The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily

Carey Ballard went to Antelope
day on business trip.
Mr.. Fitzmaurice, editor of the Mo-
Leader, is visiting 10 the city.
Richard Fisher, the MOsier lum be
king, is in the city on business.
M.Z. Donnell left this morning for
business trip through Sherman count,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Lucas returne
this morning from a visit with friend
at Baker city.
A. Burkett, of Bergen, near Whit
Salmon, was in the city on busines
last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Sommerville
of Hay creek, are registered at th
Umatilla House.
Alex Mcintosh ard sisters Misse
Katie and Joan are in the city from
their home at Prineville.
Prineville sportsmen are raising
funds to prosecute persons who xii
fish in the Deschutes river with eX
plosives.
Hon. John Michel leaves tonigb
for Washington, D. G. to attend tbs
great council of the Independent Or.
der of Red Men.
John Kindwell, a wealthy sugar
planter, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands
spent yesterday viewing the sights in
and around The Dalles.
Two carloads of miners passed
through La Grande last week en- route
to Wardner, Idaho. where they go to
take the place of the striking miners.
F. r. Hanke travelling freight
agent for the Chicago Milwaukee & ST.
Paul whose headquarters are in Port.
land is in the city in the interest of
his company.
b. R. Cory. advance agent for the
company which viii present the popular
comedy 'A Midnight Belle" is in the
city making arrangements to put on
his show at the Vogt Monday night.
An enormous amount of freight is as
present leaving The Dalles for Prime
vile and other points in the interior.
At 7 o'clock this morning teams began
loading at the Wasco warehouse for
the innterior and at noon the ware
house hsnus were still busy, and other
teamsters we're waiting their turns to
load. At least 40, 600 pounds of freight
left here this morning for the Prime
willie vicinity.
The Arlington-Fossil telephone line
has almost reached Condor now. The |
poles are of cedar and very large and |
but the aluminium wire is no
good for that purpose, and breaks here
and there with every wind that blows.
1t will haye to be taken down and cop
per wire substituted. Aluminium wire |
costs less than one-fourth the price of
copper wire-not per pound, but per
mile.
Thomas Smiley, corporal in Co. L,
United States volunteers, arrived home
last night from the hospital at the
Presidio where he has been since the
the return of the regiment. About
two weeks before the regiment arrived
In Frisco he was taken sick with an
attack of Typhoid fever and for time
be states that he thought if ne return
ed to The Dalles it would be in box.
He has fully recovered, however. out
side OF being somewhat weak on ac-
count of his sickness.
Mrs. Beste, keeper of a Palouse
boarding house, publicly horsewhipped
/ man who goes by the name of
'Scotty." The whipping was the re
suit of quarrel over board bill
which Scotty refused to pay. Mrs.
Beste is a powerful woman and used
The whip vigorously, and Scotty was
forced to beat hasty retreat. AS he
was doing so Marshal Woodward ar
rested him for disorderly conduct. He
was convicted and fined $40 and costs,
in the city Jail.
City Recorder, Ned Gates and c. A.
Borders returned today from the head
waters of Dog River where they have
been examining the water bitches for
the city. They state that they find
bitches in good shape and running
full of fine water. Two mon have
been employed in cleaning out the
and putting them in shape and
their present good condition proves
that they have performed their task
we'll, and by so doing have greatly in
creased the amount of water for the
city.
On Monday, September 11th The
Dalles schools will reopen. Nearly all
the teachers who served last year have
been reappointed and with such an
able man as Professor Landers as sup
the schools will certainly
be equal. if not superior to what they
were in former years. 1t would be
well for parents and guardians to re-
that it is important that the
children be sent to school on the
opening day as it is difficult for them
to catch up with their classes if they
come in a week or two late.
Although the fire protection is bet
ter in The Dalles at present than ever