The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-23
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.


S. W. Bailey and ]. Allyn, of Por
land, steamboat men in the employ
the o. R. g. N. Co., are in the city.
There having been no organizatiC
of the house yesterday, there can |
no ballot taken for U. S. Senator b
fore Feb. 2.
Malcolm s. Jensen, night clerk
the Imperial hotel at Portland, is
the city visiting old friends and a,
quaintances.
Stella Mason, nine-year-old daughte
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Mason, die
very suddenly yesterday afternoon, a
ter only few hours illness.
Ernest Shearer started this mornin
for Crook county, where he goes t
contract for mutton which he intend
driving east during the coming season
The taxable property of Dalles Cit.
as returned by the county assessor TO
the year 1895, is 81, rs, sos. and that o
the school district, No. II, is ST., 1913, l6l
Master Arthur Wand, youngest sol
of Capt. o. S. Waud, is down with al
attack of scarletina, but Master Fred
who was taken sick last Sunday is i'm
proving.
; Yesterday at Rufus, R. G. Wallac,
severely injured his left hand by drop
ping heavy timber on it. He came
to The Dalles on this mornings train
for medical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ildage Rondeau, who
have been visiting relatives aud friends
in this vicinity, were passengers on
the Regulator this morning, returning
to their home at Gervais.
John Crate returned Saturday from
Portland, where he has been under
medical treatment. Mr.. Crate is much
improved, and indications are favor
able that he will fully recover.
Wasco Tribe No. 16, 1. o. r. M, be-
sides scalping two or three palefaces
last night, was royalty entertained by
the newly installed officers, corn and
venison being supplied in abundance.
Ex-State Senator Matlock, of Una
tilla county, has been down to Salem
quietly observing the senatorial con-
test. and expresses the belief that if a
senator is elected it will not be Nit
chell.
Jas. E. Stephenson was convicted of
arson at Walla Walla yesterday. 1t
was proven an the trial that Stephen
son was the author of a number of in
cendiary fires that have occurred at
Walla Walla recently.
E. M. Smith and wife have returned
from Walla Walla, and will again be-
come residents of the city. For num-
her of years Mr.. Smith was train dis
patcher for the o. r. & N. Co. ut this
place, and has returned to accept
his former position.
Do not forget the musical at Mrs. E.
c. Pease's Thursday evening. Noinvi-
one will be made welcome. An excel
len. program is being prepared and re-
freshments will be served. Admission
25 cents. Proceeds for Congregational
.hurch.
Senators Michell and Dufur are in |
,harge of the portage railway bill. 1t |
8 in the nature of loan that will be /
.epaid to the state by an increase of
rom seven to 10c on every bushel of |
vbeat shipped from Eastern Oregon.
It is one bill that should pass.-Capital |
Journal.
Arrangements are being made for
delegation Of the members of Friend
hip Lodge, K. of P. to visit Waucoma
Lodge No. 80, of Hood River,
,ext Tuesday evening. Waucoma
Lodge expects to have work in the
'anks of Esquire and Knight on that
evening.
On Thursday aud Friday of this
week, Jan. 81 and %, County School
Gilbert will hold a
ocal teachers institute at Dufur.. Dur
ng each evening appropriate enter
ainment will be furnished, and
number of addresses delivered by we'll
,nown educators.
The Labor Exchange in Salem was
leld up last night. and the officers are
lnable to detect the robbers. This
'ught to be easy enough, for there are
70 gentlemen in Salem who are ex-
,erts at holding up, and it ought to be
IN easy enough matter to discover who
.naeng the number were the culprits.
County Clerk Kelsay has prepared
md forwarded to~aach of the. several
'chool clerks of the couneya complete
ist Of the taxable property iu hts-dis
rict, so that districts desiring to vote +
axes for school purposes may base
heir calculations upon the amount of I
property subject to taxation.
The lecture of Col. jackson at The
Congregational church last night was
!uite well attended, and was highly
by all who were present.
Col. Jackson is pleasant speaker,
md succeeds we'll in holding the at
.ention of his hearers. The next lee
ure of the course will be delivered on
he evening of Feb. 2.
There is is more truth than poetry
n the following expression of the
capital Journal: "If the house is or
,anized for the purpose of electing a
enator it will cost the people from
300, 900 to $500. 900 in the general ap-
'ropriation bill that does not belong
here, the retention of all the commits
ions and 100000 for clerkships that
re not needed"
Efforts to float the Glenmorag have
,een abandoned, and the vessel will
likely be allowed to remain on North
Beach until it is broken up by the ele-
nents. Capt. Burns has several times
lad the ship almost ready to float, but
ach time adverse winds have frustrat-
d his movements. His last effort was
aade Monday, when an inshore wind
rove the vessel further onto the bar,
nd further work was abandoned.
Miss Eliot, of Portland, who gives
inging lessons each week in The
)alles, may stay over week soon, in
rider to give few of her pupils the ad.
antage of daily practice. If there are