The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-05
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Hon. John Michel went to Portlan
this morning.
Miss Laura Thompson returned hon
on today's local.
Judge and Mrs. Bradshaw and Mis-
Clara Davis returned at noon from tn
coast.
Elk Marshal James Fl. Blakeney
burning fine kiln of brick near th
fair grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Barnes an
daughter of Eight-Mile are visiting i
the city today.
Mr.. William Sylvester and famil.
returned last night from their cam
at the Meadows.
Miss Minnie Michel, Mrs. Thorn
bury and Mrs. Tolmie returned Of
today's local from the seaside.
Joseph Bruder, who has been janito
of ST. Marys academy for some tim
past, left this morning for Oregon
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Dufur went tt
Portland on the 2:30 train. Mrs
Dufur goes to Portland to receive
treatment in hospital.
Jud Fish and Frank Summers re-
turned last night from Portland where
they haye been royalty entertained by
by their Brother Elks.
Charles Butler. the beef buyer, ar
rived today from Port Townsend. He
is en- route to Hay creek to receive q
band of 200 beef cattle.
Miss Nellie Smith left this morning
for her home in Portland, after spend
ing few days in The Dalles, the guest
of Miss Matte Ketchum.
Mr.. Frank Howell returned yester-
day from trip up the Little White
Salmon where he has been making
views for the Oregon Lumber Co.
A. A. Urquhart returned last even
ing from Sherman county. He reports
the late rain as general in that section,
crops are averaging better than ex-
pected.
T. P. Crum returned last night from
months visit to Cascade Springs,
very much improved in health. AS
trophy of his trip he brought back a
fine link claw.
Rev. A. o. Skaggs and family ar
rived last night from Junction City.
Mr.. Skaggs has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Christian church of
this city, and will enter upon his min
isterial work here next Sunday.
A petition containing the names of
Sc signers, business men of The Dalles
and surrounding country, was today
forwarded to Senator Mitchell urging
him to do his best to have the Cascade
reserve opened for grazing purposes
The attention of the new city mar
shall is respectfully called to the nails
the ever present, painfully present
nails in the sidewalks, at night, ard
how hideously dark these nights are
now, it is dangerous to walk on any of
the older sidewalks of the city. Give
us light or drive home the nails.
John H. Cradlebaugh is in from the
Mccoy Creek mines, with some very
handsome specimens of course gold |
from that promising district. He is
very enthusiastic as to the prospects
there, and thinks that the country rock |
and general lay of the land is very SIM
liar to descriptions given of the Trail
Creek country.
James Shaw. proprietor of the Dallas |
wooden mills, was in the city today. |
Mr.. Shaw has just completed his new
mill at Dallas and has it in readiness
for operation. 1t is three-set mill, |
supplied with all the latest appliances
for manufacturing the finer grades of |
wooden goods, and when running at |
full capacity will furnish employment
for about ITO hands.
From Thursdays Daily.
Capt. Blowers, of Hood River, is in
the city.
J. w. Condor went to Portland on |
the afternoon train.
J. G. Burkes, leading attorney of |
Moro. is in the city.
W. N. Wiley came in yesterday from
his sheep camp in the Cascades.
Mrs. D. Mansfield and daughter, of
San Francisco, are visiting in the
city.
Miss Edythe Randall returned last
night from visit to Salem and Port
land.
Miss Emma Jacobsen left this morn
ing for White Salmon for weeks
visit.
Mrs. Glenn and daughter Grace re-
turned last evening on the Regulator
from nwaco.
G. w. Hunt, the veteran railroad
contractor, spent few hours in the
city today.
]. C. Hostettler and C. W. Lord left
this morning for Tygh Valley for
weeks outing.
Mrs. Julius Wiley has returned
home from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
81. G. Rooper, at Ridgway.
Dave Garrison and his mother left
this morning for Salem. They expect
to be absent from the city two months.
N. M. Eastwood has gone to Cascade
Locks to look after the transfer of the
d. P. & A. N. freight around the por-
tage.
Dick Winters, of the Germania,
is again at his post, having been down
to Long Beach and other seaside re.
sorts.
ID. p. Ketchum, Fred Young and
Alex Thompson went to Mt. Adams to-
day to look after the sheep ranges in
that vicinity.
The funeral of the late Henry A.
Dietzel will take place from the family
residence on Saturday afternoon, Sept.
9TH, at 2 o'clock.
Yesterday The Dalles Commission
Co. shipped car load of prunes and
plums to Coicago, and another car was
loaded TODAY and will he shipped to-