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rJJ E MOttNIFG ITFTMI1: ST NlAV. DFCEMBEI? 22. 19 OREGON FOSSILS. Interesting Relics Found in. Eastern Oregon Region. SCIENTIFIC .INVESTIGATIONS. Th Waiderfal Mascam of a Borird Frehii torle Wrid Uifct Jbhn Day Bf io Recect DicoTrU.. The John Day region in Oregon was the scene in the Princeton University scientific expedition last Hummer, and as a result a grand collection of fossils was obtained. From the Blue Mountains west ward to the Cascades the country is a great volcanic plateau, made up of lava sheets piled one upon another and indicating ancient vol canic outbursts upon a stupendous scale, in comparison with which such vents as Etni ami Vesuvius are the meerest pygmies. Through this mass of lava the streams, aided by the atmosphere, have cut deep valleys, some of them broad and open, others- deep, gloomy can yons. This country is very dry, but the Hoil is excellent, and where irri gated produces well, tho vegetables and fruit being of particularly fine quality. Great acres that arc now arid sage brush deserts will one dav be turned into fertile farms bv means of artesian wells, and the mild climate will insure success. At present the great industry is wool raising. The enormous bands of sheep utterly destroy the grass of the country over which thev range till it looks as if a plague of locusts had visited it. The scientific attraction in the John Day region is the vast assem blage of fossil animals which is entombed in the rocks there. The entire district was in a former geological age the bed of a great fr.sh-water lake, into which the streams brought masses of sand and mud, and volcanoes showered cinders and ashes. Animals which were swept into the lake in- times of flood became covered with silt, and as the latter was in the course of ages consolidated into rock, the bones of the victims were gradually petrified and thus indefinitely pre served. Now the reck is slowly disintegrated by the action of the rain, snow and frost, and the Imnes exjwsed to view or washed out en tirely. For the most part, how ever, the specimens must be cut out with pick liammer and chis-el, a very laborious process, as the rock is often extremely hard and the blazing summer sun makes the face of a white cliff anything.but an ideally comfortable place. . Could we produce a view of that ancient Oregon when the John Day lake existed, we should find ourselves in a very strange animal world ; little three-toed horses, not larger than donkeys, rhinoceroses, camels, peccaries a great as semblage of large and fierce cat like, dog-like, hyena-like animals not to mention hosts of littlo rabbit and squirrel like creatures. The animals of this time were all rather small, the largest being the entelo don, a beast not unlike the hippo potamus in size and general ap jiearanco. As the list shows, this assemblage has a very Oriental character. The climate was per haps rather milder than at present and the forests, of which the leaf beds on Bridge Creek give ample illustration, were like those now found in the warmer pirts of the United States. This wonderful museum of a buried world has been scaled up by the subsequent lava floods, and is accessible only on the sides of the canyons and valleys, where the streams have cut down through the overlying volcanic masses, Scien tific American. who was suffering from disease ' contracted in the army, learning tint a jiension agent was in the vicinity, looked him up and made an application for a pension. This case was also taken by the agent who shortly afterward returned to Detroit, and while in conversation with Mrs. Dennis one day, chanced to think that the Missouri man's name was the same as that of the husband of Mrs. Dennis. He in formed the lady of the similarity of the names, and it was decided to write to the Missourian. This Mrs. Dennis did, and strange but pleasant results were the outcome. Tho correspondence revealed the fact that they were the man and wife who had been separated for nearly three decades. Mr. Dennis arrived at Detroit from his far western home, and was met at the depot by his son. The meeting was an affecting one, long to be reincmlered by those who were about the depot. The meeting between the husband and wife was a joyful one, and tears flowed freely as they clasped in one another's arms "for the first time in over twenty-eight long years. From the story told by Mr. Den nis it was learned that "the corres pondence ceased because he was taken prisoner by the rebels and placed in Libby prison, and was not given the privilege of writing hen released at the close of the war he returned to his New York home, only to lind that his wife and Hrild had moved awav, and those whom she had informed -of her new residence had died or moved away, and all trace ot them was lost. Mr. Dennis searched the country for manv months, in hopes of finding his fiamilv, and at last, after corresponding and ad vertising in every direction, he gave up in despair and settled down in a remote part of Missouri, where he expected to remain th rest of his days without seeing hi. wife and child, who he supposed were noui ueau. iNeitner he nor his wife had ever remarriad. FOR THE HOLIDAYS -NOTHING IS MCKH THAN TUB FINK G. W. SMITH 8UCCESS0R TO W. H. McFARLALD Tie Largest Line of Stoves and Tinware in the Willamette Valley. Pumps, pip and i l limbing. WITHOUT CITV OFFICERS. Th I'nique Situation of Affair at Watertown, Wis. The city of Watertown, "Wis., pre sents the unique example of a city without a city government, some years ago, in a lit of thoughtless generosity, the city voted a larire amount of bonds as a bonus to an incoming railroad, an amount so large that it threatened to bank rupt the municipality if paid. To avoid paying the obligations the city officials, except those of a mi nor degree, resigned and left the corporation in an acephalous con dition. Now the officials are elected annually, meet in secret, vote the appropriation neoessary to keep the municipal machine greased, transact whatever busine is necessary, hand in their resigna tions, and once more the street commissioner, or some one of about the same degree, is in charge. The railroad has tried in vain to find an officer on whom to serve a sum mons. Detectives have been in the city hoping, to surprise the se cret council meeting, but the in terests of the people are so united as to prevent a successful coue o; that sort. In fact, instances have been known when the meeting was Inking neld in an upper room of a business block while the emmis saries of the railroad, armed with formidable legal documents, were watchfully patrolling the idewalk below. "A public office is a pub lic trust" seems to be directly ap propos to the situation. Here are some railroad bonds that our Eng lish cousins might invest in alter buying up all the obligations of the late conteqeracy. Gold Headed Canes and Novelties in Jewelry at WILL STARK'S or N'F.XT D03H TO LINN COUNTY I'.ANK 0 H Pi H ft CO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ws -FROM NOW UNTII, JANUAllY FIRST- Krausse & Klein W ll sell ladies Laird, Schobert AJMitchell French Kid sboesat ..er pair; all widths from A to EE.riieir Curacoa Kids at Z per paii vVe hare the finest assortment of HOLIDAY SLIPPERS, r 1 V 1 A a a W9 a ror inies ana lienr ever itrougni 10 aioanv. vte maKe a bdj cialty of ladies' warm felt slippers in all Hyles and colors. Come ana examine our stock and you will find our prices the LOWEST IN TEE (0 X a z (0 0 o o a& are MOBE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED different styleo and differ ent kinds of Stoves fcr manufketcred i trade . . beware ?,fr means 1 uie. I N 0) H O m 0) z a 30 Z o m Ootton and Rubber Hose. Tin. : i unite and Coppertcare. All Job Work 1'iomtMn Attended to. CONRAD MEYER -1'KDPKIETCK oi THE- OLD AND RELIABLE BAKERY. COBIKK DKI'C STOKE ROD PKLLOn.H TMIM.E G. L. BLACKMAN CASTLE GARDEN DOOHBD. RKADB I.IKK A ROM1HCI. HoibMd aad Wife CnlUd Aftor Twenty-eight' Yaara. At the outbreak of the late re hellion there lived in. a quiet little village in New York state Nehe- miah Dennis and his family, con Sisting ot a young wne.ana an in fant son. When the. government called for volunteers-Uennis was among tho first to respond, and, leaving 'his family, went upon the battle-field to fij;ht for his country. While engaged in the bloody con test he kept up a constant c rres pondence with his wife and regu- Jarb' forwarded to her his month) tal.irv for the supjiort of herse! and child. Several, months later the letters and money ceased to he received by the wile, .who waited week after week and month after month to. hear tidings from her husband.' Not receiving any word ehe wrote to the officers of the company regarding her loved one's whereaboats, but her. letters re mained for some cause unanswered. Some time afterward she was in formed by a soldier from the same regiment, who had secured leave of absence to return home, that her husband had been killed iu a des perate engagement. Mrs. Dennis tor some months remained in New York state, and afterward disposed of her home and removed to Pennsylvania, in which state she resided for a short time. Becoming restless, and still mourning her husband's loss, she again moved, thia time to Wiscon nin, where she and her only on resided for some years. They made -everal other moves, and a few years ago they settled in Gene see "county, Michigan. Her son, Harry, who had in the meantime mannoou. renieu a lanu Secretary Winriom Wants tha Old fttracture Tara Dawn. i ne local politicians are some what excited by the report that Mr. Windom expects to remove landmark known to all New York- era ana iamous as a reuc ; mat is the ohl Castle Garden, at the end of the Battery, the congpicuous ob ject at the lower part of the city to those who cross the ferry from New Jersey, once a fort, later the scene of Jenny Lind's triumph in oiera. anil for years the first land ing place in America of all immi grants. It is said to be Secretary Windom's purpose to level this to the ground, and, so far as utility is concerned, this purpose will meet the approval of everybody. It is an unsightly old ru n and im pairs i lie heauty of the Hattm1. .Mr. Windom intends to have the stone building near by used for the purpose of the Immigration Com missioners, and it is also his in tention, if possible, to have these commissioners become federal in stead of state olticers. It is with great responsibility and a go:! deal of power that llu Immigration Commissioners are entrusted, for they control the finding of a gre.it many hundred thousand immi grants in the course of a year. Tim state of New York has always claimed the right to this supervis ion, and, legally, there is no doubt that it possesses this ruht, so that if the commissioners become Fed eral appointees it will iiave to be done by arrangement with the legislature. . The legislature would undoubtedly cenc to the govern ment any rights they may have, but Governor Hill is equally likely to interfere with any such arraign ment. The patronage is quit j i n portant, and while there may !e some politics in Mr. Windom's j n -lose, lie is undoubtedly imjel e 1 bv his conviction that it will be IE DRUGGr. -ALBANY, OREGON Dealers m Drags, Medicines. Stationery, Etc. SPECIALTIES ubont three miles horn Detroit, j tetter for -the gener.d government Ha ennnorted his mother. 1 1 control o.mpiei -ft (i,M tvi-ntv-pk'bt 1 immigrants. uuiiu a mm..-". ......... -j years Mrs. Dennis thought ner lmsbnnd dead, and remained true to his mcmorv. A short tune ago i he Jipplied to a pension agent for a 'Ar'iow8 pension. About this tui' the agent was called to Mis-r--wi on business, and while there a j ;u nttmed Nehcrni;ib Penui:, iv in the case oi ylr. Windoni is ex- ccted to spend two or three days here this week, and so'i:e of the republican leaders s;;y that one of his purpoi' in doing s is to con sult with them a'.!:ui tl is matter. 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