The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-11-18
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From wednesdays Daily.


Mr.. C. ]. Blight, of Wasco, Is In tn
CITY.
Mr.. Allen Grant, of Antelope, IL IN tn
city.
Mr.. E. w. Helm, of Nansene, drove Ii
town last evening.
Mr.. Il. II Riddell returned from shor
visit at the Locks yesterday.
Notwithstanding the lsteness Of th'
season considerable wheat is still belnf
brought to the city.
The city Jail was free of occupants las
night, and no items could be gathered ir
this usual repository of news.
The 'sY's" social will be held at th'
academy on Saturday evening. A good
programme Is in preparation. Admission
Is cents, including supper.
The following deed was fled with the
county clerk Monday: A r Russell and
wife to c V Lane; lots l and 2, and ii and
Is, hf of lots and 10, block 5, Baird's
second addition to town of Antelope; $500.
The jury IN the case of r. Allerv vs. The
Dalles laundering Co. was excused this af.
ternoon until Tomorrow morning at 9
o'clock, and jury empanelled in the case
of Hood River Supply Co. VS. w. K. VII
mans, and they will spend the time to morrow
viewing the grounds of the Ditch Co.
Mr.. e. W. Helm, ON shis farm near
Nansene, drove 90 head of cattle to pas
ture yesterday, where they will remain
until In sufficient flesh for market. These
were from Crook county and belonged to
Mr.. Cram. In few days Mr.. Helm will
receive $50 more to pasture, belonging to
Or. Gesner, of Prlnevillc.
The secretary of the state board of
equalization has sent circular letter to
each county court in the state as follows:
"On what basis of valuation do you con-
slider that all property in your county as
returned by the county assessor and
equalized by the county beard of equali-
zation, Is now assessed"
Mrs Fannie Mct rea found General E.
L. Applegate in her dooryard at Ashland,
and sailed into him with a curtain roller.
He was taking look at the oli home,
rented by the McCrea woman's family,
Vertrees, under the impression they had
moved. she will have to expiate her Of
Tense with $50 fine or 25 days in Jail.
The robbers who took $1,000 from the
bank at Milton Monday afternoon, have
not been captured yet, and it is doubtful
if they ever will. 1t is supposed by many
that they belong to the same gang who
robbed the bank at Roslyn, Wash, and
themselves to the amount of
$I0,000. They marked out their route
and know every inch OF ground they had
TO travel 10 escape the sheriff and his
posse.
Mr. John Trans, the constable at the
Locks, served warrant yesterday on a
man inside the inclosure surrounding the
government works. Trana arrested his
man all right and had him in custody; hut
q crowd of employees attacked him. and a.
ter q hard struggle released the fellow. It
seems to be the general opinion entertained
by the workmen that being in the employ
OF the United States exempts a man from
arrest, and almost in every instance they
attempt to claim this exemption.
Mr.. A. Mcleod, of Kingsley, gave us
an agreeable call this afternoon. The
farmers IN that portion of our county are
not at all discouraged, although some very
promising Yields were damaged by the
late rain. Hogs would find good feed on
damaged grain if they were in the county, |
and 1t may not be too late to import them. |
city, and if the attention of our farmers |
would prove much more profitable than |
they are now.
The little town of Wamic shows great |
evidence of prosperity during the past |
year. A good school has opened under |
the princIpalship of Prof. 2. r. Under |
wood, and there are 10 scholars enrolled. |
The grain in that neIghborhood was |
threshed before the recent rains, and very |
1sftl n
and it will average from 80 /
10 90 bushels to the acre. The mail |
route to the Warm Springs agency. now
passes through Wamic, and this affords
great accommodation to large population |
Several of our exchanges are kicking
because county courts give so many con
tracts to Barnard & Co. and Ben c. Irvine
Co. for job printing, considerable of |
which could be done at home just as
we'll. Stand In with home institutions
That is the idea.-Eagene Guard. This is
good so far as it goes; but it should go
little farther. Next June, when these |
ana Irwinltes desire suppor,
Tor re election, they should be mildly told |
10 go where Burns said the "kirk and |
,tate" might, or to Portland or Chicago,
be they Republican, Democrat or Popu-
list.
Baker City Democrat: The well known
,ol0red minstrel, Prof. Dan Lewis, is ly-
ing at the point of death from an attack /
,f typhoid fever al Prairie City, Grant
county, and from letter received no hope
Of his recovery is entertained. He Is so
weak that it is impossible to make known
he home of any of his relatives 1t is
known, however, that he has sister llv-
ing in Seattle, WASH, the husband of
whom Is reputed to bs quite wealthy. If
hey knew of his illness they might ad-
to his needs, as the unfortunate
nan Is penniless and Is being cared for at
he expense of the county.
Probably no state in the Union got so
much good for the amount of money
spent on the worlds fair as Oregon. They
are having fun up in Washington. The
3nohomIsh Eye says: "The seattle Tsle-
Jraph wants the governor to appoint an
expert to find out what became of the
b200, 600 misspent by the worlds fair
commissioners. AS the governor ap-
pointed most of the commissioners in or
Ter to paw off political obligations, and
Is the legislature has already white
nent OF an expert would result in an
,ther case of 'love's labor lost besides,
who would watch the expert ?"
The Boise City post of the Grand Army
If the Republic has denounced in the
strongest terms the use of Ellis United
States history IN the public schools, and
he state text book commissioners will be
isked to remove the Objectionable book
rom the list. Grand Army men claim
he history not OILY contains glarlng in
lccuracies in its statements concerning
he civil war, but is prejudiced and un
oyal and unfit to put into the hands of
children. The book Is said to praise con
ederate generals and has passed almost
lnnotced such men as Grant, and con-
aims other slurs on union soldiers which
he veterans take seriously to heart