The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14

Vile, arrived from Portland last night
and expect TO leave for Priueville to.
, morrow.
w. a. Bell, of Prineville, who has
been in the city several days, is having
sleigh constructed, and expects to
start for home tomorrow.
C. G. Roberts has been appointed
executor of the estate of James
Roberts. deceased, without bonds.
This is in accordance with the stipul-
ations of the last will of deceased.
Recorder Gates is engaged preparing
a blanket license ordinance TO be sub.
mitted to the council at some future
meeting. The ordinance imposes a
license. on about every business now
conducted in the city, and includes
100 items.
James Jones, one of Heppner's
pioneers, is here to attend his
daughter, Miss Bertha, who is ill with
erysipelas. Miss Jones had recently
arrived from Heppner TO attend ST.
Mary's academy. The Young lady is
impro, ing rapidly.
A bill has been prepared by John
w. Kimbeil. surveyor of Unatilla
county, To regulate the duties and es-
tablish the fees Of county surveyors.
The bill is somewhat crude, aud will
h.ve To BIZ modified before it will be
q isfacGory to surveyors Or the puolic.
Some i'ue since the commissioners
of MulLnomah county were here and
inspected the new steer furniture put
in the county vault by the Irwin, Hod-
.son Co. they went home ami gave an
order to Glass & Budhoume for similar
furniture. Evidently they got better
pr ices out of the latter company than
were offered by the Irwin, Ho,lson Co
Mrs. E. Dufur, who recently went to
California, writes that she has pur-
chased home at 84S Thirtieth street.
Oakland, where she and her daughter
are residing. and where she will be
pleased to meet any of her friends from
this section who may chance to visit
Oakland. Mrs. Dufur is an Id resident
of the town Of Dufur, and has "A large
circle of friends both there and in The
Dalles.
A petition signed hy lis residents of
The Dalles and vicinity was forwarded
to the legislature today asking that
the salary of the county judge and
treasurer De reduced to $3.50 year
each, the change tn not take effect
during the term OF the present incum-
bents. On the petition were the
names OF many of the most prominent
business meu and heaviest taxpay ere
of the city.
Last night ]. 81. Wood arrived from
Malheur county with car load of fine
beef from Wood Bros ranch and for
their market here. He says the win
ter is quite severe in Malheur and
Baker counties, though there is only
about eight inches OF snow covering
the ground, but the weather has been
very cold. There is little loss of stock
except horses that are being
allowed to shift for themselves, owners
not considering them of enough value
to feed.
1t may some times be inconvenient
for advertisers to supply copy for
change of ads. in the forenoon, but it
is still more inconvenient for the
printer to have the copy come in late
in the afternoon, as it often delays
the publication from one to one and
half hours, consequently readers be-
come irritated and give the publisher
q scolding, and not too seldom with
draw their patronage. therefore it has
been decided to not change any ads.
unless copy is handed in before noon.
q. 8. Turner, former editor of the
Dufur Dispatch, is in the city today,
by Andrew Sherwood.
en- route to Okanogan country in Brit
ish Columbia. Mr.. Turner recently
sold the Dispatch to A. ]. Douglas,
who will conduct the paper in the
'uture. Under Mr.. Turner's manage
nent the Dispatch, since its establish
nent in April, 1896, has been bright
ocal paper, and was accorded liberal
patronage. It is to be hoped he will |
gain engage in the neWSD amer busi-
less. Messrs Turner and Sherwood /
expect to return in about three weeks. |
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