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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1895.
The Weekly GhFoniele.
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LOCAL 11KEVITIBS.
Saturday's Dally
7 The observation car baa not appeared
for several days on the local train. The
. ' weather has been a little chilly for open
rir riding.
1 .The opera house was crowded this
afternoon with ladies and children to
.'witness the performance of "Fanchon
the Cricket."
The pension board consisting of Dra
Logan, Doane and Shackelford held a
meeting and examined one applicant
for a pension. The board granted a rec-
comendation. '
A deed was filed with the county clerk
today. Budnlph Marach was the grant
or and M. S. Klindt, the grantee. The
property conveyed was lot 3 in sec 26, tp
3 n, r 10 e. W. M., containing 39.90
acres. -
The county court has just adjourned
till Sept. 14th. . Asa sample of what
. petty justice costs in this county, $1000
was appropriated for fees . in justice
courts during the past two months.
Justice comes high, but people think
they must haye it when they can.
Sidney Kelley, the 18-year-old son of
. Deputy Sheriff Robert Kelley, is quite
sick at Kingsley. . Dr. Logan was called
to atteDd the young man and pronounces
his illness at present not serious. Un
less something sets in that is now un
looked for he will be himself again in a
' few days.
' Mr. C. J. Crandall has filed his of
ficial bond with the recorder. The
amount of the bond is $25,000, and the
men who guarantee Mr. Crane all's faith'
ful performance are M. A. Moody, Chas
Hilton, inil Schanno. George W. Mil
ler and S. S. Brooks. The mayor could
not have made a more acceptable ap-
r pointment than that of Mr. Crandall
The diamond swindlers, who were ar
rested last week and committed to the
grand jury and then released on bail,
have just been arrested in Pendleton on
a similar charge. The fellow that went
here by the' name of Brooks,when he got
to Pendleton took unto himself the name
of Melrose. The flim-flamers will prob
ably see the inside of a penitentiary be
fore the officers get through with them,
Just before adjournment today the
county conrt passed a resolution that it
. be weighed, so Judge Blakeley, and
Commissioners B'owers and Darneille
adjourned to the nearest pair of scales
and after telling the proprietor that
county warrants were at a premium
proceeded to weigh themselves. The
aggregate amounted to 605 pounds not
counting the judge's ig dog, Guy.
Wasco baa a county court which ia hard
to buck against.
A court of the Ancient Order of Forest
ra of America, was instituted in the
Odd Fellows ball, at 8 o'clock last eve
ning by Mr. S. Kafka, grand' secretary
of the Grand Court of Oregon. The new
court starts out with a handsome char
ter list of membership. Among those
who were honored with office are the
following gentlemen: F VV L Skibbe,
Junior part chief ranger; W Garret
son, chief ranger; Chas. Frazer, sub
chief ranger; F W Skibbe, treasurer;
A B Estebennet, senior woodward ; Geo.
Monger, junior woodward; M J Man
ning, senior beadle; Chas Sandoz,
junior beadle; Dr O C Hollister, phy
sician. The Payton Company drew a large
house last night at the presentation of
the well-known play the Octoroon. The
piece was full of exciting scenes and!
dramatic situations.. The bowie knife
fight, the burning of the steamer and a
beautiful tableau at the end called fcrth
much appreciation. The parte were
well acted, one. of the best being the
Iudian (personification by R. E. Law
rence. The imitation was very clever
and one of the best Indian characters
we have seen on the stage. During the
parforinance a beautiiul bouquet from
the greenhouse of Mrs. Stubling, was
presented to Sen tor Payton by the mem
bers of the hose team in recognition of
his kind treatment on the previous
uight.
Monday's Dally.
A patent from the United States to
Jos. Obrist was recorded today.
' Today saw five cars of Oregon fruit
start for the East. . Two were from The
Dalles and three from Hood River.
A marriage license was issued today
by the county clerk to E. B. Clarke and
Ida L. Everhart, both of Cascade Locks.
Three cars of sheep were shipped from
the stockyards . this morning to Port
lownsend. Mr. Charles Butler was the
purchaser. Stock shipments, will con-,
tinue heavy for some time, as a good
ma'ny contracts have been made for de
liveries this month. .
' The Wasco warehouse received 600
sacks of wheat last Saturday. The re
ceinti will be more every day from
now on.
. Alight frost occurred in some parts
of the county near the mountains last
night. Not enough to do any damage,
however. v
Two deeds were filed with the county
clerk today. One was from Dalles City
to George Ruch. the other from R. and
C. Rand to H. T. Davidson.
Tonight at 12 o'clock the close season
for fish is over and the wheels- will be
permitted to run and the owners of nets
allowed to catch all they can.
' John Hertz has just opened a new line
of cloth in e. which' he will offer for the
next 30 days at 10 percent discount.
Bee his ad. on the fourth page.
The Taine Class, which has had t
summer vacation,, win resume tne
winter's studies by meeting this evening
at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilson. . ,
A lot of Chinamen arrived yesterday
for Taffe's cannery. ' They will be em
ployed during the coming -fish season
Mr. Taffe has expectations of a big catch
after tomorrow.
Miss Snell, secretary of the order of
the Eastern Star, wishes it announced
that a meeting of the lodge will be held
tomorrow evening. Every member is
requested to be present.
The Payton company, which has just
finished a week's engagement at the
Baldwin, left yesterday on the afternoon
local for Oregon "City, where they will
give their next performance.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Maie Williams, daughter of Mrs. A. M.
Williams, to Mr. Russell Sewall, deputy
city attorney of Portland. The mar
riage will take place October 2d.
The county clerk is busy today enter
ing up the proceedings of the county
court. A large number of bills were
allowed, which will be published as soon
as the clerk finishes his work. '
Persous desiring premium lists for the
Second Eastern Oregon District Fair, to
be held Oct. 8tli, can get them by calling
at The Chronicle or Mountaineer
offices, or addressing J. O. Mack, Sec'y.
The recorder had an easy time this
morning, as he was greeted with an
empty docket. The Sunday good be
havior, about which New York is so
much concerned, has evidently reached
The Dalles.
This was the day when the property
advertised for delinquent taxes was to
have been sold. When the deputy
sheriff started to sell the property there
were no bidders, so he adjourned the
sale for one week.
The friends of Mrs. W. N. Wiley will
be pained to learn that she is lying very
ill at her residence on the hill. Her
married children have been summoned
from their homes and are at the bedeide.
It is to be hoped that a turn for the
better may occur.
A special train, carrying Division
Superintendent O'Brien, passed through
The Dalles today. It did not leave here
till a few minutes to 12, and passed the
local at the s witch, near the high bridge,
so the latter train was delayed a half an
hour in reaching The Dalles.
Eleven cars of fruit went East yester
day over the O. R. A N. and the Short
Line. The destination is Chicago and if
the market is not satisfactory there,
other cities will be tried. Only one of
the cars was from The Dalles, the re
maining came from points further west.
Tuesday's Daily.
The fishing season is open now and
the salmon is a much sought after in
dividual. -
A United States patent issued to Wm.
McBurney was filed with the county:
clerk today. ' '
Regular meeting ot the fire board this
(Tuesday) evening, In the council room,
at 8 :30 p. m.
The fish catch today was very satiefac
tory, and all that we ask is that the
present rate continue.
Any school district in need of a teacher
can obtain one by writing to John A.
Haylock, Kingsley, Oregon.
The weather bureau 'says tomorrow
will be fair, followed by rain. The tem
perature will be stationary..
Truman Butler, purser of the Dalles
City, and Frank French, of the Regula
tor, will change places today for a few
days. .
Eleven hundred cases of empty cans
arrived on the Regulator last night.
Th9y were shipped to the Herrick
cannery. ' ' ; ' "
A train load, containing twelve' cars of
horses and two of , hogs, passed through
The Dalles this morning on their way
troui Ileppner to Troutdnle. :
.Aoc'iher lot of Chinamen came Up on
'the train last riiglit.'bound for Taffe's
cannery at Celilo. A batch also arrived
on the Regulator for the Herrick cannery.
The committee for th'e concert of the
18th expect the assistance of Miss Black
wood, a violinist, who will undoubtedly
give great satisfaction. She comes on
recommendation of Miss Aldrich. ;
Fruit .shipments still continue at a
lively rate and every day sees a large
quantity shipped in both directions--east
and west. - A car is being loaded to-;
day which will leave for Chicago on to
night's train. ;
The soft-tongued fellow, who figured
in the flim-flam episode in The Dalles' a
week ago and after being bound over to
the grand jury, jumped his bail, has just
been committed to the county Jail in
Pendleton, awaiting the action of the
grand jury. - Bis bonds were placed at
$100. There were two men who
worked the racket here, but only one of
them seems to have operated in Pen
dleton. '
If you want to see a sample of hops
that Wasco county can raise, call at The
Chronicle office and see the bunch that
was brought in yesterday. . The Will
amette valley counties had better look
out at the Portland exposition or the
cow connty will steal a march upon them
and take away the premiums for the
best hop exhibit, if a premium is offered,
It would have to be a splendid exhibit
that could surpass the specimen of which
this is written. -
An effort is being made to have a bi
cycle meet at the coming fair: The
local cvclists will make an endeavor to
have the management of the fair-offer
suitable prizes that will induce bicyclists
from Portland and other places to at
tend. There are enough people in town
who ride wheels to create enihusiasm
sufficient to carry the project through
Such an attraction would add greatly to
the sncceea of the fair, and we hope the
matter will no be allowed to drop.
A wandering trapezist gave a perform
ance last night on a lot near Third street,
The exhibition attracted a large crowd of
spectators,' who are always on hand
when there is some excitement for little
or no money. ' lhe performer did some
creditable acts on his trapeze and made
one or two lumps through the air that
looked as if they were very difficult
things to do. The crowd which was
very large at first, rapidlv thinned out
when the hat was passed to pay the per
former for his trouble. The collection
received was not heavy to pack. We
understand the performance will be re
peated this evening.
AN ADJOURNED MEETING.
The city Council Passes Some Import
i mat Ordinances--The Matter of s
Sewer System. .'
The city council, met in adjourned
session last night at the city hall.
Mayor Menefee presided and the follow
ing aldermen answered to roll call : R.
B. Hood, M. T. Nolan, G. C. Eshelman,
George Roes, A. R. Thompson, T. F.
Wood and S. S. Johns. The first pro
ceeding of the meeting was a report from
the finance committee, who reported
having examined the books of the treas
urer and found them correct
In the.' matter of a sewer on Court
street the chairman of the committee on
health and police reported progress,
They had asked some of the citizens,
who live on Court street, to be present
and address the council and in response
HICKORY
Strength,;
Durability,
Honest Constraetion.
The Heaviest and Beat
Ironed Wagon on earth.
First Premium award
ed at the World's Fair.
-WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF-
Mr. Geo. Ruch addressed the council.
The matter was discussed at some length
by these gentlemen and members of the
council. The project of building a gen
eral sewer system' throughout the
was discussed at length, and
opinion expressed tnat the expense
would be too great to be borne just at
this time. The matter was left in an
unsettled condition with the understand'
ing that an opportunity Bhould be given
for citizens to express their views to the
council
The monthly report of the treasurer
was received end placed on file,
Mr. Hood, from the committee of fire
and water, recommended the request for
a fire plug at the corner of 15th and
Bridge streets be granted and that two
fire plugs be allowed. On motion oi
Nolan, seconded by Eshelman. the re
port was accepted and the committee in
structed to purchase two fire plugs,
An ordinance entitled to amend the or
ainance regarding tne time of evening
when minors shall be allowed upon the
streets, was read. The ordinance provided
in its original form that no minors under
the age of 14 years should be allowed
upon the streets after the hour of 8 p,
m.a unless accompanied by parents
The ordinance was amended so that the
age was increased to 17 years. In its
Mr. Max Vogt came in from his 15- amended condition it was passed by
Mile ranch this morning bringing with unanimous vote.
Hodge Headers and Extras.
to such invitation Mr. D.M.French and USDOme tf BUCKeVe MOWCrS f& HIVT.rflg,
IVHIITS t CROWE,
' Second and Federal Sts.,
hoi
THE DALLES, OR.
Hops In IVrsco County.
successor now stands. Mr. Handleyand
Mr, Sinnot continued in business to
gether till the death of the former, which
occured in 1890. His interest in the
business was taken by Mr. Judd. S.
Fish and the firm's name changed to
Sinnot & Fish. The Umatilla House
haa been an important point in pioneer
history. Within its walls have stopped
the famous Jmen who have visited the
Northwest and the pioneers who settled
the country have sat in the office telling
and re-telling the man; stories and ad
ventures tney nad met witn and some
they didn't meet with. Two hotel
buildings were burned in the great fire of
1879 and almost before the ashes had
cooled, the timbers for a new structure
were laid. Mr. Sinnot is one of the
oldest residents of The Dalles, and haa
seen it grow from the struggling village
of thirty years ago to the proud position
it now occupies among the cities of Ore
gon.
Subscription for the Fair.
him a sample of some hops grown upon
the place. Mr. Vogt has about five
acres planted in hops and the fine condi
tion in which these specimens are, show
that Wasco county is well adapted for are that any person who sets up, keeps
hop culture. The price for this product or maintains a bawdy house, or who
has been so low that there would be no rents or leases any building for such
profit in picking them for the market, purposes, or who shall knowingly allow
If the price raises enough to leave a his or their buildings to be used for such
margin of profit for the grower, the fer- purpose shall be deemed guilty ot a mis-
tire lands of Wasco county would grow a demeanor and upon a conviction thereof
vast amount of hops. The climate and before the recorder ' shall be fined not
The committee who have in charge
the securing of subscriptions for the
The ordinance providing for the sup- coming fair, are making very satisfactory
pression of bawdy houses, was broaght progress. They have only been able to
up for final passage and passed by a oe out parts ot two days owing to tne
unanimous vote. Thegeneial provisions absence of members from the city. The
committee expect to resume the work of
pledging subscriptions the first of next
soil are well fitted for such a product and
our transportation facilities so good that
no excessive 'charges could be made for
freight. Waeco could compete with any
place in raising hops just as it does in
fruits and cereals.
Amount of Taxes Collected.
iv e venture to say mere is not a
neater set of books in any Oregon's
sheriffs office, than the one kept by our
own deputy sheriff, Robert Kelly. It ia
a pleasure' to look over them so clean
and orderly are they. A perusal of the
books by a Chboniclk . reporter, shows
that since July 1, 1894, $78,800.17 of
taxes have been collected and turned
over to the treasurer between July 1,1894,
when the present administration went
into office, and Sept. 1, 1895. . The
amount collected on the delinquent tax
roll 8 of former sheriffs was $11,430.85
and on the sheriffs fee book $300.02.
The remainder, $67,059.30, waa taken in
on the roll of 1894. The amount of de
linquency will be much smaller this year
than previously.
The First Day of th Cannery.
All is stir and bustle at the salmon
cannery, on .first .street, today, Mr.
Herrick, the genial proprietor, and bis
assistant, Mr. Dueb'er, are busy every
where at once, giving orders to the
Chinamen, attending to the weighing
and receiving of fish and answering the
thousand and one questions which must
less than $10 nor more.than $100, or by
imprisonment in the city jail not leeB
than five nor more than 30 davs. Pro
vided that in all cases of prosecution
under this ordinance common reputation
shall be competent evidence in support
of the complaint.
An ordinance providing for the closing
of saloons on Sunday, was next brought
tor the council's consideration. Mr.
Eshelman moved that action on the or
dinance be postponed until the next
meeting. Mr. Nolan moved to amend
by placing the ordinance upon its final
passage. The motion was lost. A roll
call was demanded showing that Nolan,
Ross and Wood voted aye, while Thomp'
eon, Johns, Hood and Edhelman voted
nay. Mr. Nolan moved to amend by
postponing action until a full council
coard was present. . A roll call was
again demanded by Mr. Nolan and Mr.
Ross. The vote stood ayes Nolan, Ross,
Wood and Johns; nays Hood, Eshel'
man and Thompson. Xne motion as
amended was declared carried and the
meeting adjourned.
Last of the Paytona.
The Payton Company closed ' their j
week'a engagement in The Dalles by
a performance of "The Gold King," a
strong melodrama in four acts. The
management did an unusual thing in
reserving one of the best pieces for the
last night and acting to its best stand
ard. The house was again crowded, tha
week, when the matter will be pushed
to the end. : The prospects for the fair
appear very bright and we will un
doubtedly have a fine meeting. Efforts
are being made to have the fastest horses
in the Northwest circuit in attendance,
About $1500 will be distributed in pre
miums for agricultural exhibits. The
fair will be of great benefit to The
Dalles and who ever is able should give
of their means liberally. Below la pub
lished a partial list of subscribers to the
fair fund. These are only gentlemen
who already have been interviewed.
The names of .additional contributors
will be published as the committee con
tinues ita labora. '. Following are the
peraona who, up to date, have pledged
their financial support:
Sinnot & Fish, Ward A Kerns,
Pease & Mays, A M Williams A Co,
Dalles Nat'l Bank, Stubling & Williams
French & Co Anenst Buchler, .
N Harris, J P Mclnery,
Maier A Benton, ' Prins & Nitschke,
Mays & Crowe, George huch,
Andrew Kellar, Funk Bros,
Blakely & HoughtonJoB T Peters,
F Lenike. E J Collins,
A H Curtis. . " Maetz & Pundt,
H Herbring, -. W H Lochheac!.
F W Silyertooth, Geo T Thompson.
W A Johnston, VanbiberSc Woraley
a Li Knee, Lane Bros,
B A HunBaker, J O Mack,
Rupert & Gabel Gunning&Hockman
M Z Donnelly M T Nolan.
A Kellar, ' HO Neilsen, -
L Rorrinn, Chas Becht,.
Chas Frank, Ben Wilson.
nets and some of the fish wheels, so that
if the run is at all good the new cannery
will get its share of the fish to can. In
a conversation this morning Mr. Herrick,
said the prospects now were good for a
fair catch. The Astoria canneries did
well in the early part of the season and
the fish have had time to reach this far
up the river. A few daya will tell the
tale.
Something In th Wind.
Captain W. P. Gray waa in The Dalles
yesterday and spent a portion of hia
time looking at the ground picked out by
Paul Mohr as a portage. . The captain
waa evidenly here on a business trip for
though he was glad to meet friends and.
converse with them in an easy manner,
yet he was prone to ask many questions
regarding the locks and the portage at
The Dalles. Captain Gray is a Col
umbia river-steamboat captain of many
years' experience and there are those
who believe he ia in aome way connected
with the Paul Mohr enterprise. ,
The opening of the locks will be a
starter for different undertaking, which
will materially affect the commercial
life of this section of country. As a
curious coincidence with Captain Gray's
visit, Mr. G. W. Hunt, the well known
contractor, was also in the city. Mr.
Hunt haa built by contract work a large
portion of the railroads in Oregon and
Washington and haa not yet retired from.'
that line of business. In reply to a
question, Mr. Hunt eaid he waa merely
returning from a visit to his ranch ia
Eastern Oregon.
Echoes of tha Tourament.
At the New Cannery.
Mr. M. Herrick, of the cannery, is
very busy today making ready for the
fishing eason, which opens tomorrow.
Forty-five Chinamen haye come up from
Portland to work in the cannery and are
always be asked at the starting of every- au(ience being larger than on any pre- putting things in order today. JjMr.
thing. There ia a good lot of fish to
begin with today. Up to 10 o'clock this
morning between two and three tons had
already come in, and enough was expect
ed on the noon train, from points be
tween, here and Celilo, to swell the day's
receipts to twelve tona. This ia a good
starter for the season. Henry Lauritson
brought the first fish to the cannery,
having made a -spendid catch this
morning. His trap ia across the river,
and the fish were brought over in small
boats, rather an awkward way of handl
ing them, but as long as the fish come,
fishermen are ' willing to take any
amount of bother.
Herrick has invested a large sum of
money in this enterprise and, owing to
shortage of fish in the spring run, his
expected profits melted into loss. He is
possessed of a large amount of courage
and ia going to try it again. He haa
made agreements with all the owners of
viou8 evening in the week.- Senter Pay
ton took the role of an Irishman and
acted with much success, showing bow
versatile his powers of character acting
are. Lucy Payton as "Pug," had a part
which exactly suited her and she scored
quite a success. Mr. Molyneaux and
Mr. Carta kept well up to the standard
of the previous nights. - Between the
acta Mr. Lawrence sang aome solos
which were .very well received by the
audience, the singer being compelled to
respond to several encores. His parody
of "Sweet Marie" was very amusing.
ljucv uu ilia x avLuu uiu sums .very i . . . .
pieasin specialty work and sang the heating stove or steel range
The Vancouver Columbian has a full
report of the tournament exercises, from
which we make three extracts. It will
be remembered that The Dallea boys
claimed first money in the dry test and
thought at last there was no question as
to their right for second money : This
is what the Columbian says :
The hose contest, dry test, was the-
first on the program, and all the teams
were entered. Astoria started off and
made the run in 48 seconds; Vancouver
followed in 47: Oregon City, 49; The
Dalles, in 46 2-5. The indues cave the
race to Oregon City on the ground that
it was the only team that had the nozzle
fully up on the hose, and the executive
committee sustained the judges. The
second price was divided among the
other three teams, though The Dalles
should have had it.
In speaking of the New York test the
Vancouver paper gives our team a nice
compliment:
The Dallea boya came out ahd went in
1 28 1-2, gaining additional favor with
the populace for their gentlemanly be
havior and desire to please.
The Astoria team left on the six o'clock
boat for Portland, but the Oregon City
and Dallea boya stayed to assist the
'Vancouver' boya to hold a jollification.
They returned to their respected homes
yesterday, seeminglv content with their
experiences in Vancouver. .
Water Main Bnrst.
The pipe main leading from the city
water works to the company's shops haa
broken at a point just where it crosses
Mill creek. Mechanics are busy today
repairing the break. ' The job will be
quite a big undertaking, as the break is
in the midst of the creek. The water
haa been shut off and men have been at
work digging a new channel for the
oreek so that the place where the break
occurred may become dry.
Garland Stoves are the World's Best
. Taken to Her Daugnter.
When the local train pulled in front
ot the Umatilla House this afternoon, a
litter, carrying a sick lady, was placed
on board. The invalid waa Mrs. Lake
of Goldendale, who is being taken to the
home of her daughter in the Willamette
valley. For nine years - she baa been
bed ridden, unable to move. All the
food necessary to her nouriahment has
to be given by the hand of another. She
received a stroke of paralysis many years
ago to which her present sufferings are
due. Her voice is gone and only by the
movement of her eyes and lips does she
give any appearance of life. Altogether
the case is a distressing one.
We respectfully invite all those in need of a cook or
to . call and examine our new
popular Bong "You Can't Play in My line and get our prices. We have a very large assortment
Yard," in a manner that pleased the to select from, we can. give vou splendid bargains this year,
and will guarantee to save you mone', simply because we
are satisfied with small profits. .
We are al?o prepared to do plumbing, tinning, hot
water heating, furnace work and employ none but first. class
Mr. javtorjervorkmen, pratical and experienced in this class ol work.
iVll woik guaranteed, opecial inducement to cash buyers.
- MAIER & BENTON,
. HARDWARE-DEALERS and PLUMBERS,
Next door to Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.; A. Bettingen's
i t a .1 n i i j. .... .
na scanu, oeconu street. . ;
audience.
The engagement of the Paytona waa
very succesfful and their audiences in
The Dallea were better than any of the
interior towns'. . Before concluding th
evening's performance
I