The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-22

| pdSSouScTSi anu lTOiE III ~ tiiO SeA'7S'ANS
y 'rhe Degree of Honor held q plea
). ant session last evening. Besides th
customary lodge business, three cal
a didates were received into the ordel
e Judge w. w. Morrow has been non
mated by the president to succee
v Judge McKenna as United States Gil
!. cult Judge for the ninth judicial di:
trict of California.
q The river today has been stationar
: at 41.6, and dispatSh received fror
!. B. S. Pague states that no rise is ex
q pected before Sunday. when it preseu
!. conditions continue there will be
rise of two feet day for three or fou
days.
Word comes from Hood River tina
under the influence of the hot SUI
, strawberries are ripening rapidly, ant
within few days heavy shipments o
this fruit, which brings gold eagle
iuto the pockets of the farmers, viii
commence.
, Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Cunning returned
yesterday from Mosier where the!
haye been visiting the past week. Mr.
Cummings health has been much i'm
proved by weeks outing, though ht
is still afflicted with large number o
Jobs comforter"
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Askew, of Ia
coma, are in the city visiting Mrs. AS
kews' father, Mr.. Butts. For a mum.
ber of years Mr.. Askew was in the en-
in The Dalles, but at present is con-
nected with the Northern Pacific.
! W. E Kahler left this morning for
Morrow county to look after his busi-
ness interests there. Mr., Kahler, af-
ter spending few weeks in Morrow
will go to Baker county with view to
engaging in the mercantile business
at some point in the mining districts.
At noon today nine-year-old daugh-
ter of M. w. Hoyle, while eating ner
| lunch on the bluff back of the high
school building, fell off the rocks, sus-
tanning severe injuries of the spine.
DIR. Hollister attended the injured
child, and several hours were required
to restore her to consciousness.
James Carnebee, manager of the o.
r. & N. freight depot is the busiest
man in the city. This morning he
was wrestling with train load of
merchandise, passing it through the
depot, and at the same time following
the dictetions of four bosses. He
m ade success of the whole job.
I John Mohr, an old and highly re-
spected resilient of Hood River, died
on Tuesday at st. Vincent's hospital
in Portland and was brought to this
place for burial, the funeral being con-
Quoted from the Cathoffc church at 10
o'clock today. Mr.. Mohr leaves wife
and eight children, four of whom are
grown.
Mrs. c. G. Van Orsdall will return
to The Dalles on June 9th, when the
Circle will haye log rolling. The |
head consul of the Woodmen order !
will be here at the same time and the !
local camp will no doubt do their head |
official honor, as Woodmen all over |
this state have the happy faculty of |
doing.
The receiver of the defunct Baker |
City National bank announces that he |
is prepared to declare another divi- |
dend of 10 per cent. which makes 10
per cent in all that has been paid. |
The Democrat is informed that the !!
resources of the bank are not all ex- /
haus.ed and further dividends will yet
be declared.
It will not be possible to have q
Fourth of July celebration in The
Dalles this year, but we will have
firemen's tournament in September t
that will be one of the grandest meet
ings ever held in the state. Teams |
from the Willamette valley, Washing
ton and several town of Eastern Ore
gon are expected to be here.
Some time in February Peter John
son, who was an emplOye in the o. R.
& N. shops, left here for Mexico, and |
writes back to friends that he has Sc
cured employment as machinest for
Mexican railroad company at $3.50 a
month. He is so we'll satisfied with |
Mexico that he will make it his future
home and has sent for his family.
The Past Sachems Association of the
Improved Order of Red Men cleared
the goodly sum of 500 on their excur-
sion to The Dalles, Sunday. 1t was
the best excursion of the season thus
far, and the fact that it is nearly the |
first since the rain has ceased and |
beautiful weather prevailed accounts |
for the eagerness to go on such trip.
Remember the meeting of the Bryan
Club at the courthouse next Saturday
evening. Hon. w. ]. Bryan will be
in Oregon next July, and it is hoped
that arrangements can be made at this
meeting to secure an addressfrom him
in The Dalles. All members of the
club and all others who feel interested !
in bimetialism are requested to attend.
R. ]. Hendricks, superintendent of /
the Oregon state reform school, re-
signed April 3. The state board of
education has accepted the resigna-
tion to take effect June !, and ap-
pointed Ed. M. Croisan, superintend-
ont. Mr.. Croisan is resident of /
Salem, and has been for many years. +
He is republican in politics, and has
served as sheriff of Marion county four |
years.
There are 265 delegates in attend
ance op the 421 annual session of the /
grand lodge of Oregon, 1. o. o. F., now |
being held in Portland. The.report of /
the grand secretary shows that there |!
are 124 lodges in the state with |
membership of 5702. During the year
the sick benefits paid out by. the order
were Sl1S, ,041. 81 and 81, i'll. so Ohave been
expended for the relief of the widows
and orphans.
Mrs. c. G. Van Orsdall, grand |
guardian of the Pacific Circle, was in
the city yesterday evening, the guest |
of Mrs. Filloon. Mrs. Van Orsdall re-