The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-15

| Thomas Batty returned today to MS
home on Dutch Flat after visit of
several days in the city.
Hon. Ben Snipes, who has been in
the city the past few days left by boat
today for his home in Seattle.
Hon. Eugene Looney, one OF the
commissioners of Wheeler county, is
| here watching the wool market.
Wool buyers haye returned from
their vacation on the Fourth, and are
again looking at the various clips that
| are offered for sale.
The body of John Fry, who was
drowned in Klickitat river while
driving logs two weeks ago today, was
found six miles below the scene of the
accident yesterday. The coroner of
Klickitat county was notified and will
hold an inquest.
A. F. Cathcart, formerly of the Rose.
leaf cigar store, has bought the right
to sell patent tool, d com bincd
wrench, 10 folr counties in this state,
one county being Wasco. He expects
to return here in about month and
put the tool on the market.
1t is stated on what appears to be
reliable authority that the Two trans
ports bearing the Oregon regiment
were sig Lted off San Francisco bay
yesterday afternoon. If this is true
they should be at the mouth OF the
Columbia by next Wednesday or
Thursday.
E. r. Cary, the Prineville hotel man,
D. F. Stewart, d retired merchant, and
Il. j. Lister, a prominent Crook
county sheep-raiser, arrived here by
today's stage. Mr.. Cory, is en- route
to Los Angeles, Mr.. Stewart to Baker
city and Mr.. Leister has come down to
sell his wool.
J. W. Strike with his party of sur.
veyors is still at Jensen camp, opposite
the narrow where they are doing the
engineering work for that mysterious
railroad. He says there will be con.
siderable heavy work required there.
The o. r. & N. surveyors who were
running some lines at the same place
have returned to Portland.
+ Camping parties are beginning TO
leave The Dalles for the different cool
resorts in the Cascade mountains.
This morning Mr.. and Mrs. Houghton
and Mrs. Lord left for Glenwood. Mrs.
T. M. DOnnell and M. q. Donnell and
family went to the Locks and 81. D.
Parkibs and his mother to Wind River.
All expect to be gone two or three
weeks.
The exact date when the Oregon
troops will arrive will be determined
soon, hence it is time for The Dalles
to begin making preparations for re-
ceiving them Nothing short of big
banquet and a reception at the Vogt
will be good enough for the Dalles
boys when they get home. Let the
citizens begin making preparations at
once.
Last Saturday Governor Geer par
doned Lee Gett, who was doing life
sentence in the Penitentiary. He was
sentenced from The Dalles in 1895 for
the murder of another Cbisaman. He
was pardoned on the condition that he
be drported, and was delivered over to
the custoayof u authorities when
released from the pen.
Secret societies and lodges wishing
to be represented in the decoration
of our steamer Dalles City by Earnest
Jensen will have 10 take immediate
steps as the time is limited. The
banner will cost $500 complete, and
after the retul of the volunteers each
lodge will be given their banner. This
is no money making scheme. the
object being to represent all the peo-
pie of The Dalles in the welcome.
Deputy, District Attorney Ed. Mays
was in the city today looking after
johnson, tue cOunterfeiter caught
here last Friday. When taken before |
U. 5. Commissioner Huntington,
Johnson was ready to plead guilty, for
he acknowledged 70 having had the
coin, but instea1 was ad-
vised to waive examination and was
held to the U. S. grand jury. He will
be taken to Portland where he will be
put in Jail to await the sitting of the
grand jury.