The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-06
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(From Saturdays Daily)
Judge Bennett came home toGay
: from Salem.
Mr.and Mrs. Walter Moore, of Nj, 70,
are in the city.
Charles Frazer is dangerously ill
witi brain fever.
Yesterday Heppner school district
voted 7-mill school tax.
Two fawns will be adopted into the
herd of Elks at the session Of that
order tonight.
There are "a counties in Washing
ton. Ten of these have women school
superintendent.
Senator M1chell and Representative
Huntington came home from the state
capital last night.
The over-worked legislators ad-
journed yesterday to meet next Mon
day. Certainly they need rest, and
so does the state.
A. B. Colby, of Portland, is in the
city, returning from Heppner. where
he assisted in organizing lodge OF
Elks Wednesday.
Prospects for the permanent or
ganization of the legislature some time
next week are encouraging, but such
an event is not assured by any means.
This afternoon 63 acres of land in
sec. 30, n, r Is were sold at sheriff's s
sale to satisfy judgment of Ferd b..
Dietzel VS.. Jas. T. Elliott and VIM.
Wood. The land was bid in at $3.50.
Three members of Presldent.El
McKinley's official household have
been named-John Sherman for secre-
tary of state, Lyman J. Gage for secre-
tary of the treasury and Russell A.
Alger for secretary of war.
The funeral of the late J. E. Graham
was conducted from Crandall & Bur-
gets undertaking parlors at 10 O'Clock
this forenoon, under the auspices OF
Friendship Lodge No. 9, K. of P. De-
ceased was member of Phalanx
Lodge, of Portland.
Sleighing is fine all over the country,
and farmers have taken advantage of
the opportunity to come to town. The
streets of The Dalles haYe shown more
life today than any day for two
months.
On Wednesday the taxpayers of Du-
fur school district decided by vote of
so to to bond the district for $4,000
for the purpose of building new
sbhool house. A tax of 7 mills was
also voted for school purposes.
Miss Katie Jarra, who is very sick
at Roseburg, is desirous of hearing
from her brother, Frank Jarra, who
formerly resided in The Dalles, but
left here about months ago. Eastern
Oregon papers please copy. Should
Mr.. Jarra see this article, he is reques-
ted to 60 to Roseburg at once.
A dispute over the ownership of a
bantam hen resulted in shooting |
scrape between Ed Thayer and Jack
Irwin near Corvallis yesterday. |
Chickens must be chickens down in |
Benton county when two men will |
seek to kill each other over the posses
sion of one poor, little bantam.
Court The Dalles, No. II, Foresters
of America, held very pleasant
session last night. State Organizer
M. L. Jones, of Pendleton, met with
the court, giving them instructions in
the secret work of the order, and after
lodge adjourned nice lunch was
served.
At the special school meeting held
this afternoon a levy of 6 mills for
school purposes was voted. The di-
rectors were also petitioned to call a
meeting for the purpose voting $780,
600 bonds, the proceeds to beplied
to liquidating the debt of the district
and building an eight-room school
house.
E. o. Mccoy, who came in from
Sherman county this morning, says
the present storm is beneficial to the
farmers of that section, since the snow
is sufficiently deep to protect the grain
from frost. From present prospects,
Mr.. Mccoy thinks Sherman county
will have more wheat next season than
ever before.
Pious John Wanamaker has an
nounced his intention of buildings a
church to celebrate his escape from G
being burned out in the big Philadel- s
ohia fire few days ago. His store I
vas damaged to the extent of S100,O0
put many times that amount was saved n
'nly by tremendous work by the fire. a
nen and his store brigade. t
Ed Gould, the alleged newspaper
nan who appeared in Pendleton n
ew months since, and introduced him O
elf in that city by attempting to ex- a
ort money from Mrs. W. E. Watson,
'to keep down scandal" has met his f
ust desert. A jury OF IL men con- t,
-icted him of attempting to blackmail, h
nd he will get term in the peniten-
iary.
The Oregonian persists in making pic q
ures, and while as a rule its cartoons h.
re not noted for their beauty or artis-
ic design, they are sometimes express .
i've. Th cone in today's issue repre- =
enting Senator Mitchell twisting the u
legislative mules caudle appendage o.
nth senatorial attachment, while IL
onathan Bourne attempts to knock
be beasts brains out, is quite sugges- al
i've. NJ
al
The new president of the state agri- fo
lltural college, Hon. H. B. Miller,
le bridge carpenter and all-around :,
Olitician, is not even a good fighter. %
e allowed Attorney Yates to knock -
i'm down and walk all over him on the ~
reefs of Corvallis yesterday. The ~
1estion naturally arrises, what is
iller good for anyway? He has no M
for the presidency OF an OF
lucational institution, isn't good ce
,hter, is not much account as co
bbyist at the legislature, but we do
that he used to be a pretty pa
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