The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
From Tuesdays Daily.

Mrs. F. Menefee left this morning
for Fairview for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Wilson went to
Portland on this mornings train.
Up TO noon today go acres of lieu
school lands had been elected in the
land office at this place.
Last night the rank of Page was
conferred upon one candidate by
Friendship Lodge. knight of Pythias.
Archbishop Gross is expected here
tomorrow evening and the dedication
of the Catholic church will take place
the following day.
A telephone line will probably be
built this season from Arlington to
Fossil, and one should be built from
The Dalles to Prineville.
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. Colver arrived
here this morning from Spokane
and will leave tomorrow for Prime
vile, their former home.
Today John Flanagan, Jonathan
Jackson aud Johu Nj. Davis, all OF
Shearer's bridge, made final proof on
homesteads before the register and re-
ceiver of the local land Office.
John Y. Todd, the veteran cattle
buyer of Eastern Oregon, is in from
Crook county, aud says that section is
very much in need of rain. The
ground is very dry and both the range
and crops are suffering.
Clarence Edwin Conkling, the eldest
son of Fl. and Sarah Conkling, died
Monday evening, March IA, at o clock,
age 23 years. 5 months and two days.
Funeral will take place from the NJ. E.
Church tomorrow forenoon at ten
O'Clock.
Thursday forenoon St. Peters Cath
vlic church in this city will be dedicat-
ed by Archbishop Gross, of Portland,
at which time a musical program will
be rendered by the orchestra and
choir. The public is invited to the
dedicatory services.
The acauittal of ex- Treasurer Ward
of Clatsop county does not give salts
faction in Astoria. Ward bad en-
bezzled Sl2, 900 of county funds, and al
though the. amount will be made good
by his bondsmen, the people demand
ed that he be punished.
Sunday night Henry F. Stephens, a
miner from the Bohemia district, was
killed at Cottage Grove, in Lane
county, by N. j. Jones, a harkeeper.
Stephens while drunk assaulted Jores
and was stabbed so severely that he
died from the effect of his wounds. He
left young wife and child.
More land is being located in East.
ern Oregon than for many years past.
During February there were 80 origi-
nal homestead filings received at the
land office here, and for The first Is
days of this month there have been 80
filings. Evidently home seekers are
finding plenty of location in this sec.
tion.
Nearly every day freigh. passes
through The Dalles going to Wasco,
from whence it will be shipped to
Antelope. There must be something
wrong with our roads when this thing
occurs. Isn't it about time The Dalles
;sas looking to the improvement of
roads so that it will retain its forward
ing business?
The school election yesterday passed
off quietly, and comparatively light
vote was cast, only "a voters having
exercised their right of suffrage.
There was no contest, DR.. o. D. Doane,
being the only candidate for director
and Geo. P. Morgan the only one for
clerk. Both gentlemen have served
the district we'll and faithfully, and it
would have been useless for anyone to
have entered into the contest.
County Clerk Kelsay returned last
evening from quite an extended trip
over the country, having been in the
Antelope country during the past two
weeks. He says the Antelope sheep
men are expecting large increase to
their flocks this spring and also antici-
pate the wool clip will be large.
Sheep have wintered exceptionally
we'll, and are at present in fine con-
dition. Grass on the ranges is good
at present, but the ground is beginning
to get quite dry, and unless there is
an abundance of rain fock-masters
will have to take their sheep to the
very early this year.