THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1896.
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LOCAL BKEVIT1ES.
Wednesday'! Daily. -
The March term of the county com
missioners' court began today.
Eegular meeting of the East End Hose
Co. tonizbt at the engine house at 7 :30
o'clock. ' "
The Dalles Commission Co. have
placed some very handsome signs
around their place of business.
The judges for the school meeting next
Monday are M. Randall, Geo. A. Liebe
and J. Staniels; clerks, Hugh Chrisman
and Ealph Rowland.
The stringers have .been laid for the
first floor of the west third of the new
Vozt building, and workmen are en
gaged on the old walls.
Rev. E. B. Sutton will deliveV a lecture
at 8 o'clock this evening at the Baptist
church, on the principles and objects of
the A. P. A. No admission fee
charged.
Captain Wand said this morning that
if the dredger could be operated a little
while longer, it would open up a pas-
saeewav so that boats could come
through, but that the total force work
ins at present at the locks consists of
twelve men.
Mrs. W. S. Myers, president, Miss
Jennie Russell, secretary and Mrs. S. P,
M. Briggs, treasurer, of the Women's
Relief Corps, went to Hillsboro this
morning to organize a Relief Corps at
that place. A membership of forty is
promised.
A large number of people were present
last evening at the lecture of Dr.
Kantner at the Congregational church.
Dr. Kantner is pastor of the First Con
gre gational church at Salem. He has i
most effective style of delivery and
chooses his words with rare facility,
many of his sentences having an epi
grammatic terseness. Taking up the
title of his lecture, "Move On," he said
there were two classes of people . he
wanted to speak about those who did
did not move, and those who moved in
a wrong direction. He urged the ne-
cessity of moving on in the line of mor
ality and the building up of character.
The lecture was interspersed with many
amusing anecdotes, which served to
point the moral.
Thursday's Daily
The Regulator is scheduled to come in
at 5 :45 o'clock tonight.
Chas. Jones' residence near Rufus was
bnrned by fire last Tuesday.
Taxes are coming in pretty lively at
the sheriff's office. The deputy sheriff
is being assisted by Mr. W. H. Butts
The force of men who came up to
work on the McCoy ditch returned this
morning on the Regulator. The trouble
is financial.
A lady informs us that she gatheied
wild flowers on the 8th day of February,
two weeks before those previously an
nounced in Tub Chronicle.
Fern Lodge, No. 25, Degree of Honor,
will give a fine entertainment at the
Baldwin opera bouse, March 11th.
Programme will appear later.
- Deputy Marshal Geo. H. Humphrey,
who has been in the .city since Tuesday
subpoenaing witnesses in the govern
ment road case at Portland, was sud
denly called there yesterday . on account
. of the serious illness of his wife.
A team belonging to Sheriff Driver ran
away with a buggy this afternoon, bring
ing up against a telegraph pole at Pease
& Mays' corner. The team broke loose
and continued their run. The buggy
was damaged to the extent of $10 or $15.
Prof. Lucien Christol, a well-known
athlete, who at one time gave boxing
lessons in The Dalles, was bested in a
ten-round contest at Roseburg last week
by a local slugger of that city. The
professor was knocked ont in the third
round. ,
Messrs. S. B. Adams, director, and E.
Jacobsen, clerk, who have served the
district In those capacities for two or
three years past, have consented to allow
their names to again come before the
taxpayers at the school election next
Monday.
The Mazamas will probably take in
Crater Lake the present season. This is
one of the grandest sights in Oregon.
The best way to go is by rail to Med ford
or Ashland, but it may be reached from
The Dalles via Prineville by tourist
parties who prefer to travel in a rig, and
there is abundance of fish and game on
the route.
The residence formerly occupied by
the late William McAtee, ' deceased, of
Tygb. Valley, was destroyed by fire the
25th of February. It was occupied by
George Maly, a tenant of the farm.
Most of the household effects were saved.
The loss is about $2,500. ' No insurance.
The loss falls upon Miss Amos Ricend
son of Lane county. Shertiad taken the
farm as her part of her father's estate,
. , Friday's Daily.- - -
An entertainment by the children will
be given at St. Mary's academy on the
17th of Ireland. -. ,
Prof. Shelley has granted the Mosier
petition for adivisisnof the school dis
trict. . A change- of boundaries was
made, which proved satisfactory to all
parties.
The Goldendale Sentinel blows cold on
the incipient mining boom near that
city, and says that while a piece of the
best ore from the mines assayed over
$100 to the ton, the average is but a
little over $2.
An attempt is being made to get arte
sian water in the desert lying south and
southeast of Prineville, Harbin Bros
are the experimenters, and are sinking a
five-inch hole near Powell Buttes. This
desert, with water, would reclaim to
agriculture a large and valuable strip of
country,
A professional hobo went to a certain
dwelling house this morning and de
manded something to eat. The lady
gave him some food, and while he was
eating stepped to the 'telephone and
wired for Marshal Blakeriey. The officer
soon arrived and took-the tramp to the
recorder's office. He now languisheth
in the city jail. That eolved the tramp
problem in this instance.
Mr. C. Stone, a well-known fisherman,
was struck on the bead by a falling tim
ber, while working on a fishing scow this
week at Memalouse island. The acci
dent made a severe scalp wound and ren-
dered him unconscious for a time. An
artery was severtd by which-he lost con
siderable blood. The timber also glanced
to his shoulder, making his right arm
temporarily useless. He is now getting
better of his injuries.
The party given by Miss Moore at the
Baldwin opera house last night was a
pronounced social success. Though but
four pieces of the Birgfeld orchestra fur
nished the music, it was excellent. Our
orchestra is conceded to be one of the
very beet in the state. Several of the
new dances were executed, and they are
very pretty, showing that Miss Moore as
an instructor is par excellence.
COLD STORAGE . WAREHOUSE.
Sir. T. A.
Seufert Will
on 3-Mile.
Establish One
We are reliably informed that a cold-
storage and pork packing house on a
large scale is shortly to be established in
The Dalles by Mr. F. A. Seufert. The
warehouses are to be established on
Mile and the plant and machinery,
coBting $12,000, has already been or
dered. The company offices will be at
The Dalles. Work is expected to com
mence within ten days.
From a business point of view this is
one of ttie most important enterprises
ever established in The Dalles and will
more than all benefit the farming com
munity. Take the item of eggs for ex
ample. Ten vears ago Mr. Seufert went!
over into the Goldendale country and
procured 3,000 dozen of eggs for outside
markets. Since Ihen eggs have become
so depreciated in value in the summer
season that the poultry business no
longer pays and today it is probable that
if Klickitat county were scoured, it
not produce 300 dozen. Now comes the
benefit of the cold storage. The farmer
takes bis eggs to the cold storage ware
house where they are put in an air
tight compartment at a given tempera
ture. At the end of six months they are
just as sound as the day they were laid,
and may be sold in the fall and winter
months at a very low figure. As with
eggs so with other products. isutter,
cheese, sweet potatoes,' cabbage, apples
nd Iruits of all kinds will keep sweet
and good for months after their natural
decay in a changeable atmosphere.
The Chronicle is pleased to hear that
the business is to be worked tip by so
thoroughgoing a man as Mr. Seufert.
n a residence of several jears. here be
as proven that whatever he engages in
is done with a vim and wholehearted
ness that is a pleasure to observe. So
when we are informed that the expensive
machinery required will be complete and
p-to-date and the buildings substantial
and roomy we feel the assurance that
the business will equal if not exceed any
other of like nature in the entire North
west.
Mo Assessment for March.
The following letter was received this
morning by T. A. Hudson from tbe Su
preme lodge of United Artisans :
To the Master Artisan, Officers and Mem
bers of The Dalles Assembly, ivo. 5,
United Artisans, Greeting: '
We take pleasure in announcing that
there will be no assessment for the
month of March, and also call your at
tention to the fact that tliis is the third
month of the year 1896 without an as
sessment, making fifteen etraight months
without an assessment eince we com
menced active work in tho organization
of tbe society. No other society in ex
istence can boast of such a record.
Yours Fraternally,
Fbancis I. McKesna,'
f Supreme Master Artisan.
"A crick in the back," a pain under
the shoulder-blades, water brash, bil
iousness, and constipation, are symp
toms of disordered stomach, kidneys,
liver, and bowels. . For all ailments
originating in a derangement of these
organs, take Ayer'a pills.
THE CITY DADS
Consider Hunting-ton's A lley Sneda-.-
Iter's Warrant New Ordinance, Kte.
..'The councilmen who were present at
the regular meeting Tuesday night were
Messre. Menefee, . the mayor, Ross,
Crowe, Nolan, Lauer, Saltmarthe, Wood
and Johns.
: After reading of minutes, the petition
of B. 8. Huntington and others was
taken up for an alley in the rear of block
14. Mr. Huntington was present to
urge the measure through, and furnished
the council with needed information and
maps. Mr. Bonn, who is averse to the
proposition, was also present,' claiming
that he would oppose it unless it was
made a 20-foot alley. The petition calls
for a width of 14 feet. Mr. Huntington
claims that every foot of width over 14
feet will be a serious detriment to him
self. However he was willing to in
crease' ic to 16 feet. By this he loses a
valuable fruit tree and is compelled to
move his barn. - With a 20 foot width
be would lose three fruit trees, and Mr.
Whealdon would have to move bis
hous?. The petition was referred to the
committee on streets and public
property.
A petition of Stubling & Williams for
rebate of liquor license, $150, was read,
and on motion of Saltmarshe, was
granted.
Dr. Snedaker, in response to the re
quest of the council for an indemnifying
letter to recover a $3 warrant, accident
ally burned, wrote a letter to the council,
which was read by the recorder, pledg
ing bis entire property; personal ana
real, to stand between the city and dis
aster. Poetpontd till next regular
meeting.
A letter from the Cle-Elum Coal Co.,
asking the council to purchase their
black diamonds was read. It was re
ceived with uch blank indifference that
it made a noise when it struck the floor.
The report of the committee on the
mattter of the city granting corrected
deeds to certain lots, recommending that
they be given, was adopted.
Councilman Johns of the committee
on streets and public property, report
ing on the matter of the road east of
town, recommended that ''action be de-
ferred until the next grand jury meets."
Adopted.
The reports of
til e treasurer, recorder
and marshal
adopted.
were then read and
The following bills were read and war
rants ordered drawn for their payment
Jas H Blakeney, mrshl salary. . .$ 75 00
Geo Brown, engineer fire dept. . . ' 75 00
G W Phelps, recorder's salary. . . 50 00
UJ Urandali, treasurer's salary. . 20 00
h Connelly, night watchman.... 60 00
Mays & Crowe, mdse 1 80
T Hudson, insurance premium. . 60 00
Dalles Electric J,t (Jo, lighting sts 191 80
r b Durham, hauling. 50
E Beck, labor 6 75
Ilenzie, hauling dead cow 100
Ralph Gibons, work on streets. . . 6 00
Columbia House, meals to prsnrs. 11 25
M l JNoian, mdse nre dept z 2o
Total.. $561 35
An ordinance was then read entitled
an ordinance to prevent and punish
trespass on real and personal property,
Section 1 refers to lawlessness or vio
lence being perpetrated on all public
buildings or property belonging to the
city or any corporation or business firm.
Section 2 refers to the trespassing upon
any railway train, whether in motion or
not, and is aimed at those boys or others
who are in the habit of jumping on and
off cars when in motion for tbe sake of
what sport there is in it. The ordi
nance was placed upon its hnal passage
and passed, all present voting aye.
Councilman Nolan brought to the at
tention of the council, upon request of
Water Superintendent Norman, the
matter of the appraisement of lots in
Gates addition belonging to the city.
Mr. Nolan mcved that tbe committee on
streets and public property appraise all
unsold lots - in Gates addition. Mr.
Crowe wanted to know the object of tbe
appraisement, and Mr. Nolan replied
that certain lots were desired for pur
chase by parties who had buildings
upon them. Mr. Crowe was favorable
to selling the lots actually desired, but
thought it would be unwise to appraise
the entire number of lots owned by the
city with the purpose in view of selling
them at auction. That it was generally
conceded we were on tne eve oi more
prosperous times, and that from now on
tbe lots would rapidly enhance in value.
Consequently as a business proposition
the interests of the city would be better
served by holding them, rather than
selling at a low figure, at auction, to be
gobbled up by speculators. Mr. Nolan
took an opposite view .of the case. He
said the city was not the proper party to
enter the field of speculation. It was
vastly better to dispose of the lots to in
dividuals, who would then build
thereon, and pay a share of the taxes,
water rent, etc., and become citizens,
thus building up and supporting the
city, and contributing to the treasury.
Mr. Crowe held to his original argu
ment. Mr. Saltmarshe, also, could not
see w"hy it was advisable for the city to
sell its lots at this time. The motion
waB then put and carried, and the ap
praisement will be made. Mr. Nolan
then moved that when the council ad
journ it adjourn to meet two weeks
hence, Tuesday, March 17th, and con
sider the report of the committee.
Carried.
Councilman Crowe next called the at
tention of the council to the fact that
the city's contract with the Electric
Light Co. had expired. This subject
(irocery JJepar trnen t. - 4
See Our Corner Window, f
Preserved Strawberries in G-lass.
" -- Peaches in Glass.
" Cherries, in Glass.
" Pears in Glass.
Jams in all of above
are all the Golden .Crown
Winslow Corn, per can 10c
Forestville Corn, per can 10c
The goods mentioned cover only a portion of what
An examination of the window will disclose the rest.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
was productive of varied observations,
resulting in no definite action being
taken. It was recognized that the ex
pense of lighting streets was tbe largest
of any other expense of the ' city. Sev
eral taxpayers bad expressed the opinion
to Mr. Crowe that they should be dis
continued. Mr Saltmarshe suggested
that the city might get a reduction.
Mr. Lauer thought this was possible,
considering that tbe expired contract
was made two years ago, since which
time every business had suffered a de
preciation of values. Other comments
were made by the gentlemen of 'the
council, but no motion was made.
Adjourned.
Is the A. O. U. W. a Fraternity
Insurance Company?
During tne panic of 1894 we all re
member reading of the carloads of pro
visions and seed grain sent from this
and other states into the drouth-stricken
state of Nebraska. When the members
of the A. O. IT. W. in the order at large
read of the suffering of the Nebraska
people, they thought at once of their
brothers in Nebraska. To think with a
Workman is to act, and contributions
began to pour into tbe Nebraska grand
lodge for relief of members of the A. O.
U. W. Oregon sent $560.S5. Temple
lodce," The Dalles, sent f 30. When the
contributions had ceased to pour in, the
grand lodge of Nebraska reported $29,
195.82. Is this fraternity or insurance?
What insurance company would do this
for the people who furnish the money
for it to do business? .
Fortified with friendship and charity,
the principle of protection is solved. A
Workman cannot suffer honest poverty j
without alleviation. If his hand is par-
alized at its toil, he is maintained until
his muscles grow strong, and'this does
not come in grudging charity ; it is his
right. His wife and children are not
driven into the street to beg while he is
sick; the dignity of his manhood is
spared such humiliation. In bis old
age he is not driven to tbe almshouse:
be is a man to the last. He does not
die alone; brothers stand by in the
final hour, and half the bitterness of
death is forgotten in1 the thought that
brothers will follow him to the grave,
that his widow will be cared for and his
orphans protected.
Is it any wonder that the order has
grown, and that today it stands tne
largest and strongest fraternal beneficial
society in the world. The yellow fever
of the South, the grippe of the North,
and the panic of '94, have all beaten up
against this solid wall of living rock, and
when the clouds had. rolled away the
world witnessed the greatest spectacle
of the Nineteenth century an army of
350,000 men, banded together for mu
tual aid and protection. Alterum alte-
rtxts auxliio ejet. (me one needs tne
assistance of the other.)
D. C. Herein.
COMING ITBNI9.
Bfpublican Rational Convention St.
lionia. State convention Portland April
Oth. County convention March 88th, at
The Dalles. Primaries March 2 1 St.
First District Oregon congressional con
Tentlon Albany April 7th. second dis
trictPortland April Sth.
People Party National Convention St.
Louis July 22d. State convention Salem
March 26th. -
Democratic state convention meets at
Portland April 9th. County central com.
mlttee will meet at the courthouse In
The Dalles on March 7 th. ;
Cleveland
bicycles at Maier & Ben-
ton's.
10 Gts.
Preserved
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in glass, ordinarily sold for
brand, which is a guarantee
Schepp's Cocoanut, half-pound
. package 10c
PEASE
STRUCK FLOWING WATER.
Bnt Not Enough, and Mr. Kelsay Will
Go Deeper.
Flowing water has been struck by Mr.
Kelsay at a depth of thirty feet.
This is as far as the drilling apparatus
got yesterday when the tube filled up,
and water commenced pouring out at
the top, which is seven feet from the
ground. The force, though insufficient,
is thus demonstrated to be artesian in
nature. The actual number of gallons
per hour could not be estimated because
of seams in the tube , through which the
water found its way. Mr. Kretzer.who is
an experienced well driller, believes that
with greator depth, a sufficient force of
water will be found tOEatisfy Mr. Kelsay
and the others who are conducting the
experiment. -
It has long been believed by many
that artesian water exists in limitless
quantity above the fair grounds. Above
this two mountains spread apart at their
base and within this space, forming a
triangle, there appears to be water
everywhere just beneath the surface of
the ground. .Where earth has been dis
placed have arisen flowing springs, and
it is thought that a great supply could
be found for the seeking, more than
enough to supply the needs of The
Dalles. At one time the citizens of The
Dalles subscribed $1,000 for the purpose
of an investigation, but the city council,
who was requested to furnish another
$1,000 for operating expenses, did not
think it wise to make tbe appropriation.
If tbe experiment made by Mr. Kelsay
proves successful there is scarcely a
doubt that some one will try this prom
ising field', and clear up the speculation
that exists in tbe minds of many citi
zens who were interested at one time in
this experiment.
An Unjust Insinuation.
A letter appeared in Tuesday's Chron
icle from James Brown of the Deschutes
country, telling of the timbers of a
bridge being cut, and apparently throw
ing the blame by imputation upon Mr.
J. H. Sberar. What possible reasons Mr.
Brown had for doing this, if he really
meant what he signified, is beyond our
ken. - There is no more public-spirited,
broad-minded a citizen in the country
than J. H. Sherar. He is always fore-
Reiei mm i Bicyc
We have the largest assortment of Bicycles that has
ever been carried in this city, and to'reduce our stock, have
decided that to all CASH buyers we will sell at greatly re-,
duced prices for the a,Km
NEXT TEN DAYS ONLY.
Prices made now will only hold good for wheels already
oh hand. Call and see our display.
; SECOND-HAND BICYCLES for sale cheap.
cycles rented at 25c per hour.
Blackberries in Glass.
Raspberries in Glass. .
Plums in Glass.
Apricots in Glass.
25c and 35c.
of excellence.
The above
we shall offer for 10c.
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most in every work to benefit his fellows
in the locality where he resides, and as
a matter of fact throughout this entire
section of country. It would be as diffi
cult to conceive of Mr. Sherar cutting
down some one's private bridge at night
or even hiring it done, as it would be to
conceive of DeWitt Talmaga "bucking
he tiger," or Robert G. Ingersoll seek
ing the mourner's bench at a Methodist
revival. There are some things certain
natures are iucapable of doing, and Mr.
Sherar's reputation for good sense, as
well as his straightforward character in
all business and social life, protects him
from the insinuation, we hope inadver
tently made by Mr. Brown, that he de
scended to any such petty and senseless .
action as cutting down a private bridge
to divert traffic from it.
Something tTiong.
The force of men who came up to work
on the McCoy ditch expected the arrival
of Mr. F. Erlckson from Portland last
night, who has the Work in charge. He
failed to arrive on tbe boat and did not
come later on the train. But this morn
ing, the foreman,-Mr. Stephens received
a letter from Erickson, staling that be
had gons to San Francisco. The letter
was written in such a way as to mystify
the force who are here, and they do not
understand juet why . he has made so
sudden a change in plans. They are
therefore completely-demoralized. With
out a director and in a Etrange place,
tbey aro at a loss to know what is best
for them individually to do. 'Erickson
did not give his reason for going, did
not say when he would be back, and
made the matter more mysterious than
ever by telling the foreman to write him
at either San Francisco or San Luis
Obispo. That something is wrong is
evident from the fact that twenty horses
which were shipped from Portland to
The Dalles yesterday were ordered
shipped back on reaching the Locks.
Messrs. J. T. and F. D. Eshelman of
Tacoma are in the city. With Dr. .
Eshelman of this city, nod L. J. Eshel
man, they will go to the home of the
old folks near Centcrvillc, to hove a
family reunion and attend the golden
wedding, which occurs on .Thursday,
March 5th.
. Kaffir corn for sale at J. H. Cross'.
Bi-
Bicycles repaired.