The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-25
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


State superintendent McElroy is slow
ly recovering from his late severe illness.
Mrs. Foster, of Tacoma, is visiting
Mrs. John Ryan at her home near Five
Mile.
Charley Don and A. NJ. Kelsay of An
telope, and George Peterson of Biggs are
it town.
Over 200 sacks of wool were received
today at the Wasco warehouse and 250
sacks were shipped west.
The June races began at Walla Walla
yesterday. The display of fast horses is
the best ever seen at that city.
The sheriff held delinquent tax sale
today at the door of the court house, j.
B. Crossen acting as auctioneer.
Rev. o. d. Taylor will arrive from the
east Saturday and will preach at the
Baptist church on the Sabbath.
G.. V. Champlin left off work on the
Regulator" yesterday to enter on an
engagement at the company's shops.
W. D. Jones the enterprising proprie-
lOi vi Ill0 AhtClOPC StdOiC anu lCCo NdtO
gave the CHRONICLE a pleasant call to-
day.
The prizes in Garretson's windows are
attracting much attention by their
beauty. They are well worth contending
for.
Marshal Gibbons turned seven hoboes
loose this morning on condition that
they should leave the city in half an
hour.
Master Albert L. H hudson, son of Mr..
Thomas Hudson, is up from Portland on
a visit to his father and expects to re-
main couple of weeks.
The gentlemen who went down to
Portland last week in the boat interest
were not pleased with the wet weather.
They came home satisfied that The
Dalles has the best climate on the earth.
Mr.. E. Cyrus, one of Prineville's ex-
tensive wool growers, called at the
CHRONICLE office today and speaks en-
couragingly for the outlook for that Sec
tion of Eastern Oregon.
A boy was lost yesterday but when
found he was trying to get away with a
dollars worth of sugar from Roscoe &
Gibbons, but he could not lift it and his
pa had to come and take it home for
him.
We understand that the bonds of Al
Lawson are to be raised to 5000. This
is right and it ought never to have,been
Ia TO-, rf I,a
pie we judge Mr.. Lawson's health will
be much better in the Jail than out of it.
The run OF fish during the past twenty
four hours was very light and fishermen
are beginning to fear that it will con-
tinue light for the rest of the season.
The three wheels of Winen's Brothers
caught 2 100 pounds yesterday and l ,l0C
last night.
The Observation Social given by
the ladies of the '. G. T. u, at theil
hall last night proved pleasant affair
and was largely attended. A very fine
musical and literary programme was
given and succeeding that, the ''observa-
tions' were given in an adjoining room
under the charge of Mrs. Lee. Refresh
ments consisting of ice cream and cake
was served, and all who, attended were
well pleased. The entertainment was
successful financially as well as ever,
other way.
OF the depth of water on the Colum
bia river bar, Major Handbury, who has
charge of the work al the jetty, writes
s'There is now over the bar at the mouth
of the Columbia river straight out anc
in channel having a width of three
quarters of mile and depth nowher,
less than twenty-seven feet. These
depths are referred to the plan of average
lowest low water. The distance from tn,
sounding giving thirty feet on the outsid,
OF the bar to the same depth on the in
side is now but one-half mile.''
We are very much pleased to learl
that the merchants and business men o
Portland have signified their intention
of assisting in substantial way toward
placing boat on the lower river to con
meet with the Regulator. The proiec
has received the hearty endorsement O
the Portland Chamber of Commerce an,
of the Portland Transportation Bureau
and, when such men as w. s. Ladd, C
H. Dodd, 7. F. Osborne and other prom
inent and influential citizens are willin.
.to aid the enterprise by generous sub
scriptions to the capital stock the sue
cess of the movement is fully assured.