The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-01


Pentand continued in control until January 1st 1871 when
he disposed plant S. Brooks and Mrs. P.
Humason. The plant sold to The Dalles Milling
Water Company in 1888 The system is owned
by the city constructed in 1891.
Early in The Dalles crude and simple. At
first and time the military authorities
exercised exclusive jurisdction but in the
with the organization of town and county
governments, they to the civil power One Of
first magistrates it is related had occasion to try
offender who charged with the commission of minor
found guilty and fined $2O The defend
unable pay this and there being jail in The
Daes, charged with executing the sentence
prisoner Vancouver for incarceration in the Jail
place; but the authorities there refused to honor the
commitment this dilemma the officer took the note of
the prisoner for the amount OF the n payable six months
and gave the prisoner his liberty The note is
yet unpaid
The county 1854 and from that time
cognZance of all matters criminal
and civil that pertained to the civil jurisdiction
During first years of the towns life the business of
the place about all transacted First Main street
Business moved back gradually, with the growth of the
town, and is centered on Second street Much has
the East End where the wheat and wool
houses situated.
1876 the popu,aon of the city estimated at 900
largely composed of transens The
population small. In the winter season it was
generally greatly augmented miners coming in
stormy change from the solitude of
their lonely placer claims, which mostly situated in
mountains, and where they deprived of the
residents the city 22O In 1890 the federal census
enumerated people The population at the
present safely estimated be in of 4OOO
On May, 1862 James S. Reynolds granted right
of way lay plank walk Union street to low water
the Columbia river, and given the privilege of col
ecting toll all using it. 1t led from the boat
landing the foot of Union street and the mouth of
Mill creek, the business of the town The first side
walks ordered the council in 1862 and completed
early year. 10th the steets in Bigeow's
addition opened H D. Green obtained franchise to
a gas plant in The Daes February 5, 1868. He
commenced work, but aferward abandoned it, and the
plant completed. The town depended on oil
lamps until after the completion of the electric light plant
in 1882.
In 1860 W. D. Bigeow donated a land hill
for cemetery This for many
principal place of BURIAL but is neglected and
but little is given to it.
The first map of the city drafted by L. F. Cartee 1t
by the council and recorder in the county
ords November 25 1861.
The Dalles Cello Railroad Company obtained fran
the council to lay railroad track Main
street p, 1861 1t reused considerable
son and in October 1862 the track declared nuis
the counc but the authorities took no steps to
it, and the track has remained ever since.
The Dalles has always been noted for its superb salmon
fisheries Little attention paid them until 1888, when
capital invested in developing them The
industry has ourshed Several have been con-
points along the and numbers Of
fish wheels operated catching large quantities each
The business has to great proportions and
constitutes one OF the most important INDUSTRIES
During years. despite the hard times there has
steady marked improvement in the appearance
the CITY, Many business structures have been
Handsome residences have been built which add
greatly appearance of the city and give evidence of
enterprise of the citizens The town has had slow
but steady growth Values not inflated during
"boom' times of few years since, and result
financial crash of 1893 affected it but little. There
comparatively business failures during the
times when other places suffering severely
The Dalles of the first places the coast to
feel the results of the business revival.
The foregoing is brief sketch of of the most i'm
that have happened during the time that has
elapsed the first settlement of the town. Many events
of Importance have been suffered to
remain unrecorded and many of the most interesting
been lost sight Of In thrilling happenings
repete with interest The Dales is unsurpassed by
place the state One of the Oldest places in the North
its citizens and inhabitants have contributed much
history of the The key to the whole Columbia
basin its possession eagerly desired 1t the seat
of operations during the early Indian and the
place the immigrants 1S47 and later
bed and transferred themselves and goods to boats and