THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896.
Jbe-tf eekly Ghfoniele.
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Hansen, a well-known ...miner.
hi8 winters in The Dalles
THK DALLES, -
- OREGON
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.-
Published in two parts, on Wednesday)
and Saturday.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
( BY UIL, rOSTAGB PBZPAID, IN ADVUIC1.
One year 1 SO
SixmonfiB . 10
ThM mnnttil ' . GO
AdTertiainR rata reasonable, and made known that Joseph Fox of Salem had died, in
on application. forming Miss Nellie Fox of this city of
auuich out liuuuuumiMuvua vj . 1 . ..yj.ka
juu., xne jjaiies, uregon.
; Crook
who spends
and earn mers in the British Columbia
mining district, left this morning on one
of his annual trips. He took three pack
horses laden with camp supplies and
crossed the ferry . to the Washingto;
side. His location is the Silver creek
country, and it will require ten or twelve
davs to accomplish the trip. It . is said
he has been very successful.
A telegram came today announcing
Thn Daily and Weekly Chronicle may
be found on tale at I. C. Ntckelsen's store.
.' Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
."- Wednesday's Dally.
Political forecast for Saturday Warm
er.
The local was an hour and a half late
this afternoon.
A marriage license was issued today
to Robert-Hayes and Mary J. Frentz,
A laborer at the Cascades was killed
Tuesday, by a block falling from the top
of a derrick and striking him on the
head.
Mr. T. A. Hudson reports that half
the grain fields of Sherman county will
have to be re-sown, owing to the damag
ing effects of the late cold snap.
Mr. F. H. Bowe" today commenced the
construction of of his new residence on
the hill. It is to be one of the hand-
. somest and costliest residences 'of the
city. , -
Circuit conrt at Moro adjourned last
night. There were no convictions in
criminal cases, unless in the case -of the
State ys. Mcllvane for forgery, which
was the last cane heard and in course of
trial at last accounts.
There are nine members in the pros
pective '96 graduating class of The Dalles
high school : Dasie Allaway, Homer
Angell, Edward Baldwin, Pearle Butler,
.Virgilia Cooper, Curtis Egbert, Edward
Jenkins, Mabel Kiddell and Nona Bowe.
The city council met last evening and
listened to the report of the committee
to appraise lots. The necessary ordi
nance not having been drawn up under
which lots might be sold, the council
adjourned to meet Tuesday evening
next. 1 ,.'
Tickets for the Stevens-Jones musical
entertainment rnday evening are on
sale at the drug stores and by Bev. W,
C. Curtis. . The young ladies come to
our city with the highest possible in
dorsements, one as a. pianist and the
other as a vocalist.
ine nmsning touches were made on
the bowling alley yesterday, and it was
at once used.- It must be a very entic
ing eport. Attorney W. H. Wilson
limped op home yesterday evening after
the event. . She was in considerable dis
tress of mind this morning, but there
was a faint hope that it was not her
father, owing to the first name. The
telegram said Joseph Fox, whereas her
father's name is F. C. C. Fox. . A tele
phone message came this afternoon that
the real name is Jerome Fox, hence it
was not Miss Nellie's father. Mrs. Fox
lives out in the country near Hood
Biver and will be spared the anxiety of
the first news, which terminated so hap-
pilly for her and the daughter.
Filday'a Dally.
Peaches and apricots are in bloom.
Bainfall for last night and today is
02 inch. . - '
Cascade Lodge, B. P. O. E. will meet
at the K. of P. hall on Saturday even
ing, March 21st. Look out I
The Bev. M. L. Zweizig, pastor of. St.
James Evangelical Lutheran church of
Portland, will hold services at 3 p. m
and 7 :30 p. m. on Sunday.
Wallace Fargher has just returned
from bis ranch, and reports stock as
doing nicely and the farmers busy seed
ing; . The ground is in fine condition for
that work.
We were at a loss to account tor the
bright and cheerful condition of our
town this morning until we noticed the
smiling face of A. C. Sanford, of Wamic,
on our streets.
Kiahaw, the Indian sheepman, got too
near the snow line witn bis sneep dur
ing the last storm, and was caught in
about two" feet of enow and lost 780
sheep ont of his band.
Bev. Dr. Grant's lecture at the M. E.
church this evening will, no doubt, be
interesting, as his reputation as a
speaker is - first-class. Dr. Grant ar
rived on the local train from Portland.
Call and try A. Keller's fine crystal-
ized nuts, candles, also his angelfood
taffy. The ice cream season has begun
and Keller is fully prepared in that line.
Later in the season he will serve all
kinds of delicacies.
Mr. Wm. Rasmus came
A DIVERSION OF- 1857.
Built n 80-Ton Boat and Hauled It
From Iuf ur to the Ilm.
New- .
Batiste Lace
If anyone imagines that the days of
daring enterprises in the far West began
with the advent of the railroad and tele
graph, they will be undeceived when
they read the following truthful inci
dent of a task performed which seems
herculean, and If a similar one were
projected today it would be ' pronounced
visionary and impossible of execution.
In 1857 B. B. Thompson and Jonathan
Jackson built a saw-mill on the present
Wiley place on 15-Mile, five miles above
Dufur. One day, at a time when there
was a temporary lull in busmeess, Mr.
O. Humison, then residing in The Dalles,
appeared at' the saw-mill with an as-
tonnding.proposition. It was to build a
boat to navigate the Upper Columbia
and enter the field of commerce as a
common carrier. The plan was to
build the boat at the saw-mill, and haul
it overland to a point above Celilo falls
and launch il in the Columbia. The
saw-mill men were very skeptical over
the virtue of the plan, as may readily be
imagined, but were finally persuaded te
enter into the scheme by the very mag
netism and confidence of the projector,
So they began work on it. The boat
was 70 feet in length, W feet beam, 5
feet deep and having a carrying capacity
of 80 tons.
It was at length finished, and the most
difficult part of the work was before
them, how to get this nnwieldly river
monster, weighing many tons, to the
water. Three days were spent in sur
veying a route for it. It was then de
cided to gain the ridge between Des
chutes and 15-Mile and follow it down.
This leads into a precipitous canyon,
and just how that part of the trip was
accomplished, ib unfortunately not
known at the present day. Bnt the
boat was hauled along by eight yoke of
oxen, cm slides, or long sleds, and it
took three weeks to haul it to the river,
a distance of thirty miles. Talk about
i - uii-i i-.-iii ... .inn I ii v li i ii -1 i nn. . . in . . v.
. . L . , . " ... Dorninreoia, ina., m 1816. lie was
Heaviest artuiery was out a toy to mis mmitA in fhn nf h!o Wrt. tn p .
gigantic river craft two-thirds as large Ljiu wn. in mim tt t.t,-o
regulator. j.ne men ot o on
Collars
These goods will be the season's popular sellers. Favorite shades are- Linen,
Butter, Black and Butter Colors. We are now offering some ' exclusive designs
at very attractive prices. .These goods come in both the lighter and heavier
makes of lace with Maltese-cross pattern or gathered Epaulettes.
. j : ...
We are still in the Shoe business, arid are showing some swell things in
Ladies tailor made boots, and Oxford Shoes in Tans and Blacks.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
np on the
Regulator from Portland last night, and
the first reheareal of the play "Confed
erate Spy" was held at the residence of
Mrs. Blakeley. It will be produced im
mediately after Easter. Mr. Busmus
has a large class in Portland, and will
spend the latter part of the week in that
bowling all the afternoon, and the last
thing he said as he left the club was
"I'll be back, boys, in about three-quarters
of an hour. "
Thursday's Dally
The east approach to the D. P. & A.
N. Co.'n warehouse is completed.
The Pacific Corset Co. will occupy the
npstairs of the old Chronicle building on
-the 1st of April.
Mr. C. M. Grimes shipped three car
loads of cattle and one of hogs to the
Union meat, market last night.
Today is ladies' day at the Commer
cial club. The conditions of admittance
have previously been published.
The residence and contents of Mr. J.
A. Soesbe at Hood Biver was totally de
stroyed by fire yesterday ; insurance $550;
net loss $850.
A quiet marriage took place last night
at the Methodist parsonage, the con
tracting parties being Mr. S. L. Toung
l it: it- - J t .it . . TT 1
nuu juibb v irgLuiti vruway, uotn 01 jxoou
Biver. .
Contractor Ehricbsen, two foremen,
W. G. Fleming and E. J. Bryant, and a
force of men started this morning for
Wapinitia to commence, work on the
McCoy ditch..
WmA. Langille and Ed. Williams of
Hood Biver began a survey today of a
suitable route to Cloud Cap Inn, pre
paratory to establishing between, Hood
Biver and that point a telephone line.
Mrs. Edith Judy, wife of George Jndy,
died at Hosier last night of consump
tion. She is the daughter of Mr. Bees
Prathar, and has numerous relatives in
that section. The funeral will take
place tomorrow.
The Commercial Club comes in for a
share of -the conerHMiiationSover the
good news from Waehiigton. It illus
trates anew t e tact that when a nsm-
ber of men roniMrr make a long pull,
a stromr i.nil. and a pull altogether, the
desirvil r."ii:t - S'-birvwi. .. '
. X i r -ivml tody that Hon. A.
S. 11 nut-it. Ii:s 'ine v-ry formidable
i !pi.Mf,.t- in h's '!- before the United
HniiH- i-iOiir', w liirh Was to have
I'-eii irivil Sa'tir ly, tein"g no Ihss per-t-vuujv
ili in iiii'it Thurston and At
torney l.liir , t 'if ei'lirm railroad cor
orn!i ntt-.rn.-v of I lie United States.
Mr. E I. KWt ami brother bronuht
in h n.i.ijr t ii lift night, which
they i u in xcivHtinu for a grade
one and : h ilt noicx ihi side of the new
bridge-cr-i-iviiW , th Pe-chutes. The
bonefl of t!n; lin'ml wtie traced, though.
theycrumb:e.l (,n txixx-ure (o the air.
The skeleton wa- U d in a bed of clay.
city.
On Monday evening next Pease &
Mays will give a spring opening to
which their numerous friends are in
vited. Their large stock will be dis
played to good advantage, while the
guests will be entertained with choice
selections from our juBtly famous Or
chestra Union.
Jas. H. Blakeney, our city marshal,
having imbibed from the spring of enter
prise which has recently broken loose in
The Dalles, and believing that a build
ing boom is in sight, has purchased the
brick yard of Max Blank and is prepar
ing to burn a large quantity of brick.
This is the right spirit for our people to
assume. The manufacture of anything
that will give employment to men and
teams is an addition to our city that
8Loud be fostered and encouraged.
Fred Fisher, the "live and let live"
grocery man, will open his new store on
Second street Monday morning next
with a fall line. Fred is a rustler in the
grocery business and his competitors
may expect competition all along the
line. He has nicely arranged living
rooms over this store, where he will in
the future reside, having rented his
lovely residence on the bluff to Mr.
Keyster of French & Co.'s bank.
The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
Lacy, who died at her residence on
Fourth street Wednesday evening, took
place at St. Peter's church this morning
at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Lacy was one of the
oldest settlers of The Dalles, having re
sided here for the past forty years. She
was about 80 years of age and a devout
member of the Catholic church. She
leaves considerable property, and, as we
understand, has no relations in tbia part
of the conntry. . .
The bowling alley shares with politics
public attention- -At all hours of the
dy . and as far into the night as 12
o'clock the balls can be beard rolling
down the alley, while the sharp knocks
tell that some one has made a lucky
ehot. Among the old timers the eport
is very, popular. Mr. A. Bettingen
wandered up into the club yesterday
and being urged to take port in a game,
eaid he had not bowled for 60 yeare.
He finally coneented to play, however,
and with his first throw made a "strike,"
the summation of delight for a bowler.
It is needless to say Mr. Bettingen 's in
terest in the game was quickly awak
ened. -.
as the Begulator. The
this coast were built of the stannchest
kind of stuff, and nothing could daunt
or appal them. They didn't think about
Prince Albert coats, immaculate shirt
fronts nor toothpick shoes, but they just
set themselves to some task for the de
velopment of the country, and they went
ahead. If thev lacked anv refinement
offcienceor mechanics, any labor sav
ing, device, implement, tool or appli
ance, they siufply conjured up a substi
tute or got along without it.
And they launched their boat. And
they christened it the Mountaineer,
With the aid of pike poles and lines
from the bank, they ascended the river
to Wallula and returned, carrying freight
and passengers both ways. When the
round trip was accomplished, and they
counted up the money in the till, it was
found that there was enough funds to
pay for all the expenses undergone, of
souri in 1841, and to Oregon in 1847, to
Yamhill county. In 1854 be was elected
colonel of the O. N. G. In 1856 he
served as quartermaster in the Yakima
Indian war. He moved from Yamhill
to Wasco county in 1857, residing first
on 10-Mile creek. In the year 1870 he
represented Wasco county in the legisla
ture, and in 1873 came to The Dalles to
reside. In 1881 he moved to the Des
Chutes. He had seven children, all now
living. They are Mrs. H. P. Isaacs,
Mrs. Louis Scholia, Anna Fulton, James,
John, DaVid and Frank Fulton. There
are fourteen grand children and four
great grandchildren.
OPENING OF THE LOCKS.
A Very Fine Entertainment.
Senator Mitchell' Bill Passes the Sen
ate for the Appropriation.
, Mch 19, '96.
Washington, D. C,
building the boat, hauling and launch- Special to Thb Chbokiclb.
ing it and operating it up the river and Editor Chronicle, The Dalles, Or.
down again, and a handsome surplus
over and above all.
Afterwards the proprietors put sails
on the boat, and besides being the first
boat on the river, "it was for many years
the fastest, as well. . This company was
the nucleus of the old Oregon Steam
Navigation Company, afterwards merged
into the O. B. & N. Before the days of
the Mountaineer nothing navigated the
river except the batteaus of the Hudson
Bay Company and the Indian canoes.
The Mountaineer opened the way and
pioneered steam navigation on the
Upper Columbia.
My resolution providing the immedi
ate use of twenty thousand dollars to
construct safeguards essential to the
early opening of the canal and locks to
traffic, passed the senate today and goes
to the house tor action, where it will
doubtless paea. This will insure the
opening of the locks to boats, the engi
neers and contractors assure me, early
in May. John H. Mitchell
The above special telegram was re
ceived by The Chronicle office shortly
after noon today, and is the most sub-
A massive shaft of California' granite stantial encouragement which has arisen
in bunset cemetery today marks- the since the agitation began. It covers the
last earthly resting place of this pioneer whole ground, and nothing The Chbon
of navigation on the Upper Columbia. I icle can say would offer added encour
Chiseled out of this durable stone near agement or give, further information
its base appears the name "Humison," Senator Mitchell deserves the greatest
and this is the man whose memory The praise for his heroic efforts, which were
Chronicle, in this humble way, deisires brought to such a prompt and satisfac
to recall. He was a pioneer.
A Pleasant Afternoon Spent.
tory issue.
Beal Estate Transfer.
It not only is so, it - must be so, One
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes it go. Snipes-Kiner-ely.
Drag Co. .
Yesterday afternoon Misses Annette
and Myrtle Michell entertained a num
ber of their friends at their home on
Fourth and Washington streets. In
view of the fact that it was St. Patrick's
day the parlors were tastily festooned
with green ribbons and decorated with
evergreens, while on the score cards was
painted shamrock. The early part of
the afternoon was passed in playing
"Logomachy," which held them "spell
bound" until Miss Newman was found
to have gained the most words and the
head prize, and Miss Louise Buch was
rewarded with a "dainty" . little green
toy snake. At 5 o'clock lunch was
served and each young lady was pre
sented with a shamrock boutonnaire,
Lunch being over, Misses Newman and
Schmidt favored the young ladies with
instrumental solos and Misses Beulah
Patterson and Myrtle Michell with a
vocal duet, "Come Back to Erin."
The following were guests : " Misses
Florence Lewis, Clara and Etta Story,
Grace Sharp, Anna and Laura Thomp
son, Alma Schmidt, Aimee Newman,
Mattie and Mamie Cusbing, Clara Davis,
Minnie Lay, Lizzie Sampson, Beulah
Patterson, Maybel Mack, Louise and
lone Buch, Dora Fredden. -
Biographical. .
Oscar Angell to Anna Darnielle, the
S9 qr of the ne qr of ee qr, sec 2 tp I s, r
13 e, containing 80 acres. Consideration
$400.
Catherine L. Henderson to Louis F,
Henderson and Kate B. Henderson, the
ne qr of se qr and e hf of se qr of the ne
qr, sec 34, rdn, and 10 e, containing oU
acres Consideration $3000. . "
U. S. patent to Fred A. Yonng for 80
acres, n hf of ne qr, sec 20, tp 7 e, r 15 e
Awarded .
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
IR;
Col. James Fulton, whose death was
announced in Tuesday's Chronicle, was
CREAM
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
The spacious hall of St. Mary's Acad
emy was fi led last evening by those
anxious to listen to the St. Patrick's day
exercises, in charge of the sisters of the
institution.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with trailing vines, flowers and motto
"Caed Mille Failthe," Irish for "Come
and a thousand welcomes." When the
curtain raised, there trooped in fifty or
more girls, ranging in ae from 6 to 16
years, all prettily dressed and wearing a
knot of green ribbon. After a pretty
march they lined up in respect to size,
the smallest children in front. These
gave a very fine chorus, including a duet
by Mary Goelner and Effie Wakefield
"St. Patrick's Diiy" was the next se
lection, requiring eight mandolins, two
guitars and a piano accompaniment. - It
was a very pleasing selection.
Ernest Fuilong than gave a spirited
recitation,. "Erin's Flag," holding in
bis right the beautiful flag of Ireland,
upon which appeared a silver harp. At
its conclusion, a number of boys rallied
around him and sang a medley of Irish
airs, which must have inspired all of
that nationality who wers in the house,
for the familiar tunes were very prettily
rendered, the solo being taken by Ernest
Goelmer, whose childish voice is very
pure and sweet.
"Afloat on the Waves" was the title
of a concert recitation by a number of
the larger girls. They recited in perfect
harmony of voice and gesture a thrilling
allegorical selection nf the sea, with an
1m pressive piano accompaniment.
Mary Mclnerny and Eose Marv Bald
win next executed a brilliant piano
selection, "Comeback to Erin."
A Lawyer Outwitted" was the title
of a spirited dialogue, representing the
character of 'an inquisitive lawyer and
an unwilling witness, by Joe Mcluerny
and Chas. Bunn.
The Dear Little Shamrock" was an
other concert selection, solos bv May
Johnson and Clara Horton. The girls
named have beautiful voices and are
susceptible of still greater beauty with
cultivation.
The drama followed, and is a well sus
tained sketch of society life, in which a
daughter is blamed for her fieter's mis
deed, and after suffering unmerited
censure and trouble, is finally proven to
be innocent. The central character is
the wronged child, taken by Clara
Horton, who ably sustained her arduous
part. -
The Pagain waltz was a pleasing se
lection with mandolin, Lily Seufort,
and" piano, Frank Seufert.
"A Precious Pickle" was a Bpirited
-dialogue, quite humorous, and well
rendered by a bevy of girls, whose nat
ural animal spirits were so irrepressible
that the piece seemed as a leaf torn from
everyday life.
Another charming musical selection
followed, entitled "The Irish Exile,"
the boIo being sung by Mary Mclnerny.
"La Cliaase au Lion" was a duet on
two pianos, a charming and difficult se
lection executed by Alma Schanno.
Edith Smith, Katie Brogan and Mary
Mclnerny,
The program concluded with a tableau
our Lord blessing the little children. It
proved very impressive, the calcium
lights giving the representation a super--natural
effect. The part of the Savior
was taken by Miss Virginia Hillgen.
The McCoy Bitch.
Work on the McCoy ditch is about to
commence in earnest. Mr. F. Ehrichsen,
the contractor, has been in the city since)
Monday, and will go to Wapinitia in the
morning. His advertisement appears in
The Chronicle today calling for teams
He has just returned from California,
where he has been to satisfy himself as
to the financial backing of the scheme.
He comes back fully satisfied and pro
poses to work men and teams as fast as
thoy apply for work. He expects to em
ploy at least 300 men and to complete
the work in 90 days.
The ditch is fed from Clear lake and
the work is partly done from there
northward. The ditch will be from 8 to
10 feet deep and 8 to 10 feet wide, ac
cording to grade.
Mr. Ehricbsen is a member-of the large
contracting firm of Chas. Ehrichsen fc
Co., incorporated, one of the largest of
the kind in California. He was accom
panied to The Dalles by his wife.
Spray pumps
Benton's.
for rent at Maier &.
Farm Implements aud Carriages at Hard-time Prices
Times art, too hard to pav a nrofit to both Jobber and dealer. We buy our
Implements and Carriages direct from the manufacturers, ship them out to the
Coast in carloads, and ill this way get tho benefit of the lowest freight rates and
buy our goods at the lowest price, yi this way we are enabled to make you
prices that cannot be heat by any other dealer. We give you below a few of oor
yrices, from winch yon can judge fur yourself whether Or not it will pay you to
come and see u before buyiriv
We sell th celebra'l Bradley Plows; tbey are strictlv first-class, new and
fresh from the factory, and f il.e "luted patterns. Bradley Chilled D10, 10-inch
Plow, $7.25; D29, 12-ii.i-ii , $8.75 ; D40, 14-inch Plow, $9.50; all with extra,
share. Bradlev Dnnr.i- Si. 111 Stel Plow-, 10-inch, $10; 12 inch, $11.50; 14-incb,
$14; 16-inch, $15.t0.; 7, ii'ii Garden Plows (steel), with extra share, $5.50; -
inch, fb.50. . .
Three ft-j !! W'.nd Morrows, $11; 2-section Scotch Harrows, $8.50. Two
section W.-vo-i llu'rn i ut'ii lever, $15. Diec Harrows, 8o-foot cat, 20-inch discs.
$45; bii'h'I r in' i.i'm rtioo.
't. in- T.ij, I'.iWi.-if, medium grade, $75; best grade, $100. Racine Hacks
from 75 $12 1 mr tut? "" H ick made. . '
Wk ii i -ry a M'l line of Buek boards, Boad Wagons, Carta, Bicycles, etc.,
and can sat lonuiiwi r it yov will write us.
We are w.le ir the Celebrated OLD HICKORY Farm Wagons for
Wasco, Shernmi-, C k xml Kli, ki at counties.
Our Braoi.-. 12 im-h Ghhk we offer with rolling coulters, riding attachment
and four-horse ev-n. rr 'l complete for $65. .
In addition to ve earrv the largest line of Shelf Hardware, Tinware,
Stoves, Barbed Wire. I-oii. 8nl, Hrse Shoes, Coal, Guns and Ammunition, etc..
in Eastern Oregon, ami w j out for the trade in these lines, and propose to
have it if prices will get it. t'oim and see us. Terms are Strictly cash. We are
Belling too cloee to give lone 1 ioi. - .
mUTTS & CROWE