The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-21
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From TUESDAYS Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The county Jail hasn't a siugle occupant
Hon. G. NJ. Cartwright, of Crook coun-
ty is IN the CITY.
The drug store of K. W. Helm Co.. has
been closed for q short time on account OF
the business depression.
Repairs on the city Jail are going forward
quite rapldly,and Mr.. Fouts. the contractor.
is pushing the work ss rapidly as possible.
The Democrats state convention is in
session in Portland. Those in attendance
from this city are Jas. b. CrosseD, +. A.
Seufert and A. Bettingen. jr.
High water in the Oekoco river has IN
terfered with the operations of the Prime
vile grist mil, aud there is complaint OF
dearth of -four IN that market.
An Ellis Republican club has been or
gsniaed at Eight Mite with seventeen mem.
| bers. Meetings are be every two weeks
snt the campaign will be male interesting
il political hue
Mr.. James Smith, the dancing master,
met with an accident today by falling
| from his horse by which lie has become
quite lame; but he says, nevertheless, that
ihe soiree will be held Saturday night the
anne as if nothing had happened.
Hon. W.'H. q. Dufur, of Dufur, is in
town today. He says the cold spring is
| keeping all vegetation very back ward,
and farmers are becoming discouraged.
7 here have been no frosts to iDJure fruit,
and COED crop Is expected IN that vicin-
| iiy.
Many of the ranches along the OchocO,
saws the PrineviIle Netos, especially in the
| upper portion of the valley, have been
laore or less damaged by the recent high
water The damage 10 some Is said to
have been so great as TO largely impair
their value.
Tho river at Monument Is yet very high
and teams cannot cross, says the Long
Creek Eagle. Some of our merchants
have lot of goods on the other side OF
the river on the road from Heppner, ana
are dong some good loud kicking at the
delay the floods are causing.
The political contest will be fully
opened after the nominations have been
made at Astoria today. Then the Ameil
can citizen will be called upon TO decide
between the two cOptending parties, and
politicians will be heard on every street
corner. 80 mote 1t be. Selah.
The l5rdly Columbia h,ws down 70 the
sea, aud hears far d tferent sounds than its
own dashns. No ore would desre 10 stop
Its flight to mother oceau-on;y to render
it's path easier by the removal OF all OBJ
atractions. Thus an open sryer becomes
popular with all. as it is considered the great
commercial highway of the fhlaud Empire.
D. W. Aldridge publ ishes his valedic-
tory in the last issue of the Prineyiile
Nescs. The paper has been disposed Of to
Il jont-stock company, and will hereafter
be run in the interests Of the Republican
party. Mr.. Aldridge is q racy writer,
and he will be missed from the editorial
management.
|. Five carloads of cattle left the stock
yards of r. E. Saltmarshe & Co. last
night for Troutdale. These were in-extra
\ fue condition tor beei, and were EdrYen
| off the bunch grass range of Eastern Ore
| gan. Today there is large force of men
| engaged in weighing cattle and correlling
them. There are about ten carloads Of
| these, and te destinations PJ:l,Ili All
Sound points. 20
The run of salmon has been very 5discour-
aging thus far. Although the wheels have
| been IN the water for week they have
| managed to haul IN very few ef the inny
| species When the river assumes a normal
| stage and the water. becomes clear It in
hoped that the silyery salmon will visit thls
portion Of the state 10 large numbers. and
the wheel. men will extend to them be-
coming welcome.
By reason CT complaints of citizens resid-
ing in the Immediate vicinity, ths plans of
the repairs to the city jail have been
changed. The narrow gratings, which were
to furnish light and air to prisoners, in tn
original plan, opened on the streets, and a
injunction being threatened, these were
changed and were made to open IN the yard
A special meeting of the council was called
for this purpose, and the alteration agreed
upon.
TINS is the latest news from a we'll known
typo and newspaper man, Cleaned from the
columns of the Wala Walla statesman:
r. NJ. Smith, or as he is familiarly known
''Rocky Mountain Smith, sends word by
Deputy Sheriff Ellingsworth TO old friends
in Nalla Wslla that he is still at the head
of tIdewater at Pataha City in Garfield
county. Mr.. Smith was one Of the first
newspaper publishers in Walla Walla near
ly thirty years ago.
The beautiful gardens of The Dalles,
rendered charming by the smile of flow
ers, should not be put 10 the blush by al
leys covered with debris + but all environ
ments should be in harmony with the
maidenly blush OF the season. This may
be considered gentle reminder that tn
alleys Of thiscity might be improved by
a little gratuitons labor. AS exercise is
necessary 10 sound health no rule of by
glene will be violated by work In this
line. ; * i
The following Is novel manner of
showing appreciation of a Dulcinea,
copied from The Ne,os: Another of Prime
rllles most estlmable young ladies Is the
recipient of q little pig. It was left on
her doorstep by night and in the morn
ing il sguealed its little wants, which
were readily supplied from the -conients
Of a bottle. Wish we were a young lady,
especially if bachelors, intend t, supply
all the girls with little pigs. We have
always desired TO GO into the hog busi-
ness anyway.
Oregonian: Collector of Internal Reye
nue. Biackmap says mistake was made in
the report of the sale of band of 5000
sheep at Heppner. reported by him few
days ago. The price paid was 81 so per
head after shearing, instead of 81 25 Since
the paragraph was published parties at
Heppner have received letters from persons
aoxious to buy lots of sheep at 81 25, but
there are none to sell for that pr,ce. IF any
one wants motion he need not .'kick" at
having to pay $3.50 for good fat sheep.
Walla Walla Statesman: The Morning
Union On Saturday leased by the Union
Publishing Company Tor the ,erm OF five
years to + b. S Hart. II rr, Kelso, Andy
Stearns and julius Baldwin. who.,,
session this .mcrniny. All except Mr. Kelso
are practical printers of this cry. he latter
having been c0Bn-ctei with the Union a. a |
reporter. Messrs p B and s. s. johnson |
will retire from the newspaper business in |
this city. The p Icy OF the paper under |
its new management will no doubt be de. I
fined in its next issue
La Grande Chronicle: Robert Smith, |
manager OF the Grand Ronde Lumber Com |
pany at Perry, informs a reporter that, as
republ Can stump speakers say. ''ths wheels I
will begiu to turn" in the big saw mil next
Wednesday morning This will at once
give employment TO about so men To two
". eks this force will be Increased to nearly
100 men. The reason that they will not
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