The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-15
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturday 'sDaily.
Mrs. G. w Miller. of this city is
visiting friends in Vancouver.
Wheat jumped up cent this morn
ing and now stands at 81 cents for No
/.
The first.sugar ever made in Oregon
was manufactured in La. Grande yes
terday.
C.M. Van Duyn and wife of Tvgh
Ridge were in town last night on their
way to Portland.
Mrs. Monroe Grimes and daughter
went to Portland yesterday afternoon
to visit friends.
C. W. Elkins, the Lyle merchant,
was In town last night the guest of the
Umatilla House.
Carey Ballard, proprietor of the
Palace of Sweets, is in Portland tax
ing in the exposition.
DIR. Eshelman of Dufur, accompanied
BY his wife and child, passed through
town today on a short visit to his
parents at Centerville.
On the 11th The Dalles accomm oda-
tion train, the one which arrives here
at noon and returns to Portland at
o'clock will be discontinued.
F. D. Nelson, of Arlington, has in.
vented gold saving machine. He
says that it will saws all gold, no
matter how fine the particles may be.
Willard Vanderpool of Dufur has
gone to the Matoles to make final
preparation for the first drive of logs
from that place TO the Harris place on
the Deschutes.
Heavy snow storms are reported
from the vicinity of Mount Hood.
Many sheep were caught out, as the
herders did not look for snow SO carly
lin the season,
L. w. Darling, a prominent lawyer
of Condor, arrived in town yesterday
with his two daughters whom he in
tends to place in our high school for
the current year.
Seven hundred and nineteen pupils
are enrolled on the books of The
Dalles public schools. This number
will be exceeded by more thau q hun
dred before the winter sets in.
October 11th has been designated as
the banner day for the Native Sons
of Oregon at the Portland Exposition,
and the o. r. & N. Co. will make q
special rate of 81. SO round trip for that
occasion.
Touching the election of Joe Simon
the prevailing impression among all
parties here is that out of pity for our
metropolitan city, the legislature
elected Joe that Portland might get
rid Of him.
S. A. Richards, an Indiana man, is
in town looking over the situation
with the view of starting machine
and general repair shop. The pro-
ject will, depend largely on the cost OF
water for power.
Sherman County, has 265,070 acres
of deed lands valued at $729,000. 1t
hss 6212 horses and mules, valued at
s75,O95 and ,l7s head of sheep valu-
ed at S36, ,178. The taxable property
amounts to 81, ,2l7, ,055.
w. J. Lauder. of Salt Springs, came
into town early this morning. Mr.
Lauder has just purchased 1000 head
of ewes from Morris s. Julian of Hay
Creek, Crook County, but at what
price this deponent knoweth not.
A wreck occurred on the trsck yes
terday afternoon about five miles
above Arlington. Five empty freight
cars are said to have been ditched and
the passenger due here at 3:20 this
morning was in consequence about
three hours late. !;
The following named persons we're
admitted to the practice of law in the
Oregon courts by the supreme court
Wednesday, for the probationary pc
riod of nine months: Herman S.
Whitcomb, Cyrus B. Whitcomb, and
D. r. Nelson, all of Tennessee.
The Crook County Journal says that
no charter or lease has ever been
granted by Crook county for the toll
road known as "The Grade," between
Antelope and Mitchell, and that col
lection of toll at the place is for this
and other reasons illegal.
A dispatch from Vancouver, B. c.
says that Thomas Fawcett the Yukon
gold commissioner has resigned"
which, being interpreted, probably
means that the rascal has been fred.
Erstwhile pilgrims to the ukon will
shed no tears over this announcement.
Real estate for the past two days has
been soaring sky high and NO thanks
to Dad Butts either. The fact is the
Dalles sprinkling cart has not been
around for these two SUNS and people
are asking the newspaper man, be-
cause he is the great conservatory OF
all human grievances, what in thun-
der has become of it?
After using up the regular appro-
priation of $4,000 for the Salem
"hoss trot." commonly known as the
state fair, the management finds itself
in hole to the tune of $l.668. After |
deducting some old warrants which |
left q net deficit of 81 ,094 the legis- |
lature is asked for an appropriation to
pay off the deficit.
John G. Leasure, Grand President of
the Native Sons of Oregon and several
other grand officers of the Grand
Cabin, will be here tonight at the K.
cf P. Hall, to organize cabin of
Native Sons. All native born sons of
Oregon in the neighborhood are re-
luested to be present. The age
qualification for membership is q
7ears.
2. M, Brown. of Portland, formerly
,lerk of Crook County, and who has
arge cattle interests there, arrived
n town last night. from the Upper
0echutes after providing for a drive
# about 1900 head OF cattle to this
,lace. On arriving here a letter