The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-04
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. c. P. U'Ren, of Ripgeway,
visiting in the city.
Nate Bayard. prominent capitali'
of Antelope, is in the city.
John Bonn was a passenger on th
FLYER this morning for Portland.
Emile Schanno returned last even
ing from visit to Hood River.
Mrs. M. Gilmore left on last evening
train for q short visit to friends ii
Heppner.
Messrs. A. J. Douglas, Geo.. ROthe
ray and D. A. Mcdonald, of Dufu-, ar
in the city.
Mrs. Lottie Chappell and son ant
Mrs. Ellen Goodnow, of Goldendale
are visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Brusick, OF Sill
YER Lake, are here visiting friends and
buying supplies for the winter.
Mrs. T. j. Stephenson, of Wheeler
county, is in the city today en- reute te
Illinois to spend the winter.
Jack McGrail, who has been visit
ing relatives here the past two weeks,
leaves tonight for Butte, Montana,
Hon. B. S. Huntington is in Pendle-
ton, he being one of the attorneys for
McKenna in his case against the o.
r. o. N. Co.
The infant SON of Mr.. and Mrs. z.
C. Drews, formerly of this place, died
ct Colfax Monday. The child was
three weeks old.
There is less wood on the beach this
season than common, and dealers an
nounce that there is liable to be
scarcity of fuel before spring.
Last evening Sheriff Kelley return
ed from Pendleton with L. o. Fields,
charged with bigamy. He gave 500
bonds for his appearance before Justice
Bayard.
c. E. Fitzpatrick, of Tygh Valley,
was in town last night. He reports
farmers very busy blowing and pre-
pairing for seeding large acreage OF
fall grain in his section.
Evidently Fred Mitchell, the man
fined on a charge of vagrancy yester.
day, did not like the job given him by
the city marshal saving wood. for aas
soon as the marshal left hin he
climbed over the fence and skipped.
r. c. Hutchinson, b prominent stock
nan of the upper country, passed
through here last evening with a lot
of fine horses which he is taking to
Portland, for sale. He stopped OFT
here to visit his old friend Fen Batty
of the Umatilla House.
Two more Indians are paying the
penalty for filing up on ardent spirits.
Indian Joe was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon by Marshal Hughes while
painting the town red, and Indian
Charlie was gathered in by Policeman
Phirmsn last night. Each was fined
ts, snaa To-Day they are saving wood
for the Sfty:
a Coos county man is advising fruit
growers to not sell apples at 25 and 4O
cents box, but to ship them to Port
land and San Francisco: The orchard
ist in that section must be poorly in
formed TO require SUCH adgiee. Here
they know enough to ask all their
apples are worth, and one Hood River
fruit grower is holding his apples for
sa boy.
Two hunters, Bert Barnes and A. Ly.
nan, suffered serions injuries last week
In Union county. by explosion OF their
guns. which they had loaded With
smokeless powder OF TOO great strength
for the weapons. The left hand OF
each was badly mangled. and Lyman
was also knocked senseless by being
struck in the forehead by a fragment
of his gun.
While fooling with pistol this after
neon, Clarence Hpmsaker, 9 boy ls
years Of age, who lives fn the east part
Of town, received painful wound in
the left hand. In some unaccountable
way the pistol was discharged, the ball
passing through the Aeshy part Of the
band between the thAHb snd first fin
ger. Fortgnatsly n9 bones were bro
ken, and the wound will soon heal.
In the meantime the young man has
received q lesson to not fool. with
loaded pistols:
The judgement Of the cifcHit e9prt.
for this county, in the case OF Jake
Andrews, an Indian. convicted OF ex-
hibiting obscene pictures and fined
$500, has been reversed by the sn'
preme court. The grounds for re-
yersing the Judgment was that the
names of all the witnesses before the
grand jury were not Endorsed on the
Indictment. In the case af the Oregon
Lumber Co. vs Levi and Burns Jones
appealed from this county. the judg-
ment of the lower court was confirmed.
/" The eaectof spraying apple orchards
saa giving them proper care is shown
by the result obtained by g. A. Sears,
of Hood River. He has small orch
ard which he sprayed several times
during the season. and has harvested
therefrom 800 boxes of apples for
which be has already been offered sl.5Q
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