The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-27
grain is suffering badly from the hot
weather in regions south of Deschutes.

o weather in regions south of Deschutes
Cherries are in greater demand II
;. eastern markets today than any othe
}. fruit. Quotations in Denver this morn
ing are such as will net the grower
}. SITS Der l0-pound box in TIE Dal!es
[ Very few fish were caught last night
hence the cannery has not been heated
Y | up today, but If the river continues &c
, fall, the wheels on the river will Ger.
tsinly begin catching large quantities
of salmon.
Messrs. Ben Snipes and Grant Mays
. came in yesterday from Antelope.
They report hot east wind having
prevailed in that section the past few
days. doing considerable damage to
late grain.
There is plenty Of wool and also
plenty of buyers in The Dalles, but no
sales are being made. Buyers appear
to be holding back and wool raisers
are also slow to accept any offers that
| have thus far been made.
| An Illustrated health talk will be
given to the mothers and daughters by
Mrs. Mary Brazil, OF San Francisco, at
the Congregational church at half
past o'clock on Saturday and Mon
day afternoons. No admission will be
| charged.
Misses Helen Rhea and BERTHE Jones,
who were students in St. Mary's
Academy the past year, left last night
for their homes at Heppner. A NUN
her of their friends met at the Unatilla
house last evening and gave them q
farewell reception.
Huntington this year has taken on a
Doom in the cattle and stock shipping |
linz, says the Herald. In the past
week 1856 carloads of cattle, nearly
5000 head, have been shipped from the
stockyards, and 40 more cars have
been ordered for the use of shippers.
The examinaination of Roy Turner,
the young man accused of f4lsely
swearing to obtain bounties on coyote
scalps. was commenced in Justice
Davis court this afternoon, but was
continued until Monday in order to al
low the defendant to secure the attend
ance of witnesses.
Miss Clara Horton, one of the stu.
dents of st. Mary's Academy, left on
the afternoon train for her home in
Portland. Her many friends and play
mates in this city wish her many pleas.
and hope that she may return at the
opening of the next school term.
Miss Cassie Torn bourn, of Kingsley,
a graduate from St. Mary's Academy,
was in the city yesterday attending the
commencement exercises. Her brother,
Mathew, who has been attending
school at Mt. Angel the past year, was
also visitor at the Academy, and to-
gether they left for their home this
A. 'Bettinger, sr., returned yester- ,
lay from tour of Southern Oregon. {
He visited Jacksonville, Medford and
| number of other Southern Oregon 6
points, and should have spent a num-
Der of months there had he not be. g
'ame alarmed about the high water g
,ere and returned to look after his r
interests. I
Some of the pure cussedness that ex. t
SITS in the human being was displayed
It Skibbe's hotel yesterday morning. :
A handsome lattice work had been \
,uilt around some grape vines at the f
ear of the hotel, and somebody just a
before daylight tore 1t down and
the vines into the ground.
The rascal who did it could have had
10 incentive but desire to destroy. F
Yesterday DR.. a. L. Combs par n
ormed difficult operation at Murchie a
3ros' stable on horse belonging to Il
=. D. CLEARWATER. The operation was n
erforn.ed in the presence OF a large '
lumber of prominent horseman, all of C.
'hom were convinced that DR.. Combs b
, a master ut the art of veterinary r
urgery. The operation yesterday was Il
performed, and was per- a
sctly satisfactory. q
Crook county sheepmen met with u ii
cry rocky reception over on the South b
orS in the southern part of Grant p
ounty near lee last week, says the 81
.ong Creek Eagle, and as q result n
everal bands Of sheep turned their a
ourse, and will not Craze on Grant il
ounty's range this year. The wag- II
rs, containing supplies to the amount Il
$500, were captured and all piled in u
heap and burned. Such treatment "
OF being conducive to the good health a:
the intruders, they turned their 81
ands and retraced their tracks back Il
nto Crook county.