreign port carrying immigrants shall
be admitted to enter at any port of the
United States until said vessel shall
have undergone quarantine detention of
twenty days (unless such detention is
forbidden by . the laws of the state, or
regulations mpde thereunder), .and of
such greater number of days as may be
fixed in each special case by the state
autnonties.
Deserved Promotion.
Duluth Dispatch, Archbishop Ire
land, it is eaid, has been made a cardi
nal, and will be sent to France as a
mediator to harmonize the differences
in the . church in that country. A
Frenchman who is not identified with
any of the factions can scarcely be found,
and it is believed that Archbishop Ire
land is the man to do it, as the French
are more friendly to the Americans than
to any other nation, and this fact is said
to have influenced the decision.. The
change will be followed by the removal
of Bishop McGoldrick to . St. Paul, and
the appointment of a new bishop for
Duluth. ' - - ; - - v...'v-
:X - Should Have left Note, ,.' ,.: ;
Dispatch. ; :Dr. Awbrey, who myster
iously disappeared from Albany, has re
turned to that place and states, that he
only came to Portland to have his. eyes
doctored. In the .meantime, his wife
commenced suit for a divorce and all his
property has been attached.
New Yokk, Sept. 3. Th cholera
has had one very desirable effect in this
country. It opens the eyes of the people
to a realizing sense of the situation re
specting the immensity of the steerage
immigration to America," which " could
not be understood so well. The steam
ships win sustain a loss of tz.oou.uuo a
month, or more, while the 20 days'
quarantine regulations are. being carried
out ; and according to the estimate here
today by the agent of One of the largest
lines, it is estimated that during the
present month about 50,000 emigrants
would, were it not for the embargo, sail
from the other side. The .usual steer
age fore is from $18 to $25; the average
can safely be placed at $20, which means
a loss of $1,000,000 for that class of pas
sengers, ," ' '
The presidents order, as may be ex
pected, created a sensation - among the
steamship agents in this city. ' The first
intimation of it was read while the
mefmbers of the continental conference
were in session at - their ' headquarters.
The circular will practically stop all im
migration while the cholera epidemic
lafts. The agents of the steamships
carrying passengers recognize this fact
and will now be compelled to give up
the traffic. Immigration to this port
during . the first six months of the pres
ent year numbered over 272,000 steerage,
the number of passengers, each month
varying from 25,000 to 05,000.
Under this proclamation there will be
a considerable decline, both to and from
the United States. -One agent, making
a rough estimate, places the amount at
Jo.OOO.OOO. Then there are hundreds of
incidental expenses which must be con
sidered.. There is the feeding of the im
migrants that are detained, the payment
of the officers and crew while the vessels
are detained, the loss of sailing, which
means -the loss of freight, and -many
other, losses, making it an enormous
bill, in the aggregate, for steamship
companies ' to . pay.-.- The loss arising
from the fact that fewer steerage passen
gers will go to the east will be $150,000.
Next to the loss arising from the steer
age paaseTQgrs will : be outgoing abin
passengers. The loss, from outgoing
steerages passengers will ; be $4o0,000.
The loss in freight business .will- not ' be
aa much, -.: .-. , ..;
"Tne president's proclamation': will
practically stop immigration to the
United States," said the agent of the
Guion line, "but I think it will not af
fect those who go to Montreal and can
cross the border.. My opinion is that we
will. not have the cholera till next
spring." Agents of other lines have
adopted measures, and a general order
has been issued, to the effect that until
further notice, no more steerage passen
gers will be carried from the other side.
: "A Very Clerer" Deal.
Montreal Dispatch. . The stock broker-
eragefirmof Nicholls &i Marier were
robbed of $45,000 on the 2d; A hand
some blonde drove up to the office and
waved a bundle of greenbacks and beck
oned to the clerk to come out.' She had
a five minutes argument about the discount-
,on American silver certificates,
and then drove rapidly away. .- When
the clerJi returned to bis desk he found
that the cash drawer - bad been rifled.
A good-looking American who was loiter
ing around the place for a couple of
hours that afternoon has disappeared.
' Grand Lodge Journal. ,-
Oregonian. . The Sovereign Grand
Lodged I. O. O. F., have awarded to F.
W. Baltes & Co. the contract for print
ing the Daily Journal, beginning Sep
tember 19, and 25 extra printers are now
being ' engaged lor the work, which will
be done entirely: at night,', light being
furnished by their awn electric light
plant,- Other work -will. not be delayed
and will receive the usual prompt at
tention which has made the bouse of
Baltcs & Co. so popular and extensive.
-. Mortgaged Parma.
Review. The attention of. those far
mers who think that free trade would
lift the farm mortgages of the country is
directed to the report of the" eminent
statistician Mullhall, which shows that
the farms of Great Britain are mortgaged
to the' extent of 68 per:' cent. of their
valne, against less than 20 per cent, in
the United States. " -'':'
. .'- - Ho .Oleo. Here.; ;
Rural Spirit.' Col. Weidler, internal
revenue collector' for this district,' in
forms the Sural Spirit that not a single
United: States' license has been issued
this year to sell oleomargarine in Ore
gon, wbile-130 or more have been taken
out to sell iir Washington. "The enforce
ment of our Oregon law accounts for it
M. E. Galiaday, of Holdeni' Md.V ia
proud of the fact that he is the lineal
descendant of the original Mother Goose, i
AN ARABIAN WEDDING
Queer Customs of Adopted Citizens in
. V Cincinnati.
THE BEER, BRIDE AND BROTHER.
A Maddeniug Howl, Stately Dancing,
and Odd Performances.
THE SCRAPPERS ABE COLLICTINQ
Poolsellers' Combination, and Erepara
- tlons lor Shearing- of the
. .Lambs.. - .
. Cincinnati, Sept. 3. An Arabian
marriage, celebrated exactly aa it would
be in. Arabia, is in progress here. It is
a remarkable affair, and it requires three
days to complete. . The contracting par
ties are Eapliwl Latoof and Lizzie An
tonius. The ceremony began at 3 a. m.,
in what is known as the Red Onion ten
ement-house, inhabited exclusively by
Arabs. The bride is but fourteen years
old. : In opposite corners' sat ' fifteen "or
twenty men, and as many women. The
bride -was covered . with a rich scarf.
From a table in the middle of the room
a broth or of the groom - dispensed beer.
All the time, the squatting men and
women kept up an exasperating howl
ing. 'Soon the relatives of the bride and
groom appeared at the door, dressed in
Arab costumes, .and danced a stately
minuet.. . , Then followed all sorts of per
formances, "wild shrieking,, beating ii
heads, burning of -incense, bowing un
der colored lights,-. and accompanied all
the while -by the maddening bowling.
An immense crowd of spectators was on
the outside,' and a squad of police was
kept busy.-; ' : .
... , Lamb Shearer Gathering-. -
: Nbw..Oblran.s, .-Sept.. 3. The great
prize fight next week is attracting an
unusual swarm , of "sporting" men from
all portions of the continent.. From
now on. every train will be . crowded.
Steady betting continues at the pool
rooms, and two institutions of that kind
are open for the purpose of shearing the
lambs, and 'it is expected that large
sums of money Trill be lost and won on
the result of the fights. For instance,
they are ready to pay out $8,640 on the
Corbett, Skelly and McAuliffe combina
tion, $5,000 on the Corbett, Skelly and
Myer combination, $4,200 on the Sulli
van, Dixon and Myer 'combination,
which seems to be' favorite.' Two-dollar
mutuals opened this morning. Odds
were posted on the start 4 to 1 on Myer,
3 to 1 on McAuliffe, 5 to 1 on Dixon, 6
to 1 on Skelly, and even money on Sul
livan, and 2 to 1 on Corbett. .'
: A Pointer for Future Prosperity.
Scio Press. .If Oregon and Washing
ton produced all the butter, cheese, eggs
and poultry,, swine products and beet
sugar required for home consumption, a
shortage of the wheat crop, such as ex
ists the present year, would have-very
little effect upon the entire -region, tak
en as a whole. : - - i
The Argument Used
Y the makers of
. -.,- powders to induce , the dealer to push
them is. that
. thev cost less .than Royal and afford '
.! the dealer much more profit.
; .- But you, madam, are charged the same price
; for them as for the absolutely pure Royal, which
is perfectly combined from the most highly refined
and expensive materials. The lower cost of the
others is caused by the cheap, impure materials
; used in them, and the haphazard way in which
they are thrown together. '
Io.y6Twish7to pay the . price of the Royal "
; fcf an inferior; baking powder, made from im-
pure goods, of 27 per cent less strength ? If
: yod buy the other powders, insist upon having
SI corresponding reduction, in price.
Current Tonic
For the benefit of ambitious American
girls it is announced that three promi
nent members of the new British gov
ernment, Lord Roeebery, secretary for
foreign affairs, Lord Houghton, vice
roy of Ireland, and Mr. Asquith, home
secretary, are widowers. Here are two
titles and three pots of gold against sev
eral million American girls. If Great
Britain wishes to cope with this prob-
lem it is evident that she must enlarge
her ministry. .
Mr. Corbett says he is confident he
can whip Mr. Sullivan, and Sullivan is
confident that he is not going to' be
whipped. What the sporting public
now wants to know is: Which "Pro
fessor" will be a victim of misplaced
confidence?
Mr. B, P. Hutchinson, lateof Chicago,
says that "Boston is the finest place in
this country to live." Wo are now
awaiting news of the organization of a
Boston Hutchinson society. '
Intelligent Voter.
East Oregonian. In the state of Miss' "
issippi there are 257,305 men over 21
years of age. Of these, 110,100 are
whites, and 147,205 are blacks. The
state has a new constitution which con-i
tains provisions as to suffrage that may
be commended to Oregon as superior to
even "our Australian ballot law. This
constitution limits the suffrage to those
who can read and write; it requires,
moreover, the payment of a heavy elec
toral poll tax a long time before election ;
and, what is more than all, it requires
the voter, when he appears for registra
tion, to he able to read and expound, to
the satisfaction of the registry officials,
any section or sections of the state con
stitution which' they may indicate.' The '
enforcement of tbis provision of the con
stitution produces a remarkable" effect'
upon the registration, while of 147,206 :
blacks, only 8,015 are found to be quali
fiedtovote. '
Nbw York, : Sept. 3. Obstreperous
"Dr." Jenkins, of the health board, who
yesterday tried to proclaim himself "a
bigger, man than Ben,"- by declaring
that he shouldcontinue the quarantine
and release" vessels according to his own
view of the requirements in each case,
without regard to. the president's procla
mation, has fallen from his perch a sub
jugated , jay, , under an emphatic order
from Collector Hendricks, stating that
if Jenkins does not obey the president's
quarantine proclamation, ships affected
by it will not be allowed to land passen
gers or cargo. .
Kansas Horse Market.
Pacific Farmer. L. B. Rinehart and .
Dr. Deering, of Union, shipped four car
loads of horses to the eastern ninrket
Monday morning, the former three and
the latter one carload. ' - Arch Johnson,
the city marshal, has charge of the car
belonging to Mr. Deering, and will take
them to Kansas City. He is acquainted
in that country, being a former resi
dent, and will no doubt meet with , suc
cess in disposing of the horses at good
prices. "Mr. Kinehart shipped one car-
load from Union and two from Hunting
ton. He -will stop at various places and
try to dispose of his horses at wholesale,,
but, if he does not succeed, will go on to
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he is
well acquainted, having shipped horses .
there last season. The - horses are all
good, and should meet with ready sale,
iu any market at good prices.
the second-class baking