The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-19

| The funeral was attended by large con-
course nf relatives and friends. rhe Rev.
| S. knight, of Salem. conducted the SER
vices. At the time Of his death the de-
cessed WAS 7S years OF age.
Yesterday aft, ,rnoon several telographic
messages were sent to the members of tn
Legislature from this city requesting them 10
go into Caucus and support Mr.. Dolph for
| senator. Tn Sc msssagee We're signed by
| nearly every pubic,n who wss ssapproached
on the sutj It, and there never was such
unsnim' u feeling 10 the party ranks ID
fhis vicinity as that in favor of the re-
election of the senior >enator from Oregon.
'Overp reduction" is still heard orcasior
ally when the fufure of the prune industry
m O'egon is III der consideration. H. w
CO'tle rays: IA prominent Californian
told me that he h d been g owing prupes
Tor sixteen wears, thar he had heard talk OF
over production sll that tim'; but that toe
business had been more profit. bic 70 him az
the yesrs roll by, a1d better methods of
cultivation. pruning and grad.r & prevailed
HIS pru es last yesr brought him over $500
per acre.
A correspondent of the Alban: Democrat
siys: The rail%o I'd conmi -sion claims TO
ave brought about rednc,Ior in freight.
Let us see about that. B fore the time o
the commission we paid 20 cents per hnn-
ed for freight from Portland to Browns
vile Now, for the same freight, we pay
80 cents pr hundred How is that for re-
ductior? Aboii.h the railroad commission
and every other useless para site from the
Day rolls of state and county"
In the iuterIude before the last &C. at the
opera house lat nigbt Mr R E Frei ch
cam- b. fore the curtain, and reru ned his
hanks for many iavors received at The
DalIes He pad hgn compliment to The
Dtlies Orchestra Union. end said that dur
ing the twenty years he had been in the |
dramatic pr rofession he had never known a |
more competent band o. musicians. The |
,:sy should be proud of su N an efficient |
orchestra, 60 highly accomplished IN this
trt. ~
. The tax levy was made by the county |
Yesterday, and was as fol-
oss: State, 3 mil.; state school purposes.
mills; county purposes, IL mills; county
oad purposes, l m II. Total state aud
ounty. 2l mills. OF the levy for county
purposes the on twentieth OF one mill will
% to the q. A. R. reiIet fund. The rate OF
sxes is the same as last Year, but as the
aluation Of property has been reduced
UOuI ~ Ger CeUG tulS IS j RUOu SuOSlUk III |
ne line Of economy.
Albapv Herald: For some time Mr.. E.
J. Russell. of Sweet Home, has been court
q Miss Indis H4wes of that place. and
he latter had consented to become his wife
Ter stern, parents, however. objected and
-pt her locked up at home Mr.. Russell
sme to Albany and procured a writ of
d baas corpus, armed with which an officer
as gone to hrir Miss H.wes TO this city .
= she is of legal age aud wishes TO become
le wife of Mr.. Russell. the latter has taken
.roic measures TO win his bride. The Off
IT will probably arrive today. when the
,ppv marriage il expected to take place .
n. Rus is respected Young man of {
lat neghhorhood. He was delegate from
xeet Home to the last Republican state
nYention.