The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-16
rom Tueday's Daily

]. J. Luckey, of Hood River, is in
the city.
Frank Reynolds. of Lyle, was in the
city last night.
Hon. W. H. Biggs and wife are
visiting in the city.
1T. Peters went down the river q
the Dalles City today.
Miss Grace Hobson went to Portland
today to visit friends in that city.
Mrs. De Huff went to Cascade Locks
today to spend few days visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. D. L. Gates.
Hon. ]. F. Moore returned yesterday
afternoon from trip to Mitchell,
where he went on legal business.
The Builders Exchange, Of Spokane,
is preparing to take the initiative In
establishing the wage scale for the
building trades of the city next year.
The commissioners of Walla Wslla
county have reduced the salary of the
deputy sheriff from 500 to $50 per
month, and the price of boarding
prisoners from so to 40 cents day.
Mrs. Weatherred arrived this morn.
ing from the upper country where she
has been organizing cabins of Native
Daughters. She instituted cabins at
Huntington, Baker City, La Grande
Pendleton and Fossil.
The Oregonian states that an addi-
tional train will be put on the o. r. &
N. early next spring to run between
Portland and Huntington. 1t will
leave Portland in the morning, and
will give The Dalles three trains
daily.
Hon. N. B. Brooks, of Goldeneale.
was in the city today. Mr.. Brooks
says the railroad company that pro.
poses to build down the Columbia from
Walla Walla to the sea is beginning
condemnation proceedings for right of
way through Klickitat county.
Detective Joe Day, of Portland, was
in the city last night and interviewed
Brown and Wilson, the two supposed
hlghwaymen confined in the county
Jail. He is convinced they are the
men wanted in Portland for several
different robberies and holdups,
According to the Hood River Glacier
G. D. Woodwork has the model farm
of that valley. 1t is at Belmont and
consists of 35 acres in fruits with mod
ern buildings and machinery. water
works system, blacksmith shop and
every convenience that could make
work easy. An eye to beauty as we'll
as utility has directed the improve
ments. making it a delightful home as
we'll as a profitable ranch.
A novel enterprise was established
at Outlook. Yakima county. the past
fall. A Mr.. Mcintyre, who worked as
cook upon ranch. during his leisure
time, collected 80 dozen turtles from
sloughs along the river and planted
them in a pond. He fed them on fish
caught in trap. and shipped them in
burlap sacks in tn fall to Seattle,
where he obtained $3.50 per dozen for
them.
In all probabilities the water COM
missission will feel justified in pros.
pecting for artesian water on the hill
south of town, as large majority of
the water consumers and taxpayers
who have been interviewed by Super
Crossen have signitied their
desire that the commission make the
1t will cost about $4,000 to
sink we'll, but should artesian water
be found, it would be splendid Invest
ment.
The financial statement of the First
National bank, published elsewhere in
this issue shows healthy increase in
the business of that institution as COM
pared with the last statement published
in September. Then the loans and
discounts were S151, ,041 and the total
deposit 1924 ,646, while now the loans
and discounts are s159. .855 and the total
deposits S305, 1855. Such an increase in
the business of the bank speaks we'll
for the business of the town.