The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-09
ITEMS in BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily
Frank Leiblein, of Kingsley, is i
the city.
Arthur Mckenzie of Goldendale i
In the city.
Farquer McRae, OF Antelope, is il
the city on business.
LIE. Morse, of White Salmon is il
the city on business trip.
C. S. Schmidt proprietor of the Lobb.
saloon in Portland, is in the city to
day.
County Judge VIM. Cake, of Multi
nomah county, is in the city from his
home in Portland.
W. y. Evans, of Hood River, county
commissioner for Wasco county is in
the city on business.
W. w. Smith, of Prineville. spen,
yesterday in the city and left for his
home this morning.
Clyde T. Bonny, the enterprising
young Hood River merchant. is In
the city today attending to matters OF
business.
Frank G. Savage, travelling agent
for the North Western line is in the
city today attending to the interest of
his company.
Naturalization papers we're granted
by ths county court yesterday to
Ronald Mcdonald, William Redmond
and William Noland.
William Wilson, the man who was
injured Monday by falling from train
at the DeschuJes, was sent to his home
in Portland Yesterday afternoon.
Edward E. Patterson. formerly Of
this city, who is at present engaged in
the hardware business in Salem, is in
the city visiting relatives and old
friends.
Jrmes Harper met with quite
serious loss last evening. His large
bay horse aged II years, having set
tied his final account and departed for
horse heaven.
Yesterday Governor Moody ex-
hibited some splendid samples OF soft
almonds that were raised on his farm
at the mouth of Descbutes that proved
beyond doubt that this climate is
we'll apapted to their growth.
Captain Tom Simpson, the heredi.
tary chief of the Columbia river In.
dians on the Yakima reservation, is
organizing a Shaker church. He
called council at his place, and about
go Indians responded, and formed a
society.
Yesterday S. B. Adams returned
from trip through the grain fields
near Moro, and says about one third |
of the wheat crop in that section is
threshed. another third is headsd and |
the remainder is standing. The rains
there Sunday andM onday he says were !
severe and have probably damaged /
grain considerably.
Some of The Dalles horsemen should
attend the Prineville races this fall
and contend for the $50 purse hung by |
the firm of Mays & Grove, of this city.
The firm has exhibited commendable
by helping the Prineville
Jockey Club to the extent of offering
one prize, and some of our hOrsemen |
should be enterprising enough to go
out and contest for it..
Thomas Moran, the man who was
shot ON the Perry Manpin place on
Trout Creek, last Monday, died
from the effects of the wound yester-
day afternoon. Up to o'clock yes
terday Frank Furnell the man who did
the killing failed to show up in Prime
vile to give himself up to the authori-
ties, and some. doubts are at present
expressed as to whether or not he will
voluntarily s1rrendcr.
Last Sunday F.ank Brown, an old
Eastern Oregon stage driver, had
narrow escape from drowning in the
Deschutes just above the free bridge.
He and his wife had spent the day on
the river, and as they started home,
the horses became unmanageabie, and
backed the carriage into the river.
Mrs, Brown had got out of the car.
riage, but Mr.. Brown went in with it
and the team, and as he was stunned /
by one of the horses striking him, was
almost drowned before he could be
taken from the water. !
Sheriff Kelly returned yesterday |
from hunting trip around Kingsley |
and although he did not tell us all the
details of his hunt he must have made |
q splendid record. All that we learned |
was that in three hours On the first
day he was out he killed twelve prairie
chickens, one jack rabbit and a rattle
snake. If he hunted twelve hours
day for the four days he was gone and
committed such slaughter during this
time there would not even be a chance
at present to get "snakes" on Tygh
Ridge much less any kind of game.
The case of G. L. Rogers against
Luckey, Olinger & Foley was tried
yesterday at Hood River before Justice
Prather and the plaintiff was given
Judgement for $35 and costs. 1t seems
that Rogers is a farmer and left his
horse at defendants livery stable
while the owner made a trip to Port