The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-19

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Mrs. C. S. Van Duyn and daughte
Edna left this morning for Heppner.
Extras for Standard mowers an
rakes in full stock at J. M. Filloon s
VIII
Misses Lecie Gates and Dora Ale1
ander went to Hood River this morr
ing.
Hon. Chas. Hilton has returned fror
his stock farm in the southern part
Gillian county.
Ray Logan went to Portland toda
to attend the commencement exercise
at Bishop Scott's school.
Walter Van Duyn and Bert Lynch
both of The Dalles, returned te
Hood River this morning.
JIM. Filloon carries the Old Reli
able McCormac reapers and mowers
the best harvesting machines made*
w1m
Receiver Wilson is now in full con
troll of lhe Dalles National bank, hav'
ing entered upon his duties as receiver
yesterday.
Yesterday the board of school direct
ors awarded the contract for excavat
ing for the new school house to L. D.
Oaks for 9 cents per cubic yard.
Seventeen cars of yearling cattle
from Oakland and Eugene were un-
loaded and fed here today. They are
being taken to Cutbank, Montana.
Walla Walla was visited by heavy
rain fall yesterday and the night be-
fore, aud crops in that country are
now beyond all danger from drouth.
q. S. Gile, president of the Oregon
Christian Endeavorers, has arrangedto
run series of excursions to tho ma
tional meeting in San Francisco July 5
starting from Portland.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the M. e. church for this district was
held in this city last evening. The
meeting was conducted by Rev. r.
Warner, presiding elder for the dis
trict.
Call on C. W. Phelps for the light
running Jones reapers. binders, mowers
and headers, also the Buffalo Pitt
thresher. Extras for all these ma
chimes kept in stock. Prices right and
terms reasonable
Plans and specifications for the new
school house are about complete, and
will be open for inspection in few
days. About July the school board
will advertise for bids for the construc
tion of the building.
Charles Montgomery, one of the
Ladd grave robbers. has plead guilty,
and has been sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. The other con-
spirators are on trial in Judge Steph-
ems court at Portland.
Send your orders for barbed wire to
Mays & Crowe;The Dalles. They ar
making red hot prices when cash ac-
companies the order. Two pointed
Glidden wire, at $2.35 per 100 pounds.
and Genuine Baker s2.45#
A few small lots of wool have been |
sold the past few days, but no large
clips have been disposed of. There
may be said to be no market for wool
at present, though few offers OF 8 |
cents have been made for choice lots. !
ascertained thai the total loss by !
the fire at Umatilla Sunday evening !
was no less than $4,000, about oue-third |
covered by insurance. The policy on
the Jacks residence had not, as was
statedin press dispatches yesterday,
expired. I
Crops in Willamette valley are re-
ported to. have suffered severely the
past few weeks, and most spring grain
is said to be entirely ruined. Fall
wheat stood the dry weather pretty
well in most sections and will yield
fair crop.
Another train load of cattle from |
Webfoot passed through here this
morning going to Montana. From the
way cattle have been shipped out of
Willamette valley this season, it would
seem that beef will be a very scarce
article down there in the future.
The o. r. & N. steamer D. S. Baker,
which has been tied up here during
the past two months, was taken to
Portland today. The boat was brought
here for use in case of extreme high
water, but since all danger of high
water is past, its presence here is no
longer required.
Arrangements were completed few
days ago by which Seattle will have
the largest smelling plant on the
North Pacific coast. The plant will
be of 400 tons capacity, and will be
built by Milwaukee and Salt Lake
capitalists. 1t will be completed with
in nine months.
w. Il. Peck, prosperous farmer of
Haystacks, Crook county, was in the
city Yesterday, and reports everything
aourfshing in that section. Mr.. Peck
says Crook county will produce enough
wheat this year to supply the local de-
mand, and will not be compelled to
import any -four.
Lem Burgess is in the city today and
says no rain fell in the vicinity of
Bakeoven last Sunday night, when
showers occurred in other portions of
the country. Crops in that portion of
the county, Mr.. Burgess says, are
showing the effects of the continued
dry spell. and will be short unless
there are rains soon.
The product OF gold and silver in the
states and territories of the United
States for the year of 1896 is estimated
by the director of the mint to have
been $50 .0SS, 900 gold and silver. The
increase in the production of gold over |
1855 is shown to have been So, SIS, 600,
while the production of silver shows |
an increase of s4 4,O1S, 900,
There is no reason why all the |
honey consumed here shonld not be |
produced in this vicinity, since every |
food required by bees is to be found |
here. Today 1. J. Norman left at this |
office samples of honey taken from his |
hives that would compare favorably |
with any imported article, being OF |
perfect color and delicate flavor.