The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-05

court. Gragg's condition is still
serious. Blood poisoning may set in
and take him off before his trial takes
place.
Charles Benson, of Portland. has
accepted position in the Elite barber
shop in this city. Mr.. Benson was
one of the first originators OF the bar
ber law which passed the last legisla
ture requiring all practicing BARRIERS
to take out a license.
Most people think only of pleasure
when they take their summer outing,
but Judge Mays is different. he con-
meets business with pleasure, and this
morning started on his summer vaca-
ton which will be spent looking after
his sheep over in Washington.
The Portland Telegram got Hon.
Otis Patterson badly mixed upon the
smallpox question yesterday. Itquoted
Mr. Patterson as saying there we're
only two cases of small poX in The
Dalles when he really told the reporter
that there were two cases in Heppner.
The Heppner Times estimates that
Heppner warehouses have handled
100000 pounds of wool this year
The Times gets It's estimates entirely
TOO high There is no wool market in
Oregon except The Dalles that handles
8 ,000, 900 pounds of wool in a single
season.
Today Judge Bennett and the Bal
four brothers, of Lyle loaded car
Of peach plums, and tonight it will be
shipped to New York. This is rhe
- al, ,k,tr f.n, hA
Dulles this year, and as they are scarce
in most orchards, will probably he the
onlv one sent out during the season.
The Dalles is now rid of the two
morphine fiends. man and a woman.
who have been an annoyance TO the
residents of the city for some time.
| They were arrested by. Marshal Hug hes
yesterday afternoon, and today were
sent TO Portland by boat with the un-
| Gerstanding that they would never e.
| turn.
Walla Walla has broken its record
for the arrest of drunks. During the
month of July $50 weary ones were
run into the city Jail fer over indui'
| gence in the ardent. The Statesman
says the profits to the city for those
arrests was SS1.50 cash and Sl14 in
work and the only expense was few
| meals.
S j. Oglesby, of Beaver creek.
| Clackamas county, says that his little
! daughter, who was six years old July
| 1 is the heaviest girl of her age in
Oregon. She tips the scales at 994
pounds, is healthy, muscular and un
usually strong. The child readily
! lifts 50-pound sack of flour and car
ries it with ease.
i 1t is announced that some time next
mouth the old guns at Fort Candy will
be tested. ALI of them including the
15-inch guns, will. be fired, and then i,
| is expected that they will be con
| demned. They are all of the obsolete
smoothbore type, and the largest one
has been fired but once since it was
| brought to the mouth of the Colum bia
Last night Wasco Charlie,an Indian
brave who is quite notorious, was
picked up on Washington street by
Policeman Phirman in an intoxicated
| condition and taken to Jail where he
sobered up and this morning on beirg
| taken before Recorder Gates plead
guilty and was fined 81, which he
promptly paid and went his way re-
| joicing.
August Buchler suggests plan for
| cleansing the water mains of cells, fish
and insects that appears feasible. 1t
is to put several barrels of lime in the
small reservoir. and after it is is we'll
dissolved to open the flood gates aud
drain the mains. The lime would kill
the fish and bugs and opening the
gates would let them flush out. 1t might
be we'll for the commission to try the
experiment.
The final dividend to the stockhold-
ers of the Spokane Saving bank will
be paid in few days, and the receiver.
ship terminated, The bank closed its
doors in July. 1893. owing depositors
| 100000. A dividend of l23 per cent
was paid in about six mouths, and
since then payments have been made
from time to time, until the bank has
paid in full every dollar.
Rabbi Jacob Bloch retires today
from charge of the congregation OF
Beth Israel in Portland after having
held the position for l6 years. He is
{ succeeded by Raooi stephen Wise.
recently of New York. DR.. Bloch is
very popular in all circles in Portland
being respected both bv Jews and
and it is pleasing to know that he will
remain iD that city
John Marlin leaves this afternoon
for Honolulu. He goes to San Fran.
cisco, where he will meet j. w. Will.
son. and they will 20 across together
- is in receipt of ii letter from K.
Wiison dated at Horolulu on july 24tn,
in which be asks Mr. Marin to come
"a
driving. Mr.. Wilson states that he
recen entiy visited the active volcano on
the island, and that while it is creating g
considerable cOmmotion it is doing no
damage.
A report from Riparia is to the effect
that many men employed on the rail.
road work below tat point were re
tained there ny the advance of wages
from So % to 81 so day. A few men
are reporting for work, bur the COM
pletiOn of the line is being greatly
retarded on account of the Inadequate
force. Several miles of track have
been laid on the Wallula end, and it is
estimated that after the grading is
| completed the track aging to RiDaria
can be finished within two weeks
Walla Walla Statesman.
The popularity of the Regulator
line with the travelling public is be-
coming more reaching each season.
On the 22d ult. the Gillespie party of
excurslonists from Philadelphia made
the round trip from Portland to 13-
Mile point on the Dalles City, and in a
recent letter from a member of the
party they very freely express them.
selves on the excellence of the acom-
modations furnished by this we'll known
steam boat line, and paid many fatter-
ing compliments to the steward and
other officials of the boat for courtesies
extended.
Here's a Bargain.
A 14-hOrsa nOwar Puffa1o