The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-19

far 1T has not been Sufhclent to do any
material damage in localities where
harvest is not over, though it has re-
tarded threshing.
The republican editors of the state
held a meeting last week in Portland,
the avowed object being to agree to
conduct a ''clean campaign." This
makes one smile. A populist suggests
that the meeting was to devise ways
and means to tap Hanna's barrel away
down deep.-Welcome.
The boat, which was occupied by the
parties that were drowned last night,
is lying upon the beach near the Reg
ulator wharf today, almost total
wreck. Every seat was torn out of it
and large hole knocked in the bottom,
which very much signifies that it has
gone through most dangerous and
rough place.
This morning Mr.. and Mrs. D. G.
Herrin and Mrs. G. F. Stephens, as
delegates of Fern Lodge, D. OF H.,
went to Cascades to meet Mrs. Young
and Mrs. Holman, representatives OF
the grand lodge, who are to be present
at the A. o. U. w. entertainment to-
morrow evening.
The case of the United States vs.. the
Tygh Valley Land & Livestock Com
pany, which has been set for hearing
in the United States court several
times, on an order to show cause why
defendant should not be permanently
restrained from trespassing on the
Cascade reserve, by driving and pas
turing herds of sheep there, was again
continued yesterday until Sept. Is.
AS was expected, the election in
Maine yesterday resulted in an over
whelming majority for the republican
ticket. Powers is elected governor by
between $1,000 and $4,000, and Tom
Reeds plurality is something like
10000. Maine and Vernon furnish an
illustration of how the East will go in
November, while the result in Ar
kansas is an expression of the senti-
ment in the South and West.
Yesterday Forman and Laughlin, of
Oak Grove, delivered to C. M. Grimes
the finest lot of beef ever brought to
this city. There were 81 head of g.
year old steers and they averaged 1850
pounds each. One of them, Hereford
grade, weighed 1910 pounds. All cattle
men who saw them pronounce them
equal to, if not better than ordinary
stall-fed beef, and they were fattened
on grass. They were shipped below
last night.
Independent Workers Lodge No. Z,
met in regular session last night, and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term. Glen Allen, C. L..
Pauline Drews, V. T., G. e. Stewart,
Sec., Mrs. Dufur, Fin. Sec., Mrs. Leo
nard, Treas, Roland Wiley, Mar, c.
Brown, P. c. T. The Office of super
intendent of Juvenile Temple is to be
supplied later, and the other officers
have been changed from elective to
appointive.
The funeral of the late J. Fl. Graham,
who was killed by being run over by
an engine at Grants yesterday, took
place from the M. E. church today con-
Quoted under the auspices OF Friend
ship Lodge, No. 9, K. of P Thirteen
members of Red Cross Lodge, No.
81, of LaGrande, to which Mr..
Graham belonged, arrived on the
west-bound overland at II o'clock,
and assisted in the funeral. The
parents and brother of deceased
and ten railroad men from Portland
were also present.
Last night while a number of Indians
were having sociable gathering oyer
at Rockland, across the river from this
city, several of the noble red men Of
the forest became too much under the
influence of whiskey, resulting in a
cutting serape in which one, Harry
Dick, was stabbed in the back, though
not.very seriously. His associates
to secure the wounded man
with ropes, and assisted him to his
wigwam, however, he was able to get
about today. apparently not feeling
much the worse for his experience.