The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-11

to answer before the circuit court on
charge of bigamy. After the state
had rested, Mr. Fields did not produce
any testimony, allowing the case to go
to the court without any evidence for
the defense.
Today Mrs. Pauline Lusher sold lots
A and B, block 20 in Dalles Military
Addition, to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sandoz, the consideration being 5000.
Mr.. Sandoz intends building a home
on the property, and will become a
permanent resident of The Dalles.
Crook county stock raisers are VEN
tilating in the Oregonian their views
on the advisability of shutting sheep
out of the Cascade reserve. At the
rate they are writing they will have
people confused so that they will not
know whether sheep are benefit or a
detriment.
1t is now q conceded fact that the
city has authority to collect poll tax.
Several leading attorneys of the city
nave paid their tax, and the cases
against the city have been abandoned.
The Chinaman who had employed
attorneys to fight the collection of the
tax are now paying it together with
the additional costs.
Hon. Ralph Emery Johnson, of
Lincoln, Neb.. representing the Mod
ern Woodman, will meet with the
camp tomorrow evening, when all
members are requested to be present.
MIR. johnson will deliver lecture be-
fore the camp aud will erdeavor to
enthuse the members to do something
to increase interest in the order.
The town of Dufur has lawsuit on
its hands that will be tried at next
term of court. Some time since the
town passed al ordinance preventing
the conducting of billiard, pool or card
rooms within the corporal limits. A.
J. Douglas was arrested and fined for
violation of the ordinance, and now
seeks relief in the circuit court. His
attorneys are Dufur & Menefee.
Last Saturday, Walter Roy, fisher
man, found the body of dead man
floating In the big eddy three miles
above here, and took it to the Wash
ington side. The body was clad in
rough clothing, but the face had de.
composed SO that it was difficult to tell
whether il was a Chinaman or a white
man. So far there is nothing found by
which the body could be identified,
and it will probably be buried by the
Klickitat authorities as an unknown
foater."
All the troops have been withdrawn
from Fort Candy except enought 10
guard the property of the government
and the fort has been formally turned
over to the engineering department OF
the army for the purpose of carrying
out the plans to make the fort a modern
one. How extensive or the character
of these plans are of course not made
public but there will be large ex-
penditure In making the improvements.
Fort Candy and Fort Columbia have
been made sub.forts with the head
quarters at Fort Stevens.
There are between 5000 and 5000
people in Pendleton at the present
time, and yet real estate values are
lower than they were in 1891 when
there was less than 1000 people here.
This Is due to the fact that at that time
prices were somewhat inflated, while
now property is somewhat undervalued.
Low land values are better for Pend
Teton than high ones. Higher the
capitalized value of land becomes in
town or country, the more the fruit of
toll flow into the pockets of those who
do not earn them from the pockets of
those who do.-East Oregonian.