The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-08

times. His physicians say he may
drop off at any time and may linger for
months, but there is no hope of his
ultimate recovery.
Thr. ladies' of the Congreg ational
church will give reception for their
new minister, the R5v. D. V. Polling. .at
the re sideuce of Mr.. Truman Butler.
Wednesday evening, Oct. 5. All
friends of the church are cordially in.
| vited.
Earnest Shearer, of Cross Keys, got
back 10 The Dalies Saturday night
after delivering at Huntington on sale
to eastern parties, Is. 900 ht ad nf sheep
belonging to himself, Z. NJ. Cartwright
Fortner & Allen, all of Crook
county.
DR.. and Mrs. McCorkle of Mitchell,
| Crook county, were in town last night
| the guests of the Umatilla House.
| The doctor was married last Thursday
to Miss Blanche George, daughter of
Rev. S. A. George of Hillsboro, Dragon.
the young couple left this forenoon
for their home i1 Mitchell.
The county court held an adjourned
session yesterday tn consider peti.
tion of ce tain residents of the Hood
River valley, asking the court to de-
clare Hood River a public highway.
Commissioner Evans was instructed
to procure the necessary right OF way
at the expense. if needs be, of the set
tiers interested and to report progress
at the meeting of the county court.
AT about II o'clock last night fire
occurred in the Du Bois furniture
store which resulted in loss of probab-
ly S25 he bed of an employe took fire
from heated stove and. strange to
and burned the hair off his head with
out awaking him. o. Kinersly broke
in the door of the sleepers room AID
extinguished the fire.
The Dalles had its first frost for the
fall of 1898 this morning. This is as
early as it has visitel US in % years,
according to the record kept by Mr..
S. l.. Brooks. II came on the same
date in the years 1887, 1873 and 1884.
In 1895 it came on the 4th of the pre-
sent month; in 1896 on the 9Th and 10
1882, 1883, 1885, 1887 and 1894 on the
9th. October 3rd is therefore the
earliest date for frost visitition iu these
parts in % years.
Some faint estimate of the work that
is being done towards impr wing the
track of the D. r. & N. Co. may be
gathered from the fact that there are
at present four work trains with Their
crews at work between Arlington and
Umatilla Junction under contract
that costs the company Sl90,000. The
company has recently expended over
half million improving the road be-
tween Portland and Umatilla and is
expending an equal amonnt on the
mountain division, from Umatilla !
Junction to Huntington and probably
as much on the Spokane division from
Umatilla Junction to Spokane.
Colonel" Charley Haight, who re-
Gently gained his title by deeds of dar-
ing in fighting the cohorts of King
Prometheus on the field of the Cascade
Forest Reserve. does not take his title
He informs a Times Mount
aineer reporter, that three citizens of
The Dalles have already bit the cut
for calling him colonel. and the first
to suffer was Tom Ward, the WE'LL
known livery man. "Major" Wake
fields achievements in this direction
have not been heard from. but at the
hour of going to press the services of
Coloner Dad Butts had not been called
into requisit;on.