The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-12

Hood River, are In the city.
F'or some tine past Geo. Rowlan
has been quite ill and last night W;
again stricken with paralysis.
L. B. Clough has been appointed b
the president to be receiver of publ
moneys in the land Office at Vancor
yer.
A handsome fish counter with
marble top has been put in front {
The Dalles Commission & Grocer
Co.'S store.
Prof. J. T. Neff, of Hood River, is il
the city acting with Superintendent
Gilbert and Prof. Gavin Oh the boar'
of county examiners.
There were ten apI licants fc
teachers certificates before the count,
boarl of examiners today, seven ladies
and three gentlemen.
Last night handsome diamond ring
was disposed of by Tom Kelly at rattle
T. ]. Driver held sh2 lucky ticket, No.
66, and won the prize.
The Albany wooden mills were sold
at public auction last Monday by the
receiver. The only bid was Sl7.50
made by p. A. Goodwin. The sale in
cluded the entire plant.
From all appearances this will be a
busy year with carpenters and brick
layers in The Dalles. Several new
buildings are now contracted for and
more will be started ere long.
Col. L. w. Oren, of Corvallis, division
commander of the Sons of Veterans is
in the city. and tonight at the Armory
will organize a corps. There will be
about 80 charter mem bers enrolled.
r. Fl. Guthrie came in yesterday
from the southern part of Sherman
county. He says very little plowing
has yet been done in that. section. the
ground having been frozen until re-
Gently.
On Monday at Heppner James Hagan
sold to Marshal g. Furnish. of Pendle-
ton, 1900 yeirling weathers at SO per
head. This is the first sheep sale of
Importance that has been made in |
Morrow county this season.
A new time card on the o. R. & N.
will 90 into effect next Monday. Pas
senger No. 3, the train from Spokane.
will arrive here at 6:35 instead of 9:45
nj hal
made in the time of the other trains.
Two Lake county capitalists haye
made an offer TO Cox & Clark for their
land and cattle interests In Lake
county, Oregon, and Modoc county,
1t is understood that the
price offered was something more than
s2OO 600
All the committees appointed to
arrange for the wool-growers' meeting
md the G. A. r. encampment are
ousily engaged attending to their
several duties, and eveay effort is be-
Hg put forth to make both events
'uccessful. {
e. K. Lytle, president of the Colum
oia Southern, Is in the city today. He 6
las little to state regarding railroad t
ng in Sherman county except that his I
Dad continues to do good business, ]
md preparations are perfected to pash G
on further south. 8
On Monday afternoon, February 81. '
he public schools will hold patriotic
exercises in the Vogt opera house. I
The pupils of all the schools will as l
emble a. their respective buildings 7
nd march to the opera house where r
n interesting program will be rem I
cred. The program will be published |
ater. I
Farmers south of here are unit that
he road leading from Eight Mile into Q
be city should be put in good repair. c
hey feel that they are entitled to q g
.eod road ever which to haul their i
roducts to market. If the county C
ourt would make good road to Eight +
dile, the farmers would fix up all q
ranch roads leading to it. I
While coming in from Sherman
ounty yesterday r. II. Guthrie passed /.
drove of 35 little boros that were
ound fer Klondike from Colorado.
he owner intends taking them to
kaguay from whence he will engage
n packing. They had come all the :
lonths on the road. :,
Leslie Butler arrived here last night
nd made preparations for sending the
smains of his mother to Indiana for
nterment. Truman Butler will ac-
ompany them. 1t was a mere ecci-
eut that Mr.. Butler was within reach
I the time of his mothers death, he "
aying Just returned from Alaska on
he steamer Oregon.
We're walking on gold every day. r
ays the Canyon City News. To prove
ae truthfulness of this assertion we
,ish to state that Fred Simpson walk
from his residence to his store yes
srday morning, and when he arrived }
here be discovered a gold nugget
Iortt II or Is cents among the par 7
cles of earth clinging to his over
hoes. He saved the gold, which
peaks for ITSELF
In 1895 there were recorded in Grant
ounty's mining records, 4l6 loca-
ions, abardonments, 81 affidavits of
,bor and millsites, says the Long ).
reek Eagle. In 1895 there were 379 ! :
,cations, % affidavits of labor, mill
ties, 2 tunnel rights. / tunnel relir- :,
uishment and 10 water rights. In
397 there were sol locations, 40 affida- +
its of labor, / millsite, 2 tunnel :
ights and Sc water rights. :
The dog market in Seattle is report t
d as being greatly overdoue-there i
eing more dogs there now than in t
og-infested ConstaDtinople. The
lshland parties who lately shipped go
ogs to Seattle and who formed the
.laska Dog Co. are reported as having r.
hard time of it n trying to dispose
{ their stock at profitable prices.
hey would not unload at fair profit
nd now find themselves confronted