The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-22

school. The wagon was considerably
demolished and several barrels of slop
were spilled.
Corlies Merritt, editor of the Hep
pner Gazette, spent yesterday in The
Dalies as he was returning home from
a visit to Portland. Mr.. Merritt re-
ported times good in Heppner and
stated that indications were very fair
for prosperous season. He left on
the $50 train last evening for home.
A company has been incorporated
for the purpose of putting in water
works at Boyd. The company is to be
known as the Boyd Water Works
Company, and is Incorporated for
S., 900 divided into shares of $50 each.
The incorporators are r. d. Butler,
W. q. Pugh and S. P. Baker.
Messrs. F. G. Erb and r j. German,
of the Mt. Hood Gas Co., went to Hood
River this morning to put in two gas
| p.ants, one tor the Mt. Hood hotel and
| the other for Clyde T. Bonney. The
plants they use generate gas from car
bides. raud promise to become great
fayorites wherever a good. safe and in
expensive light is needed.
| In experiments carried on at the
Oregon experimental station, butter
was produced from common grade
COWS at cost from 9 to II cents. An
exact account was kept of iced and
labor, and interest on the Investment
was calculated. And still some people
will say there is no money in making
butter.
| Yesterday Mike Manning shipped
seven car loads, 200, 900 pounds, of WOO
to Chicago. The wool was taken or
consignment by firm Mr.. Manning
represents, and it is understood the
advances made on it were from four to
six cents. This is the first shipment
of wool THAI has been made from The
Dalles for several months.
| Henry E. Slocum committed suicide
at Ashland by hanging last Sunday
evening. He was about go years OF
age, and had resided here long time.
He left wife and two grown children.
II is supposed that physical infirmities
which were gradually growing upon
him, and incapacitated him for labor,
made him Respondent.
| Judge Bennett has begun improving
! the grounds surrounding the new
residence he is building on fourth
street, and has secured the services OF
M. Scheydeckser, an expert landscape
| designer, who has arranged some OF
the handsomest properties in Port
land. When completed the home
which Mr.. Bennett Is building will be
one of the most attractive properties
in the state.
The river showed slight rise today
by some three inches above yesterday s
register All Dallesites are dissatis-
fed with the freaks of the Colum 5ia
this year, and would prefer to see it 20
or 80 feet higher than the present
register. 1t would make them feel
much more certain that there would
be no extreme high water later in the
season.
One of the best entertainments ever
given in the Christian church wall be
that given by the old (?) bachelors
next Friday evening. A genuine bache-
lor's program will be rendered and a
regular bachelors "supper" will await
the hungry. Don't miss it. General
admission. Is cents, or, 25 cents per
pair, old maids so cents. We presume
the latter price is meant to test the
honesty of our towns elderly girls.
! A few days since Messrs. E. H. Nor
rison and w. Sweet. of Fairfield,
Wash, were wanting to buy a car
load OF work horses, but went away
without making a purchase. The
farmers here held their horses from
$40 to 500 span higher than they
could be had for in other places. 1t
would appear that farmeas who had
horses to sell have missed an oppor-
tunity to dispose of them at good
prices.
President Catch, of the state agri.
cultural college, has announced the
decision of the faculty in regard to who
should be the representative speakers
of the senior class at the coming COM
meIcement. W. L. Patterson, of the
mechanical course, is to be valedic-
torian; Miss Lyle Lawrence, of the
household economy course. is to be
salutatorian, while Miss Leona Smith,
of the household economy course;
Nolan Smith, of the mechanical en-
nfneering course, and Henry Howell,
of the mechanical engineering course,
are to be the remaining speakers.
Prineville had three funerals on
April 9th, which the Journal says is
- 90 IL L ~f 81