The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
From rrlday's Daily

, Hon. J. l.. Cowan, Indian agent a
> Warm Springs, is in the city today.
Miss Laura Wilson, of Hood River
has been visiting in the city, and lef
on the boat today for home.
II. Herbring left yesterday for New
York to purchase his fall and winter
stock of clothing and dry goods.
MIR. aud Mrs. N. Harris and family
are home from she sea coast, and re-
port having had q most enjoyable
summer outing.
Judge Story has disposed of his
residence property on the hill, and has
moved into Leslie Buffers residence
on Fourth street.
Collections were fairly good yester-
/ day, though they might have teen
better, and no doubt will be on the
first of next month.
| G. D. Snowden has again taken a
position with the o. r. & N. Co..
having entered the office here in the
capacity of billing clerk.
Mrs. Mcleod and Miss Colliugwood,
have been visiting the Misses Lang in
the city. They left on the boat this
morning for Portland.
Mrs. Nye and daughter, of California,
who have been visiting Mrs. J. S.
Schn eek, left by boat this morning on
81, -; 4 I'd iournov
Ontario, Malheur county, will have
six days racing this fall, commencing
Sept. q. Sl1SO in purses will be Of
fered and it is expected that many
good horses will be there.
Superintendent Daggert has re-
signed the principalsf of Arlington
School and Professor Neal, of Golden
dale, has been elected to fill the posit-
ion. The term will begin September
18th.
The D. P. & A. N. boats experience
little or no inconvenience in handling
their boats with the new deck hands.
The change in help will not affect the
excellent service this line gives the /!
public.
The wheat market is somewhat |
irmer today than at any tir1s during |
the past week. Quotations in Port
land are 80 to 50 cents. Here the
market is firm at IS cents, with very
few sales.
Geo. Nolan was in from Dufur today
and said the rains this afternoon
stopped heading in that section but
did not interfere with threshing,
none of the machines being compelled
to stop on account of the showers.
The Oregon delegation have gone
into hiding, leaving Office seekers In
Portland still on the anxious seat. 1t
is claimed, however, that an agreement
has been reached as to who shall be U.
S. district attorney and marshal, hut
no names are yet made public.
J. B. Haveley is lying dangerously
hopes of his recovery. His illness is
the result of some blows he received
on the head In difficulty which oc-
Cured in The Dalles some eight or ten
days since.
There has been no material change
ia the fruit market east the past few
days, prices remaining low on all
classes of green fruit. This has
stopped shipping, and growers will
now turn their attention to drying
such fruit as is suitable for this pur-
pose.
1t is indeed pleasing to note the ex-
preston of the faces of farmers now-a-
days when they come in with load of
wheat and refuse Is cents bushel.
They feel that they have an article for
sale which the world wants and they
do not propose to let it go for less than
they believe it will be worth when the
market fairly opens.
Geo. Cross6eld, manager of the o.
T. Co., of Wasco, is In the city today.
Mr.. Crossfeld says Wasco is flourish
ing, business is brisk, and every house
in the town is occupied. Threshing
has not heen delayed on account of the
rains, and the spring grain throughout
Sherman county is yielding on an
ayeyage 30 bushels to the acre.
The extra freight train from Pendle-
ton Monday night took out 40 extra
cars for distribution along the Spokane
branch, These will be loaded with
wheat. A good many were from the
Denver and Rio Grand. which is re-
ported to have leased 1000 freight oars
to the o. r. & N Co. They are much
lower and smaller than the average
car.
o. G. Nelson, one of the publishers
Of the Klickitat county Agriculturist,
Is in the town today. and reports
everything fourishing about Golden ,
dale. The farmers in that section, Mr..
Nelson says, are harvesting large
crops. and at present prices for wheat
will be able to pay their debts this fall
Ind have money left.
The select school for children will +
open September 18th. This school 1
combines the kindergarten with the |
primary studies. Course of study: +
Appleton s series of charts and readers I
With Barnes as supplementary: /
Whites First Steps in Number" I
Mines Elementary Arithmetic. OBJ '
lessons and talks concern 9
ng the things of every day life, also 8
upon geographical and historical SUBJ
ects. Vertical writing taught by re-
,nest. Clay modelling and drawing.
Poet for the year, Eugene Field Re- 7
,ess time spent in kindergarten games. q
Session from to P. NJ. For children !
rom to 10 years of age. Private in q
given In higher branches. s