The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-16
From FRIDAYS Daily.


a From Fridays Daily.
Us In the city election at Astoria We
nesday, the non-partisan ticket wa
VS. elected by majorities ranging frol
SO to 25O.
t. Billy Ketchum left this morning fo
10 Portland, and from there will go owe
l. the Northern Pacific to Chicago, wher
r. he expects to stay all winter.
= Ex-senator W. T. Allen has bee
appointed senator, by the governor G
'r Nebraska, to fill the vacancy cause
IS by the death of Senator Hayward.
- F. Lemke never changes the qualit
of the goods he carries. He keeps
stock of Anchorage whisky arc I'm
ported port and sherry wines that ar
o first class.
A. J. Swift went to Portland today
to have his eyes treated by DR.. Brown
There is cataract on each eye which
/. must be removed before Mr.. Swift car
regain his sight.
If the person who picked up the
silver stamp holder from the desk in
the postoffice will leave the same at
the Times-Mountaineer office there
will be no questions asked.
Old winter has got US at last. Two
inches of snow fell lase night and ap-
pearancees are that there is more to
follow. If foot were to fall and
lay on for a month it would be bene-
fetal to the country.
Alaska is soon to have legal hang
ing, J. Homer Bird, having been con-
victed at Juneau, of the murder of two
men at Dawson. This is the first con-
victiop of murder in the first degree
by an Alaska jury.
Sample copies of the Household, N.
Y. World and N. Y. Tribune, all of
which will be furnished at reduced
rates with both the Daily and Weekly
Times Noun ntaineer, will be furnished
on application at this Office.
By an order of Judge Bellinger to U.
S. Commissioner J. M. Huntington,
David Garrison was ordered released
from Jail and is now free man. Gar.
rison was serving i sentence of 500
days in the county Jail for having at
tempted to defraud the government.
At a meeting of the Workman lodge
last night the bylaws of the looge
were..amended providing that'meetings
Thursdays of each month instead of
on every Thursday evening.
A Grant county rancher. according
to the Long Creek Eagle, has struck
on plan for keeping sheepmen from
herding their aocks about his prem
ises. He makes practice of taking a
mutton daily out of every herd of
sheep near his place.
Last nightthe Daughters of Rebekah
were entertained. by Mr.. Mcintosh and !
Miss Mcintosh, and right we'll did the
hosts acquit themselves. They served
the members with a sumptuousr ban
quet consisting of roast turkey, cake,
coffee and everything good to eat.
It Is reported here that the Sherman
County Bank, of Wasco, closed its /
doors today. No particulars are given
as the cause of the embarrassment of |
the bank or the possibilities Of it's re.
opening. Messrs. Patterson and Brock,
the managers, are both conservative |
business men. and it is to be hoped
they will be able to get their bank on
it's feet again at an early date.
At the last meeting Of Wasco Tribe
No. 16, l. Q. r. NJ, the following |
officers were elected for the ensuing
term: Henry Nagel, sachem; j. D.
Hockman, sycamore; Chas. F. Jones,
Junior sycamore; Frank Menefee,
keeper of wampum; John Mitchell,
chief of records; G. ]. Johannsen,
prophet; W. b. Butts, trustee.
L. ). Davenport and son, of Mosier,
are in the city. AS usual Mr.. Davep-
port has good word for Mosier creek
country, and declares it is the best
part OF Wasco county. AS an evidence
of what Mosier will produce, he says |
he has just marketed IA head of 2-year-
old steers in Portland that averaged |
HOO pounds a, piece and bought him
$40 head.
This afternoon Harvey Kortzman,
who is ACCUSED of passing forged
checks, was discharged from the
custody of the sheriff and left on the
3 o'clock train for his home at Gres-
ham. The bond OF $500 for his ap-
pearance for examination on the 9th
arrived last night, and after it was
approved by Justice Bayard this after
noon, HOFFMAN was ordered released.
F. M. Kagy, of Por tland, formery,
with the Northwest Herald, is in the
city soliciting for the Native Son, a
monthly magazine published in the
| interests of the Pioneers and Native
Sons and Daughters, and perpetaating
the history and early traditions of the
state, 1t ia q publication that should
be in every household in Oregon, and
it is to be hoped Dalles people will
give it a liberal patronage.
Charlie Twinham, the obliging
steward on the Regulator, didn't come
up on the boat last night. 1t was not
any fault of his, however, but the fault
of the treacherons alarm clock that
was to have awakened him but didn't
"go Off on time. When Charlie awoke
yesterday morning it was past time for
boat to start, but he thought he
could get a car and catch the boat at
Vancouver. Seeing street car Jog
ging along down the street from his
home, and thinking it was bound for
Vancouver, he gave chase. After run
himself down, he discovered the car
was on the Woodlawn run. Charlie
gave up in despair, and concluded the
boat could get to The Dalles without
him, contented himself until the even
ing train, when he boarded it and came
to The Dalles.
Notice to Taxpayers.
A warrant for the collection OF all
DELINQUENT taxes due Wasco county
| having been .placed in nv hands, am