The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04

2 There has not been enough rain
feeling uneasy lest the rain shall kee
, uD. A days steady rain now woul
stop threshing for week, as the graf
is not stacked with the idea of stant
ing storms.
The entertainment given by th
University Clef Club at the M. /
church last night was largely attended
and was most enjoyable affair. Th
members of the club are accomplishe
musicians and are entitled to muc
praise from all.
]. M. Filloon returned last nigh
from Portland. Mrs. Filloon and tn
Misses Crooks, whom he accompanies
to the city, having gone up the William
cite valley to visit relatives and friends
They expect to go as far south a
Brownsville before returning.
Rev. W. C. Curtis arrived on tn,
Regulator last evening, having spen
his vacation, the most of it st As'oris
and the neighboring beaches. He viii
be at the church meeting as usual this
evening and Sunday morning next
will administer the communion.
The East Oregonian crowd who
went to Klondike are in very faiI
way to get there. Their troubles have
been great, but with indomitable pluck,
perseverance, and blarney they finally
succeeded in getting a boat at Lake
Linderman to float down the Yukon.
A collection of Indian arrow heac s
are always attractive, but the collec-
tion which Joe Studnicker has at the
Columbia brewery is of more than
ordinary interest. The several frames
which he has displayed contain some
of the finest specimens of flint eyer ex-
hibited.
Dalles merchants are looking for
ward to brisk business this fall, and
are filing their stores with immense
stocks of goods. Everything now in
dicates that they will not be disap.
pointed, for crops and prices are good,
and undoubtedly the volume of busi-
ness here will be larger than for many
years past.
Those who apply to the county clerk
for marriage license should bear in
mind that people who are divorced
must wait six months before they can
remarry. If they would keep this in
mind it would relieve county clerks
the em harrassment of refusing to issue
license, as Clerk Kelsay was forced to
do the other day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Butler left this
for Portland, and from theme
will proceed to Alaska, locating either
1t Dyea. or Skaguay for the winter.
Mr.. Butler will furnish the Times
Mountaineer with an account of his
rip and of the condition of affairs in
Alaska, which will appear in these
columns in due time.
Hon. W. 81. 81. Dufur returned home
asst evening from Portland where he
net the Oregon delegation, but he
omes home no wiser than when he
rent away, that is regarding who shall
'e recommended for appointment to
ederal offices He says the delega-
ion will not drop word that indi-
ates whom they will recommend.
Estimates of the wheat crop of q MON
ounty for 1897 range from 1,250, 900
ushels to 2 100000. While the latter
CURE is considered rather high, yet
hen the facts of increased acreage
nd better crops of this year, as COM
ared with others, are taken into con-
Iteration, it is not improbable that
le output will reach that amount.
The executive committee of the
oard of regents of the university of
'regon held a busy session Tuesday,
lsting nearly the entire day. The
rincipal work was the selection of a
to the late Professor Edgar
lecture, in the chair of chemistry,
nd Professor Arthur Lockman, of
an Francisco, was elected to this j
)siticn. II
On the 1st of August the Umatilla
ouse offered two prizes. for the two !
ighest average scores for so games on
lie bowling alley, and yesterday &C. i
,unts were balanced up when it was |
und that Chas. Champlain had an I
7erage score of 36 3-5, which entitled r
i'm to the first prize, case of wine. c
nd A. B. Estebenet's average score
as "a q so, by which he earned box
cigars.
Sometime between 10 O'Clock Mon.
ay night aud 4 o'clock Tuesday morn
lg, the postoffice at Cedar Mills, in
[ultnomah county was entered by
urglars, who secured S6.4O in stamps
nd $50 worth of clothing from the
eneral merchandise store in which
,e postofflce is situated. The burglar
,tered by scraping the putty from a |
indow pane, removing the glass and {
the window from the inside. '
Railroad Commissioners Eddy and
acrum have finally decided to not
'cognize Wagner. the new appointee,
j member of the board, and will
eet next Friday with Mr.. Compson,
hose Office Governor Lord decided
as vacant. Certainly recognition =
Wagner would be recognition
lat they are not commissioners, which ;
ley are probably not. 1t is said that ;
oo1 Commissioner Luce also refuses ,
be supplauted by W. W. Baker, who ,
as appointed by Governor Lord.
Nothing has resulted from tie res. 6
ution recently adopted by the Ore
IN state boar1 of education relating
the disposition of money received as
es for the issuance OF state teachers, ,
.pers. The superintendent OF public
structiun has failed to report the
mount received. as directed by the
solution. He has further shown that =
. will not be governed by resolutions ,
opted by the board, in receiving fees =.
nee the last board meeting, and not
rning them into the treasury, as by
Q resolutions required.
At o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
Fl. Stahl reported to the police that 4
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