The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25

They seem to think the governor ex-
ceeled his jurisdiction and acted illad-
visedly.
Baker county citizens are asked to
raise subsidy of $1,000 to secure
telephone connections with Grant
county points.
Last night Mr.. C. M. Grimes shipped
five carloads of cattle and one of hogs
to Trouldale. They were from Echo,
Umatilla county.
AS many as 1000 men are reported to
be ON the head waters of the big
Nestucca prospecting for gold. As
yet little has been found.
MIR. D. c. Herrin returned yesterday
from Heppner. He spent last Satur-
day in that city, and while there wit
messed beautiful snow storm.
Sheep shearing in the southern pa t
of the county has begun in real earnest,
and in short time the wool crop of
1896 will begin arriving in The Dalles.
Mrs. AL Reese has been dangerously
ill the past week with pneumonia, but
today her physician, DR.. o. c. Hollis
ter, reports her condition improving.
Col. Bob. Thompson, an official in
the Portland custom house, spent yes
terday in the city, and returned to
Portland on the Regulator this MORN
ing.
Rev. J. G. Baker held services in
Calvary Baptist church yesterday.
morning and evening. He left this
morning for his home at Hartland,
Wash.
Those handsome new signs at Dom
nell's drug store, whi n are so gen.
orally admired by all who pass along
Second street, are the work of Mr.. J..
Z. Hardy, the artistic painter.
Coroner Butts returned Saturday
evening from Kingsley. MIR. Butts
says the fall grain in that section was
slightly damaged by the osts of last
week, though the injury was slight.
The Klickitat Republican hoists the
picture of an eagle bird and Governor
Morton at the head of its editorial
columns, and expresses it's preference
for the latter as candidate for presi-
dent. The Republican is not given to
sarca ,ln..
Mr.. ]. FL. Cradlebaugh returned
home last Saturday night after having
spent seven weeks in the Cascade
range over on the Washington side.
prospecting for gold. Mr.. c. has some
fine specimens of gold, and is confident
that the mine he has been prospecting
will prove bana1za.
The west t-bound passenger train was
four hours late reaching here this
morning. 1t was delayed seven hours
by washout in Nebraska Friday
night, and from there here had been
able to make up but three hours of the
lost time. The train stopped long
enough in The Dalles to allow the
passengers to get breakfast.
These are the days when the festive
assumes his pleasantest ex-
preston, grasps you by the hand and
about the condition of your
business, the health of your family and
that of all your wife's relations, and
the weather is most favorble for this
pleasant vocation. Nature is indeed
kind in furnishing such balmy days at
the opening of the campaign.
Mr.. Geo. Paroh, prominent farmer
of Grass Valley, who is in the city to-
day, does not bring very encouraging
reports from Sherman county. He
says the recent cold weather killed
great many young lambs, and has dam
aged the late grain considerably. Con
tinual warm. dry weather now, he
thinks, would be detrimental to the
growing crops in Sherman county.
Mr.. Robert Mays came in Saturday
3V6HluS lFOul Ou6 SUOCh FdUSoS LII Juo
of BIkeoven. He reports
sheep shearing having been retard-
ID by the recent cold spell, and quite
! number of sheep that had just been
,horn having frozen to death The
oss of young lambs, Mr. Mays says,
vas quite heavy during a few cold
nights, however the increase of sheep
will be quite large in that section,
the cold weather.
In summing up the losses by the re-
,ent fire we inadvertently omitted to
MENTION the amount of los. sustained |
~ the Knights of Pythias and A. o. |
J. W. lodges. both of which lost their
'ntire sets of furniture, regalia. badges,
ecords, etc. The K. of P's loss is es
mated at S400 and the A. y. U. WIS.
It $3.50. These losses are severely |
cit, as both lodges were young and
weak. the knights having
'een severely taxed during the sick
less which prevailed he last fall.-
Monitor.