The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-08-07

Events of the City as Told by Our Regu-
lar Correspondent.

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Events of the City as Told by Our RegJ
lar Correspondent.
A bountiful harvest is an assure
fact. This you can see in the rip
: and ripeniug grain, the quick en-
liyened step, and the cheerful name
of the farmer.
Our town is busy with the calls O
those who nave to reap. At Mr.. Moor
lumber yard and shop there has beer
sent out or made ready for sending
three cook wagons for threshing crews
three derrick platforms and five or six
broad header beds. AT one of our
shops half dozen or more headers
have been repaired and at another two
or more engines and separators.
Prosperity seems to have struck us
knee deep or more: but whether it is
the way of the world in its eternal and
ceaseless roll, or the tariff that has
caused it, we shall not stop to Say. No
doubt some very conservative men on
one side will say, it is the tariff, while
others will lay it upon the Lord.
The water works for Dufur are near
ing completion. On Saturday we
climbed the hill to view the works,
where we met q stock holder Mr.. W.
Vanderpool, boss of the works at the
| present time.
| Henry Menefee, Roy Marvin, Amos
Gregg and gentlemen from The
Dalles, whose name we did not learn,
WELDING the trowell under roof, some
zen feet under ground.
Mr.. Gregg, who by the way can give
| you as comfortable shave as any of
| our tonsorial artists, very naturally
was engaged in mix ng mortar in i'm
imitation of lather to be spread on the
sides of the reservoir, not to be scraped
off with any real or imaginary hair ac-
compartment, but to remain for time
without limit.
The excavation as seen under the
roof is simply immense. The wheels
and pumps used to force the water from
the creek are sufficient for the work,
and with the ample dimensions of the
reservoir assure supply of water for
Dufur even to the number of 1000 in
habitants.
Mr.. Temple, who has taken the job |
to move the old school house on to
Main street after few reYerses, none of |
a serious character, appears to be sue
ceding very we'll. The Messrs. Velar-
die of your city were out here last week |
and moved the grain and flour house.
connected with the manufacturing
mill; building OF considerable
dimensions, some 80 or 40 feet immedia-
tely against the mill. The boys know
their business. but possibly lost a job
by conceiving that they had a mon
opoly.
The new school house Is looming up,
sides, cornice. and roof complete, with
the promise that next week will see
the bell tower complete, with more
floors and possibly chimneys. ~
A gentleman of our community, Mr..
Vanderpool together with his
wife and two youngest sons, has been
camping in the mountains for the past
,wo or more months. Mr.. Vanderpool
s uniting pleasure apd profit in his
outing, as he has undertaken to sum- ,
ner number of cattle in the noun.
aims, fish, hunt and entertain any of =
lis friends who may call npon him. 8
All of which we proved last week, 8
vhen on fishing excursion, which s
We thought might last for only day. {
deeting MIR. Vanderpool, who was
stensibly on the lookout for some |
tray cattle we could not escape his (
and knowing him we only +
egretted that of necessity it had to be r
f so short duration. Our stay with c
i'm was pleasant from start to finish. I
Mr.. Ed. Froebe, of Sherman county, @
isited Dufur last Saturday staying i
yer Sunday. OF course he came to
ee the town, but some news mongers \
ill have it, that he came to see n
ONE fair daughters of Fifteen Mile. l
Ir. Froebe lives at, and owns, the r
amous Bigelow Springs, of Sherman $
ounty. Unmarried ladies would do +
yell to remember the name and ad- 7
ress, Bigelow is a Post Office, as we be-
ieve Ed. to be of lawful age and some y
that inclined to marry. q
Mr.. Alb. Haines is making feeder
Dr. thresher that he believes will not \
q an Infringement upon any patent, /
hat he believes can be manufactured +
t large profit at less than one-half the 9
ost of any successful feeder now on /
he market. Mr.. Haines has all his
ife displayed an ingenuity in con-
truction of that which is rare and
and should he succeed in
his no one we know is more worthy of
,enefits. Q. r. X.