THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1896.
I We
pop Our pall Stock.
It will soon be here and we need shelf and counter room to show
it. This moans quick selling of the balance of our Summer Goods ;
and the question is, Can you .afford to miss such offers ?"'
' ' " :
Our Stock of Organdies, Dimities and Mulls,
Sale price, 8c. See display in Ayindow. ,
Sold regularly at
15c.
There's a Fascination about Fine Linens
every housewife likes to own one or two nice cloths. Come
select from these. They're .right in width and quality. .
That
' unci select
Our 62-inch Damask $
" 62-inch Damask
" 65-inch Damask
'A SHIPPING CENTER.
The ATrnltad of rlfkt from The
. Dalles Sometime Overlooked.
Reg!
.50
..75
.85
Sale.
.40
.60
.65
Our 72-inch Damask
" 72-inch Damask
" 72-inch Damask
' Reg.
...$1.00
... 1.35
... 1.50
.Sale.
& .85.
1.10
1.20
Those Remnants of Dress Goods
Have got to go. Just the thing for School Dresses, and you pay
half the actual price. It's" money in your' purse to look them over.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THK DALLES. ... - - OREGON
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WABCO COUNTY.
Published in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
BY MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, IN ADVANCE.
One year , 1 SO
Six months . 75
Three months 80
Advertising rates reasonable, and made known
on application.
" ' Address all communications to "THE.CHRON-
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. '
Th' Daily and Weekly Chronicle may
be found on sale at I. C. Nickelsen's store.
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BKKVIT1KS.
Saturday's Daily.
The concert tomorrow bida fair to be
of unusual interest.
Women are said to look better on bi
cycles than men, but that's nothing.
They do that everywhere.
Harry Watkins of McMinnville, Pop
ulist presidential elector, will deliver a
political speech at the courthouse next
Tuesday evening.
The M. . Columbia river conference,
which embraces Eastern Oregon, East-
ern Washington and Northern Idaho,
will convene at North Yakima August
26th.
The hose team are practicing assidu
ously every night and are determined to
win one or more of the Astoria prizes
Next year the tournament comes to The
Dalles.
Mr. M. Vanderpool, the oldest resi
dent of Linn county, died in Sodaville
Wednesday in his 99th year, after a use-
ul life, the last years of which were
spent very quietly.
The Lutherans are looking about for a
suitable lot on which to build a church.
The pastor, Rev. Grey, has proven very
successful in gathering together all those
of that faith, and is constantly adding
membership to the church from all
sources.
Four hundred and seventeen thousand
cases of salmon have been put up by
Columbia river fishermen this year, not
withstanding the strike. Of this num
ber Seufert Bros, have put up 5,000, M.
Herrick 2000, The Dalles Packing Co,
4000, and F. M. Warren (Cascades) 30,!
000. Some tine ago Jack Montgomery of
Jackson county, captured a coyote and
tied a bell to him, hoping thus to drive
others of the kind out of the country.
The sequel to the story came last week
when Walker Lewie, attracted by the
tinkling of a bell, discovered his coyote
ship .with a companion in the act of
slaughtering a hog... 7; j
Th following teams have entered for j
the firemen's tournament, which is toj
take pluco during the20th and 2Ittt inst.,
- in Astoria. Veteran Volunteers, of
Portland (hand engine) ; Liberty hose
team, Portland, and teams from Van
couver, The Dalles. Oregon City and
Astoria. Three other entries are. still
expected, and the tournament promises
, to be the most successful one 'ever given
under the auspices , of the Northwest
Firemen's Association. ,:
- . We understand that a fine set of elk
horns will be presented to the Elks
lodge this evening by Sheriff Driver, as-'
sisted by Judd S. Fish. The horns are
from an animal killed several years ago
in the Umpqua mountains by Mr.
Fish, and have been mounted by Mr.
Driver, who shows indications of skill
as a taxidermist. The occasion of the
presentation will be made a joyous one,
as Mr. Fish will make a speech, while
Mr. Driver sings a song. When either
of these gentlemen undertake anything
it is always a success.
Monday's Daily.
Peaches brought 90 cents a box in
Portland Saturday.
The express company shipped thirty
boxes of plums last night.
The Dalles Commission Co. shipped
thirty crates of.nantelonpes last night to
Portland, and will ship fifty crates to
night.. . .
A small boy fell with his horse Satur
day afternoon at the corner of Mcln
erny'e store. The boy's foot was hurt
slightly and was attended to by Dr.
Kane. .
A telegram haB been received from St.
Vincent's hospital, Portland, that Mrs.
Anna Swift, wife of Frank Swift,
Wamic, is dying. Word has been sent
to Mr. Swift.
Colonel Louis Fleisubner, a pioneer of
Oregon and one of Portland's most prom
inent citizens, died unexpectedly at
Gnyer's hot springs, near Ketch urn,
Idaho, Friday night, August 7th. ,
The . salmon-fishing season on the
Colombia river and its tributaries ends
today. The close season lasts till Sep
tember 10. The scows have done better
than the standing wheels as a rule. . But
the catch has' been very light.
The Republicans begin their cam
paign Friday night by a rousing meeting
of the McKinley club. Let everybody
who wants to see a reign of prosperity
inaugurated again attend this meeting.
We have many excellent local speakers
and campaigners who will make it
lively. There should be some good ag
gressive work between now and Novem
ber, so that the Republican majority
will be as large as possible.
Chas. Dugan, a stonecutter, was
brought up from the 'Locks yesterday
and buried in the Catholic cemetery.
He was a workman there for the past
four years, and was about 45 years of
age. He is not known in The Dalles,
and had no relatives in Oregon. He ex
pressed a desire not to be' buried at the
Locks. The remains were accompanied
by J. M. Mclsaacs, Chas. Maanion,
David Hughes and D. McKay, some of
his Odd Fellow friends.
Mr. N. J. Sinnott has received a letter
from Hon. W. R. Ellis, requesting him
to be one of a board of examiners to con
sider applications for admission to the
military academy of West Point and the
naval academy of Annapolis, one of
whom wili be admitted to each. This
examination will be held at The Dalles
on August 14 and 15. Any one qualified,
who desires to take the examination for
either place, can report to Mr. Ellis at
10 o'clock a. m., on the first-named day,
at the parlors of the Umatilla house, in
The Dalles. .
A larger number of people than usual
enjoyed the delightful free concert yes
terday of The Dalles band. Though four
musicians short, the numbers were ex
quisitely, played. ..The , selection with
greatest musical merit was, in the judg
ment of the critics, "Polyphonic" The
most popular, however, were "Moon
light on the Levee," "The Hunting
Scene," and "Across the Border." All
are deserving of repetition. The in
troduction of the traps vastly improved
?'The Hunting Scene," which has been
played . before. They kept Messrs.
Clarke and Kennedy busy. The bird
music was especially fine.
Tomorrow morning the first party of
Mazamas will start , for Ashland on the
Crater Lake excursion. The party in
cludes Professors Everman and Cox. of
the United States Fish Commission, who
will make a careful study of the waters
of the lake with a view to stocking it
with fish, and both the temperature of
the lake and the amount of fish food it
contains will be carefully noted. ' Gov
ernmeot botanists and geologists will al
so accompany the party and study the
vegetation around the lake, and the for
mation of the country surrounding it.
A water gauge and bench marks will be
put in by the Mazamas, so that future
visitors to the lake may' note the height
of the water at the different seasons of
the year, and in this way gain some
knowledge of the mysteries of its inlet
and outlet. Oregonian.
Tuesdny's. Dally
The thermometer was as low as 47
this morning.
Elder Lewis Morten will preach at the
Eudersby school house next Sunday, the
ICth, at 11 a. m. and at 8 p. ru. All are
cordially invited to be present.
"Christ Before Pilate," a marvelous
painting, containing 40 life-size figures,
will be placed on exhibition at Cordray'a
theater, commencing tomorrow eTening.
Jack Smith, a sheep man, arrived
from Huntington this morning and set
tles the fate of Ernest Sherar for good.
He reports that that gentleman shipped
Sunday a band of 6000 sheep from Hunt
ington.
A. -S. Nolan & Co. of Nebraeka bought
in April and May 21,000 head of Oregon
sheep. About ten days ago a band of
5,500 was shipped from Soda Springs,
Idaho, which were driven from Hav
creek, across the desert and mountains.
It now transpires that the trip to Port
land on the part of several of the Bheep
men was unnecessary. They could have
appeared and given bonds before U. S
Commissioner Huntington, and saved
the expense of the Portland trip, includ
ing lawyers fees. ' '
A wagonload of Bound-money litera
ture was received in Portland yesterday,
addressed to ex-Senator J. N. Dolph and
Captain Harry L. Wells. There were
about 30 big mail sacks filled with parts
of the Congressional Record, all of which
was piled up in the' corridor of the
Chamber of Commerce building.
With prophetic vision our great big
Republican clnb in The Dalles was
christened the "McKinley" Club long
before his nomination at the St. Louis
convention. The magic of the name has
grown since then until now' it stands
for the largest political ' landslide
ever known in a general election. This
club meets Friday night to formulate
measures as to the best manner of con
ducting the campaign. Literature is
to be procured, speakers are to
be engaged, a glee club should
be . organized, and many other
matters are to be looked after. A full
attendance is imperative. Let ho true
American who believes the election of
Bill McKinley necessary to restore our
vanished ' prosperity be absent Friday
night. From now on the vigilance of
Republicans should be untiring.
Few of our citizens realize the magni
tude of the ttock industry which has
our city for its shipping center. -From
figures kindly furnished Thk Chsoniclb
by Mr. Saltuiarshe, proprietor ot the
stock yards, we learn that already in the
current year there has been shipped 475
carloads of cattle and sheep, while from
the stations just above us, Heppner and
Arlington, there has been shipped al
most as many nore. The figures are,
Heppner 250, Arlington 175, of which 75
per cent, has been cattle, 15 per cent,
sheep and 10 per cent, horses.- - Alto
gether this makes 900 cars of stock
which were raised adjacent to "the gate
way of the Inland Empire," and shipped
therefrom, and the year but two-thirds
gone, j .,
There is no doubt that nature has
richly gifted this section of the west for
stock raising. : The diseases incident to
the middle west such as- pleuro-pneo-monia,
epizootic, etc., are unknown
even by name to the vast maionty of
breeders who reside roundabout. The
winters are not only so mild that lnng
troubles do not appear, bat the elements
are so propitious that it is only neces
sary to feed from one to two months dur
ing the season, while about one year in
five the grass is green and uncovered by
snow the year round. Our natural
bunch grass meets all requirements
Every variety of stock likes it and
thrives, upon it. Ttiese things being
considered, the large shipments pre
viouslv referred to need not create sur
prise.
For the remainder of the season atten
tion will naturally be directed to our
fruit rather than our stock shipments
Three carloads of . peach plums, most
of which have already gone, comprise
but one article of fruit, which will be
shipped from The Dalles this season
Word was received yesterday from the
first carload, which was shipped some
ten days ago to Chicago by The Dalles
Commission Co. Its manager, Mr
Stadleman, informs The Cueoniclk that
they sold for 95 cents per box, the
highest price yet received. The enconr
aging message came with it that they
brough the top price, and bo long as all the
fruit shipped was as nice, if would con
tinne to demand the . highest market
rates, no matter what was sent by other
sections, of' the country. As peach
plums form but a very small percentage
of our fruit interests, shipments of fruit
for the season of 1896 bid fair to be
something tremendous.
Us Price on Farm 'wagons Fas Draped
lhat is, the price on some wagons has iallen below our price on "OLD
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Bernuse no other wagon on the market will sell
alongside of the "OLD HICKORY" at the same prices. It is the best irond
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to
be strictly first-clrss. If yon want the CHEAPE8T Wagon on the market, we
haven't got it; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison.
MAYS & CROWE, The Dalles, Or.
NOT A DOUBT NOW.
An Unprejudiced Tourist in Mexico Ke
tnrna a. Gold Advocate.
Harry Watklna ill.
Subscribe for Thk Chbokiclk
Harry Watkins, a Populist elector
billed to speak at the court bouse
Tuesday night. A telegram from Pen
dleton announced that he is ill and in
dazed condition. Yesterday .says the re'
port, Watkins acted strangely, as though
under the influence of some drug. Early
this afternoon he went to a house in the
east end of the city, thinking he was at
the ticket, office, and later was found
sitting in a box car at Byer's flour mill
some distance from the line. When
found he said he thought he was in the
train going home. He was conducted
out, when he commenced waving bis
hands and acting wildly. He was fin
ally put on a delivery wagon of the lum
ber yard and held until it reached the
Golden Rule hotel, where he was taken
care of. He was sufficiently recovered,
though very weak, at 8 o'clock, to en
able him to proceed home on the night
train. A friend took him by the arm,
got him in the bus and saw him safely
off. There was a strange look about
him when he delivered the address. His
eyes were swollen almost closed.'
Mr. Maya' Opinion.
Mr. F. P. Mays states bis opinion that
the criminal cases against the sheepmen
will amount to nothing, but that as to
the civil case against the Tygh Valley
Land and Stock Co. he will not venture
an opinion. He believes the case will
be settled without an . injunction being
issued to reetaia the sheep owners from
pasturing their bands on the reserve,
and thinks the final outcome will be the
segregation of the Bull Run reserve,
also the reservation of small tracts of
land with Mt. Hood and Crater Lake as
centers, as per a memorial to congress
drafted in the Oregon legislature of 1893,
of which he was the writer. This he be'
lieves will do complete justice to the
government and the sheepmen, and that
consequently that settlement will pre
vail in the end. :
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
CREAM
1M
Most Perfect Made:.
40 Years the Standard.
A world's tourist was in town yester
day, who has just returned from a two
months trip in Mexio. He is a keen
observer and his opinion should be valu
able. He comes out of Mexico a Dro-
nounced advocate of the single gold
standard, and his reasons seem to be
very sound. He is a Boston ian, G. P.
Thresher by name, and with his wife
and three children, has been absent now
for two years on a prolonged tour. Mr.
Thresher proposes to s end three more
years yet traveling throughont the
world. He proposes to visit and spend
some time in every country of import
ance. From here he goes to the Hawaiian
islands, then to Asia.
Believing that having just visited a
"free ' silver" country, Mr. Thresher's
observations would be of value, a re
porter of Thk Ciikonioj.e sought him
and asked his views.
"My observations in Mexico have led
me to think," said Mr. Thresher "that
the adoption of free coinage of silver by
the United States would be a calamity.
I went to that country unprejudiced
either way. In Boston I had listened to
both sides of the question and had heard
so much apparently good argument on
both sides that I could not make up my
mind which was right. Mv two months
in Mexico has removed all doubt.
While it is true that the "prosperity" of
Mexico commenced with free coinage of
silver, it was but a coincidence. Prosper
ity in. Mexico commenced with the rule
of President Diaz, who quickly brought
government out of chaos, and estab
lished law and order throughout the
nation. Under Maximillian it was a
sort of grab game, his selfishness leading
the country to little short of rnin.
Juarez was nothing better than an In
dian, with power to handle people as a
politician does, but not for their own ad
vancement. On the contrary President
Diaz was an efficient ruler, and estab
lished a measure ot prosperity. As an
instance of his ability take the mounted
police of the cities. The mountains
were full of bandits who kept the people
in a constant state of terror. They were
beyond the ability of the military to
handle. Diaz summoned the leaders
together and induced them to quit their
ravages in the only way possible, by
making them allies, like a school teacher
who takes a bad boy and makes biru
monitor. Diaz gave them good salaries,
and they proved most efficient police
men. Simultaneously the brigandage
stopped."
"What about the condition of the
people?"
I am getting to that. The most
of the working people live in an adobe
house of one room. Here a man brings
up a family of six or eight children.
They have no bed, no table, seldom a
chair. Almost their only furniture is a
mat made of the magnav, a fibrous
plant, and upon this they sleep and
dine. Their wages is but 35 cents for 10
hours work. Miners get from 25 to 30
cente. A good olacksmith or skilled
laborer gets but 50 cents. A female ser
vant at the house I stopped got only 6
cents a day, and she had to board her
self and sleep at home. I had to pay 75
cents for a pound of American crackers.
Oatmeal sold for 35 to 40 cents a pound.
I got $1.98 cents for an American dollar.
So you see what Mexican prosperity is
under free coinage of silver. I left that
country without any doubt on the
monetary question, though I confess I
was in doubt previously from the argu
ment with which Boston is deluged."
Mr. Thresher and ' family took the
Regulator this morning tor San Fran
cisco. failed to Agree.
Eight councilmen and bis honor.
Mayor Menefee, assembled at the city
council chambers last evening, the only
absentee being Councilman Thompson.
The mayor stated that at the request,
of a number of coriucllmen he had called
a meeting to consider the proposition of
appointment of a marshal.
Mr. Knck moved that the office of
marshal be declared vacant. The mo
tion was seconded by Nolan, wh
thought this was a suitable preliminary
step, and it was carried.
The mayor then proceeded to make
various appointments. The name of F.
G. Connelly was first presented. ' Then
in the order named Adolph Phirman,
Chas. Lauer, Frank Gable and Jess
Blakeney. Each failed of confirmation,
though in some cases there was a tie
vote.
A motion was made to adjourn.
.Failing of a second, a motion was
made to go into secret caucus. Every
body was excluded from the room, In
cluding the recorder. After ten minutes
the doors were again thrown open. The -caucus
had proved barren of result, ex
cept to establish that they had agreed
to disagree. '
The motion was carried that the pres
ent incumbent of the marshal's office
continue to serve until a successor was
confirmed.
The recorder asked for ten days leave
of absence, which was granted.
The matter of lighting streets was
brought before the attention of the
council by Councilman Nolan. He
stated that as the season was approach
ing when street lights would be valuable
the council should consider the matter.
It was referred to the committee on
streets and public property.
Adjourned.
Monday Daily.
Dollie Evelyn Houghton, infant child
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houghton, died at
the cottage of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Lord, at Ilwaco beach, yester
day morning at 5 :20 of dysenterv. The .
remains of the little one arrived on the
local train today in charge of the "par
ents. They were also accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Lord and Mrs. D. M.
French. The funeral will occur from
the house at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The little one was taken sick in The
Dalles, and it was thought she would
recover fast if taken to the seaside, but
the trip was without avail. She was
bright and interesting and the idol of
her parents and grandparents, to whom
her loss will be s severe blow. The sym
pathy of the community is extended the
bereaved. Dollie Evelyn Houghton was
2 rears old last Julv.
Keat, Kstate.
J. R. Nickelsen and wife to William
Haynes, undivided hf n qr, lot 1, blk 6.
2d add to Hood River; 300.
Portland Guaranty Co. to Gny G.
Willis, 01 acres in sec 8, tp 3 s, r 14
e;$l.
Geo. N. Barber and wife to J. E. D.
Sailings, block 5 Pleasant View, n hi w
qr, neqr sec 1, tp 2 n, r 10 e; $800.
Harvest Supplies.
Header Forks, Hay Rakes.
Russell & Co. Agency for-
Threshers and Extras. -
Lubricating Oils.
Dixon Graphite Axle Grease.
C. & S. and Frazer's Axle Grease.
Call and see us at our new store,
167 Second Street, The Dalles.