The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01

. epenQ SUNDAY angling.
Fred Young and family were pas
sengers oh the Regulator for Portland |
this morning. Mr.. Young is afflicted |
with some throat trouble, and goes to |
portland to receive treatment from a
k2ecialist.
sere will be no meeting of the Elks
tonight. During the summer
gular meetings of the lodge will
lhe first Saturday in July and
st and the third Saturday in |
Bmber.
me and Forestry Warden Quimby
has issued little pamphlet con 6aining
the game and forestry laws of the state
that is very convenient for all to have.
Copies can be secured by addressing
Mr.. Qnimby.
Bishop Morris will arrive here this /
evening and will hold services in St. |
Paul's Episcopal church tomorrow at /
4 ii A. M. Mr.. De Forest will go so |
Hood River where he will hold services |
in the evening.
The Dalles looked more like itself |
today than for long time. The |
streets were lined with wool teams and |
= 1.-THE stores were thronged with farmers
and their families who were here
doing their customary Saturday trad
ing.
Yesterday Messrs. Bolton, Goiliner,
hou
attending school at Mt. Angel returned
from that place, school having closed
for the year. The young men speak
In the highest terms of that great in
stitution of learning, and will re-enter
the college again next fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gerichton, of
Portland, came up on the boat last
night and will spend short time Wis
itiug Mrs. Gerichton's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Buchler. Mr.. Gerichton is
suffering from rheumatism, and hopes
q stay on this side of the mountains
will prove beneficial.
About o'clock this morning Ed
ward Breen, foreman on d. p.
Ketchum's place at Five-mile, and one
of the hands by the name of Thompson
had Misunderstanding about feeding
some stock, when Thompson seized a
club and severely beat Breen seriously
injuring one arm and bruising his
side. Breen was brought to town for
medical treatment and Thompson
skipped out.
The present outlook of the peach
crop at Ashland is that there will be
from $4,000 to $4,000 boxes for ex-
port. This is the estimate of promi-
nent growers and it is probably very
conservative one, says the Ashland
Tidings. There is very little dropping
of the fruit reported and everything is
favorable at the present time for a
good crop in quality as well as guam
( tity.
The people of Napavine, Chelalis
county, Washington, are exercised
over the mysterious disappearance of
Tressa Cook, girl Is years of age who
left her home last Saturday night.
The girl retired with younger sister
about 1870 p. IN. and the sister says
when she awoke a half hour later
Tressa was gone. No trace of the girl
has been had since she disappeared.
Last week forsaken mother with
four little babes arrived in Heppner
from Grant county, moneyless aud
friendless. Her condition was re-
vealed by the landlord of the Palace
hotel, and prominent ladies of the
town at once appealed to Heppner's
charity. She now has the neceesaries |
of life, with snug fund, almost $40,
and will be taken care of until she is |
self-supporting. Gazette.
Water consumers complain because !
there is not greater supply for ir-
rigation purposes, but this is largely |
their own fault. If all would confne
themselves strictly to the hours pre-
scribed by the commission for irrigat-
ing there would be sufficient water for
all. But too many allow their hidrants
to be open at all hours, hence the small
reservoir is exhausted. and when this
OCCURS the supply will certainly be
short.
To "shie'' rock at a bird is great
temptation to every small boy, and if
he has gun his first thought is too
I shoot everything that flies, yet many
little fellow does this unthoughtedly
and not realizing that he is violating
the law. Yet for his conduct he is
liable to punishment. Section % of
an act passed by the legislature of 1895
makes it unlawful to kill any song
bird in this state, and provides fine
for the unlawful killing of such birds.
Today Water Commissioners Seufert,
Fish and Moore, accompanied by MIR.
vanande as guide and Dick German.
chief of commissary, left for Dog river.
The object of the commissioners trip
Is to investigate the source of the
water supply for The Dalles, and ascer.
tain if it is possible to turn more
water out of Dog river into Mill creek.
They will return next Tuesday, and
will be able to report at the next meet
ing of the commission what can be
done to increase the city water sup
ply.
An action to annul the marriage of
Lawrence E. Therkelson and Annette
Therkelsen has been commenced at
Spokane by Thomas B. Higgins,
guardian ad litem of the plaintiff.
The complaint alleges that the couple
were married at Ilwacco, WASH, Aug.
ust 16, 1897, at which time the plaintiff
was but II years old and incapable of
contracting marriage without the con-
sent of his parents or guardians. which
he had not received. On September
l, 1897, he discovered that he had NO
legal right to marry and he ceased to
live with his wife, Annette. He asks
that the marriage be declared null and I
void.
Last night and today times we're {
lively around the stock yards, and it
kept Mr.. Saltmarshe quite busy hand. :
ling the different shipments, but is :
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