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SATURDAY. ...SEPTEMBER 4, 1897
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
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Prom Wednesday's Daily.
Wiley went to Portland to-
Miss Pauline Drews left this morning
, for Hood River for a two-weeks' visit.
Polk Mays and family, of Wallowa
county, are visiting relatives in the
city.
Last night the American Fruit
Grower's Union shipped two car loads
of mixel fruit to Chicago.
One car of cattle was shipped from
Saltmarshe & Co's. stock yards to
Troutdale this morning. ,
.1 Rev. Joseph De Forest's family have
arrived from PortlanI and will make
The Dalles their future horn?.
Considerable wheat was received at
.the warehouses today, and a few sales
were made at 75 cjnts a bushel.
Capt. O. S. Waud and family re-
turned last evening from their summer
'vacation, and to3ay the captain again
took charge ofjhe Regulttor.
D. C. O'Rielly, formerly with the O.
: R. & N., arrived here this morning to
"-. take the position of general freight
i. agent with the Columbia Southern.
T". W. Jackson andwife arrive I hero
" last evening and will locate in The
Dalle. Mr. Jackson, haviug again
accepted position on the O. R Ar N:
... roHd. . "
' Miss Emma Hill, daughter of Dr. J.
era which ended yesterday morning.
The Statesman says no damage was
done crops by the rain except to retard
threshing.
At the- preliminary PxuminoMon
Tuesday at Albany, James Blackburn
was held in $500 bonds to await t.e
action of the grand jury, foe stabbing
William Maher lant sucday. The
latter is likely to recover.
There has not been enough rain so
far to stop threshing, but farmers aro
feeling uneasy lest the rain shall keep
ud. A day's steady rain now would
stop threshing for a week, as tbe grain
is not stacked with the idea of stand
ing storms.
The entertainment given by tbe
University Clef Club at the M. E.
church last night was largely attended.
and was a most enjoyable affair. Tbe
members of the club are accomplished
musicians and are entitled to much
praise from all.
J. M. Filloon returned last night
from Portland. Mrs. Filloon and the
Misses Crooks, whom he accompanied
to the city, having gone up the W illam-
ette valley to visit relatives and friends.
They expect to go as far south as
Brownsville before returning.
Rov. W. C. Curtis arrived on the
Regulator last' evening, having spent
his vacation, tbe most of it at As-oria
and the neighboring beaches. He will
be at the church meeting as usual this
evening and Sunday morning next
will administer the communion.
The East Oregonian crowd who
went to Klondike are in a very fair
way to get there. Their troubles have
been great, but with indomitable pluck
Creek, for it is a cross-grained mortal
indeed, who once visits this place and
crimps awav disnleased. Mr. Curti3
promises hit. If the pleasure of again
visiting Clatsop's beautiful beach next
year, and also intends to interest some
of The Dalles people. Astorian.
Spukane was treated to a sensation
in hfo-h life last Sunday. Lieutenant
Lavery was driviDg on the road with
a nartv of ladv friends, when he was
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met by his wife and given a chastising
with a buffsv whip. The lieutenant
returned to Spokane and has been busy
since answering inquiries as to how it
happened and keeping out of the way
of his irrate spouse.
"Going into a decline." Ho often
dnw hear this expression. wnat
does it mean? It means that people
are losing flesh, growing thin, wasting,
The wav to correct this condition is
to improve the digestion. The condi
tion arises from an inability to eat and
digest food. In fact food does more
harm than good because it ferments
and putrefies in the stomach, develop
ing poisonous substances which when
absorbed cause various disorders.
What is required is that the stomach
h made to uerform its duties. The
Shaker Digestive Cordial is a food al
ready digested and s digester of foods
na well. It will make the stomach
healthy. Get a book from the druggisr
and read about it.
A California chemist lias robbed
Castor Oil of its bad taste. Laxol is
its name.
From naays Dally
FOUGHT IN HIS ttLEKP.
A Tourist Thought Bis Companion Was
llrafcy" and Gave Him a Beating.
On Tuesday there arrived in The
Dalles a fellow with a very sore head
and a rather "fishy" story. He says
liis name is Henry Butcheck; that he
resides 20 miles west of Corvallis, and
that he has recently been employed on
a farm in Montana. When he emerged
from a box car at the depot he was
covered with blood, his head being
beaten into a jelly, his scalp showing
a half dozen gashes that cut through
to the skull. Butcheck gives this ex
planation of how he was wounded: He
and another man bad been working to
gether on a farm in Montana, and they
started to ride to Oregon in a box-car,
intending to beat the railroads out of
their fare. Somewhere this side of
Willows Junction, while Butcheck was
asleep his companion claims to have
dreamed that a brakeman was under
taking to put him off, and seizing a
heavv piece of iron, pounced upon
Butcheck and no doubt would have
killed him, had he not awakened his
assailant. The Injured man was taken
to Dr. Sutherland's office, where his
wounds-were dressed, and he expressed
perfect confidence in the story of hl9
companion, saying he was a "good
fellow" and would not injure him in
tentionally. However the fact de
veloped that Butcheck had some money,
while bis traveling companion had but
little, hence there is at least grounds
for believing that the fellow's dream
was actuated by a desire to possess tbe
money of his companion.
shed their wraps, make a dollar do the
work of ten, shine at a soiree, address
horticultural societies, measure calico,
abuse the liquor, habit, test whiskey,
subscribe to charity, go without meals,
attack: free silver, defend bimetallism,
sneer at snobbery, wear diamonds, in
vent advertisements, overlook scandal,
praise babies, delight pumpkin raisers,
minister to the afflicted,-heal the dis
gruntled, fight to a Guisb, publish
doctor's resolutions denouncing a law
yer, set type, mould opinion, sweep
the office, speak at prayer meeting and
stand in with everybody and every
thing, etc. Ex.
ALASKA. WILL MAKE PKOSPEBITV.
V ;. Hill of Albany, who has been visit- 1 perseveranoA and blarney they finally
anT-Mfg -Wri.JTViley the I succeeded in getting a Doat at lako
j iDg Mr. an
' past month, left this morning for
home. .
Nightwatchman Wiley and family
."returned last night from a visit to
Newberg. and Mr. Wiley goes on his
regular beat this evening as guardian
of the city.
Yesterday Collecter of CuBtoms Black
- appointed L. Alva Pike chief deputy
in his office, to succeed Deputy Forbes,
removed. Mr. Pike was chief deputy
under Collector Abraham.
Miss Irene Collison, who for a num
" ber of years has held a position in the
Hood River schools, arrived here last
night and left this morning for Echo,
where she will be engaged in school
work. " ( '
xThe bargain counter at the Perkins
in Portland is still open, to the disgust
. not only of office seefcers. but of all
decent people who disapprove of this
bargain and sale method of dispensing
.' public patronage.
- The bottom seems to have fallen out
" of the fruitmarket east, and shipping
will be suspended for a time. Prices
''. . that that, can be realized on green,
fruit in . Chicago .and Milwaukee at
' present will not more than pay freight.
' The recent fall in the price of green
. ; fruit emphasizes the necessity of es
tablishing a fruit canning establlsh-
- ment in The Dalles or vicinity.
. Whenever the' market will not
- justify., shipments -being made, the
fruit could be turned into the cannery
where something could be realized for
-' It.- '
Ex-County Commissioner T. P. Gilli
- land, of Ukiah, in Umatilla county
. recently sold out all bis sheep, 2000
head, to E. Boettcher, at $150 each
all around, and will go into the cattle
. ' business. Either Mr. Gilllland is a
very poor-business irian-or some of the
' ': ardent protection papers are off on the
f price of sheep, for they have been tell-
ing us that since the Dingley bill went
' ." Into effect sheep were worth 92 a head.
"' 7 When - the steamer ' Regulator ar
rived at Portland Monday, all the
deck hands demanded an increase in
wages from $35 to $40 a month. On
the company refusing to grant this
'concession the men went on a strike,
and their places were filled with hands
, that could be picked up about the city.
' who do not belong to the union. The
'green men appear to handle the work
satisfactorily, and tbe company will ex
perience but little inconvenience by
- the change.
The entertainment given by the
. "Majestic" pickaninny .band at May's
& Crowe's last night attracted a large
crow'd, and nobody who was there re
', gretted having gone. The little neg
roes are indeed artists, born musicians
and actors, and succeed well in amus
. ing their audience. If they are faith
' ful representatians of the "Majestic"
rangee, they must be first class arti
cles, well worthy the reputation ac
corded to them.
- The first act of a new comedy was
played in the governor's office, where
an official from tne treasury depart
. ment and the editor of an evening
paper chanced to meet. Chairs -and
. books were used indiscriminately, and
so recklessly that the governor's steno
grapher stopped the .play, says a
Salem dispatch to the Oregonian. This'
is not unexpected news, as something
awful was expected to occur since the
" Salem papers began opening up their
baterles on the state officials.
A new record for August wheat re
i ceipts was made yesterday, when 246
... cars of the cereal rolled into the yards
In this city. Of this amount all but 40
, ears came in on the east Ride of the
-1 river; the greater partof t coming
from east ' of the mountains. These
"T ' heavy receipts are the result of the
spirited buying which was in progwv-a
upper country when the high
prices were prevailing a short time
ago, and it will not require many such
days receipts to load all of the tonnage
in port and block up the warehouses
besides. Oregonian.
Linderman to float down the Yukon
A collection of Indian . arrow heai s
are always attractive, but the collec
tion which Joe Studnicker has at the
Columbia brewery is of more than,
ordinary interest. The several frames
which he ha displayed contain some
of the finest specimens of flint eyer ex
hibited.
Dalles merchants are looking for
ward to a brisk business this fall, and
are filling their stores with immense
stocks of goods. Everything now in'
dicates that they will not bo disap
pointed, for crops and prices are good,
and undoubtedly the volume of busi
ness here will be larger than for many
years past.
Those who apply to the county clerk
for a marriage license should bear in
mind that people who are divorced
must wait six months before they can
remarry. If they would keep" this in
mind it would relieve county clerks
the embarrassment of refusing to issue
license, as Clerk Kehay was forced to
do tbe other day.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Butler left this
morning for Portland, and from tbenc
will proceed to Alaska, locating either
atDyea.or Skaguayfor the winter.
Mr. Butler will furnish the Times
Mountaineer with an account of his
trip and of "the condition of affairs in
Alaska, which will appear in these
columns in due time. '
Hon. W. H. H. Dufur returned home
last evening from Portland where he
met the Oregon delegation, but he
comes home no wiser than when he
went away, that is regarding who shall
be recommended for appointment to
federal offices He says the delega
tion will not drop a word , that indi
cates whom they will recommend;
Estimates of the wheat crop of Union
county for 1897 range from 1,250,000
bushels to 2.000,000. While the latter
figure is considered rather high, yet
when the facts of increased acreage
and better crops of this year, as com
pared with others, are taken into con
sideration, it is not improbable that
the output will reach that amount.
The executive committee of the
board of regents of tbe university of
Oregon held a busy session "Tuesday,
lasting nearly the entire day.' The
principal work was the selection of a
successor to the late Professor Edgar
McClure, in the chair of chemistry,
and Professor Arthur Lockman, of
San Francisco, was' elected to this
position.
On the 1st of August the Umatilla
house offered two prizes- for the two
highest average scores for 50 games on
the bowling alley, and yesterday ac
counts were balanced up when It was
found that Chas. Champlaln had an
average score Of 30 3-5, which entitled
him to the first prize, a case of wine,
and A. B. Estebenet's average score
was 34 27 50, by which he earned a box
of cigars.
Sometime between 10 o'clock Mon
day night and 4 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, the postoffice at Cedar Mills, in
Multnomah county was entered by
burglars, who secured $6.40 ip stamps
and $50 -worth of clothing from the
general merchandise store in which
the postoffice is situated,' The burglar
entered by scrpping tbe putty from a
window pane, removing " the glass and
unlocking the window from the inside.
. Railroad Commissioners Eddy and
Macrum have finally decided to not
recognize Wagner, the new appointee do "t Propose to let it go for less than
1..i.nt.he
. from Thursday's Daily.
; Dr. Fraaler went to White Salmon
on the boat this morning.
Mrs, Tom Ward and son returned last
night from a trip to the coabt. -
There are one car of cattle and one
of hogs in the stockyaids to be shipped
to Trout dale tonight.
Whealdon and F. W. Wilson
cam borne last night from a visit of 15
days to the Mitchell country.
Miss Anna Johns, of Vancouver, B.
C, is in the city, visiting her uncle
and aunt, Capt. and Mrs. Waud.
Mrs. J. M. Patterson and daughter,
Miss Bulah, left oa tbe boat this morn--;
ing for Salem to visit relatives in that
city.
Sain has been general all over tbe
tata tbe past few days, though not
..enough has fallen to materially inter-
fere with harvesting.
The rains today have - done no ma
i terlal damage as yet, in fact haye been
beneflcUl in laying the dust and clear
ing the atmosphere. '
'. There is no change in the eastern
' fruit market today, hence fruit raisers
r have stopped picking, and there will
be no shipments until the market
looks up. - ' '
' Walla Walla had three days of show-
as a member of the board, and will
meet next Friday with Mr. Compson,
whose office Governor Lord decided
was vacant. Certainly a recognition
"of Wagner would be a recognition
that they are not commissioners, which
they are probably not. It is said that
Fool Commissioner Luce also refuses
to be supplauted by W, W. Baker, who
was appointed by Governor Lord.
Nothing has resulted from tte res
olution, recently adopted by the Ore'
go n state boirlof education relating
to the disposition of money received as
fees for the issuance of state teachers
papers. The superintendent of public
instruction has failed to report tbe
amount received, as directed by tbe
resolution. He has further shown that
be will not be governed by resolutions
adopted by the board, in receiving fees
since the last board meeting, and not
turning them into the treasury, as by
the resolutions required.
At 6 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
J. H. stabl reported to the police that
her brewery had been entered during
the night by sfe-crackers. the .safe
opened and money taken to the amount
of $485, besides a large amount of val
uable papers, including $2500 worth of
notes. The police at once made an
investigation and examination of the
scene of the safe cracker's operations
and found that the job had been very
neatly and completely done, being evi
dently the handiwork of professionals.
Walla Walla Union.
Rey. W. C. Curtis, of The Dalles, re
turned up the river last evening on
tbe steamer Telephone after a two
weeks visit to Astoria, and adjacent
beach resorts. He made a trip to Can
non Beach with J. N. Griffin and re
turned a most enthusiastic admirer of
that place. Mr. Curtis is considerable
of an artist and is able to appreciate
a place like the beach south of Elk
Hon. J. L. Cowan, Indian agent at
Warm Springs, is in the city today,
Mitts Laura Wilson, of Hood River,
has been visiting in the city, and left
on the boat today for home.
n. Herbring left yesterday for New
York to purchase his fall and winter
stock of clothing and dry goods.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Harris and family
are home from the sea coast, and re
port having had p. most enjoyable
summer outing.
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Judge Story has disposed of his
residence property on the hill, and has
moved into Leslie Butler's residence
on Fourth street.
Collections were fairly good yester
day, though they might have leen
better, and no doubt will be on tbe
first of next month.
G. D. Snowden has again taken a
pos tion with the O. K. & N. Co.,
having entered the office here in the
capacity of billing clerk.
Mrs. McLeod and Miss Colllngwood,
have been visiting the Misses Lang In
tbe city. They left on the boat- this
morning for Portland.
Mrs. Nye and daughter.of California,
who have been visiting Mrs. J. S.
Schn eck, left by boat this corning on
their homeward journey.
Ontario, Malheur county, will have
six days' racing this fall, commencing
Sept. 27. $1180 In purses will be of
fered and it is expected . that many
good horses will be there. ,
superintendent JJaggert has1 re
signed tbe principals!-V of Arlington
School and Professor Neal, of Golden
dale,- has been elected to fill the posit
ion. . The term will begin September
13th.
The D. P. & A. N. boats experience
little or no inconvenience in handling
their boats with the new deck hands.
Tbe change in help will not affect the
excellent service this line gives tbe
public.
The wheat ' market is somewhat
firmer today than at any ' tittfe" "during
tbe past .week. Quotations in Port
land are 80 to 82 cents. Here the
market is firm at 75 cents, with very
few sales. v
Geo. Nolan was In from Dufur today
and said the rains this afternoon
stopped heading In that section but
did not interfere with threshing,
none of the machines being compelled
to stop on account of the showers". -
The Oregon delegation - have gone
into hiding, leaving office seekers In
Portland still on the anxious seat. It
is claimed, however, that an agreement
has been reached as to who shall be U.
S. district attorney and marshal, but
no names are yet made public.
J. B. Haveley is lying dangerously
ill at bis borne near Dufur with little
hopes of his recovery. His illness is
the result of some blows he received
oa the head In a difficulty which oc
curred in The Dalles some eight or ten
days since. ' -
There has been no material change
id the fruit market east the past few
days, prices remaining low on all
classes of green fruit. ' This has
stopped shipping, and ' growers will
now turn their attention to ' drying
such fruit as Is suitable for this pur
pose. '
It Is Indeed pleasing to note the ex
pression of the faces of farmers now-a-days
when they come in with a load of
wheat and refuse 75 cents a bushel.
They feel that they have an article for
sale which the world wants and they
they belleye It will be worth when the
market fairly .pens.
Geo. Crossfield, manager of the O.
T. Co., of Wasco, Is in tbe city today.
Mr. Crossfield Says Wasco is flourish
ing, business is brisk, and every house
in the town is occupied. Threshing
has not been delayed on account of the
rains, and the spring grain throughout
Sherman county is yielding on an
aveyage 30 bushels to the acre.
The extra freight train from Pendle
ton Monday night took out 40extFa
cars for distribution along the Spokane
branch. These will be loaded with
wheat. A good many were from the
Denver and R!.o Grand, which is re
ported to have leased 1000 freight oars
to tbe O. R. & N Co, They are muob
lower and smaller than the average
car.
O. C. Nelson, one of the publishers
of the Klickitat county .Agriculturist,
is in tbe town today, and reports
overythmg flourishing about Golden
dale. The farmers In that section, Mr.
Nelson says, are harvesting large
crops, and at present prices for wheat
will be able to pay their debts this fall
and have money left.
The select school tor children will
open September 13th. This school
combines the kindergarten with the
primary studies. Course of study:
Appleton's series of charts and readers
with Barnes' as supplementary:
White's "First Steps In Number;"
Milne's Elementary Arithmetic. Ob
servations, lessons and talks concern
ing the things of every day life, also
upon geographical and historical sub
jects. Vertical writing taught by re
quest. Clay modelling and drawing.
Poet for tbe year, Eugene Field . Re
cess time spent in kindergarten games.
Session from 1 to 4 P. H. For children
from 4 to 10 years of age. Private in
struction given In higher branches.
SHEEPMEa DISMISSED.
Most Hereafter Hake Application for the
Pasturing of Band.' ' . ' ' '
On motion of United States Attorney
Murphy, five more cases against sheep
men charged with trespassing on tbe
Cascade forest reserve, were dismissed
in Judge Bellinger's court yesterday.
The names of those released from gov
ernment litigation are: Wm. Gilhau
sen, Alexander Thompson, Charles B.
Dow, W. O'Dell and W. E. Hunt.
In connection with these dismissals
tbe attention of . the sheepmen was
called to the following ruling made by
the United States attorney-general,
June 4, 1897:
Owners of sheep are required to
make application to the commissioner
of the general land office for permis
sion to pasture, stating the number of
sheep and the location on the reserve
where it is desired to graze. Permis
sion will be refused or revoked when
ever it shall appear that sheep are pas
tured on parts of tbe reserves spec
ially liable to injury, or upon and in
the vicinity of the Bull Run reserve,
Crater lake, Mount Hood, Mount Rain
ier or other well known places of pub
lic resort, or reservoir supply. Per
mission will also cease upon proof of
neglect as to the care of fires made by
herders, or of the violation by them
of any of the forest reserve regula
tions." , . 1 - .
The Matter of Street Light.
Ed Times-Motthtaiseeb:
Would you kindly gratify the curios
ity of a good many of tbe readers of
your valuable paper by providing them
with ' whatever intelligence may . be
available, with - reference to the
matter of street .lights for tbe city.
When, within the next century, are
the mayor and city council going to
give us any "light" on this subject?
Citizen.
Probably the city council will light
the streets whenever in their judg
ment tne taxpayers of the city can af
ford this luxury. When' the streets
were lighted with electricity it was at
a cost of $180 a month. During that
time the city was running behind, Its re
ceipts being less than Its expenditures.
Since the ' its have been dispensed
with, the city government is a little
more than paying running expenses
and Interest on its . bonded indebted
ness. Whenever the taxpayers of
The Dalles signify their desire to bear
additional burdens for lighting - the
streets, we presume the council - will
meet their wishes; but it is tbo policy
of the present council to conduct the
affairs of the city on a cash basis, to
keep its expenditures inside the re
ceipts,, without increasing the rate of
taxation, and until the people.- want to
pay higher taxes, they will probably
be in the dark. Ed. -
Judge Monley' Observation on Hi Re
cent Northern Trip. -
Judge v.- G. Munley, who has just
returned from a trip to Alaska en legal
business, says that in .hU: opinion tbe
Stickeen river route to the Yukon Is
the most feasible and practicable, and
is attended with the least obstacles for
goldseekers.
Tbe judge is .most favorably im
pressed with the outlook - for South
eastern Alaska, and he talus interest
ingly of the development work out
lined for that' wonderful land of riches
of all kinds. A boom is on tbe tapis
at Wrangel, he says, and whether
Klondike proves all it is expected or
not, the coast of Alaska is going to
eDjoy prosperity. If 'Portland wants
to share the benefit of a future great
trade with those regions It is ber .duty,
and the time is now at hand, - to show
an interest in ber affairs and business
enterprises. Capital is moving Alaska
ward rapidly, and if Portland mer
chants and jobbers remain asleep for
ever it will fall to other cities to share
the prosperity which the land ot gold
will make. Eastern travelers, bound
to and from Alaska, laugh incredulous
ly when it Is explained why the con
servative Webfoot metropolis so timid
ly takes a share of tbe trade with
Alaska. Telegram. ' '
Land Tranafer.
EC Pease and wife to S A French, I
parcel of land in block 7, Dalles City, j
$360.
Edward M Harriman and wife to J
A Wagner, parcel of land in sec 16, t
1 s. r 13 e. $100.
Daniel Grldley and wife to Cayler &
Morris, si sei, and swi sec 4, sei sec 5,
sees 8, 9 and 10, w wi, ei nwi sec 15,
nwi sec 17, 1 1 n, r 14e, $1.
unanes u uoberts and wire to
James Roberts, lots 2 and 3, sei nwi,
ne swi sec 6, 1 1 r 10 t, $1.
C G Roberts and wife to James Rob
erts, lots 2 and 3, block 6, town cf
Parxburst, $1.
John Parker to A. L. Parker lots 2,
and 4, sec 11. w 2, sw 4, sec 12, t 2 n, r
10 e, SI.
W. H. Waldson to D. P. & A. N Co.,
lot 6, blk 1, Dalles City, $600.
J. E. Barnett to F. Leist, lot 2, blk
28, Bigelow addition to Dalles City,
John W. Jenkins and wife to L. L.
Lane, lot o, blk 22, Humason addition
to Dalles City, $125.
William and Jane Frazer to O. R. &
N.'Co., parcel of land, sec 33, 1 3 n, r 8
e, $225.
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Special
Attractions
WARM
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WEATHER I
WEARABLES
The balance, about Fifteen Suits, of our" stock of
H Men's Summer Suits T0 cAOSE 50c on the Dollar 3
Ju-tone-half the regular price. Only fifteen suits left. ' I
The Dreamer Caught. . .
Thursday Marshal Lauer gathered
into the fold W. F. Blank, the fellow
who so severely beat Henry Butcheck
in a box car while coming down the O.
R, & N. line Wednesday morning, and
who claimed to haveassaulted his com
panion while dreaming that a brake
man was trying to put him - off tbe
train. - Blank was given an examina
tion before Recorder Sinnotfc . this
morning, and evidensiy-uls Honored
not take any stock in Blank's story,
for he - -determined . that the de
fendant should answer before
the next grand jury on a charge
of assault with a dange"ous weapon,
fixing his oonds at $200.. Blank being
a stranger could not furnish - bail,
hence was given oyer to the sheriff,
and will remain in jail until the Oc
tober term of court. The complaining
witness, Henry Butcheck was held in
bonds of $40 to appear and testify, and
put up cash ball for his appearance.
Mall for the Yukon.
Instructions have been received by
the officials of the railway mail service
at Portland to cause all letter mail for
Canadian points on tbe Upper Yukon
t be forwa-ded via Seattle to Dyea,
Alaska, and to send all other clas-tes
of mail for these points to San Fran-
Irancisco, to be forwarded by steamer
to St; Michaels, sailing from San Fran
cisco September 5,. They were further
advised that, after the departure of
tbls steamer, September 5, all mail for
the Klondike country, except letters,
will be held at San Francisco and 1
Seattle, as letter mail only' is to be j
carried from Dyea to Dawson City
Until further provisions is made by
the United States and Canadian post-
office departments, it will be useless
for anyone to mall anything but letters
for points on the Yukon river this
winter. The last trip for this season,
from Sitka to Uoalaska leaves Sitka
October 1, or on the arrival of the
steamer City of Topeka, due to sail
from Seattle September 26. -
For Sale or Bent. '
A fine fruit farm of 90 acres, plenty
of wood and running . water, situated
-within five miles of The Dalles, will be
rented or sold on easy terms. This is
one of the .most desirable bargains In
tbe county. For particulars inquire
at tms omce or at tne tome of J . A.
Fleckv . . -.- " .
Sizes from 35 to 47. We
esill . r .. . ,
cum soveiiiv-iivo suits nr thn
former advertised sale, July 21; therefore do not delay,
but make, your selection toda'.
$10 Suits for $5. $12.75 Suits for $6.38. $15 Suits for 7;50
riUSLIN UNDERWEAR -
Of the good kind, to close at reductions that astonish.
40c garments for
HOc garments for ........!
75c garments for. ....... . .
11 garments for ............!."..!
And better grades' at proport ionate rates,
20(?
30c
38c
59c
tr: Summer Wash Goods
K
eauced:
8c, 10c and 1 2ic ' Dimitiesreduced to 0c a yard.
15c and 160 Dirniiiesjetc.,- reduced to 10c a yard.'
v7 cm nMini
Sl. Hi. cu
uttams cx Ljo.
2)aes, Otegdn.
Letters Advertised. - -
The following is the list of letters re
maining In The Dalles postoffice un
called for September 4, 1897. Persons
calling for these letters will please
give -date on which they were advertised:-
-, ' 4 i":
Bonner.-Alex -'
Burnell, Ella
Carnody, Hy -Dans,
Leon L
Dans, Elizaoeth
Hull, Elizabeth
Johnston, Etta'
Morse, C W
Barns, R M '
Bowers, Oliver; . :
Butler, Josie '
Conway. Jas 2 .
DavidsonChas E
Harris, Annie
Hartman, Jas
Moore, Ike - '
Neilsen, Cbristice McKalne , H O
OgiloiUAG2 Odell, W H, .
Oneal. Wm. -V Reltig. A h '. :", .'
Roberson, Agnes Stone, L A 3 . .
Waver, Allen Thompson, EH '
J. A. CBOSSEN, P. M
Low Excursion Bates to tbe Stat ' Fair.
Tbe O. R. & N. Co. will make a one
fare rate from all points on. their lines
in Oregon to the Oregon State fair
which opens September 30 and closes
October 8. A big harvest and a- big
fair. A clean, vigorous, delightful,
and comprehensive exposition of every
thing pertaining to the farm and the
farmer. Good races and amusements
of all kinds. Special attractions every
day. ' ' :' "
With tbe present crop prospects and
the extremely low railroad rate of one
fare for tbe round trip, the people of
Oregon can afford to patronize'' the
State fair that benefits ail ' classes.
Popular admission of 23 cents. " .-'..- -
It is said that the congressional del
egates who have been at the Perkins
in Portland a fortnight trying to par
cel out public patronage and please
everybody, haye gone away after settl
ing the matter to their own satisfac
tion. It Is intimated that the appoint
ments were settled some time ago, but
will not be announced until after Sen
ator McBride is well out of tbe . way of
tbe. kicks which are sure to follow.
Four miles of the Columbia Sou th
ern track is now laid, and the company
is determined to "-have the - road in
operation to Wasco by the 15th, so as
to be able to handle all,, of this fall's
crop ot wheat In Sherman county.- The
company has established a rate of 73
cents a ton on wheat from Wasco to
the river, which is about, one-third
what it has heretofore cost farmers to
haul their wheat down in wagons. .
- Hardly a business man in The Dalles
but recognizes that Wasco county
needs ad vertising, and they 1 all look
upon the forthcoming special edition
of. the Times-Mountaineer as the
source of putting the resources of the
conunty before the public. In con
sequence the edition will receive
material support not only rom The
Dalles but from' the entire surround
ing country. ... ,
For the convenience of the stewards
on the Regulator and Dalles City,
lockers are being put in the office on
the wharf, where their supplies for
each day can be stored.
We
Want
More Subscribers
And Are Going: to Have Them
C
Weekly
Times-Mountaineer
and
Webfoot Planter
One Tear for
31.50.
..Webfoot Planter.. -
Farmers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers,
Bee Keepers, Poultrymen, take the
How you can get
The leading'fann paper
in the Northwest . . , .
Because it is Newsy, Practical and Reliable
t 1 ... f
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208 Second Street, Portland .
MAMPLK COPT FKEBS
Every subscriber to tne' Times-Mountaineer who pays 'all arrearages and one year
iu advance, and all new subscribers will be given the Webfoot Planter fbee. . . . .
T
BOBN
WATT In this city, August 27, to Mr, and Mrs.
MED.
PARKER At Hood River. August 87.' John
' Parker aged about SO yearn: Deceased was a
momoer oi tciversiae Jouge A. o. U. W., and
leaves a wife and two children
Water Commission Meeting.
Regular monthly meeting of Dalles
City water commission was held at
the office of tbe clerk, on August 31st,
at which the following members were
present: Peters, Crosse n, Randall,
Dufur, Bolton and Phirman. The fol
lowing claims against the commission
were read and ordered paid: '
I. J. Norman, superintendent.
C. A. Borders, assistant.
Simeon Bolton, cleric
T. Peters & Co., mdse
Maier & Benton mdse
I. C. Ni'-kelson mdse ; ..
Buffalo Meteor Co., supplies. .
A. Sandrock. labor
Louis Richardson, . labor. . . . .
Mays & Crowe, mdse. .......
. B. Cros-en, auctioneer fees
Chas. Cbamplain, labor.... .
Geo. Brown, labor.....
H. Golden, labor.
M. Lewis, labor........
S. R. Smith, labor.
D.Bunnell,....,,.
Monthly: reports of superintendent
and treasurer read and placed on file. -
Applications of VT.. T3. Wiley for a
loan of $2,Q00 and of John Seiber for
00 referred to committee consisting
of J. B. Crossen, E. B. Dufur and M.
Randall. .. .
Report of tbe superibtendentshowed
the following for tbe month of AuguBU
Total book accounts .$1355 34
Collected for water rents...... 1110 10
Collected from sale of lots. .... 21 00
75 00
-55 00
10 00
4 00
90
20
0 80
75
2 70
31 44
10 00
3 (10
3 0J
9 00
3 CO
2 00
1 50
Th Way of tbe Wflrld.
Tennyson could take a worthless
sheet of paper, writq a poem on it and
make it worth J65,000-that is genius,
VanderbiU can write a few words on a
piece of paper, and make it worth
$5.000,000 that is capital. The United
States can take an ounce and a quarter
of gold and stamp upon it an "eagle
bird" and make it worth $26-that is
money. A mechanic oai take material
worth iH and make into watch springs
worth $100 that's skill. A. merchant
can take an article worth 75 cents and
sell it for $1 that's business. A ditch
digger works 10 hours a day and han
dles several tons of earth for $2 that's
labor, When a candidate is running
for office he will promise a voter any
thing that's politics. When he gets
into office he will promise nothing
that's politics, too. . Every applicant
who is turned . down by our congres
sional delegation will pronounce him
self a sucker that's human nature.. .
It's Aa Kasy Job,
All a fellow has to do to run a news
paper is to be able to write a poem,
discuss tbe tariff and money question,
umpire a base ball game, report a wed
ding, saw wood, beat a lawyer, de
scribe a fire so that the readers will
A Wonderful Invention.
' LaBt night several hundred people
witnessed the Corbett-FItzsS)nmons.
prize fight as shown by a "erisqope In
Vogt Opera house. No one' could
see the picture (if it may be called
such) without admiring the genius of
the inventor who created theappliance
which so perfectly portrays the move
ments of animate beings. . Every
motion oi tne principals in tne ring
could be seen. As . the . pictures
were thrown .upon the screen, one
could not but imagine they were real
men, so perfect was every motion re
produced. The veriscope ia .beyond
question one of the greatest inventions
of the age, and is something everybody
should see.
rasaed Quietly Away.
On Wednesday evening,.. Sept. 1,
Mrs. Mary C. Bills, died at ber. home
near Mosier, at tbe advanced age of 80
years. Mrs. Bills came to Oregon in
1840, and passed the d eel iciny ears of
her life in- this state,, surgounde, by
.children and grand-children. -
. The funeral wilLtake place from tbe
residence of J. B. Crate," corner Court
and -Eight streets, in this .city 'to
morrow. . ' . 4'- -'
' '- -In
the state of Massachusetts there
are 73,000 more women than men, and
one of tbe most prominent questions of
the hour is what to do with this enor
mous surplus, It plight be a good idea
to send them out here where they
would be gladly welcomed by many a
loneiy pacbelpr rancher whose wheat
crop this year will give him sufficient
capital to. warrant him In taking a.
wife.
Among those bound for Klondike
is Sylvester Soovel, the famous corres
pondent of tbe New York Word, who
came near being hanged In Cuba, and
who afterwards waa In the midst of the
TurkUh-G reek war, Scovel has paid
1, w nave ouu pounag laKen over
the Chllcoot pass and down the river.
He proposes to make the lakes in five
days and the rest in 15 more. .
There were only two deaths reported
in the A. O. U. W. lodge for the month
of September, which necessitates one
assessment under, the classified plan
that went into effect at the beginning
of the month. This assessment will
raise enough money to carry the lodg
through another month without levy
ing another assessment in October un
less -there is 'an unusual.-number, of
deaths. -. - ; - ,
English and Belgian cements, very
best imported brands, for. sale by the
Wasco Warehouse C
. SUNSET BLUES AND REDS.
Bow the Gorgeous Colorings of Twilight
. Skies Are I rodaeed.
: Observers of the gorgeous sunsets and
afterglows have been most particularly
struck with the immense wealth of the .
various shades and tints of red. . Now, l
if the glowing colors are due to the
presence of -dust in the air, there must
be somewhere a display , of the colors
complementarv to the reds, because the
dust acts by a selective dispersion of the
colors. .
The small dust particles arrest the di
rect course of the rays of light and reflect
them in all directions, but they princi
pally reflect the rays of the violet end
of the spectrum, while tbe red rays
pass on almost unchecked. Overhead
deep blue reigns in awe-inspiring glory,
. As the sun passes bcjpw the horUon,
and the lower stratum of air, with its
larger particles of dust which reflect
light, ceases to be Illuminated, the
depth and fullness of the blue most in
tensely : increase. This . effect is pro
duced by the very fine particles of dust
in the sky overhead being unable to
scatter any colors unless those of short
wave-lengths at the violet end of the
spectrum. Thus we see. above, blue in
its intensity . without any of the, red
colors, . aays the Popular : Science
Monthly,
- Wben, however, tbe observer brings
his eyes down in any direction except
tbe west ho will see the blue mellowing
into bluergreen. green and then rose
color. And some of the most beautiful
and dciieate colors are formed by the
air cooling and depositing its moisture,
in the particles of dust, increasing the
iize of the particles till they are suffir
-iently large to stop and spread the red
-ays, when the sky glows with a strange
iurora-like light. -. ' -
0
regon Bakery
and CATE
A. KELLER, Prop'rl
Am prepared to furnish families,-hotels' and
restaurants with the eholoast .'
Bivad, Cakes ami Res.
Fresh Oysters Served
Every Style;
in
Second Street, next door to The
Dalles National Pank.-
San Francisco
BEER HALL
F. LEMKE, Proprietor..
Goods
Arrivingr-a.
fpring opening the richest and choicest selection
of Imported Dress Goods, Wash Goods, all new de
signs, shades and materials, Homespun Linens,
Scotch Zephyrs', fancy and . figured Organdies, Black
Brocade Poplinis, etc. ; ' w . ,
:A ne:line' of JGenta, Ladies, Misses and Children
Shoes, in lace and button. ' ,: . . ' .
A very large slock of dressy and desirable Clothing
at bedrock prices. . .. -: . . . .
A new line of samples for spring and summer from '
the largest custom clothing manufacturing com
rpany in the United States. A fit guaranteed.
Call and Examine onr Stuck, and Erices-
Fine Wines, Liquors, and Cigars
A IX KINDS OF BOTTLED BEER.
Columbia Brewery Beer on Draught
LIGHTNING ON
SHIPBOARD.
The Vessel Pad K CudHton
Captain Was Shocked
'.'My father was walking the poop of.
h.is yessel in Sydney harbor, and, as it
was rather a close, warm evening, the
awpingswere furled," says a writer in
(London Tid-Bits, ' "It was thundering
and lightning, lie bad just got aft and
turned around when he saw something
etceedingly bright drop before him,
and be was knocked down. In falling
be struck his head against the rail,
which stunned him for a mismte.
' "When be got up he found that the
front part of his legs were severely
scorched. Two of the planks in the
deck were charred about an inch deep
for a length of seven feet, and the main
royal mast of a ship lying about a quar
ter of a mile astern -was broken off,
though whether by the same stroke he
could not tell. ,.
-"When the deck was repaired my fa
ther kept the charred portions, and he
still has them to show to anyone who
donbts his story.
. "The ships that were struck by the
lightning had no conductors on their
masts. Most ships have them now. In
the ship on which I served my time we
had a platinum rod on each truck, with
wire conductors passing through glass
insulators down the backstays.
- "On tbe least sign of thunder the ends
of these wires were thrown over the'
side. .. On dark nights when there was
any lightning flashing the points of the
platinum rods used to have a blue light'
glimmering on them, and the effect v?a
very weird and uncanny." A
Second Street, bet. Co art aad Caloa.
imnmmTT)iiiinnHimii
THE 0K0 FIP WISE B0O1S
AD. KELLER, Mgr. ;
A Complete Line
Imported anj Domestic
and Cigars.
; " ; J. P. MCINERNY
One Price Cash House. ' Cor. 2d and Court Streets
Johristons
-IS THE. PLACE TO GET-
Fl E
CHOICE
HND CR0K6RY
Sheepmen's Supplies, Shears, Oil and Lamp Black
. for marking Sheep.
So. SO, Second door from the Corner
oi Court SU
I and IS gaUomkega for sale oa reasonable
terms.
r( Mitchell, Wagbhs.....
AMERICAN and EUROPEAN PLAN
IPERIiL
HOTEL
Seventh and Wash ngtor Sta. .
PORTLAND, ... OREGON
fBOS. G CINE AN,
Proprietor
KATES "
u.oo i.50 t&es
&00 H.60 CS00
McSherry , J)rill3r Osborne Mowers, Binders,
Reapers and -Rakes. ! Myers' Hay Tool and
' Farm ImplenVeiiiii'bf all kinds. , .
Full Une: of Hachine Extra
"Next door to A. M. Williams & Co.
SHROPSHIBE RAMS.
Largest Mutton Ram Breeding Farm in America
Strong, vigorous animals now ready for shipment.
Carload lots for range use a specialty.
White rost prices. jpr, O-"' FOX.
TCoodslde Farm, Oregon, WUconiin.