The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-07
From THURSDAYS DAILY.

Feed yard.
There are 4O2 pupils enrolled in the Bake
City schools.
MIS-. N. Wlley arrived in the city to-da
from NewDerg.
The Columbia river is lower than ever re
membered before.
Mr.. Fred Wallace, of Antelope, is visit
ing relatives in this city.
A fire lot of Hereford cattle at the Gran
ger Feed yard, Third street.
The Columbia River NJ E. conference
In session at Vancouver, W. 7.
MIR. A. r. Thompson returned from
visit to the Harvey valley to-day.
carload of horses and sheep was ship
ped from the stock yards this morning.
The Baker City planning mills are ship
ping two carloads of lumber east ever,
day
Mr.. Cyrus Walker, farmer at the U. S
Indian agency at Warm Springs, is in th'
city.
Ex-Gov. Moody, Mrs. Moody and daugh
ter Edna arrived in this city yesterday from
Salem.
Five sisters have arrived from Indiana te
prepare for opening new convent in Boise
City.
The new Episcopal church at Corvallis
will be dedicated next Sunday by Bishop
| Morris.
The "One of the Bravest" dramatic com.
pany play ed at Walla Walla last Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. F. w. Silvertooth wife and family,
of Antelope, are visiting Mrs. E. Schultz in
this city.
The grand commandery of Oregon
| Knights Templar meets in Eugene on the
| 10th inst.
Several families haye moved in from the
country to take the advantage of our school
| facilities.
Some statistician says the population of
the world is increasing at the rate of 3d.
OOO 900 year.
Mrs. A. NJ. Williams and children, who
have been spending the heated term at Sea
View, returned to-day.
Master BIrnIe Selleck, the boy of the
TINES MoUNTAINEER office, left yestel day
for vacation at Yaquina bay.
Plate glass will be'put in the front of all
the buildings on the north side of Second
street, between Washington and Federal
Tomorrow morning carload of sheep
sheep command the highest prices IN the
east.
Mr.. Geo. II. Bennett returned to-day
from visit to his parents at West Charles
ton, Vermont. He is accompanied by his
sister.
The Weekly TINES. .MoUNTAINEER and
the Chicago Inter-Ocean for $3.50 year.
Sample copies can be seen at this office.
Send in your subscriptions.
Messrs. MacEachern & Macleod have
been busily engaged to-day moving their
large stock of goods into the new building
lately completed by Mr.. Max Vogt.
The Astoria Pioneer has changed its
make up into jaunty fve-column, eight
page form, cut and pasted, with top dates,
and metropolitan procliyities, generally.
The machinery for the steam laundry is
arriving, and this industry will soon be in
operation. The proprietors, Mezsrs. Law
lor Bros, are enterprising and energetic
young men, and deserve success.
Sarah Althea- Hill Sharon Terry, it is re.
ported, will soon appear upon the stage.
Some one has suggested that she will take
the principal part in "Taming of the
Shrew."
Baker Reueille: Six wagons loaded with
emigrants passed through town this morn
ing en- route for the Grande Ropde valley.
They hail from western Kansas and appear
to lie well fixed for commencing life anew in
the far west.
The Hunt railroad grade is on.-the brow
Of the hill just ready to plunge rapidly
down to the Coppei. The track is only
.hree-fourths of mile to Dixie and the
trestle at that point will soon be finished,
says the Waitsburg Enterprise.
Albany boasts of the best electric light
plant In the state-Abany Herald. Hold
on, brother, we can't stand any of that non.
sense. The Dalles has the finest electric
hghts of any city on the coast, and we ad-
init OF no competition in this line.
a farewell party was rendered Mrs. James
NJ. Smith las. evening at the residence of
Mrs. W. e. Simpson, in this city. The
evening was pleasantly spent. and the lady
was the recipient Of handsome silver card
case as memento of the esteem in which
she is held by her friends in The Dalles.
Albany Herald: No small amount of
damage has been done this season by fires
i'll grain fields. Fire started the other day
OF the farm of Alfred Wheeler and burned
700 bushels of wheat, which was piled up
in the field. Small damage was also done
from fire OH the farms of Moses Parker and
W. X. Temple.
Statesman: John NJ. PEBBLES has regIg led
his position as teacher of English at the
Capital Business college and departed yes
terdaY for Prinevillc, Crook county, where
he will interest himself in school matters
this winter. He was accompanied by w.
T. Rigby. who will also teach the young
idea how to shoot, in that vicinity.
Mayor DeLashmutt, of Portland, has had
dispatch informing him that his sorrel
horse BloDdi, won the 3-year-old trottine
race at Helena making a record of 2:34.
The Oregon horsemen now that the races
on the Montana circuit are over will start
at once for Portland to be there in time for
the races at City View Park on the 10th.
Salem Journal: The Gold. Mountain min.
ing company of this city are now receiving
their assayers appaa IN and will soon be |
prepared to assay II brought to them. |
Already they ha .,ved several samples |
OF ores from jantiam country. They |
will soon make a test of some of that rotten |
quartz and see what it really does con-
tain.
The Philadelphia lawyers either are or |
affect to be shocked by the conduct of one |
OF their number who pocleted for his fee |
SlO,C COO of the 5000 recovered from a |
street car company as damages for crippIing
his client, a poor newsboy. This is un- |
a very liberal fee; but there is |
evidently some mistake about the lawyers
being shocked
Capital Journal: The Albany and Astoria
railway surveying party are now IN the
canyon OF the great Nestucca river, going
AHEAD at the rate of only about mile day |
owing to an immense amount of under
brush that had to be cut away. The route
over the mountains proves tn be a remark
ably easy one, with no tunnels, and gradual
ascents and descents.
The lumber resources oftWashington are
almost incomprehensible. 1t Is estimated !,
that her forests contain It's, 900, 600, 600 feet
OF uncut hemlock and fir, In some places
averaging from $4,000 to 10000 feet per
acre. With the immense facilities possessed
for converting this into lumber. it will take
years and years before even an impression
will be made upon this industry.
Aralanche:: About fifteen years ago very
rich gold float was found on or near the
head of Cow creek. Although many had
prospected to find the lode it was never
found until last week, when it was discoy-
cred by Mr.. James Bradley. 1t is said to
be very rich and that the finder has for
tune in sight. We hope the report Is true
and congratulate Mr.. Bradley ON his good
luck.
Astor1an: Yesterday morning Mrs. Alick
Hansen of this city met with very bad ac-
cident at Clatsop while VISITING at the resi-.
dence of old gentleman Spelmier and wife,