The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-06
From Thursdays Daily.

Henry Link is In from Grass valley
:, Charles Smith, Of Boyd, spent tn
day in town.
al John PARROT returned to PORTLAND
by today's boat.
, Hon. W. P. Ready, of Portland, wa'
in the city last night.
II Mrs. j. M. Marden was q passenger
on the boat this morning.
, Jud Fish left this morning for Ore
gon City to visit his mother.
W. b. Polison and A. ]. Brigham,
of Dufur, were in town last night.
Next Saturday evening Smith Bros.
will give another soiree at the Bald
win.
There was slight frost last night,
though not enough to do any material
damage.
Today Sheriff Kelly turned over s2,'
553. Is taxes to County Treasurer
Phillips.
Last evening Perry Cram arrived
here from Summit prairie. Crook
county, with a carload of beef that he
shipped to Troutdale. ~
Yesterday Mrs. Coventon picked a
number of boxes of strawberries at her
farm above The Dalles. This was the
first berries that have ripened in this
section.
The bailers are still busy at the
Moody warehouse, and by the time
this years clip of wool begins arriving
there will be plenty of storage room in
the warehouse to receive it.
Between September l, 1898, and May
/, 1899, the rain fall at Astoria was
1911 inches. If Eastern Oregon could
get one-third that much rain in a year
it would be the garden spot of the
world.
E. A. Wright, travelling correspon-
dent OF the Oregon City Courier |
Herald, was in the city today. Mr..
Wright intends making tour Of Was
CO and Sherman counties in the inter- |
est of his paper.
Rev. Gentry Rushing, the new pas
tor of the Christian church, writes |
that he will arrive in The Dalles, with |
his family on or about the 18th of |
this month, and Immediately assume
bis pastoral duties.
Shearing throughout this county is
rom two to three weeks later than
common, but if the weather continues
ss warm as it is at present there will
be great activity around sheep corrals
md all the wool will be shorn before
;he 10th of June.
A special to the seattle Post-Intelli-
.encer from Victoria, B. c., says:
Private adYices received confirm the
eport of the appointment of Bishop
christie as successor to the late Arch
bishop Gross, of Oregon. Official
Jews of the appointment has not been
eceived yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Maher left on the
fternoon train for their home, at
'ortland. They had been called here
q account of the illness of Mr.. Butts, I,
frs. Maher's father, but he is SO much
that they feel that he is en-
rely out of danger. T.
Thus far the salmon catch has been
retty light, though more than enough
o supply the local market has been
aught, and Seufert Bros, have begun
perating their cannery. Fish men
generally believe the run will be
good one this year, and that the
atch will be large. II
Yesterday J.. q. Leist had the mis-
ortune to run into team while riding
bicyle, and fell in such way that
ne of the bones in his rieh elbow was
roken. DR.. Giesendorffer reduced
he fracture, and today Mr.. Leist is
ute comfortable, though it will be
ONE time before he will be able to use
is arm. {
The stage of the river is uncommon
DR. this time of the year, but it is not
Unprecedented. Mr.. Brooks. who has
ept account of the river for many
ears, says that in 1887, on. May 8, it /
'as 1871, and the highest water that
ear was 1915. Now the river stands {
t 1871. He also states that weather
onditions were similar in 1887 to what
hey are now
Customers OF the Umatilla House
'ere pleased last night to note the inn
the appearance of Fen
'atty, the obliging night clerk. For
lerly Fen wore skull cap to protect
hat portion of his craninum where
be hair had ceased to grow. But last
light the skull cap had been discarded
nd Fen supported as handsome locks
8 ANYBODY, Some say Fen has been
sing new hair restorative that the
lew barber at the Umatilla House
repares, but Tom Kelley declares it
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