The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-27

Tomato raising has become an in
dustry of no small Importance with
Wasco county gardners, and tons of
them are shipped out each year. Last
evening Louis A. SandoA sold eighty
boxes of them for shipment to Port.
land, and today had forty boxes for sale.
N. Whealdon, armed with a fishing
rod and insurance policy, boarded the
boat just as it left the dock this morn
ing, and signified his intention of
catching all the salmon in White Sal
mon river. He will probably write up
some insurance while enjoying his
piscatorial sports.
in the city today. and returned home
on the afternoon train. Mr.. Jackson
says the Hood River apple crop so far
this season is better than common,
being quite free from moth, and sum-
mer apples have commanded quite a
good price.
bushel in The Dalles. Whether it
will 20 higher is difficult to tell, but
the indications are that it will. All
occasional load of new wheat comes
into the warehouses, but the rush of
wheat hauling will not begin for two
or three weeks.
A 70, hor
for holding district fair here begin
ming on October 18th and continuing
five days, but to make it a success
there must be racing program, and
it will be necessary to raise purses
amounting to 500 or $500. This
amount will have to be raised by pub
lie subscription.
Judge Bennett has begun prepara-
tious for building residence on his
property on Fourth street, near the
Mill creek bridge. 1t will be tv o.
story building 35x54 feet, with a st' e
basement, and when completed vii Q
one of the handsome residences of tt q
city. John Kocher has the cont act
for the foundation and basement, al d
has begun construction work.
No doubt there are people in the
city who gathered up household goods,
clothing, books and papers during the
night of the fire and are holding them
for the owners to call and identify, but
do not know whom to apply to. If
such parties will leave list Of articles
they have, ,at this office, the list will be
published free of charge, and the
rightful owners can thereby get their |
property.
There has been much history made |
this year, and the people who could |
not 60 to the frontand help make it. |
or see it made, can see how it happen
ed by attending the Oregon Industrial
Exposition Sept. % to Oct. q, for
there it is proposed to have wonderful
Typographical maps of the various
battles and explanations of how they |
were fought out. This will be very
and instructive feature.
Messrs. Carry Ballard, N. J. Sinno
and Victor Schmidt are home from the
Astoria Regetta. They had a splen-
did time in the city by the sea, but as
bowlers. they come home with wreath
of willows, having lost their laurels in
the contest at Astoria. The Dalles
oowlers were all out of practice. hence
none of them played their accustomed
game When at themselves they make
better scores than were made at AS
,oria.
A correspondent to the Prineville
Review, in pleading for bridge across
Crooked river at certain point, says
he banks of the river are composed of
quicksilver, hence are dangerous to
ravel An ordinary observer would
udge they would be, for quick silver
5 SO volitile that people travelling over
t are liable to be salivated during
leated spells. But if it is true that
he banks of the river are composed OF
the residents of that Sec
ion ought to be making fortunes
altering it up and putting it on the
market. The correspondent probably
1eant quicksand.
For sale or trade = Mrs. Hughes
,dging house near the depot. II