The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-13
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


d. P. Ketchum returned from Port
land on the noon train.
Messrs. Fred Young and J. "A. Hin
chy, of Bakeoven, are in the city.
The maximum temperature thi
morning was 46 degrees above zero.
The Columbia is on standstill a
this point today, registering 35.5 fee
above low water.
Editor Maxwell, of the Arlington
record, spent the day in the city, visit
ing friends and looking after business
Pendleton school directors hav'
chosen Lawrence L. Lewis. Of Illinois
principal Of the schools, at salary o
800 month.
Senator I. L. Patterson and wife, o
Salem, were in the city today. The.
arrived on the local from Portland ant
returned on the 2:30 train.
The lodge of Foresters in this city il
enjoying hearty growth at present
Some uninitiate reaches the tent o
the chief ranger each lodge night
and others are on the way.
Two boat loads of non-union fisher
men were fred upon by strikers neal
Astoria yesterday. The fishermen
succeeded in getting out of range o
the bullets without being injured.
The Mobiles troup left on the 2:3t
train for Portland. after having filled
three-nights' engagement in The
Dalles. Should they eyer return to
this city they will receive hearty
welcome.
The Regulator took large number
of through passengers this morning
and made connection with the Dalles
City by transferring in wagons on she
Washington side. She left the Cas-
cades at $3.50 this afternoon, and will
probably arrive about o'clock.
The popul1st claim that they are
being counted out in number of
counties, the canvassing boards being
under the control of their opponents.
Whether or not there is any founda-
tion for this claim, it is very likely Mr..
Ellis election will be contested.
Notwithstanding the attractive ap-
pearance of the many fishwheels and
traps that are distributed along the
river, the royal chinook refuses to be
inticed into their meshes, consequently
salmon is as scarce as winter butter in
this market, and the canneries are
lying idle.
Mr.. Benzer's bakery at the old bar
racks had narrow escape from being
destroyed by fire last night. The SCOT
in the fue burned out, setting fire to
the shingles of the roof, and only for
the timely action of by Mr.. Benzer
and his neighbors the entire building
would have burned.
One can have little idea of the
of wool that is handled in The
Dalles without visiting the different
A TN. reporter went
through them this morning and found !
stacks and stacks of wool everywhere.
There is already IN the neighborhood |
Of 1000, 900 pounds stored in the differ
snt warehouses, and there is probably
hat much more to come.
Today two parcels of land in Hood
liver valley were sold a. Sheriff's sale.
0ne was to satisfy judgement in the
,ase of ]. B. Huntington vs.. Audubon
Ind Linus Winans, and brought 81 400.
rhe other to satisfy q Judgment in the
,ase of M. Huntington vs. W r. Winan
md wife, and brought 500. B. A.
)seood, ,,of New York, was the purchas-
# Of both tracts.
The river readings at II A. M. today
re as follows: Umatilla, 2l.2: Wen
tchee, 28.8; Lewiston, TO- 8; The Dalles,
5.5. This shows very slight rise in
he past "a hours, indicating that the
iver has probably reached its highest
tage. Snake river has no doubt
cached its highest, and as it recedes
be rise Of the upper Columbia cannot
ring the lower river up to anything
pproaching freshet. !.
The straw berry crop is still back t
ard about ripening. Wednesday
light something over 100 crates were +
1ipped to Montana. The rain yester- ,
BY morning interfered with picking, .
nd pickers were not put to work till
tie in the afternoon. Prices in the
[ontana markets remain good for =
ood River berries. At Butte they
ere selling for 81 crate yesterday. !.
! some early localities the crop was
jured by the frost and cold rains, but
, tho whole the crop is better than
r several years. The prospect is d
bod for prices ruling as high as they
d last year throughout the season.
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