THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 18S9
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Dally.
The family of D. J.Cooper received
notice last night of the death of Miss
Vi0i Mann in Saleni. The funeral will
be beld tomorrow morning- in that city.
Seeming to be little hope ot the ice
moving, and tne ,iver continuing to
raise, it was thought best to move the
Regulator entirely out of harm's way, and
workman are again busy cutting the ice
out preparatory to moving her further
op the beach.
Paul Paulsen waa notified this morn
ing that the remains of his cousin,
Arthur Edward Thomas, who died
Thursday night in Portland, would be
brought here for burial, arriving this
evening. The service will take place at
the Lutheran church tomorrow at 9:45
a. m. Friends of the family are invited
to attend.
An exchange eays the correct way to
pronounce Aguinaldo is "Ah-we-nal-do.
Accent third syllable, give "a" the sound
it has in the word father, "i'' is like "e"
long, and "g" is silent. We know of
some people who have a shorter way to
pronounce it than that, and it
ien't M-u-d either. Ah-we-maaled-you
would be as good as any pronunciation.
The three-cornered bowling tourna
ment at the club alleys last night cre
ated a great deal of amusement, one
young man who had won the medal a
week before being so sure of his success
that he bad to be carried from the "al
ley" when he discovered be had lost by
one pin. The successful players were
De Huff, Phillips and Joe Bonn.
Fordney, the fun-maker, hod an ob
jection to make at last night's session of
the house. He said that Speaker Carter
is in the habit of placing Mr. Roberts 1n
the chair at the night sessions, and the
lights of the bouse reflected with such
force from the bare and polished cranium
of that gentleman as to dazzle the eyes
of the ladies in the hall, for whose com
fort the gentleman front -Wallowa is ex
ceedingly auxious. Statesman.
When Mr. Flagg introduced his bill in
the legislature to prohibit exhibitions of
me8merien),t'bypnotisin and artificial
somnambulism, it was taken as a joke
and created a laugh, but when it came
up for consideration in the house its
author convinced the house that it war
no joke; that it was serious, and was
backed by merit and a regard for public
decency, as well as public good. It was
passed by a good majority. Its arrival
in the senate created a smile which also
changed to seriousness w hen they began
iu cuusiuer 11,
A High Jinks party was given last
night at the home of Miss Margaret Kin-
ersly, only a few friends being present,
among them "Cholly Knickerbocker"
and the Bowery Girl, "Chappie", from
the East End, Ednah and "Tommie"
Jones, "Prinre Charming, "Cinder
ella," "Trilby" and "Little Billie." The
Cakewalk waa the principle feature of
the evening. Socgs and dancing were
also Indulged in and a lunch, which waa
very tempting to the guests, was served.
Mr. Kinersly took a flash light picture
of the party, which it is said, would keep
you guessing to determine who the
originals were.
Judge Bradshaw committeeman in
mis county for the monument to be
erected in honor of our dead heroes, has
appointed the following committees to
ct in conjuctlon with him in raising
ubsoriptiona for the same: From the
Methodist church, 8. Bolton ; Congrega
tional, B. 8. Huntington ;Lutheran, Rev.
L. Grey ; Episcopal, Rev. Jo. Deforest ;
Catholic, Father Bronsgeest; Christian,
C E. Bayard; Baptist, W. C. Allawayj
Schools, Frofs. Gavin and Landers;
Commercial Club, G. C. Blakeley ; Pub
lic Library, Miss Dean ; Hood River, E.
Smith; Antelope; W. Bolton; Dufur,
Mnston Bros. ; Wamlc, E. N. Chandler ;
Cascades, D. L. Catea ; Mosier, J. M.
Carroll.
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock
heo John Ryan and his wife had
bached the 3-Miletiill on their way to
tl'eir home on ' 6-Mile, they met the
"ga coming Into the city. The curtain
one of the tag windows waa napping
back and forth, and their horses, becom
'rlghtened, allied to one aide, throw
ni the old Udy and gentleman over
rde from four to six feet steep. Mr.
R?an escaped Injury, but Mra. Ryan
badly hurt, baying three ribs and
"w collar bone broken. She was at once
Put Into the atage and brought to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Dar
n,el'e, in this city. Dr. Rlnehart waa
f ailed and set the broken bones, making
nnfortunate woman as comfortable
Possible, and she la now reatlng easy.
Monday i Dally.
Thia morning, at the home of her
""t. Mrs. A. M. Walker, Mra. Mary
Jo'phlne Headier, wife of T. I Hend-
ley, of Boyd, passed away. She waa 41
yeara of age, and leaves a babe ten dare
old.
It ia a difficult matter to keep track of
the trains theae days; that U those from
the East. No. 1, whic-ti should arrive at
3:30 p. m., ia today fifteen hours late.
The Umatilla and Snako rivers are now
booming, and the Short Line track Is
suffering in consequence, the ice from a
sioogh being j turned onto the track,
causing a complete blockade.
The beautiful burial services of the
Masinic order were conducted over tiie
remains of F. A. Abernethy yesterday
afternoon at Odd Fellow' cemetery, M.
Z. Donnell acting as worshipful master.
A number of the friends ol the deceased
were present at the obsequies, aud the
pall bearers were: Messrs. M. E. Mout
goaiery, Capt. Sherman, W. J. Sherman.
E. Pbirman, Harry Clongh and James
Harper.
. Through the kindnesa of Representa
tive Roberta we have received an Invita
tion to be present at the capitol tomor
row to join In celebrating the fiftieth an
niversary ot the extension of the laws of
the United States over the Oregon conn
try and the fortieth anniversary of Ore
gon's admission to statehood. The ex
ercises will be held in the hall of repre
sentatives beginning at 9 o'clock and a
splendid program will be rendered, ad
dresses being delivered by Ex-Gov.Lord,
Hon. L. B. Cox, Hon. Geo. Williams
and Abigal Scott Duuiway. The best
of music will also be rendered.
Yesterday was one of those beautiful
days which entices everyone out for a
promenade, and naturally many were
attracted to the banka of the Columbia,
ao strange did it seem to see the block
ade of Ice, with everything else about
one indicative of summer. While the
ice on the edges of the river ia alnsby and
unsafe, the blocVade in the center is
several feet thick and Btrong enough to
bear tons. All day loug people were
crossing back and forth, while others who
watched were expecting to see the ice
give way. While the ice la broken above
and coming down lodges beneath, bank
ing up at this point, it is seid to be clear
below Crate's Point. Unless a raging
Chinook makes its appearance soon,
there is no hope of the river clearing.
And still The Dalles heads the list;
this time in the oratorical contest held
at Eugene Friday evening, for the pur
pose of determining who will represent
the university in the coming intercol
legiate contest which will occur at Mc
Minnville on March 10th. Among the
five contestants were two seniors, which
makes the victory 'or Homer Angel, a
junior, more complete. , His subject was
"The Spanish War Justice, Motive and
Effect." The Guard eays Homer is
"known to college fame as a most heady
worker on the gridiron, and the applause
which greeted the judges' decision indi
cated that it was a popular one with the
audience." In a letter written home
Miss Daisy Allaway says when his
Dalles friends searched for Homer at the
close of the contest in order to congratu
late him, be waa no where to be found,
which ia characteristic of the young
man, who never seeks popularity.
Tuesday's Dally.
Mrs. A. M. Walker is reported some
what better today.
Tomorrow ia Ash Wednesday, and
the beginning of the Lenten season.
Parson's orchestra, which will furnish
music for the ball tonight, will arrive en
the evening train.
There will be a meeting of the Dalles
Cluo Minstrels tomorrow night at the
Vogt at 7 :30 o'clock.
Those attending the Elks' ball tonight
are requested to be on hand at 8:45, aa
the grand niBrch will begin at that hour,
regardless of the number present.
The bowling contest between the As
toria and The Dalles lady bowlers will
take place on the Road Club alleys in
Portland on the 23d of this month.
A number of reaidenta from Antelope
and that vicinity arrived in the city yes
terday and today to be in attendance at
court when the Forester case comes np
tomorrow afternoon.
If you want some place to spend an
hour or two very pleasantly this evening,
wend your way to the Christian church
and enjoy the valentine aocial. Go pre
pared to bid on the lunch boxes, mil oi
goodies.
The weet-bound trains are beginning
to behave somewhat better than of late,
No. 3 being on time thia morning, and
No. 1 only an hour late this afternoon.
The blockade on the Short Line haa been
cleared away.
Saturday, February 25th, la the date
fixed for the meeting of cattlemen at
Dufur. Tho purpose la to consider the
question of keeping the Cascade timber
reserve aa a reserve for the tanging oi
cattle and horses.
Elliott Roberts, the 7-year-old son of
Representative A. S. Roberts, while try- j
ing to run rapidly down the ataits lead
ing from the second to the ground floor
at the atatehouse in Salem Sunday after
noon, pitched headlong over the baniB
ters, landing on hia back. Fortunately,
he escaped serious Injury.
The latest from Portland papers Is
that the D. P. AA, N. boat will start
tomorrow. Will they? The agent says
he wishes they might, but the blockade
taya "No," and an Icy denial at that.
While the ice aeema to be breaaing con
tinually above, it ia piling up J"t
thia point, and really makes a very I
pretty sight to look upon, attracting
many spectators to the banks of the
river.
The funeral of Mrs. T. L, Headley, of
Boyd, took place from the home of Mrs.
A. M. Walker, on the hill, this afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and waa conducted by Rev.
Wood. Her death waa particularly sad,
coming as it did ao soon after Mr. Wal
ker's and in the same house. But sad
dest of all ia the fact that she leaves
eight children, the youngest ten days
old. The interment took place in Odd
Fellows' cemetery.
No society event which has taken place
in The Dalles for yeara has created ench
an interest and anticipation as the Elks'
party, which occurs at the Vogt tonight,
perhaps due to the fact that evervone
understands just what to expect wh-n
the Elka are at the helm. For several
days they have been busy in arranging
the decorations, which are said to be
very beautitul. Those who have received
invitations may consider themselves
favored, and will no doubt have one of
the most eujoyable times socially they
have yet experienced.
inis morning narry Liebe received a
letter from Rev. W. C. Curtie, whose
home ia now at Belden Place, Norwalk,
Conn. Mr. Curtis, although perfectly
contented In bis Eastern home, eaya he
atill baa warm spot in hia heart for the
Pacific coast and hia friends here. He
is, aa ever, much absorbed in collecting
Indian curios, and sent to Harry for
some mounted arrow points, which he
wished to exhibit, together with his
Indian curios, at the Women's Club in
Norwalk. He is also anxious to obtain
additions to his already large collections
of Indian baskets.
A large number of friends attended
the funeral of Father Walker yesterday
afternoon at the Methodist church and
listened to the tribute paid to the de
ceased by Rev. Wood, who chose for
the basis of hia remarks the words of II
Tim. IV, 8 verse, "Hencefoith there ia
laid up for me a crown of righteous
ness," drawing from bis life lessons ap
plicable to those who mourned his loss.
The choir sang "My Heavenly Home,"
"Meet Me There" and "Servant of God,
Well Done." Those who bore the re
mains to its last resting place were
Messrs. Cross, Kirby, Catea, Riddel).
Wilder and Jones.
"Roses red, violets blue, sugar's
sweet and so are you." So sayeth the
Valentine which has found its way
through the mail today. Theae harm
less little school boy and gtrl messages
are all right, unless the teacher happena
to catch them being written. 'Tis the
comic valentine, calculated to remind
one of his defects and cause hard feel
ings, which should be abolished. Many
are able to look upon them in their true
light and pass them by unheeded ; while
to the sensitive they are aa a dart, and
find the mark which the archer really
meant. It ia to be hoped these were
lttft on the store shelves, where they do
the least damage.
What's wrong with the married men
in the East? Ii "Pet" Strauan were
to be tried in the West the district at
torney would be compelled to ship all
the married 'men East in order to obtain
an unprejudiced jury. A Pittsburg
paper says: "An nnusual proceeding will
be observed at the next trial of Fayne
Strahan Moore, the alleged 'badger'
woman. Every one of the jurors will be
a married man at least thai is the dis
trict attorney's intention at present.
Fayne'a winaomeness and beauty were
too much for the last jury who tried her.
Most of them were single men, and they
disagreed. The district attorney will
try married men, in the hope that they
will not be prejudiced by the fair
prisoner's beauty."
Cloned Area Eautof Mt. Hood.
To tub Editor :
The commissioner of the General Land
Office has forwarded to this office the
following decision and definition of the
closed area east of Mount Hood.
The boundaries of the closed area east
of Mount Hood are hereby defined as
follows: Beginning at the point where
the east fork of the Hood river crosses
the north line of township 1 south, range
10 east, which is the north line of the
reserve; thence easterly along said town
ship line to the northeast corner of said
township; thence southerly along the
range line between ranges 10 and 11
east, which is the eastern boundary of
the reserve, to its Intersection with the
White river; thence westerly along said
river to the point where it intersects the
divide east of Jhe east fork of the Hood
river; thence southwesterly along said
divide to the point where it intersects
the Barlow road.
The commissioner further directs that
"In addition to excluding sheep from
thia cloned area, no stock of any kind
shall be driven into or retained therein
by a herder or herdeia."
S. B. Oioisnv,
Forest Superintendent.
In Olden Timet
People overlooked the Importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
aatislied with the transient action ; but
now that it la generally .known that
Syrup of Figs will permanently over
come habitual conatipalion, well in
formed people will not buy other laxa
tives, which act for a lime, but finally
injure the system. Buy the genuine,
made by tin California Fig Syrup Co.
CONSUMPTION CLAIMED HIM.
Wealey Hlee Dlea la California. After a
gtrutcio for Life.
About two years ago Weley Rico, who
had for three yeara previous been travel
ing from one place to the other in an
attempt to conquer that unconquerable
dieease, consumption, which had fasten
ed itself on bis svstem, determined to
try Southern California as a last resort.
He therefore moved to Perris, and for
time the change seemed to benefit hiui,
and he gined hope, aa did also his
friends; but it waa aoon discovered that
he must yield t the Inevitable, and yes
terday at 4 o'clock the end came.
A telegram waa received by hia sister,
Mra. Mann, which said his bod v would
be brought here for burial, and Mr,
Mann left thia morning to meet them in
San Francisco. However, auother tele
gram reached here thia morning aaying
that on account of the illneea of hia son,
George, it would be impossible to come,
and that be would be buried there to
morrow.
Mr. Rice, who was born in Lane
county forty-five years ago in April, is
very well known here, having lived on
15-Mile from boyhood to the time when
his health failed. Hia mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rice, reside
in The Dalles at present. Besides them
he leaves a wife and three children
George, Hattie and Hazel. Also two
brothers, Geo. and Austin Rice, and
three sisters, Mra. D. W. Mann, of thia
city; Mra. M. Waterman, of Fairfield,
and Mra. Southern, of Boyd.
It ia customary to speak well of the
dead, but surely in this case no word we
can say can add to the reputation which
the upright honest life led by the de
ceased, won for him. He waa known to
bean exemplary man, and one whom it
waa a pleasure to meet a true gentle
man. His friends deeply regret the circum
stances which prevent them from pay
ing the last respect to one whose friend
ship they prized so highly.
A GOOD LIFE ENDED.
Arthur Walker I'aaaee
Beyond.
to the Great
So often are we called upon of late to
chronicle the death of pioneers, that it
seems there must soon come a time
when the "last leaf" upon the pioneer
tree will drop and we shall miss' from
our midst each one of those whom we
bave been accustomed to see come In
and out among us as land marks point
ing to days long passed and gone, when
their stepa were aa light as ours.
Such a one was Father Walker, who
it haa Beemed for yeara could last but a
few weeks longer. And yet there have
been but few Sundays when he was not
seen in his accustomed place in the
Methodist church, for his life was noted
tor its Christianity and his devotion to
its doctrines. Yesterday his companions
were constrained to turn their thoughts
to the congregation on the other shore,
to which he had been called on Satur
day evening about 6 o'clock.
His last sickness was of short dura
tion, the ravages of grippe proving too
much for one so enfeebled, bis health
having been broken down by a life of
hardships and continued cares.
Arthur Walker waa born in Illinois
78 yeara and 2 montha ago, and came to
to this coast in May, 1858. His home
for many years was on 15-Mile, and
later he came to this city to reside. His
first wife died about forty years ago, and
in 1873 he was married to the wife who
now survives him. He had but one son,
James, who several years ago died from
injuries received by being kicked by a
horse.
For nearly fifty five years he has been
an ordained minister in the Methodist
church, being an earnest worker in the
same when hia health would permit,
and a class leader up till the time of his
death.
The funeral took place from the M. E.
church this afternoon, and was largely
attended by those who have always had
the greatest respect for the aged pioneer.
Adversely on the Sugar Bill.
State House, Salem, Feb. 11. The
Loewenberg company hat settled with
the state.
Senate haa passed several charteraand
local measures today.
The house parsed a bill preventing
swine from running at Urge.
The "Hospital lor the Insane" bill
failed to pass.
Bills providing for Multnomah county
tax collector haa passed.
Today Michell introduced a bill pro
viding for three comoujaionera of the
supreme court.
Lust night the house adjnnrned until
Monday.
When the senate met at 0 today the
committee on commerce reported ad
versely on the sugar bill. A motion to
Indefinitely postpone the matter failed.
The beliof ia atrong that the measure
will not be considered again.
A bill providing for food and dairy
commissioner passed.
Adjourned till Monday.
Oar Hoys at Heppner.
Evidently our boys made quite an im
pression during their visit at Heppner,
and certain it ia that they were more
than favorably impressed with the little
city and Its citiiena. If sweethearts and
wives have any doubt coocerning their
behavior while there, let them read the
following from the Gaxette:
"The strictly gentlemanly deportment
of the young business men of The Dallea
made the night's pleasure an example
(for young men who deem rudenesa and
excees necessary for "a jolly good time."
A colu'nn was devoted to a very com
plimentary write-up of the show, and
among other things it says:
"Today a bond of friendship is estab
lished between the young people of The
Dalles and Heppner that will enjoy a
period of lifelong duration. The talented
gentlemen of the minstrel club in their
entertainment exceeded theexpectations
of the packed audience. Every member
played bis part with the grace of a pro
fessional "star." This visit and success
ful termination of the most enjoyable
entertainment and social affair will re
bound to our small city's credit from the
fact that the young business men of
both towns are in an everlasting mood
of kindly consideration which hard busi
ness competition cannot remove, and
they will encourage the prosperity of
each other'a interests and towns."
LEGISLATION VERY SMALL.
So Bays
Our Correspondent LobbyUt
Loses Hia Influence.
Salbx, Oregon, Feb. 13, '99.
To tub Eoitok :
Only five days of the working session
left several members declaring they
will adjourn Friday and the summary
of accomplished legislation is very small.
The record of the lower branch ia aa fol
lows :
Bills introduced 380
Bills passed 164
Bills withdrawn . 21
Bills failed to pass 14
Bills indefinitely postponed. . . 7 200
Leaving unconsidered 174
In the senate there have been 235 bills
introduced, 106 of which have passed
that body.
Of the 164 bills of its own which have
passed the house, only twenty-seven
have passed the senate, and nineteen of
these have become laws. Of the 106 sen
ate Mils which have passed that body,
but 23 bave ;et obtained favorable con
sideration in the house, while one has
been indefinitely postponed, leaving at
present 174 of its own and 82 senate bills
before the house, making a pretty large
job for five days' work. Of the 23 senate
bills which have also gone through the
bouse 15 have become laws.
Should the legislature adjourn even o.i
Saturday there would be only five work
ing days left, since thtre will be no ses
sions of either of the branchesof Oregon's
legislature Tuesday forenoon or after
noon. One thing is very much in evidence at
this session of our legislature, and that
is "the push." Yet there are also other
things which can be plainly seen, and
one of those is that the lobbyist has not
the influence with the individual mem
ber, which in past years has been so
noticeable.
Senator Mulkey, on Saturday evening,
made a brief address before a select au
dience, composed of -Women of Wood
craft and their friends, in which he
stated, that he ouce was a lobbyist, "and
oh? how I wished, above all things, to be
one of the members". "But now," he
continued, "how I wish I were a graft
er." Concluding his remarks he said :
"Here's to the lady clerks, the third
house and the Women of Woodcraft,
God blesa them all."
It is very apparent that the present
session will not be the means of increas
ing good laws to any great extent. In
fact is has been stated by those who
really ought to know, that little more
will be accomplished in that direction.
The sugar beet bounty bill lies buried
in the senate with a hundred bills on top
of it, while several meritorious measures
have suffered the same fate.
Siuce two appropriation bills are yet
to be considered, it looks like a blue day
was surely about to dawn on all the im
portant itema of legislation.
Flrt Oregon Newspaper,
Among the various belonginga of F.
Abernathy, deceased, was found a copy
of the "Oregon Spectator," of Oregon
City, the first newspaper published in
Oregon, and edited by T'Gwilt. It waa
dated Feb. 5, 1846, fifty-three yeara ago,
and waa Vol. I, No. 1.
Among other interesting articles, was
n editorial on Morse'a "late discovery"
of telegraphy and prophesying great
things for it. B-side, there was a copy
of the code of laws which had been
drafted for the territory of Oiegon, and
which was to be voted on, and a notice
of the appointment of the editor as
postmaster-general and also attorney
general, which shows just how import
ant an editor was in those days.
Another item which makea the
Oregonian of today smile, is a notice
heaiied".Mail Contract to Let." which
contract provided for tie carrying of
mail between Oregon City and Van
couver by water every two weeks.
Many other items of interest were
contained therein, and the paper ia a
valuable one as a relio of former years.
Mr. Abernethy bequeathed it to Aberne
thy Cabin, No. 1, Native Sona of Ore
gon, and hia brother carried It to Port
land today to present It to that order.
Freaa Saunders haa purchased the
wood business of J. T. Reynolds in this
city. Those desiring good wood will find
him by ringing np 'phone number 12.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Another Correapoedent Olvee Hia Views
a the tieeerve l'roblem.
Editor Chuomclx:
I wouM like to say a few words in
answer to Mr. il. Rice's letter in your
paper ct February 4th. I htve had near-
It, f 1 1 1 1 r I umi ..a .a AwnAvld.iM In K
same mountains, during the manner
months, while stock is being pastured
there, aud Mr. Rice says, "During;
the hot summer months, the men keep
their herds along the creeks and water
ing places, and pollute the waters, etc."
Now, my dear sir, no man ever saw a
sheep that would atand in the water for
. i. 1 1 it . . , . i
iue pieueure ui cooling uaeii auu ewiicn
ing flies; instead, they bave a natural ab
horrence of getting their feet wet, and aa
everybody knows in crossing theae
creeka, it a sheep can't jump from on
aide to another, the men build bridges to
croaa them on. Of course they certainly
drink, but as soon as they have done,
they Immediately seek dry ground. Mot
so with cattle or hogs. When cattle go to
these creeks to water, they will stand for
hours in the water and switch flies that
are worrying them. And who can say
that they do not cast more filth in these
mountain streams than stock that is
afraid of getting its feet wet?
Now I have passed many farms that
are situated ou these creeks, and in
more than one place, as Mr.' Rice will
know, swine wallow in these creeka dur
ing the hot montha for the pleasure of
keeping cool, and all thia in These very
watera Mr. Rice is so afraid of being;
polluted. Anyone knows nothing will
foul the air like a big hog-wallow. Again,
I have seen many irrigating ditches,
where water is taken out of these
streams, that run past barns, sheds and
cow yards and lower down re-enter the
creeks, carrying far more filth than Is
ever thrown Intq these streams by herds.
Of course, it is "a man for his inter
ests" and we all understand why this
opposition comes; it ia not that sheep
pollute the watera, and not that they de
stroy the forests, but the simple reason '
that they eat the grass, that they want
sheep excluded from these mountains.
Of course that would greatly benefit the
cattle men, and their cattle could wander
over these hills and valleys, undis
turbed by herds of sheep.
Now aa to sheep injuring tbe timber,
haye not the Swiss herded their flocks
In the Alps for generations? Have we
ever heard their forests were injured
thereby? Have not the weather reports
shown on an average the past few years,
as much rainfall as we had fifteen or
twenty years ago? As long ago as twenty
years no wheat could be raised on these
Wasco plateaus, and are not now farms
thick all over them, where the golden
grain is each year threshed in abund
ance? Also the past few years have we
not had heavy rainfalls in the rccnth of
June?
He also says "the creeks used to be
fluBh up to August 1st." My dear sir,
twenty years ago irrigating ditches were
very scarce; now they are plentiful. Can
we not account for this lessening in the
creeks to the heavy use of irrigation
along these valleys? Surely this will ac
count for the greatest part of the shrink
age of our creeka.
The main destruction of our forests
came from forest fires, and I have ob
served, as many fires are started In the
mountains where no sheep are ever
herded as where sheep are herded. The
main question is how to stop so much
annual destruction.
I believe if these forests were protected
by mounted police or foresters, who
would do their duty in guarding these
tracts, and trace these fires to where and
by whom they were started, and give na
convictions with suitable punishment
bo it fines or imprisonment that it
would almost stop this wanton destruc
tion, which comes principally from negli
gence. I fully think such a course would
greatly lessen this annual lors so greet
ly to be regretted. W. E. G.
These Received Certlttcatea.
Out of the sixteen applicants for
county teachers' certificates the follow
ing were successful :
First grade T. M. B. Chastain, Vic
tor; Bess Isenberg, Hood River.
Second grades Francea H. Foutz, The
Dallea; Cora L. Copple, Hood River; F.
A. Beatty, Wamic.
Third grade Job Crabtree, Wamic;
Elsie McAllister, Mable O'Brion, and
Maud Slgman, Dufur; Jennie Parsons,
Hood River; Frank Woodcock, Jr.,
Wamic ; Ina Marsh and Retia Taylor,
The Dallea.
Mra. Kate Roach was recommended
by the board for a state diploma; Misses
Mary Frazier, Minnie U. Michell and
Anna Lang for state life diplomas, and
Mies Catharine Martin for state certifi
cate. Circuit Court Note.
In the esse of S. L. Br.-oks va, Fhil
Bro;an Jr., judgment waa taken by de
fault. Geo. W. R. Robertson vs. Robt. Kelly,
sheriff; settled and dismissed.
Tbe grand jury bruujht in two in
dictments; tna In the case of Al.
Mesplie, charged with assault and bat
tery, and one against Wm. Jaegar,
charged with Issuing a forged paper.
Owen Jones, a native ot Wales, was
admitted to citizenship.
The petit jury waa excused until to-,
morrow afternoon at 1 :30.