The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES ... OREGON
MONDAY APR. 10, 1893
Published Dally, Sunday Excepted.
By
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
Corner Second and Washington Streets, The
Dalles, Oregon.
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SUNK IN THE EARTH.
A Florida
Lake That
from Sight.
Vanished
Where Small Steamboats Usert to Do a
Thriving Traffic There Is Now Noth
ing But a Few Small Pools
of Water.
There was recently printed ah ac
count of the disappearance of Alachua
lake, in Florida, a lake that was so
well established that a steamboat line
was maintained on it. A United States
ideological survey party has been en
gaged at work in that region. A mem
ber of this party, Mr. Hersey Munroe,
recently gave an interesting account of
the lake, or rather the ex-lake, to a
Washington Star reporter.
"Alachua lake," said Mr. Munroe, "is
situated in north latitude 20 degrees 35
minutes and west longitude S3 degrees
30 minutes in Alachua county, Fla., and
two miles south of Gainesville, the
county seat. The lake was formerly a
prairie, known as Alachua prairie before
the Seminole war durinpr 1835-27. It has
since been named Payne's prairie, after
King Payne, an old Seminole chief of
an early day. The prairie was a great
grazing spot for the Indians' cattle and
later was used for a like purpose and
for tillage by the whites, some fine
crops of corn and cotton being grown.
The prairie lands are immense meadows,
covered by the finest grass, interspersed
with clumps of beautiful oak trees and
palmettoes. These lands are subject to
inundation during the summer season.
Hatchet creek rises three miles north of
Gainesville and flows in every direction
of the compass for a . di stance of ten
miles, emptying into Newnan's lake, a
beautiful sheet of water covering ten
square miles.
"The overflow from Newman's lake
forms a large creek namo.1 Prairie
creek, which wended its way through
Payne's prairie to Alachua sink, one of
the curiosities of the state. There the
waters found their way into a subter
ranean passage. Visitors, to have their
curiosity gratified by seeing what the
effect would be to have logs thrown in
the sink, were the probable cause of
the overflow of Payne's prairie. The
logs would float out to the center of
the sink, whirl around in a circle and
suddenly disappear. This choking of
the outlet to the waters of Prairie
creek caused the overflow and made a
a sheet of water sufficient to float small
steamers and other craft.
"One steamer in particular had a
splendid freight traffic during the veg
etable season, carrying shipments of
vegetables from its wharf ou Chacala
pond across Alachua lake to the mouth
of Sweetwater branch, the nearest
point to Gainesville, the principal place
for shipment north. After the over
flow and the forming of a lake it was
christened Alachua lake. This name
has been decided upon by the United
States board on geographical names.
Alachua lake is eight miles long, east
and west, and in one place four miles m
width north and south, covers sixteen
thousand acres, and the average depth
is from two to fourteen feet.
"For several years the lake has been
gradually lowering. The elevation of
the water above sea level as given by
the Savannah, Florida & Western rail
road some years ago, is sixty-four feet.
By accurate levels run by one of the
topographical parties of the geological
survey working in this section during
the winter of 1890-'01 the elevation of
the water was found to be fifty-eight
feet, thus showing that the lake has
been changing elevation; and a few
weeks ago I was informed by Prof.
Lawrence Johnson, now studying the
geology of this section of Florida, that
Alachua lake had disappeared entirely,
that only small pools remained and the
usual amount immediately around the
sink.. The land bordering on the west
and south of Alachua lake is very fer
tile, most of our early vegetables com
ing from this locality. I have seen up
ward of twenty acres in tomatoes alone,
and hundreds of acres of cabbage,
beans, cucumbers, and squashes being
other early vegetables extensively
grown. The orange groves of Black
Point and the Tacoma settlement are
among the finest in the state."
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to recom
mend some brand of Smoking Tobacco, we unhesitatingly pronounce
Blackwell's
Bull Durham Smoking
Tobacco
to be the best in the world.
Many times imitated, but never equalled.
Get the genuine. Made only by
Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co.,
Durham, N. C
A Q1 1 1 BUI
I 1 TV .VI I I ROBERTSi
s 1 Vy J VA K ' JkJ J Proprietors.
Corner of Fourth and Federal Sts., The Dalles, Oregon.
These Stables have on hand the finest Livery in Eastern
Oregon, and can accommodate patrons with either Single
or Double Rigs, closed Hacks or Carriages day or night.
MORE ROOM.
Also, can furnish First Class accommodations to teamsters with freight
or driving teams, having added to their etables large feeding and wagou room.
fa winter
work r?S?3imjBpPVVBrpile wood
at tne low cot possio.e rates,
NONE BUT WHITE LABOR EMPLOYED
We are here to stay, will spend our money
here, and try and do satisfactory work.
Order boxes at Chrisman & Corson's, cor
ner of Michelbnch block, and at the ma
chine, corner of Washington and Fourth
streets.
J. 0. MEINS,
THE DALLES
Commercial Patronage Solicited
POLAND CHINA HOGS.
Come and see them , or write.
I can furnish a number of
THOROUGHBRED
POLAND CHINA HOG-S,
Male or female, most any age.
Price, $20 per head, or $35 per pair.
All letters promptly answered.
EDJflZKRD JUDY,
CENTERVILLE, WASH.
H. C. NIEE
Glothierand Tailor,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises,
C. F. STEPHENS,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods
& Clothing
Boots, Shoes. Mats, Etc.
IF tlx x--re 1 ftTn lug
CORNER OF 8ECOM AND WASHINGTON,
O-oods,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
J O. MACK,
Have You Seen
T H E t
Spring Millinery Goods
AT
112 Second Street.
ANNA PETER SCO.
D. B
Pipe Won Ti
UNN
o Repairs
0 looting
MAINS TAPPED UNDER PRESSURE.
Shop on Third
Street, next door Avest
Blacksmith Shop.
of
Young
& Kuss'
THE EUROPEAN HOUSE.
The Corrugated Building next Door to Court House.
Handsomely FflrnisM Rooms to Rent by the Day, Weei or Month,
Meals Prepared by a First Class English Cook.
TRANSIENT PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Good Sample Rooms for Commercial Men.
WHS. H- FHHSEf. Pvopv.
THE DALLES.
Persons who are subject to attacks of
bilious colic can almost invariably tell,
by their feelings, when to expect an at
tack. If Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy is taken as aoon
as these symptoms appear, they can
ward off the disease. Such persons
should always keep the Remedy at hand,
ready for immediate use when needed.
Two or three doses of it at the right
time will save them much suffering.
For sale by Blakeley and Houghton,
druggists.
Groceries and other household sup
plies should be at once put away in
their proper receptacle and not left
standing about in paper bags.
The more Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is used the better it is liked. We
know of no other remedy that always
gives satisfaction. It is good when you
first catch cold. It is good when your
cough is seated and your lungs are sore.
It is good in any kind of a cough. We
have sold twenty-five dozen of it and
every bottle has given satisfaction.
Stedman & Friedman, druggists, Minne
sota Lake, Minn. 50 cent bottles for
sa'e by Dlakeley & Houghton, drug-
Wasco County, - Oregon,
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at the head
of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and is a thriving, pros
perous city.
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agricultural
and grazing country, its trade reaching as far south as Summer
Lake, a distance of over two hundred miles.
The Largest "Wool Market.
The rich grazing- country along the eastern slope of the Cas
cades furnishes pasture for thousands of sheep, the wool from
which finds market here.
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping point in
America, about 5,000,000 pounds being shipped last year.
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia, yielding
this year a revenue of thousands of dollars, which will be more
than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful Klickitat valley find market
here, and the country south and east has this year filled the
warehouses, and all available storage places to overflowing . with
their products.
ITS WEALTH.
It is the richest city of its size on the coast and its money is
scattered over and is being used to develop more farming country
than is tributary to any other city in Eastern Oregon.
Its situation is .unsurpassed. Its climate delightful. Its pos
sibilities incalculable. Its resources unlimited. And on these
corner stones she stands.
IpFIlJE WlME and LIQUOr
Etc., Etc.
Etc.
Second St., The Dalles.
BILIOUSNESS.
DOMESTIC
And KEY WEST
CIGARS.
THE
C E L E BR ATE D
PABST BEER.
The S. B. Headache and Liver Cure,
Ifae1 physic
171
FRENCH'S
SECOND STREET, :
BLOCK.
: THE DALLES,
OB.
DRUGS
Snipes Su Kinersly.
THE LEADING
WUbkj ffl ti Iff ts
Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
ALSO ALL THE LEADING
Patent ffiedieines and Druggists Sundries.
HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS.
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in
, i n.v.. a. mi ol . Turing PmY.
me vlly lor XIIO OllUi Will, y iiiiams b i amo.
-WE ARE-
The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars
Agent for Tansili s runcn.
129 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon
THE CELEBRATED
COLUMBIA BREWERY,
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop'r.
This -well-known Brewery is now turning out the best Beer and Porter
east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the manufacture of good health
ful Beer have been introduced, and only the first-class article will be placed on
the market.
j0b
FIRST CLHSS
JO
B
PR
PR
CAN BE HAD AT THE
mm O
NT'
If taken as directed, we Guarantee Sat
isfaction or retnnd yonr money.
DON'T SICKEN. DON'T GRIPE.
50 cents per bottle by all druggists.
piesh Paint!
W. C. Gilbert hereby sends
His compliments to every friend
And enemy if he ha any
Be they few or be they many.
The time for painting now has come.
And every one desires a home
That looks fresh and clean and new.
As none but a good painter can do.
Puintlner. narjerine and elazine. too.
Will make your old house look quite
He win take your wors. eimer way.
By the job or by the day.
If vou have work give him a call,
He'll take your orders, large or small.
Respectfully,
W. C. GILBERT,
P. O. Box No. 3,
THL DALLES,
OR.
.A. USTZETW
PRINZ & NITSCHKK
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets
YCe have added to our business a
p'mplete Undertading Establishment,
And as we are in no way oonnected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly.
From TEHJUIHfli or IflTERIOfl Points
-THE
CHRONICLE OFFICE
treasonably Rainoas Hates.
RKILROHD
Is the line to take
TO ALL POINTS EAST AND SOUTH,
It is the Dining Car Route1. It runs Throng
Vestlbuled Trains every day in the year to-
fli. panl and Chicago
NO CHANGE OF CARS.
Compose ! of Dining Cars unsurpassed. Pull
man Drawing Room Sleepers of latest equipment.
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS
Best that can be constructed, and in which
accommodations are both Free and Furnished
for holders of First and Second-class Tickets, ana
ELEGANT DAT COACHES
A continuous line, connecting with all lines,
affording direct and uninterrupted service.
Pullman Sleeper reservations can be secured
in advance through any agent of the road.
THROUGH TICKETS 5
England and Europe can M pu
ucKet omce 01 xne company.
and from all
ints in America,
ruuaseu at auy
Full information concerning rates, time of
trains, routes and other details furnished on
application to
W. C. ALL A WAY,
Agent D. P. & A. Nav. Co., Regulator office, Tt
Dalles, Or., or
A. D. CHARLTON,
Ass't. General Passenger Agt., Portland, Og.