The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-29

| toruay morning.
Take Laxative Bromo Quipine Tab
lets. All Druggists refund the money
If it fails to Cure. 25c. For sale by
Blakeley Il Houghton.
A deep fall of snow in the mountains
and valleys is the salvation Of Eastern
Oregon, insuriag as it does an abund-
ant sdpply of water for mining and
agricultural purposes the coming
spring and summer.
| Every west-bound overland train
carries from 25 to 100 passengers bound
for the Klondike. Most of them come
from east of the Rocky mountains.
and are bent upon casting their lots IN
the Alaska gold fields.
The federal jury in the case OF the
United States vs.. Seufert Bros. were
today examining the ground which the
government seeks to condemn for the
boat railway. They were in charge OF
Deputy Marshal George Humphrey.
Mrs. Zoeth Houser. wife of o. S.
| Marshal Houser, died at her home in
| Pendleton last Saturday night. MRS.
House,. was stricken with paralysis
! last November and her death was the
result of another attack Of that disease.
F. Il. Rowe got home last night from
California. He was in different part
of the state from Fresno to San Fran.
cisco, and says the farmers there are
fearful of drouth this year, there
having been but little rain SO far this
| winter.
One of the o. R. & N. private cars
| was attached to train No. 3as it tasseG
thr ugh The DalIes this morning. 1,
had on board the proprietor of the
Hotel Portland and a party of his
friends who have been visiting the
upper country.
| J. C. Wood has perfected arrange
ments for transportation to Skagway.
| and will start about the 10Th of Feb
ruary. He will take with him two
teams and wagons and will eggage in
the truck and dray business both in
Skasway and Dyea.
There is no question but the coal
fields on Chenoweth creek below The
D4lles will be fully prospected during
the coming summer. Mr.. Kretzer. OF
Wasco, will begin soon to drill on A.
NJ. Kelsay's place, and NO doubt other
prospecting will be done.
There is no joke about the Klondike
fever having seized q firm hold on
Fen Battle, who for many years has
been night clerk at the Umatilla
House. Mr.. Battle says he has fully
determined to 60 to Klondike, and ex-
poets to start next month.
Fred Sklbbe ia one Of those who be.
lieves in patronizing home industries.
He bought the furniture for his pro.
posed lodging house at Skagway in
The Dalles, and has also placed an
order with LEGAL cigar makers for q
large line Of cigars to take to Skagway.
An Oklahoma girl advertised for q
husband. She found him, and the ad-
vertisement and wedding outfit cost
S110 IS. Within II months her hus-
band died, leaving her 160-acre farm,
considerable live stock and $1,000 in
surance on his life. Who says that ad-
vertising don't payp
Within the past few days County
Clerk Kelssy has made q transcript of
the taxable property in each of the
several school districts in the county
aud forwarded the same to the school
clerks. He has also made transcript
Of the property in the road districts,
and has supplied each supervisor with
copy.
This morning Charlie Jones, of the
firm of Newlin & Jones, took his de-
parture for Alaska. He will go to
Juneau, Dyea and skagway with the
view of engaging in business at one of
those points. Mr.. Jones is q live
business man. and will no doubt make
money in Alaska, II there Is any to be
made.
The wheat market all over the coun-
try has been rather dull the past
month, but within the last few days
has assumed rather frmer proportions,
and at present club is worth So cents
in The Dalles. Tho SO who have not |
sold are rot ready to let 60 at this |
price however, as they anticipate bet
ter pricesi In February and March.
The snow storm of yesterday was |
pretty general all over the northwest |
coast, though the fall was heavier |
west Of the mountains than east.
There were three inches of snow at
Portland, and from three to i've
inches all over Willamette valley,
while throughout eastern Oregon, so
far as heard from, there was little
more than one inch.
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twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, apd
take NO other kind.
Two Pendleton men who were
on board an o. R. & N. west
bound passenger, found themselves in
. car containing IS argonauts from all
over the East, Colorado, Delaware and
Iowa being the states more largely
One young man, who
hailed from Iowa, said that all his as
sociates in the town from which he
came who could muster together $50
DR. 5000 would go to the Kl,ndike.
Older men were less excited, but tie
Town would lose nearly all the younger
males in the population.
Was q Aard Road to Travel.
A few mornings since freight train 1
arrived here pulling . "dead" engine, s
and when the fire box was opened it c
vas found to have two inmates who '
we're almost frozen. They were a couple I
,f Portland bootblaeks who had started c