The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-09
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'e Ketchum. One went 10 the Unio
lr Meat Co. at Troutdale the other to til
.e Portland S.Sckyards.
IL For the first time this year, Cola
10 saloons were closed, and the blind
q drawn so the interior could be We've
( from the outside last Sunday. Thi
s was in pursuance of an order issued b
Sheriff Canutt, in compliance with th
l. state law. The change was brough
t about by the agitation of the anti
b saloon people.
Rudy Cradlebaugh returned las
: night from the Golden Eagle mine
9 near Baker City, where he has beel
3 spending his summer vacation. Fl,
r states that while the Golden Eagle il
far from being opened up as yet still
I the indications are good that it will
, turn out to be one of the rich mine.
, of that county. Rudy will leave to
} night for Portland where he will visi
for short time before returning tC
school at Eugene.
This afternoon Deputy Sheriff F. G.
Sexton will leave on the Spokane
Flyer for Cello, where he will look
into the case of house breaking which
occurred there few days ago. 1t is
hoped that the culprit. who would
steal the belongings of poor squaw
will be brought to justice and made an
example of. A man who steals from
some one who is in good circumstances
is indeed bad enough, but one who
takes all that poor Indian has, is
deserving of the worst punishment that
the law can inflict.
The drug store of W. ]. Roaf at
| North Yakima, and the North Yakima
Mill Compahy's store were broken in
to by burglers Monday night. The
thieves did not take anything but
small amounts of money in the cash
register. 1t is though the burglaries
were the work of local amateur talent.
james Hepner. a railroad man, report
ed that he was held up Saturday might
on box car in the Yakima yards by
two masked men, with revolvers, and
robbed of 81 and valuable watch.
They also took from mis- travelling
companion small sum of money. He
says that two hoppickers riding on top
Of the same car were robbed by the
same men of SIT. One of the victims
was struck on the head with the butt
of revolver by highwayman and
badly hurt.
Major c. U. Gantenbein has been
appointed by the governor to be
adjutant.general of the Oregon Ma
tior al Guard. This announcement
caused general surprise and perhaps
no one was more surprised than
Colonel Tuttle himself. His friends
had been led to believe that no change
would be made in the Office, ESQ they
say, and as In most states the adju-
tants who have won the position dur
ing the war, have been allowed to re.
main. Colonel Tuttle, hover, takes
tie matter philosophicaily and says he
feels he mas done his duty while in
charge of the office, and while regret
ting the action of the governor, just at
this time, he says he knows of no one
he would rather see succeed him than
Major Ganten bein.
do hats mil hn AMI Df
prominent railroad men at Portland
and the result of that meeting may
mean much for the people of the Inland
Empire. At the Oregon metropolis
the directors of the Oregon Railroad !
& Navigation Co, will hold what will |
probably be their last annual meeting. /
At that meeting the present voting |
trust will be Dissolved and plans will be |
perfected by which the Union Pacific
will take control of the property.
then and there will be determined to
great extent whether the railroad
war in the Snake river and Clearwater
valleys is to end, or whether it will be
carried on with renewed vigor. Under
these circumstances it may be readily !
understood why all the railroad men
of the northwest are taking great in
terest in the meeting.
According to the latest reports from
Prineville, Frank Furnell. the murderer
of Tom Moran, had not appeared to
surrender himself to the sheriff and it
is thoug ht that he was making play
so as to gain time to escape when he
declared that he intended giving him.
self up. Two of Sheriff Grey's
deputies are searching for the muir
derer, while the sheriffs in the sur
rounding counties are keeping sharp
lookout and it does not seem likely
that the murderer will escape. 1t is
thought now that he has taken to the
mountains. Furnell is O man about 55
years of age, tall and slim built, light
complexioned, and has q peculiarity of
winking his eyes and grunting when
talking and talks with a southern
accent. A finger of one of his hands
has been ampuJated but Sheriff Grey
would not state on which hand the
member is missing.