The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-03
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

From Saturdays Daily0
A. j. Friday, of Cross keys, is in the
city.
II. NJ. Beall went to Portland this
afternoon.
Receiver Biggs, of the land office
want to Sherman county today.
Farmers report no damage having
been done to growing grain by the
frost Thursday night.
The damage done the track at Viento
Thursday night has been repaired, and
trains are now moving on time.
Postmaster Crossen was called to
Portland this afternoon on dispatch
from U. S. District Attorney Murphy
The west bound overland was foul
hours late this morning. The delay
was caused by high water in the Blue
mountains.
The chinook wind got in its fine
work on the mud and the roads from
here to Bakeoven are now in fail
condition for travel.
Reports from Dufur are that farm
ers in that section are busily engaged
blowing, the ground having become
sufficiently dry to admit of cultivation
This morning Clab Cooper was ar
rested for stealing a gold nugget from
the Columbia hotel. He will have his
examination before Recorder Phelp:
next Monday.
The policy of patronizing home in
stitutions should be general and con
tinual. Home institutions should also
patronize home institution, one o.
which is the press.
The Klickitat hills were capped with
snow this morning, and the cold blasts
from that direction indicated that
winter has not yet sought his summer
resort at the North Pole.
There is considerable consolation in
the following: "Old-timers say that
this has been the most protracted and
westest winter in many years, and ar
que that good weather should soon
appear.
This morning Charles Lord made
the unprecedented bowling score of 73
out of possible 80 on the Commercial
club alley. He made strikes in all in
nings but the first, third and seventh.
This score has only been beaten few
times on the Pacific coast.
Chief engineer Cooper, president
Lytle and Vice-president Murchie, OF
the Columbia River Southern went to
Biggs this morning to look over the
proposed route. The engineering force
will come up from Portland tomorrow,
and will begin active field work Mon
day.
This forenoon the matter of the
guardianship of Charles and Frank
Walforth, minors, was taken up before
Judge Mays, and they were placed in
charge of W. T. Gardner, superintend-
ent of the boys and girls aid society
in Portland. Mr.. Gardner will take
the children to Portland tomorrow.
IL is common courtesy between all
railroad lines to put the officials OF
other lines over the road on special
trains, and this morning that courtesy
was extended by the o. R. & N. to the
officers of the G.. r. S. They were
sent from here to Biggs on a special
consisting of the switch engine and a
caboose. =,
A gentleman writing from Prineville
states that most of the cattle raisers
south of that place have consumed all
sheir hay, and have been compelled to
,urn their cattle out on the range be-
lore the grass is sufficiently large to
furnish good feed. He anticipates
hero will yet be some loss of stock in |
that section.
Parties who have recently come in |
rom Prineville, state that the stores
1t that place are getting very short on
'ome lines of provision. Sugar has be-
come so scarce that it is a luxury in the
'eat of government of Crook county,
md the supply of coffee is also running
ow. On account of the bad condition
# the roads merchants there have
lnable to get any supplies in this
pring.