The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-03-27
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A large number OF horses helongi
o. to Hood River farmers, that We
wintered in Sherman county, We
ne driven down to the valley the first
the week. J. NJ. Powell took down
W head Monday.
1t costs the city OF PeDdieton abo
W $50 every time fire alarm is turned
whether the fire amounts to anythi
or not, and it is suggested that son
u more economical arrangement shou
be made with the firemen.
10 T. T. Nicholas & Co. have secur
81 from the city the use of the roc
crusher engine to prosecute their pre-
q pecting work on Chenoweth creek. q,
: have had the engine out today gettir
it in readiness for operation.
n While fishing on the river for Sc
t fert Bros. this morning, James Pfef
struck his left hand against broke
r bottle and sustained quite severe Gu
/. He was brought to DR.. Hollister
Office and had the wound dressed.
, Prof. Troy Shelly was up from Hoe
3 River last night. Mr. Shelly report
a good many trees in Hood river vale
having been seriously damaged b
freezing last fall, and says some {
them are entirely killed.
Doctors will get rest now for
while. The health-giving west winds
that are more beneficial than all th
physics, have begun blowing again
and an improvement in the health O
the community may be expected
M. J. Cockerline, proprietor of tn
Boyd Touring mills, was in the cit.
yesterday. He has lately made ex
tensive improvements to his property
adding lot of new machinery, au(
now has very complete Touring plant
A special session of the great coun
Gil Red Men will be held in Portland
tomorrow. Messrs. w 81. Butts, A
Ad Keller, John Michel and E. B.
Dufur, delegates from the lodge here
have gone tu Portland to attend the
session.
Considerable improvements are be-
ing made to the building occupied by
The Dalles Soda works. The new
proprietors are putting the establish
ment in first-class shape, preparatory
to large trade which they expect dur
ing the coming season
Taxes are coming in very slowly.
only about 81, 900 having been collected
since the roll was turned over to the
sheriff the first of the month. In the
collection of this amount 325 receipts
have been issued. None of the heaviest
taxpayers of the county have yet paid
their taxes.
Walter Odell, a prominent sheep
raiser of Deschutes, is in the city. Mr..
Odell says the grass is excellent on his
range, being three inches high, and in
spite of the severe weather he is hav-
ing very successful lambing. saving
nearly all the young sheep that are
added to his flocks.
The most inviting appearing place
in the city today was Mrs. Phillips
millinery establishment. This was the
date OF her spring opening, and the
inside of the store was one grand array
of those fluffy, delicate colored head
wear that women admire and that
make men admire women.
Yesterdays telegram gave an ac-
count of S. W. Vinyard, who claims
to have come from The Dalles, having !
attempted to suicide in room adjoin
ing Second street saloon in Portland !
night. Viryard says he is a,
and had "blowed in" 500 |
while in the city which caused him to
desire to end his life.
A decision has been rendered by Su-
perior Judge Keen at Tacoma to the
effect that the state law making it il
egal for person who has been di-
vorced, to marry again within six
months, holds good even if the marriage
occurs outside the state, and in conse-
Iuence Sc eral prominent citizens of
Washington will make themselves
scarce within the state limits for a
ime.
Some people hoot at the idea of Prof.
Iix being able to foretell the con-
litions of the weather month hence,
,ut they must admit the old professors
for the month of March
ire pretty accurate. He announced
evere storms in the Middle West from
he 22d to the Goth, and the storms
hat occurred from Texas to Chicago
were fulhllment of his
The triumphal arch erected across
'pening of the locks withstood the
vinter's blasts and seemed to bid de-
lance to the elements until today,
vhen gentle zephyr from the west
'icked it>up rudely and laid it over on
he ground never more to rise again.
t has served its purpose, been admired
~ many and cursed by others, but
ike all things earthly, its end has
,ome.
J. Herbert Lyon, manager of the
lyon Steamboat company, operating
wo steamers on Lake Occur d'Alene,
Who mysteriously disappeared about
TX months ago, returned to Spokane
Tuesday to his parents, wife and two
children, who had long mourned him
Is dead. He says he has no recollec-
ion of what occurred from the time of
lis disappearance until he came to his
senses in little town in Southern Cal
fornia.
M. J. Cockerline, of the Boyd Roller
Mills, would be pleased to have his
customers bring in their work by the
irst of May, if possible. as after that
,ime he will be compelled to tear out
MS existing power plant to make con-
nection with his new ditch, and make
and general improvements
20 the building and machinery. These
will be completed in time for. the en-
suing harvest, and will make the new
est and most complete mill in the
and one always ready for bus
ness. wilt