The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-01-30
NUMBER 25.

state at the end of 1885 was 776, now the
total mileage constructed and operated is
2224.
The cigar factory in this city is turning
out special brand of cigars called La His
Panla, which will soon be on the market.
These are made from clear Havana tobacco
We received pleasant call to-day from
| Mr.. Alvah W. Patterson, manager of the
Heppner Gazette. He reports business very
hourishing in Heppner, and all indications
promising for the future.
The constant drop of water wears away
the hardest stone; the constant gnaw Of
Towser masticates the toughest bone; the
constant wooing lover carries off the blush
ing maid, and the constant advertiser gets
the bulk of the trade.
This is not a fish story but goose tale
from the Arlington Record. ''Mr. Ernest
Hatch, who resides at the mouth of Chap
man creek, on the Washington side, has
broken the record of all OF our goose hunters
by killing four wild geese at one shot with
rifle. They were sitting on the ground,
when Mr.. Hatch crept through some thick
underbrush and fired at one with the above
result.
Astorian: 5. J. Easterhazy is in troubled
wife and child left Tronholm, Sweden, to
come to Astoria on a ticket that he had sent
them. Since the date of their sailing he has
not heard word from them, aud they have
disappeared as completely as if the earth or
water had swallowed them up. Their ST.
lence is unaccountable, and the husband
and father anxiously awaits news from his
family.
Record: Nearly twelve thousand barrels
of flour were handled by the merchants of
Arlington for the year 1891. The freight
item at 40 cents per barrel amounts to near
lY S6OOO These figures, which do not in
clude large amount shipped out on the
Heppner branch, show that Arlington has
an old and well.established trade In this
commodity; and yet our thriving city, situ-
ated as 1t is, in the centre of large grain
producing section, is without a Touring
mill.
Record: Arlington experienced a slight
water famine last Sunday, it being the first
failure of water for many months. The
pump engine became in some way disabled
with very little water IN the reservoir. As
result Sunday morning found many of our
citizens wandering around with buckets,
meditating on former days, when wells were
in vogue. The necessary repairs were
sPeeuiiy uiaue, ahn slgnalleu oy tne toot
OF the whistle at D A. M. Monday. Airing
ton reels Justly proud OF her water supply.
Our esteemed cotemporary, the Dufur
Dispatch, Is 10 error to consider that we in
tended any ''slur" ON that community BY
publishing the item about ''hoodlumisnl"
which appeared IN that paper. As we have
often stated III these columns, we are of the
opinion that The DAlles has some of the
worst hoodlums 10 the northwest, and an
opportunity l. never missed to hold these
up to the censure OF the community. Dufur
is quiet, orderly town; but, we presume,
like other towns IN the northwest, ,-es-
peclally The Dalles-it is disgraced by q
class OF youngsters whose only aim is mean
and annoying mischief.
Herald: Charles Lombard, clerk of the
Yakima Indian agency, arrived in the CITY
on Saturday last. on a weeks leave of Alb.
sence. to get rested up from his labors. Mr..
Lombard SAID that the Indians had been
shown plat of the new boundaries of the
reservation, and that they were very much
dissatisfied. A large territory on the Mt.
Adams side which had always been claimed
as reservation land was by the SURVEYS de-
clared outside of the boundary, and the In
dians held pow.wow over the decision and
concluded to send delegation of three or
four of their number to Washington to see
the Great Father and ask him to protect