The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22

lug bQ6 QlVlllLy SCHOOL dL EuReuo: 10
in the city and conducted the services
at the Christian church last evening.
Mr.. Humbert states that the divinity
school is in hourishing condition.
having had 26 students last year.
Charles Galloway, son of Hon. VIM.
| Galloway, register of the land Office
at Oregon City. spent the day in The
Dalles. Mr.. Galloway graduated this
year from the state university, and
| has been spending the time since
school closed travelling over eastern
| Oregon.
The old Methodist church at ST
| Helen's, built in 1858. was destroyed
| by fire last Saturday morning. 1t was
one of the most prominent landmarks
in the town and it's destruction is as
as much regretted by the citizers of
the place as though some old settler
| had died.
Sunday evening, w. W. Newman,
| of Lost River, klamath comfy. loaded
his shotgun to shoot rabbit, a. d
| then leaned the gun up against the
door. The gun fell aud was discharged,
the charge of shot going through
board aud striking his little girl in
the head and arm. The child will re-
cover
Miss Maud Harkleroad and Miss
Allie Bradley, of La Grande, are visit
ing in the city, the guest OF Mrs. For
wood. Miss HarklerOad is a vocalist
of considerable ability, and it would
be for innate thing for The Dalles IT
she could be induced to give an en-
tertainmant here similar to the one
recently given at La Grande.
Governor Geer and staff were given
a reception Saturday evening by
Governor Cages staff in San Francisco
then left for Oregon. The governor
was down to the bay city to welcome
the Oregon bDys home from Manila.
and to arrange fpossible TO have
the soldiers mustered out at Portland.
Hon. E. o. Mccoy, who is about as
we'll posted on Sherman county crGps
as anybody. says there is any amount
of early wheat in that county that has
not been DAMAGE by the heat. and
there is a great deal which appears to
be injured would yet make fine crop
if there were II hours of rain, how
ever, without rain the late wheat will
make very light crop.
in the past this section has looked
to Hood River for its supply OF straw
berries, but the way strawberry
patches on Mill creek have developed
this year it will do so no longer. for
Mill creek has this season produced
better berries and more of them to the
acre than any other point in Wasco
county. Two farmers. who have an
acre of berries each on the creek, have
been delivering berries here for six
Il Of "a 1nf
The Chronicle came near being out
an efficient press man today. Chris
Schwabe took a lesson in swimming
Yesterday afternoon that very nearly
resulted in his relinquis his situa-
tion. He, with number of other
young men, was bathing near the d.
P. & A. N. dock, and Chris, although
he could not swim, jumped off boat
and into 20 feet of water. He went to
the bottom, but fortunately Vic Samp-
son was in boat near by and hauled
him out when he came to the surface.
Hon. J. N. Williamson, representa-
tive from Crook county in the last |
leg islature, spent yesterday in The |
Dalles. Mr.. Williamson says the sales
of live stock in his county have been |
greater this year than ever before,
and while this may cause dull times |
for a few years, because of the fact
that there will be less amount to
sell in the future, it will be generally !
beneficial to the country as it will give
the range a show to recover. 1T hav.
ing been overstOcked
Ex Secretary of State Kincaid re-
Gently bought an old brick church
building in Eugene to get rid of the
and now wants to secure
tenant, therefore he has inserted the
unique advertisement in his
paper, the Journal: "The brick build
ing on the corner of Ninth and Pearl
streets, is for rent for church, school
house, warehouse, ,drggoods, grocery or
hardware store. Stables, slaug hter-
house, chicken coops and similar orna.
nents need not apply. The building
s 33x54 feet. Inquire at Journal Of
Ice or q. r. Kin aid"