The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-25

Ill They were bought through A. G. Long
of Portland, and are non freeZeable.
r Mayor and Mrs. Nolan returne
st home last evening. Mrs. Nolan ha
al been visiting her mother in Tacom
the past month, while Mr.. Nolan ha
II been in Portland since last Saturday
e Portland's big fair conducted b.
l. Oregon manufacturers opened Wed
nesday witt large attendance. Tht
,. exhibits are Excellent and are just the
a thing to advertise Oregon S industries
/ The Wasco News wants the city O.
r Wasco incorporated. Since it is soor
to become railroad terminus and ar
f important trade center, there is nc
reason why it should not have muni.
cipal government.
AS the time for forcing collection OF
taxes draws near, property owners are
fastening to the sheriff's Office and
, liquidating their Indebtedness to the
county. Only few more days remain
in which to pay taxes and avoid costs.
Last night Policeman Wiley cap
, tured ten small boys lettering around
the Mt. Hood hose house, and promptly
marched the young soldiers down to
the city Jail where they were confined
until they promised to return to their
respective homes and behave them
| selves.
On account of the big wheat crop
and prevailing good prices. Walla
Walla farmers are paying off mort
cages of long standing, and are freeing
themselves from debt. The Statesman
says mortgages to the amount of S15,-
O00.on farm property were cancelled
yesterday.
There are SO more pupils enrolled in
the public schools of The Dalles today
| than there were in the second week of
the fall term year ago. This is fair
showing OIL increase, and shows that
the school population is becoming
greater, even if the population of the
city has not materially increased.
III AooOI III III
trouble for having supplied campers at
the beach with elk meat during the |
summer. 1t now transpires that the |
meat was that OF what the miners used |
to call ''slow elk''-cattle that belonged |
to farmers-and the young men will |
have to answer in the courts for killing
them.
AS near as can be ascertained most
all of the spring-packed Columbia
river salmon put up during the past
season has heen sold with the excep-
tion of about 10000 cases held by the
Cooperative Packing company of As
toria. The market is getting stronger
in the east and this salmon is being
held to secure still higher price.
Willie Waud. the little boy who was
injured by being run over by a rail-
road train at Mosier Wednesday after
noon, died at 1880 last night. The
funeral will be conducted from Printz
& Nitschke's undertaking parlors at 10
A. M. tomorrow by Rev. L. Gray. Willie
was member of the Lutheran Sunday
school here last spring, and six of his
fellow pupils will act as pail bearers,
while the music will be furnished BY
the Lutheran Sunday school choir.
Accidents never come singly, at
east that is the conclusion arrived at
oy Conductor Mike Rice. A few days !
lgo the rear end of his train got off
,he track near Arlington, and Mike
vas rolled around quite vigorously
while his train Travelled about quar-
er of a mile. Last night the front end !.
If his train got unruly near Tumwater.
A flange of one of the tender wheels
,roke, and showed the engine off the
rack, though no material damage was
lone. il
The railroad is not yet a thing of
'eality; but every day brings it closer.
Much work has been cone in the past L
wo weeks; and much remain to be !
lone. The company will use every
'ffort to complete it at the earliest pos
ible date. They expect to have it to Z
by Saturday night, and into
Nasco by four days more. Perhaps z
hey will, but the old man himself has
'een along the line, and it appears to
lin that they'll have to do mighty o
light of rustlin' to keep their word
Vasco News.