The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-12
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From wednesdays Daily.

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The river stood at 35.7 this mornin
and is falling from three to flve-tent
in "a hours.
Foulard silks, one dollar values i
65 cents, and forty cent values for
cents, this week, at Pease 81 Mays.
Yesterday 40 car loads OF stock wei
shipped olt Of The Dalles. Forty ca
went to Montana and two to froutoai
It has been determined to hold
fair here this year, commencing G
October 18th and continuing five day
J. NJ. Filloon carries the Old Rel
able McCormac reapers and mower
the best harvesting machines madex
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Quite a number of Woodmen are
the city today to hear Mr.. Faulkel
burg's lecture at the Baldwin oper
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Porter. of Wray
Colorado are here visiting Mr.. Porter
brother, Louis P. Porter, of Pease
Mays.
On the last day of May there wer'
LIP patients confined in the stat
insane asylum at Salem, an increase o
five during the month.
From Walla Walla, Pendleton ano
common points the o. R. & N. has re-
duced rates on wheat 40 cents ton
the rate now being III cents bushel'
The state board of railroad commits
sioners have completed their spring
inspection, and are now ready to fight
the secretary of state for their salaries.
This morning The Dalles Canning
Co. received four tons of fish from Cas-
cade Locks, and were able TO run their
cannery few hours during the fore
noon.
J. Berry, has been captain OF police
in that city for several years, and is
said to possess all the requirements OF
an efficient Office.
Charles Riley, an old merchant OF
Salem, arrived here last night and left
this morning for the purpose of taking
charge of the Baldwin Sheep & Land
Co. 3 store, at Hay Creek.
Max Pracht has been provided for
with some kind of a special agency of
the land department, and Binger Her
mann sends him to Oregon. This
state always gets the worst OF it.
S. S. Brown and jeff Healey, two
prominent farmers of Crook county,
are in the city today, each of them
buying binders which they will take
home to harvest this years crop.
Crook county has been well repre-
sented in The Dalles the past few days,
there having been about 20 persons in
the city from that county delivering
stock and wool and buying supplies.
Call on c. W. Phelps for the light
running Jones reapers, binders, mowers
and headers, also the Buffalo Pitt
thresher. Extras for all these ma
l.
terms reasonable
Forty-sever out of the So applicants
before the supreme court were ad-
-mftted to practice last Monday. Among
the number were two ladies, Miss Car
rie M. Scherer and Miss Florence Oh |
sen. both of Portland.
Noth;no I. ,,o,a kon;ovobIa tbap a |
moonlight excursion, and the one to be |
given by the iremen next Tuesday |
evening is certain to be, unusually |
pleasant, for it will be made up of the
jolliest people in the city.
Pipe is being laid under the super
vision of w. 81. Butts to furnish Sun
set cemetery with new water supply. |
During the time the pipe is being laid
there will be no water in the cemetery
for irrigation purposes.
The case of the state VS.. Jake An
drews, has been appealed to the
supreme court. Today Judge Brad
shaw signed the bill of probable cause.
and the case will be taken up at the
fall term of the supreme court.
Yesterday afternoon bright circle
surrounded the sun, and this fore-run-
ner of cool weather, the "sun dog"
which seldom is noticed in summer
no doubt was responsible for
the fall in temperature last night.
The corner stone for the new Cath
olic church arrived by train last night.
1t is handsome sandstone cube and
weighs 975 pounds. A large lot of
window and door castings for the new
was received by yesterdays
boat.
Hon. John Myers, chief of police of
Portland, has been removed by the po-
lice commission of that city. No cause
is given for his removal, and it is pre-
sumed the only reason for summarily
firing him was that he did not suit the
mayor.
T. 81. Johnston, of Dufur. is in the
city today to meet his parents, who ar
rived yesterday from Canada. Mr..
Johnston had been away from home
for 80 years. and this is the first time
he has seen his father and mother
since coming to this country.
Pomona, Cal, has a new saloon IL
cense that is corker. The license is
to be $1,000, two saloons are to be
allowed in the city, they are to have
no screens, no seats for loungers and
none of the gilded attractions. A man
can only enter, get drink and go out.
Postmaster Protzman, of Portland,
has received letter from a man who
did not sign his name, saying that he
committed the murders of which Dur
rantis decided guilty. The evidence is
that the writer is crazy. The letter is
Anacortes, June 9Th, 1897.
The danger of destruction of crops
by grasshoppers seems to be past in
the vicinity of Dufur. A small red in
npeared in that section that