The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-26
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Dally.)

F'rom Saturdays DaIly)
M. P. Isenberg, the Hood River pol
itician, is in the city.
Hon. A. J. Dufur, of Dufur, is regis
tered at the Umatilla.
Deputy Sheriff Olinger came up
from Hood River last night.
The river fell a foot since yesterday
morning, ana is now trifle over Is
feet above low water mark.
The rock crusher is being overhauled
and put in shape for good run. The
broken rock will be used on Seventh
street.
The editor of this paper went to
Portland this morning to attend a
meeting of newspaper men favoring
free silver.
Miss Ina Cooper who has been visit
ing relatives here for some time, re-
turned to her home in McMinnville
this morning.
The republican county central con-
mittee met this afternoon at o'clock.
This is about the beginning of the
campaign. A sort of looking over the
field preparatory to blowing.
The grand jury adjourned Thursday;
the republican county central COM
mittee met today. Being charitable,
we place this as a coincidence not as
deliberately planned arrangement.
County Commissioner Blowers came
up from Hood River last night. He
is interested in a merchandise business
at Sumpter Baker county and is highly
pleased with the business outlook
there.
If the government relief expedition
to the Klonkike does not get a move
on, it will be too late to get rid of its
supplies. The secretary of war should
remember the old adage to ''go early
and avoid the rush."
For the past week warm chinook
has prevailed in the Blue Mountains,
which is undoubtedly the cause of the
rapid rise in the Columbia. The snow
fall on the headwaters of the Columbia
is unusually light, and with chinook
or two now the June rise will be light.
The last term of court, or rather the
present one, was inexpensive. The
grand jury returned five true bills, and
to each a plea of guilty was entered.
Three were sent to the penitentiary,
one to the county Jail, and one the
sentence was suspended. There was
not q case for jury trial.
Mr.. Farrell, who came up from Port
land yesterday to look after his fishing
interests, expresses the opinion that
the season will probably be light
one, even though this is the year for a
big run. He bases his opinion on the
reports of an unusually lightsnow fall
on the headwaters of the Columbia
and Snake.
Politics is, or are, because politics is,
or are, plural. beginning to boom.
Candidates are cropping up. like the
gentle bunch grass, between rocks, on |
the hill sides, and in the pleasant
wales. They are, to carry out the sim
lille, young tender and green and liable
to be nipped by the early spring
frosts, or if not later on by the arid
wave that will sweep over the country
about the first Monday in June.
It is to be hoped that the old rock
crusher will be kept st work until
every street in the city is covered with
broken rock. At present our streets
are not slightly and our crosswalks are
an abomination. There is only one
gleam of sunshine, one redeeming
factor in the present conditions, and
that is that every Dalles woman wears,
per force, prettily trimmed skirt and
stockings. The condition
Of the street crossing compel it.
The great question agitating the
American mind is, "Was the Maine
blown up, or DOWN." From the num-
per killed it is not probable the ex-
,losion came from outside OF the vessel
put within. The dispatches show be-
,ween lines, that some one has been
yuilty of gross carelessness and that
,he real cause of the tragedy will not
De given out until the excitement has
blown over. Then it will be deled out
piece at time in order to let the
guilty person come down easy.
There seems to be no doubt but that
he steamer Clara Nevada was de-
troyed by fire between Juneau and
,kagTay with all on board. Among
he passengers was Jesse Wilkins, a
prominent mason who was at one time
he organizer for the Eastern Star.
J. T. Holgate is also supposed to have
'een a passenger on the illfated vessel.
DR.. Holgate was from Portland but
ad a number of relatives living in
his county. The Clara Nevada was a
the Hassler and was built
Dr. the government in 1871. She was i
ngaged in surveying the Pacific Coast a
ntil short time ago when she was a
ondemned and sold, and was put on b
he Alaska route by the Mcclure. q