The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-19

,u | then the services of the doctor ant
10 possibly the undertaken will be re
required.
r. Paul Mohr, the erstwhile railroad
r. magnate, arrived here this morning on
d No. 5, and went to Cascade Locks by
y boat. He expects to meet plumber
|. OF railroad men here tomorrow even
ing.
It Simeon Bolton went down to Steven
d son this morning expecting to move
d his family home from their camp. but
Y as the weather is pleasant today they
= will probably not break camp for sew
eral weeks.
2 W. J. Harris, wealthy mining man
3 of Spokane, arrived here this morning
> in company with Paul Mohr, and ac-
companied him to Cascade Locks. Mr..
t Harris is interested in the Central
/ Navigation & Construction Co.
} Ed Lemison, who returned Saturday
from the Philippines, has taken MS
former position as compositor In this
Office. having gone to work this morn
ing and is throwing antimony around
as lively as he did lead on the islands
AID old blind man and woman have
been appearing on the streets the past
few days with hand organ, soliciting
charitable donations. They appear to
be worthy people, and money given to
them is certainly donated to good
cause.
Georgia's 'up to date" minstrels are |
billed to appear in Astoria next Satur-
day evening. They were in The Dalles
recently, and nobody who saw them
will recommend them to his Astoria
friends. 1t is no loss to give such
combinations as that the go-by.
Tomorrow the men representing the
Central Navigation &. Construction
Co. will visit The Palles, and will be
entertained by the Commercial Club.
Among them are Senator Turner and
Messrs. Harris and Evans, all promin.
ent Washington capitalists.
The marked change in the weather
since yesterday has caused everybody
to feel more jubilant. The clear skies
and warm sun of today have dried the
grain fields so that harvesting can be
resumed, and the danger Of grain being
spoiled by rain seems to be passed.
The Court street sewer between
Third and Fourth has given way, and
is being temporarily repaired, having
been uncovered for distance of about
IS feet, and the top was found to be I
perfectly rotten. From its appearance I
The Dalles needs some new sewers t
pretty badly. 1
The Dalles has thrown cold water on
good many enterprises that would
have been beneficial both to the city
and surrounding country. and has driv. 8
en- them away. 1t is now about time to I
thaw out and warm up anything that a
is presented which proposes to be bene-
fetal or build up the commercial inter- g
est. +
The vigorous efforts OF the fish COM i
missioner to enforce the closed season
on the Columbia, have had the effect Il
to stop all fishing on the river between
Astoria and the last wheel above a
Cello. This will give the fish show C
to get up into the small streams to g
spawn and propagate more salmon for q
future years. Z
Morris g. Julian have sod their a
ranches and sheep near Hay Creek to
Ulisis Coles. This firm was about the ci
third largest sheep raising firm in ir
Crook county, and owned an excellent S!
plant for run ning stock. They had 6
some 1900 head of sheep, and several tt
thousand acres of land in the Mud re
Springs conutry, about ten miles from
Hay Creek. Y
Major William 81. Clark, grandson pt
Of Captain William Clark, who ex- .
plored this region years ago with Cap P'
tain Lewis, is visiting the state and Is D'
at present guest of Astoria. While
IN the state he has gathered much o
1ata concerning the exploits of his il :
ustrious grandsire, and will on re. m
turning to New York publish work iii
,n the adventures of Lewis and Clark. be
Rather encouraging reports come :.
rom the wheat raising section of the =;
,onuty. The grain has not been :.
damaged by the rain, and the yield is "
generally better than was expected.
IN some places as high as 35 bushels of 20
wheat to the acre has been thrashed, 10
,ut the average has not been above 10 II
bushels. The wheat is generally a 81
rood quality of No. 2, though there are o'
! few crops of No. l. al
All the engineering work for the W,
portage road of the Central Naviga-
ion & Construction Co., on the north
tide of the river from Columbus to a .. o..
point opposite The Dalles, has been y
completed by ]. W. Strack, the en- c.
,ineer in charge, and now it is in IS
'eadiness for construction work. p
Whether this will be commenced this '"
season has not yet been determined, O.
,ut it is the intention of the company o
% haye the road in operation within "'
year.
P
Robert Jordan and Frank Stratton :,
came in today from Tygh Ridge, and q,
brought good reports from the crops =
n that section. They said the fall n,
wheat was plump, and while it will !.
not yield as it did last year. -
will be of good quality and about an .,
average crop. Most of the fall grain n
has been headed and is now ready to il
be threshed. The rain oD the ridge
was not so heavy as it was here, and ~
did no damage except to delay harvest :,
ing few days. h
There is no longer any doubt about p
the portage road being built on the 81
Washington side around the dalles OF I
the Columbia, for there is capital be- II
hind the project that will carry it tt
1t will commence at Co. v
lumbus and terminate either on the 8
north side of the river opposite Crates
point, or will cross the river to The
Dalles. This place probably could be I
made the terminus of the road il there v
were means for getting across the v
riyor which could he furnished by r