The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-17

here will give Mr.. Morehead recep-
tion in the K. of P. hall.
Crook county is in a muddle. The
stock inspector has been arrested for
issuing permit to move diseased sheep
and though discharged by the COM
mitting magistrate, will be interviewed
by the grand jury next May.
Pap" Stroud, whom everybody
knows and respects, is guest of The
Dalles, having arrived from Portland
on the noon train. Mr.. Stroud is max
ing his annual visit to the Masonic
lodges, as grand lecturer of the order.
Today the residence property of o.
D. Taylor was sold at sheriff's sale to
satisfy an execution issued out of the
circuit court in favor of John Barger
and against o. D. Taylor ct al. The
property was bid in by c. w. Deitzel
for s2,3I9.2S.
| The social committees of the two
Christian Endeavor societies of this
|
tainment on Friday evening, April %.
Some of the best talent in the city
will engage in the entertainment, and
an enjoyable time is assured.
Yesterday Wood Bros. received four
car loads of choice alfalfa-fed beef from
their ranch in Malheur county. They
| sold two carloads to the Union Meat
| Co., and kept the remainder for their
market here. 1t was an exceptionally
fl ne lot of cattle, averaging over 1900
pounds each.
Fortunately the Columbia river has
begun rising early this year, and with
ordinary weather there is little or no
danger of extreme high water. For
| the last three DAYS the river has risen
at the rate of half an inch an hour, and
at o'clock this afternoon stood at
1876.
DIR. Hollister had an experience Sat-
urday evening that proved him to be
quite daring mariner. He was called
to North Dalles to attend Mr.. Rorrick's
little girl. and when he started home,
the ferry had ceased running, so he
took passage in an open boat and
crossed the river in wind storm that
made the seas roll mountain high.
Last Saturday afternoon little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Rorrick,
aged six years, who reside opposite
The Dalles, was blown off rock dur
ing the heavy wind storm, and had an
arm broken and serious cash cut on
her forehead. DIR. Holljster attended
the injured child, and made the little
sufferer as comfortable as circumstan-
ces would permit.
Yesterday afternoon Rev. J. 81.
Wood solemnized the marriage of Mr..
Lou Richardson and Miss Alice
Wilkins at the parlors of the Obarr
hotel in this city. Mr.. Richard
son is one of the prosperous
business men of The Dalles, being in
terested in tho firm of Lane Bros, and !!
his many friends in his city extend |
their congratulations.
Mike Manning, of Burnt Ranch Crook
county, returned yesterday from visit
to his old home in Ireland. Mr.. Man.
ming left here last fall, and with his
family spent the winter in Ireland.
Mrs. Manning remained in the Emerald |
Isles, and Mr.. Manning will return
there next summer to spend next win
ter with his family and will come
back to Oregon in the syring of '9S.
The funeral of the late Lattimer
Booth was conducted from the copgre-
gational church, Rev. W. G. Curtis de-
livering an impressive address. The
services at the grave were conducted
by the Masonic. order. Deceased was
a member of the Masonic, Woodmen
and Workmen lodges, and some 200
members of those orders were in the
procession leading to the cemetery.
Mr.. Regan, one of the owners of the
Silican mines near Mosier, today Fl led
with the county clerk five affidavits
showing that 81, 900 worth of work had
been done by the owners of the mines
during che past year in compliance
with the U. S. statutes governing
mineral lands. Mr.. Regan states that
he has found considerable demand for
the selica from these mines and will
continue working them this season.
Last Friday the steamer Regulator
made great run from The Dalles to
making the trip running
time exclusive of stops) in hours and
45 minutes, or at the rate of little
over 20 miles an hour. This entities
the Regulator to the title of the gray
hound of the Columbia, and demon
trates that since the recent repairs she
has undergone, she is capable of max
ing the trip from The Dalles to Port
land and return in one day.