The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11

| iedseo- mayor nolan ana JOQn Iona
hoe went his bonds.
Charles Durbin left for his home al
Antelope this morning.
Hon. A. S. Bennett went to Port
land on business trip today.
George Blakley and wife eturned
last evening from few days stay in
Salem and Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Grove left yes
terday for Portland where they will
a spend few days.
Miss Helen Lytle, who has been at
en1ing school in The Dalles, left for
her home: in w asco, yesterday.
Saturday evening Wood Bros of this
city shipped a carload of prime mutton
sheep to the Portland stock yards.
| Hon. Leon Curtis, of Grand Dalles,
representative from Klickitat county
left this morning for Olympia, having
been spending Sunday with his family.
Two carloads of fat porkers from A
A. McCully, of Wallowa County, were
fed at the stockyards today, after
which they were loaded and shipped to
the Union Meat company's slaug hter-
house at Troutdale.
Today numerous persons are TAX
| ing advantage of the freeze up by
walking across the river to the sister
state of Washington. The ice is
packing harder all the time and if the
ieams can be driven from shore to
| shore.
Mr.. Frazier, the enterprising Yak!-
ma sheepnan. is in the city and gives
encouraging reports from that section.
He states that stock are In good con-
| dition and that an abundance of fine
alfalfa hay can be purchased for So
per ton. The weather is about the
same as here and there is no danger
OF u serious loss to stock.
This morning Seufert Bros. put a
for:e of men to work cutting and stor-
ing ice and If the weather continues u
few days longer they will have an
abundance stored to supply all needs.
The ice s about four inches thick and
is in splendid condition. his is the
second opportunity that icenen have
had to store ice during the winter and
the river il frozen oyer for the third
time. which is certainty an exception
for Oregon.
Less bowling has been done in the
Dalles during the last few weeks than
since the alleys were first put in. and
ii something is not do in the near
future TO revive interest this sport will
be thing OF the past. At the UNA
tilla aonse no unusually high scores
were made during the week while
the same may he said of the club
alleys. AT Estebenes- & Esping's
alley the following scores were made.
Monday, G Heppner So: Tuesday.
Staniels 81; Wednesday. G. Heppner
SO; Thursday. Miller 81; Friday. Waud
55; Saturday. c Frank 54 and Sunday,
c Heponer 66
Victor Schmidt bad miraculous
escape ye-terday while attemntiDg to
put out the fire ut his fathers resi-
dence. When the fire was discovered
be ascerded ladder with Il bucket of
water, and catching hold of the .,him-
ney TO balance himself. attempted to
cross over the ridge in order TO throw
the water on the burning roof The
bricks gave way when he threw his
weight on them and he slid and fell,
accom- panied by the water and bricks,
distance of thirty five feet. He
landed feet foremost on the frozen
ground and strange to say received
only few scratches.
The boys of The Dalles Club min
strels leave for Heppner this evening
on the Spokane FLYER, and will give
their entertainment at that Dlace to-
morrow night. They will be accom-
panied by number of pers )ns who do
not lake part in the sh Nv but who go
for pleasure trip and for the purpose
of seeing the town. The boys are pre-
pared to put.on sple did entertain
ment and look forward to pleasant
trip. 1t was their intention to play in
Pendieton and Walla Walla, but it
was impossible to secure the opera
house at the latter place, on the night
they desired to show there. so this part
of the trip has been given up.
As was anticipated the attendance
at McEwen's performance Saturday
was much larger than on the previous
evening. aid as class was more read.
lily secured than on Friday night a
mucn more Interesting entertainment
was given. The professor opened the
entertainment by an instructive and
interesting talk on mesmerism and
hypnosis and ridiculed the idea ofthe
legislature of Oregon or any other
state torDloolng The pract1clng OF the
same. Numerous interesting tests |
were made, while Mccoy the musical |
artist and juggler delighted everyone
by his musical specialities club swing
ing and other like feats. After the
show the professor was entertained by |
his brother elks until train time when
be left for PendletOn.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Frank Huott OF Eight Mile is IN the