The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-20

have taken new lease of life and is
| ready now for any emergency She Is
no more called the "Hoodo" OF the
navy.
The fire of 1891 demanded liberal
extention of the fire limits. The hre
this morning repeats the demand. The
wooden fire traps that went up IN
smoke this morning should never have
been allowed to be built. Let the fire
limits be extended well towards the
East End.
A circular just issued by the depart.
ment of education Oregon shows that
the average monthly wages of male
school teachers in the state is $42.95
and of females S33.75. Multnomah
county pays the highest wages, the
figures being S65 for males and S45 for
females. Lin coln pays the lowest-S3l
to males and S25 to females.
The following buildings are now un
der construction in Antelope, says tie
Herald: F.. M. Dial's saloon: j. M.
Hamilton's harness shop; p. A. Kirch'
h ,imer's blacksmith shop; Gilsan q
B owns furniture; E. McBeth's
loon and Loo eging house: W. Bolton
x Co.'S store and j. 7. Benefits post
office and store building.
Telephone and electric light wires
| suffered considerably from the fire.
The companies are hard at work toe ay
replacing poles and wire and it will be
but short time until everything will
be in running order. People should
| bear with the telephone company es-
pecially for time, should they not be
able to get the party wanted, for the
wires are in terrible shape but will
be placed in order at the earliest pos-
! sible moment.
Acetylene eas is produced by the
action of water upon carbide of cal
| cium, which latter is com mbinatiOn OF
| lime and coke. The result is gas
:, that gives soft, clean, white light OF
great illuminating power. 1t is the
nearest approach to daylight that has
yet been artiticially produced. 1t is
cheap. safe and effective. 1t is special
| ly adapted to the use of isolated build
ings or for small towns where there is
no gas plant.
One Denver firm has been investi-
eating the merits of advertising. A
| careful account has been kept, and
with $3.50 investment each month, the
business has shown an increase from
! 100 to 1853 per cent, over corresponding
months last year, when no newspaper
advertising was done. The concern.
which sells dry goods, at no time spent
for advertising more than $3.50 a
month. The firm attributes its in
crease of business solely to advertising.
While tearing down huge door in
the rear of Johnston & Cos. ware
house Joe Heroux was nearly struck
by the falling door. Fletch Faulkner
was trying to get the door off the
hinges, and just as Joe came along
drawing buggy down came the pom
derous affair and came so close to the
young man that he WAS bewildered for
a moment. Had it struck him our
office would have been without a press
man and we probably would be writ
ing an obituary instead of the above.
Stephen Little, the renowned expert
accountant, is now on his way from
New York to Portland. He was here
last year, and is likely to come here
annually for years to come, to expert
the accounts of the o. r. & N. Co.,
unless the board of directors shall see
fit to alter the bylaws of the company,
and provide for permanent expert
by election. Mr.. Little is man of
national reputation in his line. He
has exported the books of the Santa
Fe. the Baltimore & Ohio. the Read
ing and other great lines.-Telegram.