The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-03

| train and remaining until the lib
train, and were the the guests OF Mr.
Hall.
, A. r. Thompson took large mum
ber of sheep across the river today ant
will drive them to Mt. Adams where
he will summer them.
Tomorrow Charlie Burchtorff will
move his bicycle store and repair shoI
to new quarters on Second street, next
door to Cummings blacksmith shop.
Lessons in pastel. oil and portrait
painting given by Miss Myra Helm, al
the residence of J. E. Hardy. Third
street. Samples of work on display at
Blakeley & Houghton's.
The D. c. g. A. c. band is entitled
to much credit for turning out to the
fire drill last evening. By so doing
the members OF the band displayed
their public spirit, which is appreciated
by all.
w. A. Gates spent several days in
| Portland this week in company with
number of other Eastern Oregon
Woodmen, and says their presence in
the webIoot city had q bad effect on
the climate, as there vas drought OF
15or 20 minutes every day. The bal
ance of the time it rained.
There will be no material rise of
the river during the next four or five
days, according to the reports received
by B. S. Pague. Today it stands at
% 8, rise of only three-tenth since
yesterday. The greatest rise at up
river points yesterday was at North
port. where it was one foot.
Charles somers, mining expert who
has been examining the Golden Eagle
mine in the Greenhorn district, states
that there is from four to 16 feet of
snow in the Blue mountains and should
hot weather prevail for two weeks, it
would take two or three rivers the size
of the Columbia to carry the water
away.
E. Jacobsen returned this morning !
from Spokane. While in that city he |
met Capt. John W. Lewis, Frank |
Summers and Grif Williams, all three
Dallesites. Capt. Lewis is on lee.
turing tour throughout Eastern
Washington, and Messrs. Summers
and Williams are working in the city
by the falls.
The Woodmen who attended the re-
union in Portland during the first of
the week returned last night, and re-
port having been royalty entertained
by their Portland neighbors. Every
thing possible was done to make their
visit to the metropolis pleasant one,
having had continuous entertainment
from the time they arrived in the city
until they left.
The Tyees Association of Portland
give an excursion to this city next
Sunday, and it Is expected a large
crowd will he here, as "a cars have
been engaged for the excursion. The
visitors will arrive at IL o'clock. The
is not given under the
auspices of any tribe of Red Men, but
;he association of Tyees, who while
hey are Red Mem, are not under
of the order
Parties from the interior yesterday
'tated that over one in inch of rain
ell over the entire country on We'd ,
,esday afternoon and night while in
oms places it verged on waterspout
md the precipitation was much
.reater. Farmers say now that if the
rops are not good this season the
hortage will be due to some unfore-
eeu ecause, as they are growing raDi0-
= at present and there is sufffciency
# moisture in the ground to insure an
unusually large yeild. The prices ap-
ear to be the only cause of concern at
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