The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-11
From Tuesdays Daily

| in the city today.
W. Boyd is in the city from hi
home at Umatilla.
VIM. Robson, of Goldendale. is a
the Umatilla House.
WIS Geary. the popular piano tuner
is in the city today.
James LeDuc, of the Dufur neighbor
hood, is in the city today.
B. F. Miller, of Heppner. is register
ed at the Umatilla house.
| G. j. Farley returned last evening
/ from business trip to Portland
]. E Haskill and daughter, of Hoot
River, arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. I. Herman, represen tative o
! the Oregon Short Line, is In the city
today.
Joseph Bonn will leave on the even
ing train today for Bellevue, lows
with shipment of potatoes, which he
| will speculate on in the markets o.
that state
Mr.. and Mrs. Butterield, of Port
land, arrived on the steamer from
Portland last evening and returned
home this morning. While in this
city they were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs W. L. Bradshaw.
Today Mrs. Mccoy, widow of the
late Henson Mccoy, was appointed
administrator in the estate of Henson
Mccoy in place of Mr.. Sternweis who
filed his report and resigned as admin
istrator.
W. D. Harding and wife arrived in
the city yesterday, from business
trip to La Grande. We have not had
an opportunity to interview Billy and
consequently cannot say if he still in
tends to carry his novel steamboat
scheme into effect.
S. L. Brooks is making some ex.
tensive improvements on his property
on Third and Union streets. He is
having a new fence put around the
front of his lot while the yard is
being neatly repaired and filled, which
will have tendency to beautify his
home.
Judge Lowell, in Pendleton, Thurs
day, issued an order to John P. Nc
Manus, receiver of the Pendleton Re-
publican, and one of the owners and
plaintiff in the suit against D. G. Smith
and Clarence Miller, directing him to
abstain from any mention of the snit
in current numbers of the Republican.
The native sons of Oregon will hold
a meeting in the small K. of P. hall,
Thursday evening at 6 O'Clock. All
those who have signed the charter list
should be present, and those who de-
sire to become charter members should
also present themselves at that time
as the charter will only remain open a
few weeks longer.
The levy for collection of bicycle tax
made in Benton county. Wednesday,
and was the work of County Judge
Woodward and Commissioner Knots.
The orders making the levy is now
on record, and the clerk has been in
structed to procure tags and receipts.
The latter it is though will be ready
for use about next Thursday, when col
lecting will begin.
The Kinross Quartette, which won
the hearts of so many of our town Deo-
pie when they sang at the Wool Crow
ers association last year, passed
town last evening, enroute to
where they will fill three
days engagement at the Wool Crow
ers association which opened today.
The quartette consists of Messrs.
Drake. Stanley, Archer and Kinross.
Train No. 1, known as the o. R. & N.
overla nd, which is due here at 2.55 to-
day, has been annulled and, if it passes
through at all it will go as an extra,
as did yesteI days train. AS it is at
present the overland train does not
get through only about once in two
days. This is good proof that Ore
gon is enjoying much more pleasant
weather than are many of the other
states further east.
F. M. Towne, of Yakima county says
he has been offered SIS per ton for his
1898 crops of potatoes. He has about
1900 bushels and expects to get $40 per
ton. Mr.. Towne will put in about 80
acres of potatoes this coming spring.
He has raised potatoes'on the Sound,
but claims Yakima is the banner
county of Washington for potatoes.
Good beef cattle are scarce in Lake
and adjoining counties at present, and
the unprecedented demand for fat cat
tile has caused many stockmen to con-
slider the proposition of winter feeding
them for the spring market. About |
the only available beet cattle in the
county are those owned by Henry jack
son, The wealthy Indian stockman of |
the reservation, who has about 15O
which he is feeding at the Big marsh. |
A fierce up river breeze so common
In this place during the spring pre-
vailed this afternoon and raised quite |
3 dust. In fact more than dust was |
raised in places as pieces of gravel as
large as bird shot were hurled through |
the air and when they come in con-
TACT with ones face he feels that in
doors is the proper place for him at
that particular time. About o'clock
the wind stopped and a shower of rain
Tell to settle what dust was left un-
moved.
Mr.. Walthers, of the firm of Mays &
Grove of this city, returned from
rip to Portland yesterday evening.
While there he called on L. E. Grove,
who is confined to his room at the res
dence of F. P. Mays. Mr.. Grove is
getting along much better the last few
lays and will in all probability be able
10 go out in the air in short time.
If he continues to improve he will be
n condition to return home in about