The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02

ity. He is building set of alleys In
the rear OF his store, and will have them
ready for use in few days.
Mrs. W. o. Hadley leaves tonight
for Moro, where Mr.. Hadley has
opened jewelry store. and where
they will make their home in the
future.
A dispatch was received from Port
land early this morning announcing
that VIM. Hickman died in st. Vim
cents hospital. The remains will be
brought here for burial.
After discharging her freight here
last night the lone returned to Lyle
and loaded with wheat for Portland.
returning here about o'clock, and
left this morning at $50 for Portland.
In another column is published the
speed program for the fair to be held
here commencing on October II. The
purses are not large, but.they are suf-
| ticient TO attract the attentiOnsOf good
| horses from all parts of the country.
Collection day, which usually comes
| yn the I'd of the month, has been post
paned until the 4th. The 2nd of Oc-
| tober coming on Saturday, which is
always busy cay with merchants, it
was deemed advisable to put off col
lections until next Monday.
VIM. Marriott, recently from the
Palace hotel in San Francisco, has
taken position in Stacy's shaving
parlors. Mr.. Marriott is an artist in
his line being perfectly up to date il
everything pertaining to the trade,
and has few equals as barber on the
coast.
1t is supposed that the last bundle of
grain in Benton county has been
threshei, and that all the threshing
machines are now housed for the sea-
son, says the Corvallis Times. But a
very small percentage of the grain
that went through the rain appears to
have sustained damage that prevents
it from passing through the market as
first-class wheat.
An important change is to be made
in the Puget sound customs district on
October l, when the office of customs
auditor for the district will be abol-
ished, and the Office of cashier created
to take the place of the Office abolished.
James w. Jones, present customs
auditor, will then be retired from the
service. and Eomund Huestis will take
his desk, as cashier.
The men arrested in Portland for at
tempting to rob the o. R &. N. train
Saturday night give the names Will
liams and Jackson. They came to
Portland by steamer from San Fran
cisco on Wednesday of last week, and
were rooming at private lodging
house when captured. There is little
doubt but they are the men who held
up the train.
+ A dispatch from Long Creek an
nounces that James Neal, q sheep
herder. accidentally shot and killed
himself In the mountains back of that
place on Thursday of last week. He
sat gun down on the ground when it
was discharged, the ball passing
through his head, causing almost in
slant death. His parents reside at
10 nd
Creek to look after his remains.
Earl Sanders has determined to take
a course in the state university, and
left this morning for Eugene to enter
school next Monday. Earl graduated
from the The Dalles high school last
year, and was among the most thorough
students in the class. There will now
be six young people of The Dalles IN
the university, Miss Allaway. Arthur
Stubling. Earl Sanders, Georgia and
Emma Bonney and Ralph Brown.
Miss Laura Thompson has accepted
the position of stenographer in Mays &
Groves store, haying entered the en-
ploy of the firm yesterday. Miss
Thompson is graduate of the Holmes
Business College, of POI tlaud, and the
position with Mays & Grove was Sc
cured for her through the efforts of
Miss Holmes, principal of ithe school,
when she was in the city a few weeks
ago. Miss Holmes not only fits young
people for positions of responsibility.
but makes it a rule to secure places for
them after they have completed
course Of study at her college.