The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-29
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Daily.


An assembly of United Artisan
will be organized at Dufur next Fri
day night.
A. A. Urquhar., formerly constable
of The Dalles precinct is visiting il
the city today.
Judge G.. C. Blakeley has been ap.
pointed member of the state board o.
pharmacy, vice NJ. NJ. Davis.
Miss Charlotte F. Roberts, who has
been teaching at Ritzvilie, WASH. the
past six months, returned home this
morning.
Mrs. Leet is very ill at the home of
her daughter, Mrs ]. B. Mowry. at
Moro. Mrs. Leet is quite old, and her
recovery is doubtful.
Miss Lillian Smell, of Gillian county,
former student of The Dalles high
school, arrived on this mornings train,
and will attend the graduating exer.
cises here Saturday.
j. M. Patison, former re e;ident of
Wamic, but now living at Oakland,
Douglas county, arrived here yester-
day, and has gone to Wamic to look
after his farm at that place.
Coroner Butts was out through the
farming section yesterday, and says
during his % years. residsnce in Wasco
county he never before saw crops look
ing as we'll as they do now.
This morning Kerr & Buckley, of
Sherman county, loaded II cars with
sheep at the stock yards, for shipment
over the Great Northern to Montana,
where the sheep will be summered and |
put on the Chicago market next fall.
The 25th annual reunion of the Ore
gon Pioneer Association will be held |
at the exposition building on June 16.
The annual address will be delivered
by Hon. John R. Mcbride, of Spokane,
and the occasional address by Hon.
John Burnett, of Corvallis.
Today the beneficiary hell by Lati-
mer Booth il the Woodmen order for
$1,000, was paid to his widow. Mr..
Booth was charter member of the
local camp, and died on April 8. This
is rather more prompt payment than
is made by the old time insurance
companies.
Yesterday the grand jury reported
on four cases. A. Clemens was indicted
for larceny from a dwelling, Lewis
Boggs for larceny of wagon and
harness and Jack Andrews for display
ing obscene pictures. In the case of
Taylor Blevins, accused of stealing a
Winchester rifle. not a true bill was
returned.
II. H. Riddell to defend Lewis Boggs,
whom the grand jury has indicted for
stealing wagon from B. B. Clark.
Boggs on being arraigned, plead not {
guilty, and also entered plea of hav-
ing previously been put in jeopardy ! 1
for the same offense.
Chas. U'Ren returned this morning
from Wyandot, N. Dakota: where he
had been looking for sheep range. He
found place where the grass is four
inches high and very thick on the
ground, and will ship his sheep there
as soon as he can bring them in from p
his ranch at Ridgeway.
The grade on this side of the river
leading to the free bridge across De- f
schutes is said to be in dangerous n
senaition, and should be looked after,
Is this is tie season of the year =
here is a large travel on. the road, it 4
being the most direct route over which
,heep raisers in the southern part of
Sherman county can reach The Dalles 7
With their wool.
The river here has fallen two-tenths
n the past "a hours, and one-tepth at :,
Jmatilla. Above Pasco there was rise y
# from two to three-tenths. Pague's
eport today says the river here will :,
Use slightly tomorrow, and after Fri ',
lay there will be fall of several feet. y
Gold weather prevailed throughout
he Columbia basin last night, though
Indications are that warmer tempera- II
ure will prevail the next few days. \