The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-12
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.


From Wednesdays Daily.
Miss Ketchum left today for Wis
in Tacoma.
Hon. w. H. Wilson went to Por
lanu this afternoon.
Last night c. NJ. Grimes shipped
car iuad of beef to Troutdale.
Dr.. v. Geaner, of Prineville, passe
through the city today en- route t
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Bayard star. e
this morning to Wilhoit springs, i
Clackama5 county.
j. p. O'Brien, superintendent of tn
Q. r. & N. passed up the road on th
Spokane train last evening.
Prof. Brown, assistant teacher il
the Dufur schools, was in the city to
Cay en- route to Walla Walla.
Prof. ]. T. Neff, whose has been ele
cted principal of the high school
came up from Hood River last evening
Leslie Butler left this afternoon TO
Portland where he goes to accept 6
position with Wadhams & Kerr Bros
Congressman Moody went to Port
land today to participate in the recep
tion to be given the returning volun
teers.
Fred Wilson and Ed. Wingate lef
by boat this morning for Portland tc
join in the reception given the return
ing soldiers.
Mrs. Rorden and the two Misses
Fredden went to Portland on the after
noon train to meet Harry Fredden
who is returning from Manila.
Mrs. c. F. Stephens left on the after.
noon train for Portland. From there
she will go to Albany to visit her old
home and will also spend few days at
Newport.
The La Grande sugar factory ex-
poets to handle about 100000 tons of
beets st the factory this fall. This
pounds of dry granulated sugar.
There were 4-1OO of an inch of rain
fell last night. 1t will be detriment
to the country as it has chez ked har
vesting, and the crops are too far ad
vanced for rain to do them any good
The first grapes of the season were
brought to town today by Mrs. j. A.
Fleck, whose vineyard Is one mile west
OF town. They were of the Ralston
and Sweetwater varieties.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. S. Wilson were pas
sengers on the Regulator for Port
land today They will remain in
Portland until after the return of the
soldiers, then go to the coast for a
short outing.
General Summers has telegraphed
General Beebe to not provide mounts
for himself and staff for the par rade in
Portland. He says he walked out with
his regiment when he left Portland
year ago and desires to walk IN with
them on his return.
Last night the police arrested two
women on charge of frequenting a
bawdy house. They were taken be
fore Recorder Gates this morning ano
fined $40 each. On refusing to pay
their fines they were committed to jail
for five days.
The old chimney sweep, Geo. Stowe,
is again in the city with an improved |
for cleaning chimneys. |
Stowe is the pioneer son of the Golden /
West, having had the distinction of
being the first white boy born in
California.
Aaron Kuhn, of Colfax, Saturday
made the largest sale of wheat of the
season when he sold $4,000 bushels to
Guthrie & Co., OF Portland.
This is nearly an entire cargo, and is
the largest sale made in the Palouse
country this season. The price paid
Is not made puplic.
G. B. Bush, superintendent of the
Oregon Telegraph & Telephone Co..
returned yesterday from Prineville,
where he has been attending to the
putting in of telephone service. Mr..
Bush reports che telephone line to
Prineville in fairly geOd condition, but
the wire was somewhat damaged by
being hauled over the route by wagon,
and the damaged places in the wire
will have to be taken out before the
line Is perfect.
More attention is being paid to
mining and prospecting in this country
than ever before, aud everybody who
goes into the mountains keeps his
eyes open for gold. VIM. O'Dell has
been on the headwaters of
Hood River with band of sneep, and
while not engaged looking after his
flocks was looking for gold. He found
some fine specimens of free milling
quartz, and will take steps to prospect
the ledge.
Mrs. Peck, of Duchess, New York,
presented her husband with |,
four little Pecks. which causes the
Portland Telegram to remark that
that means "a busEel of babies" A
few years ago the country was filed
with pictures entitled "a yard of Kit.
tens" GA yard Of roses," GA yard of
puppies" ETC. 1t would be in order for
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck to have published
3 picture entitled ''Our four pecks OF
babies," which would doubtless meet
with ready sale. Every ''infant in
industry" needs to be properly en-.
couraged.-East Oregonian.
This afternoon Joe Stadleman dis.
covered nine young Americans in his
melon patch helping Themselves to
what they could find. With the as
sistance of his hired men he corralled
six of the young ,rascals, loaded them
into a wagon and brought them to
town, turning them over to the city
Two OF them we're recent
arrivals from Portland, and the other
four were residents of the town. Mr..
Hughes exacted from them promise
that they would never again molest
Mr.. Stadleman's garden, and after
giving them q good lecture turned
them loose.