The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Fmm Saturdays Da,ly.)

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Trom Saturdays Daily)
J,W. Blake, of Condor, is in the
city.
Joe Robertson is reported very sick
ut his residence.
julius Wentz, an old time Dalles
boy, is in the city.
Mrs. H. Wells went below on the
boat this morning.
C. M. Cartwright came up from
Portland last night.
Carl Williams of Portland, is visiting
relatives in the city.
Geo. W. Wells, Of Heppner, is in
the city on business.
Geo. Lang went down the river on
the Dixon this morning.
Emmett Swan, of Wasco, paid this
office pleasant call today.
P. Isenburg returned this morning
to his home at Hood River.
Walt. Davey and wife left last even
ing for their home at Ridgeway.
r. Newlin is confined to his home
with q very severe attack of asthma.
F. A. Menzies and Ike Herman,
travelling freight solicitors, are in the
city.
R. Hinton, wife and two children
left this afternoon for their home near
Bakeoven.
%. Mack, who has been in Port
land for the past few weeks, returned
home last evening.
City s.arshal Chas. Lauer left this
morning for Portland, where he will
remain several days.
Miss Frances E. Fouts is visiting
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
W. Fouts, of Oregon City.
L. ,Doble, representing Fleishner,
Mayer & Co. of Portland, is in the city
in the interest Of his firm.
Miss Marie Scully arrived on the
boat last evening from Portland and
is the guest of Miss Alice Lyle.
Mrs. Kerrison left on the stage this
afternoon for Ridgeway, where she
will visit her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Cook.
J.D. Wilcox and wife, of Sherman
county, who have been in the city for
several days, returned home this
morning.
Chas. Heppner will leave this even
ing for Umatilla, where he will accept
q position with the o. r. & N. Co. as
call boy.
LIE Roy George, the rattlesnake
king, is indeed a wonder. The manner
in which he handles these venemous
reptiles is a caution.
Mrs. Ed. Miller. of Antelope. left
this morning on the boat for Ocean
Park, where she will join the family
of Geo. W. Miller.
The East End has been very quiet
for the past two days. This seasons
wool clip is nearly all in, but SO far
little of it has been disposed of.
J. M. Russell and wife and Miss
Woodard, of Portland, ,and E. Y. Judd,
of Pendleton, left on the boat this
morning for a fishing trip down the
river.
Miss Openhetmer, who spent yester-
day with Mrs. DIR. Logan. left this
morning on the Dixon for Portland.
She was accompanied to the Cascades
by Miss Minnie Lay, who will return
this evening.
W. A. Miller and wife, Jas. Harper,
wife and child. left this morning on
the Dixon for White Salmon where
they will establish camp. Before re-
turning they will spend few days at
Trout Lake.
Mrs. Groat, mother of W. b. Groat,
met with quite painful accident yes
terday afternoon. She was going to
call on neighbor when she fell and
received severe bruises about the
head. DIR. Doane was summoned. but
owing to the feebleness of the lady,
was unable to state how serious her
injuries would prove.
The value of advertising was so
forcibly demonstrated last evening
that the most skeptical could not deny
its merits. Yesterday j. E. Adcox in
serted an sd. in the Times -Mountaineer
for chickens, and in ten minutes after
the paper was out, a spring pullet was
fluttering before his window at Liebe's
jewelry store seeking admission. Even
the chickens see adds in the TIM.
Otis Patterson's successor, Mr..
Corlies Merritt, of Portland, arrived
last Sunday and has already taken |
charge of the Heppner Gazette. Mr..
Merritt is accompanied by his wife
and little son, and they will for the |
present occupy the residence of Mrs.
Fred Bartholomew. The Times well
comes Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt to our
midst and hopes that they will be well |
pleased with their new home. Mr.. |
Patterson and his family will not |
leave for The Dalles until August 1st.
-Heppner Times.
Indian Dave found peculiar growth
OF young potato in the garden on the
place the other day. Dur
ing its embryonic period the potato
had evidently made its start in the
center formed by the handle ring of q
rusty old door key that had been lost
Ind covered beneath the plow or hoe.
It continued to grow until the key
handle ring had become the center of
. potato. The tuber continued to
ROW out evenly from each side of the