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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1896.
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THB DALLES.
OREGON
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LOCAL BKBVIT1ES.
Wednesday's Dally.
forecast -Fair tonight; colder Tliurs-
day. ' 4
The Eegalator will leave at 8 o'clock
in the morniDg for Collins Landing. -...
The funeral of John Bird will take
place at 2 o'clock tomorrow from the
residence. .
The coming event in social circles is
the masquerade ball by the Workmen
and Woodmen, February 14th.
Just received at the Wasco Warehouse
a carload of "Byera Best". Pendleton
flour. This flour has no superior on the
Pacific coast Try jt. . d7-tf
Rev. R. C. Motor will preach at Fair
field school house, Feb. 15th, at 2 p. m.
and 16th at 11 a. m. Communion ser
vice on the Sabbath. Everybody in
vited.
The streets in Portland yesterday were
very muddy and sloppy. In The Dalles
the streets are so dry we have com
menced thinking about the street
Bprinkler. -
' Rev. . B. Sutton, state organizer of
the American Protective Association for
the states of Idaho and-Washington,
will lecture at the First Baptist church,
Feb. 13th and 14th, at 8 p. m. Admis
sion free.
The ladies of the Christian church will
create a good deal of amusement tonight
bv telling their experiences aB to how
they made a dollar. Some will tell it in
prose,' some in poetry .and some by
pantomime. A good musical
ary program will be 'given,
takes place tonight at the
church and all it costs to be
15 cents.
The beauty of the private residences of
The Dalles never fails to excite admira
tion from all visitors. Architecturally
this city is the handsomest in the state.
Ever since the fire it has become the
fashion to erect beautiful residences.
There is scarcely a plain-looking build
ing under the bluff and a w.alk on the
hill will well repay the effort expended.
The plans of them all, with only three
or four exceptions, have been executed
by one of our own citizens, Mr. J. C.
Crandall, who, while disclaiming to be.
an architect, certainly fills the bill
pretty well.
Thursdays Daily
The man who sighs for the happy day
When a barefoot boy he ran,
Is the same old boy who used to say:
"I wisht I wuz a man."
and liter
All this
Christian
present is
Yesterday was Abraham Lincoln's
birthday. Had he lived he would have
been 87 years old.
The present warm weather, if con
tinued, will have an injurious effect on
fruit buds', by advancing them too
. rapidly.
Tiekets for the maBk ball can. be had
at C. F. Stephens,' L. Rorden's, Snipes
& Kinersly's, C. L. Phillips' and E
Jacobsen's.
It will be in order for the poet laure
ate of Oregon to commence work on a
poem for celebration day of the opening
of the locks.
The Ancient Order Foresters of Amer
ica has been Americanized by the su
preme officers striking out the first two
words of the title.
The Epworth League will hold a bust-
ness meeting this evening in the lecture
room of the M. E. church. Members
are requested to be present.
A Portland daily reports a man who
has just returned from a long trip as
"well tired, but much recuperated."
The Oregon Scout adds : tie must have
been badly rested when he went away.
The residence occupied recently by
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hogan, crushed by
. the falling of the brick wall on Second
street, is being rebuilt. Since the acci-,
dent Mr. and Mrs. Hogan have occupied
' rooms at the Umatilla. .
The nandsomest elk head and antlers
ever seen in The Dalles will be -presented
to the order of Elks by Sheriff Driver.
The animal was killed by an Indian in
: the Cascade mountains, and firat pur
chased by Mr. August Buchler.
, Mr. J. P. McCrutn has received the
' sad news of the death of his sister, Miss
Main a McCrum in Bowen, Illinois. The
. news followed closely upon that of the
death of "a cousin, Mr. Clayton McGill,
president of the Bowen National bank.
A unique entertainment , will be given
in the M. E. church Friday and"Satur
day evenings. It is entitled "Sanders
Wonderland," consisting of a r large
number of immense colored views of the
beautiful and curious throughout the
world. These are selected from the
. Yellowstone National Pari, the most
prolific field ot scenic grandeur in the
world, views in MalaBia, the land of per
petual, summer, strange sights in China
day and Saturday, each accompanied Dy
a descriptive lecture. '.' -
The welcome sonnd of the Regulator
whistle was again heard this morning,
when she steamed away on her trial
trip to Collins Landing. Mr.. S, L.
Brooks and Mr. Lyle were aboard. The
boat has been repaired throughout and
newly painted, and left the dock with all
her pristine beauty. '
Every rose has a thorn. The acoustic
properties of-the-meeting lAll in the
chamber of commerce building, one of
costliest and handsomest in Portland are
so bad that at a distance of 10 feet, a
speaker's vocal tones would be shattered
so that they could scarcely be under
stood further off. The defect is to be
remedied by workmen at once.
The committee on arrangements for
the Woodmen and Workmen, ball desire
that it should be generally understood
by the ladies (the coming ball bing an
invitation ball) that proper invitations
be presented by 'their .escorts or in lieu
of their escorts. This is done in order
to avoid - possible bitter feeling that
might arise on a request to show invita
tion, in all cases given to the gentlemen
The weather observer draws the fol
lowing deduction in his report for Janu
ary : While the stock ranges have been
generally free from snow, which obviates
the necessity for feeding stock, yet the
absence of the normal amount of snow
fall reduces the liability for good range
grass in the spring and summer months ;
so that, while mild temneratures have
their benefits to the physical self, they
are a detriment to the material inter
ests of tire people.
Friday's Daily.
The Red Men give a ball ontbe22d
inst.
Mr. A. C. Wyndham, formerly of The
Dalles, is now settled in East Oakland
and in business again.
The denizens of Chicago awoke this
morning and found two feet of snow on
the ground. Great Boreas !
The Macabees will give a smoker at
their lodge tomorrow night. Members
are requested"to invite their friends.
"Sanders Wonderland" tonight and
tomorrow night at the M. E. church
Admission, adults 25 cts, children 15 cts.
Lutheran services will be held at the
Baptist church at 7 :38 o'clock tomorrow
evening, which will be conducted oy
Rev. L. Gray. ,
The Inland Star bss been purchased
by Mr. Anderson and will be overhauled
preparatory to making it a trading craft
on the middle river.
The Georgia University Graduates
will give a first-class ministrel show Sat
urday evening. This cla9s of entertain
ment is ever popular'and the ''gradu
ates" are leaders in their line.
Colonel Day informed an Oregonion
reporter yesterday that he expects to
have the first steamer pass through the
locks on-schedule time that is, March 1
unless some unforeseen delay occurs.
The Workmen and Woodmen's mas
querade ball takes place this evening at
the Baldwin. Many handsome costumes
will be worn. This is the second annual
ball of these societies.,' Each masquer is
to be presented with a handsome
valentine. ' . v
There is quite a rivalry among the
towns of Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton for the place of holding the next
fireman's . tournament. Pendleton has
secured a pledge of $300 of the necessary
$500 to entitle it to a chance for the
honor..
A warm rain fell last night, amounting
to 11 hundredths of an inch. The air in
consequence this morning has been very
springlike and refreshing, and. in the
afternoon a chinook wind is taking the
iingering snow from the tops of the sur
rounding mountains. .
The stabbing case of State of Oregon
vs Ed Stoey is being tried this afternoon
at the court house. The following is the
jury: Wm. Frizzeil, S. E. Brooks, W.
E. Walther, B. S. Smith, Larkin Lamb,
L. SraitL, W. H. William, E. P. Fitz-
Geralil, S. S. Johns, E. A. Griffin, J. F.
Staniels, G. H. Riddell.
Mr. Charles Frazer of this' city is the
first this season to bring in an early
garden product. It is not a radish, nor
a spfig of lettuce, nor yet the fragrant
onionette, but some tomatoes, a fruit
commonly supposed not to mature
until August. Yet Mr. Frazer assures
us the vine grew out ot doors. This
speaks much for our equable climate.
; Mr. G. W. Watkins, ventriloquist,
with the Georgia University graduates is
indeed a wonder in his particular line of
work, and as an antoharp soloist and
musical juggler, is far superior to any
that ever appeared before an Appleton
audience. Appleton Press, Dec. 31. At
the - opera house, Saturday, Feb. 15.
SIX WEEKS DISTANT.:
Altogether Probable the locks Will Be
Used by April 1st.
: Messrs. A. S. Mac Allister and Emile
Schanno returned from the Locks last
night. There they met Captain J. H
B. Grey of Astoria and Mr. James Craw
ford of the Chamber of Commerce of
Vancouver. . The committee hoped to
find Chief Engineer Fiek at the Locks
and find otft from him the specific infor
mation required before making plans foi
the celebration.
' vIt was learned that Mr. Fisk was ab
sent for the time, having lately gone up
in the Sound country. On his return to
to Portland be will be sought by the
committee there.
The committee bad a very pleasant
interview with Lieut. Taylor at the locks.
and were shown 'by him through all the
various departments and trie uses and
explanations were very, explicit. His
suggestions, also, were made so frankly
that the committee were deeply impres
sed with the importance of the recoin
mendations made by. the engineer de-
department, made to "Congress at the
special session of last year, when they
asked for an additional .appropriation
to finish the middle lock with a wall
of masonry and to protect the whole
work, made apparent by the high water
of 1S94. ' The Lieutenant was free to ad
mit that the locks would be in condi
tion to operate within the next six
weeks, but how long they could be
operated successfully . was a question
which would be bard, to answer, con
sidering the many contingencies and
circumstances which may arise in a
work of - sucb magnitude, and also
what action the .war. department
will take in the matter, in consideration
of the recommendations made by the
engineers,. He does not anticipate any
reason why the locks should not be
successfully operated for several months
in the year as they now are.
It is to be understood there is work
yet to be done on the middle lock before
it is entirely safe to operate it,
By being too eager in using the water
way before the work is entirely com
plete, there exists a possibility of en
dangering the lower lock at a certain
stage of high water by washing down
the natural wall of the middle lock. It
was supposed that the natural rock here
was stable, but it appears that on con
tact with the air it crumbles away
Hence the middle lock may have to be
walled on the river side by concrete, two
feet - thick, at an estimated expense of
$6,000, followed at some future time by
solid masonry (see diagram a). How-
WEST
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Price 25, 50 and 75 cents.
The pnstoffice reports a largely in
creased trnount of business todav, due
to good St. Valentine. Those who are
fortunate in receiving the tinted, scent
ed missives, with paper-lace borders and
impassioned sentiments, will feel a thrill
of pleasure emanating from the heart
when opening the envelopes ; but those
who draw therefrom' a daub of the one
cent variety, will experience a pain
farther down..
B-tldaess is often preceded or rccom
panied by gnwness of the hair. To
prevent both bafdness and grnyness, use
Hall's Hair Renewer, an honest remedy.
ever the latter work might not interfere
with commerce, and may be done at
any time while the locks are in use.
It may be a matter of surprise to our
citizens toclearn that before the locks
can be said to be a permanent improve
ment, the appropriation of nearly half a
million will yet have to be made and ex
pended, involving two or three years
more time and work. This breath-taking
announcement was made by Mr.
Mac Allister today, but, properly under
stood, there is no sting in the news.
The danger exists- in that any ordinary
high water will wash the embankments
on the river side, made insecure by the
flood of 1S94, and thereby endanger the
whole work. It seems that in that year
the water encroached on the shore line
(see diagram 66) washing dirt and djbris
over the lower lock and tearing out some
of the rip-rap of that lock. A?' wing
dam was built out In the river to an
island from about . the center of this
shore line, but the flood was so resist
less it tore out the dam and overrun the
lock as stated. To prevent a repetition
of that disaster, possibly involving the
entire destruction of the locks, it will be
necessary to replace this shore line by
rip-rap, a distance of about 3.000 feet.
An appropriation of $413,000 will there
fore be necessary to complete the work.
This will include, besides the rip-rap,
the walls of masonry and concrete on
both sides of the middle lock, and come
minor details mentioned in the en-'
gineer's report, in fact the absolute com
pletion of the work forever. . ' -.
Reviewed, the facts are briefly these :
There is every probability a boat will
pass through the locks about six weeks
distant. If its passage through the
canal does not endanger the work, the
waterway will thenceforth be used
at all ordinary stages of the river's
depth, but if the' washing from the
action of its propeller crumbles the na
tural rock of the middle lock a short
delay will be occasioned,, but which
could be 1 remedied by' laying concrete
walls' on both sides of the mid
dle lock, a comparatively trifling
piece of work as to . . time, labor
and expense. The expenditure of $6,000
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Shoes
1896 Stock
Shoes
We have put on sale for a few days a complete line of Gentle
men's Fine Calf Shoes, in Lace and Congress. These goods are this
year's stock and their selling price will bo $2.50; but as an induce
ment during the month of February we will offer you " .
These Goods for $1.75.
Gentlemen, remember the price. It's less than the Shoe cost
us, but that's our .look-out, and it's to your interest to examine the
Shoe and be convinced. 1
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.I
will accomplish it, and in two or three
weeks. The outlook is therefore hope
ful and the gentlemen of the committee
return in a very agreeable frame of
mind.
The committee were pleasantly enter
tained at the locks by Dr. and I.
N. Day, and an excellent lunch prepared
for their refreshment.
Contempt of the County Court.
Mr. Thomas Denton was summarily
thrust in the county jail today at tho
instance of the county judge. This is
another page of the chapter of the con
tempt of court case before Judge Blake
ley on Monday. Mr. Sandoz, the other
combatant, paid the amount of his fine
$10 but Mr. Denton refusing, was com
mitted to jail by the court before whom
ottenee was committed. A reporter
called to see Mr. Denton, who was
found to be in a very indignant frame of
mind. He regards his incarceration as
an injustice, and an unwarranted as
sumption of authority. He preferred
to keep the reasons for his belief to
himself, and would not be quoted on
the question ; but he undoubtedly be
lieves he can "make it pretty hot" for
his honor, and intimated that he will
contest the legality of the commitment
Kellar'a Saloon Uobbers Caught.
The grand jury before ad jour ring had
an opportunity to indict the robbers of
Ad. Kellar's saloon the other night. The
public at large had supposed their iden
tity was not known, but a reporter
learned today that our officers were "on
to it," and in fact have bad them under
espionage for some time. Their names
are J. P. Bradley and Ed. Sheer, the
latter having been in company with
known robber who lately operated at
Spokane. The sheriff returned this
interning with the prisoners, whom he
found in a low dive at the Cascades last
night. They are now ensconced in the
hotel Driver, with a true bill found
against them by the grand jury.
She Married an Indian.
A Lewiston paper records the marriage
of a full blooded Indian to a white girl.
This is perhaps the first instance of the
kind in the history of that section of the
country. The Indians are coming to the
front upon the strength of their im
proved financial standing. The better
class among the Indians scorn the idea
of wedding a white man. A marriage
with an ordinary white man would be
regarded as a disgrace. ' The father of
the groom in the event of last week real
ized the importance of the relationship
with the white race. He remarked that
his people were becoming civilized and
cited the marriage of his son to a white
girl as evidence in support ot his
position.
Grand Jury fieport.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. -
imp
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Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore
gon for Wasco county.
In the matter of the report of the grand
jury.
We, the grand jury, duly empanelled
for the February term, 1896, respectfully
show the court that we have been in ses
sion three days, and have inquired into
all crimes committed in this county, so
far as they have been broueht to our
notice, and as a result of our labors have
returned into court four indictments.
We have visited the various county offi
cials, and have been courteously received
by all and have been shown every fa
cility for examination of ' the books and
accounts of . the county officers. We
have also visited and inquired into the
condition and management of the county
jail, and -find it neat, and as securely
kept as its construction will admit. We
examined the sheriff's office and find the
books correctly kept, its officer well
qualified, courteous and obliging; in
spected the county-clerk's office and find
it neat and clean, all books well cared
for, records correctly and well kept, and
an honor to our county ; inspected the
county treasurer's office, and find the
books properly and correctly kept, and
commend him as an obliging and efficient
officer. We also strongly recommend
that the county court purchase a new
type writer for use in the county clerk's
office, as the present one is of an inferior
make and worn out.
We endorse the action of the county
court in carefully examining into all
claims against the county, and in their
conservativeness in allowing the same,
and we especially commend the action
of said court in the matter of public
roads, in making a levy of one mill tax
on all taxable property in the county for
road purposes, and recommend that this
syBtem be continued until all the roads
in the county are in a first-class condi
tion. We endorse the action of said
court in making necessary improve
ments and repairs in the sheriff's and
clerk's offices.
We also endorse the Hon A. A. Jayne,
district attorney, for his impartial and
business-like' manner in the discbarge of
his duties, and commend him as an
honest and effcient officer.
We also. most emphatically condemn
the city council of The Dalles as respons
ible for the deplorable condition of the
approaches to the city from the various
county roads leading into the city, and
have appointed Mr. F. A. Seufert a com
mittee of one to appear before the next
grand jury for the purpose of laying this
matter before them, if sot remedied in
the meantime.
We also desire to thank Hon. W. L.
Bradshaw for his impartial and business-like
manner in the discbarge of bis
duties, for bis assistance and bdvice to
us, enabling us to facilitate our work,
and properly perform our duties with as '
little cost to the taxpayers as possible. .
Having disposed of all business that
has been brought before us, and having
no further business to transact, we re
spectfully ask to be discharged.
Dated at Dalles City, Or., Feb. 12, '96.
T A Seufebt, Foreman,
W Bolton, Clerk, ,
Wm Yates.
.1 E NlCKELSKN.
Geo Montgomery.
V A Cates.
RANDALL.
The School Examination.
Twenty-eight applicants for teachers
certificates are being examined today
before County School Superintendent
Troy Shelley, the largest number elrer
applying at one time. The questions
used are the same with all counties in
the state. The examination on the
study of arithmetic is said to be very-
severe this year, in the opinion of Mr.
Shelley too searching. Those teachers
who hold state certificates are the en
vied ones, for they do not have to go
through the ordeal of examination again.
A teacher holding a third grade certifi
cate, according to"' the Oregon school
laws, must be exarned the following
year, and entitle himself to a second
grade certificate, in order to teach at
all. A year later must get S first grade '
certificate, and the' year following a
state certificate. According to this law, '
our corps of teachers should be very effi- '
cient, and fully worthy to guide the
young idea in the search for. education.
Rev. J.. H. Hunycutt, a Baptist inin- -ister,
has been arrested at Morrilltown,
Ark., charged with infanticide. . His.
housekeeper's 1-year-old baby cried
while he was preparing a sermon, and'
the preacher became enraged at the an
noyance and choked the child to death.
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Old Hickory5' Wagon
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III.
Forty-five "Old Hickory" Wagons have been sold oy us in the past four
months. This we think is an expression of the opinioii of the people who use
wagons that the "Old Hickory" is what we claim it to be the best made wagok
on earth. We are not ottering tne "UlU tliclcory' as a vjneap wagon, ne iuny
Guarantee every piece of timber put into the "Old Hickory" to be First-Class,
and will cheerfully replace free of'chauqb any piece broken, which proves to be
brash;or Unsound, regardless ot cause ot breakage. . s
Uome and see tne "uia uicKory." xt talks tor itseu.
Second and Federal Sts., THE DALLES, OR.