The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28

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been made across the roads at short
distanoes apart, leading the water off,
4 From Mondays Daily.
| And IrelsadStoo has congratulated
Major Mckinley on his election.
MIR. and Mrs. e. S. Fish returned
yesterday from, visit to Portland.
L Hugo Glenn Is up. from Portland
land will remain In the city until after
Thanksgiving.
4 "A considerable amount of wool is
being shipped from Moody's warehouse
by the boat line.
| A band of 375 head of Crook county
beef are en- route to The Dalles for
shipment to Omaha.
Turkeys on foot are selling at n
cents, and when dressed go readily at
| 10 to Is cents per pound.
Mr.. ABBOTT, who has been here
several months past buying wool, left
to-day for hiszhomelin Boston.
Tom McCoS got home this morning
from Salt Lake, City. where he has
Fheen visiting the past two months.
Mrs. George Jones and daughter, of
PrinevilIe are in the city, ON their way
to Harrisburg to visit Mrs. Jones'
The Columbia at this space stood at
81 feet above low water mark this
morning. having fallen about one foot
aimee Friday.
Stock men report the recent Snow to
have covered the grass on the ranges,
and they have begun feeding most of
their stock.
The Commercial Club, Of La Grande,
has taken up the proposition of raising
q bonus of $500 acres of land to secure
a sugar factory.
A handsome wire railing has been
put around the desk in the sheriff's
office. 1t is decidedly ornamental, and
possibly is useful.
The recent snow was general along
the Columbia river, but to the south
there was little of the "beautiful" fell.
Prineville papers of last Friday do not
report any snow at that place.
A belated visitor arrived at this
office by the noon mail. 1t was copy
of the Daily Astsrian of Sept l3.
Where it had been casting about for
the past two months is mystery.
Stock shipments continue to keep up
from this point. Today C. M. Grimes
shipped S5 hogs to Troutdale by rail,
and this morning Billy Ketchum sent
200 head of sheep to Tacoma by boat.
Last Saturday night the people of
Sacramento discovered what they
thought to be an airship. Possibly
PARROT, of Goldendale, has taken his
machine to California for trial trip.
Harry Gilpen is about the most in
dustrious farmer in the county. A
snow storm has no terrors TO him, and
he goes right ahead blowing, turning
six inches of snow under with the |
soil.
1t is stated that bunco steerers and |
three-card monte sharps are playing
their vocation on the transcontinental
lines like they used to 20 years ago,
and are successfully fleeing passen-
gers.
Deep snow between Bonneville and
Hood River caused considerable delay
in the running of trains Saturday
and Saturday night, but the track was
cleared so that trains were running on
time yesterday.
The Dalles will have plenty of
amusement. There is
The entertainment and grand ball to
be given by the Red Men Thursday
evening and the Spanish Students
Friday night.
Hon. T. 7. Geer seems in a fair way
TO be chosen as the elector who shall
carry Oregon's vote to Washington.
He received the largest vote of any of
,he republican electors, hence appears
20 be entitled to the honor.
Sheriff Driver and J. G. Farley, of
his city, attended the banquet given
Hon. Sol Hirsch in Portland last Sat-
irday night. They report it a grand
Iffair fully worth the price of admis-
lion, which was only five dollars.
Yesterday was one of the finest days
or sleigh riding ever known in The
)alles. The snow was just right, the
ky cloudless and the temperature
bout 40 degrees above zero. Every
leigh in the city was pressed into
ervice nearly all day.
The first Sunday in December is set
part by the Benevolent and Protec-
i've Order OF Elks as the date for hold
ng memorial services in honor to the
memory of their dead, and the Elks of
his city have perfected arrangements
or holding memorial services at their
lall on Dec. 9th.
Harvey Belknap is In the city today
fteri freight for Prineville merchants. =