The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-29

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or has been preceptibly decreased.
universal has the practice become tn
. his hostlery is now known as the ssh
Is water sanitarlum."
- Yesterday Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Hadle
u and Mrs. Crandall visited the plea
ant little city of Hood River.
p Mrs Joe Webber, of Oakland, Cal
u sister of W. n. Mansfield, arrived her
u on the 11:3O train last night.
II Prof. A. Frazier, for many year
principal OF the Dufur school, ha
taken the position of principal of tn
school at Mitchell.
:. The o. r. & N. Co. is kept YER
busy now hauling the wheat out of tb
upper country, and is running on al
average train every four hours.
| Last evening,strain.w was loaded witt
volunteer soldiers from The uppel
country who have been mustered ou
OF the service and returned to theil
homes.
Henry Mahew uses Star Feed
Grinding Mill on his farm, and say:
it is great money saver. He would
not do without 1t.
| Hon. M. A. Moody returned last
evening from Salem, where he had
been to attend the marriage of his
| sister last Wednesday,
Subjects at the church of Christ
next Lords day are as follows: IL A.
M ,"Religion" 7:30P. NJ. "Punishment
of the Wicked After Death" Rev.
w. v. Boltz, pastor.
| Next Wednesday evening the Native
Sons of Oregon will be prepared to re-
| ceive members. Those who signed
the charter roll are especially re-
quested to present themselves for ini-
| tiation.
The readings given here by Mr..
Wells have been excellent, but were
not fully appreciated. At no time
during the four evenings he has ap-
peared here did he receive the patron.
age to which he was entitled.
One of the heaviest wheat buyers in
/ Oregon. who is operating at Pendle-
ton, was advised from London yester-
dry to cancel all ORDERS In conse-
quence wheat dropped two cents in
that city.
There was no change in the wheat
market today, the price having re-
mained at 81 cents. At this price
there was very little selling, farmers
generally not being willing to take
that tor their wheat.
The annual meeting Of the Library
Association was to have been held this
evening, but owing to unavoidable
circumstances it has been postponed
until Thursday evening of next week,
when the meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. F. Houghton.
1t is stated that the reason wheat
is not higher is owing to. the scarcity
of tonnage on this coast, there not be-
ing enough vessels here to move the
tonnage that is in sight, hence the price
of charters have gone up to that fig
ure which materially reduced the price
of wheat.
Last night Temple Lodge No. 8, A.
o. U. W., conferred the Junior Work.
man degree on one candidate and the
Workman degree on another. After
lodge, Receiver Phillips took the menu
bers out to oysters and filled them
brim full of enthusiasm for Workman
ship
On Monday evening of next week,
the young ladies of the Congregational
church will give Halloween party in
the Baldwin opera house. Tney will
have candy booth and other attrac-
tions; also musical program includ-
ing rendition by John Hampshire
and Arthur Clarkesa. - 5,s--,ea2=
One Of the ford hopes of Dufnr has
been realized. 1t has a daily paper.
The Dispatch has come out with a
daily edition, three column, four
page sheet. 1t is brim full of news.
and it is to be hoped will be per.
manency. The people of Dufur are to
be congratulated upon the advent of a
daily paper.
NV. Rand, of Hood River, is in
the city today. Mr.. Rand says Hood
Rivers great crop-the big red apples,
is being harvested and is being sold
at prices that are very satisfactory to
growers. The yeild this year he says,
is about up to the average in Hood
River valley.
If the theater goers would be amused
they must patronize good attractions.
Manager Kinnersly, of the Vogt, says
the play he will put on tomorrow
evening will be strictly first class, and
If Dalles people would have equally
good attractions during the winter
they should give this hearty re-
cepetIon.
The river and harbor bill which will
be recommended by the secretary of
war at the convening of congress will
contain an item of SlG0, 600 for the i'm
provement of the Columbia at the
Cascade locks. That amount if judici-
ously expended should make the ap-
p. oach to the lower entrance of the
locks safe for the approach of vessels.
Winter will soon be here with all its
priyations and sorrows, therefore the
tramps, thugs and all around dead beats
had as we'll get out of this climate and
seek section where there is less frost
and fewer cold blasts. They had bet
ter mount break beams and get out of
this section before winter sets in, for
they will suffer if they persist in stay
ing here.
The East Oregonian is in receipt of
advices to the effect that George L.
Hutchin, for many gears editor of the
Bloomington, ILL.,, Eye, is soon to ar
rive in Portland and assume editorial
management of new democratic
paper to be started in that city. The
enterprise it is said will be backed by
sufficient ability and capital to make
it permanency. Let the paper be
started at once. Oregon needs it.
Portland's condition financially be.
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