The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-15
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

William Hendricks is in the city
from his home at Moro.
Miss Bessie Isenburg, of Hood River
is visiting friends in the city.
Charles A. Castner, of Hood River,
is in the city on business trip.
William Rankin, of White Salmon
is guest at the Umatilla House.
L. E. Morse the enterprising White
Salmon merchant spent last night in
the city.
R. B. Sinnott returned last evening
from few days visit with Salem
friends.
A. J. Swift and daughter, Miss Mel,
arrived in the city today from their
home at Wamic.
This morning William Cantrel
brought in small band of prime beef
cattle from his farm near Dufur.
Herman Heppner and wife, of Port
land, arrived in the city last evening.
and will visit Dalles friends for few
days.
Roscoe Oaks the we'll known and
popular travelling salesman is in the
city. He has shaved his whiskers
and looks handsomer than ever.
j. A. Douthit left this morning for
Dufur where he will attend the meet
ing of farmers to be held at that place,
and work in the interest Of his paper
the ".Times- Mountain eer."
Three carloads of sheep belonging
to Mr.. Roup, of Elgin were unloaded
and fed at the ,stockyards in this city
today. They were fine fat mutton and
will be taken to the Union Meat Co. g
slaughterhouse at Troutdale.
The election of city officers for the
city of Dufur was held last Monday
and resulted in tn following named
gentlemen being chosen: Mayor, M.
j. Anderson; recorder, L. B. Thomas;
reasurer, W. R. Menefee; councilmen,
A. J. Brigham, T. 81. Johnston, W. J.
Wright ahd W. B, A. Temple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alden left on
the Dalles City for Portland this morn
ing where they will make their home
in future. While they have lived in
The Dalles they have made many warm
friends who are grieved to lose them
from our city, and we wish them sue
cess and happiness in their new home.
R. Woodcock and son, W. E.
Woodcock, of Wamic, are in the city
atte nding to busidess matters. They
inform us, that while some fall grain is
injured so badly as to make it neces-
sary to re-seed the ground, in general
the crops in their section of the coun-
try are promising, and under ordinary
circ umstances will produce the usual
amount if not more than in other
years.
F. 81. Watts, of Dufur, who is in the
tombstone and monument business at
that place, returned from Cascade
Locks last evening where he has
crew of men getting out bases for
tombssones. He has order ed carload
of granite and marble from the east,
and when it arrives he will move his
place of business from Dufur to this
city, as he considers this superior
: business location.
James Blakeney, who has been un-
der the doctors care in Portland for
several months, came up to visit his
family yesterday. His limb is improv-
ing slowly and although the plaster
cast has been removed he is not per-
mitted to bear any considerable weight
on the limb. Although it is improving
very slowly the doctors have no doubt
that in due time he will fully recover
the use of the member.
Last night Tom Driver who was act.
ing as night watchman in the absence
OF Mr.. Phirman got on the trail of
several drunken Indians in the east
end. All but one escaped in the dark.
ness and this one victim was lodged in
the city Jail where he passed the night.
He was brought before the recorder
this morning and fined $3.50 which
amount was paid by the siwashe's
father and the victim was discharged
He stated that they had been drinking
alcohol, but as usual, refused to tell
where they obtained the same.
County School Superintendent c. L.
Gilbert submitted his report for the
year ending March 6. The report is
quite lengthy one and space will not
permit US to print the same. 1t shows
plainly, however, that the public
schools of Wasco county were never
in better shape than atpresent. The
attendance in all the schools during
the year has been unusually good, and
q splendid collection of teachers are
employed. Numerous new school
buildings have been constructed dur
ing the year and throughout, the con-
dition of affairs are most satisfactory.
Sheriff Kelly returned last evening
from Salem where he had been with
Richardson the man who was com
mitted to the asylum from this county
a few days since. While at the asylum,
Mr.. Kelly inquired about the. patients
who have been committed from this
city. Richard Fulton still labors un-
der the delusion that the Mormons are
after him, ,and is little improved. Mrs.
Sheffield is about the same as she was
when committed there, being very
little, If any better, while Miss Laura
Donaldson is improving rapidly and is
1t present in the convalescants ward
Andrew Kellar, the enterprising
proprietor of the Oregon Bakery and
Cafe, seems to be never satisfied except
ne is making improvements in his
place of business His last move has
,een to put in water motor which he
will use for the purpose of running the
ce cream freezer 1t works superior
% anything of the kind that we have
,ver seen, freezing seven gallons of
ce cream in ten minutes. and doing it
d manner superior to that done by
rand power. By the new contrivance :
Nr. Kellar is enabled to supply his c
,atron's with any quantity of ice cream i