The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
morning for Hood River, where they
will visit friends over Sunday.

a morning for Hood River, where the.
will visit friends over Sunday.
lie The toothsome salmon is sometime!
wrong-headed; today is Eridax. and M
n salmon in market. He refused to bt
,e caught even for Fridays dinner.
A. E. Cameron of this city has chal.
u lenged Boone Wheat of Moro, Sher
~ man county, flor foot race for 500
,r side, distance seventy-five yards.
Mr.. w. P. Van Bibber sold his in
g terest in The business of Van Bibber
n & Worsley yesterday to Mr.. Jos. Wors-
o ley, his former partner, and retlres
from the grocery business.
|. Geo. W. Barnes of Prineville has re-
v turned to his home after beaJlng the
9 long distance record in following
Bryan as far as Salt Lake City. We
, hope that Bryan and the Clondyke
q has fixed him on the gold question.
a Rev. C. h. Maxson, pastor of Michi-
r gan Avenue Baptist church of Sagi-
/ nav, Michigan, will preach at the
Baptist church on Sunday morning at
ii O'Clock. No service in the evening
, on account of Christian Endeavor
, meeting at Congregational church.
, Yesterday we were inclined to poke
fun at old probabilities, because he
said it would be cooler today. We wish
to apologize; it is cooler. 1t was no
uso to get mad about it though, and
raise such wind, and fill our eyes
with sand: we really didn't mean it
anyhow.
LOOK HERE-If you want some good
young Horses, on years time, or
wagon and harness to trade, come to
Ward & Robertson 5 stables tomorrow,
Saturday the 24th, land take your choice
at bargain. / also have a good cow
giving milk to sell cheap for cash, and
some household goods to sell at bar
gain. f. S. Barzee.
A Chinaman diel suddenly in Port
land last Saturday. A Chinese doctor
who was summoned, filed the nose and
mouth of the dead Chinami IN with red
paint. His reason for SO doing was,
| she blow out paint, he no dead, he no |
| blow out paint. him heap dead" After |
| ad hour no paint having been elected, |
| the coroner was called.
The farmers of Sherman county are |
getting ready to harvest the largest
crop ever known in the history of this
county. There has, as the least cal !,
culation, been twenty headers sold
here this season while more traction
engines and threshing outfits haye
bsen sold in Moro the last two weeks
than for two seasons past.-Moro OBJ
server.
The Dalies Commercial and Athletic
Club will soon have the finest bowling
alley on the Pacific coast. The alleys
are now being carefully dressed down.;
new balls have been ordered, and
large electric fan will be installed.
The Club does nothing by halves. 1t
has very efficient committee con-
stantly looking out ''for the good of
the order"
The laying of the Cornerstone of the
Catholic church promises to be very 1
interesting and impressive ceremony ,
next Sunday. Archbishop W. h.
Gross, of Portland, will officiate. The I
Dalles Orchestral Band will furnish
music for the occasion, and everybody !
is cordially invited to be present. The ,
service will begin at o'clock Sun La
day afternoon.
That much needed Improvement on
the brewery hill grade has been taken
in hand by our efficient committee on
streets and public property, and under
the supervision of Marshal Lauer, will '
soon become an easy and comfortable 7
roadway. This was much needed.
The roadway has been giving way un-
der the constant and heavy traffic un- /
til it had become very rough. 1t is a t
good thing to have street committee t
that "gets there" when needed. I
The trial of Frank Heater is pro- /.
crossing as we 60 to press. That is, :
we guess so, we were there: Mr.. =
Parodi, ST., was on the witness stand, :
with Louie Commin1 as Interpreter ,
and e. B. Dufur doing the interogat- Il.
ing. Recorder Sinnott seemed to be =
ageing fast and Judge Hill, who was
trying faithfully to reduce the testi- :
mony to writing, should have the
prayers of the community. If the ,
trial lasts long enough all hands will =.
be candidates for the asylum, at the
present rate of progress.
The great council of Oregon I. o. r.
NJ. meets in this city next Tuesday.
There are now II tribes of the order
in the state, Wapato No. II, having
been organized at McMinniville last
week. Each tribe is entitled to five !;
representatives.. who, together with )
other regular members, will make q
meeting of over one hundred persons.
There is expected to be spirited con-
test for representative to the Great
Council of the United States, which
meets in the fall.
The drawback to the great majority C
of prospectors who want to try their v
luck in Alaska is the lack of funds. 1t T
takes money to get there and whole
lot to outfit for the gold regions. A a
man should not land at Juneau with v
less than 81, 600. Then would come a
journey of hundreds of miles by @
toboggan hauled by hand oyer snowy p
wastes. And if he shouldn't strike it l,
or get employment? Alaska is tough
in which to strand. Ii
The Shakers have made discovery Z
which is destined to accomplish much o
good. Realizing that three-fourth of all
our sufferings arise from stomach trou- Il
bles, that the country is literally filed r
with people who cannot eat and digest C
food, without subsequently suffering C
pain and distress, and that many are t.
wasting to mere skeletons, be- a
cause their food does them no good they q
have devoted much study and thought O