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

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Heppner to spend few days.
Michael Moran and wife were in the
: city today from their farm near Center
Vile.
R. B. Wilson of the Burlington
Route is in The Dalles on business
trip.
A. P. Bradbury, the well known
travelling salesman is in the city from
Astoria.
That square Tam O'Shanter you've
been looking for can now be had at A.
M Williams & Co's*
Miss Lizzie Farmer returned last
evening from few days visit to Port
land.
A small sized, fat, latch key was
found on Second street recently.
Owner eau have same by paying for
this insertion.
The members of .heEpiscopal Guild
are prepared to take orders for all man
ner of useful and fancy articles that
will be included in their Easter sale.
A sample line, no two alike-of ladies'
silk waists have just been opened by
A. M. Williams q Co. They're in
popular prices aud hint on coming
spring styles.*
George Friend the genial village
blacksmith from Kingsley was in the
city yesterday and left on the over
land train last evening for Porllan i ,on
short business trip.
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
m ,rrow afternoon 70 perfe t arrange
ments for their fourth annual Easter
sale. therefore full atte dance is re-
quested.
The annual meeting of the Jackson
Engine company will be held at the
council chambe this evening. All
mem bers are requested to be present
as an election OF officers will be held
and other matters of Importance at
tended to.
J 'Smiling Albert" accom- pa3ied the
mirstrel boys to Heppner last evenit g,
and bt sides acting in the caiacity of
mascot, will connect little business
with his trip of pleasure, and will take
orders for G.. j. Stubling, The Dali 8
wholesale liquor merchant, he having
taken case Of samples with him.
On account of some trouble Jn the
o. 4. & N. east of This place the over
land train which was due here at 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon did not
pass through until about $3.50 last
night. We were unable to learn what
the trouble was.
/ johnnie Stephens proprietor of the
i Fifteen mile house is in the city from
| Dufur today. He informs Us that
there is about the same amount of
snow at Dufur as there is in The
Dalles, viii further south around
Kingsley the snow is about four inches
d.ep=r than here.
homas Finlayson, aged 7S. a Scotch
pioneer, who came to Baker City in
1862, and made the first or second land
entry in The present Baker county,
died in Baker City Sun Jay, The
sturdy pioneers farm Is now part of
the thriving Pacific addition to Baker
City
Michall Schwartz physician. DR..
Hollisyer, informs US that the patieL {
is getting a!ong nicely and is at
present on the road to recovery.
This Is certainly coed news as both
Schwartz ana Sheehe have a host of
friends who would be grleved to have
any serious termination of what is cer-
tainIy an unfortunate quarrel.
| Yesterday AFTERNOON a large number
I of skaters witnessed with in crest the
leading of team of hoases across the
Columbia a. this place from The Wash
ington to the Oregon shure. II was
4 with difficulty that they were induced
to start across but when once started
! they came without any trouble, The
! ice is sufficiently thick to bear up
! team and wagon az IL showed 10 signs
of breaking at any point oyer which
| the horses Travelled.
The Columbia Star Manufacturing
company, of Portland, Oregon. have
been introducing new kind of sOap
h"re, known as Blue Mountain Toilet
Soap. 1t Is made from the prooucL of
mineral soap mine located in our own
state. 1t is the best FIVE cent SOAP on
the market. Their Sunshine securing
soap can't be beat. II will scour and
clean ANYTHING. and is perfectly harm
less TO the skin as il cou tains no acids
For sale by George Ruch.
Colum bia Star Washing Powder is
the best washing powder for all laun
dry purposes. For sale BY E. j. Col
lins & Co.
That cycling will continue to be the
outdoor sport this coming spring and
summer is au' henticated by the large
shipments of wheels received by local |
firms. The coming meet of cycling |
celebrities In San Francisco brings to |
the coast all the prominent fast men |
of the East during the past season.
Portland will be lucky indeed if the
present arrangements to bring this
coterie to that city are carried out, al d
fr.nn present indications they will
come in force. The cycle show in
New York, which just closed, marks a
Nv era IN this most enthusiastic age
of the silent steed. Immense crowds
have been present during the entire
season of the show and the lessons
learned from the exhibit will be of
much value 20 the riding public.
Authorities on the fruit industry
inform us that so far there is no dan.
ger of any of the fruit trees being
killed even injured in this section by
the cold weather. To kill peaches,
which are the most tender of our fruit
trees, will take as cold weather as ten
degrees below. II takes fifteen to
twenty degrees below to kill prunes,
from twenty to twenty-five below to
Kill apples so there is apparently no
lapuar Of our frui6 heinO ipiured hv