The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-11
Times-@unntaiaeer.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


from Hood River today.
Mrs. w. Kearns and Miss Grace Nil
left on the afternoon train for Portlan
The local train to Portland that lie
this afternoon had a full list of passe
gers.
Captain A. 8. Blowers, of Hoe
River, arrived in the city today on tt
noon train.
Mr.. ]. c. Baldwin. wife and famil,
Left today for Portland on the afte
train.
Twelve head of fine beef from Klicl
itat were received by the Columbi
Packing Co. yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. Herrick, the cannerymar
returned today from q two weeks
visit in San Francisco.
County court convened today, Judg
Blakeley and Commissioners Blower
and Darniele being present.
Mrs. M. Upper went to Portland
this afternoon where she will visit TO
few weeks before returning to Cali
fornia. -
Little Floyd Wood, SON OF Mr.. ant
Mr.. John Wood, who has been very
low with pneumonia, is reported to be
improving. =
Two car loads Of beef belonging to
Capt. Irvine, OF Payette. Idaho, were
shipped from the stock yards to Port.
land last night.
A meeting will be held at Z. of P.
hall at 3 o'clock Friday AFTERNOON for
the purpose of organizing q lodge of
Rathbone Sisters.
The masqe ball next Friday night
promises to afford much enjoyment,
and no doubt many unique characters
will be represented
Revival services, under the super
visior of Elder j. 81. Miller, are being.
held each evening at Calvery Babtist
church in this city.
1t is said that John Sherman has al
ready made 100000 on his new book.
He gets royalty of one dollar on each
book and makes more money than
country editor.
Mr.. J. o. Mack returned today from
Portland where he had been attending
meeting of the horsemen OF the
northwest to arrange racing circuit
for next season.
Do not forget the Masque Ball to be
given on the 10th by the Excelsior
Club at the Armory hall. Grand
promenade and march of maskers will
begin promptly at $3.50 O'Clock.
Mr.. Sam F. Gill, an old time resident
of The Dalles, is in the city. Mr.. Gill
is an engineer, and for some time had
charge of the eugines operating on the
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia.
The county court of Gillian county |
has issued warrents for over 600 coyote
scalps, and 1000 is fair estimate
of the number of destructive !
animals exterminated in the county as
q consequence of the bounty.
John Masters and John Jenkins, who
escaped from Heppnerj Ill not long ago,
were captured last week at Canyon
City by Sheriff Combs. of Grant county.
They were serving six-month sem
tence for larceny.
Mr.. r. L. Ntching arrived in this
city last night, returning from Cali
fornia to his home at Prineville. Mr..
Kitching says California farmers have
been able to do but little plowing this
winter owing to the lack,of rain.
Pendleron has 20 different lodges in
good working order, and others are
soon to be organized. While the or
ders that do no life insurance business
Ire growing, the beneficiary organiza-
ions are the ones that are doing the
big business.
At vestry meeting held at st.
Paul's Episcopal church last night ar
were made with ReY.4J.
N. T. Goss for holding services in this
city twice month. At the services
next Sunday the dates on which Mr..
Goss will occupy the pulpit will be de-
termined. f--
Secretary Of State, Kincaid has re-
fused to allow the claim of James b.
Raley for s293 attorney fees in the
Weston normal school case. The
ground OF refusal is that the suit was
dismissed Internationally on motion
If the normal school trustees, for whom
Senator Raley appeared.
jackson Engine Co. No. /, held
,ousing meeting at the council cham
oers last night. The next regular
meeting Of the company, which will be
held on Feb. 8, will be the date of the
annual election Of officers, hence a
committee consisting of G.. A. Liebe,
W. q. Butts and Ad. Keller, was ap-
pointed to receive and examine the
reports OF the officers who have served
1aring the pa2t year.
The liquor business seems to be In a
lair way of being solved In the state OF
3onth Carolina. II is said on an in
of 1926, 900 that state has
cleared S210, 900 in the business of SELL
ng alcoholic beverages. The official
ed Ticker is not giving entire satisfsc-
ion to the consumer, but the state
aas no reason to7eomplain of the rev.
snue results. Just what effect the re-
,uh wilfhaye on, the, morals Of the |
people also remain to be seen.
The order OF the Woodmen of the
World Is becoming one7of the most
popular social and beneficial orders in
America. Its many commendable
eatures recommend it wherever camp
$ organized, and it is enjoying SUBJ
'tantial growth throughout the coun-
ry. Mt. Hood Camp in this city in.
tiated eleven candidates into the mys-
eries of the order last night, and we
has number of other ap-
,licants for initiation.
Monday night Mr.. G. P. Griffin was
brought here in charge of an officer
rom Cascade Locks, committed to Jail
~ the Justice of peace of that precinct