THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1892.
ThiSeekly Gtooniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Katered at the Postoffioe at The Dallcj, Oregon,
as second-clasa matter.
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THE CHRON
Harristoa Mies., has a negro named
Coleman BJkburne, who stands with
out a rival for strength of neck. On the
20th of last ionth he was hanged for
murder. Coleman was allowed to bang
thirty-six minutes when he was taken
down, and being prououced dead by the
three local physicians the supposed
corpse was touted over to the relatives
and taken lc4tranklin, thirty miles dis
tant. While -ea route to the family
burying grounds, a noise was heard in
the coffin and .when it was opened the
a noosed dead isnan was found to be
breathing. ftbyeicians were summoned
and the patient h as since been pro-
Boonced out of clanger. If Coleman is
man of any intelligence he ought to be
able to tell an inteieeting tale about the
sensations, experienced by those who
shuffle off this mortal coil at the end of
the hangman's rope. It would be inter
esting to know just jrhat relationship
Coleman bears to the Jaw after having
beed hanged and after ;tbree doctors sat
on the 'corpse' and .-pronounced him
dead.
The Albany Bemocriftctime out a few
days ago in an article -on. F. A. Moore.
republican, candidate lor Supreme judgi
of this state, charging him with having
drawn a will for a dying woman whereby
ber three daughters were .defrauded of
their rights to a piece of zeal estate in
East Portland . valued at $15,000 and
afterwards took a fee of $1,000 to set the
will aside, and through the agency of a
third party purchased a third interest
in the property for $2,000. The demo
crat proves its charge by the records of
the Supreme court where the ease -w-as
finally adjudicated, and by the sworn
testimony of Moore himself, it ithe
charge ie $rue, and there is scarcely room
for doubt .that it is so, F. A. Moore is
not a fit .candidate for constable of a
precinct, Jet alone the highest judicial
office in titie .state. "If this is treason
make the most of it." But Mr. Moore
owes it to his .constituents to explain the
natter, if he can.
The.People's Party of Crook county,
have nominated .candidates for repre
aentative, sheriff and county commis
sioner, leaving the other offices to be
filled by the old parties. As the demo
cratic party is in the ascendancy in
Crook county democrats tjhink they see
"the fine Italian hand of the republican
tricksters" in this third party movement,
and that it has no other end in view
than that of drawing votes from the
democratic candidates, It is a thousand
chances to one that the people's party
have made .their nominations without
ever thinking which party would be
most effected.
It is amusing to one who knows the
facts in the case, to read in thePrineville
Newt the following panegyric on state
senator ,G. A. Cogswell of Crook,
Klamath and Lake. The Newt says:
He is a Democrat. He has brains.
He has pluck and vim, and although
one of the very few democrats in the
legislature be soon became a leader, and
was Governor- Pennoyer's right band
man and the many victories won in that
body for the people were owing to Cogs
well's generalship.
The first sentence only is true.
The rest is wind, It is a very question
abl compliment to Governon Pennoyer
to call Cogswell his ''right band man."
Cogswell belongs body and soul to the
Joe Simon combination.
One democratic power that is not
whooping for Cleveland is the Denver
Newt. Editor Arkins will never consent
to the nomination of the man who de
clined to recognize Colorado as a dis
tinct democratic influence in 1886.
Rather than do that Editor . Arkins will
retire into the mountains of Hepsidam
and leave the rest of creation to shift for
itself. His demands are few and sim
ple ; all he asks for is free silver, a free
trough and a free fight.
The Walla Walla Statesman believes
that to the victors belong the spoils. It
therefore serves the following warning
notice on "Monsieur De Buffalo."
If Grover Cleveland should again receive
the democratic nomination it should be
vnaemooa Deiore nana wnetner ne is
joing to keep the republicans in office
or turn the rascals out. Democrats,
like the other party, do not care to fight,
and gain a victory in order that their
ememies be rewarded.
The Walla Walla Union Journal states
that regugar ore has been discovered in
the Cascades in this state, a specimen of
which, is on exhibition in that city.
This specimen contrains 70 per cent, ar
senic and 29 per cent, sulphur. It is
said to be tho first discovery of the kind
ever made on the American continent,
this ore being heretofore . only found in
Spain and Italy. ' .--
Hon. J. H. Slater, democratic ' candi
date for the second Oregon congressional
district has written a letter to the
Oregonian in which he severly scores
that paper for charging him, among
other things, with having, while a mem
ber of the United States senate, voted
for free woolv Mr. Slater takes
pains to prove that the charge is
untrue. Mr. Slater did not vote for free
wool because no such proposition was
before the senate. Technically, there
fore, the charge of the Oregonian is false,
But Mr. Slater, like an honest roan that
he undoubtedly is, is neither ashamed
nor afraid to tell the Oregonian, up to its
teeUi, that he wants to go to congress to
vote for free wool notwithstanding, and
that if elected, he will certainly vote just
that aar and do so in "the interest of
the wool grower, and also in the krtereet
of titat roach larger elase, numbering in
Oregon and on this Northwest coast,
fifty to one of the wool growers, who are
clothed and warmed by the manufact
ures of wooL" Mr. Slater proves rom
an old speech of his delivered more than
ten years ago, that from "1825 to
16S0 raw wool in general brought higlter
prices under the lower than under the
hhrhcr tariffs of that period." So out of
affection for the wool grower he wants
wool placed on the free list because a
low tariff, on his own showing, always
raises the price and out of a similar
affection for the consumer he wants wool
on the free list because be wants cheap
clothing for the fifty to one who don't
raise sheep. According to Mr. Slater's
logic, therefore, free wool, will, at one
and the same time, raise the price of
wool for the producer and lower it to the
consumer. .And further to snow tnat ne
is right in line with his party and has
the full courage of his convictions he
adds : "Coupled with my vote for free
wool I will also advocate and vote for
an ad valorem rate of 35 per
cent, on manufactures." Why Mr,
Slater wants to protect the manufacturer
he does not say. According to his treas
ury statistics a tariff always lowers
prices. Is it possible that he thinks the
manufactures does not know what be
wants when he asks for protection and
that he is willing to accede to his de
mands because of his affection for the
"fifty to one" who want cheap clothing?
Such a supposition might reflect on Mr.
Slater's honesty but it would leave his
logic perfectly consistent and nothing
else in the world can. . ,
It is remarkable to what an extent
men's judgements are governed by their
j interests. The silver producing states
'are the strongholds V tne free, silver
advocates. Even in our state the F'rst
Oregon Free Coinage Silver League has
been formed in Baker county - and the
members of -the league are frank enough
to say, that tlie time has come for the
Prohibition Rally.
I
Picnic at Waplnltia Galea.
- A comfortably filled house greeted the
representatives of the prohibition party
lust night who may be said to have fired
the first gun of the campaign in The
Dalles. The first speaker was C
Bright," candidate for congress for the
second Oregon congressional districi
owners of silver mines to combine their i who attempted to explain why he was
strength and, in mintr's parlance, "rake j prohibitionist, giving, during thefcoun
i a i . c ii i i : . . . .
in a jacic pot. At a meeting ui me emu 0f a long and tedious speech two reasons
held iu Baker City last Sunday the j first because prohibition was right, and
members clamored loud and earnestly j second, because the prohibition party
tor tree silver anu tue placing oi me ; Sieved in woman's suffrage. He bitter
white metal, not simply tne cornea k- urrained the republican nartv for re-
specie but the bullion itself, on an equal j fusing, four years ago, to recognize the
footing with gold. All this is ferf-tly ; petition of Frances E. Willard for the
natural from a purely seinsn standpoint, placing of a prohibition plank in' the
but who is going to lose the more th in
thirty pencent.difference if the silver
miner makes it? .The -demand- for free
silver is based on nothing but sellish-
ness.. It is a scheme to enrich the erlver
miner at the nation's expense, or in his
own words to enable him torakeina jack
pot, and is the baldest form uf elaes
legislation ever suggested to the Ameri
can people.
The Hood River Olotcier publishes the
following "to show the productiveness
of Hood Rircr soil." , The Chronicle
knows the acre referred to and does not
wish to bate a tittle of the credit due to
its productiveness, but something ought
to be said for the water by which it is
irrigated. The fact is, with sufficient
water for irrigation, there are tens of
thousands of acres of land in the Hood
River valley and .Wasco county just as
good, and capable of producing equally
as much as the acre referred to. The
Glacier say:
To show the productiveness of Hood
River soil we give below the actual pro
duct of one acre of ground last year, the
same - being cultivated by Mr. 1). v.
Sogers, who is 78 years of age : Three
tons of hay, forty bushels of apples, forty
bushels of peaches, l.uuu pounds or car
rots, 150 hills of tobacco, 300 pounds of
tomatoes, a two horse wagon load of
watermelons, 1,000 pounds, of prunes.
and berries, grapes and vegetables
enough for bis family.
The farmers of the United States sent
abroad in March of this year, breadstnffs
valued at $23,000,000 against $12,000,000
of such exports in March . 1891. It is
thus the vicious reciprocity clause of the
McKinley law is ruining our export
trade. .
LOCAL BREVITIES.
1The political conventions which are
declaring for the "money of the consti
tution" are not talking to the point.
Gold.and silve are the money of the con
stitution, and everybody want to have
both kept in circulation, if this be pos
sible. The free-coinage men say that
gold would remain in the currency if
the mints were thrown wide open to
silver, while the opponents of free-coin'
age are convinced that free-coinage
would drive gold out and in other ways
ways result disasterously for the country,
This is the situation exactly and it is be
lieved the anti-free-eoinage men have
all history and precedent to support
their opinion. Bat conventions that
are demanding the "money of the con
stitution" would act more honestly if
they came out plainly and told what
they want.
Wyoming is the only state in which
women nave unrestricted sutrrage.
They vote there on the same terms as
men. They have had this privilege
since 1870. In the state constitution
dopted in 1889 in Wyoming the woman
suffrage right of territorial days was in
corporated, and congress knowing this
provision was In its constitution ad
mitted the territory to statehood.
Women will vote for Presidential elec
tors in that state next November, and
the question of the constitutionality of
this privilege will doubtless be brought
up in the courts subsequently and defin
itely settled.
It is not at all improbable that the
problem of cheap transportation for
farmers is more likely to be solved by
electric than by narrow-gauge steam
railroads. An electric road could be
built, says the New York Pott, and
equipped with power for $5,000 to $7,000
per mile with an annual cost for opera
tion of about Svou, per mile. such, a
road could carry from the farms to the
steam railway station five times as much
produce as the farmers could produce,
and this excess of cost and capacity is
the present great obstacle to its success.
Rep. Wilson's bill, to open the Col-
villa reservation, finally passed the
house yesterday. The bill has now to
go to the Indians for ratification of the
modifications made by congress. The
commission which treated with the Col
villes provided too largely for appropria
tions and made it impossible to get the
bill through.
A straddle sometimes is necessary in
politics, says an exchange, but for a
state convention to adopt a free coinage
platform and then instruct its delega
tion to vote for an anti-silver candidate,
not straddling, but simply making the
convention look ridiculous in the sight
of sensible people. -
A truck load of granite was stalled in
Washington street, Portland, a few days
ago, and a team of eight truck horses
could not pall it out. At length the
horses were removed, and the truck was
chained to an electric motor car, and the
modern Hercules, electricity, pulled the
wagon out of the hole without it being
necessary for any one to put his shoulder
to the wheel. In a few years electric
motors may take the place oi truck
horseB as well as of car horses.
A snake has been found in Ireland at
last. A Belfast newspaper says that
snake seven and a half feet long and
nearly seven- inches in circumference
has been killed at Nora's Glen. It was
taken to a contractor's yard in the town,
where tne reptile was inspected by a
large number of people. 'The solitary
snake of Ireland will be preserved in
glass case for the inspection of future
generations.
Portland is having another spasm of
virtue just now. Her grand jury, it is
thought has got a long and steady pull
on the police. When people are too
busy to show their virtue except by fits
and in conniptions, it is merely a eign
that such virtue as they have is in im
minent danger of expiring in convul
sions.
Archer S. Bowles, formerly a sheriff
of Walla Walla has gone insane. Mr.
Bowles is well and favorably known
over the state of Washington. His
trouble is said to have been brought on
by financial difficulties.
The republican county convention of
Wallowa county has nominated Polk
Mays for representative of that county.
In the event of his election Eastern Ore
gon can count one solid vote for the
dalles portage.
G. H. Douglas of Reno, Nevada, has
bargained for 10,000 head of sheep from
the Baldwin Land and Live Stock com
pany of Hay creek, Cook county.
F. A. Falkeuberg, head consul, Wood
men of the World, will be in The Dalles
in a short short time in the interests of
that order. A fall attendance of mem
bers of Mount Hood Camp is urgently
requested tomorrow evening. Further
notice will be given to the public of
Mr. Falkenberg's arrival.
A reply to Wm. Shackleford of The
Dalles, by Prof. C. V. Riley, through the
Scientific American says: "I will state
that the inBect which he sends is the San
Jose scale, atpidiotut pernicioiut. This
is one of the worst pests of deciduous
fruit trees on the Pacific coast. Many
experiments have been tried against this
insect by my California agents, with the
result that the most satisfactory has been
found to be a wash made as follows : Res
in 30 fis., caustic soda (70 per cent) 9 lbs.,
fish, oil 44 pints, water to make 100 gal
lons. 'At twice the dilation it will be
safe to apply it to foliage, but it will not
then be so effeenre,
republican platform at the convention
that nominated Harrison. He charged
the convention with having thrown the
petition on the floor "stamped upon it
and spat upon it," and that the conven
lion afterwards sent a message to Slier
ridau hook, president of the brewer's
association,, requesting him to get up
tern pep nee plank for the national plat
form, and when the platform was issued
to the world every republican paper in
the nation"hallelujahed and hurrahed.
While the republicans were bad Mr,
lirignt douoted if the democrats were
any better. Mr. Bright said the liquor
drinkers of thia nation consumed an
average of 80 gallons each of intoxlcat
ing liquor a year. The republican party
had legalized 200,000 saloons, that made
700,000 drunkards a year and had re
duced to a state of starvation 10,000
children in New York city." Mr. Bright
closed by eaymg he could "go on till
morning" giving reasons, for being
promoitionist Dut tnougnt those given
were sufficient.
Rev. Hodge8on of Prineville, followed
with a' few earnest words on the evils of
intemperence, when Rev. W. C. Curtis
took the floor and said he was not a poli
tician and knew nothing of the workings
of the republican party but had seen the
working of prohibitory legislation within
the lines of that party in the state of
Maine and knew that before prohibition
can succeed anywhere there must be
public sentiment at the back of it. We
have a Sunday law in this state and the
public officer who would try to enforce
it could not get a corporal's guard to
elect him to office.
Rev. Shultz of Kansas, paid a glowing
tribute to our fine scenery and surround
ings and, referring to the vacant shoe
factory at North Dalles, said thia coun
try needs a back-bone factory. He was
was from Kansas and he had children
from 14 years old and under who had
never seen a saloon. A number of amus
ing stories were told which were not un
familiar to a Dalles audience as most of
them had been told a few weeks ago by
Mr. Wolfenberger. .
K.ev. juennison ot wasco, said he was
not like bis brother (Mr. Curtis.) He
knew the republican party. He had
been reading up lately, for the present
campaign and he had found that that
party had made a tariff law that com
pelled a poor man to pay a tax of 30 per
cent, on everything he ate and wore,
wnne wnat tne ricn ate and wore was
only taxed 20 per cent. He was in the
fight for the utter annihilation of the
republican party.
The democratic party had begun to
putrify one hundred years ago, and
since then it has become petrified. The
republican party began to putrify twen
ty-eight years ago, and soon the rotten
carcass would be wiped from off the
earth. Vice-President Morton, the gen
tleman said, had lately spent $100,000
fixing up the bar-room of his saloon in
Washington. He was amazed to find a
Methodist preacher voting the republi
can ticket. Daring the gentleman's five
minutes speech his voice was pitched to
perfect screech, while his lips and
face were livid with rage at the republi
can party. Scarcely any enthusiasm was
manifested by the audience during
the evening, as many true friends
of temperance, some of tbem to the
personal knowledge of the writer were
simply disgusted with the intemperate
language and distorted facts of the first
and last speaker." If Mr. Bright's speech
was simply dull and stupid that of Mr.
Dennison was rabid, bitter, unchristian,
uncharitable, and altogether disgusting
for lack of candor and truth. Poor Mr.
Curtis I His speech was full of good,
solid, christian common sense, but it
was like a wet blanket on a December
morning. .
mportaat to Timber Culture Claimants.
The following circular .has just been
received at the United States land office
at this place. It will be of importance
to parties who may desire to commute
their timber culture claims :
TJxmo States Lanp Office,)
Washwotoh, D. C April 29, 1892.
Register and Receiver, 1 he Dalles, Or.
GxNTUWur: All commutation proof
made before the receipt of this circular
in which publication of- notice has not
been made will be accepted if satisfac
tory in other respects, but in future,
yon will allow no commutation of timber
culture entries without the required no
tice by publication and notice. If a day
has been designated for the business of
such proof in anv case, and the nroof
This preparation jl:is not ben taken, you will advise the
The bill for opening the Colville ref- j snJi ? e aj.piMwi unnng mnitr. or j j,art v initt publication of notice of inten-
I l rrrtr.. el. a rt r ,1.',..A
daysgo will open np 1,500,000 acres of loss of foliage and fruit.'
land to settlement. . . t. . - of benefit to some of our pomologists.
apii'irsi in
it will ou nse ithe
1110 1 w
lion to submit such proof will be re
quired. W.M.Stone,.
Asst. CornrVp'oBP.
. A grand basket picnic will be given at
Wapinitia on the 14th of May, instant
under the auspices of the farmers' alii
ance. A number of prominent speakers
belonging to the two great political par
ties as well as to "the alliance are ex
pec ted to be present and prominent can
didates of both parties are also expected,
The picnic grounds are in the Wapinitia
gulch, -easily accessible from all points
and where water and shade are abnn
dant. No reasonable pains will be
spared to make the day one of absolute
pleasure and enjoyment. Everybody
invited.'
Council Proceedings.
to
on
The regular monthly council meeting
was held last night . with all members
present except Councilman E. B. Dnfur.
A petition to authorise the formation
of two. hose companies on the Bluff was'
read and placed on file.
The city attorney submitted a report
on matters which had been referred
him which was also read and placed
file. He advised that it will be necessary
to draft new ordinances and new notices
in the matter of grading streets but that
such should not be done unless the coun
cil is satisfied that there is a mistake
the original survey. . The ordinance for
the creation of hose companies Nos.
and 4 for the bluff and east end respect
ively, was also submitted. In the matter
of the sale of certain city lots the attor
ney asked the council to allow the mat
ter to lie over to the next regular meet
ing or an adjourned meeting to be held
in the course of ten days when he would
be ready to report.
The committee on streets and public
property, to which, was referred the
matter of theFlynn water right, reported
that there is a water main adjacent to
the Flynn property; that the Flynn
family have already received a fair
equivalent for the money they have ex
pended in placing tne pipes they now
have, in the free use of water. Taking
into consideration that the city attorney
had advised that the Flynn family have
no rights in the premises the committee
recommended that they be required to
connect with a new water ' main. The
report was accepted and placed on file,
It was signed by Hans Hansen, C. N,
Thornbury and Paul Kreft.
.Reports oi street commissioner, mar
shal and treasurer were read and placed
on file.
The ordinance for the organization of
the new hose companies, was read and
passed unanimously.
ine ionowing gentlemen were ap
pointed judges and clerks of election for
Dalles City for the coming municipal
election..
First Ward Judges: E. L. Schmidt,
Theodore Cartwright, George W. Run-
yan.
First Ward Clerks: E.
William Butler.
Second Ward Judges:
. L. Phillips, John Cates
Second Ward Clerks:
. P. Fitzgerald.
The assessor was ordered to retain the
city assessment roll until the 12th of
May.
An ordinance fixing salary of recorder,
was read and referred for correction to
the city attorney.
The committee on fire and water re
ported that they had furnished hose
company No. 4 with cart and 600 feet of
hose, and bad purchased 600 feet with
extras, from Long & Scott, for $1.10 per
foot. The report was approved.
Un motion max vogt & vo., were re
quested to build a sidewalk, on the west
side of Federal street between Second
and Third. .
After the following bills bad . been al
lowed the council adjourned to the next
regular meeting.
Frank Menefee, recorder $102 40
R. V. Gibons, marshal 104 00
F Staniels, street commissioner 78 00
O Kinersly, treasurer 50 00
George J Brown, engineer 80 00
George Munger, fire warden. .... .12 00
M J Roberts, surveying 10 00
J A Taylor " 2 00
Water commissioners, water rent 32 00
J .Norman, drawing jury 3 00
CL Phillips. " " 3 00
Jos T Peters, lumber. ..,.. 918
Frank Kmitn, labor 1 75
W R Brown, " 3 50
FPieper, " .............1040
J W Morton, " ........ 4 00
ERiggs, " 14 60
F M King . " 20 03
G W Runyan, " 20 00
A S Cathsart, hauling 35 60
Wm Butler & Co, sewer pipe 59 15
Mavs & Crowe, mdse 3 72
Oregon Iron and Steel Co, TS . . . 60 40
Maier & Benton, mdse 1 00
C Miens, sawing wood 75 00
W Blakeney, hauling 75 00
George J Brown, cash 1-75
it Payette, biacksmithing zo 7o
Mays & Crowe, mdse 3 40
Jos T Peters & Co, wood 11 50
Electric Light Co, lighting engine'
house 3 75
Electric light Co, lighting streets 247 35
marsnai's omce l ou
E
B. Johnson,
S. B. Adams,
M. Mclnnis,
W Blakeney, hauling
E Haight, feeding prisoners. .
Con Howe, night watchman . .-:
GC Bills, " " ...
50
8 00
75 00
60 00
Frodaca aad "Herehaadlaa Prices.
The past week has shown np better
than the former in the volume of trade.
Collection day which is on the second of
the month to use a stony phrase, as a
dealer pnt it, was a "rocky" one, money
was short on calls for settlement of the
monthly bills, and creditors were pat
off, but on the whole there was a healthy
tone. TierhB 1vv n dcpKre .f 15
tv:.i r rk;i?r RtnccLwt qu.-itatia, !
an advance of 8 cents per dozen on
eggs. - -
. Butter has declined, and the market
is full of the different grades. Potatoes
are getting scarce, and 75 cents for 100
pounds is being paid for good ones. Ia
other lines there are no material changes
to note.
The wool market is lifeless and has so
settled price to offer. Wool is coming
in freely and some is being shipped to
San Francisco, while the most is being
pnt on storage for futures.
Whxat We quote 55 to 60 cents
per bushel. Corn in sacks $1.40$1.50
per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is in good sup
ply with a limited demand. We quote
1.20 cents to $1.25 per cental.
Barley The barley supply is limited
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental.
Flock Local brands wholesale," $4.00
in 100 bbl. lots$4-50 per barrel at re
tail. .
Millstvfks We quote bran at $20.00
per ton. Retail $1.00 per 100 lbs.
Shorts and middlings, $22.50$25.00
per ton. Chop corn at $28.00 to $30.00
per ton. Rolled bar lay at $28.00 to
$30.00 per ton.
Hat Timothy hay is in good supply
at quotations $14.00 to $16.00. Wheat
hay is quoted at 12.5O$13.00 per ton,
and scarce, baled. Wild bay is quo
ted at $12.00(313.00 per ton. Alfalfa
$12.00 baled. Oat bay $18.00.
Potatoes A bit scarce at 75 cents a
sack.
Buttxr We quote Al .62. 50 cents
per roll, and very plentiful.
Ego8 Are not coming in freely aud the
market strong, we quote 16 to 18 cents.
Poultry Fowls are in better sup
ply at $4.00 to per dozen.
Apples 1.75$2.00 V box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnirja. carrot
and onions, 1 cent per pound.
- Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
.06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .024
.03. Salt .03J.04. 8heep pelts
1.00 to 11 .75: hntariAred. 7A In oanta. -
bear skins $8 to 18 : coyote .60 : mink 50
cents each : martin $1.00: beaver, tl.75
(33.00 per lb. : otter. $2.0005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each; -Red Fox, .
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox.
$25.00; Polecat, $.25; Wildcat, $.60;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beef Beef on foot clean and nrim
2)c. for ordinary and 3c. for prime.
Mutton Choice weathers
cents, and scarce per tt in carcas.
nogs Dc. Dressed, and quite scarce.
Veal 6 to 7 cents per tt.
Country bacon in round lots 10c
Lard 5tt cans .12!c: 101b
40B. 8Jc9Xc
Lumber The sunplv is fairlv od.
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.503$2.60. Lath $2.85.
Lime $1.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl.
STAPLE GBOCKEUS. ., ,
Corns Costa Rica is Quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001b. mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.J; Extra C, 6J cents
C, bi cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents : Extra C. in
do., cents ; C, b)4 cents.
Sugars in S0S boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80: Extra C. $2.10: Drv
Granulated $2.25.
Syrup $2.25 to $2.75 can, kegs 1.90
to $2.00 V keg.
Rick Japan rice. 6(36? cents : Is
land rice, 7 cents. '
Beans Small . white, 45 cents ; J
Pink, 44 cents by the 100 lbs. :
Stock balt la quoted at $17.50 per
ton. Liverpool, 60 lb sack, 70 cents
100 Ibsack. $1.25; 2008. sack, $2.25.
JHonthly meteorological Report.
devartment of sericulture
Tho Dalles, Oregon, for the month of
Weather bureau.
btauon, it
April, 1892.
Latitude 45 36' 18".
Altitude 116 feet above ea lev
Longitude 121 12 west
ei. ..
6....
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24.......
25
26 :
27
28
29
30
Bums. .
Meana.
47 55 40 .13
46 54 87 .03
48 57 40
60 60 89
47 63 42 .06
49 65 42
46 56 37
48 67 89
53 63 43 .09
63 68 47 T
46 68 34
44 bS 33
44 67 80
55 71 49 .03
48 58 38. .01
60 60 40
50 61 40
61 62 40
.52 68 36
65 73 86
68 68 48 T
52 60 43
'48 59 36 .13
49 67 41
48 68 39
61 58 43
61 64 88
51 61 42 .09
60 58 41 .10
62 60 48 .33
1392 I 1796 1196 X06
49.8 69.8 89Urj 0.08
Mean barometer, 30.012: highest barometer
SO. 416, on 7tb, ; lowest barometer 29.386 on 14th
Mean temperature 49. oignesi temperature. 73. . '
on 20th; lowest temperature, 30, on 13th. tK
o rea test aauv range oi temperature, 37 on 13th
and 20th.
Least dallv range of temperature. 11. on 5th
and 10th. 1
XE&M TEKPZBATUKS FOB THIS MOUTH IK
1872 1877.. ..65.0 1882.... 67.0 1887.... 52.6
1873 1878..:. 58.0 1883.... 53.0 1888.... 55.8
1874 1879.... 54.0 1884... 54.0 1889.... 54.0
1875.. ..55.0 1880.. ..65.5 1885.. ..66.0 1890.. ..62.9
1876.... 60.5 1881. .'..67.0 1886.... 60.0 1891.... 63.S
Total defficiencv in temperature for eizhtaen
years 4.1
Total deficiency in temperature during th
month, 4.7
Total excess In temperature since January 1st.- e
1891. 2.3 dea-. " -
Prevailing direction of wind, west and south
west.
Total precipitation, 1.00; number of days on
which .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 10. -
TOTAL FBKClnTATIOlt FOB THIS MONTH IN
1888.... 0.06 '
1889.. ..0.42
1890.. ..0.24 .
1891... 0.01
1892
Total excess in precipitation daring month.
0.30 inches. .....
Total deficiency in precipitation since January .
1st, 1891, 8.05. . .
Number of cloudless days, 12; partly cloudy
days, 5; cloudy days, 13.
Dates of frosts, litn, mn istn ism ana 23d.
Solar halo on the 7th, 13th and 20th.
Thunder and lightning in southwest on th
afternoon of the 29tb .
Note Barometer reduced to ne level. T iudl-
c.itc true "t precipitation.
SAMUEL L. BROOKS, ,
'tai.iirw? -VuM t.'vrpK Mwver
1873 (1878.. ..0.20 1883.. ..1.21
1874 1879.. ..1.84 1884. ..1.83
1875.. ..0.59 1880. ...1.08 1886.. ..0.81
1876.. ..1.09 1881. ...1.29 1886.. ..0.30
1877.. ..1.21 1882.. ..0.58 1887.. ..0.46