The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
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ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily


land yesterday afternoon.
English and Belgian cements, We,
best imported brands, for sale by IL
Wasco Warehouse Cos
Mrs. T. F. Wood, of this city, left O
the'boat this morning for Vancouve
B. c., to spend the summer with he
sister.
Mr.. Isaac Joles and Archie Barne
were passengers on the boat this morr
ing going to join the campers at Win
River.
A Texas murderer is to have bras
band at his execution. He should q
the whole length and have firework
in the evening.
Thousand of people are coming fror
the east to try their fortune in Alaska
What a harvest the steamship com
panies and traders will reap!
Rev. Doane, of Portland University
who has been visiting his son at Spo
kane. is in the city for few days, the
guest of his sou DR.. o. D. Doane
Mr.. James Connolly of Burnt Ranch
was offered 124 cents for his wool clip
last evening, but his price was 13 and
it was reported this morning that he
obtained his price, but we could not
confirm the rumor.
When you feel blue and poverty.
stricken, just go up to the East End,
as panacea, and see the six-horse
teams swing up the trail-wagons laden
with wool to the warehouses, you will
wonder where they will stow away
another load, but don't worry at all;
just feel like The Dalles is the gate
way of an empire yet and be happy.
We had a bonanza of an item, right
at home, this morning. Some man
hitched his horses to our awning post,
and they left without the formality of
unhitching, taking the awning post
along. Nobody hurt, only small ex-
pense, but newspaper men are rich,
so what's the dlfference.
It is reported here that wheat sold
in Dayton Monday for so cents, but no
specific transa; a;tions could be traced
today. No wheat is being offered in
Walla Walla, but it is learned that
about-5S cents can be obtained by the
farmers who desire to sell. The pro-
dueers are holding for BETTER price.
A sleek scoundrel is working the
school districts of some portions of
the state, says the Huntington Herald.
He claims to be selling a handsome
new edition of Webster's dictionary.
His price is very low, and on every
order he demands an advance payment.
1t is needless to say that he is never
heard from thereafter. School direc-
tors should watch out for him.
Although the legislature failed to
make any provision for the support of
the Eastern Oregon state normal
school at Weston, the regents and Of
ficers and faculty appear to be very
much alive and will succeed in keep
ing the school in operation, judging i
from their energetic efforts. A guar
antee fund has been raised by the |
citizens of Weston, and the teaching
force will be retained.
A dispute the other day over horse
race at Mitchell, in Crook county, In
which James Toney, NJ. Pearson,
Marshal Magee and Mack Looney took
part, resulting in a shooting scrape.
roney was slightly wosnded on the
cheek. and Pearson's side was grazed
BY bullet. No. one was seriously
wounded, although some hal very
close calls. Toney was bound over to
the grand jury in $500 bonds.
The people of a Washington town
are red-headed over what they claim
was bunco game set up for their
humiliation by the ladies of a church
fair The ladies advertised far and
wide that they would appear in
bloomers at the fair The entire pop
nlation turned out and paid their
entrance fee and found that "bloomers"
worn by the ladies were only the
flowers of the gardens and fields.
The Baker came up late last evening
about nine o'clock, very heavily laden
The Regulator found the Baker
heavily to get up the rapids
with the odds apparently against sue
cess, so turned around and towed the
Baker up to the Locks, and then got
to Portland by 7:30 p. m. herself. The
lone, we understand, which was |
chartered by the Regulator Co. to
bring excursionists to the Locks, could \
not make the rapids, and had to stop !
lower down.
Fruit shipments from The Dalles
begin auspiciously at least. The Dalles
Co.'s short returns just
received from Cleveland, Ohio, from
the sale of "a carload of peach plums
that averaged 81 per box. This is one
of three cars ofpeach plums sent to
different Northwestern points, re-
turns from which are not yet in. This
company is already shipping melons to
Portland and spokane, also tomatoes. i
They estimate that about 40 full cars
of Nums andprunes will go from this
point, also Tor cars of peaches.
The government has again favored
Portland with contract for the build
ing of an addition 20 the new navy, or
rather, Portland pluck and enterprise,
as represented by the Wolff & Zwicker
iron works has captured the award.
afternoon the firm received
from Mr.. Wolff, who is now
In Washington, D. c., stating that
of the Navy Long has de-
cided to give the building of the three
30-knet torpedo boats, authorized
nnder the late appropriation, to Harlan
& Hollingsworth,o of Wilmington. Del.
the Gas & Engine Power Company, of
New York, and Wolf & Zwicker. of
Portland. The boat to be built by |
Wolff & Zwicker will cost $214. 500.
And now com IS a very much in
appearing gentleman, speak
ing on the street corners, who tells US
that the churches are all wrong, or at
least that is the way we understand
him, and that he has found the only
right road. Poor humanity! Where
shall it turn? All of US want to "get
tbapo - uhau ra can't stau hare any