The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-12
TlaIes- sJg saJgunntaiaeer.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

weeks outing.
The Hood River Glacier publishes a
call for Mckinley and Hobert club
with 119 signatures.
Mrs. S. G. Hawsou, of Arlington,
is visiting in the city, the guest of Mrs.
George Crossfeld.
Mrs. Henry Phirman came home
yesterday from visit of three weeks |
at Multnomah falls.
Mrs. D. Mcdonald, of Murray |
Springs, is in the city visiting Mrs. |
Crossfield and Mrs. Mccoy.
Rev. o. D. Taylor, pastor OF the |
First Baptist church, will take his vaca-
tion this month and the church will
hold no service during his absence.
A. S. McAlister returned yerterday
from his farm in Crook County. He
reports the farmers in that section
having harvested an immense crop.
Mrs. NJ. N. Stratton left on the 2:30
train for her home in Portland, after
having spent two weeks visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Helm in
this city.
Mrs. LIS. Keller, who has been
visiting her brother and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Keller, in this city,
left on the 2:3O train for her home in
Portland.
Mayville appears to be the best
wheat market in the upper country, ii
the Condor Globe is correctly in
formed. 1t says wheat is selling in
Mayville at 45 cents.
The quietude of the recorders court
was disturbed this morning by the
appearance of two miscreants charged
with drunk and disorderly, each of
whom was fined S..
Mrs. Rose Feight and daughter, Miss
Edith Eaton, left on the Regulator
this morning for Portland, which place
will be their future home. They have
resided in The Dalles the past two
years.
The funeral of the late Henry T.
Deitzel took place from the family
residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
I conducted by the Masonic order, and
was attended by large concourse OF
friends.
James Wilson has determined to be-
come permanent resident OF The
Dalles. His wife and daughter will
arrive from I)ufur this evening, and
they will hereafter be registered among
the citizens of this place.
George Crossfeld came in last even
ing from trip to Mitchell and An
telope. He says those sections were
visited with heavy rains last week,
that will start grass growing on the
ranges and will make feed plentiful {
this fall.
A meeting of the Mazama Mining
Co. will be held in Hood River today 1
to make arrangements for working
the placers on Mccoy creek. ]. H.
Cradlebaugh, president of the COM
pany, went down this morning to be {
present at the meeting.
The town of Moro has enjoyed some
thing of building boom this season. c
Already six buildings have gone up in
that place, and brick kiln is now be- l
ing burned, that causes the impression t
that fireproof building will be erect
ed there before the season ends.
Today Mrs. Henry Phirman received I
the sad news of the death of her uncle, v
W. c. Skinner, which occurred at 1
Fortuna, Humboldt county, CAL, on n
August 25. Mr. Skinner formerly re-
sided in The Dalles, and was quite d
well known to many people here. 8
On Monday evening, September 14th, c
at P. NJ, Mr.. Grey will organize {
class in Latin at the old Lutheran
chapel on Ninth street. All those who c
desire instructions in the Latin Ian 5,
guage from competent teacher and CT
who wish to do thorough work and S
make rapid progress should attend te
this meeting.
c. G. Nelson, one of the proprietors u
of the Goldendale Sentinel, was in the Y '
city today en- route to Astoria for his 81
summer vacation. Mr.. Nelson says, Sc
Notwithstanding Klickitat has har-
vested AN immense wheat crop $40 fir
pieces are not any too plentiful in vi
that section, owing to the fact that to
little wheat and no wool has been S,
sold. tt
Wasco county has produced more
melons this season than Portland can or
consume, and local dealers in The m
Dalles have received instructions to pr
not make any more shipments at pres o.
sent. This is pretty good evidence of hi
the productiveness of the soil and eli
mate of Wasco county, and refutes the bz
statements of some of our Portland in
friends that the country east of the ev
Cascades is barren waste. dr.
A car load of fruit is shipped east an
each day by the Commission company,
but this is by nc means the extent of tn
daily fruit shipments from The Dalles. co
Local shipments both east and west f.,
amount to nearly a car load. To form 90
an idea of the amount of fruit that is ~
going to local points one wants to call 90
at the express Office some evening and we
see the stacks of fruit boxes that are
there, billed for Portland, the Sound,
Spokane, Butte and numerous other -:
points.
Cedar Grove, No. II, held very in Al
,eresting session last night. A short Ms
literary program, consisting OF TN,
luet and encore by Mrs. c. F. Stephens mr.,
ind Mrs. S. L. Young; solo, Mrs. ,
Feight; recitation, Miss Rachel Nor -
ran; solo, Miss MAZE Cushing, were y"
'endered and greatly enjoyed, after ~. w.
which ice cream cake and melons eN-
we're served, and ''circle" around rem
he hall tripping the light fantastic toe Sni
completed the evenings enjoyment. I
The occasion was farewell to Mrs. day
Teight and Miss Eaton. rus
The Umatilla county institute closed he
and Principal Gavin re- the
urned to The Dalles this morning. at
ME total number of teachers in attend the