The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-26
turned yesterday from a trip to Golden
dale, and reports quite a storm on top

Miss Smith who has been visiting at
the home of Miss D p. Kelchum for
some time. returned to Portland on
the boat this morning.
with the D. P. q A. n. Co. at Port
land and left for that place on the
Dalles City this morning.
c. L. Phillips went down on the
boat this morning. From appearances
he is not looking Tor footrace, for he
was gracefully using q, crutch.
The Office of the school superintend-
ent is decorated with some very hand
some wall and roller maps from tt
firm of Rand, McNally q 90.
W. 0. Hadley representing the Moro
Commercial Club passed through here
last evening from Tacoma. where he
has been selecting bowling alley.
Miss Edith Bawn, arrived in the city
yesterday to relieve Mr.. Peterson, the
operator here, who went to Portland
to attend the wedding of his brother.
The Wasco warehouse received sew
eral tons of ore from the Ochoce
mines, which will be shipped immedi
ately to the smelter at Everett. Wash.
w. l.. Hirkle and wife who have
been solourning in the valley for some
time, are in the city visiting friends.
They will leave tomorrow for their
home in Antelope.
Word was received late this after
noon from the Locks that the coroner's
jury empanelled to inquire into the
death of Louis Gebhardt and his wife,
returned verdict of temporary insan-
ity.
Thos. H. Purdy, who has been in
the employ of Jos. T. Peters & Co. for
the past year, has accepted a position
with the Studebaker Manufacturing
Co of Portland and left for that point
today.
The ladies of the Degree of Honor
will give social tomorrow evening.
A musical and literary program will
be rendered, and dancing will follow.
Everybody invited. Admission 10
cents.
n. NJ. Ogden, special agent for the
Equitable Life Insurance Co. made
this office pleasant call today and
left several handsome calenders. He
is in the city in the interest of his
company, and is anxious to meet any
one desiring information regarding
| life insurance.
We note the names of the following
gentlemen who left today to at end the
conve ntions in Portland this week:
Messrs w 81 Biggs, r. F Gibbons, A.
| S. Bennett, j no. Douthit,E. B. Dufur,S.
Van Vactor, Jno. Gavin, J. L. Story
and D. S. Dufur.
One hundred and ten head of the
finest beef cattle that have been
brought in the market this spring
are at the stockyards. They were
purchased by Roe Grimes from AL.
Lyle, and will be shipped to the Union
Meat CO at Troutdale tonight.
A gang of workmen came up on the
Dalles City last night, bringing tools,
blocking. etc., and this morning be-
gan getting things ready for the
building Of new ferry boat This
hoat is to be much larger than the old |
one. and will do service between this |
place and Rockland.
G. Heitz died last night at Center
vile. He has been ailing for the past |
couple of months. and gradually failed
until the end came. He reached the
ripe old age of 20 years. He leaves
one daughter in this city. Mrs. w. f.
Walthers. The funeral will take place
at Centerville tomorrow.
The city was practically in total
darkness for a couple of hours last
night, owing to the blowing out of a
gaskeJ, at the electric light plant.
The company had steam up and were
about ready to turn on the current
when the accident occurred. The
pipes all being hot, repairing was
somewhat delayed, yet everything was
in running order at S:l5.
Our merchants are expecting big
spring trade this year, and consequent
ly are laying in large stocks. The
wholesalers realizing this have sent
representatives early, and today we
nete the following salesmen in the
city: X B May, A L Slack, NJ Abra-
ham, S E Wrenn, Dave Stone, A Ell
Solomon. G M Mcnamara, Jno Glen
denning,J j w Davis, H LurreIl, Jos
Whalen and Chas Hammerguest.
The Baker City Democrat says:
A big strike has been encountered ,
in the main tunnel of the Golden
Eagle, about 200 yards from the Don :
Juan. and owned by Messrs. Hill and .
the latter veteran ,
man, now eX-editOr of The
Dalles Daily Chronicle. Ihe Golden ;
Eagle has very neat and complete
mill and concentrator,
combined, making as efficient an outfit \
Of the size as there is in this section. 9
Active operations will begin in the .
nine and mill this week.
1t may interest you to know that the C
in the manufacture of b
clothes has, with some "
makers, reached point where the L
merchant tailor must look to his L
aurels else the clothiers will snatch L
hem away from him. Our spring and L
summer suits are the kind that makes L
he tailors have the "blues.'' N
When such perfect garments are
old for one-half the price the tailors
nust necessarily get. how can they d
ven hope to see their business rros- II
ar? Suits for $3.50 and $40 that would n
ok well marked $500 and $1,000. A IL
!. Williams & Co. I'd
County school Superintendent Gil. P
,ert will mail today to the teachers of q
he different districts of the county,
circulars and instructions pertaining
o Arbor day. The school laws of
oregon provide that the second Friday Sc