The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
istered prior to July 9, 1892. See
not CO elsewhere.


" have been in the city the past fe
days, returned this morning to thei
home at Hood River.
Fred Bronson returned last nigh
from a visit to his friend, a. VI. Ba
four at Lyle. Mr. Balfour intend
leaving soon for Russia.
Mrs. j. NJ. Filloon left on the Regu
) lator this morning to again join tn
ladies who are skeuching the scener.
in .he vicinity OF Multnomah falls.
Col. Bob Thompson, of Portland
accompanied by his nsise, Miss Mary
Marshal, teacher in the Ft. Laowa
[ndian-school. are visiting Sheriff and
Mrs. Driver.
A. free and easy Salvation Army
meeting will be given at the barracks
Saturday evening at which ice cream
and cake will be served. ALI IRE cor
J, daily invited.
Two car loads of sheep wore shipped
last night from the stock yards to The
Union Meat Co. at Tacoma. The
sheep were bought from J. Shotwell
Of Ten.Mile.
Misses Louis Ruch and Emma Lay
vent to Stevenson this morning 10
join the party OF campers from this
city who are spending their summer
vacation at that place.
| Amos Lovejoy, of Oregon City, has
just returned from Prineville where he
has been looking after matters con-
nected with the government reserve
in the Cascade mountains.
W. F.. Mellick, j. A. Sears, c. 1.
Tuttle and S.. W. Dean arrived last
night from Salt Lake City and are to-
day receiving 900 head of stock cattle
from Robert Mays & Sons.
F. Fredericksburg, postmaster at Mt.
Hood. NJ. Deisrick, of Mt. Hood, and
John Vaulheirs, Of San Francisco, are
in the city looking after land titles
IN upper Hood River valley.
The stock yards were the busiest
place in The Dalles today. W. F.
Mellick was loadiug 600 head of cattle
bought of Robt. Mays &, Sons. The
herd filled % cars. and were shipped
to Montana.
It is not always the quantity of
groceries you get but the quality that
gives satisfaction to the houso wife.
Remember that quality and prices are
the two things consid-r red at
Johnston's cash store*
Portland had 5000 fire yesterday,
and the Oregonian in its usual spitefuI
manner lays the blame of the fire not
being put outsas soon as the alarm
was turned in to the fact that Sylves-
Ter Pennoyer Is mayor.
Judge Burnett. of Corvallis, has
issued the following toast to Bryan:
"rhe peoples money, both gold and
silver, what was created by God, and
united in holy constitutional bonds by
the fathers, at ratio of l6 to /, let no
man put assunder.'
The examination of applicants for
teachers certificates is progressing
nicely under the supervision of Super
inteudent Gilbert assisted by Prot.
fessors John Gavin aud J. T. Neff,
twenty applicants, fifteen ladies and
five gentlemen, being in attendance.
The examination OF applicants for
appointment as cadets to West Point
and Annapolis will be conducted at the
Umatilla House parlors tomorrow, be-
ginning at 10 O'Clock. Congressman |
Ellis will be assisted by G. L. Gilbert,
John Gavin and N. j. Sinnott in con.
ducting the examination.
Last night scow and fish wheel be.
longing to Henry Laurenseu, which |
was lying In the river below Ciindt's !
place, was burned to the waters edge !
together with large amount of ness
and other fishing sppar4Gus Mr..
Laurensen had left the scow only .
short time before the fire and has no
idea how the fire originated.
Hon. w. r. Ellis, congressman from
the second district. arrived from be.
low on today's local. and is guest at
the Umatiila house Mr. Ellis appears
In excellent health, and when congress
convenes next December will be able
to enter upon the arduous duties of re-
preventative of the garden spot OF the
northwest with renewed yigor.
The editor of the Moro Observer
still persists in maintaining that the
locks at the Cascades were completed
on the 18th of last April and bankrupts
the dictionary trying to find invectives
with which to express his disapproval
of the temerity of the editor Of. the
TIM for questioning his yeracity.
Poor old man, he is in his dotage.
c. C. Cowgirl, prominent fruit
raiser of Bakersfield, Cal, is here ex-
aminins the resources of Wasco
county, and Is very favorably impressed
with the prospects for horticulsuralists
In this section. He considers the
Hood River strawberry, which can be
oulppcu W 4SSW L OlhJ cOtuSpuiES "Cu' !
1erful. and it Is possible that he will
invest In fruit lands In that section.
The Observer says "all any blather.
skite has to DO to be convinced that
the locks were completed last April is
to accept the offer of Day Bros. and in.
spect the records." No doubt the OBJ.
server man knows whereof he speaks.
He was down to the locks the other
day, and possibly he accepted" some
of Day Bros Golfers" People here, !
however. will not believe the locks are |
completed till they see boat go
through
Mrs. Marshal Hill, who lives In Dry
Hollow, two miles from The Dalles,
ne. with painful accident last night.
She had driven into town to attend
meeting at the Calvery Baptist church,
and after the meeting closed, on get
ting into the buggy the horse became
frightened and ran down the incline
on Union street throwing Mrs. Hill to
the ground. Her head struck on a
rock with such violence as to cut
she scalp on the forehead,
making a severe wound. DR.. Doan