THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18. 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THE DALLES,
- OREGON
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
; A marriage license was issued today
to Charles A. Wills and Allena Silliman.
The weather bureau struck it this
time beyond a doubt. Their prediction
yesterday of enow for today was a com
plete success.
- The parish meeting of St. Paul's Epis
copal church, which was to have been
' held last evening, has been postponed
until some evening next week. .'Due no
tice will be given later.
The members of, the McKinley club
are requested not to overlook the meet
ing at the council chambers tomorrow
evening. Come prepared to vote for
delegates- to the state convention of
clubs. A large attendance is requested
by the executive committee.
Those who made up the skating party
to Snipes' lake yesterday report a
pleasant time. The ice was firm and
smooth, and the hours passed quickly
till the arrival of the engine and caboose
from The Dalles, which went down to
bring the party back. It is good that
yesterday was taken advantage ot, for
today's snow has played havoc with the
skating.
Bailroad men say that the storm is se
vere between Umatilla and Portland.
The crew of the local train from Port
land noticed no drifts along the road ex
cept at the high bridge, where the snow
bad piled up to a depth of three feet.
The severity of; the storm ia about the
same from The Dalles to Portland. Ea6t
of here the wind is blowing bard, but
not so much snow has fallen.
A dancing school is about to be opened
1 in The Dalles. Miss Anna Moore left
' today for Portland, where she will spend
a ' week or more learning the latest
- dances. Upon her return she will be
ready to receive pupils for regular les
sons. A dancing school will, doubtless,
be successful, as there has been no in
struction given in this graceful art this
season. A large number of people, who
are already good dancers, .will be glad of
an opportunity to learn the latest steps.
Two deeds were filed in the county
clerk's office today. Ono was from T. J.
Driver, as sheriff, to A. S. Blowers, con
veying lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 25, 26, 27, 28, in blk
1, in Waucoma addition to Hood Biver.
This property formerly belonged to M.
V. Harrison. The other deed was from
M. E. and J. E. Gallegin to George
Gallegin, and conveyed the Be, b of
bwJ, u4 of sec 4, tp 2 n, r 10 e, con
taining 60 acres. The consideration
mentioned is $1350. The property is
near Hood Biver.
The Antelope Dramatic club ia pre
paring for a. performance March 17.
Upon . that evening the tragedy
' ''Virginians" will be presented. The
cast, which is not yet completed, con
tains the names of the following well
known citizens: E M Shutt, M E Miller,
Fred N Wallace, Dr Pilkington, J T Ben
nett, William Menefee, E J Ghsan, Leo
Kelsay, Ed Murphy, Charles H Wallace,
Hebert (ilisan and Bert Bogers. It is
expected that the performance will be
even a greater success than that of the
"Old HomeBtead," presented by the
club some time ago.
Deputy Grand 'Master Workman Paul
Kreft of The Dalles is in Antelope,
where he recently installed the officers
of Antelope Lodge, No. 44, A. O. U. W.
Word reaches us that the occasion was a
joyous one, ,the members of Purity
Lodge, No.- 3;)?. Degree of Honor, assist
in the festivities that followed the in
stallation. The nsual order of such
things was reversed, and the ladies were
eerved with a bountiful lunch by the
gentlemen. The list of officers installed
is as follows: P A Kirch heiner, P M W ;
A M F Kirchheiner, M W ; F N Spicer,
F; W H Silvertooth, O; Wm Menefee,
R; JT Bennett, financier; L T Dam,
receiver ; T J Harper, G ; Bert Bogers,
I W; W Bolton, O W. The lodge is re
ported in a flourishing condition, and
; glad to receive visitors from The Dalles.
The funeral services of the late George
H. Thompson were held this afternoon
in the Congregational church. Despite
the inclemency of the day, a large num
ber of friends of the deceased listened
to the last words. Eev. W. C. Curtis
spoke a few words appropriate to the
occasion and the choir sang two hymns.
C. L. Phillips, T. A. Hudson, J. M.
Huntington, W. H. Wilson, J. H. Phir
man and M. A. Moody were pallbearers.
A large number of carriages followed the
hearse to Sunset cemetery, where all
that was mortal of George Thompson
was laid in its. last resting place. In the
city where he was best known and
where most fit bis successes were
achieved, be sleeps the long sleep,
while the memory of bim will long con
tinue iu the minds of sorrowing friends.
Things were not lacking for interest
in the proceedings of the county court
today. The attention of the judge and
commissioners was taken op with hear
ing a petition asking that Dnfur pre
cinct be divided. Over fifty names
were signed to the petition. W. H. H.
Dufur and Mr. Nolin Jappeared before
the court for the petitioners, while the
other side the people who want the di
vision lines' to remain as they are was
reoreeentecf by T. H. Johnston and M.
J. Anderson. The contest was a lively
one, and the eloquence of the advocates
increased with the warmth of the dis
cuB3ion. The matter is.one in which a
great deal of interest seems to be taken
by the people of Dufur. At the time of
going to press the court had npt ren
dered a decision, though the petitioners
desire that the matter be decided today.
If the division be made, the newly
created bailiwick will probably contain
a portion of Kingsley precinct.
Thursday's Daily
In the list of officers enstalled
Tuesday evening in the order of the
Eastern Star, the name of Mrs. Blakeley
appeared aa marshal. It should have
read Mrs. T. A. Hudson, as she was the
lady elected to that office.
Examinations are in progress in the
city public schools, and for a time the
life of a scholar is not altogether devoid
of trouble. Tomorrow the tests will be
over, and the results will determine the
progression of the students.
After creating the new precinct near
Dufur the county court bad almest de
cided to call it Venezuela, but an in
quiry from one of the officials as to how
it was spelled suggested some obstruc
tions to the plan which had not before
been considered, and so Ramsey was de
cided upon. '
The opportunity for sleighing was
taken advantage of last evening by quite
a number of young people. The jingling
of sleigh-bells was beard till a late hour
and loads of young people made the air
resound with merry voices. It looks as
if sleighing would continue good for
quite a period.
The non-commissioned officers gave a
smoker last evening to the members of
Co. G and the field and staff officers
After the drill was over, the militiamen
gave themselves over to having a pleas
ant time. Refreshments were served
and pipes and tobacco provided in
abundance. During the evening an Im
promptu tue-of-war was arranged and
much interest occasioned in the contest.
The interest taken bv the members of
the national guard in the organization is
continually increasing, and the militia
here was never in better condition. At
a meeting of the non-commissioned offi
cers, held tbfs week, nine were present.
Among the actions done by the county
court court this morning was one de
claring Hood river a public highway.
A petition to this effect wa presented to
the court and was readily granted. This
declaring of Hood river a public high
way gives to anyone the right to float
lamber.loge, telegraph poles,etc,down the
river, thereby destroying any monopoly
of this privilege, which might be cre
ated. To all 'intents and purposes,
Hood river is a navigable stream, ex
cepting that its waters are not deep
enough nor its banks sufficiently wide.
Being a public highway is the nearest
to a navigable river it can attain.
From interviews , with several stock
men we gather that the snow is not un
welcome. The coming of winter now
means that the cold weather will proba
bly not continue late and the approach
of spring will not be delayed. An early
spring is what the stockmen and farm
ers want, and as long as we are going to
have some winter, it had better come
now than later. It is also said that it
is easier to feed stock with snow on the
ground than it is when mud abounds.
The days of trusting to luck for the feed
ing of stock are over in Eastern Oregop,
and every good stockman is provided
with feed for his stock. Unless the
weather is unusually severe the stock is
expected to go through the season in
good shape.
Friday's Daily.
Everything is on runners today.
Thirteen inches of snow have fallen
since the storm began.
The Sherman county court has desig
nated the Moro Observer as the official
paper of that county.
There will be an auction sale at the
Boss Cash Store at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
on Saturday, tba 18th and Wednesday,
me i,ix insi.
Two engines and a caboose left The
Dalles at 9 :30 this morning to go to the
aid of the rotary snow-plow, which was
stuck at Oneonta.
The allowance of the militia for ar
mory rent has been increased to $25 per
month. . This action was taken by the
county court yesterday.
. Four cars of sheep lrom Arlington to
Troutdale were unloaded at the stock
yards here, where they will be kept un
til the road is clear again.
The weather bureau gives an unex
pected bulletin for tomorrow. The dis
patch received today forecasts rain and
warmer weather for Saturday.
' Among the passengers on the delayed
west-bound train this morning was
Archbishop Gross, of the Catholic
church. vHe was one of ' the guests in
Receiver McNeil's private car. During
his stay here he made a short visit with
Esv. A. Bronsgeest. . ''...,
The dance to be given by Smith Bros.
will occur at the BfMwin opera house
next Saturday evening. The mnsic will
be furnished by the Orchestra Union.
Clerk Kelsay is busy making out the J
warrants ordered drawn by . the county
court. The list will be a long one, and
iE will take a day or two to prepare
them all.
A deed waB filed today from Mary
Laughlin to Frank Laughlin, conveying
lot 9 in block 8 in Laughlin'a addition
The deed. mentions $1 and other valuable
considerations.
The Elks in The Dalles have received
an invitation to attend the institution of
an Elks lodge in Boise City. ' A number
of members of the. Portland lodge are
expected to be present.
Early . this morning many citizens
began cleaning off their sidewalks,-and
ia many places the walking is made good
There still remains a good -deal of snow
to be cleared away from the walks.
The hotels, by reason of the delayed
passengers congregating in them,, looked
today like the old days when the steam
boats carried all the travelers ' that went
east from Portland. In those times
everyone who passed through The Dalles
had generally to spend a night in the
city.
At the recent election held by the
stockholders of the Arlington National
Bink. Hon. D. M. French was chosen
president and W. W. Steiwer vice
president. The directors elected are E.
B. McFarland, L. E. Edwards and A. C.
Hawson. F,T. Hurlburt was re-elected
cashier..
It is the wish of Thk Chronicle to
publish reports of the proceedings of the
Bepublican clubs, which will be held to
select delegates to the state convention
in Portland. . The secretaries are : re
quested to forward this paper the pro
ceedings and a list of the delegates as
soon as elected. . Such a kindness will
be appreciated.
Tte receiver's car, 01, was attached to
No. 1 this morning and suffered a few
hours' delay in The Dalles.' In the car
were Beceiver E. McNeil, Freight Agent
B. Campbell and Chief ; Engineer W. H.
Kennedy.. The car met Mr. McNeil at
Huntington as he was returning from
the East. Mr. .McNeil is doubtless so
elated over the success of his re-organi
zation plans that he will not mind the
cold reception he ia getting on bis re
turn to Oregon.
Thomas Gilmore. well known in this
city and in Klickitat county, where for
many years he has resided, died this
morning. Word was brought to town
that the funeral will occur tomorrow.
Mr. Gilmore was a eon of the late S.
Gilmore, one of the early pioneers of
Oregon. Thomas Gilmore has suffered
for many years with stomach trouble,
and during the past fall his health grew
steadily worse. He leaves a widow and
several children to mourn their loss.
The Dalles la All Kit lit. ,
People who live in one town all the
time have no fair conception of the sort
of a place in which they are spending
their existence. It is necessary to- go
beyond the shadow of your own house
to find out what kind of grass plata your
neighbor's have, and the same thing is
true of towns and cities. Persons who
make a business of traveling from one
place to another, learn to form quick
judgments of the towns that come pnder
their observations and unless the In
spection is too superficial, the conclusion
is generally a correct one.. In - this con
nection, a Chronicle reporter heard
some testimony today of a pleasant sort.
Mr. W. F. Pinkham, of the Oregon
Fruit Union, was in the city yesterday
and a portion of today, and in a conver
sation said that he believed The Dalles
to be the most prosperous town in the
state. Mr. Pinkham was manager of
Fruit Union business in The Dalles last
summer and for the past few months
has been acting in the same capacity at
Bosebnrg. His business has called him
from place to place in the state and he
has noted the conditions of business and
the prospects in the towns be has visited.
In speaking of fruit shipments, Mr.
Pinkham said that Wasco county fur
nished one-third of the fruit which was
shipped from Oregon last season and
the highest prices paid in the eastern
markets were for fruit from this vicinity.
Our fruit made a name for itself in the
East, and there will be a demand for it
next summer that will give our shippers
an advantage over , those from other lo
calities. As compared with Bosebnrg, Albany,
Eugene and othervalley towns, The
Dalles is much livlier in a business way.
Mr. Pinkham was of the opinion that in
none of them is the amount of daily
business transacted so large as in The
Dalles. The importance of this place as
a fruit shipping point has become eo es
tablished that it is probable the. union
will build and operate a large warehouse
here for the better handling of Wasco
county's frnit.
MARRIED.
At the residence ot Leo Kistner, in
Tygh Valley, Jan. 15, 1896, by Elder B.
F'. Bonney, Henry Miller and Nora
Noble, both of Wamic, Or. 1
Thursday evening, Jan. 16th, by W.
C. Curtis, pastor' of the Congregational
church of this city, at his residence, on
Second street, Roba Jones Tucker of
Hood Biver, Or., and Miss Cora Belle
Kelly of Viento, Or. .
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O PECI
SHLE.
Lace Curtains.
For this week we will offer our stock of Nottingham Lace Curtains at a
price that will convince . you that you are getting a bargain.- The designs are
for the most part small and well-chosen, in Fleur-de-lis, Ferns, sprays of Forget-me-nots,
Daisies, Coin and Polka spots. '
Regular Price.
$1.25
'2.00
2.50
4.00 .
4.50
5.00.
6.00.
7.00 ,
We have, also in stock a choice line of Point
Curtains at the reduction in price.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
The "Eastern Stars". I.at Night.
The Masonic temple was given over
last evening to the ladies of the Eastern
Star, who held their regular installation
ceremonies in the spacious rooms where
the Masons are wont to hold their ses
sions. Only Masons and their immedi
ate families were - present, but these
made quite a large number. The in
stallation ceremonies were conducted by
Past Worthy Patron H. A. Baker of
Portland, who came to The Dalles for
this especial purpose. The service of
installation is a very pretty one, and
when conducted as it was last evening is
very impressive. The officers who had
previously been elected, and who were
installed last evening were as follows :
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Mary Scott
Myers; Worthy Patron, W. S.Myers;
Associate Matron, Mrs. Ella H. Garret-
son ; Secretary, Miss Lena Snell ; Treas
urer, Mrs. Clark; Conductress, MrB
Dr. Sanders; Associate Conductress,
Mrs. W. H. Biggs; Adah, Miss Phir
mnn; Buth, Mrs. Crossen; Esther,
Mrs. Eshelman; Martha, Miss Glenn;
Electa, Mrs. A. M. Kelsay; Chaplain,
Mrs. Clark; Warden, Mrs. Burget;
Sentinel, Harry Clough ; Organist, Mrs.
Alice Varney; Marshal, Mrs. Blakeley.
After the ceremonies of installation
were concluded, the members repaired
to the banquet ball, where two large
tables, loaded with ali manner of good
things, greeted them. A sumptuous
feast had been prepared, and the "flow
of reason and feast of soul" made the
occasion a joyous one
During the evening Past Worthy Pa
tron Baker made some appropriate re
marks upon the historical aspect of the
order. Interesting talks were made also
by other members present.
At midnight the meeting and its at
tendant pleasures came to an end, and
the installation ceremonies passed into
the records of the order.
A Chronicle reporter, who- dropped
into the hall this morning while some of
the ladies were cleaning away the re
mains of the feast, was treated so wtsll
that it was hard to get away to write up
this report.
Republican of Colombia Preolnot.
Attention.
There will be a meeting of Columbia
Precinct Bepublican Club at the Fair
field echoolhouse on Friday, January
24, 1S96, at 7 o'clock p. m., sharp, to
elect delegates to the State Bepublican
League, to be held on February 4th in
the city of Portland, to elect officers for
the ensuing year and to transact any
other business that may come before the
club. By order of the president.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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Time to AdTBnee.
. Commercial travelers who visit The
Dalles say it is the best business town of
its size in Oregon. Commercial travel
era have a faculty, however, of saying
things to please. But it ia true, beyond
doubt, that no city in Oregon can show
a better balance sheet at the end of the
year than can The Dalles. : More busl
ness is done in .the course of a year
among our banks and business houses
than in any Eastern Oregon towns. For
the purchase of wool alone $600,000 was
disbursed through our banks last sum
mer, and the amount paid for wheat is
large, though not yet determined. Con
servative, substantial, and more or less
progressive, The Dalles faces the future
confident of growth and prosperity.
But we have a lusty rival in Pendle
ton. While The Dalles was a city of
2,000 inhabitants, the jackrabbits were
skipping over the site were Pendleton
now stands. From an in erior village,
where a bartering trade was carried on
with Indians and struggling farmers,
Pendleton has progressed, till it has
fairly earned the title to one of the lead
ing towns of Oregon. The secret of its
growth is easjr to discover. Up in Pen
dleton the people are on the outlook to
gain some advantage for their city. A
scouring mill and a woolen mill have
already been eacured, a foundry nearly
so, and now an electric power plant is
projected. This latter concern is not
merely to furnish electric lights, but to
dive power for the running of all kinds
of manufacturing. A ditch and dam
will be constructed. In the dam will be
placed 150 feet of flood gates. By means
of this ditch it is intended to provide
power for the scouring mills, woolen
mills, Farmers' Custom Mill and other
concerns which may desire to lease
power at so much a month, delivered out
of the end of an electric wire. At the
foot of the ditch a power house to cost
$10,000 will be built. A series of wheels
will develope the power and be connect
ed with the dynamo. The entire plant
will cost $27,000, of which $10,000 will
go for machinery and wheels, and $17,
000 for the building of the ditch. It
will take sis weeks time and 150 men to
put in the plant. -
It can easily be seen what all this
means. Pendleton is in for becoming a
manufacturing town, and her success so
the :
"01(1" Hickory" Wagon
LEADS
JUL,
Forty-five "Old Hickory" Wagons have been sold by us in the past four
months. This we think is an expression of the opinion of the people who use
wagons tnat ine jia nicKory ia wnai
on eabth. We are not oHennir the "JJ'd lliclcory" as a neap vugun. vre luny
Guarantee every piece of timber put into the "Old Hickory" to be First-Class,
and will cheertully replace fees ok charge any piece broken, which proves to.be
brash. or unsound, regard tees of cause ot
Come and see the "Old Hickory."
Second and Federal Sts.,
Special Price.
per pair
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per pair
per pair
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pSr pair
D'Esprit and Irish Point
& MAYS.
far is gratifying. There is a lesson in
all this for The Dalles. We must not
rely too much on our natural resources,
which are greater by far than those al
lotted, to any other Eastern Oregon
town. We must be up and doing. Oar
shingle should be bung out to the world
and upon it painted : "Wanted Manu
factories." The declaration should go
forth that every inducement consistent
with good business policy, will be of
fered to capitalists who will invest their
money with us.. Let us not be too
proud to learn from our neighbors ; . let
us reason together and plan how best
the cities' growth can be advanced. The
time was never eo propitious as now.
The Klickitat bond case is being heard
today before the supreme court of Wash
ington at Olympia. This is a case in
which a great deal of interest is being;
taken in The Dalles, since of the war
rants which efforts are being made to
redeem, over $60,000 worth are held in
this city. Klickitat county is making a
strenuous effort to improve her financial
condition, and the outcome of this caee
will have an important bearing on her
future credit. There are several point
at issue, chief among them being the)
contention whether or not bonds can be
issued to take up warrants where the in
terest added to the principal exceeds
the amount of indebtedness allowed by
the constitution. In this case the prin
cipal itself nearly equals the constitu
tional limit and when the interest of
the warrants to be taken up is added,
exceeds it. The case has already been
decided in the superior court of Klick
itat county and goes on appeal to th
supreme court. H. S. Wilson, of Hunt- .
ington & Wilson and C. H. Spaulding,
prosecuting attorney of Klickitat county,
are appearing in the case for The Dalles
warrant holders and the county, while
the other side is represented by some
Seattle attorneys. The suit is a friendly
one, and its decision will settle one way
or the other Klickitat's present attempt
to bond a portion of her indebtedness-
Hello! Hellol
This is the County Treasurer. He
wants all county warrants registered
prior to April 1, 1892, presented at his
office, corner Third and Washington,
for be is ready to pay the same.
. Wm. Michell,
County Treas.
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