The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11

panies are having great deal o
trouble with their wires between thil
place and Portland today. Most o
the wires are down and it is with diff
iculty that any communication can be
had between the two places.
Today being China New Years the
sound of fire crackers can everywhere
be heard. The youngsters who are
always ready to indulge in such sport
arc having all kinds of fun shooting
the frecrackers with which some of
i the more liberal class of Chinese fur
nish them.
J. 81, Zane, of Portland publisher
of the Oregon Reporter the official or
gan of the A. o. U. W for Oregon, is
in the.city today attending to business
connected with that order. He will
leave for Wasco this evening where
he will assist Grand Master Workmen
DC. Herrln, in organizing lodge.
Tho wreck on the o. R. & N. be-
tween this place and Portland was not
cleared until late yesterday evening
which threw the Spokane flyer two
hours late so that it did not arrive in
The Dalles until about 7:45. No. west
bound is having considerable trouble
through Montana ana Wyoming and
will not pass through before midnight.
Today the water commission re-
ceived new machine for tapping
mains attaching small pipes to the |
same. The machine is one of |
the latest make and can be used for |
any size, from a four inch to a twelve
inch main and is indeed great i'm
provement on the old one in the Oper-
alton of which mnch time and labor
was wasted.
The warm change in the temperature
vii. soon make its mark on the ice
which blocks the Columbia at present
Ind steamers can once more be pressed
nto service This has Teen an un
lsually bad winter for steam boating on
he Colum bia. however, the D. P. & A.
Y. Company will make up for lost
ime when they get the new Regulator
md the Flyer into service once more.
While Eastern Oregon has thousands
4 fine bloode6 horses, cared for re-
igiously at all times, there are tens
{ thousands of ordinary equines in the
inland Empire, worth but few dollars
head, and these poor brutes are said
D be dying from cold aud starvation.
says the Baker City Demo- :
orses wandered into, the city, and t
llling to the ground was unable to t
ise. Chief of Police Porter ended
he poor brute's suffering with pistol i
all.
Considerable sleet and rain fell this
orning freezing on the sidewalks as d
fell aud making them almost i'm a
assable. One punster was heard to
,mark that this was musical weather =,
nee you had to look sharp or you ;,
ould be fat. This was certainly true +
several were seen to strike the pave.
ents harder than they bargained for,
bile walking was so difficult for the "
porter that the usual amount of u
ems could not be rounded up for d
days paper. "
A number of youngsters raised a :.
sturbance in the Chinese quarters
Front street last night, breaking
veral windows by throwing rocks or N
her missiles through the same. The :.
1inese were On hand with their
lice whistles but the youngsters es-
ped before an officer arrived. To
,inese will not hesitate to shoot an I'll
ender in sucn a case and he wOuld Ut
perfectly justified in SO doing. The "
lenders should take warning lest
ey come to grief. II
The funeral of Joseph Metcalf was Gl
Id from his residence this afternoon -
u
ceased that the intermenL take place q:
Vancouver, where his child is buried. di
t owing to the fact that neither cars nt
# boats can run from that place to
,rtland on account of the ice and pe
ow, it was impossible and his re- in
aims were layed away in the Odd la
SLOWS cemetery. The remains of W
3 child will probably be disinterred ar
d placed by the side of its father. Ie
Further particulars concerning the at
eek on the o. R. 4 N. fail to verify al
e rumors concern ing the serious in
~ of one of the mbers of the train ;.
ew on the west bound freight No. 2 -
,ck yesterday morning. All the of
iinmen jumped and escaped without
y injury whatever except William /; =
'aham who was slightly hurt by -
mping on steep en- nbankment. The =;
RS were not injured as badly as was
irst reported so that the 'companys
ss will not be heavy. pa
ca
Engineer McCulloch is now engaged
con Meeting the O. r. & N. survey "
at was made a year ago between Ri q,
ria and Lewiston with the location %
Gently completed from Lewiston NJ
ong the north side of the Clearwater A
Spalding and on to Camas Prairie, 80
US making the new route continuous
I'm Wallula to Mt. Idaho, says the
,wistou Tribune. The purchase of p'
= right of way and a part ofthe depot d
ounds at Lewiston seems TO be an
a.