The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-16
From Thursdav,s Daily.

| from TnurSday'S DAILY.
w. Fl. Moore, of Moro, is in the ci
today.
A carload of Monitor drills just r
ceived at W. A. Johnston's.
Farquar McRae, of Antelope, a
rived from Portland last night.
A special meeting of the Hook
) Ladder Co. will be held at the counc
chamber tonight.
Two carloads of sheep were shippe
last night. to the Portland yards, b
Mr.. Ketchum.
A. A. Bonney brought in abor
$50 head of prime mutton sheep to tn
local markets yesterday.
! Miss Cassie Thorborn, of Kingsley
is guest at the Umatilla House, hay
ing returned last evening from visi
to friends in Vancouver.
Quite large band of cattle belong
ing to James Kelly were brought Owe
rom Klickita5 county today. The.
| are en- route to Sherman county.
Mrs. Charles Hilton and daughter
Miss Florence, who have been visiting
Dalles friends for the past week lef
for their home in Portland this morn
ing.
Owing to other entertain ments being
set for Friday evening, the entertain
ment that was to have been given at
the Christian church that evening
will be- postponed one week.
Hon. ]. N. Williamson. representa-
tive of Crook county and one of the
most prominent sheep men of that
section, arrived in the city from Port
land this morning and left for his home
to-day.
A report is current today that Henry
Deitzel has discovered very rich cop.
per ledge at the place where he has
been prospecting near Gbe Meadows.
If this is true he can rest easy for the
of his life as far as worldly
wealth is concerned.
Cattle shipments from Pendlet0n
over the Washington & Columbia road
are brisk this season. Six cars went
put on the 10th of this month, 10 cars
will go out on the 20th, and go cars are
billed to go out between the 18th aud
he 18th, to British Columbia points.
rhe big J. E. Smith shipment of 10000
heep for the East will go over this
Dad some tine this month.
Harry W. Kelly left this morning
or Victor where he will in a short
ime take charge of the school in tina
district. At present, they are COM
'leting fine two room school build
ng. which will accommodate about
so pupils, and both rooms will be
airly we'll filled as there are about one
undred school children in the Victor
istrict.
While Walter H. Moore of Moro
as in town today he was waited on by
number of prominent citizens, head
d by Jud Fish, who presented him
18th petition aeking him to change
he name of his new town, at the pro- |
osed southern terminus of the Colum.
ia Southern, from Sanko, as the Ore
oman has it, or Shaniko as nearly
verybody else has it, to SCHENECTADY,
lie true name, or else let it continue
J be known by its old time-hon ored
anne of Cross.hollows.
Last night, Detective Cornado ar
we'd in the city from Portla nd for the
nrpose OF eaking back the man Will
IN and his family who were arrested
ere "a few days since for the larceny
team and wagon. He left this
orning with them, while the stolen
rOperty was shipped back to Port
nd on the boat. If our Dalles officers
,ntinue to catch these escaping from
.ultnomab county justice, in the fu-
ire, las successfully as they have in the
lst, they will earn m erited reputa-
on.
"Kid" Moore, the morphine fiend,
ho was arrested yesterday NOR ming
,der suspicion of having started the
e under the steam laundry building,
rs tried before Recorder Gates this
orning for vagrancy, as the evidence
as insufficient to warrant his being
led for the other crime, and he was
ntenced to three days in the city
il. At the expiration of that time
} will probably be invited to leave
wn on short notice and it is lot
kelly that any one outside of the CITY
arshal will turn out to see him go.
Mr.. Mason, who is interested in the
'wly discovered coal mines on the
river near Astoria, returned
Om that place yesterday. A corpor-
ion has been formed for the purpose
opening up and developing the
inc, and Mr.. Summers, the mining
gineer, who will superintend the :
3rk is positive that in ninety days
ter they begin operations they will
we splendid quality of coal on the
arket. In this case, and there is no
'ubt that Mr.. Summers knows what I
is talking about, the stock of the
inc will be worth par inside of four
onths. The mine is located within
couple of hundred feet of the Colum.
a river and the coal can be carried
ross the railroad track and loaded on