The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-16

county court room.
Prospecting parties leave The Dalles
every few days for the mining districts
in Oregon. Yesterday Messrs. E. s..
Brooks. Dan Dinsmore and ]. Bowers
formed party of prospectors, and this
morning L. L. Hill and brother started
out for the country along the John Day
and Crooked rivers as far as Canyon
City.
We have heard of all kinds ufthieving,
but the latest is that of last night when
horseless carriage, used for conveying
infants about our city, was deliberately
taken from a residence in the central
part of the city and removed to the East
End, where it was discovered later.
Look out for the babies; they'll be the
next to be ''swiped." I"
Houghton, Baldwin and Schmidt again
won the bowling medals last night. If
they are equally successful next week,
they are theirs for keeps. A team COM
posed of Messrs. Houghton, Bradshaw,
Schmidt, Kurtz and Nolan will leave for
Portland in the morning to bowl at the
1SOdO OlQO AAShS SAIO NOA
test for the Feldenheimer trophy.
One OF the raost elaborate commence
nent programs we have seen is that OF
the state normal school at Monmouth.
The class colors are lilac and cream and
the program combine the two shades in
beautiful design. Among the names
of the graduates we notice that of Miss
Annie B. Thompson of this city, who has
worked arduously during the year and
graduates with a splendid record.
What's become of our fruit evapora-
tor? Surely it has not evaporated, for
at last reports from Mr.. Schanno the
su description list was becoming larger
each day. Mr.. Judson, who passed
through the city few evenings since,
inquired concerning its progress and in
formed us that a number of families
have signifed their intention of settling
on fruit lands adjacent, when the evap7
orator is assured.
Yesterdays Oregonian gave notice of
the marriage of Miss Gladys Jones,
formerly of Portland, to Mr.. John M.
Thomas, of Niles, o. at New York last
Wednesday. About year ago Miss
Jones left Portland to continue her vocal
culture in New York and at the same
time she accepted position as leading
soprano in a Congregational church in
that city. She has many friends here
who will wish her we'll.
The river ss it stands now, at the SO 5
mark, is almost mile wide at this
place, and often have we heard the re-
mark, "Oh If it were only at it's present
stage during the entire year, how much
nicer it would be-" The upper rivers
will rise rapidly for five days, and the
Columbia stand at A Wednesday. If
this prove true, it Will cause the rail-
road some trouble above and below this
city, the swash effecting the track.
The present weather is veritable straw
berry weather. It is to be hoped that
the sunshine will not only ripen, but
greatly improve the flavor of the berry.
which has scarcely had the flavor of our
usually luscious Oregon product. II
seems, however, that there is great de-
mand for them as many are shipped
each day from The Dalles and the gross
sales ofthe carload shipped to Fargo, N
D., by the Davidson Fruit Co. a few
days since, amounted to something ovel
$4,000.
Doug Langille made a trip to Cloud
Cap Inn one day last week. He founo
plenty of snow. The gulch just east o.
, the Inn is filled with snow. Starting al
the cottages in the rear of the hotel, The
coasting down over the gplch is fine
On the way up Doug overlook three
strawb berry pickers who were on theI
way to visit thelmountain. They didn'
reach the hotel till 8 o'clock in the even
ing and were about played ont from
walIowing through the snow. On
young fellow with light tan, shoes, froz
his feet.-Glacier.
Miss Hattie, daughter of Hon. Ale:
Cameron, had a little surprise the othe
day, which almost made her faint away
She walked through her fathers orchar
: and found some little birds. Lookin
8 up in the tree she noticed their nest an
: she proceeded in her kind way to replac
e one after another, through the aid of
ladder, but no sooner were the littl
d birds In their nest than they woul
4 drop out again. For some time she keI
II on in her work of mercy, but finding
'r of no avail, she finally reached up an