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' From "Wednesday's Daily.
- Mrs. C. W. Slade, of Grants,
he city.
Sheriff Driver went to Portland this
morning.
..CI. X. Thomas, merchant at White
Salmon, is in the city.
J. J. P.-Mclnemy and family returned
last night from a visit to Seaside.
Mm. M. T. Nolan and childreo left
yesterday for Tacoma to visit relatives
and friends in that eity.
Mrs. Win. Hurley and children, of
Santa Rosa, Cai., are visiting with the
family of R. H. Weber. .
Deputy Sheriff Kelly has so far re
covered from his lecent illness as to
be in the office attending to business
today. "
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Nicholas were
passengers on the Regulator this morn
ing going to Portland, and on their re
turn will stoD at Wind rliver a few
days. v-
Wheat droDDed to 80 cents hero to
day. No sales of consequence were
made at that price, though a consider
able quantity was received at the ware
houses for storage.
The siding where fruit cars are being
loaded presented a lively appearance
today ' Three cars are being loaded,
""and the Commission Co., will get one of
the cars off for the east tonight.
" "Charlie Stone came down this morn
ing from Wasco, and reports business
nourtsMnsr at that place, lie says
farmers are getting along well with
. harvest, ".the only trouble being a
. . scarcity of he'. p. :
All merobern of the several commit
tees connected with the firemen's tournament-are
requested to assemble at
the council chambers at 8:30 this even-.-
ing, business of importance demand
ing their attention. .
Congressman Ellis passed through
- on the early morning train going to
Portland to meet with Senator Mc
Bride and Congressman Tongue in
Portland for the purpose of consider-
- ing the claims of applicants for federal
appointments.
Today C. E. Porter established a
new bowling record for The Dalles,
making a score of 77. He got strikes
on every frame but the third and fell
down on the v last ball of the . tenth
frame. Tha score was made on the
. Umatilla House alley.
, Vancouver's team from the barracks
la practicing for the forthcoming tour
" namentin The Dalles. Besides the
racing team, the chief add vice-president
of the department together with
a large number of residents ofVancou
ver contemplate coming.
One. of the fortunate men in this
r section is S.B. Adams. Last fall he
"'sold a farm in Sherman county agree
ing to take in payment wheat at 50
cents a bushel, delivered this fall. At
: the time the Bale was made wheat was
worth less than 50 cents, but at the
' prices that will be realized this fall
Mr. Adams will make a profit of from
15 to 30 cents on each bushel. ,
The Dlaninsr mill belonsinfir to Jack
I Sincrleton. that has been onerated In
connection with The Dalles Lumber
Co. at the end of the flume on the bluff,
&-loadedjM. board the Regulator
this morning, and taken to Under
wood' landing in Skamania county.
Mr. Singleton contemplates running
it in connection with .the Cameron
saw mill.
. C. F. Stephens isiome from a visit
to Gates and Newport having arrived
on the 1 o'clock train this morning.
Mr. Stephens reports having had. an
enjoyable visit, with the exception of
an accident that befell Mrs.' Stephens
at Gates, In which one of her feet was
badly injured. - Mrs. Stephens is still
at Newport, where she will visit for
several weeks. .
The Oregonian of yesterday ex
pressed the belief that the United
States marshalship would fall either to
CbL 'O. Summers, of Portland, or
Sheriff T. J- Driver, of The Dalles.
The Oregonian seems to be well in
formed on this subject, for Mr. Sum
mers and Mr. Driver 'certainly have
the iaside track with the latter slight
ly in the lead.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Kelly
attached The Dalles Soda Works as
the property of Joe Folco in a suit be
gun by Barthodi Parodl to recover
$560.' Messrs Weaver & Nagle, who
hold, a lease on the works for four
years, were placed in charge of the
property, and will go right ahead with
their business the -same as btfore the
attachment was levied. 2. - -' -
Hon Otisr Patterson, editor of the
;IIeppnor Gazette, came down on the .
early train this morning, and left on
the boat for Portland. Mr. Patterson
Is a prominent applicant for the.ap-
pointment of collector of internal rev
enue, and having the endorsement of
many prominent Eastern Oregon re-.
publicans, including' Congressman
Ellis, h chances for the appointment
-"are good. - ".
- Farmers should not feel disappointed
in the fall of pheat to 80 cents, as it is
the"result principally of the shortage
of storage at seaports . Every indica
:,;tibn, points to- another rise ere long,
when the price should go higher by
from two to' - five eeota - than .. it is . ,at
; present. The outlook at present is
that wheat will be anyway from 80 to
90 ceuis-iaJL'he Dalles by the 1st of
C5Ubert. , "r j - -.
There were many glad Leans in The
- Dalles last night w-ben at 8 o'clock the
: familiar whistle of the Regulator was
- beard. As telephone message from
'' Hood River announced that the boat
V had left there at 3:30 in the afternoon,
and when it did not arrive on time,
fears were entertained that some acci
dent had occurred. The delay was
caused at HuKband's, where a landing
was made against -a mud bank the
wind forcing the boat upon the beach,
so that two hours were required to get
it afloat. ' '
The fact.that a few of the old veter
ans in Portland are determined to
sidetrack the firemen's tournament in
The Dalles, should not prevent the
meeting being held. All preliminaries
for holding the tournament have been
perfected, and if two or three teams
corner from abroad, they should be
given an opportunity to contest for at
least two or three prizes, including the
championship cup. A tournament
can be held without the co-operation
of the Portland veterans.
There is a determination on the part
of the management of the Umatilla
House, who are agents for nearly all
the stage lines leaving The Dalle, to
see that everything that apoears on
the waybill goes through without de-
lav. Fin Battle makes thU one of his
esDoclal duties, but this morning the
Prineville Btage got away leaving
small package that was billed to go
The stas-e had been gone some um
when Fin diacouvered th pack-tir! w
he mounted his bike, took the pairka
in his pocket, and started in pursuit
He overhauled the stag thrtvi mile
out of town, held it un. d.Mivc-red the
package and returned.
From Thursday's Daily.
J. J. Bins, of Wapinetia, was in the
city today.
Judge Mays is in Portland, having
gone down on the train today.
Mrs. Ad Keller and family havp
gone to White Salmon for a short visit.
J. A. Bone, O. R. & N. agent at
Pendleton, Is visiting in the city today,
Mrs. L. S. Davis and Mrs. Frank Rey
nolds have returned from camping at
Collin's landing.
Wheat is still 80 cents in The Dalles,
and there is no material change in the
markets abroad.
Miss Mary Frazier returned to Port
land this morning "to prepare for hei
work in the public schools of that city.
Thedlfferenttournamentcommittees
met at the council chambers last night,
but no definite action. was taken with
reference to the tournament.
Mrs. J. E. Jacobsen was in the city
last night visiting Mrs. Laurensen,
and returned on the boat this morning
to her home at White Salmon.
Right now is a good time to hold on
to wheat. A farmer who is not forced
to sell evidently will make from, two
to five cents a bushel by holding till the
1st of October.
Last night Theodore H. Liebe started
for Peoria, 111., where he will enter
Parson's Horolloglcal institute- and
take up a course in jewelry and watch
making. Mr. Llebe expects to be in
Peoria a year and possibly longer.
Some half a dozen prominent Dalles
republicans have quietly gone to Port
land the past few days, all on business.
of course, though it is. pretty certain
that they will see the Oregon delega
tion while they are there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mascall, of Day
ville, Grant county, were In the city
yesterday returning from Portland.
Mrs. Mascali has been receiving treat
ment in St. Vincent 'a hospital for the
the past three weeks, and her health
is materially improved.
These are warm times in Portland
at present and will continue to be
rather tropical until the Oregon dele
gation shall determine whom they will
recommend for the different federal
offices. It is purely a republican love
feast, and the Times-Mountaineer de
sires to have no voice in the matter,
All It asks is that good and competent
paid for it with pleasure, sayinsr they
had derived better results from its use
than from any other medicine they had
ever ued.
There is nothing so uniformly suc
cexsfiii in .the treatment of stomach
troubles as the Shaker Digestive Cor
dial, and what is better than all, it re
lieves at once.
AHCKNT- OF-MT ADAMS.
Laxol, the new form of Castor Oil, is
so palatable that , children lick the
spoon clean. '
men be appointed.
Orval Angel, the boy who was so
severely injured a week ago Saturday
by the explosion of a shotgun, is being
cared for at St. Vincent's hospital in
Portland, aud it is thought he will be
able to come home In three weeks,
The boy will not lose his power of
speech a? was at first though., ana the
roof of his mouth and gums will finally
grow back into their normal condit
ion.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Fred
Wilson aod County - Clerk Kelsay
started for Salem, . having in charge
Richard Fulton, whom they were tak
ing to the asylum. Some time since
Mr. Fulton was adjudged insane, but
his friends hoped that his reason could
be restored without having him con
fined in the asylum,- bat he has grad
ually grown worse and it was deter
mined to take him to Salem for treat
ment.' As threshing progresses it is shown
that the wheat crop of Wasco county
will fall short of general expectation.
Scarcely anywhere is fall wheat yield
ing as heavily as farmers anticipated
Ij would, though spring wheat is turn
ing out very well. , Henry Hudson re
cently threshed his crop near Dufur,
and the fall wheat, . which he expected
would go 30 bushels to the acre, only
threshed 15, and he says a like short
tage is noticeable in nearly all fields
of fall grain in that section.
The controller of currency has or
dered a 25 per cent dividend on claims
against The Dalles National bank,
which was closed in May, and Receiver
Wilson states .that collections made
thus far would justify a 50 per cent di
vidend being declared. This is an ex
ceptionally good showing, as Mr. Wil
son has had charge of the bank only
since June 14th, and would indicate
that the "bank was perfectly solvent
wben closed by the examiner. - There
is little question but the bank will pay
creditors in full. . " - .
John McGraxh, the youfcg- aeronaut.
who attempted to make a parachute
iump from Blalock's barn at Arling
ton on July 6th, receiving very serious
injuries that caused him to receive
treatment in St. Vincent's hospital in
Portland for the past six weeks, is in
the city and asserts his determination
to again engage in aerial navigation.
Mr. McGrath says such a little acci
dent a occurred to him at Ariington,
will not prevent bis sailing through
space in the future. His pluck may
well be considered more 'commendable
shah his judgment.
; The forthcoming illustrated edition
of the Times-Mountaineer is intended
to be a paper devoted exclusively to
the resources of 'the inland Empire,
with the view of attracting attention
abroad to our wealth, our climate and
our products. It is hoped through the
medium of this issue to widen the mar
kets for what wo have to sell ' by at
tracting the attention of purchasers to
their quality and quantity, and to in
duce desirable immigrants to come
here to locate. With such objects in
view; the issue la meeting with hearty
encouragement from all classes.
Beyond question Sheriff Driver, of
The Dalles, and Col. O. Summers, of
Portland, are the most prominent can
didates for' the U. S. marshalship
whose claims are being considered by
the Oregon delegation at Portland.
Inasmuch as Mr.' Driver is a resident
of Eastern Oregon, and hat. been twice
honored by the people of Wasco county
by election . to'the office of sheriff, it
would be acceptable news to every
body here to learn that he received
the recommendation of the delegation.
His appointment would be a compli
ment to Eastern Oregon that would be
appreciated.
- No mystery about it.. When the
Shakers offered some time ago to (five
away a bottle of their Digestive Cor
dial to any one who might call at their
New York office, there was a great
many people thought they were crazy.
Subsequent events proved It to have
oeen a very clever advertising transac
tion, for although tbey gave away
thousands of bottles, it was in the end
profitable; nearly every one that took
a free bottle came back for more and
From h nuay's Daily
Mrs. C. J. Crandall and Mrs. A. N.
Varney left today for Bonneville.
Mrs. Gray started this morning for
Victoria, B. C, to visit for three
weeks.
Rev. O. D. Taylor was called to Port
land this morning, going down on the
8:30 train.
Icecream supper Saturday night at
Salvation Army barracks, also a musi-
al entertainment.
Mrsl Breeze and daughter, of Port
land, are visiting the family of Charles
Deitzel in the city.
Mrs. Willis, who has been in the city
for some time past, lef s today for her
home near Portland.
Miss M. Deyin broke the ladies
record on the Umatilla House alley
today, making a score of 3(i.
W. H. Hobson and family and Fletch
Faulkner and family have returned
from a camping trip at the Meadows.
Mrs. Frank Clarke and children
have returned from Trout Lake where
tbey have been camped the past month.
-"There was no change fin the wheat
market here toda"y, the price being
firm at 80 cents, with very few offers
to sell.
Mrs. B. T. Conroy and son. Clarence,
whohae been visiting friends in the
city for the past week, returned on the
8:30 train to their home in Portland.
Mra. W. P. Boyd and children, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Brooks, in this city, left on the boat
this morning for their home at Seattle
Tom Haslem. night engineer at the
electric works, has bought A. Crum's
resident property -on Fourth street,
and now has one of the pleasantest
homes in the city.
Wheat receipts continue to be light.
not more than 20 loads being received
daily. All that has been brought in
thus far is No. 1, and will command
the top price when put on the market.
Some time last night the store of
Rand & Son at Hood River was bur
glarized, the safe blown open and $150
in cash and $1,800 in notes were stolen.
Further, particulars cornoerning the
robbery could not be learned.
All parties having claims against
The DalleaNational bankare requested
to present their certificates when they
demand their checks in payment of the
first dividend. ' Also those who have
not proved their claims are asked to do
so at once. '.
All the members of the Christian.
Church are urgently requested to meet
at 11 o clock Sunday morning, Aug.
29. - Plans for future Work, including
the call of a pastor, will be considered
after a short devotional- service. By
order of the Elders.
11m Trip Described by an Amateur Moan-
tain Climber.
Ed. Tmu-s-MorsTAiNisEu:
As. ifc.seeras to be the proper thing
for amateur writers and tourists every
where to eive the news papers a write-
up of the different places visited. I
will, at the request of various friends,
furnish your readers with a descrip
tion of our recent trip to the summit
of the white headed old mouataio, Mt.
Adams, situated about twelve miles
long ones from Trout Lake, Wash.
One bright, clear and beautiful morn
In? of last week, a party consisting of
Prof. Landers, of The Dalles, Misses
Effa and Minnie Crooks, of Prinevil'e,
yours truly and P.eter Schmidt, the
Swiss guide, could have been seen each
seated on the hurricane deck of a cay-
use, winding our way, single file,
down a dusty Trout Lake road, whose
white contents were flying with each
passing breeze, and filling our eyes
and noses and covering our clothes in
such a manner that the original hue
was lost sight of. -
This merry party were bound for
the top of Mt. Adams, and Iwas forci
bly reminded of the four words that
were printed on the wagon-cover of
another party bound for Pike's Peak
years since, and I hoped for more sue
cess than the latter party met with.
We started out with brightest an
ticipations of the success of our under
taking, and as we rode laughingly on,
clad in short mountain suits made for
climbing, we little thought of the
varied experience we were to undergo
out with "rose colored glasses, we
traveled on and on, up and yet higher
over the foot-hills surrounding the
Trout Lake country, at times almost
laying flat on our ponle's backs in or
der to avoid being brushed off by the
underbrush which we' had to pass
through. ..
as we reached the higher hills a
beautiful scene was presented us, of
the log farm-houses dotting the land
scape here and there, and in the dis
tance, the hills of the Mt. Hood coun
try back of Hood river.. As we trav--eled
higher up in the world and the
mountain of perpetual snow, Mt. Hood
of Oregon, stepped into sight, an ex.
clamations of delight at the beauty of
this nature's picture, rose to every lip,
and we stopped to admire and drink in
to our heart's content the panorama
before us. The air, at this writing.
was pure and the atmosphere clear,
there having been a rain the night
previous, thus extinguishing the fires
in the forest.
We once more began the upward
climb, and again encountered low
growing shrubs of the hazel and laurel
varieties, and if anyone who happens
along this route finds an eye occasion
Iy hanging on a limb, why, tell them
it belongs to some ono of our party,
for we lost one every once In a while,
but as we became accustomed to this
after a repetition of the accident, we
did not mind these little things at all.
Now we hpve 'jst the trail and are
following the i nclination of the guide,
and are traveling over burning loes
which are beginning to
A gentleman who came up from
Portland last night stated that general
indications, are that Sheriff Driver has
the best of the contest for U. S. mar
shal, and it is the impression of those
who are on the inside that he will re
ceive the endorsement of the. delega
tion. T "
The 1897 wool clip is uow pretty well
worked off, there being less than
1,000,000 pounds in. The Dalles ware
houses unsold, though there is a con
siderable amount here yet that has
been sold but not shipped, however
most of it is in bales and will be
shipped in a few days. -
The funeral of the late Daniel
Maloney was conducted today from the
family residence on Union street, and
was largely attended. The remains
were taken to the Catholic church
where services, were conducted by
Father Bronsgeest, consisting of mass
for the dead and an address.
Attorney H. H. Itidell, who returned
from Portland last evening, says that
city is full of politicians from all sec
tions of the state who are either seek
ing appointments for themselves or
for their friends. He says the lobby
of the Perkins, where the Oregon dele
gation are located, has the appearance
of the day prior to a state conven
tion.
W. H. Garrett, traveling salesman
for Wadhams & Co., who was here en
route for Prineville, received a message
last night announcing the death of D.
S. Tuthill, and requesting him to re
turn to the city to assist in the funeral
which will be conducted by the Mystio
Shrine, of whioh Mr. Garrett is chair
man. It was impossible for Mr. 'Gar
rett to cancel his encasements at
Prineville consequently he took this
morning's stage for that place
People of The Dalles cannot but.
have a very "kindly" feelinsr for some
of the neighboring cities, especially'
Portland, Astoria, and Oregon City
for the treatment received at their
hands regarding the firemen's tourna
ment that was to have been held here
on the 6th, 7th and 8th of next month.
The Dalles hung $625 in purses to be
contested for at the tournament and
assured the best of treatment to visit
ing firemen, still none, of the cities
where tournaments have been held,
except Vancouver, .would consent to
send a contesting team. Of course
The Dulles will reciprocate whenever
those cities shall want to give a tournament.
Woman Btvned to Deatn.
A terrible accident from burning
happened near Cariton, Monti, 18
miles up Bitter Root valley from Mis
soula, last Friday afternoon. The
victim, Mrs. Martin .Toole, was riding
along the road in a lumber wagon with
her brother, William Con iff, on the
way to town. The bottom of the
wagon was covered with dry hay,
which caught fire from a match, with
which the brother lit his pipe. Owing
to a heavy cloud of dust, the Cre and
smoke were not discovered until the
bay was a mass of flames. The woman's
clothes caught fire," and she jumped
from the wagon, Con iff remaining
with the team until he saw her 'in
flames, when he let them go, and tbey
ran away.
The frantic screams of the unfor
tunate woman attracted the attention
of the section men working on the
railroal a . short distance away who
came to her assistance, and with her
brother tore the, elothing from her.
As soon as another rig could be secured
she , was brought to the Missoula
Sisters' hospital. Two-thirds of the
surface' of her body was burned, in
some places to a crisp. She lingered
until Sunday morning, when she died.
blaze a little
bit as the wind begins to stir the
smouldering ashes and embers. After
riding a mile or so we arrive at a
sheep camp which we' find deserted,
with the exception of a little lonely
shepherd pup that seems so pleased to
see us, and some ponies that are at a
log eating salt. We discover a. note
taciced up on a tree by means oi a
"jack-knife" over the rude log table,
stating that the owner desired visitors
to wash the dishes after using. We
left our cards and stated that we would
be pleased to wash the dishes on our
return. I will say right here "we never
returned," for I don't believe that we
cotfld find that place if we were to
search the country for a month.
Alter having given our steed 9 a
drink from the clear running brook
that went gurgling through this camp,
we started on again. '
We take a northeasterly direction,
and bad we kept in this direction, I
would not have to tell you that we got
so beautifully lost as we did but our
guide's efficiency will be seen in many
instances during this narration. We
had gone in advance of the guide for a
few hundred yards so he thought to
call us down and said we had gone too
far to the right and to take a trail he
bad seen leading more to the left,
which we did. Soon the "trail" ran
into a hollow tree and we plunged in
to a trackless forest and found we were
not going in the. right direction, but
too much to the left, as I happened to
know that other parties who had
taken the "Bird creek ridge" but as
we had gone to the expense of employ
ing a guide, we wanted to get our
money's worth, so followed . him as
meekly as we could until he had led us
up a steep bill and we came to a still
steeper bluff which we could neither
get above, around nor over, then our
patience becoming exhausted, we gave
him a few curtain lectures, free of
charge, and quite impromptu.
Darkness was rapidly coming on
apace and as we could look down in a
valley, and heard sheep bleating away
down there, and could dimly see dust
arising, as though sheep were being
corralled, our guide decided to take us
down there where his horses could get
feed and water, we dismounted and led
our ponies down one of the steepest
places we ever saw in our lives. At
length we arriyed at the camp of the
shepherd and told him we were lost,
and asked him if be could find us,
which remark did not seem " to just
please our guide, but the shepherd told
us we were at the sheep camp of Wm. j
Brune, of Rockland, ' opposite The
Dalles. Wben he told us this we felt
as though we had met a friend. He
asked us to make ourselves at home in
his camp, which we were only too triad
to do. ,After having had sunper,
Prof. Landers adjusted the ham
mocks for us, and : the ladies of ;he
party hanged themselves up in them
and we nearly froze to death, for the
.night air from a snow mountain is not
?fery tropical, to say the leaBt.
t'ie Arose early and prepared a hasty
b&kfast, and after arranging our
lunch for the day mounted our ponies
azain, and began to try once more to
find the snow line of Mt. Adams. We
climbed as far on the horses as we
could, then dismounted and led them
up a very steep rise and tethered them
at snow" line. I wa9 not satisfied with
the day's start, for I saw that the way
was not the correct one for it was too
much to the south side of the. moun
tain, whereas, everyone climbing the
mountain ascends on the east side, but
I could not make the guide see this as
I would like. - :
We partook of a ltgiit lunch and put
some up In knapsacks -and suspended
one each from our backs as it is neces
sary in such an undertaking to eat
often. We secured some beautifel
Specimens of mountain flora which we
placed'; between the blotting-paper j
paes of a book we . brougbtfor this
purpose. It is said the genuine Alpine
rose and Eidelweiss flourish here at
certain seasons of the year.
Our guide proceeded to conduct us
up the very steepest place in sight
which wits a pretty areen piece Of
ground, covered with mors. After
hnrinsr slowly traversed this strip of
beautiful creen. we struok-tho first
snow, which one of the young' ladies
proceeded to coast down unexpectedly
and at a rapid raj:e. A snap shot art ist
could have secured some funny bits of
natural scenery had he been on this
trip, for natural posing seemed' the
order of the day.
We climbed bravely, determined to
reach the top if we had time that day,
but as every body else starts at five
o'clock in the morning and we are
starting at nine to ascend the bi
mountain, we have grave doubts of
seeing the summit this time, unless we
are more expert Mazamas than we
think we are.
We are now stepping easily from one
big boulder to another, and next you
will see us sliding along with rolling
stones in the light ashy substance
which seems to cover the greater part
of the mountain. This sliding makes
the ascent much more difficult of pro
gression thas anything else. , lho
light air does not affect us as we had
feared it would. We are now trying
to walk on the snow and find it very
slushy walding: and can hear the loud
gurgling of the water as it comes from
the melting snow under us. We are
traversing a glacier and are in a very
dangerous position, jf ono would take
a notion to breatr. loose from its moor
ings. 1 thought 01 the possibility of a
snow slide and of our fate probably
being that of the huge rock which was
sent spinning down the side of the bill
a few moments since, and of the frag
ments of wbat" was once "us" being
picked up in baskets by our friends.
We clambered over huge 'burned
rocks, and by the aid of bur Alpine
stocks did fairly well, making vory
good time. With short rests and often
we hoped to have sufficient strength to
carry us to the summit. ,We tarried a
few minutes at a straam of water which
had its source under a glacier, and we
found the water very refreshing.
The snow made me nauseated, so
that I had to put on colored glasses
This act proved beneficial.- I have
heard that the sight of the snow has
the same effect on others. The sun
beaming so very bright on the vast
fields of snow would have caused us to
have lost several yards of the material
which covers our faces, had we not
taken the precaution before starting
up the hill, of thickly powdering them.
We expected the journey to be very
difficult and tiresome, but this exceed
ed our deepest consideration. Our
guide, being an old - Alpine climber,
seemed to think the steepest places as
but a small hill, and ran swiftly up as a
mountain goat would, and after leaving
us a half mile in the rear would perch
on some forge granite rock and enter
tain us by singing Switzer songs, and
by uttering at the top of his voice the
true Alpine mountain callioplan shout.
This was very encouraging to us away
down several hundred feet below him,
and it made me for one feel just like
pitching him over board, for I was
tired, and puffing along like a steam
engine, to see him climb ' With - such-
agile strides without - getting ' out of
breath was not just the thing to cause
us to keep in good humor.
The scenery irom this height was
grand. Imagine the distant Wasco,
Crook, Sherman and Morrow counties
of Oregon, with their yellow fields of
ripening grain and a background of
blue hills, Mts. Hood and Jefferson
which towered so high that they
seemed on a level with us, as I presume
they were, and then the whole Klicki
tat county from the old Oregon of
Bryantic fame that flows between two
of the grandest and best states of this
glorious union of ours, to the hills that
lie at our feet doing obeisance to the
hill of larger growth, and on which we
are, and see the vastness of this, but a
small portion of the country, is it any
wonder that a feeling of true patriot
ism wells up in our hearts for this our
native land?
What a beautiful picture it is, as we
look upon the proof of plenty, and see
the country as it is, with the stamp of
civilization upon it, and progress
everywhere. The' steam from saw
mills of Trout Lake and Glenwood al
most at our feet. The wool industry
by which thousands and millions are
clothed in this big world of ours, is be
ing carried on, in a measure, all around
this mountain. Every place available,
is occupied by thousands of sheep.
From one spot one can see what a good
portion of the country Is ' composed of.
The forests around furnish lumber
that is shipped to foreign ports con
stantly, because of the excsllent
quality, being perfect white pine.
Well, we have cogitated long enough
in one place, so we will move on up
bill. The summit seems but a short
way, though the guide says it is a two
hour's climb, and that we can not
reach it by dark. I conclude to not go
much farther if this is the case, so only
go a few hundred, feet farther, and
wait while the rest of the party reach
the summit if possible While waiting
the guide says it is no use for them to
try to reach the top as it is now five
o'clock, and for us to try the descent.
I looked down, and (-wondered-if it
would not be better for me to hurl my
self down at one "fell swoop,'-' and
thus end the terror of going down, for
surely, thought I, I can never go down
without breaking my neck. The steep
wpy was terlfylng, and my heart failed
me when I looked at the valley below
and which I must reach before dark or
be in danger of stepping into some un
seen abyss, or orevasse. . The guide
told me if I could follow him across a
certain strip of snow that he could im
provise a band sled out of some sacks
and rope which he carried, and by
seating myself on them, be thought he
could draw me down hill, where we
would await the rest of the party.
After a few seconds thought, X con
cluded to try this noyel sleigh-rlde, so
carefully Dlaclng my feet In the tracks
of the guide, crossed the strip of snow
which was beginning to freeze, and
crossed a lot of sharp rocks that tore
my shoes and reached a field of ice on
the other side. The guide prepared
the "sleigh" and I seated myself in it.
He started down hill at a rapid gait,
and the first thing I knew, I found him
away below me and I was coasting
alone. - The passenger had spilled out
of the sleigh. As I was going at a
great velocity -1 thought perhaps I
would not stop speed ; untij I had
reached the foot of the hiir,; and as
various visions went flying through
my mind, I yelled, "stop me, stop me"
which the guide did by rushing quick
ly and took me by the arm and stood
me upright. I did not care to attain
the same momentum that the huge
rocks did that morning that the guide
sent whizzing down the mountain, an
landed down in the vallev and broke
into a thousand pieces.
1 again seated myself in the saeks.
and thought to myself that I woui
stay with the "sleigh'! this timeor die.
, ..... . .
vve started slowly down, and were
going quite well, until we Ftruck
Dump in the snow and where I slid off
and filled my gloves and shoes with
the frozen snow. jn a short time
was nearly frozen. We tried walking
awhile, and then the guide showed his
skill in coasting by seating himself on
the sacks and taking the ropes in his
hands coasted as we used to down Union
street hill. It seemed such pport-
adopted the same mode of reaching
a flat below. So I coasted down the
short hill, and it was fine sport. We
had come down a very, steep pitch of
snow and it was somewhat startling to
look back and see the track over wnich
we had come.
We reached a pile of rocks and
waited for the others." We soon saw
them coasting down. The shadows
were deepening and snow freezing bo
that the longer we stayed the colder
we became. I saw the professor and
the girls, one on each arm, coming
gaily down and as their laughter rang
on the clear air, I thought they were
enjoying the situation, wben their feet
flew up and they flew down, simultan
eously, then I laughed. They jumped
up as gracefully as possibleandstarted
on again, and sat down to coast as
other people do. The guide met them
and lent his assistance by going in
front and steering for them. Wo
coasted all together about five miles,
imswe enioyeu, aitnoueu wo were
wet and cold. The guide made us run
over the rocks and sand until we were
warm.
We sa w our horses tied to the trees
away to the right, fof we were a mile
to the left from where we ascended
the mountain. A big canyon and a
huge avalanche of snow were at our
feet, so by going across apile of rocks
we could reach a better way to get
nearer the ponies. We told the men
to go and get the ponies and we would
meet them at the foot-of the hill, and
we' proceeded to cross the canyon
alone. We slid in sand two feet deep.
we climbed huge grey rocks big as
house and finally reached the path up
which we had gone that morning,
Darkness was coming on so rapidly
that it was but a few minutes until wo
could see nothing, but by loud holloos
we guided ponies and . men to where
we were. ' The bill was so steep and
rough that we concluded not to ride
but to lead our horses. This was too
hard to do, and thought wo would let
our steeds follow she lead horse. We
arrived at a clear running brook, and
saw, or thought we saw, stones pro
truding out of the water, and by step
ping on them, thought to cross dry
shod. Splash, Bplash went we, and we
got across. The sheep man from the
camp concluded we were lost and came
to meet us, and fired a gun so that the
noise would guide us to the camp. We
were so tired that we did not have
strength sufficient with which to get
our supper. It was nine o'clock when
we reached camp. The fire was burn
ing brightly and after making coffee,
and eating a cold lunch, we concluded
to make our place of rest for the night
on the ground. We remarked that we
had never realized the ground was so
very hard. With the canopy of heaven
with its myriads of twinkling stars
above usv and the. musical stream of
water gurgling by at our feet, and the
moon just peeping through the danc
tops of the pines, we went to the land
of nod.
Continued.
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Dan Maloney la Dead.
At a few minutes before 5 o'clock
Tuesday .afternoon Dan Maloney
breathed his last, an hour more than
seven days after having received a
mortal wound, at the hands of Jacob
Prahl. On the afternoon of August
17, Maloney was shot by Prahl, an ac
count of which was published in these
columns at the time of the shooting,
and was taken to a room over Mcln
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An autopsy held by Drs. Hollister
and Brosius after his death revealed
the fact that the bullet after eutering
the left breast two inches below the
nipple ranged downward, passing just
back of the intestines and through the
liver and right kidney, lodtring against
the twelfth rit.. After assisting in
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expressed his opinion that the wound
was necessarilly fatal, and might have
caused death at any time within ten
minutes after it was inflicted. Unusual
vitality of the patient and the - skillful
treatment he received at the hands of
his physician and nurses, he considers
the causes which enabled the in
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receiving the fatal wound.
Coroner Butts, on being notified of
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into the cause, and the following ver
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"We the jury empannelled by W. H.
Butts, coroner of Wasco county, Or.,
as coroner s jury sit and hear the eyi-
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Daniel Maloney, find as follows: That
said deceased came to his death by a
gunshot wound inflicted by une Jacob
Prahl, on Tuesday, the 17th day of
August, 1897, death resulting from
said wound on Tuesday, the 34th day
of August, 1897, about 5 o'clock p. M,
Said shooting occurring on Front
street near court, in Dalles City,
Wasco county, Oregon.
Jas. W. Fisher,
D. S. Dcfcb,
F W Wilson,
D. B. Gaunt,
E-J. Collins,
. " J. H. Cross.
Dan Maloney was bora in Independ.
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parents came to The Dalles when a
small boy. When quite young he en
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Telegraph Co., afterward was brake
man on the O. R. & N. line, and later
was elected marshal of Dalles city.
He leaves a mother, one sister and
three brothers.
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Two prominent business men of The
Dalles, who were spending the sum
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rather an exciting experience with
yellow jackets the other day. Seth
Morgan had volunteered to pilot them
to a good trout stream several tulles
from camp, and early one fine morning I
they started out in quest of fish, sup
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appliances. After climbing up hills
and down gullies for several hours,
they came in sight of the creek where
Mr. Morgan informed them trout did
abound. - For a moment tbey stood
gazing upon the dark, shaded canyon
where flowed a brook that was soon to
give upvits piscatorial treasures, spec
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store, then started down the bill that
-ttood at an angle of about CO degrees
toward the stream. They bad not pro
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with a slight impediment in speech
gaye a Comanche yell and began''ge-ge
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another of the party, whom we shall
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the air with both hands, and giving
vent to bis feelings in language not
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and he climbed up bill till he reached
the top, all the while, the "friendly"
little yellow jackets, for such : it was
that caused the trouble, stinging him
a hundred times a. minute. Seth and
Mr. F., the othe member of the party
sought refuge he descending the hill,
and finally succeeded in driving their
tormentors away, but not until Seth
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