The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-12-28
From McntaY's nal'l

DiancndrU, ii. Maler, IlefDerC OlaZler,
Nuckols, John Hampshire, Martin Dome
NJ. a. Moody, ". Cram, Joe Worsley.
- From Mondays pu'y.
Two feet OF snow has fallen at the Ca
cades.
> Mr.. H. W. Wells, of Deschutes, is in Il
city.
/. Coasting and toboganning are the gener
! attractions.
k Mr.. c. Mcpherson, of Hay Creek, can
into the city to-day.
:. Some of onr citizens INDUCED iu sleighr
$ yesterday, but the amusement was nt
iirst-class.
n The public schools will have holida
from Christmas until January 6, 1890. til
Monday after New Years
The Salvation army are still ''holding til
5 fort" in Ellensburgh. The army has a goo
field OF operations in that city.
There is no ice in the river, but if an eas
, wind blows the great artery of commerc
may be closed in few hours.
The mild weather Saturday caused tn
snow to melt, and the freezing weather ha
made the walks slippery and unsafe.
Locdli=er: We are informed that snow il
over foot deep on the Wenatchee mount
aims and seddIng across them is splendid
The road is well broken.
A very severe storm was experienced be.
yond the Deschu:es last Saturday. The
wind blew hurricane, and the snow fell In
binding quantities. After everything
quieted down, snow fell to the depth of sew
eral inches.
We learn from trustworthy source that
Hen. F. A. Mcdonald will tender his resig.
nation as register OF tie land office on jan
uary l, $780, He will engage in business In
| Seattle, which will be his future residence.
Mr.. Chas. Howe, who was mentioned in
these columns as being injured at Hood
River Wednesday evening, has had his arm
anputated and his skull was badly frac-
tured. He is at present at st. Vincent's
hospital Portland.
The boiler at the engine house of the
electric light works was changed yesterday
from wood-burning to coal-burning, and the
furnace had to be changed for this purpose.
For this reason, after 10 o'clock there were
no electric lights in the city, and the streets
wore dark and sombre hue
A white owl was caught by Master Harry
Brown, ON the Deschutes a few days ago
He gave it to Mr.. S. B. Adams, but III a
few days it died, and is now properly
mounted by a taxedcrmlst, and is the pref
test bird We ever saw. Some of the ''old-
est inhabitants" prophecy an extremely
hard winter by reason OF the visit Of these
arctic birds; but all signs are insignificant
in Eastern Oregon.
Prineviiie ReUiesc: Some time since W.
I. Casey appealed from the decision of the
register of the U. s. land office at The
Dalles in rejecting his filings on piece of
land at Powell Buttes, listed to the W. V.
Il c. NJ. Co., though the land was just out
side of the six-riiie limit. The commIs-
siouer OF the general laud office has Just rem
dered a decision in MIR. Casey's favor, al
lowing his fling. II Is valuable tract of
land and Is well worth contesting for.
Snow is pillng up in the mountains to the
depth of two and three feet, which will re-
main on the ground until the sun melts 1t
off next spring, tins forming reservoirs
that viii feed the many little rivyIets which
fiow through the valleys, and will furnish
water for irrigating purposes the coming
season. Without plenty o. snow in the
mountains, water is always scarce the fol-
lowing season, but the indications now are
that water will be plentiful next summer
ReUieaD
Mr.. Geo. Williams, administrator of the
estate OF John Mchelbach deceased, has
gathered the children of tender years to-
gether and will give them genuine Christ
mas holiday. L lst week he went down to
Vancouver, where the orphans are attending
school and made arrangements for them to
be In the city during the holidays. He has
made every preparation for their enjoyment
and no doubt they will have pleasant
time. Mr.. Williams has maraged the af-
fairs of this estate iii a most commendable |
manner, and has displayed care and judg- |
ment which could not have been excelied In
the management of his own affairs.
This is the way they do it down in Ari-
zona when misguided individual monkeys |
with his royal nibs, the editor. The fol- |
lowing appeared i'll recent number of the |
Arizona Kicker: "Died--In this city Octo-
ber 2S 1889, P-te Shumaker, aged 81 years,
S months and IA days. Pete was the indi-
vidual who attacked US on the 2lst in front
Of the postoiice with a cavalry sabre, being
offended at an editorial criticsing the policy
of the czar of Russia towards Turkey. We
let daylight into him in four places and we
paid his doctor bill aud funeral expenses.
lie sleeps well; he is better off; death loves
a shining mark. Eastern papers please
copy"
The Umatilla House is still the rendez
vous for everything of newsy nature. If
there is late arrival in the city he will be
registered on the daily record and if one
desires to learn the news from any Of the
country towns he can, get it at this hotel.
This is the center OF news of every kind,
and an item -gatherer when other sources
fail generally can pick up something en-
tertainlng. II there are no events OF suff-
cielt Importance to chronicle, the good
natured Major Handley, always smiling and
genial, can tell HIM something about editors
and judges in the old country, or Col Sim
mott can relate one of his yarns about pio-
neef days in The Dalles, forty years ago.
For fully quarter of century the Una
tilla House has been the attractlye ocnter
for all desirous of information concerning
this region, and it has always kept pace
with the progress of the city. 1t is far to
presume 1t will always retain its prestige.
and long years after the present prcprietors
are numbered with the silent majority,
there will remain an attraction arouul the
old corner which will eclipse all innova-