The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-04
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

rTOn Saturdays Odlly
Senator E. B. Dufur returned last
evening from Salem.
A. A. Jayne returned from short
business trip to Portland.
A. J. Knightly, of Cascade Locks, is
visiting in the city today.
Chas. Butler, the Port Townsend
cattle buyer, is in the city.
Charles Clarke will be up on the $40
train tonight to take part in m1nstrels
Mrs. Albert Graham and daughter
Miss Grace are in the city from Hood
River.
Senator John Michel is home from
Salem to spend Sunday with his
family.
Mr.. Booten, Grass Valley stock.
man, is in the city having brought in
band of beef cattle.
Mayor Nolan, who has been confined
to his room for some time with a
severe attack of sickness, is able to be
on the street today.
Miss Rose Michel local reporter for
the Chronicle left on the afternoon
train for visit to Salem. During her
absence Eddie Wingate will contribute
local to that paper.
The total actual enrolment of The
Dalles public schools for the present
week following the semi-annual pro.
motion is even 800, and SO of this total
are in the high school department.
Owing to the fact that the services
of band could not be secured the
parade of the Dalles Minstrel Boys
was dispensed with. This, however,
does not affect this evenings show in
the least.
In the fall term of school ending
last week, the total number of pupils
enrolled was s96 a gain of 36 over the
corresponding period last year; the
average number belonging was 719, a
gain of 81; tine average daily attend
ance was 631, gain of %.
The'cattle growers of Wasco county
will hold a meeting at the court house
next Saturday at l. pm. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to see what can
be done to secure range for cattle on
the Cascade timber reserve. All cat
tie men are requested to attend.
There will be meeting of the tax
payers of this school district held at
the brick school house on Court street
next Monday, Jan Both at P. M. for
the purpose of levying tax for the
ensuing year, and considering what
action shall be taken with reference to
the indebtedness of the district.
The Seufert & Condor Telephone
Co, put in small switchboard in Du-
fur Thursday. A number of phones
have been connected and the indica-
tions are that in a short time quite
an extensive exchange will be running
in that enterprising little town. The
central Office is at Mrs. Everett's Ho-
tel.
We are informed by Mr.. Emil Schan-
no, of the state board of Horticulture,
that at present is the best time to
spray for the San Jose scale. The
weather is pleasant with no wind to
speak of. while lssar it may be cold,
and clustering. Spray
ing at present will prove much more
satisfactory than later and should be
tc at once.
A morphine fiend By the name of
Steve Russell, who has been serving
term in the city jail for yagrancy, was
sent to his home in Vancouver this
on the steamer Dalles City.
Another whose time is not yet finished
is still confined in the Jail. and is kept
busy, between shots, in doing odd jobs
around the. Jail, recorders Office and
other city buildings.
School Clerk Schmidt is now busy
taking the annual enumeration for
district No. II The total number this
year is expected to be in the neighbor-
hood of 1400 persons. For the past
several years enumeration has shown
a steady increase from year to year.
In March '93 the total was 9O7, in '94
1858; in '95 1912; in '96 1882; in '97
1909: in '9S 1347.
A few night ago party named
Sullivan who was rendered somewhat
by strong liquor fell over
the railing at the back of the Umatilla
House. 1t is over twenty feet to
the ground and the remarkable part
of the affair is that he sustained but
few slight scratches. Where he lit
was anything but a soft place, the
ground heing covered by stones, and
were he in his sober senses he would
have probably Jared much worse.
Yesterday Cram and Bolter brought
in fifty eight head of beef cattle from
their Trout Creek ranch near Cross
Keys. The cattle were weighed at the
stock yards this morning and sold to
Charles Butler of Port Townsend.
The exact quotations could not be |
learned but it is thought they brought |
about three and one-half and four cents
per pound according to the class. The
cattle will be shipped to Port Town
,end this evening.
The reporter had the pleasure of at
ending the dress rehearsal of The
oalles Minstrels last evening and was
lighly pleased with the performance
The costumes are the
nest that could be secured and will
ival any that have ever been seen in
homo talent show in The Dalles,
lany of the turns are new and original,
-hile the interludes and ac-
of Prof. Baldwin's or
hestra adds to the completeness of
,e performance.
Yesterday Michael and John Bohan,
this city, aged II and Is, secured a !
orse and buggy and left
ome going in the direction of Dufur.
heir father after finding the direction
lev had taken telephoned to Dufur
nd requested Marshall Hinman to
itch the boys and put them In Jail,
they showed up in that town.
othing has been heard of their
hereabouts as yet or the cause of