The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-08-21

e county.
5 G. w. Phelps and mother have gon
2 to Moffett Springs. They expect
stop at that place week.
1 A heavy forest-fre is raging back
! Wind mountain. and hundreds of acre
5 of fine timber land is being burne
over.
Alex Kirchcimer, of Antelope, left o
the Regulator this morning for Pori
land, where he expects to engage i
business.
, w. II. Wiseman, Harry Hampshire
, Chas. Jones and Rocky Chenowith lei
today for weeks fishing at Collins
Landing.
One carload of hogs was receives
from La Grande last night. The.
were reloaded and shipped to Trout
dale today.
| Mrs. W. o. Hadley, Miss May En-
right and mother and Mrs. Levi Clarke
returned last night from visit OF two
weeks to the Sound.
Fl. S. Turner, editor of the Duful
Dispatch, is in the city today, and re
ports slightly warm spell at Dufur
The mercury yesterday reached ITO il
the shade and and 125 in the sun.
Some half dozen hose teams have
signified their intention to take pari
in the forthcoming tournament, and II
is expected there will be from six to
seven teams enter in every contest.
A gentleman whe-came from Dufur
this morning stated that he saw five
threshing machines running between
Dufur and Eight-Mile, which is evi.
dence that the farmers are busy taking
| care of their golden harvest.
| J.. P. Abbott, of Wapinitia, is in the
city today. Mr.. Abbott is somewhat
taken with the Kiondike excitement,
and is contemplating sending one of
his herders, an experienced Australian
prospecting tour.
This morning Sadie Anderson was
arrested, charged with larceny from a
dwelling, and will be given a hearing
before Recorder Sinnott at O'Clock
this evening. 1t is alleged that she
stole watch ouu of Joe KOhler's room
in the Chapman block.
W. Fl. Wiseman came in yesteaday
from Mt. Adams, where he has been
buying sheep. He says the range in
the Cascade mountains Is getting very
dry and owners of sheep that are being
herded in that section ale kept busy
finding sufficient feed for their focks.
Analysis of sugar beets is under way
at the experiment station of the o. A.
G. in Corvallis. One object thereof is
to discover at what time the saccharine
matter is fully developed, and to thi
end experiments on young beets in the
station plats will be made every ten
days.
Wheat went up with q hop and a
jump in New York and Chicago yes
terday. In New York it jumped from
Oh to 954, and in Chicago from S3f to
SS3. In Portland the market was
somewhat steadier, though 86 was of
fered for Valley and SO for Walla
Walla.
Reports from Sherman county are
that since threshing is under good
headway grain has turned out better
than was expected. Considerable
wheat is threshing out from Is to 30
bushels to the acre where Is to 25
bushels would have been considered
lair yield.
The Portland Tribune of the 18th
gives an illustrated account of the
mining in the Klondike, showing how
,he work is done in the Arctic region,
rom which the reader may gain u
rood idea of the trials which the gold
hunters encounter while searching for
precious metals.
W. D. Pugh and SON came up from
Salem last night and left for Warm
Springs this morning. Mr.. Pugh, who
With Mr.. Gray has the contract for put
log in the waterworks for the new
'chool buildings at the agency, says
he water system will be completed
within two weeks.
The first wheat to be received at
Wasco was received Monday by the c.
:. Co. They took in 80 sacks. Wheat
will come in rapidly from this time,
md when the railroad is in operation
t will find it has no small job to tran
port the Sherman county crop to the
narket.-Wasco News.
Mrs. Ella Cathcart, of this city, de-
erves much credit for the energy she
displayed in searching for her old
riend, Mr.. .Skibbe, when it was re-
,orted that he was lost. She left here
Monday morning. and with her sister
ode over the hill in the scorchipg sun
earching for the missing man until
lis remains were found Wednesday
fternoon.
The Moody alley was open for ladies
his forenoon, and Mrs. G. G. Blakeley
made record that no lady and few
nen have been able to beat in this city.
The score made by Mrs. Blakeiey was
), and was made as follows: First
rame one, second strike, third spare,
ourth and fifth strikes, sixth spare,
eventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
trikes, with two pins extra on the
ast frame.
The Huntington quartz mill belong
ng to 2. A. Moody, of Talent, and DR..
flanagan, of Grants Pass together ;
nth the buildings surrounding, were
estroyed by fire one night last week.
'he machinery had not been operated :
or some time, and it is supposed the ,
ire either originated from combustible
hemicale stored therein or was of in :
endiary origin. The loss is about
$500, with no insurance.-Jackson- ,
lille Times.
The o. r. &. n. will try the expert !
nent of running a special fruit train !
rom Portland to points east. The !
rst train will pass here tonight pick
ng up two or three cars OF fruit here.
{ is intended to put this special
through on passenger time, and If suf- ,
cient fruit can be had to make up