The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
ITEMS IN BRIEF,

ITEMS IN BRIEF,
From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. Mcdonald went to Hood River
today for few days visit.
D. P. Ketchum went down the river
ON the Regulator this morning.
This morning the Misses McNulty
returned to their home near Mosier.
Hon G. Il. Williams left on the
afternoon train for his home in Port
land.
Joseph Printz went to Stevenson
this morning to spend Sunday with hif
family. -.
Mrs. Campbell. who has been visit.
ing Mrs. Capt Wand left this morning
for Portland.
o. B. Hartley, of Hood River, is In
the city, returning home from visit
to Sherman county.
pPeter Dupgan died at Cascade Locks
this morning and will be buried in the
Catholic cemetery here tomorrow.
Medder vanderpool, the Oldest resi-
dent es.:Linn county, died at Soda
Vile la /. Wednesday in his ssth year.
Prof. j. q. Ackerman. who has been
one of the instructors at the normal
Institute, returned to Portland on the
2:so train. ..:...= -.
N. j. Slnnott and Walter Klindt re.
turned yesterday from a hunting trip
ON .Fifteen-Mile. They report birds
scarce and small.
Tom Mccoy left this morning for
: Salt Lake city to visit his brother.
Mr.. Mccoy expects to spend a month
in the capital Of Utah.
Mrs. D. Mcdonald, who has been
visiting her daughters, Mrs. Mccoy
and Mrs. .Crossfeld, returns on to.
nights train to her home at Murray
Springs.
AS might have been expected the
republicans Of Marion county want
Rev. Barkrey to resign since he has
renounced Mckinley. Barkley, how.
ever, proposes to be member of the
next legislature.
Ex.president Harrison's summer
home on the bank Of one Of the lakes
of the Adirondacks will be log cabin,
similar to the log cabins used in his
grandfatner's time, but this modern
one will cost $4,000 when completed.
A waterfamine is reported in some
sections Of Arkansas, and it is said
that many people are actually suffering
Tor the want Of sufficient water to
quench thirst. In these portions OF
the state no. rain has fallen since April
18th.
One weary Willy was taken before
Recorder Phelps this morning and
given the choice of leaving town or en-
tering the voluntary street-cleaning
'seryice-of the city. Being too proud
30. work on the streets, he chose the
occupation Of counting ties on the
railroad.
Homer Davenport, the artist, Is said
to receive $1,000 a month. That is the
price of genius. Davenport is great
fellow for animals, and he always gets
one or bird in his pictures if possible.
An Albany friend of Homer tells how
one time his father made him pres
emit OF a s75 gold watch. It was not
long afterwards -that he traded the
watch for bull dog, preferring that
to mere timekeeper.
: The following teams have entered |
for the firemen's tournament, which is
to take place at Astoria during the !
26th and2lst inst: Veteran Volunteers,
of Portland thand .engine); Liberty
hose team, Portland, and teams from
The >Dalles, Oregon City
and Astoria. Three other entries are
still expected, and the tournament
promises to be the most successful one
ever given under the auspices of the
Firemen's Association.
The members of the hose team are
each evening to put them
selves in zcondition fer the forthcom.
ing tournament, and at the present
rate of improvement both in speed and
endurance will by the goth OF the
mouth be second to none in the state.
Now that they are doing their part TO.
ward retaining the laurels hitherto
won by The Dalles, something de-
volyes upon the citizens OF the city:
that Il. liberal donations toward de-
fraying the expenses of the team at
the tournament. When the collector
comes around soliciting funds for this I
purpose, show your loyalty to the city
by'diving down deep into your purses.
From Mondays Dallv.-
sMr. and Mrs. S. NJ. P. Briggs'and
family returned, Saturday froma visit
to Chehalis.
: Mr.. and .Mrs..W.. a. Robson and
Miss Matte Cushing left today for
Clatsop Beach.
Considerable hay Is coming Into The
Dalles. and finds ready sale at $3.50
and $500 per ton.
John Weigle, the genial counter
jumper at A. NJ. Williams & Co.'S. left
today for the sea coast.
Mrs. VIM. S. Gillian, OF West Berke-
~, Cal, arrived in the city on the 3d,
and is visiting relatives on Three
Mile.
William Summers of Portland, is in
the city, visiting his brother Frank,
one of the genial proprietors of the
White House.
Miss Rosemary Baldwin left on the
2:301rain for Clatsop Beach to join her
aunt, Mrs.aMcInerny, who is spending
the summer there.
Deputy Assessor Chan dler leaves for
the Bakeoven country tomorrow to
take the valuation of the taxable. prop.
erty Id that section.
Master Lawrence Fowler, of this
city, who has been visiting friends
at Kingsley for the past two weeks,
home today.
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