The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-25

of the Smiths have been of a qu'
md public character in the SILVER
neighborhood for long time.
in Hood River holds its municipal ell
tion on Dec. 9Th, and the citizens +
- mary has nominated the followi
men for Office: Mayor. F. C. Brosi
councilmen, G. A. Bell, P. S. Davidsc
''' j. ]. Luckey, A. S. Blowers add ely
T. Bonney.
GU Upper Hood river valley is attra,
o. ing many settlers, and the repo
On comes from there that considerat
ne amount of vacant land is being locate
The splendid fruit that is being rais
ut in that locality is the principal ince
le tine for settlers to take up land.
History often repeats itself. Geors
t. Washington, who was first in I'll
10 hearts of his countrymen, married
charming widow, and George Dewe
a. who now occupies that exalted positio
!. in the hearts of his countrymen. r.
q peated the delightful experiment.
Every day the people of The Dale
are becoming more interested in tn
y proposed railroad up Deschutes rivel
4 and if the preliminary survey develop
). practical route there will be littl
difficulty in getting local capital inter
ested in its construction.
Artesian water has been struck il
, the coal prospect hole Seufert Bros
= are having drilled on the fiat abov
town. This morning when the cal
was taken off the pipes, water spurtet
up 25 feet high aud continued to flow
until checked by replacing the cap
There are no better entertainers
than the members of Jackson Engine
Co. and no body knows how to conduct
a public ball better than they. there
fore it is foregone conclusion that
the dance to be given by them on the
evening of the 2eth will be a grand sue.
cess.
BERTHE A. Mccoy, aged 10 years, died
at the home of his mother last night,
and will be buried from the family
residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow. The
young man had been an invalid for
four years, having taking cold while
recovering from severe attack of
measles.
| Another lot of material for the por-
| tage road contractors was received
last night and taken across the river
this morning. Everything points to
the fact that the company is in real
earnest and intends to have the portage
road in operation in time to handle the
wheat crop of the Inland Empire next
year.
The Baker City Democrat claims
thai the Sumpter smelter is to be up
and in operation in two months. In a
Sumpter paper bids are asked for 49,
600 bushel of charcoal, and 200 cords
of wood. A road is being built 20 OBJ.
tain lime rock. The wood, charcoal
and 400 tons of lime and iron ore will |
be required for three.months operation |
of the smelter.
Yesterday afternoon Caleb Shorty,
an Indian, was picked up near the |
Baldwin opera house in an intoxicated
condition, and this morning was given
an opportunity to saw wood to the
amount of S5, the fine assessed against
him. 1t would be an excellent thing if
the party who sold him the whisky on
which he got drunk, could be made to
work out the fine for the Indian.
A site for the new fish hatchery, to
be located on the Little Spokane
river, has been purchased by the
Washington fish commissioner. Work
will be begun at once on the new
buildings, and as soon as they are
sufficiently advanced supply of
eggs will be shipped from the
Wenatchee hatchery. The capacity
of the Spokane hatchery will be 5,OO0,-
900 fish.
The fact that Indians can and do get
whisky in I he Dalles whenever they
want it, is disgrace, and more, it is a
menace to public peace, for drunken
Indian is dangerous whenever encount-
cred. If the city authorities are power
less to check the sale of liquor to In
dians, and 1t seems that they are, they
should then call upon the U. S. mar
shall to sent detective here to work
up'a case.
The yearly report of the Puyallup
Fruit Growers Association shows that
sl1 900 worth of fruit was handled by
it during 1899, as against $1,000 last
year. OF this amount raspberries lead
the list, with S6.42O, with blackberries
at S3404, while straw berries this year
we're only S428-the lowest in years.
The list of products handled by the as
sociation includes cherries, plums,
crabapples. pie plant, asparagus and
celery.
During the next four or five months
there will be. several hundred men en-
ployed on the portage road across the
river, and it is desirable that they be
giveE an opportunity to trade with
Dalles merchadts, but the cost of fer.
riage at present rates will be a barrier,
for laborer when he wants pair of
shoes or a garment cannot afford to
pay so cents ferriage in order to get it.
Would it pot be we'll for the merchants
of the town to arrange with the ferry
company to make reduced rate to the
men employed on the portage road?
The members of Co. G, Wash. Vol,
have received the medals given them
by the state. in recognition of their
services in the Philippines. The
medals are of bronze, cast from a can
non captured in Cuba and are very
handsomely and artistically decorated.
They are fastened with pin, which is
in the form Of an eagle, underneath |
which is engraved. SIN recognition
of services in the Philippines be-
meath which is suspended on a red,
white and blue ribbon Maltese cross
with the inscriptions: "First Regi-
nent. Washington Volunteers, 1893
$780," says the Vancouver Indepen-
dent. This is reminder that the Ore |
gon boys have not received the medals
promised them.
THE PORTAGE ROAD.