The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-08-28

Rev. J. q. Wood left last night for
Pendleton to attend the meeting OF the
NJ. E. conference.
Hon. Frank Menefce and family
have returned from their summer
resort on Fifteen-Mile.
Hon. E. B. Dufur left yesterday for
Roseburg. on legal business. He will
return the last of the week.
Miss Healev, who has been visiting
Mrs r. J. Seufert. left on the boat
today for her home in Portland.
Mrs. Palmer. who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson at Dufur,
returned today to her home at Port
land.
Col. Pat Donan, the versatile editor
of the Utonian, spent yesterday in The
Dalles visiting old friends and making
new ones.
Thanks to Pat McNeill, P. S. Pague
and all others who have anything to
do with manufacturing weather fore
casts, we are promised cooler weather
tonight and tomorrow.
Mrs. Clifford and son accompanied
by her father, M. NJ. Peck, and her
aunt, Mrs. c. 81. Ingreham, left today
for Trout Lake.
Mr.. A. n. Varney and children.
and Misses Minnie, Lena and Anna
|sSandrock went to Bonneville today to
spend two weeks camping. Mrs.
Varuey will join the party at Bonne'
vile in a few days.
r. II. Webber returned yesterday
from tour of Klickitat county where
he has been travelling in the interest
of his nursery. While on the trip he
lost his fine driving horse, it having
been overcome with heat and died.
Wheat has been 50 cents in The
Dalles all day, though no heavy sales
| were made. Very few farmers have
brought their wheat in yet, and are
not in condition to take advantage OF
this price. Possibly it is well that
thew are not, for 90 cents bushel
would be temptation difficult to resist
but it may go higher.
Willis Brown. secretary and general
| manager American Fruit Growers
Union, Is in the city to-day, looking
after fruit shipments and securing con-
sienments for his house. In few
days the union will have one OF their
own cars in The Dalles, and expect to
load it out with Wasco county fruit.
For q short time yesterday morning
there was an ice famine in The Dalles.
The stock of CONCEALED water kept by
the Commission Co. ran short as did
that carried by all other dealers In
heat reducer, and everything was
steaming when the Commission Co
unloaded and began distributing car
load of ice about 10 O'Clock.
The Home Dramatic Club has
donated s65 to The Dalles hose team
for training expenses to be fexpendeo
| in preparation for the forthcoming
tournament. The club appreciates the
teams efforts, and propose to aid then
In every possible way In their endeavol
to maintain the championship of Ore
gon.
Yesterday Ward & Robinson:
wagonette carried a merry crowd to
the reservoir on Mill creek, where
they spent the day wading in the COO
water and reclining in the shade. Th'
party consisted of Mark Long ani
family, Mayor Nolan and family, w
A. Johnston and family, Misses Carrie
Donlon and Lizzie Farmer, Mrs. B. 7
Conroy, Recorder Sinnott and Messrs
Robinson and Thornton.
| Miss Gertrude Holmes, proprieto
and principal of the Holmes Business
College of Portland, is in the city to
day and leaves tonight for Pendleton
Miss Holmes is working in the interes
of her school which is recognized a
one of the best business colleges on tn
coast, and which has graduated man
of the best accountants and mos
thorough business men and women Il
the state.
! Fred Wilson, having chased items II
The Dalles for a long time. NATURAL.
has kindly feeling for news rustlers
30 Just for the benefit of the brother
hood during these dull times. con
cluded yesterday to furnish little item
himself. He was driving Sheriff
Drivers fine trotting mare towart
Dufur, and after climbing the hill 3
the Matlock place, let her stop t.
rest. and while she was resting, go
out of the buggy to admire the fin'
animal. She appreciated his admira
ton SO much that she concluded Il
give an exhibition of her speed, ant
she did. She went off at a RECORD
breaking gait, and as result, Free
had days work gathering up the frag
meHts of what once was splencit
buggy and harness.