'THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1896.
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..IN PRICES OF ....... .
Summer Wash Fabrics, Shirt Waists,
Ladies' Summer Underwear,
Dress Goods and Trimmings.
We are determined not to carry over one dollar's worth of this season's
goods and in order to accomplish this we have cut prices on all our Summer
Goods, REGARDLESS OF COST.
Don't miss this opportunity, for we are showing a very handsome line.
Space will limit us to mention only a few of our bargains.
WASH GOODS that sold for 12c, 15c, 20c, and 25c, Sale Price, 8c, 9c, 14c
18Jc. Finer goods reduced in proportion.
SHIRT WAISTS that sold for 75c, 85c, and $1.00, Sale Price, 50c, COc
and 70c.
DRESS GOODS that sold at 50c, Sale Price, 25c. This is not old, shoddy
stuff, but the best we have in the house for the money.
Our line of SPANGLE TRIMMINGS at one-half the regular price.
UNDERWEAR from 5c.
about on a level with the face. There
is danger of serious damage to the eyes
by this means, and the youngsters
should be suppressed.
A lawn social with a well selected
program wi I be given Friday evening,
July 24 tb, by the young ladles of the
Epworth League at the residence of Mrs
G. C. Bills. Social and entertainment
free. Ice cream will be served for 15
cents per dish. All aro invited. Come
and enjoy a pleasant evening.
An interesting entertainment -will be
given at the Christian church Friday
night, consisting of recitations, songs,
etc., by parties over 20 years of age.
There will be one or two solos by parties
over 60 years of age, who will sing the
first song they remember pf learning.
A number of the older ones will delivei
the first recitation they ever gave. Ad.
mission to this entertainment has been
placed at the low price of 10 cents.
Mr. Irwta's Lecture Was Patriotic.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
The Weeidy Cte oniele.
THE DALLES,
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily.
The water stands at 37 feet this morn
ing. Several clips of wool were sold today
by the Moody and Waeco warehouses.
It is a sad sight to see the cut worms
climbing a telegraph pole hunting for
leaves, pathetically remarks a Cali
fornia paper.
This is not the hottest July on record.
Observer Brooks has the figures to show
that the July of 1875 was a hotter
-month than the present.
We re putting on metropolitan airs,
ays toe tyrant uounty JNews. wnne
Deputy Postmaster Haguewood was
using the telephone .during the electric
storm last Sunday the machine made a
sudden but brilliant pyrotechnic display.
A sale of real property took place at
the court house this afternoon on exe
cution, in the case of Keys vs O. D. Tay
lor. The land is the sw qr of the
sw qr and sw qr of the Be qr
of section 7, township 1 north, range 13
east, containing 80 acres. The sum to
be recovered was $1015.95, and attor
ney's fees, costs and taxes amounting to
$136.50 more. The property was bid in
by Keyes for $1,000. There were no
other bidders. - '
Wool buyers are somewhat alarmed at
the" outlook, says the Baker City Demo
crat. A representative of a large east
ern firm, who has been in this section
for some days, yesterday received notice
from his house to come home as they
had decided to discontinue buying and
would not make any advances. He bad
made an offer of 6 cents to one of our
largest producers, but as his offer bad
not been accepted he canceled it and
left.
The supreme court at Pendleton has
reversed the decision of Judge Bradshaw
. in the case of Z. F. Moody vs. W. D.
Richards. Judge Bradshaw gave a ver
dict to Moody. By the decision of the
supreme conrt Richards is the winner.
The question was as to the payment for
wheat by Richards to .Moody. It is
claimed an agreement was made that
Richards was to stand the grading what
ever it should be, paying a certain price
per bushel.
The advertisements of Wasco county
in the Pacific Northwest have already
brought many answers. Mr. J. M.
Huntington received three letters of in
quiry yesterday, and says that not a
day passes but that he-receives one or
two. Most of the inquiries are concern
ing the price of land and what are the
principal productions. But sometimes
there are very curious queries. One
asked: Hare you any flies or mos
quitoes? The man that asked that
question ought to be discouraged from
coming.
Those who have become habituated to
smoking the Regulator cigar will ex
perience a disappointment when they
read the card from Mr. Peterson else
where. It appears that a bale of to
bacco has been sent him which is not np
to the high standard required for his
cigar, the Regulator, ana ne win not
accept it. It is unfortunate that Buch a
mistake occurred, for he is virtually out
of business for three weeks and the
smokers of the Regulator cigar must
wait a like length of time before they
can procure it, but Mr. Peterson has
chosen the wiser course, that of main
taining tbe excellent grade of the cigar
rather than selling its reputation.
Monday's Dally.
A great share of our citizens have left
for the various summer resorts.
The latter part of the night and early
morning was more cool and refreshing
than for several days.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
burglarize J. T. Peters & Co.'s safe last
week. Fortunately the harm done was
trifliDg.
On account of the hot weather the
Sunday concerts will be given later in
the afternoon, commencing about 5
o'clock next Sunday.
Workmen were engaged yesterday in
laying a new cement walk in front of A.
M. Williams & Go's store. Cement is
an innovation in The Dalles, and looks
very handsome.
Mr. Quinn disposed of hia wool clip
Saturday to the Norwich woolen mills
for 6c. Prices ruled very low Satur
day, the market opening dull today,
and no sales were made.
Messrs. Robert Mays, W. C. Allaway
and J. T. Peters went to tbe Cascades
today to confer with Mr. J. G. Day in
connection with having the portage re
paired and making regular transporta
tion across it. It is to be hoped these
matters were satisfactorily adjusted by
the gentlemen in conference.
Articles of agreement between the
county court and M. M. Cashing were
signed today giving to Mr. Cushing the
contract for keeping the county poor for
the ensuing six months.
Mr. and Mrs. Zirka have parted again,
and the latter was in tbe sheriff's office
today trying to regain possession of a
sewing machine, which is now in tbe
possession of the lord of the manor.
Robert Maya shipped 24 cars of cattle
yesterday to Montana. This is the first
shipment of his extensive interests in
that line, which be is closing out. It is
not believed he will be through shipping
till September.
Wallace . and H. Fargher will ship
3000 head of sheep to Chicago Wednes
day. Tbe latter came in last night with
1350 head, which are being fed on Mill
creek, awaiting 1600 head which Wal
lace is to drive in.
Tbe Mitchell Monitor is informed that
the sage rats are leaving that section of
the country, traveling in a Northwester
ly direction. They have been doing
incalculable damage to crops and the
range in past years. This year crops
that in former years have been destroyed
have been entirely untouched.
Eugene is having a parallel experience
with The Dalles over the electric light
question. The old contract expired on
July 10. The city had 23 lights at $10.
It wants 20 at $8.50, but the com nan v
objects, and has made different proposi
tions on a basis of $10. Meanwhile the
town is in darkness.
J. D. M alien, of Colorado, has been
one of the heaviest buyers of Eastern
Oregon cattle this season. He recently
bought 2000 head in Crook county. He
has shipped 2000 head from Ontario,
and is ready to ship 1000 head from The
Dalles. These cattle were brought from
Howard & Stearns and J. W. Pelton.
some of the heaviest cattle-raisers of
Crook county.
Mr. J. J. Cleland, commercial agent
of W. C. Noon Bag Co., who bandies
Eastern Oregon and Washington for the
firm, is in the city today. He says the
outlook for business is good, though it
might have been much better had It not
been for the hot , winds. Sherman
county is the largest consumer of jute
bags, he says, when they have a crop, of
any other part of the country, equal in
area. This ia Mr. Cleland's sixth year
with tbe company.
At the Christian church last night,
the congregation made a call for Mr.
Hazel to remain pastor of the church
another year. He responded by saying
it would give him much pleasure, but
that he had decided on a farther educa
tional course at Berkeley university and
he could not accept. He said the Chris
nan cnurcn in J. he uaiies was among
the most prosperous of that denomina
tion anywhere. At the meeting next
Sunday it will be decided who will euC'
ceed Mr. Hazel as pastor of the church.
jcx senator Uhas. Wilton, wbo was
a member of the Republican noti
fication committee, regards hia re.
cent trip to tne East as a much-es
teemed pleasure. He had met Mr.
McKinley on three or four occasions
previously and is an ardent admirer of
the man. Mr. Hilton was unwilling to
say anything forpublication of a polit
ical nature at the present time, but says
from a social point of view, evervthing
went off as smoothly as could be de
sired. The committee of about forty
members spent the time from 1 o'clock
until 4 at the McKinley residence. Mr.
McKinley has a very gracious presence,
ia a man easily approached, and readily
makes one feel at ease. He is a man of
striking appearance, that is, a person
would turn to give him a second look,
even among a crowd.
Tuesday's. Dally.
The river stood this morning at S4.4.
The boat will probably make daily trips
from Thursday.
All old settlers agree that this is the
longest-continued hot spell they ever ex
perienced. The thermometer reached
100 degrees yesterday, and 99 this after
noon. The French block on the north, side of
Second street, -comprising the buildings
between Donnell'a drug store and Pease
& Mays inclusive are to have a cement
sidewalk soon.
Mr. G. A. Clarke has sent for about
$25 worth more of traps, consisting of
bird music and barnyard fowls, and in
the couree of a few weeks will be used
in a descriptive piece entitled "A Day
in the Country."
A gentleman of this city who recent
ly retimed from the Locks in conversa
tion with one of the government en
gineers was assured by him that the
locks would .be opened up the coming
season, at tbe utmost before Christmas.
The most refined atrocity on the part
of the younger generation is that of
stretching strings across the sidewalk
The audience who greeted Mr. Irwin
state school superintendent, last night
consisted mainly of teachers, but there
were present some of tbe relatively
small number of habitual lecture-goers
of the city. The warmth of the evening
detracted from the attendance. Mr
Irwin is a good speaker, and attention
to his remarks was undivided. He be
gan by stating that twelve hundred
thousand dollars were expended yearly
by the etate for her schools. There was
a purpose in tne government fostering
these schools and expending money
upon them. Since our government rests
upon the people, they must have a rea
sonable intelligence. This intelligence
must be based upon education, and tbe
institution of free schools must be car
ried on for the nation's perpetuity and
safety. Mr. Irwin believes our country's
safety is threatened at the present time,
and that patriotism must enter very
largely into the hearts of the public
schoolchildren. When tbe govern men
first invited foreign immigration, tbe
response was supplied with many of the
best citizens of foreign countriea--Ger
mans and Swedes and' others, men of
some means and having liberal sent!
ments, who were readily assimilated and
made just as good citizens as the native
born. But in the last very few years our
country has been flpoded with an imml
gration that ia hazardous. It ia of the
lowest classes of foreigners, of the crimi
nal and ignorant, of socialism, nihilism,
dynamiters, men who are not Ameri
cans and never will be. and who care
nothing for tbe American government.
To meet this great danger the American
free public school is interposed. Not
that the parents can be influenced they
are past redemption, but their children,
being placed alongside of the American
schoolboy or girl, will be infected with
patriotism and the American spirit.
Our hope is therefore the free public
school and compulsory education. The
school teachers are therefore the police
force of the land, and I wish I could
make them all realize the duty they
owe to their country. I believe it ia
school teacher's business to teach Amer
icanism, patriotism and loyalty, and
that the law should compel them to do
so. Let the teachers sing and teach the
children to sing "America" and "The
Star-Spangled Banner." It seems to me
that there is a vast difference in this re.
gard in the last eighteen months.
observe more patriotic teachers than
formerly. JNot long ago 1 witnessed a
pretty sight, that of 700 little school
boys and girla pledge fidelity to tbe
country and the flag, and I wish I could
have known how many of those children
had parents who were foreigners.
Mr. Irwin also spoke of the law com.
pelting attendance of teachers at instr
tutes, but thought that since Mr. Gil
bert was a very genial young man he
might not enforce the law this time,
but that if he did he would be doing
nothing unwarranted by law. Before
concluding Mr. Irwin announced that
there would be a summer meeting of
the etate school teachers' association,
tbe first annual meeting, which would
be held at Newport the 18th of August
and continuing four days. He had se
cured greatly reduced farea on the rail
roads, and $1 a day at the hotels. Prof.
Condon would be there and give some of
his charming talks on geology, and there
were the usual pastimes of the beach.
Reduced Bates.
Effective March 22d. The O. R. & N.
Co. will reduce their round trip rates
between Portland and The Dalles as fol
lows : Two day rate, good going Satur
day and returning Monday night, $3.
Ten day tickets $3.50. Good on all
trains. E. E. Lttlk,
ra24-d4wtf Agent
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
mm
CREAM
Mffil
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years tie Standard.
lite Price on Farn Wagons Has Dnpilr.'
That ia, the price on some wagons has lallen below our price on "OLD
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sett
alongside of the "OLD HICKORY" at the same pricea. It ia the best ironed,
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to
be strictly first-clrss. If vou want the CHEAPEST Warnn
haven't got it ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison.
MAYS & CROWE, The Dalles, Or.
WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Business Portion of the Town of Lone
Ksek Destroyed.
Word was received at Arlington yes
terday that the town of Lone Rock was
almost wiped out Thursday by fire. The
whole business portion of the town went
up in smoke, and nothing remains but a
few dwellings in the outskirts of the
town.
Lone Rock is on Long creek, in Gil
liam county. It is 26 miles eoutheast
of Condon, the county seat; 65 miles
from Arlington, which ia the shipping
and express station, and 35 miles from
Heppner, its banking point. There is a
stage to Arlington, and a daily mail.
The town was started in 1870, and in
1892, according to the directory, the
business men were: W. C. Brown,
hotel-keeper; W. H. Col well, jeweler;
J. B. Goff, postmaster and druggist;
Lewis Miller, butcher; R. S. Robinson,
general storekeeper; William Stahl,
blacksmith ; William Veatch, hotel-
keeper; Edward Wineland, sawmill
man, and W. R. Woods, butcher.
"The Parties and the Men."
An unusual publication is that of a
Chicago publishing honse, who are get
ting out a book entitled "The Parties
and the Men." It is devoted to the
campaign of 1896, and is designed, from
a non-partisan standpoint, to furnish in
formation to the voter for hia guidance,
on the principle that he may pav his
money and take his choice. It will con
tain the "lives" of all the presidential
and vice-presidential aspirants, aa well
the great statesmen of tbe present
day, about a hundred or more, with
their photographs. The different party
platforms will be reproduced. John G.
Carlisle will furnish an article on
'Sound Money," and Henry M. Teller
on the "Free Coinage of Silver." Thos.
B. Reed has contributed an article on
Protection" and Wm. L. Wilson one
on "rree irade. I here is an article
on "Freedom in Cnb," with likenesses
of Gomez and Maceo. To make the
book more interesting there is an ac
count of all the famous campaigns of
the past, the issues and the campaign
cries. The book is intended to be a
manual for the information of the voter,
from a non-partisan standpoint, and aa
such ia something unique and entirely
novel in character.
F. W. Georgeson, tbe woolbuyer, left
for Humboldt county, Calif., last Satur
day, having been in Southeastern Ore
gon over two months to buy wool. Mr.
Georgeson bought about 250,000 pounds
cf Lake county's product, and will buy
more wool in Humboldt. There were
other large buyers in the field, also:
M. Miller, J. Frank and Christy &
Wise. The prices paid were 6 and 7
cents. Tbe clip is considerably larger
than for several years.
The Grain Injured.
Reports from Pendleton and Walla
Walla show that the damage to wheat
from the hot wave ia greater than was
supposed.
From interviews with farmers, grain
dealers, parties who advance money on
growing crops and from information
gathered from exchanges and other
sources, the East Oregonian estimates
that tbe damage has amounted on an
average throughout tbe country to a re
duction in tbe total yield of from one-
fourth to one-third. Another feature of
the results of tbe hot wave is that grain
when it comes into market will be bad
ly shrunken and therefore fail to com
mand the price it otherwise would.
In the Palouse country, Washington,
hot weather has injured tbe fall grain
to some extent, says the Commercial
Review, and in places the crop will be
cut 20 to 25 per cent. Spring wheat
will not be worth barveating. At Col
fax, Wash., and nearby sections, serious
injury has been done to growing crops.
Tbe fall grain ia not seriously damaged.
Around Endicott, Diamond, Wilcox and
St. John the spring grain, which consti
tutes at least 75 per cent of the crop,
will be almost ruined. Fall wheat has
stood the weather very well, but com
mences to burn in spots.
ED. MARTIN DEAD.
Bach Is the Text of n Telegraa
ceired This Morning-.
The following telegram was received
this morning, addressed to T.A. Hudson.
That gentleman being in Portland, the
telegram was forwarded :
Ontario, Or., July 21, 189ft.
Mr. T. A. Hudson:
Ed.. Martin died here last night.
Please advise what disposition I shall
make of body. - E. H. Test.
The news was an entire surprise, to
everyone in The Dalles, as no intimation
of sickness bad been received by any of
his acquaintances here.
Mr. Martin waa quite well known in
The Dalles, where he baa spent several
years of hia life. He waa one of the
heirs to tbe original estate which merged
into the Eastern Oregon Land Co., re
ceiving his share several years ago,
which he lost in business at Portland.
His father waa a successful business
man of San Francisco. For several
years the deceased managed the affairs
of the Eastern Oregon Land Co., and
later became deputy county clerk under
Mr. J. B. Croeaen. At the end of the
term in 1894, Mr. Martin received the
nomination for clerk on the Democratic
ticket, but was defeated by Mr. Kelsay,
the present incumbent. His death dis
poses effectually of the cases which
were up against him on appeal before
tbe supreme court. Mr. Martin pos
sessed a kindly affable nature which,
won for him friends on every band, and
hia loss will be generally deplored.
Exterminating- Insect Posts.
GRAS&HOPPEK.
If grasshoppers or locusts should ap
pear in vineyards, take
Bran ". 10 pounds
Arsenic ' 1)4 pounds
bugar 1 pounds
Mix bran and arsenic dry, then add
sugar dissolved in water to wet thor
oughly. Put a spoonful at base of each
tree or vine. Don't let poultry or do
mestic animals get at it. Locusts can
be smoked out of an orchard, but they
go to some one else.
FKABS AND- CHERRY 61X08.
During August and September there
is likely to be a re-appearance oi slugs.
Tbe use of fine dust cast over the trees
with shovels ia the simplest remedy.
HORN
In the Dalles, July 17tb, to the wife of
A. Groeler, a boy.
We are selling the famous Soap Foam
washing powder. It will not "yellow
tbe clothes" nor burn the bands, and is
the finest thing in the world tor the
bath. In extra large packages at Eame
price of common goods. Sold by Pease &
Mays. may22-eod-2m
SubFcrihe for The Chronicle
Harvest Supplies.
i
Header Forks, Hay Rakes.
RuSSell & CO. Agency for
Threshers and Extras.
Lubricating1 Oils.
Dixon Graphite Axle Grease.
C. & S. and Frazer's Axle Grease.
Call and see tis at our new store,
167 Second Street, The Dalles.
MiLIER HEBJTOBJ.