The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
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Miss LuelIa Nelson went to Hooo
River today for a.few days. visit.
Miss Eva Heppner left today LOT
Seattle to visit Miss Dot Mcfarland.
s F. Blythe. editor of the Hood
River Glacier, spent the day In tne
city.
Miss Cliff, of Portland, is visiting In
the city, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. NC
Intosh.
Rem Wilson and family left this
morning for Wind river to 60 in''
camp for the summer.
Today r. S. andrews, of Hood River,
made proof before the register and re-
ceiyer on his homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Meyer returned
last evening from Portland and are
now at home to all friends.
Last nights east bound train carried
a large number OF Christian Endeavors
ON their homeward journey.
Miss Amanda Berg, of Chicago, is
visiting her uncle and aunt, DIR. and
Mrs. Lannerberg in the city.
Miss Eta Story returned home last
niobt from attending the convention
of Christian Endeavors in San Fran
cisco.
Hon. John Michel left today for
Oregon City and Astoria to attend
meetings of the chiefs OF the great
conncil I. o, r. M. to be held in those
cities.
There were 2 100 of an iuch OF rain
fall at this place last night. Thls
though was only local, however there
were light showers in different parts
of the county.
The sale of the Charley Frasier frui'
ranch in Thompson's addition adver'
tised to come off today at l 30 P. NJ.
failed for lack of bidders and was post
poned to some future day not fixed.
party of 13 left Hood River this
morning for the summit OF Mt HOOD.
They expect to spend Sunday above
the clouds viewing the beauties OF
nature.
Yesterday was rather a breezy day,
the average velocity OF the wlnd Ior
"a hours having been 10 miles an hour
and for portion of the time 1t Die"
at the rate of 35 miles.
The "Wild West" show, under con-
temptation for July "a, will De a
hummer if it materializes, and Will De
one of the liveliest exhibitions ever
witnessed in The Dalles-
On July 27 the grand lodge OF Red
Men for Oregon meets in this city
and local braves are making elaborate
.preparations for entertaining theif
visiting brothers in royal style.
Miss Grace Hill, who has been at
tending the Chautauqua Association
at Gladstone Park, returned on the
boat last night accompanied by mel
cousin, Miss Leona Hill. OF Oregon
City.
C.J Hayes, special agent OF the gov
ernment and examiner of surveys, was
in the city last evening and left today
for Condor to examine government
SURVEYS in that section. He was ac
companied by Sam Gill, formerly en-
gineer on the Regulator.
Several Dalles young people will &c
to Gladstone Park Monday, to attend
the Chautaqua association meeting
Among the party will be Miss Georgia
Sampson, who will furnish the TINES
MoUNTAINEER with an account OF the
meeting.
The Dalles was viewed by large
number of Christian Endeavor people
last evening who came up on the boat
and o'clock train, remaining for the
night train. They expressed surprise
at finding such thriving city and
such an immense wool shipping point
in the far west.
Rev. J. 81. Wood returned this
morning from Canyon City where he
has been holding camp meeting the
past two weeks. and will deliver a
sermon in the M. E church at IL
O'Clock tomorrow. In the evening the
Sunday school will give an entertain
ment.
The steamer Dalles City will go to
Portland tomorrow for repairs and will
be off the line for few days. This
will afford all who desire to visit the
city an opportunity to go down tomor-
row and return Monday. The steamer
D. S. Baker will be substituted for the
Dalles City while she is undergoing
repairs.
John Wannamaker is getting candid
He says: 81 confess that five years Of
listening to steady stream of people
passing through this Office, with their
tales of woe, sorrow andstarvation have
worn upon me. And I confess, also
that am alarmed by the increase in
the number of that procession in the
last few months"
There is only one man in the city
who will acknowledge he was at the
boxing contest on scow anchored In
the river last night, and he says II
the good Lord will forgive him for
this effense, he will never be guilty OF
another like indiscretion. The man
who is thus honest enough to acknow-
ledge his faults is the genial Tom
Kelley, of the Umatilla House.
The BARRIERS association of The
Dalles has entered into an iron-clad
agreement binding the members to
not WELD the razor on Sundays, under
penalty of paying for wine supper
and stbJecting the violator OF the COM
pact to the indignities of being con-
demned through the daily press OF the
city. That the stipulations OF the
agreement will be complied with is
not questioned, not because any OF the
BARRIERS would object to standing the
expense of wine supper, but they
fear the roast that would be given
them by the pIess.
From Mondays. Daily.
Mrs. 81. NJ. Beall returned to Port
land on the boat today.