The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Dally.)

From Saturdays Dally9
r Warner. of White Salmon, was
In the city today.
JIM. Long, attorney for the o. H. q
N. Co., is in the city.
Mrs. B. S. Miller, of Portland, is Wis
iting Mrs. DIR. Sanders in the city.
DIR. Shackelford, went to Portland
this morning, on the delayed train.
Miss L. A. Wilke, of Antelope, went
to Portland this,morning, where she
will spend the winter.
EP. Ash, of the Locks, is in the
city, having just returned from trip
to Dawson City, Alaska.
Tom Williams and Wallace Whit
moore, two old time travelling men,
are registered at the Umatilla.
g. A. VanHouten, of the Baldwin
Land and Sheep Co. passed through
the city, on his way to Hay Creek.
Mrs. Ida May Gillenwater, of Post,
leaves this evening for Tennessee,
where she will visit with her parents.
D. B. Gaunt. operator of the stage
line between this city and Prineville,
ha. placed a number of new wagons on
the route.
This is the last night of McEwen in
The Dalles. Those who have not seen
the clever hypnotist should avail
themselves of the opportunity tonight.
~0n January %, James G. Tate, past
supreme master of the A. .. U. w.
/ lodge. will be in The Dalles, and pub
lie meeting will be held at the Vogt,
where Mr.. Tate will explain the OBJ
Hects of Workmanship. Workmen
here are making elaborate prepara-
tions for the occasion.
w. w. Wilson, steward at the UNA
tilla House, who has been absent from
his post the past few days, visiting
friends in the metropolis, returned to
his place of duty this morning. w.
W. will begin at once, and make all
preparasions for the grand Christmas
diuner, which is always given at the
Umatilla.
There ia considerable talk on the
streets in regard to new time card
being issued by the o. R. & N. but
after diligent inquiry among the rail-
road officials here we are unable to
:. verify the rumor. The officials at The
aalles say that if change of the pass
kger time is to take placesthey know
nothing about it.
Ralph G. Clyde, editor and proprie-
or of the Commo1er, a publication
Bat grew out of the News Boys CAL
amity Howler, of Portland. spent sew
eral days in the city rustliDg SUBJ
scribers for the Commoner. Clyde is
wide awake, and when he goes after
subscriber for his paper, seldom fails
to get him. A large number OF names
/ was added to the Commoner list dur
Ting Mr.. Clyde's visit here. and it will
"a welcome visitor to many homes
TThe Dalles from now on.
This morning, about 9 O'Clock, a
, Chinaman, commonly called Lit,
claimed to haye been robbed OF about |
ESQ. The Chinaman lives in a small |
shanty on the north side of the rail- |
road, on First street, and raises vege-
tables. This morning, while he was
out peddling his produce, some one,
Fhe thinks white man, broke into the
house, ransacking it from top to bot
tom, but took nothing but the $50. |
The house stands in very CONSPICUOUS
place, and there is more or less travel
along First street, but the officers have
been unable to find any person that
saw any one around the house.
The state board of equalization went
Through the formalities of meeting
and adjourning in Salem, the other
day. The board was at loss how to
procure copy Of certain decision
that It wished to consider, and after
finding out that there was no money
appropriated for purchasing decisions,
d. P. Thompson was delegated to make
q trip to Portland, and borrow, If he
could, the book from Judge Northup.
The decision could have been copied
by private stenographer for about
$3.50. The daily expenses of the
board, including mileage, according to
former changes, is about Sl30. This
would make an expenditure of $3.50 in
order to saye $3.50.
The wild geese shipped last week
from Sherman county by G. W. Johns |
ton, Willard Vanderpool and Milt An I
derson were taken to Dallas instead of
The Dalles, by an error on the part of
the railroad company; and being per- {
ishable goods and shipped subject to
such conditions, the R. r. Co. will be
held responsible for their loss. We q
the railroad authorities
have offered to settle the matter with i,
the above named gentlemen by pay
ment of S35 for the geese and $500 to r
ZACH of the hunters for shattered rep 7
ltations as gunners. George and y
Willard are willing to agree to the
proposition, but Milt says
lis character as a man of truthfulness O.
has been severely strained if not n
tracked by the non-arriYal of the n
,eese.-Dufur Dispatch. a