THE DALLES WEESLT CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1896.
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
THE DALLES. -
OBIOOX
OFFICIAL PAFSB OF WA8CO COUNTY.
Published in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES.
BT KAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, IN ABVAHCX.
. One year $1 90
Six months - 76
Three months v. 60
Advertising rates reasonable, and made known
on application.
Address all communications to "THEICHBON-
ICLE, The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Dally.
Dufar is agitating for a fire depart
- meot.
A $50,000 fire occurred in Monmouth
Thursday night.
The Woodmen's Circle gave a very
pleasant ice cream social last evening.
Bon. C. A. Cogswell, of-Lakeyiew, re
cently lost by fire his fine residence with '.
all the contents. The loss he estimates
at $10,000, with an insurance of $6,000,
The members of the Independent
Workers Lodge, I. O. G. T. are requested
to meet at Fraterity hall next Monday
evening, September 7th, to re-organize,
Don't fail to be present. -
.. The Hood River fair will be late this
year on account of the lateness of the
season. Apples seem to be slow about
coloring and maturing. It is thought
best by some to hold the fair in October.
The Methodist and Congregatiopal
churches both advertise a change of the
time of the evening service from
o'clock to 7 :30. The time of the young
people's meetings is changed to corre
epond.
Mrs. J. H. Phirman today received'
word by letter of the death of her uncle,
Mr. Wl C. Skinner, a former resident of
The Dalles and quite well known. His
death occurred on the 25th of August at
Fortana, Humboldt county, Calif.
The Moro Observer, a life-long Repub
lican paper, has discovered that it does
not pay for a paper in a Bmall country
town to monkey with politics, and says :
"From this date this is a non-political
paper, and cannot boost any party, creed
or faction."
Miss Annette Brown of Belfast, Me,
is trving to find the whereabouts of her
brother, Alden Brown, who was em
ployed at one time at the Umatilla
hoiise, afterwards working for Mike
Welsh. Anyone knowing his where,
abouts should inform his anxious re
lativee in faraway Maine,
Grant Evans was fishing in Hood
river, above the bridge, last Tuesday,
when he caught a salmon on his hook
Before be could haul in his line the
salmon escaped and his hook caught a
trout, and before he could secure the
trout it managed to wriggle off, and his
hook caught a white fish before he had
hauled in his line. Glacier.
There is disaffection among the sheep
men and farmers on Upper Hood River.
The Glacier says: A' band of sheep
were reported on the head of Neal creek
Monday. A committee of citizens from
the East Side went op on that day and
notified the herders that they would
have to move. A man was sent again
on Wednesday to see if they had moved,
and if not they will receive some hejp to
move their camps from the citizens of
the East Side.
A . number of mines which were
"worked out" in Southern Oregon foity
years ago will be the scene of active
operation again. In the early days as
soon as a mine ceased to give rich re
turns with the primitive methods em
ployed, 1 he owner left it for another, or,
attracted by reports from some distant
gold field, left for new scenes.
"Faugh I look at the Bryan man,"
'was the contemptuous remark of an
urchiu yesterday as he saw another
wearing a Bryan cap. "I baint neither,"
was the answer. "The Mackinliee are
all gone, and I only bad 15 cents." The
explanation was satisfactory and the re
cruit was declared eligible to slide down
the McKinley boy's cellar door.
. Two winsome maidens stood on the
incline one morning this week waving
an adieu with their handkerchiefs to
some friends . who were being borne
down the river by the Regulator, when
one of them said suddenly to her com
panion, and loud enough for the reporter
to bear: "Why look at that fool man;
he IB waving his handkerchief, too, .and
I don't know him. Well (forgivingly)
I guess its customary for everyone to
wave their handkerchief, ain't it?"
And as the other readily agreed, the
delicious blush gradually faded away.
Monday's Dally.
Mr. Eetcham shipped a carload of
lambs to the Pacific Meat Co. last night.
Five hobos were fined. $5 for being
. drunk Sunday by the recorder this
morning.
Five hundred and sixty-seven scholars
answered to the 9 o'clock school bell this
morning, including 75 pupils of the high
school..
Rev. I. F. Tobey delineated the great
work of the National Children's . Home
Association last evening at the M. E.
church, and a number of life member
ship cards were sold at $25 each, each
membership representing a home for one
The attention of parents is called to
Pease & Mavs exceptionally good offer
in school shoes. To be convinced, call
and see them.
Rev. O. V. Taylor, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will spend September in
the East and the- church will hold no
service during his absence.
Mr. A. A. Urquhart was united in
marriage yesterday, afternoon to Miss
Ada Marquist. The newly-married pair
will live in Moro, where Mr. Urquhart
has leased a hotel.
It is believed the fall fishing, which
opens in a few days, will be more pro
ductive than during the summer. Be
low the dalles of the river salmon are
said to be very numerous.
Mr. D. C. Herrin returned Sunday
noon and will go to Moro tonight. He
has just increased trie membership of
Workmen 100. He. reports Baker City
flourishing at the present time. .
Mr. R. H. Guthrie left yesterday for
Grass Valley, where it is reported he has
just lost his entire stock of hay by fire,
Reports are meagre as to the extent of
his losses. It is thought, in view of last
summer's work, the fire was incendiary,
Prof. Ben Dillon of San Francisco., for
10 years one of America's most success
ful lecturers, will begin a course of five
lectures on phrenology and kindred sub
jects at Baldwin's Opera bouse, tomor
row (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock,
All are invited. Admission free.
Mr. A. Hubert, a German from Illi
nois, left on the boat this morning for
Portland on his way home. He was an
old neighbor of Henry A. Dietzel, who
was buried Saturday, and came out on
purpose to visit him. It is a touching
commentary on the helplessness of man
that he arrived just in time to attend
his old friend's funeral.
The Wasco Warehouse Co. begs leave
to inform Farmers that they have STOR
AGE ROOM for 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store
their wheat and hold for later market
can do so on usual terms. Also, tbev
will pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Rye.
spt2w
Tuesday's. Dally '
While the state Is tottering; on the brink,
The patriots calm and grave,
Adjourn to the nearest bar for drink
And tell each other what they think .
Of the plans the nation to save
The Sadie B was taken through the
Locks yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Hinckel of Antelope shipped sev
eral cars of cattle to the Union Meat Co,
today.
Li Hung Chang went into Canada
yesterday. Hang Chung Li anyway,
He is getting monotonous.
The mercury fell to 47 early this morn
ing. In this neighborhood that degree
of temperature indicates frosts in various
places on Mill and 8-and 15 -Mile creeks.
Judge Bradshaw was elected a dele
gate to attend the grand lodge K. of P.
at their meeting last evening, and C. L.
Phillips alternate; John Michell hold
over.
Wanted A young man or woman of
good address and small amount of cap
ital can secure permament employment
by applying at The Dalles Employment
Agency, over Mclnerny's store.
The Sunday, concerts will continue.
Arrangements are being made by the
band to secure a band leader, who will
also lead the orchestra. Even if this
plan cannot be consummated, the band
believe they are able to continue as an
efficient musical organization.
The grape market is badly demoral
ized, caused by the unusually abundant
crop in the East. It is reported the
bulk of the crop has been disposed of to
the winemakers, the price of fruit in the
large centera.having fallen to 5 cents a
pound, thus knocking the bottom out of
the market.
The German class of Rev. Grey or
ganized last evening. For the present
esson will be given Tuesday and Fri
day evenings at 7 o'clock at the Lutheran
hapel. Those who were not present
last night who have promised to take
lessons are requested to be. present to
night, in order that the others may not
be put back.
Messrs. Archie McCully, Henry Bill
nd F. H. Van Norden were out riding
on their bicycles Sunday, crossing the
river and riding to Goldendale, then to
the old block house and return. They
covered a distance of 70 miles, walk
ing 13 miles of the way. While riding
down a grade they frightened a horse
tandmg hitched in front of a bouse, the
ret the other side of Crawford's place,
belonging to a young man who was out
visiting. The horse became frightened
at the- bicycles, jerked loose from the
hitching post and ran down the hill with
the buggy. The animal ran into a
barbed wire fence, smashing the vehicle
into kindling; wood, and freeing itself
ran on out of sight.
When Baby was sick, we ga-re her Castorta.
When she was a Child, she cried (or Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
Vfcen she bad Children, she gave them Castoria,
"Hop Gold" heard on every hand.
The finest beer ever offered to the public.
For sale by Stabling & Williams. s4-2w
SOMETHING TREMENDOUS.
Four Successive Closidbnrsts Around
. Mitchell With Continuous Light
ning; Flashes.
The storm of last Sunday and Monday
was especially vigorous in the southern
part of this and in Crook county. Mr.
A. S. Mac Allister who has just returned
from his ranch tells of water being a foot
deep over a level field, which descended
from the heavens like a broad sheet
The storm was attended by incessant
lightning flashes, and was in all respects
like a genuine eastern water spout and
thunder storm combined. All old reei
dents say they never saw anything like
it. , The roads leading to Bridge creek
were washed out of existence and the it
became a raging torrent. The stage
driver was compelled to abandon the
stage and carried the mail on horseback,
At Mitchell the dam and flume at the
mill was destroyed, as well as a foot
bridge. A wagon with its- load of lum
ber on the creek bottom was taken down
the stream. Low-lying fields of water
melon and pumpkin vines were over
flowed and the melons and pumpkins
scattered through the sage brush
There were four cloudbursts in succes
sion. Sunday night, and it is thought
they bad fell in combined force there
would have been much greater loss
The following day the rainfall, though
continuous, was moderate in volume,
No damage was done to the hay crop,
as that had been harvested.
But It Remained For Cleveland
Carry Oat the Act.
A hostile sheet recently contained the
following:
The sheepraisers who are so bitterlv
denouncing President Cleveland because
the Cascade forest reserve is closed to
tbeir flocks should bear in mind that
the bill creating the forest reserve was
passed and approved during President
Harrison's administration. That was
indeed a protection administration to
the extent that it sought to protect the
grass in the mountains against the en
croacbments of sheep s teeth.
The act referred to, which was passed
and', approved in March, 1891, merely
authorized the president to set apart cer
tain lands in this district as a foreBt re
serve, using his own judgment ,and die
cretion as to (he boundaries. In Harri
son s judgment and discretion it must
have been his opinion that a forest re
serve in Oregon was not a good thing,
for he did not set apart a single acre for
such a purpose. It remained for his
successor, President Cleveland, to do
that, for in September, 1893, be made
the proclamation, now so troublous, es
tabhshing the reserve and fixing the
boundaries thereof.- So if it was a job a
Democratic president consummated it,
Harrison did not.
Should Be Scattered Wholesale.
The Chronicle has received one of the
very cleverest campaign-publications yet
printed from the pen of William C.
Corn well, of Buffalo. It is termed
"Greenbacks The Silver Trouble and
Its Causes."
A feature of the pamphlet is the num
ber of unusually artistic and convincing
illustrations. But the text is not less
noticeable. Its arguments in behalf of
honest money are lucid and indisput
able, and, coming as they do from one
of the authors prominent in the finan
cial world, are sure to carry conviction.
One of the illustrations, an original
idea of Mr. Cornwell's, is striking in
the extreme. The picture is that of a
beautiful girl pouring out free silver to
the people. Hold the picture up to -the
light, and behold, the beautiful girl
fades away, leaving only a grim skeleton,
entitled "What Free Silver Really
Means." A scroll, grasped by the skele
ton fingers, bears this legend: "We pay
our debts in fifty cents on the dollar and
make it legal."
"Greenbacks" will be for sale at all the
news stands and book stores and is cir
culated by the American News Com
pany. .
Stole Children's Possessions..
Sometimes what seems smart turns
out to be pitiably contemptible. Last
spring a woman living 2) miles west
of Hood River planted four hills of
watermelons in the garden to pleaae the
children, and by chance there grew
thereon thirty fine melons. But before
the children had a chance to enjoy any
of them some bright young gentlemen
went in the night and helped them
selves to all the best in the patch. The
next morning the children contemplated
the destruction with quivering lips, and
heavy hearts. The sorrows of childhood
are just as distressing, though of a dif
ferent nature, as those of their elders.
Who can measure the pleasure of an
ticipation and speculation those little
ones enjoyed while watching the melon
vines lengthen and bloom, noting daily
the increasing size of the fruit thereon
till just as they approached maturity
they were abstracted while they inno
cently slept. . Let us. be charitable
enough to hope the thieves did not think
of this.
Bunday's Concert.
A much larger number of people at
tended the concert yesterday afternoon
than usual, and the music has not been
exceeded in beauty daring the summer.
This was the fifteenth weekly Sunday
concert. ' Every number yesterday was
a musical gem. Tbe serenade "To Bes
sie" was very sweetly played ant? is a
very soothing, musical . melody. The
cornet solo by Mr. Peterson was played
SCHOOL
Steel Shod
Several dozen
cumulated m
more. These
Closing Out-
Sale price, $i.oo. Sale price, $i.oo.
We will continue our sale of LADIES' TAN BOOTS and
OXFORDS for another week. We expect to see them all
gone by Saturday next.
Our WASH
as an artist plays, but the selection waa
not so popular as his solo "Old Kentucky
Home," rendered a few weeks previous
ly. The medley of gospel hymns was a
tasteful arrangement of. sacred melodies,
and appear to the best advantage by be
ing arranged for band music. Among
the prettiest was the trombone solo,
"Yield Not to Temptation." "Yankee
Patrol" has been played twice before.
but improves in the appreciation of the
audience with each rendition. It is
speakingly patriotic and contains a very
unique medley as well. . The most beau
MM number was the last, entitled "An
Idyl From Nature" introducing "a forge
in the forest." Crickets and bird music
added delightfully to its value as a de
scriptive selection, and the forge solo
was a superb addition musically.
Comparatlre' School Knrollment.
Our schools show a most satisfactory
rate of growth from year to year. The
number of scholars who were enrolled
yesterday were 575, a gain of 53 over the
previous year, which in turn was a gain
of 67 over 1894. The number of high
school pupils yesterday was 75, a gain of
14 over 1895, which was a gain .of 17 over
1894. The figures given for this year are
taken the first day of the term, whereas
for the years 1894 and 1895 they were
taken at the end of the first week. The
following is a summarized table, show
ing the steady growth :
Total Gaiu H. Sen. Gain.
September 1894
455 .. 44
522 67 61 17
575 53 : 75 14
" 1896
Prof. Gavin has been considerably
worried as to bow to place this increase
scholars, without an additional in
crease of school room. ' He succeeded in
doing so' yesterday, however, but the
limit has about been reached and next
year more floor space and teachers must
be employed, if the ratio of increase con
tinues as in the past. The schools, this
year will be crowded, for additions will
constantly be made throughout the
season. -
The Ideal' Panacea.
Jamea L- Francis, Alderman, Chicago.
says: "1. regard Dr. King's JNew Dis
covery as an Ideal Panacea for coughs,
colds and Lung Complaints, having used
it in my family for the last five years,
to the exclusion of physician's prescrip
tions or other preparations."
Eev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes : "I have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for 50 years
or more, and have never found anything
so beneficial, or that gaye me such speedy
relief as Dr. King's New Discovery."
Try thitt Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton's,
Drng Store. '
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Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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Remember that the schools re-ODen Sent. 7th
time to buy your FALL SHOES. We carry nothing but the
best stock that money can buy. Have you tried our
School Shoe.
pairs of CHILDREN'S SHOES that have ac
our stock from lines we do
Shoes formerly sold for $1.50
GOODS Sale Talks for Jtself.
CANT CARRY HIS PRECINCT.
The Boy Orator's Fickleness Established
at Borne.
Mr. E. W. Eliot, of Walla Walla, is in
receipt of an interesting letter from an
old friend and comrade of his, Major
H. C. McArthur, of Nebraska, which he
gives publication in the Journal. Major
McArthur was a member of Mr. Eliot's
regiment during the war, tbe Fifteenth
Iowa, and he was on the staff of General
Belknap andone.of the first men to
enter Columbia, South Carolina, when
that city was taken by Sherman.
Major McArthur is at present military
instructor for the .Nebraska State In
dustrial school. He is more or less in-
terested in the political situation, and in
a letter to Mr. Eliot, gives some very in
teresting tacts about tbe outlook in
Bryan's own state, county, .ward and
precinct. His letter says in part :
"We are going to carry Nebraska for
McKinley. In this part of the state
there are a good many Pops, but meet
ings are being held all over the country
and the signs are improving all the time,
And the more the people of Nebraska
find out that we have no silver to sell
and the only persons to be benefited by
free silver are the mine owners, the
more will turn to McKinley. What the
farmers want are the millB of tbe coun
try opened op to the workmen and when
tbe laboring men are employed the
farmers will have customers for tbeir
surplus products. McKinley struck it
hard when he said, 'It is better to open
up tbe mills to American workmen than
to open up the mints of the United
States to the ailfer of the world.'
My home is still in Lincoln. I vote
there and my residence is in the same
ward and tbe same voting precinct as
Mr. Bryan. I have lived within two
blocks of his house for tbe past seven
years and I know him well. He is a
nice gentleman and has a very pleasant
family, but be won't stop at anything
allowed in politics to succeed. We took
a poll of our ward and Bryan's precinct
a few days since I think about two
weeks ago and McKinley had three' to
Bryan's one. - In my opinion it will be
this way at election time.
Four years ago Bryan was wild on
free trade ; that wars all we needed to
make us all wealthy and happy; just
open the markets to the world and tbe
world would be open to us, and then the
millenium. Well we opened our mar
kets and the foreigners took us in and
the reverse has happened. We are in
tbe soup and you can't scare Bryan out
on the tariff issue with a ten foot pole.
He fooled the people once but he can't
do it again."
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.
167 Second Street, The Dalles.
SHOES! I
and nnr tv,a
EVERY PAIR
GUARANTEED.
not handle
to $2.25;
any
Abnse or Brutes Again.
A society should be formed in The
Dalles tor the prevention of crueltv to
animals and one or two .examples made
by appealing to the laws which exist on
the statute books. The latest instance
of cruelty which comes to light is of a
family on tbe bluff who had become
tired of their dog and ended its life by
banging it. A noose was tied around He
neck and it was simply hong up like a
bam from a beam. The witness who In-
formed the reporter says its struggles,
extending for fifteen or twenty minutes, .
were pitiful in the extreme. The poor
animal twisted and squirmed, its tongue
! banging out and eyes protruding until
death,
long delayed, came to its relief.
Such an act is Inhumanly brutal, and
causes people of more tender suscepti
bilities to i b udder. There are nirmerons
societies, leagues and clubs in The Bailee
more or less useful, hut none so im
portant as a Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
The Sadie B, the seow Interstate and
the dredger were anchored in the middle
lock Saturday, and it wae expected
would be taken through the lower lock
gate that afternoon. Tbe delay waa
caused by the iron ring pulling ot of
place on the guard gate when the at
tempt was- made to open it by pnllrng
the chain which operates it. The upper
guard and lock gates worked satisfac
torily.- Some dredging must be done-be
low the lower gates, and it is necessary
to use the boats therefor the Inter
state to famish- wood for fuel and the
Sadie B to carry away the sediment
brought up.
For Bale. Kachaage Lea.
A good, unencumbered, perfect title
wheat and stock farm (especially adapted
to sheep) of 800 acres, well watered and
so located as to control a good range;
600 acres fenced; 300 under cultivation ;
200 ready for grain this fall ; 40 tone of
hay ; ft-room- house, 2 barns, etc., 2 miles
from schoolhonse, 4 miles , from post-
office with eemi-weeekly mail ; 66 or 70)
head of good brood mares anti a thor
oughbred imported Clydesdale stallion.
Will sell either separately or all together
on easy terras. Or will exchange- for a
small, well improved, unencumbered
farm in Oregon or Washington west of
the Cascades. Or will lease- same to re
sponsible party for five years. Old age
is the reason for wanting a cbange.
Call on or address resident owner,
. T. J. MorriT,
e2-wtf Gorman, Sherman Co., Or.
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
Use Kmersly'e Iron Tonic. Tbe Snipea
Kinersly Drug Co. Telephone No. S.