The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-10-14
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

E. G. Warren, the popular travelling
salesman,is in the city.
DR.. Eshelman is in the city from his
home at Dufur.
Mrs Roe was passenger on the
boat for Lyle this morning.
Matthew A. Thorbourn, of Kingsley,
is in from his home near Kingsley.
Henry, Edward and John Bolton,
of Kingsley, were in the city last
evening.
Mrs. Robert Kelly returned last
evening from two days visit to
Dufur and vicinity.
Mrs. Charles Schmidt aud Miss
Roscoe went to Lyle on the Regulator
today where they will spend the day.
A. ]. Dufur and family, who have
been spending few weeks at Dufur
will return to their home in Portland
this afternoon.
Misses Lena Thompson and julia
and Clara Nicholson, left for Portland
this morning where they will visit
friends and attend the exposition.
G. w. Johnston, of this city, left on
the boat for Portland today where he
will attend the exposition and visit
his daughters who reside in that city
There will be about $50 South
Dakota volunteers in the city TO-
morrow. They will leave Portland on
special train tomorrow and take
dinner at the Umatilla House.
Mr.. Lawrence Ainsworth, OF Port
land, has accepted position in the D..
P. & A. N. Office in this city. He is
an experienced man having filled a
like position in the company's Office
in Portland.
Il was the intention Of the council
to hold an adjourned meeting last
evening but they failed to have
quorum and adjourned without doing
any business. Another meeting will
be called by Mayor Kuck in short
time.
Yesterday Sheriff Kelly made an
attachment on the goods OF g. Daut
the optician and jeweler. The suit was
brought by San Francisco supply
house and an invoice of the goods
have been taken and they have teen
placed in the hands of keeper.
Owing to the amount of freight NOV
ing over the D. P. and A. N. line the
steamer Regulator will leave the dock
in this city tomorrow morning as about
6 O'Clock. The steamer Dalles City |
will make trip from Portland to this
place.
1t is said in railroad circles that IL Is
the inte ntion of the o. r. & N. and |
Union Pacific railroads to put on an
other through passenger train which |
will make two trains daily to the east.
AS yet the arrangements have not
been perfected but it is thought that
matters will be fully arranged about
the 18th inst.
The deckhands on the steamers
Regulator and Dalles City have any
thing but an easy time since the
enormous amount of wheat which i,
being shipped keeps them working
late and early. Until the wheat sea-
son is over the boats will probably run
on Sundays in order to keep it from
piling up.
DR.. Russ has bought DR.. Tackman's
office in the Vogt block and is now
ready for business. DR.. Rnss has
practiced dentistry in Portland for II
years, and is first class workman in
every respect. Gold tooth crowns and
bridge work speciality. Teeth filled
and extracted painless. Prices as
reasonable as good work can be done
for.
DIR. o. C. Hollister and little daug ht-
er Florence came up on the Spokane
Flyer yesterday from their home in
Portland. DIR. Hollister who is a |
partner of DR.. Hudson, of this city, |
comes to visit some of his patients
while Florence is the guest of Miss
Genevieye Fish. The doctor returned
home this afternoon whils Florence
will visit here for few days.
Persons coming over the road from
Dufur and other points south of here
state that the roads are getting worse
all the time and if they continue to be
cut up, without some effort being made
to improve them, they will in short
time be- about impossible. The road
is covered with deep ruts and is very
dusty so that trip oyer them is any
thing but enjoyable and the farmers
who have large grain crop to market
have any thing but an enviable job.
A large number of Warm Springs
Indians, who have been picking hops
10 the vicinity of Eugene, for a month
past, started back toward their reser-
vation Wednesday morning, going by
the old military road. They have with
them plenty of rifles and ammunition,
and it is supposed they will be some
weeks on the road and will slaughter
deer. Going there a month ago, they 1
are said to have killed about 300, but
the game warden was unable to do
anything in the matter. Agent Cowan ,
should look after his charges else they ,
NAV find themselves in the clutches of I
the law.
The board of equalization which
has been in session this week for the
purpose of equalizing assessments and {
any errors that might have t
been made finished their work today,
20 that this years tx roll is now S
ready to hand to the sheriff for col a
ection. Those who have had any N
grievances to lay before the board a
md have not taken advantage of the NJ
mple opportunity offered have no one b,
o blame but themselves and should y,
ot come with their complaints later. w
Marshal Hughes, G. A. Borders and y.
,ecorder N. b. Gates returned this "'
fternoon from the Meadows where ~
[r. Borders has been looking into the u
,ndition of the the Dalles city water %
Itches, while Messrs. Gates and %
ughes were taking an outing and
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