The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

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From Saturdays Daily.
G. L. Ireland, of the Moro Observer,
Is in the city.
r. E. Harkinson. prominent at
torney of Moro, is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ward, of Col
dendale, are visiting in the city.
Weinhard's beer on draught at only
one house in the city, the Colum bia
hotelx
D. B. Kelley came up yesterday
from Portland and will leave Monday
for his farm in Crook county.
w. Healy is out on the street
again after having been confined to
his room for week with 10 grippe.
Next Saturday teachers meeting
will be held at Dufur. Arrangements
have been made for all the teachers
In The Dalles schools to attend.
F. N. Jones is in from his sheep
ranch near Bakeoven. He reports a
fearful storm there the first of the
week, but says the snow is about all off
now.
j. M. Filloon returned last evening
from Portland where he has been buy
ing stock for the new hardware and
implement store he will open at Moro
about the first of next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. F. Hill, of Primo.
vile have returned from Hot Springs,
Arkansas, where they spent the win
ter, and are both much improved in
health. They leave in few days for
their home at Prineville.
Parties who have just come in from
Prineyille report fearful stol m in
that section. 1t began showing on
Sunday and continued until Tuesday,
though it has about all gone off and
has caused but little loss of stock.
In II. G. Neilsen's show window are
displayed two fine samples of japanese
work that Christian Lowe brought
home with him from Manila. One is
the American and the other the
Danish coat of arms. They are worked
in silk, and are very artistic.
At tkis time last year potatoes were
drug on the market, but they are
valuable now. In Portland they are
quoted at SIPS and $1.5O per sack.
Farmers in this section who have not
yet sold find ready sale for their spuds
as Portland buyers will take all they
can get.
An effort has been made to secure
permission from the interior depart
ment to establish a salmon hatchery
on some stream in the Cascade timber
reserve, and Commissioner Herman
has telegraphed Governor Geer that
he has recommended to the secretary
of the interior that such permission
be granted.
Strife School Superintendent Acker-
man is making a tour of the state
visiting schools and attending teachers
meetings. Next week he will attend
the interstate teachers institute at
Walla Walla, and will be here to at
tend the meeting of teachers at Dufur
next Saturday.
Jesse M. Shepherd, an Oregon pio-
neer and veteran newspaperman, died
at his home in Baker City last Thurs
day, aged 78 years. He came to this
coast in 1850, and after having worked
for some time in Sacramento as a
compositor, he came to Oregon and
was foreman on the State Rights DEM
ocrat at Albany. He went from there
to Idaho City where he published the
World until 1872. He then went to
Baker City, and established the Bed
rock Democrat which lie published
until 1887 when he sold the paper to
Boxwen & Small.
Yesterday afternoon the sherlff's
office was notified that there was a
man on the beach above town deter
mined on self destruction. Deputy
Sexton went out to look after the fel
low and found him in camp of tour +
lists. The fellow had lost one leg, and
had a wooden peg which he burned
before asserting his intention of
After burning his wooden
leg he secured two sticks which he used |
b crutches and started to the river to |
brown himself, but WAS restrained by |
mis- companions who notified the offic-
,rs. He says his name is Geo. Pearl
Ind that he came from Tennessee. He
had evidently starved until his mind
become effected, but will probably be
Ill right after being we'll fed for few
lays. At present he is confined in the
county jail.
From Mondays Daily.
Ernest Mayhem, of Kingsley, is in
own.
L. E. Morse, the White Salmon
merchant, is in the city.
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