150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY March 30, 2007 PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICL'S TEN-PART SERIES. This is the second of a 10-part series celebrating The Dalles 150 anniversary as your community news source. This is the history of The Dalles area as told by the past reporters, editors and publishers of the Daily Mountaineer and The Dalles Chronicle. The stories are reproduced as they were originally published to reflect the viewpoints of the era. At the end of the stories is the date they were published. This selection of stories from The Daily Mountaineer is intended to give readers a feel for what it was like to live in The Dalles from 1872 to 1886. We have taken these stories from what little is left from those early Mountaineer issues in The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library micro-film collection. Edited by Skip Tschanz and Designed by Steve St. Amand NEWS SHORTS Front page A feature of unusual short stories from around the world that appeared in the Weekly-Times-Mountaineer. Atlanta - A difficulty occurred on the 25th, in Forsey County between United States Marshals and citizens who were charged with having violated revenue laws. Seventy-five shots were exchanged. One citizen was killed and two Deputy Marshals wounded. ----- Mother Goose was no myth, after all; but as Mr. William L. Stone informs us, a veritable granddame of Boston, in the good old days. Her name was Mrs. Elizabeth Goose. She had nineteen children, and, in her old age, wrote for grandchildren the songs which bear her name. ----- An enterprising reporter in Arkansas, who was recently sentenced to the State prison for horse stealing, applied to his employers to be continued on the journal as Penitentiary correspondent. ----- The theory of a subterranean river connection to the waters of Lake Superior and Lake Ontario is revived. It is regarded as absolutely necessary to account for the presence of salmon and herring in the lakes above Niagara Falls. ----- Bathing is just as essential to health in winter as it is in summer, although not liable to be so frequently practiced owing to the cold weather. The best time for taking a warm bath is just before retiring at night, and if the system is weak, the bed and sleeping room should be warm to prevent taking cold. Very few persons can take a warm bath in the day time and go out in the air and attend to ordinary business without running considerable risk. ----- Two young Texas bloods after a two day's pursuit, overtook two horse thieves that had stolen two mules and had to give them two dollars, two overcoats, and two pair of boots in consideration of being allowed to return home. The local paper says: "The young men deserve the thanks of the community for their vigilance. ----- A few days ago a small fish became lodged in a pipe leading to the pump of one the New York Central Railroad locomotives. The train had to stop, and its stopping detrained three other freight trains and one passenger train nearly two hours before the real cause of the disability was discovered. This is a fish story, but a true one. ----- A hog in Dubuque slipped up-stairs into a house where a party was being held, and got into a room where the eatables were stored, which proceeded to devour. The Telegraph says the hog was chased until he was captured. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program