The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-26
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
R. j. German returned last mig
from Glenwood.
Capt. Ad. Keller and family cam
home yesterday from Wind river.
Joe Heroux left last night for Burn
where ne has accepted position o
\ the News.
Lou Oakes is again on his expires
wagon, having returned from camping
at Cascades.
The o. K. shaving parlors were re
opened today with j. r Reese proprie
tor. The shop is neatly fitted up, ant
is quite attractive.
four year old orchard of French
prunes is reported from Douglas county
which will have yield of 100 pounds
OF fruit. per tree this year.
Today P M. Ruffner sold l60 acres
of land on Chenoweth creek to Geo. An
derson for $500 1t is principally hill
land, valuable mostly for pasture.
Monday The town of Victor, Colo
/ RADIO, mining camp of 10000 people.
was almost totally destroyed by fire.
= The loss is estimated at So, 100000.
Labor day, September 4th, is nation
al holiday, but will hardly be observed
in this section. for everybody is too
{ busy working now to take a day of rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Myer. Mrs. Geisendorffer and Miss
Henderson left this morning for Cloud
Cap Inn. and if the weather remains
favorable some of the party will prob
ably make the ascent of Mt. Hood be-
fore retur ming.
This morning Mrs. G. L. Phillips
LETT for San Francisco to purchase a
complete line of winter millinery.
When she returns the ladies of The
Dalles and vicinity will have an OPP
portunity to select from the best stock |
ever brought to this place.
Newt Burgess returned last evening |
from Seaside. He says the weather
bad moderated at Astoria yesterday
morning, rain having about ceased
falling, and people who were there
were hopeful that they would yet have
some enjoyment at the regetta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gerichten, of
Portland, are visiting Mrs. Gerichton's
pareuts, Mr.. and Mrs. A Buchler, in
this city. Mr.. Gerichton is suffering
from rheumatism, and tomorrow will
go to the hot springs on Wind river
and try the virtue of bathing in the
water of the springs as curative of
rheumatism.
Crook county had only one soldier,
John Newsom, in the Philippines, but
when be got home last week the citiz- v
ems of Prineville gave him a rousing P
reception. He was attending school "
at Eugene when the call for volunteers
was made, and enlisted in Co. G. He V
went through the war without [
scratch. Il
Mr. Gray, of the Los. Lake Lum
bering Co. of Hood River. spent the r.
day in the city. Mr.. Gray says toe b
new mill at Hood River is turning out W
fine lot of lu.n Der, but AS yet has
been able to run only at half it's cap N
acity because of the scarcity of logs. s
When sufficient logs can be had the W
mill will turn out about l50. 900 feet of W
lumber daily.
DaIes merchants should not lose >,
sight of the fact that their sales would =,
be increased materially if We had Y
industries here en- '.
ploying large number of hands, and u
that the only way to get such indus
tries is by concert of action. If we :,
would all pull together for the upbuild- =, =,
ing of the town, The Dalles could AZ
easily be made place OF 10000 inhab- - -
itants in five years.
Time has proven Um. lila county to ~
possess the greatest wheat soil on
earth, asserts the East Oregouian. and ;.
that from it the cereal can be produced ''
at less expense per bushel Than in any ..
part of the globe. Thirty cents per -.
bushel will more than cover the cost of y, y,
producing wheat in this county, and 1N
this figure allows very liberal rate of =
interest on the capital represented by ;. y.
the value of the land and all necessary VI
There is considerable activity in ~
timber lands in the Jenny creek Sec VI ",
tion, says the Ashland Tidings. Some -
transfers have already been made, and u
more are on the tapis. A Michigan ~
lumber company have representatives
in that section who have purchased or a.
secured options on about 5000 acres :"
recently, the price offered being about
$4,000 per claim of 160 acres. Repre- e'
sentatives of an Ohio company have us
also been recently looking ov r IL
the extensive Hopkins timber land d
holdings in that section, which amount az
to about 900 acres, with view 10 nj
purchasing. 1t is understood that NJ
Hopkins asks round 81 ZOO, 900 for his I'll
lands.
Clear skies and a warm sun prevail >
throughout Eastern Oregon today, and -
farmers are generally happy, for the
grain is drying and will be in condition Jl
to thresh in few days. So far as Can r,
be learned the damage to crops in this d
county has been slight, and will be- I'll