The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-29

% q larger and more varied stock
customers to select from.
The frame work of E. c. Peas
new residence, on Fourth street,
now up. and from all appearances
- will be the handsomest residence
the city when completed.
The old o. r. & N. machine sh,
building here is being torn down 81
will soon give place to large rour
house. which the company will ere
, as soon as the debris of the old bull
u ing Is cleared away.
Teams loaded with Klickitat coun,
= wheat still continues to pour into Tt
Dalies. Free ferriage, and the be-
market in Eastern Oregon are tw
things that cannot bu. attract tn
I. farmers from abroad.
Sheriff ]. 81. Gray arrived here q
noon today having in charge Norto
7 Ritter, sentenced from Crook count
to two years in the penitentiary 70
forgery, ID L. J. Grow, an insan
man wb 3has been committed to tn
, asylum
A high official in the state depart
mept calls attention to the necessit.
of finding q suitable corps of brigh
young men well versed in the Spanish
, language to assist in the execution o
colonial policy which has been imposed
on the nation as result of the war.
This morning VIM. Floyd and fam
lily left for Seattle, where they will
make their future home. For many
years they have lived on their farm or
Five Mile, and Mr.. Floyd was one OF
the Oldest and most substantial
citizens of the county.
Isaac w. Garrett, exsecretary of state
of Idaho, aud pioneer of Oregon, died
at Boise, Saturday night. Mr.. Garrett
had suffered from complication OF
troubles for about year. Last June he
came to Oregon in the hope of being
benefited, but returned home the fol-
lowing month in poorer health than
| ever.
While it is apparently very dry here
in town there are places in the country
that have rather spring like appear
ance. Henry Rudell visited Mosier
yesterday, and says on the hills be-
tween The Dalles and that place che
grass is from one to four inches high,
and stock on the range is thriving.
Grass Valley has formed fire com.
pany. The following Officers have
been elected for the ensuing term: c.
W. More, president; DR.. ]. W. Cole,
vice-president; J. Fl. Berger, treasurer;
Hollis Wilcox, secretary: w. I. West
erfield, foreman; viii L. Ewing, first
assistant foreman; Charles 81. Jenkins
second assistant foreman.
The sugar factory turned out within
the past "a honrs 1,015 one-hundred-
pound bags OF sugar. This good
weather is most favorable for the far
mers to harvest and haul beets and
while the factory has to suspend oper-
ations today for lack OF raw material,
it is hoped that this will be the last
"close up" during the season.-La
Grande Chronicle.
T.. J. Lynch s. son have opened their
new barber shop IN Second street
near the corner O: Washington. It
has been named The Central and is
elegantly appoirted throughout.
Baths are in connection, and the
Messrs. Lynch are 10 be congratulated
on having one of the neatest establish
ment in their line in the city. Drop
in and see them. Whiskors amputated
without pain is the motto of the shop.
Trade with The Dalles merchants Is
very good this fall. This is not es-
pecialiy owing TO the fact that farmers
have money to spend. but because the
merchants of The Dalles are offering
better bargains than can be obtained
in the sparsely-settled! interior, and
owing to these bargains, people come
from long distance to buy their sup.
plies here.
Ever since the building of the rail-
road through this country the drifting
sands have been source of great
/. convenience. since it gathers upon
the track and stops trains until it is
removed. The o. r. & N. is endeay-
oring to overcome the nuisance by
planting grass seed on the sand hoping
it will root down deep and form sod
that will prevent the drifting:
Walter Dickey, one OF The Dalles
boys, who went to Manila with tine
Second Oregon regiment, and who
was reported to haye died sometime
since, is at present confined in a hos
pital at Sau Francisco, he having
been brought back sick on the last
transport that came over from the
PHILIPPINES.
It is the opinion of many that when
the city council meets in regular ses-
sion next month the stree. light ordi-
nance will be passed over the mayors
veto, The ordinance received the
vote of six members when it passed,
an6 it is thought all who favored it
then will vote to not sustain the veto.
No rain of any consequence has yet
fallen in Crook county, and the ranges
in that great stock growing section
are said to be getting very barren,
which causes stock raisGrs to feel un.
easiness regarding the outcome of
next winter. With stock already
poor, and no grass on the se, it will
require an immense quantity of hay
to prevent heavy loss. :.
the management of the Vogt opera
house announces for Saturday night
the spectacular musical farce comedy
1.-The Air Ship" written by JOS. M.
Gates, the author of that laughing
success "a Raffroad Ticket" This
play is said to be notable among the
list of modern day comedies, from the
fact that it hasa coherent plot, thus
giving reasons for the scenes and
situations The interesting story is
told With ingenious skill In three acts,
esch of v hicn is said to be very funny
1t is really too bad when real talent
appears on the stage in The Dalles it
is not better patronized. Mr.. Wells
has given two Shakespeariau readings
hara that vera aYcellant var bp rood