The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-22

expecte 70 snip lV,VVV uore "A1hin
) few days.
; Come out to the pavilion tonigt
and hear Mrs. Reed sing. See pro
gran published in another column
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Detnham r
Il. and E. E. Lage and Robert T. Ran
all OF Hood River, are in the city &c
day attending the fair.
| Only one heat of the roadster race
the first race of the day, had bee
trotted at the time of going to press
Barney took the heat, John Day sec
ond; time, 2:03.
Tomorrow will be general holida.
10 The Dalles. Sixty-three busines
houses have agreed to close from tt
8 o'clock in order to give the employees
an opportunity to attend the fair.
Joseph Shannon made clean SWEEP
of premiums for best milch COW an6
| poultry at the fair. His were the best
exhibited, because they were alone,
but had there been competitors they
would have been awarded blue ribbons
just the same.
One of the most unique articles dis
played at the pavilion is a certificate
| to practice medicine issued to DR..
Parker Forwood by medical college
IN Port Deposit, Md, bling dated in
1921. It is attached to the display OF
| needle work exhibited by Mrs. For
wood.
The public schools will be given a
holiday tomorrow when all pupils will
be admitted to the fair grounGs free Of
charge. This evening and tomorrow
both (day and EVENING" all school
students will be admitted to the pavil
ion for 10 cents each.
The fair will close Saturday evening
with a grand ball at the pavilion. The
exhibits will all be taken out saturday
afternoon so as to make roum for dane
ing. Excellent music will be furnished
and the ball will be under the manage
ment of competent committee.
Judge Bennett returned last night
from Salem, where he has been as at
torney for F. H. darcy and others
indicted for ballot box stufing. The
Indictment against all the defendents
was quashed, there having been some
irreguiarity in the dra wing of the
grand jury.
Room 38, Chapman block, over the
q. 5. land Office, is where the celebrat.
ed eye specialist. Mrs. DR.. Frank, who
has located in the city, may be found
Dr. Frank has been kept busy making
scientific examinations of the eye the
past week, and has brought the latest
liz hit to bear on every case submitted
to her observation.
One of the best exhibits of skill that
is to be found in the pavilion is work
table made by WIN. McCrum as a birth
day present for Miss Drusilla E. Moody.
The top and sides are orname ented with
different colored wood, inlaid with diff
ferent colored wood inlaid in various
ornamental designs, on the tod ia Miss
Moody's name in dark colored wood,
also the daue Oct %, 1898.
The pony race last evening was
the liveliest contest that has hcen !
on the track thus far this :
season. 1t was u three.eights dash for !
a purse of S25. There were four en-
tries, Crickett. Kittie. Little Pete and
Bald Eagle. The little horses ran :
like the wind, coming under the wire
10 40 seconds. Cricket who has never
been beaten on this track, came in in .
The lead.
Among the many works of art on
at the pavilion worthy of
special notice, is a painting entitled
The FISHERMAN IS Daughter," by VIM |
alfred Myer, formerly of Heppner. a
little girl only 13 years of age, and
who has never had any instructions in
sitner drawing or painting. Il is a
piece of work of which any artist might
we'll feel proud.
Mr.. Nester, of the Oregon Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co arrived here
ast evening, and has arranged his
telephone connections at the pavilion,
50 that this evening he will be able 10
connect with San Francisco. San jose,
Los Angeles and Portland. The acous-
tics of the hall are not sufficiently per-
e 1t to admit of q horn transmitter
being used from the stage, hence Mr..
Nester will put in 20 ear receivers
through which the visitors at the
pavilion may be accommodated.
Yesterday was observed generally
oy the public schools throughout the
United States as Lafayette day. an
observance intended to keep green
he memory of that great patriot to
whom America owes so much, and also
o create fund with which to erec. a
to his memory on July 4,
900, during the Paris exposition. The
)alles, however, was an exception, the
chools here having been unable to ar
ange program at the present time,
ince it would have conflicted with the
district fair. The schools hope to be
eady to render program In the Vogt
'pera house about Nov. 4th, that will
,e dedicated to Lafayette.