The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-18
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


Mr.. F. w. Snipes went to Lyle this
morning
Mrs. P II. DeHuff went to Portland
today on the Regulator.
Mr.. C. E. Marcham returned this
morning to his home at Hood River.
The foundation for A. M. Williams
& Co.'S. new store building, is being
laid.
Messrs. r. F. Gibbons, E. o. Mccoy
and E. B. Dufur returned on today's
train from Portland.
The Misses McNulty were passen'
gers on the Regulator this morning,
going to Portland for few days visit.
The masonry work of Vogt's new
block is about complete, and work on
the rear of the building is well under
way.
Arbor day exercises were held in the
district schools of the city yesterday,
consisting of recitations, dialogues
and songs.
Miss Susie Dodson, of Prineville, is
in the city returning home from
Brownsville, where she has been dur
ing the past winter.
Lieut. Coon, of Centralia, Wash,
Who has been working with the Saliva,
tion army of this city the past few
rrool-e LEE +bis ~, ,orpipor for hiS hOme
Farmers living in the vicinity of st.
John, in the Palouse coutry say that
thousands of acres of fall grain have
frozen off, and will have to be planted.
Mr.. ]. W. Armsworthy, democratic
nominee for joint senator for Wasco
and Sherman counties, arrived on the
noon train from Portland today, re-
turning to his home at Wasco.
Messrs. T. w. Glavey, John Johns
ton, L. D. and T.. ]. Driver, Charles
Hilton and W. M. Barnett came up
last night from Portland. where they
{ had been attending the state conven-
tions.
Hon. Henry Blackman, of Pottland,
passed up the road to Arlington last
highs to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, the late Phillip Hep
pner, which took place at Arlington
: today.
Circuit court for Gillian county will
convene at Condor next Monday, 18th.
The docket is about of average length
and it is presumed that it will not take
over week to dispose of all the busi-
ness this time.
Several sheepmen of the Antelope
section at recent meeting discour-
aged the use of poison in killing
coyotes, by Withdrawing the bounty,
on account of sheep dogs being killed
by the strychnine. :.
This morning Mr.. Ben Ulrich buck
eled on his hunting gear and took pas
sage on the Regulator for some point
down the river, where he will amuse
himself for fortnight shooting what
ever game may come within the range
of his deadly fowling piece.
The frost last week did considerable
damage to the cherry crop. In some |
orchards it is thought the Royal Annes
and Black Republicans are nearly all |
killed. Gravenstein apples in some
places were thinned out by the frost.
At White Salmon, we are informed,
fruit is not damaged.-Hood River
Glacier.
In 1894 Grant county received from
the 5 per cent. state road fund the
sum of 81, ,562.67. Last year her share.
was S966,70. This year the sum ap-
Dortioned to Grant county is only $685.
30, with strong probability that
lext year Grant county will owe the
'oad fund. Hard times cause slow col
ections from the sale of state lands. =
Grant County News.
The approach Of spring is having a
,ad effect on some of the horses used
n the city. Several runaways have
occurred within the past few days,
ausing considerable excitement al
hough doing no damage. Even C. L.
'chmidt's old delivery wagon horse
ook coltish freak last evening and
antered around over town, scattering
'rOceries over the street promis-
uously.
Today Mr.. S.. B. Adams, who was
ppointed by the county court to con-
truct new road from the outskirts
f the city to Three-Mile, viewed out
he route, and found the heaviest
rade at any point to be only five in
hes to the rod. He contemplates the
Dad can be completed within week.
nd when finished will be vast i'm =
rovement over the present route.
ALI county officers who will be sue q
eeded by others will be compelled
, relinquish their offices the first +
fonday in July, with the single ex- T
option of assessor who holds until 4
,e first Monday in January following
le election. This is in accordance
ith recent act of the legislature, =
> the assessor is usually very busy in
uly making assessments, ana his :,
ork cannot be profitably broken in
pom.
County School Superintendent W. -
7. Kennedy has completed his emu
Grafton of school children of Gillian =
'unty, compiled from the reports of
le school district clerks of the :.
'unty. There are even 14OO school u u
lildren in Gillian county. This is "
increase of lit over 1893 and 32 over p
80, the year in which the last gov n
nment census of Gillian county was
ken. By the census taken last year "
Assessor Clarke, it appears that W
liam county lost about 600 people pl
Ice 1890, but be this as it may, it is tn
undoubted fact that we have 80
,re school children now than we had si
en. us
c,
From Mondays Daily
Mr.. Sam Wilkins went to Portland ne
the Regulator this morning. ~
Judge Bennett went to Portland on
S mornings train. He will remain pe
Portland several days. lii'
Judge Bradshaw went to Condor ,h
'terday to open term of circuit -,