The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-12-10

VIM. Cake. prominent attorney 9
Portland, and grand chancellor {
K. of P. lodge Is in the city.
| The train from Spokane was delaye
| II hours this morning on account {
sand on the track near Arlington.
4 The "Dazzler" Is an astonishel
It never feils to draw g good crowt
and the audience il always satisfe
with the entertainment.
! John O'Neil, who has been visitin
his unoles. the Wood brothers in tn
city, left This morning for his home 4
Nevada county, California.
1 Unusual interests being manifeste
by Ell school districts in the country
in { curing Libraries for the schools
and 1t last 80 per cent of the district
IN siis county have started funds TO
the purpose.
The cold spell has caused marked
falling of in passenger traffic on rail
| roads and steamboats,. People do moi
travel new excegt on business, where
as when the weather is good they
move arol Id for amusement.
Dalles stores have on their holiday
attire, and the Windows are orna'
'mented with he mos. beautiful holi'
day goods. Evidently the merchants
have anticipated q brisk trade between
now and Christmas, for they have pur.
chased immense stocks.
A local teachers institute was held
at Grass Valley cn The Sd that was at
tended by large number of teachers.
The resolutions passed by the Antelope
institute for the aL,endments to the
school laws were ado pied by the Grass
Valley institute.
A few days ago we were all COM
planning about the mud on the streets,
but there is no cause for such COM
plant now. Nature by dropping the
temperature down few degrees has
done away with the mud and give US
as fine streets as could be asked for.
The repairs to the water system
have made it necessary to cut OFT the
water on the hill between Tenth and
Seventh streets for two or three days.
During this time the mains above
Tenth street will be supplied from the
large reservoir, aud below Seventh
street, from the small reservoir.
We call it cold in The Dalles when
the mercury ranges around 20 degrees
above zero, while our friends up In the
Dakotas are experiencing temper
ature of IL TO 20 degrees below zero.
We don't hardly know what real cold
Is, or at least we have not known for a
of years.
The Baldw saloon has just received
an immense stock of imported wines
and liquors for the holiday trade.
The liquors are six years old. and
were just recently taken out of the
bonded warehouses. These liquors
are perfectly pure, and are fine for
medicinal use.
When hobo applies for work at the
city Jail, begging is becoming unprofit-
able, and it is evidence that the people
have determined to cease bestowing
,hariGies upon this class of dreams.
A professional tourist made applica-
ion at the city Jail this morning for |
work, and was given job of saving |
he had failed TO get anything while |
begging.
At a regular meeting of Fern Lodge,
No. 25, Degree Of Honor, held last
evening, the following officers were
elected for the, ensuing term: Mrs. j.
Tessie Macarthur, chief of Honor: Mrs.
lula Sterling lady of honor; Mrs.
-ulia Driver. chief of ceremonies; Mrs.
ollie F. Stephens, recorder; Miss Ida
3urchtorff, financier; Miss Nettie
.ongmire. receiver; Mrs. Katie Kreft,
sher; Mrs Nellie Waud, Inside watch.
nan; Mrs. Mary Halipap, outside
Mrs. A. DeWolf, trustee.
Pendleton printers have conceived
most original idea for entertaining
heir guests at their annual ball, to be
'iven on January 17th, the birthday,
f Benjamin Franklin, patron saint of
be art preservative." While the
ance is going on a paper will be
dited, set in type and printed in the
all room. 1t will be paper of hourly
ssue, four separate editions being
often out during the evening. All
he printers and newspaper men in
'endleten will take part in its prepara.
ion.