The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-06

curry in the nineties.
From Fridays Daily.
S. D. Cooper, of Por tland, is in the
city.
Eugene W. Vest, of ST. Louis, is il
| The Dalles.
Gus Bonn left on last evening"
train for Wasco.
This morning Mrs. L. E. Grove lef
for Clatsop beach,
D. NJ. Woodbury.. of San Jose, is reg
istered at the Umatilla.
Mrs. Parkins returned last evening
from a visit to Portland.
Miss Shaws, of Portland, is visiting
Miss Henderson in the city.
E. Hannapin, of Sherman county, is
registered at the Umatilla.
Mrs. W. II. q. Dufur and daughter,
of Dufur, were in town today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Jones have re-
turned from Stevenson, Wash.
Regular quarterly examination of
teachers begins next Wednesday.
A. w. Martin. engineer for the Ore
eon Lumber Co. at Viento, is in the
city.
Several wool sales were made this
morning but the price was not made
public.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Van Vactor re-
turned this morning from visit to
Colum bus.
Mr.. and Mrs. HI. j. Maier left this
afternoon for Ilwaco to spend few
weeks on the coast.
W. A. Johnston went to Portland
this morning and will remain over
Sunday in the city.
Mrs. James Falt went to Wasco last
evening to spend week visiting
friends in that city.
James Fisher left on the Sarah Dixon
this morning for Portland. and from
there goes to San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Biggs have Sc
lected Trout Lake as their summer
resort, and left this morning for that
place.
The temperature the past week in
the middle Of the day has averaged
about 9S degrees. Sunday it was 103
and yesterday "a.
Mrs. Laura Johnston, of Portland, !
spent the day visiting the Misses
Lang in the city, and left on the after
noon train for home.
Farmers who have commenced |
say the wheat is all No. 1.
lhe berry is plump and full, and none
VI it Is shriveled.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Glenn and daugh-
ers started this NOR ming for Ilwaco,
Wash. where they will spend the re-
nainder of the summer.
C. M. Gilman, agent at Fort Sincoe.
accompanied by his wife and Mrs. ].
T. Gather and daughter. was in The
)alles today en- route for Yaquina bay
or seasons outing.
The D. P. & A. N hoats will here
.fter leave at o'clock instead of I, as
hey will make the run straight
through to Portland since the Dalles
City has again gone on the run.
F. W. Schmidt, of Mt. Olive, Iowa,
! nephew of c. L. Schmidt, has ac-
,epted position in the Snipes-Kin-
,ersly drug store, and will enter upon
he duties of filling prescriptions there
,ext Monday.
Yesterday Sheriff Kelly turned over
20 County Treasurer Phillips s3032.26.
axes collected since July 25. The tax
oils were delivered to Mr.. Kelly on
The 25th. and he has been rustling de-
inquents up the past week.
Hon. F. P. Mays and family arrived
rom Portland last night, and left to-
lay for the old Mays farm beyond
Dufur, where they will spend the sum-
ner. Mr.. Mays has not been in good
health lately, and goes to the country
% recuperate.
Within the past few days several
,holce lots of staple wool were sold
rom Moody's warehouse. The price
vas confidential but Is understood to
nave been in the neighborhood of 143 |
tents. Ordinary woods are worth from
II to 134 cents.
This morning c. M. Grimes received |
80 head of fine beef from Cram & Boil
ter, of Cross Keys. The COWS in the
band were exceptionally fine, averag
ing over 1000 pounds each. The pur-
chase price was cents for steers and
q cents for cows. They were shipped
to Troutdale this afternoon.
A white cook and his colored co.
laborer in Dalles restaurant got into
a little difficulty yesterday over the
best way to fricassee chicken. The
colored gentlemen's version of the
affair was, ''he done come at me un-
wifi an ak. If 1 done
had my razor would .hev carved him
shure.n
Painters have now begun work in
the second story of the new school
building, and are pushing the work as
rapidly as brushes can he made 20
spread the paint. The school board is
determined that the new building
shall be completed by September 1st,
and everything is being kept moving
with that end in view.
The o. r. & N. Co. is getting its
road bed in splendid condition for the
heavy freight traffic it will have to
handle when the wheat crop begins
moving out of the Inland Empire.
From present appearances the o. R.
& N. will have more freight to handle
than ever before, and it will be
thoroughly equipped for the occasion.
All freight for points east of The
Dalles must be delivered at the o. r.