The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-10
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

visit to Portland friends yesterday.
A band of fat porkers were brought
in by Mr.. Wollery today for the Col
umbia packing Co.
George Liebe left for Portland today
where he goes to serve on the Onited
States grand jury. A%% 1888 3
Mrs. ]. r. Scott, OF Corvallis, arrived
in the city last evening and is visit
ing at the family of Mrs. J. Schooling.
Railroad officials state that at least
800 car loads of cattle will be shipped
out of Heppner during the present
month. RA
DR.. e.. p Belknap and wife. of
Prineyille. are enjoying the good
things at the Umatilla House. They
are en- route to California.
George Ferguson, the popular rail
road engineer, returned from a visit to
friends at Albany and Corvallis last
evening and will resume work on the
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Mrs. Paul Skibbe, VINO for The past
two weeks has been visiting with the
family of her brother-in-law, ar. VIM.
Brune, left for her home in Portland
this morning.
Three carloads of hogs were unloaded
and fed at the stockyards this morning.
They were shipped by Frank McCully
of La Grande, and were enroute 10 the
Portland markets.
T d. Johnston and A. j. Douglas,
two of Dufur's enterprising citizens.
returned from Portland yesterday
where they have been attending the
Woodmen reunion.
Judge Bennett returned yesterday
from Portland where ,he had been try
ing the case of the estate of Margaret
Welcome vs.. the Portland Street Rail-
way Co.., The case, was decided in
favor of the plaintiff verdict of $500
being given the estate.
Today nineteen carloads of sheep
will be started east over the Columbia
Southern from Moro. This makes
over sixty cars that have been shipped
from that place during the last two |
weeks, and is small share of the |
business that was transacted in The
Daiies' .szG3 s@!ata isg = >ss.st
Owing to the raise in the river it
became impossible at noon today to
land the ferry at the accustomed place
near the Baldwin opera house. The
ferrymen are endeayoring to get Capt.
DonoYan's scow out of the road at the
foot of Washington street where they
will land for the time being.
A meeting of the board sof fire dele
gates will be held at the council cham
bers at o'clock this evening tor the
purpose of considering the matter of
putting in an electric fire alarm system
and purchasing g chemical engine.
These are matters of grave Importance
and full attendance is expected.
The annual report Of The Dalles
public schools for the year ending /.
May 26, 1899, shows that 941 pupils
were enrolled during the year, gain
of Is over the previous year. The (
average number belonging was 709, a
gain of is; average daily attendance I
$40. gain of 10; number of cases of
tardiness 488, decrease of SO. Il
The high wind is causing railroad
men considerable trouble along the
line east of this place since it blows II
the sand on the track in spite of the t
sand boards and the untiring efforts
of the section men to, clear. the same. I
This not only makes it difficult for +
trains to get through but also quite I
dangerous as it is likely to derail i
train. G
Considerable dissatisfaction, says the /
Moro Leader, Is expressed by great t
many of the sheepmen with regard to
the arrangements come to at the wool.
growers convention held in The Da,les
last week, as to the allotment system {
in the Cascade forest reserve. Some t
Of them go as far as to say that they q
will be compelled to sell their sheep G
and go outof the business altogether. a
Yesterday Prof. Landers went to g
Columbia district to assist in holding p
an educational meeting for Supt. Gil q
bert, who Is IN Portland, but owing to j.
the fact that Miss Brown, teac6eri In "
district No. Is, gave closing day je
picnic, the educational meeting in &c
Columbia district was not held. Prof. p
|. c. Brown, teacher in the latter dis cl
.rict, dismissed his school at an early OF
hour in order that all could attend the e.
picnic, which was very pleasant ii
flair. tr
It is to be hoped that those who at
end the excursion of the Tyee Asso- OF
iation tomorrow will abe little more by
Inclined to be law abiding, than those m
vho have attended like excursions si
heretofore. On the other hand some re
+ our own people are not always on at
heir good behavior on such occasions de
nd do;much towards making trouble. tn
Esuficient force,of special police will OF
% appointed, however, to enforce law lis
nd order, and all offenders may ex- A
ect to find themselves behind the an
ars. a.''.-es..--.--.---s.,-.a- a-.s I'M
The raise in the Columbia at this ire
lace since yesterday was but slight. 1'
he report received from Pague this pa
lorning states that q decided raise 20
i'll occur at The Dalles during the 'n'
ext few days. The river will come up az
: the rate of one foot in twenty four 49,
ours and by Wednesday it will stand
, thirty-three feet, which will prevent Wis
,e boats passing through the locks
hich will necessitate transfer of 49,
assengers and freight. Whether the
yer will raise much higher than this
pint is at present uncertain and de- 20
ends entirely on the elements. VII
Yesterday District Attorney A. A.
syne went to Hood River to attend na
Ie preliminary examination of Harry o'
ansbury, who was tried in Justice
rather's court under charge of thl
rceby from a dwelling. It appears MI
lat someone broke into L. Clarke's ]
sidence, on 18 mile island, and stole Po
ols, household goods and other ar. Sa