The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23

the Mesplie place on Mill Creek tt
the Wicks farm on the east fork o
that stream and to estimate the COS
: Of such a line. he will go up this
% afternoon acc, mpanied by the water
commissioners to look over the GROUND
and VIII report on the feasibility oi
the same 10 a short time. While ohe
line may not be put in this fall, it is
nevertheless very necessary TO have IT,
: and as soon as the city can afford to
exnend the required sum this i'm
provement will be made. When this
/ is done it will greatly improve the
quality of the water and increase the
quantity materially.
Bowling on the Road Club alleys has
begun in earnest, and the activity
shown promises to be like the old
times of '96 and '97, says the Oregon
ian. john D. Bowie, the associations
champion, has been selected as cap
tain, and Richard ST. Clair as their
chairman. Friday night began the
individual handicap 100-game tourna.
ment for an elegant gold medal. This
would indicate that bowling is not
thing of the past and will undoubtedly
become popular once more. The alleys
of The Dalles Commercial & Athletic
Club are being repaired and in short
time as much enthusiasm Will be
shown as is in the ROAD Club.
City Marshal Hughes received
letter from the Portland chief OF
police last night telling him to look
out for boy named Edgar Fowler,
who disappeared from Portland several
days ago. The boy whose home is at
Gobel, on the Astoria & COlumb bla
River railroad, came to Portland "ith
the intention of attending school. He
did not show up at his boarding house
and search has been instituted. The
boy was 13 years old, feet inches in
height and weighed los pounds. He
was dressed in brown mixed suit with |
knee pants. wore laced tan shoes, a |
pink shirt, stand up coll ar and navy |
blue tie.
Hon. E. B. Dufur and son, George |
Dufur, return ed from Goldendale today /
where they have been attending court.
Mr. Dufur states that the term was
unusually short as there were but few
cases of note brought up for trial. The
docket consisted of few divorce cases
several equity cases and one criminal
case. for larceny of horses, which was
CO, tinued until the October term of
court. The court will probably finish
its business today and adjourn. He
states that the wheat crop in kIickitat
valley is exceptionally good and that
much of the grain is being hauled to
Columbus on account of it being near
er for the farmers 10 the eastern part
of the valley than TO The Dalles.
The attendance up to date at the
state fair at Salem has been quite satis
factory, and the receipts 'considera bly,
larger than last year. The exhibits
are now all in good shape, and the
special features of the program are
giving good satisfaction. The agricul-
tural exhibits. considering the back.
ward season, are more than good, and |
the pens are filed with cattle, sheep,
goats and hogs of the most distin-
guished pedigree. The farmers this
year certainly cannot complain that
their interests have been neglected,
and if the grain and fruit exhibit falls
behind what Oregon should show, It
must be remembered that this has
been a very backward season. The
larry exhibit. in charge of Superiu-
.endent Weeks, is an Instructive place
or a butter. maker or a lover of good
utter % spend an hour in ]
Gu The evening of September 9th,
Earl Sanders, of Company L, O. N. G.
sill deliver a lecture at the Congrega- t
,ional church in this city, on Manila
Ind soldiers experience while there.
Mr.. Sanders is an intelligent young
nan and has been a close observer v
Turing the year and half that be was /
IN the islands. so that he will not only G
De able to tell about the condition of i
,hings there as we have not heard it +,
but he will also relate
many incidents that have never
'eached US through the press. To :
near the truth about the treat
nent the troops received, the valor '
displayed by them and the result of i
heir campaign is what everyone is
anxious to hear and 1t is doubtful if
the limited room furnished by the
Congregational church building will :,
be sufficient for the audience which
will turn out listen to him.
We are informed that NJ. ]. Ander |
son the we'll known and popular {
of Dufur. bids fair to be in 7
q position in the near future to lay
aside his tools and rest during the re- ,
mainder of his life. He is patentee of 7
4 summer fa.low machine, which has
been used very successfully in cultivat :
ing summer fallow and killing weeds ,
A large eastern impllment firm has !;
heard of his invention and have sent i.
their representative to see Mr.. Ander- ,
son and get his permission to allow
hem to manufacture the same under
the condition that they pay him
royalty. He has met the representa-
tive aud arranged that royalty of
seven dollars be payed him on every
machine turred out, and contracted
factured the fast year while during
the second and third year of the con-
tract 5000 machines will be manufac-
tured annually with the same royalty