The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-11-05
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

a. Glenn, is building residence OF
Ninth street for Isaac Young.
Next Monday D. P. Ketchum viii
ship another train load of sheep to St
Paul.
Col. Durke late of the state print
ing office, is spending a few days in
The Dalles.
The Daily Eugene Register mas ex
smpli6ed its faith in Mckinley pros.
perity by suspending publication.
Miss Maggie and Lizzie Brogan who
have been visiting in Portlrnd for
the past two weeks returned home on
the boat last evening.
Parties who came in from Tygh
Ridge this morning, reported the rain
OF last night to haye reached thirty
miles south of The Dalles.
The. rain last night was welcome
visitor to this section. Never before
did Eastern Oregon need rain worse
than it did at the present time.
The temple of Rathbone Sisters will
this evening receive the grand chief of
the order, and it is expected number
of candidates will be initiated into
the mysteries of the order.
Yesterday afternoon the ladies of
the Episcopal church were delightfully."-
entertained by Mrs. Judge Bradshaw.
An elegant lunch was served and in
teresting games were introduced.
Condor, Gillian county, is prosper.
Gus, AT least the Globe says it is, and
cites in snbstantiation the fact that
stud poker is once more beingFgener-
ally played by the citizens.
The Lafayette entertainment by the
public schools will De seid in the Vogt
opera house on Saturday evening mot
Friday as heretofore announced.) Ad-
mission Is cents, children 10 cents.
Hops are quoted at from l8 to II
cents q pound at Salem, with but few
sales. The greater portion of the
crop has already passed from the hands
Of the growers to those of the dealers.
The business meeting of the mem
bers of the Church of Christ will be
deferred until Sunday evening after
the sermon. Every member of the |
church is especially urged to be
present.
The new dock being built at Lyle by |
the D. P. & A. N. Co. Is about COM |
pleted. All the piles have been driven |
and it is now ready for the floor. The
dock consists of an incline 60 feet long |
and II feet wide.
Prof. John Straub, of Eugene, some
time since loaned his lawn roller and
having occasion to use it, last week,
and not knowing who had it advertised
for its return. In two days four rollers
were left at his premises.
A. J. Swift, of Wamic, after having
undergone an operation on his eyes at
Portland, has entirely lost the sight of
one eye, and is fearful that the other
eye will go blind, it being badly ef-
fected and Is gradually growing
weaker.
Frank P. McDevitt is spending few
days in The Dalles. Mr.. McDevitt is
q practical newspaper man has recently
retired from the management of the
Bandon Recorder. He is looking for
q business opening in Eastern Oregon.
Goldendale is living in hopes of
seing railroad built to it, either con-
Meeting with the Columbia river or
the Northern Pacific system. 1t would
be fine thing for Goldendale to ,
have railroad connection, but to de-
rive the best benefit to the place, it
should be one connecting with the
Colum bia at The Dalles.
This morning Fred Grunow, who has
been visiting his mother in this city
the past Two weeks, left for Vancouver,
and from there goes to Huntsville,
Alabama, to rejoin his regiment, the
18th infantry. Fred has been in the ,
service a little over year. and is a
thorough soldier. His calculations
now are to join the navy when his
term of enlistment in the army ex-
pires.
The government is to experiment 1
with the delivery of mail in country
districts, and has ordered as a starter
a postoffice on wheels to operate in the
vicinity of Westminster, Md. The
service calls for the use of postal
wagon to travel over designated ,
route in the rural districts. Mail
boxes can be placed at some point on |
the road for every farmer living with
in mile or two of the proposed route
and mail will be collected therefrom.
Mrs. Forwood has returned from q
visit to Tacoma.
The Dalles needs wooden mill and
q -four mill OF large capacity.
F. M. French and wife, OF Grass
Valley, are visiting il the city. |,
E. P. Fitzgerald returned last night
from visit of three mont tbs in Port
land.
The organization of the Native
Sons is spreading throughout the
state.
W. s. Geary arrived last night from
Seattle and will spend few days in
the city.
T. J. Seufert and r. J. German re-
turned last night from visit to Tygh
Valley and Dnfur.
Hon. Jefferson Myers Is being
mentioned as good man for mayor
of Salem. And so he would be.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook will arrive here
this evening from Dawson City, and
will spend few days visiting in the
city.
The walls of Mays & Crowe's new
building are up to the first story, and
carpenters are putting up the joists for
the second floor.
It's not often the wind blows hard
enough to stop clock, but such was
the case in the Umatills House bar
room this morning.