The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-23
NoKrHwEsr NOTES.

Two youthful thieves, Gracia Vooth
and R. L Bidwell, aged l6 years. have
been arrested in Astoria for stealing
carpenter tools. Numerous pilferings
have been laid to their account, and
! they are accused of having carried on
systematic system of thieving for
some time.
There is more inquiry at Salem for
fruit suitable for eastern shipment
| than ever before. which leads growers
to believe good prices will he realized
The state r"fnrm school is now with
out farmer, W. l.. Siu.eral, former
farmer, having resigned.
According to the report of State
Superintendent irwin for the year
ending last March, there were 130 753
persons of school age in the state. Of
this number 81, ,230 were enrolled in
the public schools. During the year
there were 1893 teachers employed in
the public schools. The average
salary paid teachers was 1898 per
month.
The Inman Paulson company seem
San Francisco a success, as they have
the frame work of another already in
the water and good part of the lum
Der that is to compose their second
raft saved and piled on the dock. T
Work on the new custom house in
Portland is progressing slowly, and au
effort is being made to secure the pas
sage of an ordinance permitting the
laying of railroad track to the
grounds to enable the contractors to
get in stone and building material at
the least expense of time and money.
Lincoln county has fixed the salary
of its clerk at 800 a month. and it's
sheriff at $3.50 month. Sheriff Ross
and Clerk Lutz have agreed to this
scale, which will remain in force until
the legislature puts the officers on
salary.
Arthur M. Beals professor Of philos-
ophy in the University of Washington,
W askilled at Seattle. Sunday night, by
falling through an open hatch on the
steamer Arizona.
Wheat prospects in Garfield county,
Wash, are not over fattering. The
winter wheat will yield a very poor
crop.
Whitman county's receipts during
year ending June 30 were S5l6,O95;
disbursements, 1856, l53, leaving nearly |
$50, 900 on hand.
The Northern Pacific has settled |
with Kittitas county for taxes which
have been delinquent since 1899. The
amount of the settlement was $4,000.
During seventeen days of court at
Baker City, Judge Eakin disposed of
100 cases.
Baker county has settled the judg-
ment against it for state taxes amount.
ing to $40, ,92s.9O.
Work on the La Grande sugar
factory is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. There are 100 men employed
On the work.
The county court of Gillian county
1as allowed the clerk deputy at q
salary of $500 year and the sheriff
leputy at $500 year.
Hot weather almost caused a water
anime at Spokane. Excessive lawn
uses more water than the
pumps can put into the reservoirs.
Mrs. Rhoda Hodges, one of the pio- {
leers of Eastern Oregon, die1 at her
lome in Prineville on July 11th. She
anne to Oregon in 1853, land to Eastern
oregon in 1891.
The barn Of the Olympia Light &
'ower company, together with the .
olling stock, was destroyed by fire,
Wednesday morning. Loss $4,000.
ause of fire unknown. ,
A young girl named Addie Cole, .
hose parents live at Lost Prairie,
Vallowa county, died at Lewiston,
1aho, Tuesday. She went to Lewis
IN early this month in company with
De Fordyce, who claimed to be her a
usband. DR.. J. A. Moffatt, of Lewis
IN, has been arrested aud charged 7
ith the girls murder. Il is supposed
lat malpractice caused Miss Coles Y
cath.