The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-20
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
James Fraser, prominent sheer
raiser of Sherman county, is in the
city.
Yesterday ]. M Filloon received 6
car load of Mccormick reapers an6
mowers.
Yesterday the Columbia rose 3.l0 al
Wenatchee, aad Snake river 40 al
Weiser.
The Columbia has risen just one
foot at this place in the past "a hours,
now registering 1913.
Daniel O'Connor, of Goldendale, is
in the city today delivering the last
invoice of his wool clip.
Messrs. Judd Fish and Mic Sinnott
left this afternoon for an outing in the
mountains. Their destination is Lost
Lake.
James Connolly, of Burnt Ranch, is
in the city looking after the sale of his
wool. So far he has not received an
offer that is satisfactory.
Silver and small gold is exceedingly
scarce in The Dalles at present. there
being scarcely enough with which to
transact ordinary business.
Four representatives of the Mail
Pouch Co. arrived in the city today;
and are engaged in putting up attrac-
tive advertising decorations.
Those who went to Cascade Locks
on the Regulator yesterday had an en-
joyable time. The day was fine on the
river. there having been no wind.
It is said that Mayor Pennoyer will
make Marlin Quinn. the late populist
candidate for congpe 8, superinten-
dens of the street cleaning department
of Portland.
L. Hanna. who is in city today,
says crops on Tygh Ridge look better |
than he has ever seen them before, |
and if grssshopesrs do not Interfere,
an immense crop OF wheat will bel -har-
vested this season.
Mr.. O'Brien, of the o. r. & N. Co.,
from the information he has concern
Ing the snow In the mountains and the
condition of the Columbia, estimates
that the river will reach AZ feet before
it begins to recede.
Vim. Grunow and Arthur Kennedy
contemplate spending the rest of the
summer prospecting in the Cascades
for gold, and are constructing a fat
boat to navigate the rivers tributary
to the Columbia while prospecting.
Walter Van Duyn, who has been at
tending school at the State Univertity :
in Eugene the past year, has returned
home to spend the vacation. He is
taking scientific course at the Uni :
persity and will graduate in two years.
The funeral of the late B. F. Conroy =
took place from the Catholic church
at o'clock this afternoon. After the
burial rites of the church had been
conducted by father Bronsgeest, the n
remains were conducted to the grave
by the members of the A. o. U. w. b
/, The contractors at the locks are
strengthening the fill on the river side I,
at the upper end of the canal by
piling rock in the place that was washed @
out few weeks since. No fears are :
felt for the safety of the works at the :
locks, as it is thought they will with
proper care withstand the force of the u
high water. Il
J. S. Dellinger has gone from
Astoria to Wsrrenton with a news 81
paper outfit, which will be used in D
printing the Port Oregon Tribune, a
weekly journal to be issued at Warren ol
Mason. For the present the head
quarters will be in D. K. Warren's "
store building. te
All the property of the defunct AS. r
toria & Portland Railroad Company
was Monday sold by Sheriff Hare to sc
satisfy executions amounting to about Il
s164,000. The property was purchased r;
by representative of Edward Ehrman,
8 judgement creditor, for $4,000, and m
is supposed to he in the interest of the q,
Astoria & Columbia River railroad. fc
Mr.. Leo. Fried, !of Portland, was in
;he city last night, returning from K
Prineville where he has been looking ca
rfter his stock and land interests. Mr.. r
Fried reported times fourishing in
Crook county, There have been a
lumber of large sales of cattle and =.
mutton sheep in that county this sea -
ON, which has put considerable
Imount of money in circulation.