The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-16
From Tuesday 8 Daily.

Next Sunday is Easter.
Ex-Gov. Moody is in town to-day.
The baseball fever prevails at Fossil.
Mr.. j. D. Gibson, of Wasco, is in the
city.
Mr. Ed. Cross, of Salem, is IN the city
to-day.
One of the zephyrs, SO prevalent in this
latitude, blew to-day.
Indians are killing sheep in Grant county,
and several have been arrested for the
crime.
by the county clerk to George Keller and
Louisa Kern.
the newly painted residences in the
suburbs OF the city gives bright and fresh
appearance to buildings.
The salmon season has begun, but the
river is not sufficiently high for good run
of fish IN this vicinity.
The weather still continues cool, but veg
citation is far progressed. and the season is
quite favorable for grain and fruit.
Our boys apparently take more interest
in fishing than in athletic games, and the
base ball field has few contestants in this
city.
Business has not fairly begun in the East
End yet, but warehousemen are making
preparations for the reception OF the largest
clip of wool ever received,
The corrals of X. E. Saltmarshe's stock
yards are crowded with cattle to-day. They
are from Idano, and will be shipped to the
American Dressed Meat Co. at Troutdale.
The corner stone of the new Congrega-
tional church will be laid tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock. An appropriate program
of exercises will be rehearsed on that occa-
sion.
Fossil Journal: Silas Keeney dehorDed
over a thousand cattle at the Gilman ranch
| this week. But for the wet weather the
number dehorned would have been much
larger.
North Idaho is infested with counterfeit
ers and the Chinese from the dominion are
stealing over the border. Its mines have
closed down and all around 1t Is having
hard time.
Mr.. T. H. Ward, formerly editor of the
Wasco Sun, but now located at Portland
IN the practice OF law, is in the city. Mr..
Ward is one of the Ann Arbor boys, snd
they always take the lead.
Eagle: Much INQUIRY from outside Sec
tions is being received daily regarding
Grant county's mines. and every indication
points toward flow OF immigration in the
mining camps this season not yet expert
enced.
Long Creek Eagle: Word reaches us that
Jas. Small, on the John Day river, lost 1000
head of sheep during the disagreeable
weather last week. Mr.. Stewards loss was
also heavy, but the exact number was not
| learned.
Mr.. Henry Hudson, who is one of the
substantial farmers in the vicinity of Dufur,
is in the city to-day. He reports fall wheat
in excellent condition, but that spring grain
is suffering from the cold weather and the
cut worm.
Grant county Neacs: Sheep raisers expect
to begin harvesting their lamb crop next
week. Their sheep were in excellent con-
dition before the last storm, and grass on
the range being good, they anticipate a
heavy increase.
Henry Heppner has let the contract for
the erection of another brick building in
Heppner. where the pioneer hotel formerly
stood. MIR. Heppner, although interested
in Arlington, does not spare any means to-
ward doing his part in building up Hepp.
ner.
The Arlington board of trade is preparing
to do big lot of advertising all through
the eastern states by means of newspapers,
folders, stickers, etc. The board hopes to
induce a lot of good and desirable immigra.
tion, by making known abroad Gillian
county's splendid record of 1892.
Mr.. T. Days. now in the employ of Mr..
H. L. Kusk, but formerly of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has manufactured harness now on
exhibition in Kuck's store on Second street
that Is the handsomest and most artistic in
finish of any we have ever seen. 1t is all
handwork, solid rubber and gold trimmed
and hand creased loops. This would bear
inspection in any city in the United States,
and Mr.. Kuck may be proud of turning out
such work in a far western city.
A runaway occurred early this morning
which made matters lively for time. Mr..
Fields team of horses attached to his milk
wagon started on a run from the residence
of Judge Bennett on Fourth street, and ran
down that street to Washington, when they
turned the corner and collided with locust
tree ON the alley in front of Judge Liebe's
residence. pulling it up from the roots.
THIS changed their course down the alley,
which soon brought them to a standstil.
Fortunately no one was In the wagon at the