The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-29
From Thursdays Daily.


VIM. Mascall returned last nigh
from Portland.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Walker, of AL
bany, srs visiting In the city.
This morning Wood Bros. shipped
car load of fat hogs to Troutdale.
Wm. Kelsay and his three gran(
children left today for their home a
An telope.
D. c. Herrin came up last nigh
from Portland and will spend weeE
in the city.
Wallace Fareher has brought il
$500 mutton which he will load to
morrow for Chicago.
]. G. Abbott, of Crook county, was
in the city last night and left by boat
this morning for Portland.
The authorities of Heppner seem to
have the smallpox plague under con-
troll. No new cases are reported.
Miss Lulu Blakeney went to Cascade
Locks this morning. She will spend
few weeks camping there with Mrs.
Dawson.
Love, formerly OF this city. and Mr..
in marriage.
Four freight cars belonging to the
o. r. & N. Co. were burned In the fire
that destroyed the Russel-Smith Co.'S.
mill at Cascade Locks Tuesday.
Astoria citizens have requested Sec
retary of the Navy Long to allow q
warship to be sent there during the
regetta which begins on August 2lst.
Mrs. McGInnis and children leave
tomorrow for the seacoast. They go
to Long Beach, where they will remain
until the weather turns cooler here.
The only wool. sale of any conse-
Queuce made this week was made by
W. b. johnson, of Dayville, yesterday
afternoon. lie sold his entire clip of
l00, 900 pounds.
The t>dy of q dead man was found
floating 1.-THE big eddy above town,
The body was secured and the coroner
at Goldendsle notified by telephone.
Linden Garretson. the little boy
who was so seriously hurt Saturday
evening by his being kicked by horse
on Second street, was able to be up and
around yesterday.
The fruit outlook in Douglas county
is much better than reported, says the
Drain Watchman. There will be q
little shortage in Italian prunes, but.
with that exception, the fruit output
of the, Umpqua valley will be ex-
cellent.
Last night Policeman Phirman ar.
rested q man named ]. T.. Gavin on
charge of being drunk and disorderly.
rhis morning he was taken before
Recorder Gates and fined IS, which he
refused to pay. and was sent to jail for
two days.
W. E. Thompson, in the Yakima
Herald, suggests that the endless dis
pute of the Two Puget sound cities over
the name of Mount Rainier be settled
by rechristening the peak Mount
Dewey, whose title to be an admiral
none may dispute as some do Rainiers.
Thus far the salmon catch at all
points above the Cascades has been
much lighter than it was last year
But while the quantity is small, the
quality Is all right, the fish being
larger than usual. This morning The
Dalles Packing Co. receivrd lot on
extra large fish, several 'of which
weighed over so pounds each.
Mrs. Evans is in receipt of q letter
from her sister, Mrs. o. L. Barrett,
of The Dalles, who is at pres
ent in San Francisco, stating that she
had recently visited the Presidio, and
there saw all of The Dalles boys who
are with the regiment. All are we'll
except John Cooper, who has been In
the hospital since his arrival at San
Francisco.
The accident that occurred on Union
street last night, in which the lives OF
several persons we're endangered,
could have been averted If the children
on the bicycles had been carrying
Lanterns ON their wheels, as thereby
they would have warned the approach
ing teams of their coming. The city
authorities should see to it that all
wheelmen carry lanterns when riding
on the streets after dark. Children
bicyclists should also be kept off
Second street during business hours.