The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-19
improvements having been made since

"a Hon. w. b. Dufur and wife
d visiting in the city.
J.H. Claypool, of Prineville, pass
d through the city today en- route to 70
u land.
T. J. Powell, a prominent Gro
county farmer and stock raiser, ls
the city.
Mrs. N. 3. Sinuott went to Casca
Locks today and will return by t
boat this evening.
Harvesting all over the country b
been resumed and is progressing
we'll as if there had been no rain
interfere.
Hon. w. 81. Moore, of Moro, was
the city last night, and left by boz
this morning for Wind river where h
family are camped.
The Klickitat county wheat crop
said to be lighter than common, bu
the quality is fully up to the standai
Nearly all of il will be No l.
! J.J. Brown, who is held at sPullma
for assault, pretended that he had bee
exposed to smallpox, in the hope tha
he would be- released from Jail. Hi
ruse did not work.
Quito a number of Dalles people viii
attend the regetta at Astoria aex
week. 1t promises to be the best ex
hibition of sport on the river evel
given in the state.
| Parties who are in from Sherman
county say that grain was not damaged
by the recent rains. The only 1ncon'
| venience occasioned was the delay
of harvesting few days.
There is druggist in one OF the
suburban districts of Boston who ad-
vertises: 1.-The doctor prescribes, we
execute" Such advertising cannot
fail to appeal TO those who desire to be
executed.
For three weeks past John Graham
has been quite i'll, but is now conva-
lescing, and indications are fdvora BILE
that he will recover. Mr.. Graham is
quite advanced in years, hence mis- re-
covery will be slow.
Mrs. Dawson returned today to her
summer camp at Cascade Locks. She
came up during the storm last week,
but since summer has set in again, she
will spend the remainder of the heated
spell in camp.
1t is reported at Baker City that the
big 1O,OOOa acre A. B. Conley farm. in
the Grande Ronde valley, is to be sold
to colonists from the east. The amount
to be paid for the 10000 acres approxi-
mates S25O,OOO.
AL Holman. formerly of the Oregon.
ion, has purchased an interest in the
Mercury, published at San Jose, CAL.
and will take editorial charge of the
paper. Mr.. Holman is breezy writer
and will set things astir al San Jose.
The superintendent of the La Grande
sugar factory estimates that there will
be 2l 900 tons of sugar beets harvested
in Grande Ronde valley this season.
The average crop throughout the val
ley will be about 30 tons to the acre.
1t is important that good impress
sion be made upon the Spokane
capitalists who will visit the city this
evening. They are people, whom,
should they become interested in The
Dalles, will help push its interests
along.
The gross receipts of the San Fran
cisco postoftice for the fiscal year end
ng June 80 were S1.002, 40, as against
1920, ,337 for the year 1S97-9S. 1t is the
irst time in the history of the office
hat the million-dollar mark has been
cached.
A. N. Reed, farmer residing near
Waterloo, Linn county, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy in the United i
States court. His liabilities, which
are for merchandise and
borrowed money, amount to $989.25
While his assets amount to S46.64 all
exempt.
up to date 80 officers and $40 enlisted
nen have been assigned to the Thirty
itch regiment volunteer infantry, now
,eing recruited at Vancouver barracks.
rwenty.one recruiting stations have
,een established for the regiment in
ifferent points in Oregon, Washing
on, Idaho and California.
The recent rains did more damage
o crops in the Willamette valley than
n any other section of the state. In
linn, Lane and Benton counties con-
iderable of the wheat that was in
'undles on the ground has sprouted
nd will be unfit to thresh. Grain that
or that had not been cut
vas not materially damaged.
It has been decided that the fisheries
nd forestry exhibit of the United
;tates at the Paris exposition shall be
only. An exhibit of natural
sh will be avoided, but timed, pre-
erved and dried fish and fishing tackle
viii make the department of forestry
nd fisheries one of the most attractive
ections in the United States division
t the exposition.
The two bicycle trick riders from
Portland gave an exhibition of their
kill on the street last evening. They
ire intending to work their way to
europe by giving exhibitions at all
principal points from here to the At
antic coast, taking up collections as
hey go along. If they are appreciated
IS we'll other places as they were in
The Dalles they will certainly succeed |
IN their undertaking.
The Southern Pacific railroad COM
oany has offered to take charge and
transport to Paris for the exposition to
be held there an exhibit of Oregon
products. together with that of other
states through which its lines run.
The people of the state are expected to
furnish the products and an agent
TO take care of it and explain it to
visitors. This great chance for the
state to advertise itself.
Wednesday morning Nebraska SOL
dier passed through Albany, says the
Democrat. He intended to stop off
with a view of buying farm some
where near here, but when he saw the
rain. the first by the way that had