The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
DIR. II. Cooke is in the city.
Mr.. ]. w. Armsworthy, of Wasco,
j in the city.
Mr.. D. Hinton, of Grass Valley, is
in the city today.
Mrs. A. Keller left on the afternoon
train for Portland.
Judge Bennett returned on today's
local from Portland.
Mr.. W. A. Murchie, of Wasco, was
in the city this morning.
Mr.. James H. Coventon, of Hood
River, is in the city today.
Mr.. j. S. Cooper, prominent bank
er of Independence, is in the city.
Mr.. w. o. Hadley. prominent
business man of Antelope, is in the
city.
Mr.. R. G. Lindren, representing the
Farrell Syrup Co., left on today's local
for Portland.
: Prof. H. G. Lake, principal of the
public school at Wamic, was. in the
city this morning.
Large quantities of wool and wheat
are arriving at the Wasco warehouse
daily from the interior.
1t is reported that Moore Bros, the
af Mor<, houa sn1H
their mercantile business to gentle
man from Polk county.
Mrs. Kemp returned this morning to
her home at Hood River, after spend
ing few days in the city visiting the
family of T. R. Roberts.
Mrs. Talma, jr., of Centralia, Wash,
who has been visiting friends in the
city, left on the afternoon train for a
sojourn with relatives and friends in
Portland.
Mrs. F. Drews was passenger on the
afternoon train for Portland, to be in
attendance at the funeral of Miss Jen-
ME Goetz, who will be buried tomor-
row in that city.
State Treasurer Metschan spent last
night in The Dalles. he was return
ing from Moro where he had been
looking after matters connected with
state school lands.
? Mr.. H. S. Turner has perfected ar
rangements for starting a weekly paper
in Dufur. 1t will be named the Dufur
Dispatch, and will make its first ap-
pearance next Friday.
! The Washington militia stationed at
Sand island to protect the property of
trapmen on the lower river have been
recalled. 1t is stated that the fish
traps bordering on the island will be
removed.
Seven. carloads of mutton sheep be-
longing to Mr.. D. Hinton, of Grass
Valley, arrived at the stock yards of
r. E. Saltmarshe & Co., this afternoon
from which place they will be shipped
to the Union Meat Co., at Troutdale.
The we'll drilling machine under the
control of Mr.. P. l.. Kretzer, at the
Columbia brewery, is doing excellent
work. Although through solid bed
rock ever since it started, he has sue
ceeded in lowering the drill to the
depth of 108 feet.
w. S. Barzee and family, of Sher-
man county, started this morning for
California to spend two months visit |
ing in that state. They go first to San
Francisco, and then Los Angeles, after
which they will spend some time trav-
cling over the southern part of the
state.
Mr.. Frank A. Seufert, one of the
nominees on the democratic ticket for |
joint representative for Wasco and
Sherman counties, has, for reasons
best known to himself, determined to
his name from the ticket.
1t is not probable that the central COM
mittee will, at this late date, fill the
A drove of fine horses was received
at the stock yards this morning from
Grand Ronde valley, for the local
market. From the appearance of the
streets in our little town, crowded with
"bikes" of every description, even
bicycles built for two, we fear that
these animals will have to be reloaded
and shipped to the "sissage' factory
in Portland.
Lieut-Col. ]. M. Patterson, of The
Dalles, was in Hood River Sunday,
looking over camp grounds and the
.ace track to see what advantages
Hood River possessed for holding the
of the Third regiment,
N. G., in June. He will make his
.eport to the colonel, and it is likely
Hood River will be selected.-Glacier
Mr.. Jos. Studnicker, the worthy bar
ender at the Columbia brewery, has
ully recovered from his injuries re-
,eived about, two weeks ago, and is
having short vacation. He returned
asst evening from Sherar's Bridge,
vhere he has been out on q wild goose
lunt, along the Deschutes river. He
eports that the coming crops are in
,ood condition and most enjoyable
lime was had.
Mr.. F. S. Smith, prominent WOOL II
aiser of Cross Keys, arrived in town I
his morning with large amout of
his years wool, which he unloaded /
t the Moody warehouse. Mr.. Smith 6
ays the sheepmen in the vicinity of g
ross Keys are thriving, having had
he best of luck during the lambing
eason. He says that frieghters from