The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-01
ROWE & CO.

ROWE & CO.
Rowe & Co., dealers in lumber building material
agents Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Incorporated, whose mill is at Lyle, Klckitat county,
Washington 1t has a capacity 20 thousand feet
daily they have box factory and planning mill in con-
necton with The lumber they manufacture is of vel
pine pnus ponderosa, being especially adapted for
DOORS natural wood interior fnish and they
receive orders Portland San Francisco and the
East They have the only mill on the Pacific Coast where
deep vessels load lumber of this nature at the
MILL logs being foated to the Columbia river from an
elevation of 1000 Mr. Fred. H. Rowe, president OF
the Rowe Lumber Manufacturing Company was born
England 1885, and received his education there lie
came United States in 1871 and passed some time
Iowa. Colorado, California and Idaho He was located
eight the Wood River country in Idaho oper
ating Haley and Bellevue In 1885, he established
mills Josephine county, Oregon, and had yards at
Roseburg Ashland During the Worlds Fair
he was appointed it, having charge OF the
mineral exhibit of the fair he came
established this business He has had years OF
experience and has quickly forged to the front here
In 1885 married the only daughter of Andrew B. More
one early pioneers of California and has i've chill
dren.
TIE DALLES COMMERCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUB
The Dalles Commercial Athletic Club originally
started by the young of this city for the pur
pose gathering together those who were inclined TO take
manly sports In broachng the subject now
ever representative business men, it was
suggested original idea be enlarged upon and the
feature added of making we'll place where every
might tend towards the OF the
CITY might discussed and acted upon The result
of filed December, 1895,
by j. Schenck h. Z. Pease H. j. Maler, D. s. Fish,
Bills, X. b. Sinnot and W. ii. Wilson, The growth OF
the cIuD phenomenal start until to-day
about $50 resident members, besides large
number nonresident ana honorary members. Their
building, Which has been entirely
rearranged them. The interior
gives but partial
OF the comfort and elegance with which they have
themselves personal inspection Of the
will show ground a gymnasium fully equipped
with all kinds of athletic and four bowling al
leySaid with hard maple At the head OF broad and
spacious greeted by sight of the emblem
the club inverted arrowhead with pair Of wings at
expense been spared furnishing their
quarters and the term applies well to the
parlor Passing between handsome porers
then the reading which supplied with the
leading periodicals and Beyond that the smOk
ing and also the directors These both
larger than the ordinary To the right of the
located the billiard having both billiard
and pool tables and also tables cards. chess and check
No wagering is allowed, however, gameS
there side in the club The hat and
tories located conveniently different portions the
building The basement being we'll adapted for natatO-
is the intention of the club in the coming
From it's inception the ladies have taken
active interest in it's AFFAIRS and this has materially helped
to make it a They have forenoons
afternoon devoted exclusively hem also
ing to ladies and gentlemen.
The present officers w. L. Bradshaw, president;
II. NJ Beall, vice president and secretary w. H. Wilson,
treasurer and E. G. Pease, Geo. c. Bakeley j. Hamp-
shire, r. b. SnnOtt and the foregoing officers constitute
the board of directors. Closing will simply the
club rooms credit to the club and far the
city, for there nothing to excel them in the Pacific