The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-05
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day in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Lake, OF Wanic
are visiting in the city.
The city council meets tonight tt
consider the tax levy for 1898.
John Palmer has been quite Ill at the
Columbia Hotel for some time, bat ID
convalescent.
VIM. De Mars, general manager Of
the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
was in the city today.
Ben. F. Dennis, of Forest Grove, IL
visiting his old school fellow, Geo.
Ernest Stewart, in the city.
A few days ago $1,000 bushels Of
wheat changed hands at Athena, at
65 cents. NJ. McCamas was the pur-
chaser.
Charles Clark, OF Oysterville, Wash,
who has been visiting J. j. Wiley in
this city, left on the boat this morning
for his heme.
Miss May Enright. secretary OF the
Columbia Southern, is visiting in the
city. She expects to make Wasco her
future home, and will move there In
about q month.
Heppner is one of the few cities in
Oregon that il clear of dept. IL now
paws its city warrants on presentation
and has no bonded incumbances hang
ing over it. Good for Heppner.
W. A. Storie, superintendent OF
hridge'carpenters for the o. r. & NJ,
was in Portland yesterday, but re-
turned last night. and is today push
ing the work on the Mill Creek bridge.
Bort Phelps is down from HeppDer
visiting old friends. He is firm in the
belief that Heppner is the best town
in Eastern Oregon outside OF The
Dalles, though he is still partial to his
old home and associates here.
ssr. and Mrs. E. o. Mccoy came
down this morning from Grants. Mr..
Mccoy says the wheat market has
been quite brisk at Grants the pasS
few days, and a consid srable amount
of wheat has changed hands.
There was an interesting time at
Wamic the other day when the repub-
licans met to elect delegates to the
league convention at Portland. The
Mitchell and anti-Mitchell forces lined
ND in full force, and the latter got
away with the contest.
Yesterday at 10 o'clock a city
prisoner who had completed sentence
of Eve days was released, and at
o'clock he was picked up by the city
marshal, roaring drunk. He was
promptly returned to jail and this
morning was fined $25.
Many residents of The Dalles will
regret to learn that John Bruhlman
has sold the Roekland dairy, and will
ere long remove from the city. Max
Sherer has bought the business and
will conduct it in the future as Mr..
Brphlman has in the past.
There were two sheriff's sales at the
court house today. The P. T. Sharp
farm was sold under foreclosure, and
was bid in for $500. The other sale
was that of horse belonging to /. V.
Howland, and was bought by the
plaintiff, Peter Godfrey, for $21.
One thing that is greatly needed in
The Dalles is steam laundry. At
present some $500 is sent to Portland
every month for laundry work, all OF
which would be kept here ifthere were
q good steam laundry. Some enter
prising person would make money by
establishing business here.
Charles CIarno has leased his place
on the John Day river, including The
ferry boat, to Frank Malone for one
year. If at the end of his time MIR.
Malone wants to retain it at the price
of the first year, $500, he can do so for
two years longer. Then if Mr.. Ma
lone wants to buy it he has first chance
for $500.
When W. W. Wilson got to Port
land the other day on his way to Klon-
dixie he found so many going that he
became discouraged, and returned to
The Dalles to again assume his duties
as steward in the Umatilla House. He
thinks anybody who has sure thing
on living here is unwise to 60 chas-
ing after gold in Alaska.
While hunting Wednesday, in the |
of Joseph Harbert's farm, on
Mill creek, near Walla Walla, Charles |
Green, aged Is, was accidentally shot.
He was crawling througha fence, pull
ing the gun after him, when the gun
was discharged, the contents tearing |
away large portion Of Ills right hand,
and lacerating it very badly.
Between March 5, 1894, and July ],
1896, there were issued by the state
board of education 1895 teachers cer-
tifcates and diplomas, 462 college and
diplomas, 2sO state diplomas
and 477stats certificates. The time of
the issuance of these papers covered
perion of % months, the average
issuance being 4S. At the
'ame monthly average as for tho pre-
seeding period. the nu.nber of papers
ssued during tho past IS months was
"a. The estimated number of papers
ssued between March s, 1894, and jan
ary l, 1898, il 2229.