THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. 1896.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Dally.
A marriage license was issued today
to Charles Wallace and Edith M. East
mac. In the land office this morning E. E.
Williams filed a homestead entry for the
NEJ, Sec 24, Tp 1 N R 13 E.
Fonr cars of cattle were shipped from
The Dalles to Trontdale this morning.
Two cars of cattle passed through town
from Arlington to the same destination.
This afternoon S. R. Brooks redeemed
the property which had been Bold under
foreclosure sale by the Solicitors Loan
and Trait Go. The amount paid was
$383 and costs!
. The Republican club of Colombia pre
cinct held a meeting yesterday and chose
' George H. Riddell and Sylvester R.
Brooks aa delegates to the convention
to be held in Portland ' February 4th.
The Rockland dairy, which has moved
over to The Dalles, has established
telephone communication with town,
and is prepared to furnish milk at short
notice. The telephone number is 252.
At the whist club last evening Mr.
' and Mrs. W.- H. Hobson were the enter
tainers.. The evening passed in that
pleasant manner, as do all the meetings
of the club. When the scores were
counted Mr. T. A. Hudson was found to
have won the first prize and Mrs. A. J.
Tolmie the second.
" Lieutenant Taylor, who is the officer
in charga of the engineering corpB at the
locks, and who thus represents the gov
ernment in carrying on that work, is to
be promoted to a captaincy. The recent
death of Major Post has caused promo
motions to be made all along the line.
Lieut. Taylor has proved himself a cap
able officer and bis promotion is de
served. .
An interesting case has arisen in the
local land office. Somo time ago Lewis
C. Baker filed a contest against John
Sperry for land eituated near Hosier.
Subsequently Baker went temporarily
insane and was sent to the asylum. The
time for, completing , Baker's contest
passed and proceedings were begun by
W. T. Meeks againBt Sperry far the same
piece of land. Baker soon recovered
from his mental trouble and was dis
charged from the asylum cured. He im
mediately took steps to regain his rights
in the contest, . making a showing to
the department 'that the lapse was no
fault of his. This morning Register
Moore and Receiver Biggs received a cir- j
cular from the department at Washing
ton, which contained a notice to Meeks,
citing him to appear and show cause
why his claim of contest should not be
cancelled in favor of Baker. The result of
Sole
STOCK
Tried It?
the matter will be awaited with in
terest. In the office of Mr. Hugh Glenu are
three pen and ink drawings of the Reg
ulator, cleverly executed by Mr. W. "E.
Campbell, the civil engineer. The
drawings were made to illustrate the
workings of a "wind spar" a contriv
ance calculated to assist the steamer in
making ber landings when the wind is
blowing. The spar is attached to theff
side of the steamer bo that when shtf
lands against a bank with her head t
the wind the spar is swung out and prei
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vents ner irom coming Droaasiae to tne.1
shore. The first drawing shows the
steamer landed with the spar acting in
the manner above stated, the second
drawing shows her backing away using
the spar as a pivot for turning qirtckly,
the third picture gives a side view of the
Regulator steaming along with the wing
spar drawn in. The drawings are very
good likenesses of our handsome steamer
and in the absence of nautical testimony
to the contrary, the wing spar seems to
be a clever contrivance. Mr. Campbell
has also made a drawing of a steamer
which he calls the "Open River" a
designation which will be as appropriate
to the next steamer built at The Dalles
as the name "Regulator" is to the one
which has proved such a good invest
ment to the citizens of The Dalles.
Monday's Dally.
One hobo appeared in the police court
this morning and paid a fine of $5.
Revival meetings will be continued
during this week at the M. E. church.
Everybody is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Cox, who lives at Kingsley, is re
ported quite ill. Dr. Logan was called
there yesterday, returning to town this
morning.
The roads between here and 10- Mile
are said to be in about as bad' condition
as they generally ever get. ' Travelling
over them is by no means a pleasant oc
cupation. A telegram received this morning by
J. S. Fish announces the safe arrival in
Los Angeles of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Sin
nott. They report the trip a pleasant
one.
Jurymen for the February term of
court are being served . with subpoenas.
Sheriff Driver returned from Nan Bene
last night having summoned a number
of jurymen.
A deed was filed in the county clerk b
office today from Harvey A. Hocket to
N. W. Hocket. For a consideration of
$383, there was conveyed the S, SE,
Sec. 17, Tp 2 N R 10 E, containing 80
acres.
C. H. Stoughten of, Dufur is reported
to be recovering from quite a severe
spell of sickness. A gentleman in this
morning from Dufur says that A. K.
Dufur, the miller, is also under the
weather.
. Marshal Blakeney gives notice to the
hoboes in town that a nice rozk pile has
been selected where those who are ar
rested for minor offenees and convicted,
will be put to work. In other words,
going to the city jail will cease to be a
snap.
The railroad company is getting deeds
for right-of-way a few miles above town.
Today were filed three deeds, one from
'Seufert Bros, granting to the O. R. & N.
Co. a strip of land 200 feet wide for a
consideration of $500. One from The
Dalles Packing Company granting the
Bame amount of land for $200, and a
third from Hans Wicks deeding the nej
FOOD
POPULAR
CLOTHIERS.
se ot sec 5, tp 2 n, r 8 e. Considera
tion $50.
The McKinley Republican club of
Hood River has elected aa delegates to
the Portland convention, A. B. Jones, T.
R. Coon, W. A. Langille and E. S. din
ger. The club held & further election
and chose A. S. Blowers president and
James B. Hunt secretary for the ensu-
me vear.
Grant has resumed
operations, ana a gooa sum or money
haB already been circulated in. Sherman
county for the purchase of wheat and
ofrutlr Vi q lotfAi nnf tn Ka nflorl in malr
stock, the latter not to be used in
Jncr alcohol, hnt for the nnrnnfle of
rs.d and sold in the markets. Thi
tilleryJiasbeen re-organized "on such a
firpi basis thafa successful career sems
undoubtedlv assured
The end of the famous "Five to One"
tease came this morning. The defendant,
Lane, concerning whose case the jury
deliberated so long Friday, came up in
the police court thia morning and plead
guilty. The other defendant, T. Ma
loney, did likewise, and both were fined
$5 each and costs. This brought the
litigation to a close. We have not heard
whether any of the jury have changed
their vote.
The Dalles Assembly of United Ar
tisans held their installation ceremonies
Saturday evening, when the following
officers were inducted into office : M A,
T A Hudson; Superintendent, N Wheal
don ; Inspector, S H Frasier ; Secretary,
D H Roberts, Sen Con, Harry Liebe; M
C, W G Kerns ; Treasurer, E Kurtz ; Jr
Con,-Miss Alexander; Warden, H Rea
dell ; Instructor, G A Clarke. The new
lodge starts off with a large membership,
though the charter list is not yet closed.
Effie Ellsler, who will appear in The
Dalles next Thursday and Friday even
ings, begins an engagement at the Mar
quani Grand in Portland this evening.
The Portland press speaks in high terms
of her ability and the worth of the com
pany which supports her. The class of
plays which she presents is a high one,
and ' the people of The Dalles will be
glad of the opportunity to witness per
formances of the kind to be given at the
Baldwin this week. Aa the demand for
seats will undoubtedly be large, it
would be well to secure them early. -Tuesday's.
.
E. E. Lytle is having a barn built
near the depot for the accommodation of
his racing stock.
Wheat was strongdn the Chicago mar
ket yesterday. The closing prices were,
January, 61, June 64.
Four cars of cattle and one car of hogs
from Grant passed through town today
on their way to Trontdale.
Work on the Regulator is progressing
rapidly, and if occasion required, the
boat could be put in condition for ser
vice in a week or ten days. ' Tbe paint
ing remains yet to be done.
Some interesting school statistics,
which were read at the meeting .last
night, must wait till tomorrow for their
appearance in print, as a rush of work
prevented their composition. , '
One homestead filing was made in the
land office today. James M. Cameron
entered an application for the nwj of
nwJi (or lot 1) sec 19, tp 4 s, r 20 and
e of nej and sw of nej, sec 24, tp
4 s, r 19 e. -
ThiB week will provide various enter
tainments for the people of The Dalles.
Tonight will occur Hon. D. P. Thomp
son's lecture in the Congregational
church and a dance at the opera house.
being
Thursday and Friday evenings EfBe
Ellsler will appear at the Baldwin.;
The work of the carpenters in' fitting
up the commercial club is completed.
The partitions are all up, and all that re
mains before the gymnasium and billiard
rooms are ready for occupancy is for
the furnishings to be put in. The bil
liard table will probably be in place to
morrow. The gymnastic appliances
have not yet arrived.
Those who have any travelling to do
in the country are loud in complaint of
the roads. Deputy Sheriff Butts - re
turned today from serving some papers
near DeschuteB. The roads, he says,
are in the worst condition he ever saw
them, while the creeks are full of water,
so the conditions of travel are about as
bad as generally found.
Among the many plans for the im
provement of the river between The
Dalles and Celilo, the most novel we
have heard was one expressed by a busi
ness man this morning. His scheme is
to have the penitentiaries of Oregon and
Washington located on the shores of the
Columbia and for the convicts to be put
to work building whatever it was de
cided to build canal or boat railway.
By these means, the projector of the
plan argued, the convicts of the two
states would be kept at employment
which would - keep their bands from
growing soft, and "at the eame time be
hastening on the good work of opening
the Columbia river. If the convicts of
Tennessee work upon the roads and those
of other states do work requiring them
to be without the prison walls, why
shouldn't the inmates of the Oregon and
Washington penitentiaries roll away the
rocks that bar commerce upon the Co-J
lninbia? In the season when the
salmon were running food would be
cheap and a few guards sitting upon the
basaltic cliffs that line the Columbia,
with their feet hanging down (we mean
the guards' feet) could, by their Win-
chebters, prevent any attempt at escape.
Solomon's saying, "There is nothing new
under the sun," is proved erroneus and
here we have a scheme that beats Alex
ander Kunz' grain donation party all
hollow.
FIto Mills City Tax.
The city council met in special session
Saturday, night. The object for which
the meeting was called was to consider
3Mhe matter of levying a city tax for the
current year, and Mayor Menefee stated
the purpose of the meeting to the fol-
wing councilmen : Messrs. Lauer,
ood. Thompson, Nolan, Ross and
altmarshe. Evidently the matter had
been well considered in the mind of each
councilman before coming to the meet
ing, as there was little hesitancy in ar
riving at a conclusion. When the esti
mates needed for tbe year had been read,
Mr. Nolan moved that a tax of five mills
be levied upon all city troperty. Mr.
Thompson 'seconded the motion, and it
quickly passed tbe council. According
to tbe certificate of County Clerk Kel
say, the total amount of taxable prop
erty in Dalles City is $1,090,644. A five
mill fax will yield an income of $5,453,
22. The estimate, which has been pre
pared, of the expenses for 1896 is as
follows :
Interest on" bonds $ 3,420 00
Current expenses on basis of
expenses tor the last 6 mos. 7,577 16
Total ...'.: $10,997 16
To meet these estimated expenses of
$10,997.16 it is expected revenues will be
received as follows : -
Tax of 5 mills on $1, 090,644 $5,453 22
liquor licenses 5,000 00
Incidentals 2,000 00
Total expected revenue $12,453 22
This will leave a balance, if ' tbe reve
nues and disbursements prove as esti
mated of $1,456. The council could have
added to the tax levy three-twentieths
of one per cent for the payment of inter
est on bonds. In this way an additional
revenue of $1,635,96 could have been ob
tained. The additional levy was, how
ever, thought unnecessary.
Tbe only other action taken by the
council was the giving of permission to
Mr. Saltmarsbe and his neighbors to
lay a crosswalk on Second street, near
the East End.
The work of the evening was quickly
and. satisfactorily accomplished, and bo
the council adjourned some to their
homes, some to the Commercial Club,
and all of them hoping the expenses of
the year would prove smaller than the
estimate and tbe revenues larger.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's" Fair,
, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair,
mwm
Most Perfect Made. -40
Years the Standard. '
There are many good reasons why you
should use One Minute Cough Cure.
There are no reasons why you should
V" CRIEAM
"Old.HickorV" Wagon
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 ose
wagons that the "Old Hickory" is what we claim it to be the best madk wagon
on earth. We are not offering the "Old Hickory" as a Cheap Wagon. We fully
Guarantee every piece of timber put into the "Oldv Hickory" to be First-Class,
and will cheeriully replace free or charge any piece broken, which proves to be
brashor unsound, regardless of cause of . breakage.
. Come and see the "Old Hickory." It talks for itself.
rZL&lTS & GXfcQWESy
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Second and Federal Sts., THE DALLES, OR.
'Fire to One. or. Where the Taxpayer's
Btoney Goes."
The beautiful working of our jury
system was exemplified yesterday by a
case which was tried in the recorder's
court. A young man named Harry Lane
was arrested night before last for dis
turbing the peace. He was arraigned
before Recorder Phelps yesterday morn
ing and, through his attorney, N. H.
Gates, demanded a jury trial. As this
was his prerogative, of course the re
quest was granted, and, armed with the
proper authority, the marshal started
out after jurymen and succeeded in ob
taining the following gentlemen, who
were found competent to serve as tales
men : W. E. Sylvester, S. B. Adams,
J. F. Staniels, J. W. Carey, F. N. Hill
and N. Whealdon. The city was repre
sented by H. H. Riddell.
After listening all afternoon to the n
tails of the row, the jury retired for de
liberation at 5:30, and just precisely at
that hour, we are informed by a jury
man, the fun began. The citv hall was
turned over to the jurors for their delib
eration and the plaster of tbe walls
cracked at the ecbos of eloquence which
reverberated in every corner. At 6
o'clock tbe jury bad not agreed ; neither
had it at 7 or 8 or 9. Ten o'clock came,
and still they were hopelessly at vari
ance five for conviction and one, Mr.
Adams, for acquittal. As the' weary
hours passed along, and all hopes of
supper had melted with the snow, some
of the jurors lost that urbanity of man
ner so essential to good feeling, and
some rather vehement speeches were de
livered. Eleven o'clock found them in
the same fix five to one, and at 11 :30
the jurors aaked to be taken before the
recorder, to whom previously bad been
handed this document, which, in look
ing over .the records of the case, a
Chronicle reporter ran against, and
thought it too good to keep from print:
To the Honorable Court:
We, the jury, called to try the case of
Dalles City vs. Lane, will never agree in
God's world, and ask to be discharged
for the following reasons :
First That we have bad no dinner or
supper. "
Second Our cows are not milked.
Third We have no case of any im
portance to decide.
Fourth We are getting too old to
stand such hardships.
Fifth Jack Staniels is out of tobacco.
Sixth William Sylvester wants to go
to the Salvation Army.
' Seventh Mr. Hill has contracted to
work on the railroad.
. S. B. Adams, Foreman.
Could human heart withstand such an
appeal as this? Not unless it was made
of harder material than flesh and blood.
And seeing from the looks of the jurors
that all hopes of an agreement were im
possible, and as Mr. Adams said he
wanted to go home and was going home,
the recorder consented to their discharge.
This case will probably be re-tried Tues
day, as the city authorities are deter
mined to see whether or not the city's
peace was made to be broken or pre
served. Tbe general opinion seems to
be that tbe position of the five jurors
was the correct one.
Jury for the February Term.
The jury list for the February term of
court has been selected and a perusal of
it leads to the conclusion that the
Garland Stoves are the foil Best.
"We respectfully invite all those in need of a cook er
heating stove or steel range to call and examine our . new
line and get our prices. We have a very large assortment
to select from, we can give you splendid bargains this year,
and will guarantee to save you money, simply because we
are satisfied with small profits. .
We are also prepared to do plumbing, tinning, hot
water heating, furnace work and employ none but first class
workmen, pratical and experienced in this class of work.
All woik guaranteed. Special inducement to cash buyers
. MAIER & BENTON,
HARDWARE DEALERS and PLUMBERS,
Next'door to Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.; A. Bettingen'a
old stand, Second street.
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county is going to have some good men
try the causes at the next term. Court
will convene February 10th, and the fol
lowing will be summoned as jurymen :
M Randall, capitalist, The Dalles:
C J Brown, farmer, The Dalles.
Wm Yates, farmer, Hood River.
W Bolton, merchant, Antelope.
S E Bartmess, merchant, Hood River. .
W E Waltner, clerk, The Dalles.
8 R Brooks, farmer, The Dalles.
J A Nickleson, blacksmith, Hood .
River.
Harry Clough, machinist. The Dalles.
W A Cates, farmer, The Dalles.
S S Johns, merchant, The Dalles.
A E Griffen, stockman, Boyd.
W II Williams, farmer, The Dalles.
Geo Montgomery, farmer, Boyd.
E P FitzGerak), clerk, The Dalles,
Parkin Lamb, farmer. Hosier.
James Darnielle, farmer, Boyd.
C S Smith, farmer, Boyd.
J F Staniels, carpenter, The Dalles. .
L S Klinger. capitalist, Dufur.'
W Boorman, farmer, Hood River.
J C Wheeler, farmer,' Hood River.
A Winans, farmer, The Dalles.
F A Seufert, cannery man, The Dalles.
L Smith, farmer, Boyd. .
Geo Reed, farmer, The Dalles.
C W Phelps, merchant, The Dalles.
Wm Vanderpool, farmer, Dufur.
Job T Peters, merchant, The Dalles.
Wm Frizzell, farmer, Cascade Locks.
J S Easton, farmer, Dufur.
Makes s Good Showing.
It is not yet a year since The Dalles
put its city finances upon a cash basis;
or rather, by the issuance of bonds, re
deemed all outstanding warrants and
declared that hereafter claims against
tbe city would be paid in each, and in
cidently it was understood that tbe city
government would be run with the
greatest economy consistent with good
administration. In the minds of many
citizens it was believed the new system,
would work satisfactorily, and the re
port which has been made by the city
officers, show that this belief was justi
fied. It has been ascertained . that for tbe
six months preceding January 1, 1896,
tbe receipts of the city other than taxes
and liquor licenses, were $1,076.67, or am
average of $179.45 per month. For tbe
corresponding period of 1894 the receipts
were $546.55, or a monthly average of
$91.09 per month. This is good, bnt
there is more to follow. Tbe showing;
ma'de in the reduction of expenses will
also strike the taxpayer favorably. For
the six months previous to Jan. 1, 1896,
the expenses of the city were $3,788.62,
or an average of $631.43. For the cor
responding months of 1894 tbe expenses
were $6,366.77, or a monthly average ex
ceeding $1000. There is now in tbe city
treasury an available cash balance of
$4,675.43, including 'liquor licenses paid
on January lBt.
The showing made by these figures
can be called very eaUstHctory, and as
times improve, at the same time tbe ex
penses being kept down to the low water
mark, the revenue of the city will In
crease and a eteady reduction he made
upon our bonded debt- -an indebtedness
which is too large for a city of this size.
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