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

d. the kidneys, and his death was not
of expected. He leaves wife but
IA cuil1ren. The deceased was 73 yea
of age.
k Captain Davidson, who has be
d figuring ON putting In big saw ID
,r at The mouth Uf Hoo. River, has go
:, back To his home in Wisconsin, b
has not given up hope of the early r
moval of all obstacles in the way
building the mill.
q Henry G. Murray, sheriff of Malhel
= county, was burned 10 death In u
n city III at Vale yesterday mornln
Murray had 'oeen drinking and Is su
. posed 10 have purposeiy set fire To II
JllI, as he had short time previous
uesg ged sever.l persons {" Kill hi
saying he hcp-d to die within
hours.
, The county court OF eq la.iz Ito
has been in session all week and up
noon To-Day only three persons ha
appeared before it and these left az
parently satisfied that no materia
change .in their easements could b
justly expected. The time for tn
high kicking. of course is ho. yet
Wait till Laxpaying time come
around.
Ii is limited that Representative
Ellis is ready to lead the factionist
us their candidate for senator. II,
las not come to The realization Of the
fact that his own party, not alone the
people generally, have no further uss
for him in public service. His time
ends ON the Atm of next March.-SIn-
| day Welcome.
President Lyle of the Columbia
Southern, informs the Times.MOuu
taineer reporter. that 1t is the inten-
ton of his company to Guild 80 miles
of road south of Moro next year, which
will reach in the neig b bUrhOOd OF
Antelope. From thence the main line
will in due time be extended To Prime.
VILE. Meanwhile branch road will
be built first to Canyon CITY.
The Oregon Industrial Exposition.
which Is Portland's chief attraction
nowadays, has proved much of sue
Cess 50 far, with prospects of steadily
improving. The exhibits are more
numerou=.and better than they ever
We're. while the attendance is very
large. The busisess people of the
metropolis are to be congratulated
upon the enterprise they have shown.
The business men of The Dalles con-
ciuded arrangements with The palles
& Rockland Ferry Company, this
morning whereby fee ferriage will be
given both ways for all teams hauling
grain from Klickitat county, from
this date to the 7th day of December.
The only condition placed on the teams
is that each two-horse load shall not
be less than one ton, aud ea-h four
horse load, shall not be less than one
ton and half.
The teacher, J. P. Carroll. and
pupils of school district No. So. down
In the Mosier country, held a flag
raising this afternoon with appropri !
ate exercises. Superintendent Gill !
bert was present and made neat little
speech to the children full of patriotic
,antiment and inspiration. Miss
Lillian Ackerman, teacher of district
No. s, close by, closed her school for
he afternoon. and with her pupils
oined in the exercises.
John Y. Todd. an old and highly
steemed pioneer of Wasco county.
anne up last night from his home in
Portland and is registered at the
JmatIlla House. Mr.. Todd was here
ing before The Dalles had any exist
nee. ex sept as a portage for the trans
r. of freight and passengers up and
own the river. He built and owned
be first bridge across the Deschutes,
n the site of the present Shearer's
ridge.
1.-THE editor" says country paper,
has charter from the State to act
) doormat for the community. He
ill get the paper out somehow, and
and up for the town, and whoop it
'r you when you run for office,
nd lie about your big footed son
hen he gets four-dollar-a-week job,
nd weep over your shrivelled soul
hen it is released from your grasping
ody, and smile at your wife's second t
arriage. Don't worry about the t
1itor; he'll get along. The Lord 7
1ly knows how-but somehow"
A prominent railroad man informs a d
ines -Mountaineer reporter that MIR.
ldson, the agricultural agent of the
r. & N. Co., is at work on scheme d
secure the necessary capital to turn
le waters of the Upper Deschutes
,on wha; is known as 1.-The desert" in
-ook county. This is at present
rgely sandy waste of so ne fifty or
xty Thousand acres in extent. capable.
ith sufficient water, of producing two II
three crops of alfalfa ye,rly. The 9
heme is entirely feasible and could
} carried out at no great relative ex-
nditure of money. Besides Mr.. Jnd- >
n has the reputation OF being rust .
r and what he undertakes ne usually
C c1mplishes.
The mineral from the Sumptei and
,ker City gold fields at the Portland
dustrial Exposition is attracting q
ore attention than any display of o
se kind eyer exhibited In Oregon's =,
The staid old ''moss d
cks" of the states commercial center
ok on with wonder at the wealth II
own and can hardly realize that so r
ose TO their own doors mines exist p
at cannot be purchased for less than
.O0O.00O. II may be that this years d.
hibits may open the eyes of Portland
pitalists to the opportunities offered 81
E tstern Oregon for remunerative a.
vestments in our mines. We shall 'l
News. "a
L. A. Sears of Fig ht Mile was in :,
wn today ard if Il ere is happier ;.
an under the stars this depOnent :.
,uld like to know the color of :.
5 hair. Fourteen years ago L. A. A