The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-12-24

1t visiting his brother, Tom Kelley, G
5. the Umatilla House.
n Mr.. and Mrs. R. r. Keys, of Wal
's dron, are visiting in the city.
P. Van Landingham and wife, o
II Wasco, are guests at the Umatilla
House.
Mrs. Martha ]. Houser, mother o
U. S. Marshal Houser. died at her
home in Pendleton last Tuesday.
John Summerville and daughter ar
rived last night from Portland anC
left today for their home at Hay Creek
Messrs. S. O., R. r. and ]. A. Thomp
son and j. o. and J. H. Elliott, ot
Monklard. are in town attending to
land matters.
Master Roy Grimes, who has been
attending school in the valley, is home
, on vacation to spend the holidays
, with his parents.
/ To-Day P. Limeroth. of Boyd,
. brought in 26 fine hogs. aIreac y butch :
cred, and sold them to Wood Bros.
They average over 200 pounds dressed.
Today the whitehouse clothing store
makes some startling announcements
concerning clothing. Read the prices
quoted in their big ad on the second
page.
J. B. Hughes no longer has charge
of the Daily Times ,Monutaipeer route.
but will receive subscriptions for the
daily or weekly at the Telegram head
quarters
Today Pete Stadleman received a
shipment of 10 cars of ice from North
Powder. This with what he has put
up here will about supply The Dalles
with ice for year.
Yesterday congress adjourned until
January 4, and the representatives
and senators deserted the capi tai last
night to find holiday amuseme nts out
side of Washington.
Saturday evening the people of En-
dersby will hold Christmas exercises |
and have public tree at the school |
house. A general Invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend.
Misses B. Sunderland, E. Slusher
and F.. Wiseman arrived here from
Portland last night and went today to
Dufur where they will spend the
holidays with relatives and friends.
w. II. Reeves, the brakeman whose
foot was badly crushed on the D. r. &
N. track above here last week had
his foot amputated at Portland hos
pital and is getting along nicely.
Mr.. Gardener, the man who was
so severely injured on the Rice hill
yesterday, is still alive, and may re-
cover. He sustained broken arm, a
severe scalp wound and numerous
other injuries.
Mrs. Geo. P. Morgan returned last
evening from California, where she
has been the past few months. Mrs.
Morgan has returned to The Dalles to
stay. and will make her home with
DIR. Rhinehart.
D. Fl. Roberts arrived this morning
from Spokane where he has been for
several months past, under medical
treatment. Mr.. Roberts health is
much improved, though he will reGurn '
to Spokane after the holidays.
A visitor to the city last night, after
reading the evening papers. asked
what was the cause of so much talk
about street lights. With clear sky
and full moon, he could not see what
was the need of artificial lights.
The proprietors of the Umatilla
House are having the lower rooms of
the building renovated and beautified.
New paper is being put on the Office,
hall and dining room, and all the wood
work will be repainted. r. A. Spivey
g doing the work.
Yesterday a Japanese laborer fell
two cars near Coyote and had
! leg severely crushed. DR.. Geisen-
lorffer was called to anputate the in
ured limb, but found the patient too
weak to undergo an operation. and
will return there tonight to remove
the leg. -,
G. j. Stubling left on this mornings ,
,rain for Portland to meet his son
Arthur who has just returned from
Manila. Arthur telegraphed from
San Francisco that he would reach
Portland tonight, and he will be here
TO spend the holidays with his parents.
The pleasant weather of yesterday
and today started numerous shoppers
out in search of holiday goods, and
merchants were kept unusually busy
waiting on customers and filling or
ders. 1t was the best trade that has
been had by the stores during the
season.
Sometime during last night the ice
that spannei the Columbia. between
here aud Rockland, got move on it
self and foated down to Crates point,
where it has piled up and formed
blockade in the river that can only be
removed by heavy wind or number
of warm days.
This morning w. c. Allaway, agent
for the D. P. & A. N. Co., was notified
by telegraph that the locks will be
opened tomorrow, and he has ordered
the steamer Dalles City to make trip
from Portland to The Dalles tomorrow.
1t is thought that by that time the
river will be free from ice.
While in Portland yesterday DR..
Hollister saw j. b. Blakeney who re-
Gently had his leg operated on at st.
Vincent's hospital and found him
quite comfortable. Mr.. Blakeney has
fully recovered from the operation
and expects to be bone in few weeks !
with his injur ed leg sound and we'll.