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

: for the next year.
English and Belgian cements, yer
best imported brands. for sale by th
Wasco Warehouse Cos
Either half.witted fellow or on
who is rascal too lazy TO work ye
, smart enough to play crazy, is annoy
the residents of Dry Hollow 10y making
frequent calls on them for food at al
hours of the day or night.
The resignation of S. B. Ormsby a
a member of the soldiers Home boart
was received and accepted by the gov
ernor yesterday and. II. Fl. Northup
county Judge of Multnomah county
was appointed his successor.
Within the past few days there ha'
been fair catch of salmon along the
river, showing that fish are beginning
to run, but as the season will close in
a few days the run can be of no ma
terial benefit to local Gamers.
Editor, Ireland, of the Moro Oh
server, was in the city last evening re-
turning from months visit to Web
foot, where he lay in the shade and
lived off the fat of the land for four
solid weeks. He said he enjoyed the
recreation hugely.
| Kansas boasts that it had hail
storm the other day in which the hail
stones were as large as an ostrich's egg
and it Is said that one enterprising
farmer filled his cellar with stones,
covered them with sawdust and will
sell them TO families that need ice.
A Massachusetts postmistress, who
has just become a bride, opened the
letters of the patrons of the Office in
order that she might know just what
they thought of her alliance. Wo-
mans curiosity can always devise
means for getting her into trouble.
Dan Roberts and Frank Menefee
in the neighborhood of the free bridge,
and say crops in tnat section are fine
with the exception Of some fall grain
and volunteer. The spring grain is
ripening rapidly and will give an inn
mense yield.
Few women can go to the Clondyke;
but the Clondyke widows, in the abb
sence OF their husbands, will have in
creased cares and responsibilities and /;
will be thereby made more COM
petent to attend to business affairs so |
that in reality they will make progress
in development.
A boy named Robert Mckenzie
arrived this morning from Montana,
and will go to the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Lizzie Baxter. Young Mckenzie
has put in several years on Mon
Jana cattle ranch, and says he is de-
,irous of leading more quiet life on
IN Eastern Oregon farm.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed by Chief Gibbons of The
Dalles Fire department. as a committee
% solicit subscriptions to fund for
paying the expenses of the forthcom-
ouruament: Us. Fish, A. Sandrock,
i. L. Kuck. Capt. John W. Lewis, T.
l. Ward and H. J. Maier.
Wasco county will have damage
ase soon if the large rocks are not re-
moved from the Deschutes grade.
,he rocks are large and easily lift a
7agon off its balance. Dalles papers 8
lease copy.-Moro Observer. How 6
bout the rocks over on the Sherman {
ounty side?- Bro. Observer. G
Greer, Mills & Co., of Chicago. have c
egun action in the federal court at '
'ortland against the receiver of The
|alles National bank to recover $13,- q
DO, which the plaintiffs claim they had r
aid into the bank on sheep deal e
18th J. h. Blake, Sc, 500 of the amount r
laving been paid by them after the =
ank closed. 4
Japan has an income tax. If a tax s
aver protests that he is rated too b
Ugh by the officials he is thrust into a e
ark room and told to "think it over t
arefully." Sometimes man stays O
here "a hours, buried in darkness and
lought, and finally he is apt to agree 3
ith the officials that he is richer than !,
9 had at first supposed.
The state treasury was relieved OF a
l35. 154.4 Monday, that being the Il
of the annual distribution b
rising from the interest on the ire c
ucible school fund. which was appor- b
oned and paid off. The apportion- d
lent was On basis of 126, 1856 children t
$1.04 per capita. Wasco county's b
ortion of the apportionment is 81, 142. o
The supreme court has affirmed the 8
ecree of the lower court in the case of
1e state of Oregon VS.. Kelsay Porter. =
he defendant was convicted of hav- /;
,g committed the crime of murder in 9
,e first degree by killing one Joseph
'enjamin Mache, whose wife and son, {;
AIMED respectively Mary E. and Ben :
smin Mache, jr., he also killed at the !
ame time, residents of Union county.
Hon. W. II. Biggs came down from e
,iggs station on the train this morn. q
,g, and reports everything pushing
q the Columbia Southern road. Con- I
ection with the o. r. & N. track has v
cen made at Biggs, and track laying C
under way. Track will be laid as {
lst as the grade is ready, and it is
ow certainty that the road will be a
to Wasco by September 1st. q
A little ripple of excitement was
aused on the streets last night when
was reported that there was small
'ox patient in the city. Investigation I
however proved the report to be un-
rue. The supposed small pox patient
7as Ellie Hollingsworth, of Newberg,
7ho had been at work on the COlum- :
ia Southern railroad and contracted
he measels. and had come here for
reatment. Being oat Of funds he WAS
eclared a county charge, and was
'laced under DR.. Shackelford's care
or treatment.
The deputy county clerk of Clacka- !.
mas county, E. E. Martin. is in bad
'ox, having been arrested for embez-
lement of funds belonging to Denver
pan association, and has acknow-
edged to having sold raised" county
7arrants. Martin is nice young