The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-09
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Governor Moody 2 in the city today
Sheriff Driver returned today from
Portland.
Hon. T. R. Coon Is up from Hood
River today.
Hon. W. 81. n. Dufur and wife are
visiting in the city today.
Hon. E. L. Smith and daughter, oi
Hood River, are in the city.
Mr.. A. Morrow, of Crook county, Is
here buying supplies for the winter.
Messrs. Geo. Young and Solomon
Houser came up from Portland last
night.
Messrs. Giles T. and John 81. Kirk
fled homesteads today on lands in tp
IL 8, 26 9.
Mr., j. N. Mills, of Crook county, is
in the city today on his return home
from Portland.
A glory ticket was issued today from
the county clerks Office to- Nathaniel
Shankwiller and Mrs. Alice Gates.
Two land patents from the United
States to L: D. Holgate were filed for
record in the county clerks Office to-
day.
Deputy United States Marshal Geo.
Humphrey came up on the local and
left for the upper country this after
noon.
The proprietorship of Sans chop
house changed today, Sam Thurman
having sold his interest to John An.
derson.
Hon. E. B. Dufur returned last night
from Salem where he had been before
the supreme court arguing the case of
Barger vs. Taylor.
Miss Pearl Southworth left on the
afternoon train for Portland. She
oontemplates making her home in
Portland hereafter.
It Is expected that within few days
the q. P. and o. Il. & N. lines will put |
on three-day train service between
Portland and Chicago.
Commissioners court Is in session |
this afternoon, County Judge Blakeley /
and Commissioners Darnielle and
Blowers being present.
Today Frank Coddy made final proof
before the register and receiver to a
homestead embracing the ct nw4 and
ct sw3 sec. II tp 2 n, r9e.
air. and Mrs. A. J. Dufur arrived
from Portland by last nights train.
Mrs. Dufur has been visiting relatives
in the metropolis the past three weeks.
Two Dagoes and two Russian bears
the latter-attracted consid-
cradle attention on the streets today.
The Dagoes, however attended to the
collections.
Mr.. A. 81. Breyman arrived here
from Portland on the local today, and
will leave tomorrow morning for Hay
Creek where he has large stock and
land intrests.
Capt. A. S. Blowers has sold the old {
John Davis farm in the Upper Hood
River valley to P. A. Snyder, consid- {
grafton, $4,000. Deed for same was re-
corded today.
The men Barger and Scott who were
on examination yesterday in Portland
on q charge of stealing sheep from
Soloman Houser, of this county, were {
held to appear before the grand jury.
Mr. q. c. Rooper, of Ridgeway,
vas in the city today. Mr. Rooper
ays the rains of last week reached to q
he southern boundary of the country, '
,ut were not sufficient to start grass t
rowing.
II anyone can get work out of a
'vag" it is Marshal Blakeny. The n
elbow who refused to go on the road 9
and was chained up was
Luite willing to take his place among @
he other road workers this morning. s
A wagon load of fruit trees from the I
salem nursery left this place today for
The country surrounding '
ditchell is especially adapt ed to fruit Z
ulture, and the farmers of that section I
ave learned that fruit Is their most
rofitable crop. They find q ready 4;
market at Prineville and Antelope for /;
heir orchard products.
"Hay must be scarce out south of
ere, since they are hauling straw from !.
,he Dalles to Prineville." remarked a
entleman on the street this morning :.
8 he saw wagon load of what ap- E
cared to be common straw pass by.
however proved the
traw to be q load OF fruit trees which (
ome of our enterprising nsighbors
0 the south have ordered from the ',
alem nursery.