THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1896. ......
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
THB DALLES.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Sally.
The orchestra disbanded last night.
There wag a reorganization of the band
perfected.
i The citizens" meeting last night was
sparsely attended, and little enthusiasm
was manifested by those who did attend
for or against the chemical engine.
After a tew desultory Bernards the meet
ing adjourned.
Dr. H. VV. Sturdevant, the dentist,
wishes it distinctly understood that
he does not intend changing bis place
of residence to Astoria or elsewhere.
The report is abroad owing to the
change of residence of T. F. Sturdevant.
Engineer Eastman took a little stroll
across the river into Rockland yesterday,
and among the curious things he eaw
was a large rattlesnake which measured
about four inches through the body and
. was only about four feet long and bad
ainteen rattles and a button.
An attempted burglary was made on
the safe of VanDuyn, Adams & Co. at
Tyeh Sunday night. The attempt to
blow open the door was a failure, and
they left without obtaining any money,
A little merchandise abstracted from the
store was the only loss, barring the in
juries to the safe. No clue is known as
to the burglar's identity.
Dr. Grant and party left this morning
on the Regulator for Portland. Mr,
Grant's photographer will take "views
along the river of the several points of
interest, among them a precipitous rock
. on the Washington side, which has
been termed "Dr. Grant's castle," about
twenty minutes' run from The Dalles,
The views are to adorn a valuable
lecture on Oregon which Dr. Grant will
deliver throughout the East, and which
will doubtless do much to induce immi
gration to this state.
Several wool buyers are again in the
city, looking after their yearly business.
The names of J. W. Russell, Portland,
and E. Judd, Pendleton, are inscribed
on the Umatilla bouse register. One
facie will be missed this season, owing to
the death of George F. Davis, known
throughout the states of Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon and California as one of
the most skillful buyers of wool on the
coast. Mr. Davis died at a resort near
Bakersfield, whither he had gone for the
benefit of his health. He was the main
representative of Koshland & Co., a
heavy wool concern of Boston and San
Francisco.
Thursday's Daily
. The foundation for the new Williams
building Is being laid.
The sheriff has started posting the
general election notices.
(jounty uierfc A. ai. JLeisay proposes
to plant five acres to tomatoes this
season. '
The rainfall last night amounted to
one-twentieth of an inch, a fairly good
summer rain.
Ida Walters is held in the county jail
as a.witness in the case of State vs. Wm
Landis for adultery.
Trout fishing is said to be better than
average this season. All who have
angled for the speckled beauties report
excellent success.
J. W. Walton announces himself as an
independent Republican candidate for
justice of the peace, and filed the re
quired notice with ten signatures with
the county clerk yesterday.
John Carey's restaurant was moved
today from its location next to the
Mountaineer office to Mr. Mclnerny's
building in the East End. A 15-cent
house goes in across the street from
Carey's old place. "
The Pendleton brass band, of fourteen
instruments, has begun a series of
weekly outdoor concerts. It is the in
tention of the leader to select a different
portion of the town each week, in order
that all may be .treated alike.
In the case of Teal vs. Mosier, which
tame before Justice Davis this morning,
defendants were given until Saturday at
10 o'clock to file answer. The case of
John Donovan vs. Taffe, for recovery of
alleged balance due on a steam boiler,
was postponed until April 29th at 10
o'clock. - , ' f
John, Lnuer, a 10-year-old boy, who
lives on 8-Mile, lan into a barbed wire
fence this morning, receiving severe in
juries about the face. His nose was
nearly cut in two laterally, a gash was
made in his neck nearly severing the
carotid artery, and other cuts were made
upon his face. He was immediately
brought to the city and placed under the
care of Dr Holhster. .
. ' Col. 8innott thinks Dr. Grant over
looked one very important photograph
for bis to-be famous collection. If he
bad only been asked he would have
shown Mr. Grant the identical place
where Geo. Francis Train crossed the
river on the backs of salmon, a feat to
which there are now but two living wit-
nesse Train himself, who is in New
York City, and Col. N. B. Sinnott.
The finishing touches are being put on
the 3-Mile road. A carriage team can
now trot from the bottom to the top
without losing any speed, so slight is
the grade. This latter improvement is
in line with the remodelled brewery
grade, which is another excellent piece
of work. At the present rate of im
provement Wasco county roads will be
well nigh perfect within five years
which means increased prosperity alike
for the farmers and the townspeople,
Friday's Daily.
Circuit court convenes at Prineville on
the 4th of May.
There was .15 of an inch of rainfall
last night and today. .
The Buchler well is down 107 feet,
They are now drilling in granite.
Mr. McArthur is replacing the re
maining arc lights with mcandescents,
The Wasco warehouse has received
about 100 sacks of wool so far this sea
son.
Thursday next is the final day at the
Boss Cash Store. Come early and secure
bargains.
The corset factory has moved over the
old Chronicle office and is running a
full force of operatives.
J. H. St. Lawrence, the blind orator,
will address the citizens of The Dalles
and vicinity tomorrow nignt.
Sallmarshe & Co. shipped three car
loads of cattle to the Union Meat Co,
this morning. They are from Summit
Prairie.
The Dietzel Bros, have n earl 3 finished
the construction of a neat little sailing
boat, which will be launched in the
river soon.
A wind this afternoon blew down
some fences above the bluff. The wind
was not very strong, but then the fences
were not either.
A number of emigrants from North
Yakima are camped at the head of
Union street near Twelfth. Thev are
looking, for locations.
On account of repairs going on at St,
Paul's church, the regular mid-week
service wil be omitted .this evening,
Services on Sunday at the usual hours,
morning and evening.
Mr. U. Li. Kxhmond bad but just re
covered from an obstinate felon on his
hand, when another began to make its
appearance, lie nas been incapacitated
from work part of the time.
Mr. Henry Dietzel recently sent out a
man to his Tunnel mine near Mt. Hood,
about 25 miles from this city. He went
over a ridge where the snow was eight
feet deep. There is four feet on a level
at the claim.
Rev. L. Grey will hold English Luth
eran service in O. D. Taylor's church on
Sunday morning at 10 "o'clock, and in
the evening at 7:30. At 3 p. m. Rev.
Grey will hold a German service at the
same place.
The team attached to Otto Birgfeld's
new delivery wagon ran away this morn
ing. The King bolt broke and the team
ran with the front running gear. No
serious damage resulted either to the
horses or wagon.
A vast acreage of grain has been sown
this season in Klickitat county, and all
bids fair to produce an abundant yield
One observer estimates that the wheat
crop of Klickitat county will this year
be somewhere near 1,000,000 bushels.
The date upon which Arbor day falls
may be considered a fair indication of
the advance of spring in the different
states of the west. In Oregon it was
April 10th, Washington April 24th,
Idaho May 8th, and Monana May 12th
The best bowling record so far was
made on Wednesday by Judge Brad'
shaw, who scored 52 points out of a pos
Bible 90. Previous to that Mr. C. F,
Stephens was champion, with 49 points
to his credit. Of the ladies, Mrs. C. F,
Stephens scored 19 out of a possible 45,
The hobo who made it so lively for
Officer Blakeney a few days ago is get
ting very tame nnder the cooling infla
ence of our excellent city jail and a diet
of bread and water. Tbis morning he
wanted to be taken out to work on the
street, but the marshal thought he was
too much of an athlete, and refused to
grant the request. He will be very tired
of The Dalles when his twenty-day sen-
BITUMINOUS COAL.
"Blossoms" Dlscorered Near the City
. as Large as Lard Falls.
Mr. E. B. Burns is the name of a man
who has been in our city for about three
weeks, and in that short time has ac
complished what others who have been
here' for many years wonM have been
glad to find. Such is the irony of fate.
He has discovered the best specimen of
bituminous' coal ever foand in this
region of country. It is soft coal, the
specimen being as large as a 5-pound
lard pail, broken from a piece much
larger. He made the discovery about a
week ago a few miles down the river
from The Dalles on the Oregon side.
The specimen was accompanied by an
other, showing the colors of "peacock
coal," a quality second only to an
thracite.
Mr. Burns claims to be a prospector of
twelve years experience in Colorado,
Wyoming and the southwest territories,
and he certainly talks coal very famil
iarly. He has been in Oregon Bince
January, principally in the Baker City
country. He was laid off the Virtrn
mine, and came to Wasco county, as he
had heard there were recent coal dis
coveries here. He says everything in
dicated the presence of coal. The base
ment being dug by A. M. Williams &
Co. shows carbonates, but 'they 'have
been burned and are lifeless.
In his walk of a week ago he dis
covered familiar signs, known only to
coal prospectors, and digging down pro
cured the specimens he exhibited to a
Chronicle reporter today. He claims
that every coal region has faults and the
fault of this is that the veins are not
fiat, but pitch at various angles from 20
to 45 degrees,cansed by past ebullitions of
nature. Therefore coal is harder to find,
and when found may be broken off un
expectedly and the vein lost for a time.
Mr. Barns does not know whether the
land upon which be found the coal is
still government land, and will not tell
its exact location until he ascertains. It
is, however, on the mountain which lies
between Chenoweth and Mosier creeks.
Our people need not be skeptical over
the existence of coal. Everything reads
coal, and the opinion once expressed of
our state geologist, Mr. Condon, is en
titled to considerable weight. He said
that The Dalles was built over a valu
able bed of coal, but be couldn't say
how deep it was.
v OURI
CZ? PECI
SKLE,
Saturday
, April 25
2 BIG DRIVES IN DRESS GOODS.
Black Dress Goods.
" x 42-in. "
42-in. "
Mohair, fancy, 38-inch..
fancy, plain, 42-in
Jacquard, 40-inch.
42-inch,
silk stripe,42-inch.
" 44-inch.
" 44-inch.
Regular. Special.
$ .35 $ .30
.50 .42J
.65 .52
.50 .42J-
. .65 .50
. .75 .62J
1.00 .82 J
1.10 .87
1.25 1.10
1.50 1.30
2.00 1.60
On Saturday vre will make a
Special Display of our new: line of
Sun Shades and Parasols.
Colored Dress Goods.
Our 25c line of Colored Dress Goods
is one of the most popular that has
been shown this season, and heeds no
further mention. Special price, 21c
In our regular 50c line will be found
our popular Navy Serges, Plain and
Figured Mohairs, Imported Weaves
with changeable effects, and English
Cheviots. Special price, 41c. -
Our 65c line are all imported novel
ties of the daintiest designs. Special
price, 57c.
Our 75c line includes Serges, in
navys, greys, browns and all the new
shades of green, as well as a full line of
Fancies. Special, 64c.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
An
A VALUABLE QUARRY.
Inexhaustible Ledg of the Stone
the Looks Are Made Of.
Mr. W. R. Winans was in town yes
terday, having in his possession a hand
some specimen of the building stone of
which the main wall at the Cascades is
built. Mr. Winans has been developing
an immense ledge of this valuable stone
which exists on his homestead about 20
miles from the mouth of Hood river. It
has a mile of front, and is about thirty
feet deep, an inexhaustible supply. It
is the only known natural quarry of this
valuable stone in the country. The im
mense amount that has been nsed at the
locks of this same kind of stone has been
float, existing as bowlders in a creek bed
mixed among other kinds of rock and
debris, and probably glacial.
This stone is more durable than gran
ite, some kinds of which are subject to
considerable erosion. Mr. Winans
building stone partakes of a fine polish
when it shows a uniform bine color of
very handsome shade. It is very' com
pact, therefore capable of immense pres
sure. - It splits uniformly, and the action
of centuries of weather does not make it
crumble. It is an ideal rock for the con
struction of the locks, for it will not
wear a quarter of an inch in a thousand
years by the action of the water. The
locks are therefore as permanent as the
pyramids of Egypt.
Mr. Winans has taken no steps to de
velop his quarry, but he has a property
more valuable than a gold mine, if he
conld get the stone to market. This
would necessitate the construction of a
railway to Hood River, when the entire
United States would be tributarv as a
market.
XV. C. T. IT. Organisation.
tence expires.
Announcement.
I wish to announce to the dealers and
the smoking public that I am now
mauufacturing strictly first-class cigars
in The Dalles and am here to stay. I
use nothing but the finest iniDOrted
stock and can compete successfully with
Eastern and imported, goods, because
cbe import duty and freight is much less
on raw material than it is on manu
factured goods. My eighteen years ex
perience makes me duly qualified to
select the finest stock, on which my suc
cess depends. My "Regulator' brand
is made by hand of Havana tobacco
grown in the famous Vnelta Aba'jo dis
trict of Cuba; there is nothing finer in
the world. Call for the "Regulator."
It is a good thing, pu9h it along. .
: ' ' Very respectfully, .
apr24-dlw O. A. Pktebson.
In response to the invitation to meet
Mrs. Kinney, a good number of ladies
came to the home of Mrs. S. French yes
terday at 3 p. m. After singing a hymn
and prayer, Mrs. Kinney spoke for a
short time of the work and progress of
the W. C. T. IT., and then asked that
the work of the Union be begun here.
Several gave their names, and an organ
ization was effected. The following
ladies were unanimously elected as
officers: Mrs. C. S. VanDuyn, presi
dent ; Mrs. M. E. Biggs, vice-president ;
Mrs. Mattie Barnett, treasurer ; Mrs. J.
E. Dean, recording secretary; Mrs. D.
M. French, corresponding secretary.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
next Tuesday at Mrs. O. D. Doane's.
All ladies who are willing to help, or
would like to understand the working of
the union are most cordially invited to
be at Mrs. Doane's. Thirty ladies gave
their names as members, and three gen
tlemen as honoraries.
Mr. Gourlay and Dr. Grant.
Dr. Roland D. Grant, who was in the
city yesterday, desires us to make the
following statement: . "Mr. Gourlay
misquoted me on the occasion of my
first lecture in saying that I asserted
that Washington said: "Put none but
Americans on guard tonight." I pre
ceded the statement with the words "It
is said" Washington gave that order,
whereas Mr. Gourlay claims Washing
ton said not only that, but adds another
statement, "because we shall need the
Irish in the morning." Speaking of
Mr. Gonrlay's communication in yester
day's Chronicle, Mr. Grant said : "He
condemns me for not what I said, but
something I didn't say something he
wanted me to say; but I never get
caught in that kind of a trap. I as
sert nothing but what I can prove. The
statement about the 104,000 Catholic
desertions first appeared in a New York
daily newspaper, and was copied by the
A. P. A. press. The paper w hich orig
inated the story later corrected it, but
not all the papers which reprinted the
original article saw the correction. It
is of such material Mr. Gourlay makes
out bis case. He doesn't attack our
fortress."
I. O. G. T.
RECLAIMING A DESERT.
The Excellent WorK Now Going; on In
Umatilla County.
Monday night the Independent Work
ers held a very pleasant and helpful
session. The program committee had
prepared a fine entertaiiment and it
was duly appreciated by the large num
ber present.
ine i. u. . i. are making prepare
tions for the meeting of the Grand
Lodge, which holds its sessions here in
The Dalles the first week in June, at
which time from 70 to 100 delegates from
all parts of the state will be present and
all friends of the temperance cause are
asked to lend a band in making their
visit to our city a very pleasant one.
There is time for you, who read this, to
join one of the lodges of the order, and
thus give your support to a good cause
and enjoy the pleasures of the meeting,
The Dalles Lodge No. 2, meets every
Saturday evening at the K. of P. hall
and the Independent Workers No. 7,
meets every Monday evening It Fra
ternity hall. Come ye friends pf tem
perance and join us and be ready for the
Grand Lodge in June. B. H.
In Honor of Mrs. GUllam.
Mrs. J. E. Barnett entertained a num'
ber of the friends of Mrs. Wm. Gilliam,
who is here from California visiting her,
at her residence yesterday afternoon
Most of the ladies present were old
friends of Mrs. Gilliam's in days gone
by when she was a resident of The
Dalles, and although party days for
them have most ended, so well did Mrs!
Harnett entertain ber guests and so
pleasant was it to recall old times, that
the afternoon was one of great enjoy
ment.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
. Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DE;
CREAM
: Most Perfect Made.
40 Tears the Standard.
Some of the arid lands of Umatilla
county are being settled upon by a party
of men, who are putting in a ditch taken
from the Umatilla river, known as the
Baily ditch. ' The ditch is run over a
beautiful little scope of country, and it
is believed by all who see the growth of
vegetation upon the land that it will de
velop into a rich farming country. Al
though it taxes a great deal of water to
irrigate that land, we cannot question
the quality of the land. Last year was
the first to he cultivated and all kinds
of garden truck was raised in abundance,
Potatoes, both in sizs and quality, were
almost unequalled in the state. All
kinds of fruit trees are being set out this
spring, as well as small berries, with
long rows of stately poplars, which are
being set out for wind-breaks. Several
dwelling houses are being built, some
splendid farm cottages and other im-
prpvements.
Mrs. Kinney's Lecture.
Mrs. Narcissa White Kinney enter
tained a large audience last night on the
subject of temperance. She spoke in
glowing terms of the work accomplished
by the W. C. T. U., which is now 21
years old, the largest hand of women
ever organized for any purpose. It
numbers 400,000, distributed in forty
different nations and comprising fifty
languages. Its work has been apparent
in legislation on many lines. The or
ganization has raised the age of consent
from 10 and 12 years to 14, 15, 16 and in
three states as high as 18 years of age.
In Oregon it has prohibited the selling
of cigarettes to minors. Mrs. Kinney
spoke of many other reforms of like ex
cellence that were attributable to the in
fluence of the W. C. T. U. Speaking of
the progress of temperance, she said that
while the liquor traffic was apparently
carried on to as large an extent as ever
before, there never was a time when
there were so many total abstainers as
now. She tnen continued, witn argu
ment, example and precept leading to a
full conception of the importance of the
work of the W. C. T. D., and at the close
of the lecture many ladies signed a
pledge and membership cards of the or
ganization, re-establishing on a firm
foundation a branch order in The Dalles.
The speaker was pleasantly introduced
by Mrs. Smith French, Rev. Wood read
Our County Schools. ". .
j
From the annual statement of Mr.
Troy Shelley, county school superin
tendent, we glean the following inter
esting data concerning county public,
schools :
Number of pupils enrolled between
ages of 4 and 20, 2,593 ; number of per
sons in county between those ages,
3,052; 1,424 children do not attend
school.
Number of teachers employed, 158.
Twenty teachers hold first grade, 31
second grade, and 23 third grade certi
ficates. Sixty teachers take some edu
cational journal.
There are eleven private schools, with
144 scholars.
Estimated value of school houses and
gronnds.f 75,677 ; school furniture $ 9,701 ;
apparatus $4,510.
Amount of insurance on houses and
property, $29,960.
Average salary paid male teachers.
$45.38; female, $35.40. Salary of super
intendent, $700.
There are 61 dietricts in the county.
Five new school boaaes have been built
during the year. Of the 62 school houses
58 are frame, 2 brick and 2 log.
Number of graded schools 7, employ
ing 30 teachers. There is one academy,
employing eight teachers, with 125
pupils.
Number of legal voters at school elec
tions, 2,119.
An average of 6 mills has been voted
and levied during the year for school
purposes.
Wants Flsk and the Colonel Promoted
a scripture lesson, and Rev. Hawk of
Goldendale, who
Bhort prayer.
was present, made a
Editor Chronicle: I have a propo- '
sition to make to those interested in the
immediate opening of the Cascade locks
that ought to meet the approval of every
Oregonian from Point Adams to Snake
river. I see by the papers that Lieut.
Harry Taylor has been promoted and
ordered to take charge of some score of '
government works in Washington that
the government never intends to finish.
Now don't you think it would be a good
idea for us to petition the secretary of
war to send Captain Fisk and "Colonel"
Day to keep Harry company. It will be
awful lonely for Harry away up on the
raging StillaguamiBh ot by the deserted
mud flats of the Swinomish. On the
"promotion" of these gentlemen as
aforesaid, I suggest that the works be
turned over to the supervisor of road
district No. 1 for completion.
Hcoh Gourlay.
A convention takes place in Spokane
May 15th, to consider the best means of
lighting the squirrel pest. ,
Don't be Bamboozled
by Smooth-Tongued Feddlars
Into paying $70 or $75 for a Steel Range when'you can
buy a better Eange right at home for $15 to $20 less.
We will sell you a better Eange, the " SUPERIOR,'
with copper reservoir, for $55, and we guarantee it to'be'as
good as any, and better than many.
We do not come around once in 5 or 10 years. We live
here, do business here, and are here to stay.
YflLBXTS & CROWES.