The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-01


day from visit to Heppner. He re.
ports things aourishing at the county
seat of Morrow.
Sheriff Huntington of Baker county,
came down on the delayed train Satur-
day night and took Miss Gordon, the
young woman who was arrested Fri
day Dight, to the insane asylum at
Salem.
81. 81. Riddell, recently appointed
postmaster at this place. has forwarded
his official bond to the department AT
Washington, and his commission will
probably arrive about the middle of
April.
The Prineyille Review reports the
sale of 10 head of Hereford cattle be
longing to the D. W. Claypool estate
in Crook county, consisting of mixed
cattle, the price paid being S35 per
head. This is pretty fair sale
Circuit court for Sherman county
convened at Moro this morning, and
Judge Bradshaw, District Attorney
Jayne, E. B. Dufur, j. F. Moore. W.
q. Wilson and D. s. Dufur left for
that place last evening.
=. II. Morris, of McMinnville, says
that a recent examination of his fruit
trees develops the fact that the damage
by the February freeze was not as
great as anticipated, and there will be
q better crop of cherries than he ex-
pected.
G. J. Stubling returned Saturday
evening from visit to Grass Valley
and Moro, and says the latter place is
a very lively and business like town.
A considerable amount of building is
going on there, and general thrift
seems to prevail.
b. v. Gates, the gentleman who has
secured the franchise for putting in
water system and electric light plant
at Prineville, is in the city en- route
from Prineville to his home at Hills.
boro. He expects to begin operations
in Prineville at an early date.
In one of the front windows of c. )
Stubling's store is displayed a large
oil painting of the Capital brewery at
Olympia, that is indeed the work of an
artist. The picture is greatly admired
by those who pass in front of the store.
1t should be borne in imind that the
ladies of the Episcopal Guild will give
their annual Easter sale in K. of P.
hall on the afternoon and evening of
April 7th. 1t is not too late for par
ties desiring either useful or ornament
al articles to leave orders with MEM
bers of the Guild.
r. J. Mcclure in speaking OF the
candition of fruit in the vicinity of
Mosier said to TN. reporter today
that it was all right with the excep-
tion of peach trees, which were some
what damaged by the cold spell of
FEBRUARY. Other classes of fruit he
said was not injured.
DR.. Sullivan is in the city having
arrived yesterday morning from Spo-
kade, and will remain couple of days
In the city visiting old friends and
The doctor says win
ter still fingers in Spokane, ice freez-
ing nearly every night, though the
days are warm and bright.
Last Saturday night Cascade Lodge,
No. 303, B. p. o. Elks, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Geo. C.. Blakeley. exalted ruler, P. 81
De Huff, leading knight; Gus Bonn.
loyal knight; AL. ,Bettingen. lecturing
knight; E. M. Wingate, secretary; Fl.
W. French, treasurer; T. j. Driver,
tyler.
The many friends and former school !
fellows of Earl Sanders will regret to !,
hear of his being wounded in the fight 7
with the Filipinos yesterday near Ma
nila, and all hope for his speedy re-
,overy. Earl is bright young man
and was general favorite with all
here who knew him.
J. P. Isaacs, q prominent capitalist
If Walla Walla and proprietor of the
Touring mill at Wasco, is in the city.
Mr.. Isaacs at one time was somewhat
with the early history of
rhe Dalles, his father having owned
he site on which the Umatilla House
low stands and sold it to Col. Sinnott
md Major Handley.
Twenty Indians have been arrested
Or drunkenness at Pendleton in the
asst five days. The city Jail has been
rowded, and the force on the chain
ang is decorated with gay-colored In
ian robes. This was made the oc.
aston for "a time" by the Indians be.
ause they had just received their an
ual rent for wheat lands.
Governor Geer last Saturday re-
,itted the sentence of William Taton, 1
ho has been confined in the Tilla- :
'ook county Jail for 255 Gays in default |
fines aggregating $500. on three 9
narges of selling liquor without a t
cense, it having been represented In e
largely signed petition that he has t
zen sufficiently punished.
DIR. and Mrs. Sanders received 9
tier yesterday from their son Earl, r
ho ia at Manila, dated Feb. IL. in Il
hich he gave an account of having {
In away on the occasion OF the first o
little with the Filipinos and attached o
mself to Tennessee company in the p
yht. After the battle he was fined $6 Il
r having left his company without
'ders. n
An effort will be made. it is asserted, e