The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-08-22
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| SATURDAY baly.
Mr.. Frank Fulton, of Biggs, is in the
city.
Mr.. A. Mcintosh, of Moro, has been in
the city for the past few days.
F. G. Reed, president of the state board
of fish commissioners, is in the city.
Mr.. W. D. Stewart, OF Rochester, N. Y,
is registered at the Umatilla House.
Diptheria is raging at PrinevIlle, seven OF
one family dying last week from the effects
of the malady.
We received a call to-day from Capt.
Stanley, of Michigan. He is visiting his
brother-in-law, Mr.. j. w. Marques.
General Manager Mcneil and Superin-
tendent Cookingham. of the Pacific division,
passed up the road to-day in a special car.
A carload of pipe for the water works
arrived on a freight train this morning
They are being hauled out to the receiving
reservoir by wagons.
Sheriff Gates, Judge Thornbury and a
number of other Dalles people are at Trout
lake concocting some entirely new and
startling fish stories.
In the police court this morning there
were two drunk and disorderly persons and
three hobos. These will be put to work
on the streets until the fines were paid.
An accident on the Union Pacific at La
tourells Falls last evening delayed the west.
bound train two hours. The locomotive
and two cars were ditched, and these had
to be replaced before the train could pass.
During his recent visit to Hood River,
Rev. E. d. Sutcllffe, rector OF st. Paul's
Episcopal church, found number of com.
municants residing in that locality, and he
will endeavor to arrange so as to hold regu-
lar services there, at least once month.
Farmers living on the east fork of Hood
river have determined to utilize the water
of that stream by building an irrigation
ditch, four feet wide at the bottom and
about tine same depth. The head OF the
ditch will be 1900 feet above the Columbia
river.
Articles of inc orporation of the Hood
River Armory Association we're filed Au-
gust l4th; A. S. Blowers, A. Winans, J. FL.
Dukes, E. E. Winans and L. N. Blow ers,
duration, three years; OBJ
ject, purchasing sufficient land and erecting
a building to rent; place of principal Office,
Hood River; capital stock, 81, 200.
The La Grande Gdzette has reopened fire
on Colonel Houghton, of the Third regi-
ment. This time it makes some strong &C.
cusations regarding the deduction of 80
cents from the pay of the soldiers for the
use of mattresses furnished. 1t also makes
other charges the truth of which the Ga
sette will find it hard to substsntiate.
w. H. Brown. Union Pacific mining ex-
pert, visited the Fossil coal mines last
week. He made careful examination of
the property and found great amount of
misdIrected work had been done at the
mines. He carried away with him sack
ful of coal as specimens and will soon give
mis- company report upon the property.
v. C. Brock, clerk of Sherman county, is
in the city to-day. He reports harvest well
underway throughout his section and the
yield generally surprising the expectations
If the farmers. Some of the late sown
wheat is found to lie shriyeled, caused by
,he hot weather during rIpening. Sherman
county will have large surplus of wheat,
out it is hard to closely figure the amount
Is vet.